Gcs centenary

摘要

It is not often that I regret being a teetotaller, as I would have loved to have downed a glass of champagne in celebration of the Centenary of the Council for Geoscience (CGS), formerly the Geological Survey of South Africa. Perhaps wisely, there was none on offer during lunchtime on the 8th November 2012 when the CGS hosted a distinguished guest-list at its 2-day function to mark this auspicious occasion. The year 2012 is also notable for Queen Elizabeth ll's Diamond Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of the first James Bond movie (I am an ardent fan), and perhaps less knowp, the centenary of Tarzan! So I made the stressful trip (traffic-wise) up to Silverton at the kind invitation of the CGS to partake in their festivities for the day.