Message from JLM Rotary Scout Yacht Team Plans are well underway for the JML Rotary Scout (a Tosca 39′ cruising yacht) to compete in the 2020 Cape2Rio Race! There is still space available on the return passage from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town. It is open to all members of SCOUTS South Africa and…
Written by Athenkosi Qwelana On the 21st of September 2019 the international coastal clean-up will take place. The global campaign began more than 30 years ago, when communities rallied together with the common goal of collecting and documenting the trash littering their coastline. Scouts all over the country will once again be partaking. For many…
Last chance to order your 2019 JOTI JOTA badges! Deadline extended till 17 September 2019 – 12 o’clock noon. Email Yolanda at shop@scouts.org.za to order. JOTA (Jamboree of the Air) JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet) is the biggest Scouting event of the year! The Jamboree on Air and over the Internet unites over 1…
SCOUTS South Africa is a registered beneficiary of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet rewards programme. At no additional cost to yourself you could help us raise funds to grow and sustain the Scouting Movement. Apply for a card and make SSA your beneficiary Keep you current beneficiary and just add SSA as an additional one. You…
Be proud to be a Scout on World Scout Scarf Day! On the 1st of August Scouts and former Scouts stand together and wear their Scout scarves in public to make the “Spirit of Scouting” visible. Once again SCOUTS South Africa is running the “Scout Scarf Selfie Competition!” Take a selfie of yourself and/or your friends wearing their…
Congratulations to 1st Muizenberg Cub Sabastian Rouse for being the June winner of the “Win with Scouts” competition in partnership with the FREE ChildFriendly App. The competition runs from June 2019 to August 2019 and requires people to download the FREE ChildFriendly App and to nominate a Scouting member as well as a Scout Group. The…
How does R5000 for your Scout Group’s activities sound? What about R2500 for one of your Scouts to use as they need? SCOUTS South Africa has partnered with the FREE Child Friendly App. Every Scout Group is now listed for free on the App that allows parents to find child friendly activities in their area. The…
Do you remember attending a World Scout Jamboree? Remember the thrill of being surrounded by like-minded Scouts from all over the world? Remember learning about other cultures and sharing yours? Remember feeling so proud to be representing South African Scouts? How about helping 4 Scouts experience it too? The 24th World Scout Jamboree will be…
Every year, millions of people unite for Earth Hour to make a global contribution for the well-being of our planet that we depend on every minute of the day. Nature offers us the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat, so let’s do our part to keep our earth clean…
The Boy and Girl Scouts from Ninove, Belgium are inviting Scouts to their International Scouts Camp: Jamborette 2020! What and when? 2020 marks 100 years of the Belgian Boy and Girl Scouts Ninove. The current and former leaders of the Scout Group are combining forces to organise an International Scout Camp. It’s the 3rd time…