General Meetings are normally scheduled for the third Wednesday of
every odd-numbered month, excluding January. The dates for 2025 are:
19 March (AGM), 21 May, 23 July, 17 September, 19 November.
* The third Wednesday of July, the 16th, fell during school holidays. The July meeting was therefore scheduled for the following week.
We are very grateful to Howick High School for making their
facilities available to us as the regular venue for our General
Meetings. Please note that our General Meetings start promptly at
15:00 (3:00 PM) and you should arrive as soon after
14:30 as possible (not before) for registration / checking in.
Members, please remember to wear your name tags.
The next General Meeting of U3A Howick will be the
This meeting will be held in the usual venue, the Team Teaching Room at Howick High School.*
The Guest Speaker will be
Robin Davis spent 41 years working “behind the scenes” at the SABC in Durban. He began his career in 1980 as a radio recording specialist on programmes for Springbok Radio, Radio Port Natal and the English and Afrikaans Radio Services. He later moved to the television section as a video editor, working on hundreds of productions for SABC 1 and SABC 2. Robin then worked as a video editor/technical director for SABC Television News, where he edited thousands of news items in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu.
Robin will present some highlights from his years “behind the scenes”, incorporating photographs, sound and video clips. His presentation will include a look into a radio drama studio, show some of the faces behind the familiar voices on Springbok Radio, and how work changed during the COVID 19 pandemic.
* DIRECTIONS: Turn into Amber Avenue from Main Street at the traffic lights near Greendale Spar. Pass the main entrance gate to Howick High School on the right. Drive into the school grounds through the Jubilee Gate entrance (by the tennis courts, further down Amber Avenue). You can park in the available parking areas or on the open ground under the trees immediately on the right. Walk up the ramp on the side of the main school building and enter an open corridor on your left. The Team Teaching Room is on the right a few metres along. Look out for the “U3A” signs.
The Guest Speakers at our previous General Meeting in 2025 were:
19 March (AGM): Jon Rash - Antarctica, a Window into Space
21 May: Elwyn Jenkins - Changing Place Names in South Africa
23 July: Yvonne Spain - "On the Shelf"
The Guest Speaker at our following General Meeting in 2025 will be:
19 November: Shannon Hoffman on Bearded Vultures
Watch this space...
