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is the title of the U3A Durban newsletter which will be distributed five times in 2009. The newsletter is sent to all our members free of charge and reports on the branch's activities. Members receive their copies either by e-mail, in full colour, or through the post in black and white. Newsletters are published ten to fourteen days before the bi-monthly general meetings, which include the AGM and the end-of-year picnic.
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Newsletter 41 September/November 2009
This issue's main feature is from Brian Broad, one of our
 members currently living in  England. He describes building and then living on the narrow boat while fitting it out - and life on the "cut - the longest village in the world" This will be of particular interest to those who yearn for the carefree life of the "water gypsies" even if for a short holiday only. The issue also carries an appeal for assistance in fund raising in order to purchase a data projector for the U3A Durban branch, in order to enhance talks and course presentations. Newsletter 40 July/September 2009
  Front page story: Heather Oliva reports on the U3A June tour to the Battlefields, museums, historical sites and the beautiful indigenous forests of Zululand. The group of 12 had a lot of fun and as she says: 'each and everyone of us was game for everything the guys panned'
In each issue we publish a report on one of the courses being offered free of charge to members only. This time round we feature the Freelance Journalism course with 'fruit' from Assignment 8 -the interview: Yvonne Lee pays tribute to a very active member, Dorrothy Terry, who recently passed away at the age of 91 and Rajie Tudge interviews Jill Iggulden Stevens, who despite a seven-year stint as founding editor of Odyssey now in its 33rd year, told Rajie that her pet project was creating a community newspaper in Port St Johns. For her, the scoop of a life time was being able to photograph one of her cub reporters, Sikonyele Tonise, as he handed President Nelson Mandela the latest copy of the Port St Johns News at a news conference in 1977.
Newsletter 39 May/July 2009
 This issue features a two-page report on Dr Pierre Barker's comprehensive talk "The HIV and AIDS Crises in South Africa : where did it come from and where is it going?" Dr Barker is Senior Technical Adviser for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in Cambridge. The Institute runs health care system improvement programs in South Africa, Ghana and Malawi. His job is to make the system work properly and he is currently working on the prevention of the virus from mother to child. For further information on the work being carried out by the IHI click here . This issue also features a comprehensive update from our course coordinator plus members' reports on Georgie Smeath-Thomas's art course and Kathrine Fenton-May's tour of uShaka Marine World.
Dr Pierre Barker (left) in conversation with Professor Alan
Smith, after the U3A Durban general meeting on 1 April.
Newsletter 38 March/April 2009
 The March/ April newsletter was the first for 2009. It reports on our end-of year picnic, the Annual General Meeting held on 4 February and a visit to the Birds of Prey Sanctuary at Camperdown. The main feature is an interview with Jessie Spencer who runs the North Durban Minds Alive 'Course'. Maureen Howes with AGM guest speaker, clinical psycholigst Robin Vanderplank. His heartwarming talk had to be experienced to do the content justice and our report is very brief. However, for anyone anxious about those suffering from ADD or ADHD - especially young children the following website is well worth a visit. Robin Vanderplank is the KZN Branch Coordinator for ADHASA http://www.adhasa.co.za/what.htm
Newsletter 37 Nov/Dec 2008
  Newslettter 36 Sep/Nov 2008
 This issue has reports on guest speaker Teresa Loades' Tortoise Sanctuary;
Joan Anthony's illustrated account of the Brunch Cruise around Durban Harbour; Yvonne Lee's inside account of the well attended 'goings on' at the Bridge for Fun weekly get together at the Centenary Retirement Home and Margaret Knight reports on a visit to the Holocaust Centre at the Durban Jewish Club.
Newsletter 35 July/Sep. 2008
 Each year the committee hosts a lunch for our Course Leaders, by way of thanking them for their valuable contribution to the success of our branch. This year the rain came down - violinist Carol Lind played on!
We we also feature a report on Andrew Collier PhD, who spoke on Lightning over the Agulhas Current and his research into the phenomenon of "Whistlers". There is also an illustrated report by Veronica Timms on the Chi Kung course led by Boston Iyer. Margaret Knight discussed 'compact energy light bulbs" as a 'This and That' contribution. Carol Lind playing violin, with Joan Anthony in foreground
Newsletter 34 May/July 2008
 For the feature on the April Battlefields Tour click here or for the complete newsletter click on the pdf file below. Newsletter 33 March/May 2008
 Our guest speaker at the AGM in February was Paul Kilmartin (pictured on right). His talk "Why the poppy - why remember?" was a powerful and moving reminder as to why we should never forget the significance of Armistice Day and why we should join in the worldwide two minute silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year, since the end of World War I in 1918.
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NOTICE BOARDClick NOTICE BOARD for updates on our Courses and Outings. And here to access a wealth of information from U3A Durban Home PageCurrent NewsetterSam a graceful Mute Swan on the canal beside the narrow boat built by one of our members.Newsletter 41
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 Battlefield Tours History of U3A DurbanDr Basil Edge flanked by original committee - Don Hamilton, Margaret Knight (current chairman), Maureen Howes and Sally Stretch. For revised and detailed account see Marie Millar's update
 Committee Members 2008 Ruth Hughes and Chairman, Margaret Knight, during a U3A harbour cruise on the Allen Gardiner. ( Newsletter 36). For details of the current Committee click here ConstitutionCONSTITUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY
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Readers are invited to make comments. Constructive Feedback would be appreciated. J. Stevens
ERRATA: To all members who received newsletter 39 either by post or by e-mail please note: (i) last paragraph on page 3 - IOH should read IHI and the web address is www.ihi.org
(ii) second paragraph on page 4. A computer spell check has surreptitiously changed the Deputy Minister of Police's name from Fikili Mbalula to Facile Macula - meaning not a difficult spot! We trust that this computerised Freudian slip augurs well for our new deputy and thereby for us as well. J.Stevens, editior