The Story of SuccessNecessity forced the Centurion Hospice management team to sit down and consider what to do when we faced the loss of income from the coffee shop. We could either lose money or be creative! The former was not an option. Marius Bester, our Operations Manager said: “No…
Well-known music publicist Lydia Winchester Well-known music publicists and larger-than-life personality Lydia Winchester recently joined a list of celebrities who decided to back Centurion Hospice by giving their time, knowledge, and expertise.“I attended a hospice Memorial Day last year and I met amazing, strong people who tended to their loved…
A charity that reaches out to another charity That might sound like a paradox, but Centurion Hospice has always done things differently. After all, it is women’s month, and all women need to be celebrated.For this reason, Centurion Hospice, decided to spoil the women living in the Lions Haven home…
Well-known singer, actor and Pretoria FM radio presenter, Riaan Grobler, came very close to meeting his Maker when he contracted the feared Covid-19 virus. Still, he lived to tell the tale and to bake another cake. Kneading into the sticky paste (that will eventually be the topping on a cake),…
Her voice is as well-known as pap and sheeba. As rugby and a boerworsroll on a sunny day… Riva Schoeman is a household name in the greater Pretoria area and when she “officially” retired from radio last year February, we lost one of our most loved voices on local radio. …
Larami en Otto Meyer het vroeër vanmiddag die verrassing van hulle lewe gekry nadat Groot Fm 90.50 se omgeeprojek, Jou mense, my mense, vliegtuigkaartjies na dié moederstad en kaartjies vir onder meer ‘n besoek aan Tafelberg aan hulle oorhandig het. Dié oorhandiging is tydens ‘n omgee-insetsel gedoen en nie net…
When the music stops………………. When the music stops………………. Deon van der Merwe is best known as one of South Africa’s best guitarists, but there is so much more to the man. “When I finished my studies, there were only 40 recognized psychiatric diagnoses. Today, there is around 400. Some diagnoses…
On Workers Day, Centurion Hospice hosted a wedding for a 36-year-old woman from Pretoria who is dying as a result of a rare stomach carcinoma. Larami Meyer (36) wore a traditional veil over her blond wig – although her husband-to-be did not care whether she had hair or not. “I…
The new year was not even two days old when 412 more medical personnel succumbed to the novel Covid-19 virus. Theresa Coetzee, a home-base nurse at Centurion Hospice, was heart-broken as a few of her friends were among those who died. They became statistics, numbers that sprouted forth from President…
Bernadette Wasserman, a Centurion Hospice supporter, and pizza lover was crowned as the best pizza builder in Centurion at Rebels Pizza in Lyttelton on Saturday. This winning pizza consists of bacon, avocado, mozzarella cheese, honey mustard and pieces of steak. It is called the Centurion Hospice Pizza and will be…