Innholdsfortegnelse for 09-Feb-17 i You South Africa

SHE’S the current belle of the big screen, her new film is the talk of Tinseltown and award after award has streamed in for the quirky redhead who sings, dances and acts with enviable ease. Just 28 years old, Emma Stone is one of the brightest young things to hit Hollywood in a long time and everyone wants a piece of her. Already the proud owner of a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award, an Oscar looms large for the lovely star of La La Land. “Emma can do everything,” says veteran director Woody Allen, who’s cast her in two of his movies. “She’s beautiful, she’s intelligent and she can astonish. She’s really got it all. And everyone thinks she’s just adorable.” He’s right – she can do…

A FARCE, a can of worms, a web of lies, the work of a party of thieves . . . the so-called ANC war room scandal has been slammed left, right and centre and has dominated every media platform in the country. For the ruling party, already facing a crisis of popularity, it was the last thing it needed – and leaders are now scrambling to get as far away from a project that could land the ANC in trouble with the electoral court. “The actions weren’t sanctioned by the ANC and we distance ourselves from any insinuation that any such campaign was known or approved by the ANC,” party spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said. But opposition parties are crying foul, claiming the details that have emerged are evidence of a…

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YOU’RE not sick exactly. But you’re definitely not firing on all cylinders either. Maybe your back is often sore, or you’re having trouble sleeping. Perhaps you’re plagued by headaches or just can’t seem to shake that slightly anxious feeling. These are some of the common health concerns that throw us off our game. You might feel it’s not serious enough to require a visit to the doctor but nagging complaints such as these can wear you down. There are things you can do to help alleviate the problem. Here are three easy fixes for some common health niggles. EASE ANXIOUS THOUGHTS Control your breathing Getting your breathing under control is key when it comes to managing anxiety. Focus on gently making your breathing deeper, slower and more rhythmic. To help…

1 Camila (19) was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised between Havana and her father’s native country, Mexico, until the family moved to Miami, Florida, when she was five. She only spoke Spanish when she first arrived in the US and learnt to speak English by watching TV and cartoons. 2 She’s a huge One Direction fan and even made a Twitter fan account for them at one point. There were rumours that she once dated 1D hottie Niall Horan (23) . . . 3 She didn’t have a quinceañera – the traditional Mexican celebration of a girl’s 15th birthday. Instead she asked to audition for the US reality singing competition X Factor in 2012. She then found fame as part of the girl group Fifth Harmony on the show…

IT CREAKS and groans, wrinkles and crinkles, emits and excretes. It’s the human body and it’s a veritable treasure trove of mysteries and miracles. We learn with it, make mistakes with it and grow old with it. But did you know that even the most imperceptible change, movement or action of your body is designed to protect you? Take something as seemingly innocuous as yawning – that means you’re tired, right? Well, yes – but it’s rather more complicated than that. Read on to uncover some surprising facts about the amazing vessel that steers you through life. UP TO SCRATCH Although itching can be unpleasant – especially if the itch is in a hard-to-reach place – it has an important function. The skin is the only part of the body…

IT’S something every parent must have heard at some point since their child learnt to talk: “Can I play a game on your phone?” And you’re lucky to get so much as a please with the outstretched hand. For many parents the pressure to give in to that request induces a fair amount of guilt. After all, countless experts have cautioned against too much screen time for little ones. Well, worry no more: the new PlayKids app is a great way to keep your children occupied while ensuring their young minds are stimulated too. YOU and its sister magazines, Huisgenoot and Drum, have partnered with PlayKids, one of the biggest and most popular kids’ apps in the world, to bring you a local version with unique South African content. Everything…

US comedian and actor TRACY MORGAN was spotted shopping up a storm at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town recently with his wife, Megan, their daughter, Maven (3), and other friends and family. The 48-year-old actor and Saturday Night Live host was seen pushing one of his travel companions around in a wheelchair and didn’t seem to be doing such a great job of it – he hit his 29-year-old wife on the shin as the group made their way out of the upmarket shopping centre’s Nike store. Tracy looked relaxed and in good spirits as he chatted to fans and later enjoyed lunch at a seafront restaurant. The 30 Rock star has been back at work for just more than a year after a serious car crash in June…

TOUGH START It’s with dismay that I read the article about the little boy born with gastroschisis (YOU, 26 January). The young couple mentioned – 22 and 25 years old – have three children under the age of two. He has one from a previous relationship aged 23 months, she has a child of 17 months from a previous relationship, and now they have a child together aged two months who’s had a rough start to life. They’ve been together two and a half years. Do the maths. He’s not employed and they stay in a garden flat at her parents’ house. What were they thinking? There are contraceptives available. Who supports all these children? Why can’t these youngsters use their brains? Children cost a lot to raise and deserve…

INTIMIDATION, threats, bugged telephone calls and billions of rands just vanishing into thin air. It sounds like the plot of a spy thriller but these days what’s going on behind the scenes at the SABC is often much more dramatic than what’s playing out on our screens. Licence-payers couldn’t believe their eyes when a copy of a damning new report was leaked on social media. For years there’s been talk about problems at the SABC but there, spelled out in black and white, was a catalogue of all that ails the public broadcaster. Could it possibly be true? ANC politician Vincent Smith acknowledged it was a legitimate working document. At a loss for what to do about the scandal-plagued SABC, parliament tasked Smith and 10 other MPs from various parties…

‘If Earth is going to move to a warmer state . . . it wont be good’ IMAGINE a world where all that remains of Cape Town is the famous flat top of Table Mountain sticking out of the sea while the rest of the city lies submerged, shrouded in myth like the lost city of Atlantis. This may seem like the plot of a far-fetched sci-fi movie, but as Earth’s ice caps keep melting and sea levels continue to rise we have to ask ourselves: can we really bury our heads in the sand like America’s president Donald Trump and say climate change is a hoax? New figures released by analysts at Nasa and America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reveal that 2016 was officially the warmest year…

‘My biggest asset isn’t my shares in this farm but the skills I’ve acquired’ HE THOUGHT he had the industry waxed after sailing through the theory part of his agricultural diploma. All that remained was to gain first-hand experience in the field and he’d be milking it as a farmer in no time. How hard could it be? But Tshilidzi Matshidzula soon realised the practical side of dairy farming was no bakkie ride. “Jeez, I thought I knew it all back then,” he says, laughing. But Tshilidzi (28), who studied animal production at Tshwane University of Technology, has come a long way since then – and now he really is on his way to knowing it all. Chilli, as his friends call him, has several impressive awards to his name,…

Keep moving It doesn’t need to be serious exercise – even short walks can help because staying mobile might prevent underlying disc problems from getting worse and protect the muscles vital for back support. Apply heat If your back pain isn’t due to injury, the problem is probably in your muscles. A heat pack or hot-water bottle will improve circulation, bring more oxygen to your muscles and soft tissue and help clear inflammatory chemicals that contribute to back pain. Use a natural painkiller Arnica is a natural anti-inflammatory and is often used to treat muscle aches, joint pain and bruising. A gentle rub with arnica oil might bring relief. There are also creams and ointments containing the extract of this plant, or you can use arnica tablets.…

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SHE spins her pink BMW in tight circles while revving the engine like crazy, tyres whipping up thick white smoke as the crowd cheers wildly. It’s impressive stuff – especially as Stacey-Lee May is a slightly built 20-year-old who doesn’t look a day out of high school. Then the petite brunette lets go of the steering wheel, lifts herself out of the driver’s seat and hangs backwards out of the window as the car keeps spinning. Her legs are hooked over the door and her head is centimetres from the ground. This manoeuvre is called the Suicide Slide and it’s one of Stacey’s signature stunts – this and leaping out of the car while it’s still spinning, running around for a few seconds then hopping back in. It’s enough to…

THEY say the internet can teach us to do almost anything. So when a mother of four didn’t have enough money to pay builders to build her dream family home, she decided to do it herself – learning everything she needed to know from videos she found on YouTube. For nine gruelling months Cara Brookins, a computer analyst from Arkansas in the United States, and her children mixed concrete and hauled bricks. “Our toes nearly froze off as we mixed concrete in a wheelbarrow, our back muscles ached . . . and we sweated and itched our way through fibreglass insulation,” Cara recalls. “It was incredibly intense. There was nobody going to the movies. There were no dates, no hanging out. It was all hands on deck.” When the kids…

HE WAS 14 years old when he saw her for the first time – he was visiting a friend in one of Johannesburg’s southern suburbs when his mate told him about the pretty girl who lived next door. She happened to be in the back garden of her home at the time and Gary Player hopped onto a rock to look over the wall. Her name was Vivienne Verwey, she was 13 years old and Gary thought she was the prettiest girl he’d ever seen. “I’m going to marry her,” he told his friend. “Naturally he thought I was mad,” Gary says. “But that was the beginning of our fairytale love story. Six years later, on 19 January 1957, I married that pretty girl.” At the time she was 19…

It’s one of the most popular events on South Africa’s social calendar and as usual the stars came dressed to the nines. The theme of this year’s Sun Met – it’s no longer sponsored by J&B but by Sun International and GH Mumm Champagne – was Decades of Glamour. Here’s our pick of the best-dressed at the prestigious horseracing event at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town. New couple? There may be love in the air for Olympic swimming champ CHAD LE CLOS . We snapped the hottie, who recently moved from Durban to the Mother City, with Cape Town stunner TARYN MORRIS , a businesswoman, part-time model and former Miss SA finalist. The blonde was a knockout in a White Runway dress inspired by the ’50s. But are they more…

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SHE’S constantly at his side, coaxing, cajoling and giving him little pep talks. Where many others have tried and failed she’s succeeded – she persuaded Donald Trump to tone down his verbal bullying, stop insulting all and sundry and cut back on his Twitter rants. In short, she taught him how to behave. Many pundits think Kellyanne Conway is the real reason why the brash tycoon is now America’s new president. She has such a knack with him that she’s been dubbed “The Trump Whisperer”. That’s why nobody was really surprised when it was announced that the sassy strategist, who served as Trump’s campaign manager during the closing stretch of the presidential race, will now serve as his senior adviser. When she first joined his team in August last year…

IT STARTED with a mysterious mark on her arm. Initially she thought it was a mosquito bite but she was wrong – after collapsing she was rushed to hospital where she lay semiconscious for weeks. When she eventually woke up she discovered to her horror that most of her fingers and toes were black and rotting. “They looked like an Egyptian mummy’s fingers,” she says. Cathrine Coetzee (52) is still struggling to come to terms with the fact that she’ll never be able to go for pedicures and will probably never be able to paint again. She used to spend many happy hours painting but not any more. After losing seven fingers and nine toes she had prosthetic fingers made at great expense but sadly she just couldn’t get used…

WHEN Johanna and Scott Watkins enjoy a night in, binge-watching their favourite TV series, they don’t cuddle up on their couch. Instead she lies alone in her bedroom while he sits three floors below and they communicate with each other by text message. Weird? For sure, but the American couple don’t have any other choice – Johanna (29) is so allergic to her husband that being in the same room with him could kill her. She suffers from a severe form of mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), which means the cells that should be protecting her from outside threats instead mutate and attack her body. The rare condition affects roughly one in every 150 000 people and symptoms and severity vary from patient to patient. For Johanna, it means being…

LEMONS Freshen bad breath by gargling with a small cup of lemon juice to kill odour-causing bacteria in your mouth. Because of their antibacterial properties lemons are also great for treating acne and oily skin. Simply halve a lemon and squeeze the juice onto the affected area. Your blackheads and pimples should soon start to fade. Lemons also have bleaching properties and repeated application will lighten dark spots on your skin – just be sure to keep your lemon-treated skin out of the sun. OILS Trendy coconut oil isn’t only great for cooking – it’s also a mean make-up remover. Place a few drops on a cotton ball and gently dab your face. The oil does a great job of breaking down waxy, inky eye make-up and doesn’t leave your…

IN THE peace of an autumnal Sunday in the 4th arrondissement, the crane with the wrecking ball stood ready. Neighboured by already flattened lots, the four-towered Grand Cirque de Paris stoically awaited its fate when work recommenced on Monday. Emerging from the Metro across the square, Mimi Duveaux leant on her walking stick and held the small of her back as she straightened stiffly to take in the once proud edifice. Where she remembered a neon sign and the giant wooden shapes of dancing bears and clowns, only twisted iron remained, sticking out of the stonework like scars. Most of the windows were black holes, and barricades encircled the building, obscuring the pillared entrance. At her care home in Provence they’d have kittens if they knew she’d made the journey…

1 RAISED FOR FAME Milla was five years old when her parents – Serbian dad Bogich, a paediatrician, and Russian mother Galina, an actress – decided to flee the Soviet Union for a better life in sunny California in the USA. That better life proved elusive, and after her parents divorced the only work her mom could find was as a cleaner. Living through her blue-eyed daughter, Galina enrolled Milla – whose birth name is Milica – for ballet, tap dancing, acting and piano lessons and accompanied her to castings. “My mother raised me to be a movie star,” says the actress, who landed her first major magazine cover at the age of 12 (LEFT). 2 RESIDENT FRANCHISE The first Resident Evil film was released 15 years ago. In the…

YOU may have noticed how different the vegetation in other parts of the world look compared with South Africa’s. Or that there are animals in other places you won’t see in SA. This is because the world is made up of several biomes. Scientists use this word to describe areas (large regions) that have a distinct climate. The climate of the biome determines the specific plants and animals that occur there. Experts differ on how many biomes there are. Most make a distinction between seven biomes on land: tundra (around the poles), taiga, temperate deciduous forest, temperate grassland, desert, savannah and tropical forests. Three of these, including taiga, are types of forest. Let’s take a look at how the forest biomes differ from one another. TAIGA FORESTS Where? This is…

Even as a prisoner Saddam exuded an air of importance US SPECIAL Forces finally captured Saddam Hussein in December 2003. They wanted answers from the Iraqi tyrant – and it was up to CIA analyst John Nixon to get them. In this extract from his new book he lifts the lid on the discoveries he made in the months he spent interrogating Saddam. ‘ICOULD feel my heart pounding as we walked down a long, dimly lit corridor. At the end of the hall was a large shower room where he was being held. We stood outside the door for several minutes as military interrogators finished their questions. Suddenly the door opened and I immediately found myself sucking in air. There he was, sitting on a metal folding chair, wearing a…

Are they or aren’t they? She usually keeps her love-life under wraps but model KENDALL JENNER (21) was recently seen looking cosy with rapper ASAP ROCKY (28) in a club in Paris. The pair – who were first linked in December – were spotted again at a flea market in the French capital, where Kendall was taking part in Fashion Week. Neither has yet commented on the state of their relationship. BROOKLYN BECKHAM (17) and SOFIA RICHIE (18) have been fuelling romance rumours again, especially after being spotted on what looked like a date night in London. David and Victoria Beckham’s eldest son and the model were seen heading out to a bowling alley with friends and later left together. Brooklyn, a budding photographer, has been single since splitting from…