Rover Moot: 2007 Report
Mafikeng: National Rover Moot
28 December 2006 to 13 January 2007
Scores of foreign Rovers from all over the world visited our country for this Moot. They started of in Mafikeng at the Mafikeng SCENE (Scout Centre of Excellence for Nature and the Environment) where they had the Moot.
The SCENE is situated 5km from the city of Mafikeng and 320 km from Johannesburg, close to South Africa's northern border with Botswana.
Activities at the SCENE were special in that this was one of the places of origin of Scouting and included an unforgettable new year party and projects on site. The absolute highlight was seeing in the Centenary of Scouting while on a Scouting adventure.
Thereafter 86 Rovers boarded a train to Cape Town where they spent 4 nights at the Sea Scout Base in Sandvlei. Here they were hosted by local Rovers and Scouters. Despite the short time on hand, they managed to get to Boulders, Robben Island, the Waterfront for shopping and eating, up to the Scout Mountain Club Hut on Table Mountain and even got to see some of Cape Town's night life.
On the morning of Wednesday 10 January, they all packed up again, boarded a train at Lakeside to get to Cape Town and then back to Johannesburg where they were hosted by Gauteng Rovers for a night or two, before flying back to the UK and Europe.
Our local Scouters and Rovers who came to visit and assist with transport, enjoyed getting to know the foreign contingent and there was plenty of contact info exchanged. In return, hospitality has been offered when some of us go to the UK later in the year for the World Jamboree.
Charles Prince (AAC Rovers)
Source: SCaR No 4 February 2007