Western Cape Branch
Western Cape
Branch Details
The Western Cape Branch is located in Cape Town, and serves the Western Cape and surrounding districts.
Postal address: P.O. Box 4674, Tyger Valley, 7536
All hardcopy correspondence should be sent to this address, from where it will be redirected to the committee member concerned for the necessary attention.
Events programme
Members meet every second Saturday of the month, unless mentioned differently. (Dates and topics is subject to change)
Notice of Monthly Meetings for 2010 Date: Saturday 8 May 2010 Time: 14:00 Place: Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street Speaker: Dr. Matilda Burden Subject Place Names Language of presentation: Afrikaans Notices: Library Rini Scheffler, a qualified librarian, has taken over from Simone Kay and will be available from 12.30-14:00 on the Saturdays when we have our monthly meetings. Several donations were received and she is busy updating the library catalogue.
Please contact our Chairperson, Andrew Kok (082 500 6758) Everybody interested is welcome to attend. List of members
Date
Time
Venue
Speaker
Subject
Sat 10 Apr
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
Faan Pistor
Robin Island Families
Tue 27 Apr
10:00 - 16:00
Hermanus High School
All Welcome
Showcase of hobbies & Lifestyles
Sat 8 May
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
All Welcome
Place names: Dr. Matilda Burden
Sat 12 June
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
Pannel Discussion
Branch Birthday
Sat 10 July
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
Anton Hart
Military Heritage
Sat 14 Aug
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
TBC
TBC
Sat 11 Sept
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
Elizabeth van Heyningen
The British Concentration Camp Project
Sat 9 Oct
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
Anne Thistleton
The Cape Grace Hotel
Sat 13 Nov
14:00
Goodwood Library Hall
All Welcome
Show and tell
The most recent list of paid-up members of our branch can be viewed by clicking here. Please report to us any errors or omissions you find there, by email or by phoning the Treasurer direct.
Office Bearers
- Chairman: Andrew Kok - tel. 082-500-6758
- Deputy Chairman: David de Klerk - tel. 023-342-8044
- Secretary: Engela van Dyk -
- Treasurer: Paul le Roux -
- Projects: Simone Key
- Publications: Andrew Kok - tel. 082-500-6758
- Relations & Promotions: Mariana Olivier - tel. 021-557-4355
- Library: Simone Kay -
- Technology: Erik Eloff - tel. 021-889-9088
Library
- To see what books and other publications are held in our library have a look through the inventory inventory.
- Hard copy of most of our branch’s quarterly publication Capensis (see also below) which in fact started off merely as a branch newsletter in 1991, are also held there. Enquiries concerning the (limited) availability and possible ordering of certain back issues can be directed to weskaap@ggsa.info or to our Treasurer. To assist you in this please see the index to the articles that appeared in the journal from 1991 up to and including 2005.
Capensis
- Hard copy of back issues of these journals from 1/2000 through 4/2007 (click here to view the contents pages) may be ordered by contacting our Treasurer. The price per copy, inclusive of postage, is R15.00 for members of our Branch and R20.00 for non-members. Details of our Branch's account are: Bank - Nedbank. Account No - (-please get the acc number from weskaap@ggsa.info ). Branch - Tyger Valley. Branch code - 103-910. Upon receipt of a copy of the deposit slip, either faxed to 021-671-1463 or else scanned and Emailed to her, she will arrange for the issue of your choice to be mailed to your address.
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While issues 1/1991 through 4/2001 are unfortunately not yet available for distribution in digital format as PDF, we're redoubling our efforts to have this done and hope soon to have facilitated digital availability to you of all material found in Capensis from inception right up to date. More about this later.
