South Coast Hospice

02/11/2025

30/10/2025

29/10/2025

Have you taken your pledge yet? 🤔

Buy a toy in memory of a loved one, which will be donated to a child in need.

Pledges will be available at the Southcoast Mall every Tuesday, Friday & Saturday during November. Everyday also at our reception. Any queries contact BT on Whatsapp 082 728 0233.

Place your pledge today!

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http://www.southcoasthospice.co.za/donate.html

📍 29 Connor Street, Port Shepstone

📞 +27 (0) 39 682 3031
📧 info@schospice.co.za
📲 082 308 6300

25/10/2025

Diane van Dyk

🌟 Celebrating a Legend: Skabenga's Bronze Statue Unveiled at The Oyster Box Hotel! 🌟

Today, the iconic Oyster Box Hotel in Umhlanga paid tribute to its beloved feline resident, Skabenga, with the unveiling of a stunning life-size bronze statue.

Skabenga, who charmed guests for 19 years, left paw prints on the hearts of many. To honour his memory, renowned artist Sarah Richards created this beautiful sculpture, capturing his quirky spirit and regal presence.

👉 Read more: https://sundaytribune.co.za/news/2025-10-21-oyster-box-hotel-unveils-bronze-statue-to-honour-beloved-cat-skabenga/

24/10/2025

Diane van Dyk

The Unseen Grief...Losing A Sibling

Sibling loss is a strange kind of sorrow, one that often slips quietly beneath the surface of public mourning. When a brother or sister passes away, the world tends to look first toward the parents, the spouse, or even the children of the deceased.

Yet the sibling, standing somewhere in the middle, is often left to grieve in silence.

People don’t always know what to say to someone who’s lost a sibling. They might offer a polite condolence before shifting focus to the ‘closer’ relatives. Society rarely talks about how that loss shatters the foundation of who you are.

Your sibling is your co-author in childhood, your mirror in family dynamics, your link to shared memories no one else can fully understand. When they’re gone, part of your personal history disappears with them.

Here’s the thing…this overlooked grief can be isolating.

You might feel as though you’re expected to be strong for your parents or to move forward before your heart is ready. Even well-meaning friends sometimes minimize it, assuming the pain is somehow less than that of other losses. But the truth is, sibling grief is just as profound, quieter, and less seen.

It can make you feel invisible, mourning someone while being expected to hold everything else together. There’s an ache in realizing that no one will ask how ‘you’re’ coping, because few realize how intertwined your lives truly were. It’s not just the loss of a sibling, it’s the loss of shared birthdays, inside jokes, old arguments, and that lifelong familiarity of being known from the very beginning.

Honoring this kind of grief means giving it a voice. It’s recognizing that your pain matters too, that it deserves empathy, not dismissal.

Sibling loss may be overlooked by others, but for those who live it, it’s a defining loss, reshaping who you are and how you move through the world.

In speaking about it...you reclaim space for healing.

And in remembering your sibling out loud, you remind others that every bond we lose leaves its mark.

No matter how quietly the world acknowledges it.

Gary Sturgis

24/10/2025

South Coast Hospice Home Based Care Training graduates - 24 October 2025!👩‍🎓

Congratulations to each and every one of you for successfully completing this course, and getting one step closer to a future ripe with success!🎊🎊🎊
It has been a pleasure hosting and training you.

We wish you the very best for your future.

Thank you Sr Zoleka and the team for another successful training session.

24/10/2025

Make this festive season one of remembrance, love, and purpose and help South Coast Hospice light up lives once more.

23/10/2025

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Jennifer Van der Merwe, Beverley Koekemoer Kelly, Zinhle Nonopha

23/10/2025

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Jennifer Van der Merwe, Beverley Koekemoer Kelly, Zinhle Nonopha