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1. Environmental Education.
A working
partnership with the City of Cape Town
and
The Zandvlei Trust.
Bernie registering the group at the False
Bay Ecology Park, Family Fun Walk in May 2013.
Village
Heights visit the False Bay Ecology Park. (sponsored
by ZVT) new 04/05/2013.
Capricorn
Library holiday hiking club outing.
Thank
you email from Blossom Street Primary School (sponsored
by ZVT)
Thank you email from
Levarna Primary School (sponsored by ZVT)
Thank
you email from Levarna Primary School ( sponsored by
ZVT).
Thank you cards from Zerilda
Primary School (sponsored
by ZVT).
Capricorn Library boys
and girls
visit Muizenberg Mountain. (sponsored by ZVT and the City).
Steenberg Primary School (transport
sponsored by ZVT).
Levana Primary School have also received
transport sponsorship from Zandvlei Trust to enable them to get to the
Zandvlei Nature Reserve EEC for after school lessons.
See
the thank you note from Glenda Samuels.
See
the outing in October 2010 and the thank you letters.
 
photograph by Sharon McCallum.
photograph by Sharon McCallum.
Zerilda Primary School outing to to Zandvlei
Nature Reserve and to St James beach with Zandvlei Trust sponsoring the
transport and the service of Neville Williams.
See some of the fun they had
on their visits.
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.
We please need more volunteers.
Sharon McCallum 021 788 8592.
1a.
See what they did
at the Nature Circles
outings.
1b.
A
Zandvlei catchment poster by
Carol Howes Download, print and
colour in.
1c.
Donations to the EEC.
2. ZIMP (Zandvlei Inventory and Monitoring Programme).
photgraph by Greg Morgan.
Juvenile Greater Flamingo.
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 input from
local residents
or interested people.
You have chosen to live in this area, so please join in and contribute by participating.
3. Newsletter.
April 2013.
See the Newsletter in .pdf format.
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.
New Zandvlei Estuary Reserve sign
erected in July
2012.
Peter Kruger 021 788
4578.
Read
more about the garden.
5. BOSSIES -
(Biodiversity On Suburban Sidewalks [for] Indigenous Ecosystem
Sanctuaries).
A working
partnership with the City of Cape
Town and
The Zandvlei
Trust.
We
urge all communities to adopt this concept and introduce it in your area.
photograph by Neil Major
A planted node in the centre
island of Prince George Drive.
Read
about the Phase 2 - 2012 Prince George Project
Read
about the Phase 1 - 2010 - 2011 Prince George Drive project
Read about the 2010 Muizenberg project
Read about the
WESSA project
Read about this exciting project
The Cape Flats Fynbos Nursery.
Sales outlet is
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.
6. Rehabilitation -
invasive vegetation clearing.
updated 12/05/2013.
We need more
volunteers for this team, as some long standing and dedicated members
have had to move
on for various reasons.
A working
partnership with the City of Cape Town
and
The Zandvlei
Trust.
Bert and Sue removing branches from the
stormwater channel in May 2013.
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 past 25 years and more, every month on the 2nd Saturday afternoon.
You are welcome to come and help, we only require
2 hours of your time and effort, once a month.
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.
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 local Development Forums.
Current
EIA's
updated 03/05/2013.
Gavin Lawson.
They monitor and assess developments, attend
meetings and review and write
reports.
Development and
Environmental Forums
Sharon McCallum, Gavin Lawson, John Fowkes.
They attend numerous meetings and report back to the Exco some of which are;
Sand River Catchment Forum,
Zandvlei
Estuary Management Forum,
False Bay Ecology Park Steering Committee, Western Cape Wetland Forum and others.
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.
Peter Kruger 021 788
4578
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 and the garden on the opposite side of Main Road which is part of the
Zandvlei Nature Reserve.
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.
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. If
you have any requirement for the services below, contact;
Ian MacKay he 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, takes photographs,
compiles articles produces and publishes the web page. The web page was started in May 2001.
To contribute, or comment with any suggestions on the web page,
contact Gavin Lawson.
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