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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Blog - Spionkop Lodge</title><link>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/rss/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright (c) 2026, Spionkop Lodge</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title>COVID-19 Health and Safety Procedures</title><link>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/covid-19-health-and-safety-procedures/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="prose-button" href="http://www.spionkop.co.za//media/doc/3d/covid-19_tbcsa_compliance_certificate_-_tourism_pl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;View Certificate &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/covid-19-health-and-safety-procedures/</guid></item><item><title>Spionkop Outreach during COVID-19</title><link>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/spionkop-outreach-during-covid-19/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;At Spion Kop Lodge I have a rural School project, which I started when I left teaching to come and work here. I look after the local school Schitsdrift ,adjacent to the lodge .There are some 257 children in the school ,plus a crèche ! Whilst at school the children receive a daily meal, for many children the only meal that they get in a day. Now with this Covid-19 lockdown , those children are actually starving! I have set up a gifting food parcel scheme ,for the poverty-stricken children and families in our community . You have no idea how they appreciate our assistance !Life is tough for everyone at present, but to be starving and not have food for your children must be agony ! People will revert to stealing and poaching when they are starving ,that is why it is so important for all of us here ,to assist wherever possible.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A message of appreciation we received:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good day Mrs Heron.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I the guardian of Sithembiso Sigubudu , who is an orphan . I would like to thank you 🙏 and the kind learners from England,for gifting the child mentioned above the food parcel, may the good lord continue to bless you more and more, we are forever grateful of your helping hand. We appreciate your presence in our kids lives including at such hard times of this pandemic we facing as R.S.A. StaySafe&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kind regards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;P.E Sigubudu&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spion Kop Lodge would like to thank everyone for their amazing support for our Nutrition Food Parcel Project. Made only possible by your support.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/spionkop-outreach-during-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title>Spionkop Forms part of 2016 Berg and Bush MTB Event Route</title><link>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/spionkop-forms-part-of-2016-berg-and-bush-mtb-even/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;"The Grindrod Bank Berg &amp;amp; Bush takes mountain bikers from the top of the Drakensberg escarpment near Harrismith and drops down into Kwazulu-Natal negotiating world-famous single track into the bushveld below into Winterton." -&lt;a href="http://www.bergandbush.co.za/#!_welcome" target="_blank"&gt; via the official Berg and Bush Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.spionkop.co.za/blog/post/spionkop-forms-part-of-2016-berg-and-bush-mtb-even/</guid></item></channel></rss>