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Aasvoël Klub The Vulture Club was started to provide a platform for poets, musicians and storytellers.

The Vulture Club was started to provide a platform for poets, musicians and storytellers initially amateur and later professional and amateur to display their talents in front of an audience. The name Vulture was not so much based on culture as it was inspired by two snobby ladies with harpoon shaped noses that resembled vultures at a funky poetry reading which did not appeal to their search for an eloquent Wordsworth.

19/06/2026

💔 URGENT: NEW BEGINNINGS HAS REACHED BREAKING POINT 💔

Dear Supporters,

This is one of the hardest posts we have ever had to write.

After 12 years of fighting for animals, answering emergencies, rescuing the abandoned, feeding the hungry, paying vet bills, and doing everything within our power to keep going, we have reached a place we have never reached before.

Our bank account is empty.

We are unable to pay salaries.
We are unable to pay vet bills.
We are unable to buy food.
We are unable to buy medication.
We are unable to put fuel in our vehicles to respond to emergencies.

We have reached the end of what we, as human beings, can do.

Over the years, we have launched auctions, hosted competitions, organized events, run fundraising campaigns, and pursued every avenue we could think of to keep New Beginnings alive. We were even at another fundraising event yesterday, have a market in friday AND doing a golf day over the weekend and still trying to find a way forward.

But today, we have to be honest.

We cannot continue operating as normal.

Effective immediately, New Beginnings is forced to suspend our operations until we can find a way out of this crisis.

This means that we cannot respond to emergencies.
We cannot assist with township call-outs.
We cannot take in new animals.
We cannot continue providing the level of care our animals deserve without immediate intervention.

Every day we receive heartbreaking calls and photographs of animals suffering, neglected, injured, and dying. Every day people ask us for help.

And for the first time in 12 years, we are in a position where we simply cannot help.

The heartbreak of that reality is impossible to describe.

We are also urgently asking the public to consider adopting. Every adoption helps reduce the burden on the shelter and gives an animal the loving home it deserves.

Today, we are not posting another fundraiser.

Today, we are asking for a miracle.

If you are able to donate, sponsor an animal, provide food, assist with vet bills, offer corporate sponsorship, connect us with businesses, organize a fundraiser, or help in any way whatsoever, please do so now.

This is the moment that will determine whether New Beginnings survives.

We do not like asking for help. We do not like begging.

But today we are begging.

We are begging for the animals.
We are begging for the shelter.
We are begging for the work that has been built over the last 12 years.

Without urgent intervention, we will be forced to make drastic decisions that none of us want to make.

If New Beginnings has ever touched your life, helped an animal you loved, inspired you, or made a difference in your community, please stand with us now.

Please share this post.
Please pray.
Please donate.
Please help us fight for one more day.

With heavy hearts,

The New Beginnings Team

New Beginnings
Fnb Cheque
6241 503 9313
252 005
Ref Name and MIRACLE

https://pay.yoco.com/new-beginnings

[email protected]

✅️Section 18A certificate can be issued for donations..

15/06/2026

Woord vir die dag 📍

Partykeer bid ons vir ’n oop deur, maar God antwoord deur een toe te maak.

Nie omdat Hy ons straf nie, maar omdat Hy ons beskerm en lei na iets beter. Wat vandag soos teleurstelling voel, kan môre die bewys wees van God se getrouheid.

14/06/2026

For those who don't know, Huistoe Animal Welfare has grown from one woman’s personal rescue work into a sanctuary caring for about 70 dogs at a time, including animals that many shelters would struggle to keep: the abused, abandoned, overlooked, elderly and non-adoptable. Founder Lientjie began by helping with sterilisations, vaccinations, vet care, food distribution and rehoming in Wepener and surrounding rural areas, but the need kept widening.

What emerged was not only a rescue and rehoming effort, but a place for dogs that are unlikely ever to find homes elsewhere. The organisation now focuses on rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming, while also offering sanctuary to older dogs and those with special needs.

Huistoe says Bloemfontein and surrounding areas face severe levels of neglect, abuse, abandonment and overpopulation, with shelters carrying more than they can reasonably absorb. In 2025 alone, the organisation sterilised 287 dogs, a figure it sees as one of the clearest ways to reduce unwanted litters and curb suffering before it starts.

It also provides school visits and social-media education on responsible pet care, while continuing to respond to emergency calls with food and veterinary help where possible. But the daily pressure remains relentless. The organisation says pet owners are increasingly shifting responsibility onto shelters, while the cost of food, vet care, rent, electricity, salaries and maintenance keeps rising. Its combined vet bills are now above R16 000, while 18 puppies are in care, including 10 bottle-fed puppies without a mother. Formula milk, puppy food, tinned food, blankets, jerseys, F10 cleaning solution, NexGard and plastic kidney beds are among the most urgent stock needs, along with maintenance help and kennel expansion.

Huistoe also does not yet have its own vehicle, which complicates rescues and donation collections, and it remains on rented premises, leaving its future vulnerable if relocation ever becomes necessary.

Still, the organisation points to cases like Titan to explain why it keeps going:
Rescued from Fauresmith in an extreme state of neglect, mange and pain, Titan arrived skeletal, inflamed and barely holding on. He has since recovered steadily, undergone a leg amputation that improved his comfort and mobility, and begun to regain confidence, companionship and health. Huistoe’s larger goal is to secure permanent premises with more stable, home-like infrastructure and, eventually, a sensory garden for rehabilitation. For now, it is asking the public for practical support: donations, debit orders, foster help, supplies, sponsorships, adoptions, volunteer labour and, ideally, a bakkie.

Businesses can reach out to lend support for Nelson Mandela day: [email protected]

For visits, fundraising, rescue: Lientjie 084 767 0249

Contact Andrien for adoptions: 083 236 8805.

12/06/2026

Jy is genooi na 'n middag van goeie musiek, liriek en lekker kuier. Of jy nou 'n musiekliefhebber is of net 'n wegbreek soek — hier is die plek om te wees...
Villa Barranco, 198 Long St, Waterkloof, Pretoria
Datum: Son 14 Junie / 12:00 middagvertoning
Kaartjies: Tixsa / Navrae: 079 095 3906 Charl

Sitplekke is beperk — bespreek vroegtydig en "tag" vriende wat graag sal wil bywoon.
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