Umoya Legacy

Ways to Take Part in Umoya Legacy

Participation here is not a membership scheme. It is a set of practical routes into the paper, each one shaped by what you actually have to send and where it lands, in the fortnightly print run or the weekly email digest.

Letters and the Recipe Swap

Readers write in about a route that has changed, a club that folded, or a garden that survived the winter on almost nothing. Recipes arrive handwritten, in cups and spoonfuls, and we edit them just enough to be followable without losing the voice of the person who sent them.

  • Letters page, edited for length only
  • Recipe swap, held back for a fitting season
  • Your name and town shown as you send them

Send a letter or a recipe through the submission route and mark it for the print run or the digest.

Listings for Clubs and Groups

Walking groups, botanical garden volunteer rosters, woodworking and watercolour clubs, choir rehearsals, grandparent-and-grandchild outings, retirement village notices and second-hand book fairs all belong in the local events diary. Send the date, the meeting point and who to ask on the day.

  • Local events diary entry
  • Club notice for the classifieds board
  • Coverage across Durban, Pretoria, Cape Town and smaller towns

Group organisers can send listings for the next print run or the weekly email digest, whichever suits the timing.

Classifieds and Notices

The classifieds board carries lift shares, craft supplies and club notices, plus obituary notices written with care. Keep the wording plain and include the town or province so the item reaches the right local edition.

  • Lift shares and craft supplies
  • Club notices and meeting changes
  • Obituary notices, handled without hurry

Not sure which route fits? The editorial approach explains how submissions are read and placed.

Send a letter, listing or notice

Practical columns on downsizing a house, keeping a garden alive through a dry winter and staying in touch with family across provinces run alongside the reader pages. Umoya Legacy is based in Johannesburg and reaches readers well beyond it.

What you can send in, and where it lands

Umoya Legacy is built from what readers and local groups send us. A letter about a footpath that floods every June, a club notice about a woodworking bench that needs a new home, a recipe written in cups and spoonfuls with a note in the margin. Each kind of submission goes to a different part of the paper, and knowing which one you want saves everyone a round of email.

Listings can go to the next print run or to the weekly email digest, whichever suits the timing. If a date is close, the digest is usually the better fit.

Umoya Legacy: packages

  • Letters page

    Short, direct letters about something happening in your town: a bus route, a library closure, a neighbour who deserves a mention. We edit for length and clarity, not for opinion.

  • Events and club listings

    Walking groups, botanical garden volunteer rosters, watercolour and woodworking clubs, choir rehearsals, grandparent-and-grandchild outings, retirement village notices and second-hand book fairs all belong in the local events diary.

  • Recipe swap

    Send the dish as you actually cook it, with the measurements you use. Family quantities are fine. If a step needs explaining, add a line about it.

  • Classifieds board

    Lift shares between towns, craft supplies looking for a new cupboard, and club notices that need a wider audience than a noticeboard at the hall.

  • Obituary notices

    Written with care and space for the details that mattered. Families can send the text themselves, or a short note and we will work from there.

    Not sure which section fits? The editorial approach explains how submissions are read and edited, and the formats page covers how the print run and the weekly digest differ.