The Future is Bright EMS Foundation Hands Over a NEW Building for the Boxers of the Overstrand Whale Boxing Club

On Saturday 25^th of November 2023 Elizabeth Steyn the patron of the EMS Foundation officially handed over a new building to the boxers of Overstrand Whale Boxing Club at the opening event held in Hermanus in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Almost exactly a year in November 2022 the final plans were discussed in Hermanus, the architects who share the responsibility for the design of the building are Nicola du Pisanie from Stonewood Design in the United Kingdom and Simon Pfotenhauer from Stage 5 Architects in South Africa.

In March 2023 Elizabeth Steyn returned to Hermanus to break ground on the proposed site at the Hermanus Waldorf School with Mzi Damesi, the founder and head coach of the Overstrand Whale Boxing Club. On the 28th of March 2023 the heavy duty equipment arrived on site to begin excavation in order to start laying the foundations and the construction of the new OBWC commenced.

Building work continued during the wettest winter recorded in over thirty years in the Overstrand.

In September the Overstrand suffered severe damage over a long weekend widespread flooding, landslides and rockfalls forced the closure of all major roads leading into Cape Town. Infrastructure was damaged and Hermanus was left with a severely compromised water supply.

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