The Mensa Mentor

November 07, 2017

At Mensa Pretoria

we are always happy to meet new Mensans and reunite with old friends.

Invitations are open not only to prospective Mensans, but also to friends of Mensans when accompanied by a Mensan (of any chapter.)

Please join us!!

Check your email or on Mensa South Africa

ENQUIRIES

20171101 - Capital Craft

20170930 - Mimmos

20170830 - Capital Craft

20170726 - Mimmos

20170531 - Capital Craft

Sadly no photo-evidence remains of best attended new-members social in years! It might be due to my phone crashing at the shear number of Mensan's on the pictures - or maybe we miss-behaved when we strong-armed some tough blokes to gain an extra table for our party...at the party...mid-party..so here's a picture of a previous visit to Capital...

20170329 - Alfie's Pizzeria

We decided to combine not only the Social SIG and New Members Evening but also the Innovation SIG - albeit earlier - at Alfie's.

We were rather more focussed than this photo!!

20170222 - Mimmo's Moreleta

The Social SIG and New Members Evening were full of surprises - our Chairlady even had a flat tire but that was sorted pronto thanks to an certain committee member's motivational brandy stash...which looked ominously like a permanent fixture in his car.

November 07, 2017

Speaker evenings remain the backbone of

Mensa Pretoria's

social interaction and as such are as diverse as our member's interests.

As always we value feedback and suggestions on topics and in general

- we are a social club at the end of the day !

Please google our speakers should these snippets entice you,
alternatively be in contact and we'll furnish you with more info

ENQUIRIES

20171004 - Mensa Pta Games Evening

Since we absolutely love playing games on (with) each other we jumped at the opportunity to squeeeeze one more Games Night in before the AGM.
We only had time for one photo but evidence ..is evidence...no-one actually looked at the camera.....not even Bev...mmm conspiracy!!

20170906 - Falconry and Bird Abatement

Well I sure did not know that pigeons were evil!!!
But sure as chips they carry disease and with it a big risk to all.
To reduce the number of pigeons and associated risk a natural predator is flown by super skilled humans like Nadine Van Der Merwe.
I was very impressed by what I learned and urge you to investigate this artform!

Nadine with the Hawk she flies, and flew in the hall.

Pretoria being Pretoria!

Bev expressing her gratitude as is our tradition

20170802 - They're Your Rules, Break Them!

Now THAT is something I can through my weight behind!
How fitting that we were breaking rules of our own by moving the speak...ing over to the more intimate dining area of PHSOB.
We can now make use of their generous dinner-specials
whilst listening to the wisdom of our speakers.

Speaking of..
Douglas Kruger showed us exactly why he was inducted into the
'Speakers Hall of Fame'
in 2016
Surf over to http://www.douglaskruger.co.za/ you will not be sorry.

Douglas Kruger

Classic Venue Classic Filter

Stop!..Pano-time

again with the loaded questions!

Thanks Super-Speaker!

20170705 - Open Mic - Conspiracy Theories

Lots of great discussion took place during the annual open-mic evening
- fueled by paranoia, suspicion, curiosity or just plain alcohol...
the truth might never be known yet it is out there and we will keep searching...
Mandela effect, Flat Earth, Titanic....
we are coming for you!

Kolver explaining the Mandela Effect

20170607 - More Secrets From Below: Rising Star Cave

Sworn to secrecy for nigh on 2 years the world's favourite caver and
our friend Rick Hunter
was finally released to give us the scoop on what was
also found when
Homo Naledi famously captured our imagination in September 2015

Great souvenirs!

Bev in Science-mode!

ooohhh secrets!!

Rick scaring us with claustrophobia ^^

Homo Naledi welcomed to Maropeng

20170510 - Games Evening

Being jock's of note we normally
play ice-hockey and dead-lift family cars when not cracking walnuts on our foreheads...
yet once a year we take time to dominate in
boardgames!
Most lost, only some won but in the end
Mensa Pretoria will never get bored of games!!

20170405 - The Colour Code

Why do you tend to dominate a conversation,
why can crowds scare you, why do you always choose the wrong friends -
well the last one not even our speaker can help you with
but some very insightful conversation and even a short self assessment was enjoyed when we learned about our colour code!

Eager to learn about ourselves!!

Alan Harvey with Bev

20170301 - Self Defence !!

Now more than ever we need to listen to our six-sense,
intuition or that chill down your back,
lest we experience something unspeakable at the hand of a perpetrator.
These words define the training program
WIP and GRIP by Mark Grobbelaar
a gentleman so proficient in self defense that it has become his primary nature -
yet his advise remains to always try to walk away and
swallow your pride.

Bev presenting with Mark with a small gift

Eager to learn

Kallie, Ilze and Jaco enjoying the speaker evening.

20170201 - Online Marketing

Zero Moment of Truth, Keith Kirsten, limits exist only in the mind -

these are some of the points raised by an intrepid entrepreneur in his quest to leverage technology to bring info to the people and naturally profit to his company.

Head over to plantinfo.co.za and see what it is all about!

Shaun with Kyle of plantinfo.co.za

Attendees

Jaco and Bev - because picture

That moment! - not of zero truth, no.!

November 07, 2017

Think you are smart enough?

We suspect you are !

Rise to the challenge, we would love to meet you.

The appointment takes only about two hours.

You get two tests (yay two chances to pass!).

Pass and Join our family at the Mensa Pretoria chapter.

MORE TESTING INFO!

Sungardens Hospice: our friendly testing venue!

...how many Mensans to assemble a banner..? :D

November 07, 2017

SA SECOND IN INTERNATIONAL PHOTOCUP COMP!!

'Borders'

November 07, 2017

As the official editorial of Mensa South Africa

The Chronicle

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news and updates

from around the Mensa globe.

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ENQUIRIES

April 13, 2017

No letting up in the enthusiasm here at Mensa Pretoria, after our free testing session aligned with national intelligence month we had new faces galore! The favourite Capital Craft lead the way with - you guessed it - beer beer and more...burgers!

A beer was poured....a baby was handled and laughs were...well laughed..all the way from the outside to the inside unperturbed by lashing rain - we social hard, some until 02:00am...legend!.

ENQUIRIES

January 18, 2017

September - and we are back at Ed's Diner rocking the mezzanine level with some refreshments, the legendary burgers and naturally lots of wisdom, not least of which is the telling of the tale of pain and how to break your hand on a baby water slide - spot the cast!.

The Party Crew

Fixed! in just a 100 minutes.

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January 18, 2017

The MPHOF is an informal recognition of Mensans or friends of Mensans who achieved a notable feat.

Meet Danika, the newest young member of Mensa Pretoria.

At only 7 years old she will benefit greatly from experiencing that environments exist where creativity, random thoughts and tons of questions are not only welcome, but encouraged!

Danika with one of her passions

Our first entry is a fullhouse-pass achieved. On 23 July all 5 (4 shown) hopeful's passed the Mensa Pretoria membership eligibility test - well done!!