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Chattels Black Friday Special Chattels will be running their first ever Black Friday special. All you need to do is: Book your event Infrastructure (Marquees, Bedouin Tents, Flooring) with us Pay 50% deposit by the 15th December Receive 20% off your quote The Black Friday Special is valid from November 27th until 8th December 2020 and can be used for events up until the end of 2021 Email us today! Check out a video of the possibilities!

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Constantia Gift Fair - The 1st proper public event in Cape Town since the lockdown

Constantia Gift Fair - The 1st proper public event in Cape Town since the lockdown The Constantia Gift Fair has always been the darling of the event calendar leading up to Christmas. We have been involved with The Gift Fair for 9 out of their 10 years, and it’s been one of the events that have grown in size and attendance year on year. This year is no exception, even with the lockdown and the move to The Baxter Theatre , the Gift Fair was buzzing with eager shoppers and thankful vendors. The...

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Final matric exams and the pandemic

Final matric exams and the pandemic The sheer versatility of our structures have been evident this year. As we started the year with our usual events, we were blissfully unaware of what was about to unfold. In the height of the pandemic we were able to assist the Health Department with field hospitals, and structures that housed macerator units which decontaminated medical waste before it went to landfill. Now, as we are slowly regaining our semblance of normality, and our scholars are back...

Attention all schools and tertiary educational institutions!

Attention all schools and tertiary educational institutions! 6 Reason to hire marquees for your school exams. Temporary solutions to keep your students safe and socially distanced. Chances are your school or tertiary educational institution is preparing for the imminent 2020 exam season. Only this year it’s a totally different ball game altogether! The new social distancing protocol is proving difficult to institute in the existing buildings of many schools and campuses. Here are a few reasons...

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Our Events Team redefining our mission for 2020

The last time we blogged about our team was almost 4 years ago. And although not much has changes, in the same token, absolutely everything has changed. Our new General Manager, Mandy Mulder has joined our team. Mandy had been with Chattels for 9 years before leaving in 2009. Luckily for us, Mandy found her way back a month before the COVID pandemic hit the world, totally changing the landscape of events for the unforeseeable future. With our Director, Paul Clarke , Mandy secured numerous...

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Doing what we can to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic

Containerized units With the COVID pandemic not showing signs of slowing down, we have had the get creative with the available resources in order to provide infrastructure for the Health Department. As the lockdown was announced in March, we were asked to rollout Marquee structures for the testing centres around the Western Cape. Some of these testing centres can be converted into field hospitals, if/when the need arises. Now we are in the process of rolling out new containerised units that can...

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COVID-19 Field Hospitals around the Western Cape

COVID-19 Field Hospitals around the Western Cape Pretty much, the whole Events Industry collapsed in a matter of days following the lockdown announcement. We did not know how things were going to pan out over the coming weeks and months during lockdown, and we were bracing for anything that was going to come our way. When we were able to build various COVID-19 Field Hospitals, Triage & Testing Facilities and other medical facilities for the Western Cape Government Health Department, we...

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Teamwork in the time of COVID-19

Teamwork in the time of COVID-19 Wow! This has been a huge adjustment. The lockdown, although very necessary has had a huge impact on every single industry. The events industry in Cape Town ground to a halt straight after the Cycle Tour. However, in all fairness, there were only a handful of public events that were cancelled due to the lockdown. The majority of the seasons’ events went on, by large, unaffected, which we are grateful for. Another thing we are grateful for is being able to...

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Covid-19 Disaster relief turnkey infrastructure

Covid-19 Disaster relief turnkey infrastructure We are extremely grateful that we are able to offer a full turnkey solution for disaster relief during the Covid-19 outbreak. We are able to facilitate any temporary infrastructure for: Hospitals, Medical Triage, Laboratories Quarantine facilities, Medical Facilities, Testing Stations, Medical staff sleeping quarters near their hospitals and other structures that may be necessary. We are able to provide a full turnkey solution including: flooring...

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Updated! March Madness with a mild dose of Corona panic

March Madness with a mild dose of Corona panic Each year when we gear up for season, especially in the Western Cape, there are always peak months that dictate the eventing landscape. One of those months has always been March, and despite the Corona virus orbiting our planet, we have managed to keep it at bay long enough to stay on track with at least some of the events this month. We can’t say what will happen from April, as the worldwide trend is to cancel all public gatherings in the near...