Worried how to keep your children entertained while they’re on their Easter school holidays? The City of Cape Town’s Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department is hosting a range of activities during the Easter school holidays to ensure that they don’t get bored.
The Department has planned approximately 500 holiday programmes running from Monday 26 March – Thursday 5 April 2012. The programmes will be presented at the City’s various community halls, swimming pools, beaches, parks and public open spaces, libraries, sport and recreation facilities and resorts across the metropole.
“Each of the six districts in the Sport, Recreation and Amenities Department will use the services of volunteers to ensure that all of the programmes are effectively implemented. Our goal with these programmes is to encourage children from communities throughout the city to participate in sport, recreation and special events during the holiday period, and in the long-term,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Community Services, Councillor Tandeka Gqada.
A number of youth and holiday camps will also be hosted at various City resorts during the holiday period. The objective of these camps is to expose the youth to fun activities while also building social and life skills by teaching them how to work in groups, respect authority and appreciate nature.
These are skills and lessons that the youth will be able to take back to their communities so that they can positively influence their peers. The participants will be based at the camps and will also go on mountain hikes and excursions to explore the biodiversity within the city.
Indoor programmes that will be hosted at Community Centres include board games, gymnastics, rope-skipping, karate, pool, poetry and drama, concerts, indigenous games, cultural dances and fitness training, talent shows and arts and crafts.
Outdoor programmes include five-a-side soccer, mini-netball, basketball, cricket, hockey, sport against crime, big walks, fun-runs, beach soccer, water polo, learn-to-swim programmes, beach volleyball, slippery slides, jumping castle, face-painting, trampolining, touch rugby and various recreational activities and family festivals.
The public is encouraged to take advantage of the City’s extensive holiday programme and to visit their local Community Centre.
For further information, please contact the following Recreation Officers:
District 1
Dunoon, Joe Slovo/ Phoenix, Atlantis, Woodstock, Kensington, CBD, Salt River, Maitland, Langa, Summer Greens, Garden Village, Silverstroom etc.
Lisle Lombard 082 876 1714 or 021 550 1220
District 2
Ocean View, Hout Bay, Lotus River, Ottery, Grassy Park, Imizamo Yethu, Muizenberg, Westlake, Zandvlei, Retreat, Wynberg, Claremont, Masiphumelele, Vrygrond etc.
Mildred Van de Heever 082 758 3111 or 021 712 0970
District 3
Khayelitsha (Sites B and C), Mitchells Plain – Beacon Valley, Weltevreden, Westridge, Tafelsig, Strandfontein, Eastridge, Woodlands, Rocklands etc.
Sibongile Mlotywa 072 851 7840 or 021 370 3663
District 4
Athlone, Heideveld, Gugulethu, Manenberg, Belhar, Delft, Bontheuwel,Gatesville, Browns Farm etc.
Amelia Botha 083 986 9164 or 021 637 6607
District 5
Kuils River, Fisantekraal, Ravensmead, Parow, Bishop Lavis, Valhalla Park, Goodwood, Elsies River, Ruyterwacht, Bellville, Durbanville, Uitsig, Bothasig, Edgemead, Philadelphia, Wallacedene, Scottsville etc.
Mary Scholtz 071 851 1143 or 021 906 0783
District 6
Blue Downs, Delft, Kleinvlei, Sir Lowry’s Pass Village, Mfuleni, Macassar, Eerste River, Strand, Blackheath, Somerset West, Silversands, Gordon’s Bay etc.
Glen Goldman 076 055 6804 or 021 900 9904
