History and
Structure
At present there are U3A groups in -
Cape Town
Blaauwberg - new group
Bloemfontein
Durban
George-Wilderness
Grahamstown
Helderberg (Somerset West)
Howick - new group
Johannesburg
Joburg East
Knysna
Overberg (Hermanus)
Plettenberg Bay
Port Alfred -new group
Port Elizabeth
Pretoria
A U3A Group is being formed in Grahamstown - watch out for more details. Another new group has ben launched with great success in Blaauwberg in the Western Cape.
Port Alfred has also arrived on the U3A scene - welcome. See their first Newsletter above.
Click on the links above for details of events and courses in each area. New to South Africa? Find us on the Map.
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National
concessions available to Senior Citizens
There are a number of concessions, rebates, discounts and privileges
available to Senior Citizens from national organisations. Click to see
our latest list of concessions
- they could save you over R 500 per year.
National opportunities
Your own U3A Group may list other opportunities available to you
locally, where membership of U3A entitles you to some form of discount.
This page lists opportunities available to any U3A Member in South
Africa. We list four overseas opportunities - skiing in the French
Alps, hiking in Crete, summer school in France, and low cost holidays
in Spain.
Our web site and
systems
For information or queries about the material in the U3A SA web site,
and for information on what systems are available to help you to run
your U3A Group send an email to our
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U3A in South Africa
If there is no group yet where you live in South Africa, click on the
link below to send us an e-mail requesting advice on starting a group.
Please give details of your location, what interest you have identified
locally, and any other details that you may think are relevant.
Constitutions
This is a reference to several Constitutions adopted by U3A Groups in
South Africa.
Open Writing Magazines
A lot of interest was generated by this SA initiative earlier. However,
postings and hits have dropped off, and we decided to close this
project. However, we had a request to keep the Open Writing project
going, even though there is no new writing being added. So it's all
back. Open Writing.
If you'd like to take on the job of maintaining our own Open Writing
site, please email the Webmaster.
If you're interested in another way of using the Internet to post your
own writings and read others', we recommend you try www.openwriting.com.
Links to other U3A and similar internet sites
Links to world wide U3A groups
U3A in the UK
Hot Links from the U3A UK site
The Harrow U3A web site has some 400 links to U3As and similar establishments for 'Learning in Later Life' in 25 countries world-wide. The webmaster maintains the collection in the UK of links to national and international U3A websites and those of equivalent organizations.
AIUTA - the International Association of U3AsSignposts
To various special interest areas.