Hey Rovers! Ok, you’re probably reading this on your smartphone. Maybe you have a camera at home? Ever thought about filming something about your Scout experience? Now’s the time. Submit your entry for the World Scout Film Festival for the chance to screen your masterpiece at a special event in Kuala Lumpur. It could be…
National Women’s Day offers the opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in lives of others in our country. When mentioning the word “Scouting” people picture it to be an organisation which is predominantly male. However, in…
Written by Lisa and Thomas With the Rover centenary and women’s month in full swing we continue to profile our women in Rovering. Twenty three year old Nikiwe Mthisi is a Rover in Mataffin, Mpumalanga. Nikiwe studies IT and user computing and wants to be a teacher once she has completed her studies. She loves Scouting, reading, singing and meeting up…
From the 6th to the 9th of December 2018, the Scout Association of Zimbabwe will be hosting the Southern Africa Zonal Rover Moot at Gordon Park in Matopo National Park, 40 km from Bulawayo. Scouts above 18 years of age can attend. Camp fee is USD50 and participants will need to cover all of their own…
Thank you to all our SCOUTS SA supporters that voted for SSA in the MySchool Vote4Charity competition. Together we raised R515! The funds raised will go towards running our Scouting programmes in our rural communities. With over 180 000 members of which 90% live and grow up in rural and disadvantaged areas, SCOUTS South Africa…
Today, the 18th of July, we honour Madiba. Nelson Mandela was a wise leader, a humanitarian and SCOUTS South Africa’s Patron who was awarded the Africa Elephant Award, the highest Scouting Award given by the Africa Scout Committee on the African Continent. Let’s devote 67 minutes of our time to help others. As Scouts we are…
The Entsha team have been working hard to complete the materials needed to implement the programme. We have always said that we will not launch the programme until “everything” is ready. We cannot expect Scouters to run a programme without having been trained and equipped with the materials they need. A lot of work has…
Information for all Rainbow Pow Wowers! Dates: Saturday, 22 September: Registration at 11:00 and official opening at 12:00 Tuesday, 25 September: Closing at 08:30 after Breakfast Venue: UCSA Winklespruit, Kingsburgh, KZN Accommodation: Winklespruit is right next to the beach ±30 km South of Durban. Accommodation will be in spacious (and I mean spacious!) dorms containing 12 beds each. All…
It is nearly here! The biggest Scouting event of the year! JOTA (Jamboree of the Air), JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) unites over 1 million Cubs, Scouts and Guides from 150+ countries each year! Scouting members get to share their experiences and adventures using the Internet or a Radio frequency. Do you want to give the kids in your…
Take a walk around the 24th World Scout jamboree with the blogger and experience what a “typical day” at the jamboree will be like, including activities, meals and the general “buzz”! https://wsj2019.us/2018/06/08/walking-around-the-jamboree/ Bet you can’t wait to get there!