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When Dreams Come True
View from the Chair I arrived in Cape Town, green and eager to read for an environmental sciences degree. I had grown up swimming and fishing in the river where we lived (still a green belt somewhere north of Joburg). I was shocked to see
ZVT Village Heights – Eco Buddies programme
ZVT is providing financial support to the Cape Town Environmental Education Trust (CTEET) through its Village Heights programme to help it implement a two year environmental education programme for the youth. This project, entitled 'Eco Buddies', focuses around raising environmental awareness to a broad range
Vlei Veld Circle conservation awareness project
The Zandlvei Trust supporting exciting new Vlei Veld Circle conservation awareness project The Zandlvei Trust is supporting and exciting new initiative to raise awareness about our incredible but threatened fynbos diversity. Last week planting commenced at the new Vlei Veld Circle, a
An evening with Norman Larsen, learning about the fascinating world of spiders
Thank you to everyone who joined us last night at Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve for a talk by renowned Arachnologist Norman Larsen, who presented on the fascinating world of the spiders of the Western Cape. The evening was attended by nearly 60 members, and soon-to-be
Zandvlei Trust 2018: A Year in Review
2018 was a busy and rewarding year for The Zandvlei Trust. Please download and read our summary report to get an impression of all the conservation, education and awareness raising activities that were undertaken over the past year. Thanks to our members for their
Fluttering on the Brink of Extinction
An exciting project being run by the Cape Town Environmental Education Trust - CTEET in partnership with the City of Cape Town, based at Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve. The project is trying to save a Critically Endangered butterfly, that is endemic to the Cape Flats
Zandvlei Walk and Talk a Great Success
Thank you to everyone who participated on our ZVT Walk and Talk on the 24th of November. We were delighted by the turnout for this event and we’re committed to providing more opportunities to learn about the beauty of the reserve to our members through
Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve Walk & Talk
The Zandvlei Trust cordially invites you to join us for a talk and walk led by the Zandvlei Nature Reserve’s new Manager – Kyran Wright. Kyran will be telling us about the incredible value that this dynamic estuary provides to both nature and people
Muizenberg Festival 2018 is upon us
Muizenberg comes alive in October with the 5th edition of its annual festival that celebrates a place brimming with creativity, culture and innovative citizen action.The Festival takes place between the 1 and 14 October, and features a range of activities, cultural experiences, dialogues, concerts, collaborative
Recent News From Village Heights Community Centre
Three different activities for Mandela Day on 18th June 2018 : The kids had to clear up the vegetable garden in the afternoon and planted the plants they received when visiting Kirstenbosch as part of the Eco-buddies outing coordinated by Zulfa Booth of CTEET
Sewerage and Litter in the Zandvlei Estuary
Assume the brace position – Zandvlei Estuary The Zandvlei Estuary and all persons interested or affected by this Estuary have been asked to assume the brace position because there might well be the need for a crash landing. Two major environmental disasters are
The Raft Has Landed
Hello all, I am happy to report that we have managed to successfully move the Raft from where it was bought to the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. ‘we’ actually means – the staff of the Nature Reserve! They moved it on Friday 6th April 2018.
Wetlands Education Programme
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Every year the Zandvlei
Bringing Colour to the Vlei
The Zandvlei Trust invited the talents of Claire Homewood to ‘pretty up’ a few of the old Municipal buildings surrounding the lower reaches of the Zandvlei Estuary. She also painted the inside walls of the Environmental Education Centre in the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. Her paintings
Merry Christmas From The Zandvlei Trust 2017
Wishing our members and friends a happy and peaceful - and waste free festive season. There are many serious problems facing Zandvlei, micro plastics being one of them. There are a number of volunteers who are doing sterling work to try and counter these
The Zandvlei Trust’s New Website
The Zandvlei Trust needed a new website. But since our Executive Committee members are all volunteers and none of us is very technically wired, we decided we needed help and plenty of it! When Mike Cormack passed away in 2010 he made a generous
Source to Sea
A joint pilot project working together to restore urban river corridors in order to support biodiversity. Catchment areas : our lands and water bodies (rivers – streams) are linked in a natural system - a catchment - which is literally the area of land
Village Heights
One of ZVT’s active projects, Village Heights Community Centre (VHCC) in an informal area Lavender Hill, also works closely with another organisation, Projects Abroad which brings volunteers from around the world to share their skills and services with this impoverished community. They are currently building
Muizenberg Festival
The Muizenberg Festival is a two week celebration (1 – 15 October) of the greater Muizenberg area, showcasing its rich diversity of creative arts, natural environments, music and perfromances of all kinds. This year, with the growing participation and interest in the festival we
Clearing the Vetch
Members of the Zandvlei Trust have donated generously to the project to clear the invasive plants which are threatening the natural vegetation on the western side of the Zandvlei Nature Reserve. We started working on this project on 13 September and should take about two