Omni Wellness Media

24/07/2025

🌿 Wild Dagga in Bloom at Ricky's Drift Vegan Farm Community and Animal Sanctuary🌞

Also known as Lion’s Ear, this vibrant indigenous plant grows wild and free across our land - drawing in sunbirds, calming the lungs, and carrying centuries of healing wisdom 🌼🕊️

Used in traditional remedies for respiratory support and inflammation, Wild Dagga is just one of the many natural wonders that thrive here in the Karoo.

✨ Come walk with us.
✨ Breathe deeply.
✨ Let the land restore more than just your body.

We’d love to welcome you to Ricky’s Drift - where nature teaches, heals, and inspires 🌾💛

17/07/2025

𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇: “𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞.” — 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞
As 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 of this land, the Gorachouqua people have a sacred connection to the Cape’s biodiversity — including the last 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 of the Southern Peninsula.

🗣️ In this powerful message, 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 reminds us:

“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.”

💔 What’s happening is not just 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 — it’s a continuation of 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
It is time to 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: for the 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, for the 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, and for the 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 that lives in all things.

✊🏽 𝐉𝐎𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐒
🗓️ 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟏𝟗 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
📍 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
⏰ 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐌 – 𝟏𝟐:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌
⚫⚪ 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞
💛 Yellow ribbons will be provided (or bring your own)

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧.
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦 — 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

#𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 #𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 #𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐚 #𝐎𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 #𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬 #𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 #𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 #𝐍𝐨𝐓𝐨𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐓𝐨𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 #𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 #𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞

15/07/2025

🎥 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 — 𝗪𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗨𝗽!

🚨 Samantha Hodgson, Fish Hoek resident and co-founder of Baboon Watch WC, shares an urgent message about the fate of 121 baboons in Cape Town’s Southern Peninsula:

🗣️ “These baboons have a target on their backs. Removal means death. The Joint Task Team — CapeNature, SANParks, and City of Cape Town — has FAILED to implement their own bylaws for 20 years. And now, their solution is to kill the baboons because of their own inaction. This is unacceptable.”

💔 The JTT’s current plan puts 4 entire troops at risk. If this goes ahead, we may soon have no baboons left in areas like the Ulu. They belong here — in our mountains, in our green spaces.

✊ “These baboons are ours. They are Cape Town’s sons and daughters. We must stand up.”

📣 Say No To Killing. Yes To Solutions.

🗓️ March with us: Saturday 19 July
📍 Simon’s Town Train Station
⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
🔗 RSVP Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1059704816132026/

📢 Share this. Speak up. Join the movement.

#𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗢𝘂𝗿𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀 #𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗪𝗖 #𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆 #𝗡𝗼𝗧𝗼𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗧𝗼𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 #𝗝𝗧𝗧𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 #𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 #𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 #𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀

13/07/2025

🔥🎥 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛: “𝗪𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲.” 🔥

🗣️ “We don’t want them to die. Most of us don’t want them moved from their natural habitat either. But if we don’t come together, the decisions will be made without us — and we’ve seen how that ends.”

👇 This is your call. Your moment.
Chad Cupido — 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 & Executive Officer at Beauty Without Cruelty — urges South Africans to unite for our baboons. This campaign gives YOU a voice. A role. A chance to change the outcome.

📢 𝗪𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦.
Let’s take the ball back. Let’s show up. In love. In numbers. In solidarity.

🐾 These baboons have walked our mountains longer than any of us.
If we don’t stand up now — we may never get another chance.

🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠
🗓️ 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟵 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆
📍 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
⏰ 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠
✅ 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://www.facebook.com/events/1059704816132026/

💥 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
💥 𝗧𝗔𝗚 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗
💥 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
💥 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬 & 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦
💥 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 / 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 + 𝗬𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗕𝗢𝗡

✊🏽 “We need to be part of the decision-making.” — 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱𝗼

#𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀 #𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘁𝘆 #𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 #𝗢𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 #𝗡𝗼𝗧𝗼𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗬𝗲𝘀𝗧𝗼𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 #𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀 #𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 #𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 #𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 #𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗢𝘂𝗿𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀

30/06/2025

✨ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧-𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ✨

We extend our heartfelt thanks to UnPoison, Pesticide Free Peninsula, NEAG, PAN Europe, and every dedicated individual and organisation behind today’s vital UnPoison Our City webinar.

Pesticides are not just a problem “out there” on industrial farms. They are all around us, saturating our urban spaces, our gardens, our roadsides, and ultimately, our bodies. The truth is simple: 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.

The reckless use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in our neighbourhoods is a threat to our health, our pollinators, and the very fabric of life.

🌱 At Beauty Without Cruelty, we stand unequivocally against the use of pesticides, whether on crops or on pavements. This is an urgent ethical and environmental issue that demands action from us all.

💚 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. This is your chance to learn, question, and discover how you can be part of the movement to protect our homes, our children, our companion animals, and the countless insects and wild creatures who are silently affected every day.

🕑 When: Monday, 30 June, 2pm to 5pm
🔗 Join here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81624031984?pwd=Zc9H0dNFQkrVSbfZz1milGGLRx4cUU.1

Together, let’s bust the myth that pesticides are only a farming issue and show that cities deserve protection too. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

🎥 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 Omni Wellness Media documenting how Scarborough residents successfully challenged glyphosate spraying to defend their bees and biodiversity. We invite you to watch and share it as inspiration for what is possible when communities unite:
▶️ https://youtu.be/uylVSt6-vr0?si=gH9nQfvvcn86PcEM

💪 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬. 𝐁𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩, 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐨.

With deep gratitude to:
🌿 Pesticide Free Peninsula
🌿 UnPoison South Africa
🌿 No-Spray Suburbs
🌿 Poison-Free Peninsula
🌿 Newlands Environmental Action Group
🌿 Pesticide Action Network EU
🌿 All community and government speakers

🌼 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧. Hope to see you there.

🔊 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.

🌱 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 so we can build a strong movement for pesticide-free spaces. The more people who join, the louder our collective voice will be.

💚 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧.

Discover the crucial role of wild bees in pollinating the South Peninsula's ecosystem, as explained by a Scarborough resident and member of the w**d clearing...

27/06/2025

Come visit Ricky’s Drift and meet our beautiful sanctuary donkeys.

This is a special place where animals and people live in harmony - gently, slowly, and with deep care. The donkeys absolutely love attention, affection, and (most of all) apples.They can’t wait for you to cuddle them and share a treat under the Karoo sun.

A visit here is more than a moment - it’s a connection.

24/06/2025

Unity. Passion. Resilience. 💚💛
As the Springboks take the field, we’re reminded of the strength found in togetherness. Here are the upcoming fixtures - let’s support our boys and celebrate the spirit of Ubuntu this season 🇿🇦🏉

10/06/2025

Still feeling the energy from last week’s Open Mic at Muizenberg Kitchen 🎤✨

So much talent, heart, and connection in one room. Thank you to everyone who pulled through, shared their voice, and supported the space.

Catch us again tomorrow night from 6–9PM at 150 Main Road, Muizenberg - Gideon will be hosting and we’d love to see you there.

Curry will be available (meat + vegan options) and donations are always appreciated to help us keep this going 💛

Shoutout to all the incredible performers 🎶✨