The Meerkats Den in 2022, during their camp on Signal Hill with 4th Claremont
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Jun 21 2026
Quiz Evening
Thank you to everyone who came to support our Quiz Night on 20 June! We filled the hall and had a lot of fun answering some challenging questions. We’ll share the amount raised soon, which goes towards our target of R1 million to purchase our property from the City – the fund currently stands at …
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Jun 10 2026
Laura earns her Springbok
Laura Owens is our latest Springbok Scout! She received her award at a celebration at our hall in May, attended by family, friends and members of the group. She is now our 43rd Springbok Scout and the 5th girl to earn her Springbok at 1st Claremont. Laura was interviewed by SCOUTS South Africa about her …
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Oct 06 2025
First Meerkat in Western Cape goes up to Scouts
At the end of October, the first member of Scouting to have gone through Meerkats and Cubs will go up to Scouts. Neema Galetta joined the 1st Claremont Meerkat Den when it opened in October 2020. Our first meeting was an adventure in Keurboom Park, but we were soon locked down, and meetings proceeded online. Neema …
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Oct 06 2025
Meerkats Spring Elders’ Day
1st Claremont Meerkats held a most successful Elders’ Day yesterday, rounding off the Family Heritage Badge and part of our National Challenge. Our grandparents and other older relatives were proudly presented with flowers and cards made previously by the Meerkats. At three bases, they tasted food from long ago such condensed milk on bread, Welsh …
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Oct 06 2025
Meerkats Green our Environment
Our Meerkats took to the streets on Saturday 13 September to tackle a bare verge outside the International School of Cape Town. Under the Action Task of the Meerkat National Challenge, they had to “Find a place in or near you that needs greening. Plant and nourish indigenous greenery for a term.” Parent Kirsty Gilmour …
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Oct 06 2025
1 st Claremont Pack Sleepover
On the 22 August 1 st Claremont Cubs held our annual Pack sleepover and it wasonce again a huge hit! This is an important event on our calendar as many of ourCubs have either never slept in a tent before or have never slept away from theirparents before. We pitched our Scout bell tents inside …
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Oct 05 2025
Troop Report Term 3
Term 3 this year was, as usual, one of our busier terms (I’m sure you are all tired of reading/hearing this statement or an iteration of this statement by now, but it is simply just true.. The term started before the term even began with both Laura and Joel running their community services and Laura …
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