Innholdsfortegnelse for 21-Jan-16 i Drum English

SHOULD RACISM be criminalised? Anyone who recklessly utters degrading statements based on someone’s skin colour should rot in jail along with murderers, rapists and drug lords. After what we went through as a country, it’s saddening that some people don’t even think twice before uttering the K-word. They find it easy to still treat black people as second-class citizens whose status is lower than that of animals. It’s even worse when high-profile people like Chris Hart and Gareth Cliff, whom some of us admired so much, can hit social media platforms with reckless statements. A saying comes to mind: Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. In that light, Gareth and Chris tweeted what was overflowing in their hearts. Fortunately, they paid a heavy price for it.…

NYASHA CHIWERERA YES Everyone will have their own spaces, and it will create more job opportunities for people to start their own businesses because they won’t have worries about land. It will also give young entrepreneurs more opportunities. SIPHO MOLELEKENG YES If it’s beneficial to other people, mostly in Rustenburg, then it should be able to create more employment. Viva land, viva! Free land for all. MORENA MABOE YES I think more people would be employed. If more people owned land I think more people would create jobs. So if land is owned by the monopoly, I think it’s kind of unequal. That means more people have to depend on working for someone else instead of creating their own jobs. JULIA NDOU NO I’m not quite sure, I really don’t…

MANY WONDERED if the day would ever come. But at last, the long and strenuous legal battle against the controversial abaThembu king has come to a end. The Eastern Cape Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs has confirmed that King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo has been stripped of his title and that he is finally behind bars serving his 12-year sentence. Dalindyebo was found guilty of a host of crimes, including arson, attempted murder and culpable homicide, back in 2009. After six years of legal tug of war with the State, he was unable to evade prison any longer after his bid to extend his leave to appeal was rejected by the Constitutional Court of South Africa late last year. Despite most people’s impressions that justice has finally been served, some…

“The most aggressive data users would be video, especially high-definition video – on YouTube among other things,” says communications technology analyst Arthur Goldstuck. Most apps with visual material offer a choice of higher or lower definition video. You should always choose lower definition on your mobile device unless you’re in a free Wi-Fi zone or have access to cheap Wi-Fi, he advises. Live gaming apps are heavy data users, he adds, as are Instagram and Facebook. Technology analyst Mike Wronski says Facebook is at the top of his data-usage list almost every month. Just one Facebook session can use up dozens of megabytes because of the high-quality photos and HD video displayed. People with a limited data budget should at least turn off Facebook’s video auto play, he says. You…

PASTA WITH CHICKEN LIVERS AND BACON PREPARATION: 10 MIN COOKING: 20 MIN SERVES 4 500 g pasta 15 ml (1 tbsp) olive oil 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter 125 g diced bacon 250 g chicken livers, cleaned and cut into pieces salt and freshly ground pepper 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 250 ml (1 cup) cream 1 Cook the pasta until just done. Drain, reserving 125 ml (½ cup) of the cooking liquid. 2 Heat the oil and butter in a saucepan. Fry the bacon until crisp and remove from the saucepan. Season the chicken livers with salt and pepper and fry in the same saucepan until just done. Remove. 3 Fry the onion and garlic for a few minutes and add the cream. Add the pasta and…

"You are responsible for your body and the power to negotiate for protected sex" Q HE WANTS ME TO ABORT I’m so stressed and hurt. I’m 26 and met this guy in 2014. He said he was single, we fell in love and everything was great – until I fell pregnant. Now he’s asking me to have an abortion but I’m already four months along. When I asked him why he wants me to have an abortion, he said he has a girlfriend and five children, one of whom is with his current girlfriend. He wants nothing to do with our child. I agreed to the abortion as I’m unemployed and have no one to rely on. HURT, SMS A You have every right to be stressed and hurt because…

OUR SCHOOL system is built on the ability to read and write, and unless your children are fluent up to a point, they will struggle. But if they write well, they’ll stand a far better chance of success in exams.How can you stimulate the writing skills of a child who is naturally good with language, or encourage them in a child who seems to be struggling? The book Could Do Better! Help Your Kid Shine at School by Phil Beadle has a lot of tips to offer. The number one secret to writing well is to read as much as possible. That way, your child will learn fluent writing and before you know it, they’ll have mastered the art. But it’s also important to practise writing as often as possible,…

If a couple is not ready for or does not want to get married, it is advisable to enter into a cohabitation agreement as it can come in handy during disputes, separation or death, says Nthabiseng Monareng, a family law expert based in Roodepoort. Marriage offers couples legal protection in the event of an accident or death. Couples living together have no protection if the relationship turns sour. You would also not be considered next of kin. “There is no such thing as a common-law marriage, no matter how long you’ve lived together,” she says. What is a cohabitation agreement and what should it contain? Nthabiseng explains: 1 It is an agreement unmarried couples enter into when they want to move in, live together and conduct their relationship like a…

AQUARIUS 21 JAN – 18 FEB It’s a week to pay attention to your personal wants and needs. Some soul-searching might be required to cover all the aspects of your life that sustain you. You might thus have to take a break from family, friends and the numerous causes you serve to recharge, whether on a physical, mental or emotional level. In any case, if you’re runing on empty you’ll of little use to others. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 10, 47, 39, 28, 8, 17 PISCES 19 Feb – 20 Mar Whether you stay afloat this week depends on your attitude and choices you make. That old escapist syndrome could easily undermine your objectives and sabotage your chances of success. On a different note, you can look forward to increased social…

ONLINE SUCCESS A self-confessed shy teen, Alessia Caracciolo started uploading cover versions of songs she did on YouTube when she was 13. “I would sing when no one was home – in my closet or my bathtub, places where I wouldn’t bother anyone,” she shares. “Eventually my mom just flat-out asked me to sing for her. It was scary, but I did it.” Her uploads led to meetings with industry big shots, which in turn led to a record deal with Def Jam Records last year. WALLFLOWER WONDER Her début single, Here, is a sullen yet undeniably catchy song about feeling like an “antisocial pessimist” at a party. “One of my friends had a house party about two years ago, and I hated it so much,” she explains. “I’m not…

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“I am toning down - that’s what deep house is doing to me” THIS SONGBIRD’S health has suffered over the last few years, and her failing strength has not done her career any good either. However, the previously bedridden Afro-pop sensation is recovering and we’re delighted to say she feels well enough to speak to us. Winnie Khumalo (42) first became seriously ill in 2013, when she suffered complications from ulcers, and spent a month in hospital. Since then her career has also wavered. After releasing her last album, Higher and Higher, the singer dumped Oskido Mdlongwa’s record company Kalawa Jazmee in 2014. It was reported at the time that she ditched Kalawa because she felt her music career was not being given the attention it deserved. We meet her…

AS RACIST scandals erupt across South Africa, TV host and actor THAPELO MOKOENA has been involved in a hit-and-run incident near his home in Vanderbijlpark, which he believes to have been a racist attack. The Nothing for Mahala actor posted pictures of himself on crutches and with bruises all over his body, wounds on his head and a fractured ankle. In a Facebook post, Thapelo explained how his regular run almost cost him his life. The actor had gone for an evening jog in Vanderbijlpark, but he doesn’t have a clear recollection of what happened before waking up on the side of the road. “I started my run and it was going well as usual,” he posted. “I reached my 5 km mark and started to make my way back.”…

IT MIGHT be a new year, but FUTURE seems to be stuck in his ugly old ways. The rapper has taken baby mamma CIARA to task again, this time for apparently ruining his Christmas. The 32-year-old claims Ciara (30) had agreed to attend a Christmas dinner with their son, FUTURE ZAHIR WILBURN, along with the rapper’s three other children from different mothers, but didn’t pitch. He then took to Twitter and called the Body Party singer a “controlling b*tch”. “I gotta go through lawyers to see baby-future . . the f***ery for 15k a month. I jus want babyfuture that’s all [sic],” he tweeted. Although Ciara hasn’t replied to his latest rant, sources close to her deny that he pays $15 000 (about R225 000) in maintenance, and reject the…

SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS is officially a single man! The music mogul reportedly split from his long-time girlfriend, CASSIE, during the holidays. Sources say Cassie called it quits as she suspected the Bad Boy for Life hitmaker had cheated on her. The 29-year-old hooked up with the 46-year-old back in 2008. Although this allegedly isn’t the first time Diddy cheated on her, Cassie is determined that it will be the last. Although neither has commented, she posted a meme on Instagram that was quickly deleted, showing a picture of a sleeping, smiling baby with the caption, “How I sleep knowing that I’m single and nobody cheating on me.” Meanwhile, Diddy is set to be hard at work as he’s expected to release his final album, No Way Out 2, later this…

Congratulations to the Class of 2015 whose national pass rate is 70,7 %. Keep shining South Africa and make us proud. With knowledge in your hands, and an open heart, you’re bound to experience nothing but success. To the learners who did not make it: Do not despair! Try again and never give up. TSEPO MHLONGO, SOWETO Halala, Matrics of 2015! We are proud of you. You have been promoted to the bigger league. But a word of warning: Tertiary education can be hard sometimes because now you’re free from parents and teachers. Don’t abuse your freedom. Get your diplomas and degrees, not babies and diseases. RITSHIDZE MADAVHU, E-MAIL I would like to congratulate all the learners who passed their Matric exams. This is a grand milestone and deserves to…

THE birth of a child is a time of great joy and celebration. So it’s hard to imagine how you would feel if you discovered a few years down the line that the child was not actually yours. Shock, hurt and sadness are just a few of the emotions actor Atandwa Kani and his family must be going through since the disclosure in Sunday newspapers and on social media that the three-year-old twin boys he thought he’d fathered with his ex-wife are allegedly not his biological sons. The devastating discovery came after the 31-year-old It’s Complicated actor and Our Perfect Wedding presenter, Tembisa Mdoda (33), reportedly went for paternity tests on 9 November 2015. Tembisa, however, disputes the validity of the paternity tests and has issued a statement questioning both…

“Our defence was that the bank had granted reckless credit” HE WAS in his sixties and retired when he managed to secure a loan that would help get his smallholding out of trouble. Despite the fact he had no regular income, and his wife had none at all, he was given a half-a-million rand loan after he’d depleted their pension funds to keep the smallholding going. But Herman de Beer and his wife, Jacoba, couldn’t afford to keep repaying their huge debt. The bank moved swiftly to get a court date to recover more than R1,7 million from the de Beers, says Daan Schoeman, the couple’s lawyer. “But I asked for a postponement because the couple had to first get psychiatric treatment. They had nowhere else to live and if…

The easiest way to manage your data usage is to switch off cellular data on your phone completely, says Arthur. He reckons MiFi (mobile Wi-Fi) is a more efficient way to manage data as it allows you to separate your data usage from calls and SMSes. “So I use mobile Wi-Fi, also known as MiFi. It’s a little device [a mobile Wi-Fi router] that acts as a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot and helps you to better control your phone behaviour.” Arthur has a separate smart card for his MiFi onto which he loads the data he requires each month, and now uses only MiFi and Wi-Fi for data on his smartphone. The device may be expensive – prices vary from R700 to R2 000 – but it pays for itself relatively…

THE DRUM 3D app has changed to the bigger and better Media24 3D app. Why? The new app does exactly what the DRUM 3D app did, but it’s faster, displays a higher quality animation and can be used in all other Media24 magazines. This means you only have to download one app to use it across several magazines. You will also need this app to use the “Click to Buy” function (see instructions on the right). The app is free to download and is suitable for iOS or Android – all you need is a smartphone or tablet. GET IT TODAY Go to the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store and download the Media24 3D app onto your smartphone or tablet and open to start using it. You can…

CURVY TIP The trick with curves is to choose jeans with some stretch to hug you in all the right places. SLIM TIP Try wearing fitted jeans to show off your great figure. BIG LEGS TIP If you have “thunder thighs”, try wearing jeans that flare at the bottom – like bootleg jeans – and choose darker shades for a slimming effect. BROAD WAIST TIP If you have a wide midriff area, try wearing tapered jeans. It is a good balance between a pair of straight leg and skinny jeans.…

"There is no solution until a proper diagnosis is made" Q PERMANENT BIRTH CONTROL I’m a mother of four and married. I’m sure that I don’t want to have any more children. I want to know more about permanent female contraceptives. KHOMOTJO, LIMPOPO A Permanent female contraceptives are available, but not just on demand, as pre-counselling is required regardless of age or whether you are single or married. There are many options these days that are available and it’s best to go for a clinical assessment by a specialist gynaecologist to ensure the most effective outcome. Q BLOOD IN MY URINE I’m a 25-year-old lesbian who was raped at 16, but never received medical assistance because I had no clue what to do. When I decided to try a relationship,…

SPELLING Show your child how to break a word into its different sounds. That way they will remember how to spell smaller chunks of words rather than one long, complicated word. For instance, your child might not remember how to spell the “insignificant”, but if it’s broken up into “in-sig-nificant” they will have a much more manageable way of absorbing the information. WRITING PARAGRAPHS The secret to knowing how to write in paragraphs is to understand where one idea stops and another begins. If you think of the pen as the camera in a movie, whenever the camera cuts to a new scene – a new setting, a different character, a shift in time – you start a new paragraph to indicate this. Read out any article in DRUM to…

THE NEW year has already started and it is business as usual for most people. This is a good time for you to ask God for his favour, considering that 2016 is just beginning and there are many things that need to be done throughout the next 12 months. Each year will have its own challenges, setbacks, disappointments, victories, achievements, the good, the bad and the ugly. God’s favour is one of those necessary antidotes to all the challenges set before us. WHAT IS FAVOUR? Favour is an undeserved or unmerited act of kindness done out of mercy, generosity or goodwill. It is unmerited because it does not depend on what we have or haven’t done, but it is just given to us by God based on his own sovereignty…

If you have a problem and would like advice from other teens, e-mail teenspeak@drum.co.za and we’ll get our panel to help you HE’S DATING MY BFF I’m 17 and in love with a 24-year-old guy. After dating for two years, he’s playing hard to get and is now dating my friend. I still love him but he’s no longer interested in me. What should I do? LOVEFOOL SIBA MCHUNU (21) REPLIES My angel, its best to walk away from this relationship. A relationship based on betrayal cannot survive. If this man loved you like you loved him, he wouldn’t have cheated on you with anyone, especially not with your friend! Self-love will open the door to true love, so love and respect yourself enough to know you deserve better than…

HE COMES from a medical background, with a mother who was a nurse and a father who was a qualified doctor in the 1960s. Medicine was part of his daily life, as he accompanied his dad in his Landrover across the rural Eastern Cape, to tend to the ailments of the community. And so it was a natural choice that he’d take up medicine as a career, and today he’s taken it all the way to the top, becoming one of the country’s most respected doctors. Professor Bongani Mayosi’s work mainly focuses on heart problems that affect people in developing countries. He’s written over 250 papers on the subject and acquired a string of accolades for his work along the way. Most recently, he was appointed the new Head of…

IT’S A family affair,” Sly and the Family Stone told us way back in the early 1970s, as anyone with a few grey hairs and a love for music will recall. And their words hold true today for a special musical duo – a father and son team whose lyrical roots reach back four generations. We meet the legendary Colbert “Harley” Mukwevho (49) and his son, Percy “P. Postman” Mukwevho (27) at Colbert’s pad in Woodmead, Joburg, to chat about their musical careers and their collaboration. DAD GETS in the first word: he points out that Mukwevho family life has always been dominated by music. Colbert’s father, Abel, a d uncle, Christopher, formed Limpopo’s pioneering pop band, the Thrilling Artists. “The upbringing I had was the same bringing Percy had,…

A GALA dinner was the introduction to the 104th ANC anniversary rally in the North West. The prestigious event, televised live on both ANN7 and the SABC, showed party loyalists and prominent government officials packing the lavish Sun City Superbowl for the celebrations. It was by all accounts a well-attended do, with mining magnate PATRICE MOTSEPE and property tycoon Mike Nkuna also putting in an appearance. Holding down MC-ing duties was television titan BASETSANA KUMALO. The gorgeous businesswoman did a sterling job of it, too. PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA was, of course, the guest of honour and attended with two of his four wives. When the formalities were over, guests partied to the scintillating tunes of house vocalist BUCIE, the Soweto Opera Quadro and the award-winning a cappella group THE SOIL.…

REMEMBER back in November when rapper TYGA and his reality TV star girlfriend KYLIE JENNER (18) reportedly split? It turns out that the cause of the split might have been a relationship that the rapper was trying to strike up with a 14-year-old teen. MOLLY O’MALIA recently held a press conference with GLORIA ALLRED, the civil rights attorney who is also representing 25 women who have accused Bill Cosby of rape. Molly approached Gloria to set up the conference to set the record straight. The teen was upset that a tabloid magazine had reported that she had a sexual relationship with the 26-year-old rapper. According to Molly, she started chatting to the rapper as she is an aspiring singer. But when he asked that they start a video call, the…

IT WAS all glitz and glamour when screen and music stars stepped out at one of the year’s first big awards shows, the People’s Choice Awards, in Los Angeles. Giving us a taste of what the red-carpet trends might be this year was CHRISTINA MILIAN. She dazzled in a plunging neckline and high-slit purple gown with a train. Also opting for a deep-V neckline was actress MEAGAN GOOD. The gorgeous star made us green with envy in her pixie-style mint-green gown. Going for bold was actress JERRIKA HINTON in a simple white and red skirt and vest combo with a dramatic neckpiece. Sticking to the tried-and-tested black-and-white style were actresses NIA LONG, KEKE PALMER and NATHALIE EMMANUEL. They wowed in all-black outfits like a glitter LBD, lace cropped top and…

THE MINISTER of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has said the 2015 Matric pass rate is down from last year because the standard of the exam was higher. This begs the question: Does that mean the 2014 candidates got an inferior Matric certificate? The standard of education in our country has gone down because the Government does not have a clear and decisive policy or blueprint from which to work. Instead, our children were used as experiments with the ill-fated outcome-based education, which was a disaster. The pressure on previous Ministers to improve the overall pass rate resulted in a lowering of standards, where 30 % in some subjects means you can get through school easier. Sadly, some of our children have embraced this lowered benchmark and have lowered their expectations…

BOBO GUMBI Racism hasn’t ended. Reconciliation is failing because at work, senior positions are often dominated by white people more than black. Government isn’t doing anything to fix this. Education received by kids isn’t the same. Government doesn’t create the same opportunities for everyone. DESMOND SAMBO I don’t think racism is correct at any point because we need to take each other as equals. Reconciliation is failing because there’s no unity. Personally I haven’t experienced racism but know those who have. NOMVUYO MBOYI Racism is bad because Penny Sparrow called us monkeys; she even called us beautiful monkeys. I don’t think racism will ever end; it will forever be there because of people like her. ZOLA MBATHA Personally I think there’s a huge difference between white, black, Indian or coloured…

WHO WOULD have thought that the affair would end so soon? It seemed like the perfect match - except that it was based on a foundation of cheating and deceit. Popular TV personality Bonang Matheba set social media alight last year after it emerged she had been the “other woman” in club DJ Zinhle Jiyane’s three-year relationship. Rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, left his Durban-born baby mama DJ Zinhle heartbroken after his two-timing ways were exposed in September. But now it seems the “relationship” between Bonang and AKA has been short-lived, and DJ Zinhle is having the last laugh as AKA has apparently gone back to her. Queen B, as Bonang is popularly known, was reportedly embarrassed after returning to the love nest she shared with the rapper to…

DESPITE the drought over the past year, it looks like 2016 is still set to put a lot of emphasis on healthy eating and the sustainability of the produce we eat and cook at home. We need to educate our children about the importance of nutritious eating so that future generations can experience food as it’s meant to be enjoyed! SWEET TREATS APPLE FLOWER TARTS We used fresh fruit to make these tasty and colourful tarts. PREPARATION: 15 MIN CHILLING: 1 HR COOKING: 20 MIN SERVES 6 PASTRY 750 ml (3 cups) flour pinch of salt 250 g butter, cubed 80 ml (1 cup) caster sugar 1 egg 180 ml (¾ cup) water FILLING 6 red apples pinch of salt 100 g butter 100 g slivered almonds 100 g icing…

DORIS’ STORY “I’m a mother of two and work as a cleaner. It’s not easy to go out and have fun like other women my age,” says the 22-year-old from Ebony Park, Midrand. “After work, I have to look after my children and sometimes it’s heavy on me. “I would like time off to learn how to put on makeup and dress appropriately, even for church.” DORIS’ REACTION “I felt so good and I love my hair natural so I didn’t have to change it because I learnt that hair extensions can be added to my own hair. I loved the clothing because I can wear it to church, too, and it fitted me well.” PICTURE PERFECT A simple dress can be jazzed up with striking and bold accessories. Dress…

ISIDINGO Lerato is ready to move out, but Sechaba has a plan to stop her. Barker turns up the heat on Bradley’s romantic life. Nina makes dangerous threats towards Angelique and Barker. Feeling unfulfilled, Aphiwe (KHANYA MKANGISA) considers leaving the salon. Bradley’s date with Tiffany is thrown off balance by an envious Samantha. SCANDAL! Thembeka (MASASA MBANGENI) resorts to taking legal advice and is filled with trepidation by what she is told. Lindiwe thinks someone has the hots for her, but knows her family would never allow her to go out with him. Gloria commits forgery in order to win big. Thembeka drops a bombshell of epic proportions on Quinton. MUVHANGO Ranthumeng is gutted to find out that he cannot host Imani’s funeral. Mashudu shows Azwindini the place where Muvhango…

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR) This first-aid technique can get the heart and lungs working again. Pressdownhard (about5cm downwards) on the sternum (middle of the chest) at least 100 times a minute. After every 30 presses, apply mouth-to-mouth breathing so the victim’s chest rises. Repeat the process until the emergency services arrive. Make sure you have a well-equipped first-aid kit and fire extinguisher at home. Save these emergency numbers on your cellphone or somewhere visible at home: Ambulance: 10177 (landline) or 112 (cellphone) Emergency (national): 10111…

“In the back of my mind, I knew I was born for this” SOMETIMES things just don’t go according to plan – like when you arrange to meet a dynamic duo but only one of them shows up. We’re at the SABC studio in Durban, and we’re met by Ukhozi FM’s Selby Mkhize, also known as Mamkhize. He welcomes us warmly and explains that his colleague, Khathide “Tshatha” Ngobe, is not working today. He has other commitments but he assures us we can meet him later at the Hilton Hotel for our photoshoot. LUCKILY, Selby is entertainment enough for now. He has an eye for fine detail and is enjoying showing off his outfit. He struts his stuff as if he is on a catwalk. As he settles down, he…

DJ EUPHONIK @euphonik I’m waiting for one of these twelebs to SAY SOMETHING to me. If they can suspend Hart trust me you’ll...argh nvm THULI MADONSELA @ThuliMadonsela3R Racism,racial discrimination and hate speech are wrong and unlawful regardless of perpetrator’s colour be it white or black. Report to SAHRC NOMZAMO MBATHA @Nomzamo-Mbatha Life owes me a couple of cheques and blessings. Tryna collect those before I leave this life. #BeastMode DJ FRESH @DJFreshSA With respect, wasted opportunity by @MNet . . . @ GarethCliff would have been perfect spokesperson for #WayForward / #WhatNext! #OhWell…