
Zinkwazi is a little, unspoilt village with a lagoon for fishing, boating, and birdwatching. There is a mini-supermarket in Zinkwazi for any basic needs, and Ballito is a 20-minute drive away. The house is serviced by a housekeeper from Mondays to Saturdays and this is included in the rate. The house boasts a large garden with a swimming pool, braai facilities and a double garage. All linen is supplied but please bring your own bath and beach towels. The house includes safes upstairs and downstairs, and a downstairs guest toilet.

There is also a dining area as well as a fully equipped kitchen with a washing machine and a dishwasher.
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The house comprises a spacious lounge area on the bottom floor with a TV with DStv and Netflix. The third bedroom contains a double bed and a single bed. The second bedroom contains a double bed and a single bed. The main bedroom contains a queen-size bed and an en-suite bathroom. This spacious house has 3 bedrooms upstairs with 2 bathrooms and a large patio. The house offers spectacular distant views of the ocean and is within easy walking distance from the beach. The property is only a road up from the beach. To learn more, visit is a double-story holiday house that is situated in the small town of Zinkwazi Beach. The show is free, but cash donations are also welcome at the event. “Driveway Follies” shows are Saturday and Sunday evenings at 3854 Greenwood Ave., Oakland. And so he built these puppets with the help of some other people and said ‘Hey, let’s try this thing in my driveway,’ and many years later, it’s still going on.” Rodriguez says that Schmidt sought to create a community-focused event: “He wanted to do a show to give back to the community.
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More good news: This special driveway celebration of Halloween is free for all to attend and enjoy. (dusk) and the final one around 10 p.m., thus ample opportunity to see puppets like Augusta, Jitters and Aunt Grandma onstage. The good news: There are multiple shows per night, with the first starting around 6:30 p.m. Because of this safety measure, Rodriguez notes that people might have to wait a tad longer in between shows. In addition to requiring show attendees to wear masks this year, the Driveway Follies team are going to put out fewer benches on the driveway to lessen the usual crowdedness and allow for more social distancing. But it’s designed for kids, so it really pleases all audiences,” explains Driveway Follies puppeteer Ria Rodriguez of the popular Halloween-based marionette puppet show. “It’s a little spooky and kooky and just a tiny bit scary at times. “It’s a small driveway and people pack themselves in there something fierce,” shares Rodriguez. … We’re just kind of letting folks ease back into this weird world of COVID.”įounded in 2007 by the late Larry Schmidt, Driveway Follies consistently draws a sizable crowd in a somewhat confined space. But we haven’t been doing any crazy social media campaigns or anything like that. Says Rodriguez, “We announced it to the neighborhood, of course, because we wanted the kids in the immediate neighborhood to be able to come. The show differs each year in terms of the songs performed and the cast of characters.

It features songs such as “The Witch’s Hat” and “Halloween Spooks” and puppets such as Jitters the bat (left) and Aunt Grandma (right). “Driveway Follies” is a vaudeville-style show with vignettes. Though the Driveway Follies team of producers, stage managers and puppeteers have been actively preparing for the 2021 show, they haven’t gone to any great lengths to advertise it via media channels.

The show itself features vignettes and songs, along with a rotating cast of string-operated characters. Her puppet - Augusta, the “Ghost Host” - talks to the audience in between sets, while other puppeteers are backstage swapping out props and puppets. Rodriguez is one of six puppeteers involved in the show. The puppets are just ridiculously detailed, and just so beautiful,” says Ria Rodriguez, Driveway Follies puppeteer. Most people think puppet show as a little kiddie puppet show kind of thing, and this is not it.
