Innholdsfortegnelse for 30-Mar-17 i Drum English

UNCLEDHEE TJAKOTJA Him playing Sdumo in Sgudi ’Snaysi, singing alongside the church choir and making that “eshee” sound. DLAMINI PHILILE PHILDO UMLAENGÉNI My fondest memory is when I met him when I was young and he gave me a hug, and I called him Sdumo . . . May his soul rest in peace. MELVIN MAKHAMBENI The moment when Laqhasha (played by Don Eric Mlangeni) comes for his money on Sgudi ’Snaysi. PATIENCE RASAKANYA The Chicken Licken advert and Sgudi ’Snaysi’s nice comedy. I did not want to miss out on those – I loved him very much, this is so sad!!!!! TEEBREAK TEBOGO JOSEPH I don’t have just one fond memory, but every time I saw him on TV while changing channels I stopped just to watch him. MAIPELO…

THE house is abuzz with the sound of people. Some are distraught, others are in efficient mode, trying to plan for the funeral that’s ahead. But there’s a sense of sadness among everyone at the fact that a loved one is no more. Joe Mafela’s family is still trying to come to terms with the 75-year-old’s passing. His life was cut short by a car crash on the M1 between Houghton and Oxford Roads in Johannesburg. It’s a day after his death and everyone still seems rather stunned. “Dad was driving from Soweto where he went to see his sister,” a devastated Juju Mafela tells us. He’s one of Joe’s four children – Joe’s other kids are Mpho, Jimmy and Karabo. He tries to compose himself before speaking again. “It’s…

THE city woke to news of the disaster as another blazing hot, windy day dawned over the Cape Peninsula. Tinder dry after months of drought, this lick of land at the southern end of the country is used to fire – but this time the smoke blocking out vast swathes of Table Mountain wasn’t from a vegetation blaze. Imizamo Yethu, the sprawling informal settlement stretching up the mountain in the seaside suburb of Hout Bay, was burning, unstoppable flames devouring shack after shack no matter how hard frenzied locals tried to beat them back. One mother watched in horror as the fire engulfed her home, burning it – and everything she’d worked so hard for – to the ground in minutes. As tears streamed down Nomfundo Mbali’s face, she glanced…

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‘Consider seeing a dietician or nutritionist to tailor-make your meals’ Q MY VAGINA IS ITCHY I’m a 22-year-old virgin but I’ve had a heavy discharge from my vagina since 2015. It is also itchy. I went to different clinics and met different nurses who gave me medication but there is still no improvement. MO, SMS A You don’t have a sexually transmitted disease so the most likely diagnosis from your clinical history is vaginal candidiasis or a yeast infection, a very common fungal infection in moist areas. The treatment is through antifungal medication or ointment that you can get over the counter. The challenge with self-diagnosis and treatment without a medical professional is that the treatment dose is either too much or too little. In your case, I think it’s…

IT TAKES more than just providing a roof over their head and food on the table to be close to your child. The basic needs of a child will differ according to their age and include feeling safe, secure and loved unconditionally – over and above their physical needs. So, there is no substitute for putting in the time to build an emotional connection. To raise a confident, well-adjusted child who will go out into the world as a capable and responsible adult, it’s important to also meet their emotional needs, Claudia Abelheim, an educational psychologist with The Family Life Centre in Johannesburg, says. “By meeting their emotional needs, children learn to trust other people, to trust the world around them, to have empathy, and that their emotions are important,”…

COHABITATION refers to the act of living together without being legally married to each other. However, South African law does not recognise cohabitation as a legal relationship, and there is no law that regulates the rights of the people involved in such a relationship. Here’s why it’s important to understand how the law views your relationship if you are cohabitating: ACCORDING TO THE LAW A cohabitation arrangement is different to marriage in these ways: When a cohabitant dies without having a legally binding will, their partner has no right to inherit under the Intestate Succession Act. A cohabitant can also not rely on the provisions of the Maintenance of Surviving Spouses Act to secure maintenance if a partner dies. There is no obligation on cohabitants to maintain each other and…

HUGH MASEKELA 4 APRIL MC HAMMER 30 MARCH AL GORE 31 MARCH RANDY ORTON 1 APRIL EDDIE MURPHY 3 APRIL PHARRELL WILLIAMS 5 APRIL RELATIONSHIP DO’S AND DON’TS: Don’t expect Aries to compromise. Do expect Aries to rev you up and get you going. Never a dull moment, or a peaceful one, with your Aries partner. Aries will compete for your hand, chase you down and conquer your heart . . . fast. Attract Aries by sparring with him/her. Accept Aries to take the lead.…

NOW YOU KNOW What is pointless? To tell a bald guy a hair-raising story. What is agony? When you’re a one-armed man hanging off a cliff and suddenly your butt starts to itch. Why won’t Mexicans be sad for too long about President Donald Trump’s wall? They’ll get over it. COMING PREPARED A cannibal is invited to a team-building week in the mountains. The invite says he can bring one friend along. However, when he arrives, he brings along 10. The organiser is shocked. “Come on, Alan, what the heck? The invitation said you can only bring one person!” “Yeah, but it also said bring your own food, didn’t it?” KNOCK, KNOCK! Knock, knock. Who’s there? The love of your life. Liar! Chocolate can’t speak! FOR BETTER AND WORSE Husband:…

LAST week we looked at how birds’ feathers keep them warm and dry. This week we look at the nests they live in, as well as why some migrate every year. TYPES AND FUNCTIONS OF NESTS The most important function of a nest is to protect a bird, and especially its eggs, against predators and the weather. Birds lay their eggs in their nests. After the chicks have hatched they stay in the nest until they’re able to fly. Nests built in trees are often the safest. This is why birds that make their nests on the ground do so either under plants or bushes to hide them, or their nests are camouflaged to blend in with the ground. Nests differ in terms of shape and building method. Here are…

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE TELLS OF BABY TRAGEDY PRINCE’s ex-wife MAYTE GARCIA has revealed heartbreaking details of the baby she and the late pop star lost. In her new memoir, The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince, the singer’s one-time backup dancer and muse tells how their baby was born with a rare genetic disorder similar to dwarfism. She says doctors picked up the abnormality while she was pregnant, but Prince, who died last year from an accidental drug overdose, would not let her have an abortion as it was against his Seventh Day Adventist beliefs. They named their little boy, who was born in October 1996, Amiir (Arabic for “prince”) . Mayte (43) recalls how at first Prince was overjoyed. “They held the baby up to those harsh lights. The elation…

SHE slowly makes her way down a flight of stairs, her feet seemingly as heavy as her heart, and sits down in the living room of her home, which is adorned with murals and artefacts collected from her travels with the man she thought she would spend the rest of her life with. “He loved this house,” Ayanda Ncwane says softly, glancing at the nine SA Music Awards and handful of Crown Gospel Music awards won by her late husband, Sfiso, which are also on proud display. The couple were planning to add a recording studio to their mansion in Dainfern, the upmarket estate between Joburg and Pretoria they moved into last August with sons Ngcweti (13) and Mawenza (8). The studio was one of many plans they had for…

POLISH MAKES PERFECT You might have doubts about smearing something black on your skin, but activated charcoal – which is found in most cosmeceutical products (meaning they have cosmetic as well as medicinal properties) – works almost like a magnet to absorb and lift impurities and excess oil from your skin. You can also use activated charcoal to remove surface stains from your teeth; the results aren’t dramatic but they’re noticeable. COOL OFF Whether eaten or used in beauty products, lemons and mint have a wide range of benefits. Lemons can help to brighten your skin, fade a tan that’s gone wrong, minimise the appearance of dark spots and exfoliate. Mint has a cooling, soothing effect and also contains salicylic acid, which gently exfoliates and removes dead cells and impurities…

MILK tart is one of South Africa’s iconic dishes and it comes in so many guises you could fill an entire book with versions of this beloved sweet treat. And that’s just want well-known foodie siblings Mari-Louis Guy and Callie Maritz have done – they’ve brought out a new cookbook that consists only of milk tart recipes. They were surprised at the number of variations around. “Even the smallest adjustment to what is at heart, a bland custard, yields astonishing changes in texture and taste,” they say in their book The South African Milk Tart Collection. Unfortunately we can’t claim milk tart uniquely South African because even Hong Kong, France, Britain and Portugal have their favourite kinds. BLOEMFONTEIN ROSE This yields enough pastry for two crusts so that you can…

NAME OF BUSINESS: HAIREXPRESS Premium REGISTERED: 2015 SECTOR: Retail STAFF: One permanent and one freelancer IT’S often said that your hair is your crowning glory, so it’s no wonder a woman feels more confident when her hair looks great. This is something Kiba Bam understands very well, and it’s what prompted her to establish her business. Two years ago the 30-year-old started HAIR-EXPRESS Premium, a luxury human hair retail business in Cape Town, from her parents’ house and now sells and supplies premium human hair to salons and individuals. “Our clients are professionals, executives, media personalities and women who love good quality hair,” Kiba tells us. She explains what a typical day as a business owner is like. First, she checks her e-mails for marketing communication, enquiries or business queries…

ISIDINGO Nina and Lincoln strike a deal to launch the prison break. Obakeng has a hallucination in public. Gabriel’s desperation to play in the big leagues puts his life in danger. Zukisa makes the ultimate sacrifice. Kamo (MAKGOTSO M) defies Lerato. Matlala and Zukisa share an emotional moment. Nina and Lincoln finalise their plan. Morongwa threatens to take SG to the CCMA. Lincoln takes the pill and he gets ill. RHYTHM CITY Suffocate (MDUDUZI MABASO) is called to deal with the fallout of Nasi’s shooting. Blossom tells Fats she can’t be involved with selling the beer. TK says goodbye to Niki. Zinzi discovers Bongi is hooked up with Lungile. Bash alerts Niki to the bad state Kilowatt is in. Mkhushulwa blackmails Fats. Sifiso invites Rene to join his label. Zinzi…

THE 2016/17 KFC Mini-Cricket Kids v Proteas Tour came to an exciting end when the kids outplayed the Proteas for the second week in a row to claim a 2-2 series result. After winning the first two games and going down to the KFC Mini-Cricket Kids in game three, the Proteas travelled to the famous Khaya Majola Oval in Mthatha to take on the kids in the tour decider. Stellar fielding and line-and-length bowling from the kids was the hallmark of the first innings and the Proteas found runs hard to come by. Captain on the day, batsman Temba Bavuma, along with Eastern Cape local boy Jon-Jon Smuts, did their best to keep the runs ticking over. In the end the Proteas were able to set the kids a target…

‘We deserve to be treated with dignity and not be killed like animals‘ THEY’RE treated like animals, forced to endure insults hurled at them every day and regarded as diseased or cursed wherever they go. In fact, they say, the constant barrage of hatred and victimisation they face is worse than racism. Their crime? Being born with a condition called albinism. Looking different has made Vuyiswa Kama’s life a lonely and often bitter one. Her father shunned her soon after she was born, she was mocked by her peers and even adults avoided her. But now Vuyiswa (66) is hoping to change the discrimination by featuring in a documentary, As We See It – Education and Albinism, on what it’s like to live with albinism. “It was very well-received,” says…

A HEALTHY SNIP I APPLAUD men like actor Kagiso Modupe (The kindest cut, 16 March) who use their fame for a good cause. In this case, I’m sure his decision to get circumcised at such an “old” age will encourage many more men to do the same, and to protect themselves and their partners at the same time. We always hear about how circumcision cuts the rate of HIV infection, but I didn’t know it can also help with the prevention of cervical cancer in women. We learn something new every day. Kudos to Kagiso for firmly believing that not getting circumcised in the bush or mountains doesn’t make you less of a man. He’s right, one’s character and lifestyle speak louder about the kind of person you are. Here’s…

I’M BATTLING to believe it. I look at the text message on my phone again – I’m being asked to write a tribute for Joe Mafela. It’s hard to believe – just a few weeks ago I saw him near my neighbour John Kani’s place in Meredale, south of Joburg. He was in a hurry and we didn’t have a chance to chat properly. We were in our cars and we hooted at each other. He smiled at me – what a smile Joe had – and yelled at me through his car window in his inimitable way. “You are scarce, man, don’t hide yourself,” came his distinctive voice through the window. “We must get together again.” Then he gave another hoot and sped off. That was the last time…

IF AT first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again, the saying goes – and no one knows the value of perseverance better than this rising South African star. Drawing inspiration from American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, who had her fair share of rejection and disappointment before she became a superstar, Amanda Black shook off a three-time failure on Idols SA to become an award-winning musician. Many would have thrown in the towel and given up their musical dreams but this tough 23-year-old hung in there and now has an inspiring tale to tell about her triumph over adversity. Last year she dropped her debut album, Amazulu, and it turned her world upside down, selling more than 40 000 copies and reaching platinum status in its first three weeks.…

BEAUTY comes from within, the saying goes – and that’s never been truer than when you consider this: what you put in your body reflects on your skin. Too much junk food wreaks havoc on your complexion; fresh fruit and vegetables give you the kind of glow that shouts health and vitality. It’s not for nothing your mom used to nag you about eating your greens – because beauty really is skin deep when it comes to healthy eating. Foods such as carrots, apricots, mangos, kale and spinach boost the tone and appearance of your skin, Kim Hofmann, a registered dietician from Cape Town, says. Forget about the saying “you are what you eat” – what you eat is how you look! TIPS FOR BETTER-LOOKING SKIN Limit or avoid processed…

‘Find someone who will appreciate your love and attention‘ Q IS SHE USING ME? I dated a girl in 2009, but we lost touch in 2010 because we’re not in the same town. Last October I found her on Facebook so we started communicating and she agreed to date again. I call her twice a day and give her money whenever she asks. But whenever I go to meet her, I have to ask for a hug but she refuses to kiss me, saying she’ll do so when she comes to my house. I’m the only one who calls or sends SMSes, but she doesn’t respond. I think she doesn’t love me and is just pretending. What should I do? CONFUSED, E-MAIL A The writing is on the wall, read…

HAVE you ever wondered why so many Christians are easily deceived or continue to live a defeated life? A quick and frank answer is that they are ignorant. They are ignorant of the benefits of the great salvation they have received from God. Hosea 4:6 reads: “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. ‘Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children’.” SEEK THE TRUTH John 8:31-32 tells us, “So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, ‘If you continue in my word, then you are truly disciples of mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free’.” When believing is not based…

TAURUS 20 Apr – 20 May Networking Mercury moves into your sign this week, setting the scene for a period of connecting with others, whether to exchange ideas and compare concepts or to get out and about to socialise. Try to keep an open mind and be receptive to the brainwaves of those around you, especially if you’re a Taurus with fixed notions. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 42, 27, 21, 2, 37, 45 GEMINI 21 May – 20 Jun You’re in a phase where relationships might demand effort to keep afloat. Though this could apply to associations on all levels, it seems to be your professional liaisons that will keep you on your toes. If an inconsistent attitude has done some damage in the past, it’s a great week to re-establish…

LIVING HIS DREAM The Florida-born actor plays goofy but sweet Billy Cranston aka the Blue Ranger in the Power Rangers reboot. RJ was a fan of the ’90s hit series and is delighted he now gets to play his fave character. “I always used to dress up as Blue Ranger on Halloween,” he reveals. And if he wasn’t cast as Blue Ranger he’d love to play the Red Ranger because his favourite colour is red! WORDS TO LOVE BY The self-confessed nerd loves people who are more than ordinary and admits he has a weird hobby. “Sometimes I sit at my computer and I type this sentence I learnt in typing class in ninth grade: ‘Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their…

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IT’S not often the audience breaks into song while a movie is being screened – but that’s exactly what happened at the premiere of a film that’s making waves both here and abroad. For a few moving minutes, a cinema in Rosebank, Johannesburg, resembled more of an anti-apartheid rally as the crowd held clenched fists aloft and burst into struggle songs. “Iyho uSolomon, wayeyisotsha loMkhonto weSizwe (Solomon was a soldier of uMkhonto we Sizwe),” they sang, honouring the subject of the movie: Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu. The 22-year-old guerrilla from Mamelodi, east of Tshwane, was hanged in April 1979 after his fellow uMkhonto we Sizwe operative shot dead two civilians in Johannesburg while fleeing from the police. Kalushi, the movie of his life and harrowing death, was a labour of love…

IT’S the sort of love story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. An 18-year-old girl catches the eye of an older man who becomes her mentor, guiding her through the often stressful world of showbiz. He knows she’s the one for him from the start but she has no idea of his feelings for her – until he proposes out of the blue, taking her so by surprise she leaps from the car and dashes to her front door, shutting herself in her home as she tries to process what’s happened. Three days later, however, the idea has had time to sink in and she’s made up her mind: Her guru is also the guy she wants to spend the rest of her life with and she…