Zandvlei Trust

Task Teams

 

1. Environmental Education

A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.


photograph by Ally Ashwell

Children doing a mini SASS identifying water organisms in April 2009.

Sharon McCallum 021 788 8592

We please need more volunteers.

Their aim is to educate and encourage local school children to become interested in the Zandvlei environment.
This is an important and rewarding project for anyone with experience working with children, and who would like to contribute in any way, may contact Sharon McCallum.

 

A Zandvlei catchment poster  by Carol Howes

Download print and then colour in the poster.

Donations to the EEC


 

2. Zandvlei  Inventory and Monitoring Programme (ZIMP)   updated 14/03/2010

Blue Emperor Dragonfly.

At an Exectutive Committee Meeting, Timm Hoffman proposed the establishment of the Zandvlei Inventory and Monitoring Programme as a task team. As you can see from the agenda there are numerous catagories needing local residents or interested peoples input.

You have chosen to live in this area, so please join in and contribute by participating.


 

3. Newsletter

Summer volume 2010/1

See extract articles from previous Newsletters.


photograph by David Muller

Muriel Darke, Peter Kruger and Sharon McCallum are the Editing Team.

The Editor oversees the general planning of the deadlines for each of the issues of the  Newsletter. This comprises setting the themes, the sourcing and collection of the articles and pictures for the deadline. The Editor interfaces with the DTP, repo and printer. Sources the sponsorship, advertising and funding for the newsletter production as well.
The Exco reviews, proof reads and then sees to the distribution of the Newsletters, to all the members, advertisers, schools, libraries, businesses, municipal offices and other officials, also environmental bodies and interested parties.


 

4. Westlake Wetlands Walkway Garden

A working partnership with the City of Cape Town, local business and Zandvlei Trust.

Veronica and Una working in the garden.

The Roland and Leta Hill Trust have donated funds to upgrade the pathway – July 2009. 

Una Hartley  021 788 5854        Please assist Una, she needs your help.

Read more about the background of the garden.


 

5. BOSSIES  (Biodiversity On Suburban Sidewalks [for] Indigenous Ecosystem Sanctuaries)
                                                                                                                     
updated 07/03/2010

A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.

Cuttings being planted                           Seedling trays being checked.

Neil Major   021 706 0153 or  076 473 7095

The Cape Flats Fynbos Nursery sales is now at Rondevlei Nature  Reserve – No 1 Fishermans Walk cor Perth Road, Grassy Park.

Contact Neil on 076 473 7095 for all your Strandveld and Sand Plain Fynbos plant requirements.

Read about the Feb 2010 Muizenberg project    new  07/03/2010

Read about the current WESSA project

Read about this exciting project


6. Rehabilitation  – exotic invasive vegetation clearing.     updated 14/03/2010

A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.

This young Angulate Tortoise came walking up the hill towards us while we were working.

This group of regular volunteer members remove exotic invasive vegetation eg. Port Jackson, Rooikrans, Black Wattle, Longleaf Acacia, Manitoka, Brazilian Pepper seedlings, saplings and trees, from the Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve areas.
The dedicated few have done so for the last 20 years and more, every month on the 2nd Saturday afternoon.

You are welcome to come and help.

Gavin Lawson   021 705 5224

Read more about what we do.


 

7. Westlake Wetlands (Rutter Road)

A working partnership with the City of Cape Town and The Zandvlei Trust.

 
photograph by John Fowkes

The reused and recycled plastic bottles made into a boom to hold back the hyacinth out of the main water bodies.

John Fowkes  021 788 2902

They review, research and report on the conditions and problems encountered with the Wetlands. 
This volunteer group of residents, monitor and liase with the local authority on the condition of the Rutter Road Pond. They clear exotic plants and repair and maintain the booms / traps across the open water bodies at the confluence of the Keysers and Westlake Rivers before entering the main Zandvlei water body.

A work party in Nov 2009.

A work party in July 2009.   Reusing and recycling lots of plastic bottles

A work party in 2005.

A work party in 2002.

Background and some history from 2002.

Bowen Boshier and Sally Petersen planting on corner of Axminster and Royal  Road Muizenberg at the estuary mouth on  23/03/2007.


 

8. EIA's (Environmental Impact Assessments) and other Development Forums

           

Current EIA's

Gavin Lawson, Bowen Boshier.

They monitor and assess developments, attend meetings and review and write reports.

Development and Environmental Forums

Cherry Giljam, Sharon McCallum, Gavin Lawson.

They attend numerous meetings and report back to the Exco some of which are;

Sand River Catchment Forum Zandvlei Action Committee, False Bay Ecology Park Steering Committee, Western Cape Wetland Forum and others.

We need more volunteers the workload is ever increasing.


 

9. Paper and Glass Recycling

The official opening ceronomy in 2001, with the Rotary Claremont representatives,
Geoff Bailey and his youngest son, Una Hartley, Clifford Dorse and Gavin Lawson.

Una Hartley   021 788 5854

Manages the Zandvlei Trust paper and glass recycling igloos on the Main Road, Lakeside (opposite the Lakeside Shopping Centre). The income derived from these "igloos" helps pay for this website hosting.

Freecycle Cape Town

Another excellent recycling activity which all can participate in. All goods are given free to whom ever. Stop filling the refuse dumps with unnecessary items which can be recycled. 

Read more about this concept.

Please support the recycling industry.


 

10. Membership Database

Ken Williams and Joyce Brandt

The database has grown since it was started in 2001. It is a very important activity to make sure our members and interested parties receive our Newsletters and other correspondence. It is our way to network and communicate with City officals and other environmental groups and NGO's.  It is a dedicated task that requires attention to detail, communication with the Exco and regular cross checking and updating.


 

11. Auditor

Ian MacKay is a Chartered Account and offers the following services;

  • Auditing
  • Client accounting
  • Income tax returns
  • Personal financial and tax planning
  • Monthly bookkeeping
  • Valuations
  • Due diligence reviews
  • Business plans
  • Capital gains tax

Ian MacKay and Associates,
P.O.Box 31396,
Tokai, 7966
tel      021  674 7159
fax     021  671 7575
email  ianm@icmackay.co.za 


 

12. Web Page

Gavin Lawson.

He researches, writes articles, photographs, compiles articles and publishes the web page. The web page was started in May 2001. 
To comment on the web page contact Gavin Lawson.

Please contribute to our web site with your articles and photographs.

                                                                                                             

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