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Please support the SA Guide Dogs stand at the upcomming Randfontein Show from the 3rd until the 6th March.We will be promoting our Car Competition.

SAGA will also be exhibiting at the Hobby X Show at the Coca Cola Dome from the 4th until the 7th March. We will be promoting our Car Competition.

Tickets are only R20 and you could win a Nissan Livina 1.6 so bring your familiy and friends and come visit our stand.

Guide Dogs in South Africa

The South African Guide-Dogs Association for the Blind was founded in 1953 by Gladys Evans and a temporary training centre was rented at No 1, Glamorgan Road, Parkwood. after she returned from England with her famous guide dog, Sheena.

SAGA’s first real home was a lovely 6 acre property called “Vale Cottage” in Parkmore, Sandton which was established in 1958. Vale Cottage was later renamed “The Gladys Evans Training Centre” and was to remain the home of SAGA until 1986 when, due to the increased demand for guide dogs, the new “Gladys Evans Training Centre” was opened in Wroxham Road, Witkoppen.

This 11 acre property today boasts all the facilities required to train both guide dogs and their blind owners.

It’s interesting to note that in the long history of SAGA only 4 people have headed the Association. They are Michael Bibikoff (1955 to 1959), Lionel Wilson (1959 to 1969), Ken Lord (1969 to 2004) and Malcolm Driver (2004 to the present time).


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