Valerie Kemp Just imagine lying in hospital on Christmas day, all by yourself. No family or loved ones to spend time with you on this special day. Due to hospital policy because of Covid, no visitors are allowed, unless it is in ICU, and even then, there is a time and person limit. Pastor Hein […]
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LIVING WATERS CHRISTIAN CHURCH BIDS FAREWELL TO A GIANT
Barbara Steenkamp Pastor Phil Robson appeared on the platform of the Living Waters Christian Church for the last time on Sunday 16 May 2021. The Robson couple, then with their two young children, arrived in Sabie 35 years ago. Initially, they served a handful of members in the Moth Hall, sandwiched between the Dutch Reformed […]
MERRY PEBBLES CELEBRATES 50 YEARS IN MAY 2021
By Debbie Möller & Joy Comley Merry Pebbles Holiday resort in Sabie is turning 50 this month, May 2021. It is quite a feat in this day and age for a business to still be open after 50 years, but 3rd generation Merry Pebbles has managed to achieve this landmark accomplishment. In 1960 Erasmus Smit […]
Luxurious facelift for guest house in a historical building
Frieda Paton Pilgrim’s Rest now boasts a lavish, authentically Victorian guest house after months of renovation and refurbishment during the COVID lockdown. Mona Cottage is situated towards the top of Main Street in Uptown Pilgrim’s Rest with a breath-taking view over the valley from the terraces leading up to the building. The building is constructed […]
SABIE BOWLING CLUB SURVIVES YET ANOTHER “CHALLENGE!”
News Desk “After all the challenges which Sabie Bowling Club has had to face over the past twelve months, the holding of their annual Sabie Challenge Tournament was really “A walk in the Park”! Times are tough, we all know that, so sponsors are much harder to find, thus we went ahead with the Sabie […]