Myglenwood

22/08/2026

22/08/2026

Hello Glenwood

This Women's Month's edition celebrates the women of Glenwood. We could have filled all eight pages or run to 40 pages to celebrate the women who build community in Glenwood - organising, leading, inspiring, caring, and creating community. We curated a small selection from all the women we are proud to have as neighbours and friends.

We give you a heads up about the Glenwood Book Fair which will take place at the end of September over the Heritage weekend. This year's Book Fair will feature dozens of authors, children's storytelling, a craft and vintage market, and two dinners - one at the KZNSA on Friday night and the second at the Poke Box on Saturday night. The dinners are the only ticketed events during Book Fair, everything else is free. Expect author panel discussions, author signings, read aloud stories to children and spoken word poetry. If you would like to participate in Book Fair, the details are in the magazine.

Two stories in the edition invite community participation. We're excited that there is now an ewaste receptacle at Stella Sports Club for Glenwoodians to dispose of our electronic waste safely. And we invite you to contribute to the Homeland Security Community Ambulance Fund to send help when it is needed most.

The Glenwood UIP is still marvelling at the succesful turnout for the Mandela Day celebrations in July. Watching all generations enjoy the winter sun and live classical and jazz music in a sparkling and clean Bulwer Park was the highlight.

This month the Glenwood UIP shares with us how urban design can protect women and children, starting with lighting up spaces such as Bulwer Park and deploying its stewards to be "eyes on the street".

Enjoy the edition and see you at the second annual Glenwood Book Fair. It starts on Thursday, Heritage Day at the Umbilo Library auditorum in Bulwer Park, moves to Mazisi Kunene Museum on Friday morning, then on to the KZNSA Friday afternoon before two days of the Fair at Phansi Museum on Saturday and Sunday 26 and 27 September. The craft and vintage market will be held on Saturday and Sunday.

Let's get ready for Spring.

23/07/2026

Hello Glenwood

The sun was out on Wednesday, July 18, and so was the Glenwood community. Mandela Day 2026 was celebrated by a number of local organisations with activities that offered a little something for everybody.

Mandela Day requires us to take personal responsibility for improving the lives of others and building a more equitable world. This is exctly what the Glenwood community did on July 18 - from bringing people together through music to clearing alien vegatation, from attending a panel discussion to building community through yoga.

The highlight was the free classical and jazz concert in Bulwer Park hosted by the Glenwood UIP. The underused "stage" next to the Umbilo Library proved to be a great space for a concert and we were entertained by the youth classical ensemble Black Tie Tunes as well as Glenwood's beloved George and Debbie Mari.

The Glenwood UIP had invited residents of the local old age and children's homes to the concert and it was wonderful to see this intergenerational use of our public spaces.

At the nearby KZNSA, a panel discussion and free yoga class brought in the numbers while further down at Phansi Museum, a group of children who had spent some of their July school holidays leaning to draw from master cartoonist Dr Nanda Sooben, put on a multi-media demonstration showing off the fruits of their labour through animated imagery and dance.

*** Our Humans of Glenwood this month are Dr Sazi Dlamini and Cristina Giampetri whose contributions to the creative sector are invaluable.

*** We have a bumper selection of events in the neighbourhood AND we're giving away three double tickets to the opening night of Shall We Dance.

Enjoy the edition.

17/07/2026

What a great Mandela Day initiative to bring the Glenwood community together ... free jazz and classical music in the park.

23/06/2026

Hello Glenwood

Welcome to the latest edition of MYGLENWOOD.

This month we talk about Mandela Day, coming up on July 18, which calls on us to dedicate 67 minutes of our time to serve our community. Mandela Day is a global call to action to combat poverty, stand up against injustice, and make a positive, lasting impact. The 67 minutes represent the 67 years Nelson Mandela spent fighting for human rights and social justice.

In this edition of MYGLENWOOD, we put together a list of things we can do to make a difference. Many organisations - including child, elder and animal welfare agencies - depend on Mandela Day volunteers and donors to help them do more than they can manage on very limited budgets.

***We find out from Adam Robinson why he is selling the Glenwood Bakery, the iconic bakery on Esther Roberts Road

*** We stopped by Bulwer Park to watch an eThekwini Municipality contractor up on a cherrypicker fixing the lights

*** We visited Glenwood High School and learned about their partnership with the Glenwood UIP.

*** And we spent time with two Humans of Glenwood: Niki Moore and Sindiswa Ntlangulela Bensch.

Happy Reading.