FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2010 Now in its 8th year, the PSG Konsult Whale Classic Challenge, will be held on Heritage Day (public holiday) Friday 24 September, at the Hermanus Golf Club

The 4-Ball Stableford Alliance (2 scores to count) competition's tee off times will start from 10:45. Prizes exceeded R35 000 in value in 2009.
To date over R180 000 has been donated to schools in the Overstrand. This year a minimum of R30 000 will go to needy children's projects in the Hermanus area.

There are an estimated 37 000 000 orphans in South Africa. Almost 57 per cent of the population are living in poverty and an estimated 50 000 children die each year from malnutrition or other diseases that would be curable with adequate medical care. Our main goal is to provide homes, food, clothing and education to the "Street Kids" in South Africa. There are many children who choose to live on the streets, rather than at home with their families because of the unbearable abuse and violence they have to endure at home.

MyHope.org.za is a non-profit organisation which has started in Hermanus, South Africa.

Please visit our website to see how you can make a difference in these children's lives.

Web: www.myhope.org.za

Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

Courtesy of Cape Agulhas Tourism

The Arniston, a 53.8 meters long, 13.2 meters wide, 3 decked and 3 masted English East Indiaman of 1498 tons was built by Barnard in the bottom of the Neptune, on the River hames, in 1794.  When she sank she was carrying 22 iron cannon, two 12 –pounder cannons and twenty 18 pounder carronades.

Near the entrance to the municipal office of Napier, stands a large vertical sundial, probably the only one of its kind in South Africa. It was built by Danie du Toit in 1965. From childhood he had a keen interest in stars and a sharp sense of interpreting shadows.

He noted that one pillar at the Napier station, where he worked, was longer in winter. He also saw that the shadow fell in the same place, four times a year. He read an article written by CJ Langenhoven on sundials, reprinted in Die Burger of 16 July 1936. This inspired him to start on his own sundial. The municipality supplied the material and Jan Engel was the plasterer. The town clerk at the time, Cecil Fick lent a hand with the process.