Venue: North Cape Mall, KimberleyOFM Pop Up Radio at SANBS Blood Drive
Saturday, 28 October 2023 (10:00 – 14:00)
Join the South African National Blood Service blood donation drive at North Cape Mall in Kimberley this Saturday, 28 October 2023. The SANBS will be there from 9am to 3pm.
Blood cannot be manufactured, so please donate blood, and save up to three lives.
If you are not in Kimberley, you can donate at Kuruman Mall, Kalahari Mall, Goldfields Mall, or Towers Shopping Centre.
You can donate any the following venues on 28 October:
| Branch | Venue | Address | Start to end time |
| Bloem | Towers Shopping Centre | Elias Motsoaledi Str, Langenhoven Park | 09:00-13:00 |
| Bloem | Southern Centre Donor Centre | Benade Ave, Fichardt Park | 09:00-14:00 |
| Bloem | Victorian Square Donor Centre | 2nd Avenue, Westdene | 08:00-13:00 |
| Kimberley | North Cape Mall | Memorial Road, Royldene | 09:00-15:00 |
| Kimberley | Kimberley Donor Centre | 169 Du Toitspan Road, Belgravia | 08:00-13:00 |
| Kuruman | Kuruman Mall | Livingston Street | 09h30-13:30 |
| Upington | Kalahari Mall | Dr Nelson Mandela Drive | 09:00-14:00 |
| Welkom | Goldfields Mall | Cnr Stateway and Buiten Street | 09:00-15:00 |
| Kroonstad | North Cape Mall Kroonstad | North Road, North Cape Mall, Kroonstad | 09:00-15:00 |
From the day that human life is conceived, blood fulfils a life giving and nurturing role. Blood is the fluid of growth, transporting nourishment from digestion and hormones from glands throughout the body. Blood is the fluid of health, transporting disease-fighting substances to human tissue and body waste to the kidneys.
Because it contains living cells, blood is alive. Unlike medications that are manufactured, blood cannot be manufactured. Healthy donors are the only source of blood for those who need it.
If it were not for blood donors, life-saving medical treatment for children with life threatening anaemia, trauma victims, women with pregnancy related complications, organ transplants, bone marrow transplants, complicated surgical procedures and cancer treatment would not be possible.
What is the significance of my blood group?
All donors belong to one of four blood groups: A, B, AB or O.Â. You are also classified as either Rh positive or Rh negative. There are therefore eight different main blood groups. Not all blood groups are compatible with each other and the success of modern transfusion medicine depends on classifying and matching donors and patients correctly. Group O blood is known as the universal blood type, as it can be given to patients of any blood group.
