 | ABSA bank (click here for
banking
hours) |
| courier services |
| estate agents |
| Prince Albert Chamber of
Commerce |
| Prince
Albert Ratepayers Association |
|
post office |
|
hospital 023
5411 300 or 023 5411 240 (duty officer) |
| doctor's
surgery (Dr Reinders 023 5411 090) |
| pharmacy - Prins-Kem, 83 Kerk Street Tel
023 5411 058, after hours phone 082 8541 303 |
|
police station 023
541 8000
|
|
municipal services with after hours contact staff |
| Schools:
Zwartberg
High School (Afrikaans) began in 1899 with a handful of children and has
grown to 360 pupils ranging from Grades 1 to 12. There is also
a private pre-school (which includes Grade R) on the
premises. We are the only
high school in a 100km radius. Our Grade 12 class averages 40
learners each year. We are very proud of the fact that in the past 25
years we have only had 2 students who did not pass Grade 12!
In
2001 we received the Education Department's Award for the Most
Improved Racially Intergrated
School. Currently our Gr 3 Systemic Evaluation averages 90%!
Our Gr 1 to 7 classes' CAMI Mathematics achieved the 2nd highest
score in the
Southern Cape. We are very proud of our 6 Junior Karate Springboks who
competed in Namibia
in August 2009.
We
are situated in the "Beaufort West Poverty Nodal Area" and
only 18% of our learners are able to pay school fees.
Despite this, we still maintain a high standard of academic,
cultural and sporting curriculae.
Our beautiful
gabled school buildings form a part of Prince Albert's renowned heritage. 90 Learners are housed in our
school hostel, behind which we have agricultural land that is
cultivated to produce onion and carrot seed as a
fund-raising initiative. Here in the
Karoo, we certainly live by the adage - " 'n Boer maak 'n plan!"
Contact:
The school secretary,
Hendrika van Onselen
Tel:
023 541-1570
E-mail:
admin@zwartberg.wcape.school.za
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| Churches: NGK, VGS, AGS,
Anglican and Roman Catholic churches (see notice boards
for the time of the services) The Roman Catholic
Community holds
regular services:
We are a small community of approximately 30 persons, a mix of South
Africans and foreigners who live part of the year in the village. We
celebrate Holy Mass at 17h30 in St John's Anglican Church on the first and third Saturday of each
month. Our local contact person is
Zelia Mullins 023 5411 102 / 072 108 1987.
St
John the Baptist
is an Anglican chapel attached to the Parish of St Jude's in Oudtshoorn.
Our rector visits the village on the fourth Sunday of the month to conduct
a bilingual Communion service at 9.00am.
On
the other Sundays we hold the service of Morning Prayer in the church in
English at 9.00am and in our hall in North-end in Afrikaans at 10.00am.
Visitors are most welcome. We have a brochure on the history of the
church (which is a National Monument). Please telephone Andrew and Ailsa
Tudhope: 023 5411 211 if you wish to view the building.
The Karoo Labyrinth in the church garden is available for meditative walks
at all times.
|
Greyhound Bus Service to Prince Albert Road
From Monday, 8 August 2011, the Greyhound Bus Service has
been stopping daily at the North & South Hotel at Prince Albert Road on
its JHB-BFN-CPT (and vice-versa) and DUR-BFN-CPT (and vice versa) routes. Click
here for the timetable.
Please note that Prince Albert Road is 45km from Prince
Albert
this is most important because you would
have to arrange transport from Prince Albert Road through to Prince
Albert. Please consult your host when making an accommodation booking.
We
do have a local Taxi Service
Vehicles
are roadworthy & licensed and operated by reliable drivers.
Van
Rooyen Transport:
Billy van Rooyen
Tel:
023 5411 907 / 072 337 3149
Shosholoza Meyl to Prince Albert Road
Please note that the Shosholoza Meyl train
currently stops at
Prince Albert Road
en-route to
Cape Town
and
Johannesburg
on a Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
as follows:
| PA Road
to
Cape Town
: |
Departs
PA Road
07:42
Arrives
Cape Town
15:30 same day
|
| Cape Town
to
PA Road
: |
Departs
Cape Town
10:00
Arrives
PA Road
17:30 same day
|
|
Fares as follows:
Economy
Class (sitter) R90 per person
Tourist
Class – compartment seats 4 R140 per person
Tourist
Class – coupe (if you don’t want to share) R280 for the
coupe
|
| PA Road
to
Johannesburg: |
Departs
PA Road
17:35
Arrives
JHB 12:16 the next day
|
| Johannesburg
to
PA Road: |
Depart
JHB 12:30
Arrives
PA Road
07:37 the next day
|
|
Fares as follows:
Economy
Class (sitter) R190 per person
Tourist
Class – compartment seats 4 R310 per person
Tourist
Class – coupe (if you don’t want to share) R620 for the
coupe
|
|
Please note that
this may or may not be the correct information as various
residents have obtained conflicting reports. Kindly contact
Reservations directly on 086 000 8888
for more details. |
|
Please note that Prince Albert Road is 45km from Prince
Albert
|
This is most important because you would
have to arrange transport from Prince Albert Road through to Prince
Albert. Please consult your host when making an accommodation booking. |
|
We
do have a local Taxi Service
Vehicles
are roadworthy & licensed and operated by reliable drivers.
Van
Rooyen Transport:
Billy van Rooyen
Tel:
023 5411 907 / 072 337 3149
|
Municipal Notices and the Prince Albert Ratepayers
Association
Visit
the Prince Albert Ratepayer's Association website by clicking here.
Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce
Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce started life in
2009 with a small number of enthusiastic volunteers who believed that
the town would benefit from an organisation that could support business
and business people.
Some of its achievements include:
| 30+
paid up members in its first year
|
| The
reprint and extensive distribution of Prince Albert's A-Z Directory of Services
|
| Due
to demand, the reprint and sale of the Chamber's "Proudly Prince
Albert" stickers
|
| The
launch of the Prince Albert Chamber of Commerce website, www.princealbertchamber.org
|
| A
meeting with the town's Municipal Manager to air
members' concerns regarding the Municipality
|
| Successful
lobbying of the Municipality on behalf of members regarding the
recent building planning application delays
|
| Continuing
involvement with the Municipality to help establish a solution to
stop non local trucks passing through the town day and night
|
| Regular
contact with Telkom to update members of the availability of
additional ADSL ports in the town and to lobby for ADSL to be made
available to those outlying areas of
Prince Albert
|
| Investigations
with banks other than ABSA with regard to their opening a branch in
Prince Albert
|
| A
meeting with ABSA's Regional Manager to discuss members'
concerns and complaints about service levels at the Prince Albert
branch
|
| SEDA
Holdings enlisted several members to their funding initiatives for
setting up and guiding small businesses
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