Excellent company, great books and Al's cheesecake: what more could you ask for?

Become a part of our community today and discover just how much else we have to offer � whether you're based in Johannesburg, the rest of South Africa or internationally!

• Benefits
• What you'll experience
• Membership fees
• Payment & banking details
• Membership application form

BENEFITS

• Monthly meetings and discussion evenings
• Extensive library with +2 000 titles
• Probe fanzine, published quarterly
• Annual mini-conventions
• Annual Nova short story competition
• Correspondence: We can put you in contact with other SF clubs and fans around the world. We also have various overseas fanzines available.

• What you'll experience:
• Ian's thick Scottish accent, despite decades of living in South Africa
• The obligatory B-grade movie, with the comments that fly after an afternoon of drinks (Mystery Science Theatre, South African style)
• Wormholes (naah, we're not going to explain this one; you'll have to join us at an event to find out)
• Al's cheesecake at discussion evenings
• Andrew on anime
• Carla on movies
• Eileen's very vocal presence... not
• Ron's puns
• Ron urging you to join the:
  • Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
  • Military History Society of South Africa � "Whether you like it or not, it's the military which has been a major driving force behind developments in technology."
  • Archaeology Society of South Africa
• Simone asking what you've read lately and if she may borrow it, please?
• Digby Ricci, guest speaker extraordinaire who doesn't read science fiction, actually, and always wonders why we invite him
• Have we mentioned Al's cheesecake at discussions evening yet?

MEMBERSHIP FEES - 2011

• Note:
  • Please note that an SFSA membership covers a single person, a co-habitating couple, or entire family. In other words, if your are living under one roof, you only need a single membership. You do however, get only one copy of PROBE, no matter how large the number of people covered by a membership.
  • To make life easier for ourselves, especially when it comes to renewals, we charge new members the Pro Rata rate applicable at the time they join.
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• Local:
  Subscriptions are R225 per annum for local members. (In the Gauteng area.) Pro Rata rate: R225 in the last quarter of 2010 and first quarter of 2011, R170 in the second quarter, and R130 in the third quarter.
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• Country:
  Subscriptions are R150 per annum for country members. (Not in the Gauteng area.) Pro Rata rate: R150 in the last quarter of 2010 and first quarter of 2011, R115 in the second quarter, and R75 in the third quarter.
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• International:
  US$30.00 (or equivalent), with an additional US$30.00 to receive Probe by airmail
  
• If paying by cheque, an additional fee of +ZAR90.00 (or equivalent) is necessary to cover bank charges. For this reason we recommend a SWIFT money transfer. We can also accept PayPal, but on our side it is a bit of a performance, so please contact us for negotiation first.
  
• Joining Fee:
  New members in South Africa are charged a once-off R25.00 joining fee, used for capital projects.

PAYMENT & BANKING DETAILS

Membership fees may be paid via electronic transfer, cheque or cash at an event, accompanied by a completed membership application form.
 Cheques must be made out in the name of Science Fiction South Africa, not SFSA.

Please post, email or fax proof of electronic payment to:

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to be able to read the application form.