9 - 2023 - myLowveld.net

The long-awaited day when Henrike de Wet, a Grade-10 learner of Nelspruit Hoërskool and Cansa debutante for 2023, and her father Gideon, will start their 2 500km motorcycle trip to raise money for cancer research is finally here.

It is all systems go for Route ’74 motorcycle trip to raise money for CANSA

The trip, known as Route ’74, will start at Hoërskool Nelspruit tomorrow morning. The number 74 is significant, because Henrike’s mother, Hentie, was born in 1974....

One of the highlights of the Water Fest that will be held on Saturday 7 October at Klipkopje Dam outside White River, will certainly be the crowning of Mr and Miss Water Fest 2023.

Mr and Miss Water Fest pageant will be a highlight at Water Fest at Klipkopje Dam

The competition will be open to everybody between the ages of eight and 25 and there are four categories: Mr Water Fest 2023 (8 to 25),...

Members of the South African Council for Business Woman (SACBW) have grown used to Blessing Sunday and her group of women of La Grace Properties dressed in yellow accompanying her to monthly meetings.

Blessing Sunday believes giving back makes business sense

It was therefore no surprise when Blessing, who is the founder, owner and principal of La Grace Properties, was nominated in two categories of the SACBW...

Maphakama Primary School in Kabokweni outside Nelspruit was the beneficiary of this year’s annual Arbor Day tree-planting event coordinated by the South African Council for Business Women (SACBW) and Stop Poaching Endangered African Rhino (SPEAR).

Lowveld businesses celebrates Arbor Day with Maphakama Primary School

The event took place earlier this month. More than 20 companies visited the school to plant trees and vegetables. They were assisted by 1 075 enthusiastic...

Mpumalanga Provincial Swimming will be hosting five open-water swimming items at the Water Fest at Klipkopje Dam outside White River on 7 October, and these are recognised by Swim SA, the controlling body of swimming in South Africa.

Open-water swimmers to show off their skills at Water Fest @ Klipkopje Dam

“We applied to Swim SA (SSA) for official approval of the event,” says Liezl de Bruyn, Mpumalanga representative for open-water events. The event is open to...

The fourth group of South African firefighters, consisting of 215 members of the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Working on Fire Programme, returned to South Africa yesterday following their successful deployment to the Province of British Columbia, Canada, where they played a vital role in firefighting efforts against wildfires during the past month.

South African firefighters return home after completing mission in Canada

“Our firefighters were deployed to British Columbia on 25 August as part of a larger contingent of 860 South African firefighters and management,” says Amanda Mthembu...

Eight years ago White River knitting enthusiast Penny Boden started the local chapter of 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day with a handful of women in the lounge at her home.

Changing the world one stitch at a time

Today there are more than 80 “knitwits” knitting and crocheting for this wonderful cause. To celebrate this wonderful occasion the group converged at the Casterbridge Lifestyle...