EVENT NEWS

Jun 26

MG: An Amazing Tale of How a Niche Sports Car Brand Has Become a Major World Player

By Roger Houghton MG is an intriguing, niche car model which was spun off from the mainstream Morris Oxford by a dealership, Morris...

Apr 17

The Story Behind the MG Slogan, ‘Safety Fast!’

by Bob Vitrikas The MG slogan ‘Safety Fast!’ has been associated with the MG marque for 94 years and the MG Car Club for 64 years. Where...

Mar 24

Introducing the MGCCSC Library

The MGCCSC Library is a collection of articles too long to include in the monthly newsletter. As content is made available, it will be...

MGA Tour - Knysna to Swakopmund August 2023

Ricky Cooper woke up one morning about 18 months ago, he had a dream, and shared it with Tersia. It was about a trip he wanted to do to...

Reflections on the Cape Centres Gathering

From a member who has experienced several Cape Centres Gatherings and Indabas: So it was, that on a freezing morning, we folded ourselves...

GEORGE OLD CAR SHOW - February 2023

What a fantastic turnout ! 46 MG's on show out of the 48 committed, so well done to all members who braved the heat to attend this grand...

GASOLINE ALLEY 2022 – Fri 9th December

A brief report back on the annual Gasoline Alley Braai held on 9 December 2022. It seems that the God’s were with us that evening since...

MGCC COMBINED CAPE CENTRES & CENTENARY GATHERING

PRINCE ALBERT 2023 The MG Car Club, Combined Southern African Centres, has a long tradition of national gatherings held every two years...

MGB 60TH CELEBRATION MEET

MGB 60TH CELEBRATION MEET on Sunday 18th September had good support from the South Cape Centre’s 36 registered MGB owners. In spite of...

PADDY HOPKIRK - A Tribute from Norman Ewing

The news of the passing of Paddy Hopkirk was received with much sadness by MG members in South Africa. He was of all our special guests,...

MG LADIES REPORT BACK ON TJHOKO PAINT WORKSHOP – 9th JUNE

(Organised by innovative Tersia Cooper and reported on by Tersia, Lorna Lyons-Lewis & Jill Morse) Lorna: Instructed by Anna-Marie, the...

2022 MG Indaba in Gqeberha

19th to 22nd May – The Indaba was well supported by our Centre with 18 cars and 35 crew members (the biggest Centre entry) making the...

Lunch Run to Hoeka Toeka

Sunday 10th April - A very well supported MG run organised by George Davey and Margie von Zeil to this delightful venue in Hoekwil, with...

MG TF 20th Anniversary

Whilst not a formal calendared event, the modern TF owners within our local club, motivated by Dave Tindall and Kevin Oldfield, decided...

Past Event - MG Braai at George Lakes Yacht Club – 5th February

This popular event, at this lovely venue with kind permission of the GLYC Commodore was well supported as usual with over 30 members of...

MGCC Cape Centres Centenary Gathering 23–26 May 2023

PRINCE ALBERT The MG Car Club, Combined South African Centres, has a long tradition of gatherings held every two years called Indabas. ...

2021 Simola Hillclimb

The Simola Hillclimb ( 2rd to 5th September ) kicked off our September activities on a splendid note for the dedicated team of MG Club...

Simola Hillclimb Covid-19 Status Update

Following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaring a national state of emergency last night over the coronavirus pandemic the organisers of...

Event Cancellations - Covid19 Update

Greetings to you as we enter the first days of South Africa’s historic lock down - finding ourselves in the midst of one of the most...

2019 Knysna Motor Show

The South Cape Centre of the MG Car Club is very active indeed with the bulk of the membership made up of retired folk who have always...

MGCC breakfast runs and lunches

The Garden Route is blessed with interesting roads and venues and the End-of-Month Breakfast Runs, on the last Sunday of each month, are...

Jaguar Simola Hillclimb 2019

This iconic event, in its 10th year of running in 2019, has had support from the members of the South Cape Centre from its inception. The...

2019 Update

2019 is already one quarter gone and the South Cape Centre is now well on it’s way with organising a whole range of events for our...