By Cameron Belling, Chair National Rover Programme From the 1st of June 2019, SCOUTS South Africa will progressively be reducing the upper age for Rovers from 35 to 30 years over the next two years. South Africa is the only country worldwide that has, until now, continued the Rover programme to age 35. Many other…
In the early days of the Scout Movement in Great Britain, the Scout scarf used to be tied in a loose knot at the neck and naturally became very creased. However, it was known that the Americans were experimenting by using a ring made from bone, rope or wood to keep their scarves together. Bill…
Help SCOUTS South Africa (SSA) provide young children with values, life skills and confidence in their abilities by making a ‘Meerkat’ donation today! Click here to donate! SSA currently serves children and young people between the ages of 7 and 30. However, they have been developing a new branch for children aged 5-6 years old,…
Today we celebrate the UN Global Day of Parents with our Scouting family. This might seem like an obscure UN Day for most of you, but for Scouting, having dedicated parents is the lifeblood of our organisation! There are many of us who benefited from being in the Movement and are in Scouting today largely…
Our next Wood Badge holder to share his story is Godfrey Micklethwaite. Godfrey lives in a Retirement Village in the Gauteng suburb of Roodepoort, with his wife Cynthia. They have been married for 60 years and have 3 children and 8 grandchildren, of which 3 went to the World Scout Jamboree in 2007. Before he retired,…
Arlene Johnson is a Wood Badge holder from the Western Cape Scout Region. She trained as a teacher and taught for 12 years, was co-ordinator of the Nederburg Auction for 20 years, was married for 49 years before her husband passed away. She has 4 children and 5 grandchildren and has lived in Somerset West,…
Angus Hay recently took over as Regional Commissioner for the Gauteng Scout Region. Angus is a family man, an engineer with an international firm and a lifelong Scout. We were keen to find out more about Angus who has lived the Scout adventure for over 45 years! SSA: Where did your Scouting journey start? Angus:…
Written by Ongeza Vuka, WC SiS intern 22 year old Scouting in Schools Intern Ongeza Vuka lives in Langa, a township in Cape Town. On the 18th of May 2019 Ongeza stood in front of an audience at the Western Cape Scouts Awards ceremony and shared her Scouting journey. She reminded us that Scouting not…
The Vienna International Jamborette 2020 “Flow” will take place from the 3rd to the 12th of August 2020 in Vienna, Austria. The official arrival day will be the 2nd of August 2020. Who? The camp with bring together 2000 Girl Guides and Scouts (aged 10-13) who will partake in programmes run in German. The 1800…
Dear Western Cape Scouting families, Over the past few years we have had the privilege of welcoming a number of German volunteers who assisted at the National and Western Cape Office and shop, whilst also joined Scout Groups and helped out at local Scouting events. Jana and Christian’s time here will soon be coming to an…