Don't be shy to bring your friends or even strangers you've met in a bookshop!
Click here for a list of venues for the current year, or here for the calendar of current and previous events.
NEXT EVENT: MEETING
Our next meeting will be a talk by a South African author on her new book. We will try to hold our usual simultaneous Zoom broadcast as well. More details later.
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FOLLOWING EVENT - MEETING
More details will be provided later.
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ABOUT ZOOM
Zoom provides (free and paid-for) virtual meetings, conferences, webinars, etc. We experimented with a very successful meeting on 15 August 2020. To take part, you'll need to download the Zoom client. It is not necessary to do so in advance, because Zoom will automatically do it the first time you join a meeting. If you have not done so before, it is best to download it in advance of joining our first meeting, because the setup will take some time, and you might miss the best bits. Alternatively, click on the link well in advance of the meeting, allowing time to download the zoom client.Top Bottom
TYPES OF EVENTS
Monthly meetings
These usually occur on the afternoon of the third Saturday of the month, from 18h00 onwards and may take the form of presentations, regular speakers, bring and braai's (barbecues), an outing to the Planetarium and movie screening... R10 for members, R20 for non-members.Film Club evenings
Held on the second Saturday evening of the month, at Franz and Simone's house. Here we watch the movie for the evening. Can vary from the ridiculous to the sublime, and is selected from our members' extensive personal libraries. We normally start at 19h30 and finish by about 23h00. Entrance is R30.Mini-conventions
These include a midyear convention for the more serious fan - consisting of a day of talks, discussions, debates, quizzes and movie screenings - as well as speciality small conventions, such as a Star Trek minicon held in the first half of the year.Top Bottom
VENUES
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2022 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January | AGM | Jamiesons' home | Bring & Braai |
| 19 February | Speaker | Zoom | Colin Voisin (French SF comics) |
| 19 March | Speaker | Zoom | James Smith (Meerkat) |
| 16 April | Speaker | Zoom | Nick Heynes (SF and Mental Health) |
| 21 May | Speaker | Zoom | Alistair Mackay (It Doesn't Have To Be This Way) |
| 18 June | Speaker | Nexus | Grant Charlton (Meta and the New World) |
| 16 July | Speaker | Zoom | Cedric Abrahams (IT and Ethics) |
| 20 August | Speaker | Zoom | Chris Engelbrecht (The Songs of the Heavenly Spheres) |
| 17 September | Speaker | Zoom | Deirdre Byrne (South African Science Fiction) |
| 15 October | Speaker | Zoom | Lee Herman (Zombies) |
| 19 November | Speaker | Zoom | Digby Ricci |
| 10 December | Social |
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2021 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 January | AGM | Jamieson's home | |
| 20 February | Speaker | Zoom | Arthur Goldstuck (Messaging: Myths and Realities) |
| 20 March | Social | Zoom | SFFSA Members |
| 17 April | Speaker | Zoom | Philip Machanick (Fake Science) |
| 15 May | Speaker | Zoom | AL du Pisani (Texas Tank Watchers) |
| 19 June | Speaker | Zoom | Digby Ricci (The Midwich Cuckoos/Village of the Damned) |
| 17 July | Speaker | Zoom | Gerhard Hope (Triangulum) |
| 21 August | Speaker | Zoom | Nick Wood (South African SF) |
| 18 September | Speaker | Zoom | Deirdre Byrne & Gerhard Hope (Klara and the Sun) |
| 16 October | Speaker | Zoom | John Carter |
| 20 November | Speaker | Zoom | Gerald Gaylard |
| 4 December |
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2020 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January | AGM | Jamieson's home | |
| 15 February | Speaker | Nexus | Deirdre Byrne, Andrew Skinner |
| 21 March | |||
| 18 April | |||
| 16 May | |||
| 20 June | |||
| 18 July | |||
| 15 August | |||
| TBC: 19 September | |||
| 17 October | |||
| 21 November | |||
| 5 December |
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2019 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January | AGM | Jamieson's home | |
| 16 February | Meeting | Nexus | Sample Series |
| 23 March |
Meeting | Nexus | Prof Ahmed Wadee (Man vs TB) |
| 13 April | Speaker | Nexus | Prof Gerald Gaylard (Afrofuturism) |
| 18 May | |||
| 15 June | 50th Anniversary Dinner | Nexus | |
| 21 July | Speaker | Nexus | Arthur Goldstuck (The Shape of the Future) |
| 17 August | Minicon | Ron's | |
| 14 September | Stand at Scopex | Scopex | |
| 21 September | Speaker | Nexus | Dezi Lemmer (SF becomes Science) |
| 19 October | Speaker | Nexus | |
| 16 November | Annual Dinner | Nexus | Digby Ricci |
| 7 December | Social | Ron's | Bring & Braai |
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2018 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January | AGM< | Jamieson's home | 17 February | Speaker & Movie | Nexus | Deirdre Byrne (Ursula le Guin) | 25 March | Speaker & Movie | Nexus | Denis Droppa (SF Motor Cars | 21 April | Gavin's home | 19 May | Movie & Dinner | Nexus | 16 June | Speaker & Movie | Nexus | Mary-Anne Potter (Why Trees) | 21 July | Speaker & Movie | Nexus | Gerald Hope (Trek Wars) |
| 18 August | Mini Con | Ron's home | |
| 22 September | Speaker & Dinner | Nexus | Fred Strydom (SF Role in SA) |
| 20 October | Speaker & Dinner | Nexus | Tim Carter (Travel in Fact & SF) |
| 17 November | Speaker & Dinner | Nexus | Digby Ricci (Forbidden Planet & The Tempest) |
| 8 December | Social | Ron's home |
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2017 Calendar of Events
| WHEN | TYPE | VENUE | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 February | Speaker & Movie | Cesco's | 18 March | Speaker & Movie | Cesco's | 22 April | Social | Ron's home | 20 May | Classic Movie Day | Cesco's | 24 June | Speaker & Movie | Cesco's | Marco Andreoli (Lifeforce) | 15 July | Speaker & Movie | Cesco's | Nial Mollison (The Wind Rises) | 19 August | Speaker & Movie | Central City Comics | Lee Herrmann (Zombieland) | 16 September | Mini Con | Ron's home | Games and Quizzes | 14 October | Speaker & Movie | Central City Comics | Owen Swart (Star Trek) | 18 November | Year End Dinner | Nexus Hub | Digby Ricci (Narnia) | 9 December | Social | Ron's home |
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Monthly meetings
Annual mini-conventions
Competition 
