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LAST WEEK'S TOTAL CASES:
TOTAL CASES AS OF 21 SEPTEMBER 2020: WORLD: 31 313 741 SOUTH AFRICA: 661 211 (8th in the world) WESTERN CAPE: 108 813 - 4 120 deaths (16.45% of total cases in South Africa) OVERBERG: 3 597 (81 active cases)
OVERSTRAND: 1 676 Overstrand breakdown of cases by town was not available at time of print
(14 SEP) WORLD: 29 269 529 SOUTH AFRICA: 649 793 (8th) WESTERN CAPE: 107 784 OVERBERG: 3 556 OVERSTRAND: 1 668
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23 September 2020
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Councillors thank community for support On 27 of March 2020, The State President announced a Level 5 lockdown, as deemed necessary in the initial stage of the declaration of the State of Disaster. Subsequent to the Council meeting on 26 March, plans were formulated regarding ways in which to support the most vulnerable community members residing in the various wards in the Overstrand, with daily meals. Soup kitchens were established in every Ward and members of the community also jumped at the
opportunity to show their support by contributing towards the Covid-19 LMC action plan. A Trolley Project was established throughout the Overstrand, with shopping trolleys placed at the major food outlets which the public generously filled with donated food stuffs. Over more than five months approximately 1.5 million meals have been provided. With the contributions from the DA councillors’ salaries, the communities
could also be supported in various other humanitarian needs. Our animals were also not forgotten, and dog and cat food was donated to various animal welfare organisations to distribute to animals in need. With the movement to Level 2, more people became self-sufficient and the decision was taken to gradually phase out the support to the soup kitchens. NGOs however will still continue with their soup kitchens and will thus support those who are still in need of food assistance.
Bollard painting: Come and watch local artists transform the bollards along the sidewalk into colourful public works of art. Hermanus Amphitheatre to Gearing’s Point | 10:00 – 15:00 Local artists will bring their easels and materials for a spot of plein air painting and sketching. The works will be available for purchase by the public.
FynArts Select @ Weekends Programme A weekend of heritage culture, arts, music, talks, fine food and wine awaits! All art galleries in the Hermanus CBD will be open from Thursday 24 – Sunday 27 September. Opening times: 9:30 – 16:00 or 17:00. Special exhibitions for this FynArts Select weekend will be presented at Lize Art Gallery (New Season – works by Lize van der Walt and Jeandré Marinier); Originals Gallery (Covid Anthem 2020: A mask
doesn’t hide you, it exposes you – Terry Kobus); Rossouw Modern (C19 Lockdown – Obert Jongwe); Whale Museum pop-up gallery (Nature – Hermanus Art Circle) and Lembu Gallery, Warrington Place (The Joy of Life – Ed Bredenkamp). Other art events on the programme:
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Fri & Sat - Car park above the Old Harbour | 09:30 – 13:00
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Fri - The Wine Glass | from 08:15 for breakfast; talk starts at 09:30 Come and listen to celebrated pioneer winemaker, Bruce Jack. Tickets at R150 pp include breakfast (choice of 5 options) and coffee.
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Sat - FynArts Gallery, The Courtyard | 11:00 The opening of FynArts Festival Artist, Beezy Bailey’s exhibition, Due to current restrictions, attendance is by invitation only. However, the opening address by Frank Kilbourn, Executive Chairman of Strauss & Co will be live-streamed at 11:00 on Facebook and the public is welcome to visit the exhibition in
All actions will now be redirected to the ‘Let’s get home food gardens growing’ project. The WC Department of Agriculture’s ‘One Home One Garden’ project will be supported and the aim is to teach households to become food wise and grow their own vegetables. We are thus shifting the focus from food relief to food security and, to quote Minister Ivan Meyer, “We cannot encourage a hand-out culture all the time, but rather encourage food sustainability.” This is now our focus.
the gallery at any other time. Hermanus Amphitheatre | 12:00 Unveiling of sculpture by Beezy Bailey, Dancing Jester. Rossouw Modern Art Gallery | 14:30 Opening of exhibition by Obert Jongwe, C19 Lockdown. FynArts Select will also present a programme of talks this weekend. To purchase tickets for any of the events below, contact Chantel on 060 957 5371 or admin@hermanusfynarts.co. za. All social distancing protocols will be observed, therefore tickets will be sold in advance and not at the door.
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Sun - The Wine Glass | from 08:15 for breakfast; talk starts at 09:30 Melvyn Minnaar, well-known art, wine and culture journalist will talk about Art after Covid-19. Tickets at R150 pp include breakfast (choice of 5 options) and coffee. Burgundy Restaurant | 11:00 Cellphone photography with Leanne Dryburgh and Peter Hassall. Tickets: R300 pp
The Overstrand DA councillors would like to extend their deepest gratitude to the public for their selfless support. We can only say that without your contributions, this pandemic would have had far worse consequences. Instead we were as a collective able to support and sustain a feeding programme throughout the whole area. For that we extend our sincere thanks to the Overstrand community. Councillor Riana de Coning and DA Councillors
See the What's On Diary on P11 for details on FynArts Select @ Weekends music concerts on Friday and Saturday. For tickets contact Chantel on 060 957 5371 or admin@hermanusfynarts.co.za.
