Innholdsfortegnelse for 31-Aug-17 i You South Africa

I’VE never been a fan of doctors or taking pills (and I’m terrified of needles!). So I generally try to be as healthy as possible and avoid germs like, well, the plague. I also try not to take medication unnecessarily, especially antibiotics. I know it saves lives but I’ll take it only if I really have to. So far, so good – I’ve had a healthy run so far. And I’m hoping to keep it that way after reading our article on page 92. The writer details his journey and that of previous generations with antibiotics. It’s a sobering read and I’d love to know if you have any stories about the use of antibiotics or other medication (email letters@you.co.za). Your story could make it into the magazine or onto…

Great news for puzzle fanatics! The 15th brain-tickling issue of YOU Blockbusters is in stores from 30 August! With 119 entertaining brain games, YOU Blockbusters No 15 (R40) is a must for puzzle fans. It has all the puzzles you’ve come to love as well as some new ones – have fun with codebreakers, photo blockbusters, cryptic crosswords, sudoku-x-words, colossus, sudoku and more. To order your copy or back copies of any YOU brand extension call 021-406-4962, email johan.terblanche@media24.com or visit youstore.co.za. SUBSCRIBE DIGITAL ONLY R64 A MONTH Go to you.co.za and click on “subscribe”. Take up our special offer and subscribe to YOU’s digital version for just R64 a month – that’s a cool R14,70 an issue. Offer valid for annual subscriptions only.…

Diana made several bombshell claims in a series of interviews NO MATTER how well known or beloved, many famous people fade from mind and become confined to the annals of history after they’ve been gone for two decades. But not this woman. In death – as she was in life – Diana, Princess of Wales, is the exception. Twenty years since the death of the people’s princess in a car crash in a Paris tunnel her name still makes headlines – particularly now, on this milestone anniversary of that tragic day. In the run-up to this anniversary much has been happening: exhibitions of her memorabilia and precious things, award ceremonies held in her name, new books released about her – and TV show after TV show aired in which friends,…

TWO young men, a group of pretty young women and a party in a hotel room – the kind of evening many young people enjoy. There’s alcohol, there’s music, there’s laughter – and suddenly there’s mom too. And she’s not pleased. What happened next made headlines for days. The mom was Grace Mugabe, the young men were her precious sons, and she didn’t seem to like the young women hanging out with them one bit. Zimbabwe’s formidable first lady allegedly laid into them with an extension cord and one of them, Gabriella Engels, sustained a nasty gash on her forehead. The 20-year-old model laid a charge of assault against Grace but it was no good. After days of to-ing and fro-ing and humming and hawing by the powers that be,…

STYWE PAP ARANCINI Rice is nice in these Italian stuffed treats – but stywe pap (stiff mealie meal porridge) is lekker too! MAKES ABOUT 12 BALLS  Preparation: 30 min Chilling: 15 min Cooking: 30 min BALLS 15ml (1T) olive oil 200g diced bacon 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 4 x 250ml (4c) cooked stywe pap at room temperature 250ml (1c) grated mozzarella 125ml (½c) grated mature cheddar cheese 125ml (½c) grated Gouda cheese salt and freshly ground pepper COATING 2 eggs, whisked 30ml (2T) milk 125ml (½c) flour 250ml (1c) breadcrumbs oil for deep-frying GREMOLATA handful of fresh parsley, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed grated zest of 1 lemon salt TO SERVE coarse salt 1 Balls Heat the oil in a pan and fry the bacon until crispy.…

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Try not to be too critical of your partner Your planet, Mercury, ends its backwards movement this week. In general life should run more smoothly – just the thing to lift the spirits of a Virgo who likes things to be perfect. But towards the end of the week a clash between you and your partner, probably due to them being somewhat messy, could spoil things a bit. Try to turn down the critical voice in your head – a Virgo feature that might need some tuning. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 9, 32, 10, 21, 40, 41 FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS VIRGO IN RELATIONSHIPS . . . Your Virgo partner will show their love in practical ways. Charm them by paying attention to detail. Virgo partners will keep you on the straight and…

WIN-WIN A cop pulled me over and said, “Papers?” So I said, “Scissors, I win!” And I drove off. DIS IS BAD “I just found the worst page in the entire dictionary,” little Johnny tells his English teacher. “What are you talking about, Johnny?” she asks. “Well,” Johnny says, “what I saw was disgraceful, disgusting, dishonest and disingenuous.” CHARITY ENDS AT HOME A man knocks on the door of a woman known for her charity. “Please, ma’am,” he says when she opens the door, “can you help this poor, tragic family down the block? “The father just lost his job and his wife is too ill to work, and they’ve got four kids to support. They’re all about to be turned out into the cold streets unless someone can pay…

The guy behind the voice Don’t let the tattoos fool you – Craig is a bit of a brainiac. In 2010 he was the top academic performer at Elsies River High School. In 2013 he graduated with a B Com PPE (politics, philosophy, economics) from the University of Cape Town and this year he completed his B Com honours in finance with six distinctions. Despite this he says his favourite school subjects were languages. “Creative writing was my favourite during exams.” If he hadn’t become a singer, he says he would’ve specialised in development. “I’ve always been interested in the ways different countries developed and applying the various methodologies to South Africa.” Craig was lucky enough to work with producer Peach van Pletzen. “This single has a number of influences,…

Thank you, Charlene, for your editorial letter (You, 17 August) thanking the women who inspire you every day. I’d like to give thanks to the silent women who are an inspiration to many of us every day. These are the women who, after a few hours of sleep, are awake from 3am to begin their day. They’re often single mothers with no financial support from absent fathers, who arrange for their children to be cared for or attend school. They’re also cleaning, cooking, washing and ironing in very difficult conditions. These women, of all ages, in all types of weather, use up to three types of public transport. It might take up to three hours before they arrive at their employment and again when they leave for their homes. They…

SHE’S been rejected and vilified by fellow party members, she and her children have received death threats and she may be expelled from the party she has served for decades. Yet Makhosi Khoza won’t back down. Her open support of the recent vote of no confidence in Jacob Zuma’s presidency made headlines and was followed soon afterwards by her being fired as chairwoman of parliament’s public service and administration portfolio committee. Khoza (46) is the woman everyone is talking about now – yet no matter how much you read about her, nothing prepares you for meeting her in person. Sipping a fruit smoothie (me and these things, she says) in the sun in Cape Town’s Dunkley Square, she practically glows with energy and laughs often and easily. No one watching…

HER moment of truth came when she saw her reflection in her husband’s sunglasses. It’s a day she remembers vividly – a family trip to the beach in the summer of 2014. “I remember sitting there and watching all the mothers playing with their kids and there I was, feeling like a beached whale. I thought to myself, ‘This isn’t who I want to be. I’m a thin person inside. I’ve got this fun, bubbly personality and want to go out and be happy.’ It was like I was trapped inside this body.” That day was a turning point for Tamaryn Hogan (now 33), a mom of two. She decided there and then she had to do something about her weight – and today she’s literally half the person she…

YOU can’t miss the mouthwatering aroma of butter chicken emanating from South African restaurants that serve this delicious curry. Usually it’s served on a bed of rice, but when pasta is as good as Fatti’s & Moni’s, why not change it up a little? Michaela Pakkiri is one of the second-round winners chosen by Fatti’s & Moni’s andTVpersonality Somizi Mhlongo in the Woo Shem! pasta competition. Her clever twist on this proudly South African favourite earned her a Fatti’s & Moni’s hamper. BUTTER CHICKEN PASTA SERVES 6Preparation: 15 minCooking: 30 min 500g Fatti’s & Moni’s pasta15ml (2T) butter1 large red or brown onion, chopped1 dried bay leaf5ml (1t) ground cumin10ml (2t) garam masala5ml (1t) red chilli powder (or more, if you can handle the heat)2ml (½t) crushed ginger2ml (½t) crushed…

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Short-term insurers have products they call cover extensions that pay out in case of anything from trauma counselling to your cat being hit by a car. Cover extension pays out only basic amounts and might not cover the entire cost of an incident but it can be handy when you need it. Here are a few cover extensions commonly found in a policy if the content of your home is insured for fire or theft. The extent of the cover, payouts and the costs depend on who you’re insured with and on the kind of policy you have. Everyone’s policy is different because everyone’s risk is different. You need to check your policy to see if you have it and what exactly is covered. 1 TRAUMACOVER The policyholder and their…

THE GOOD DAUGHTER By KARIN SLAUGHTER HarperCollins It’s 1989 and the Quinn family – teenagers Charlotte “Charlie” and Samantha, mom Gamma and dad Rusty – have moved into a new house after their previous home is burnt down. They live in the small American town of Pikeville in Georgia where townsfolk dislike Rusty, a defence lawyer who takes on clients no one else wants to represent. Soon after moving in, the family fall victim to a horrific home invasion by two locals searching for Rusty, who’s at work. Gamma is shot dead and the two girls are taken hostage and terrorised. It’s brutal, detailed and leaves you feeling shaken. The attack is also revisited from different points of view. Be warned: while it’s not gratuitous it makes for difficult reading.…

LOYALTY By Kendrick Lamar ft Rihanna Wild Thoughts, Loyalty . . . Riri’s hot collabs are heating up the charts. This time the Barbadian teams up with Humble hitmaker Kendrick Lamar and the result is an earworm that’s sure to be a favourite on playlists. Loyalty is the third single from Lamar’s latest album, Damn. In the track’s music video the two show their devotion to each other in the most extreme ways – Riri even holds onto Kendrick’s arm while she hangs off the ledge of a skyscraper. This is one of the album’s standout tracks. SORRY NOT SORRY By Demi Lovato This is the pop singer’s first solo release of the year and it has hit written all over it. She says the sassy track is “an anthem…

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THEIRS was a romance fairytales are made of. She was an accounts manager at a computer company who never imagined she’d catch the eye of a TV star. He was a hunk recovering from a failed marriage. Yet when Zozibini Mtongana hired Tumisho Masha to do a radio campaign for her, the popular actor forgot all about his broken heart and fell head over heels in love. A year after meeting the pair wed in an intimate ceremony attended by family and friends. “Not being together isn’t an option,” the former Top Billing presenter confidently told the media at the time. But seven years later the fairytale has come to an end. Zozibini (33) filed charges of assault against Tumisho (42), while the Saints and Sinners star is flaunting his…

STAR LOOK America’s Got Talent host TYRA BANKS turned heads in a colourful Stello dress and yellow heels at the show’s season 12 premiere in Hollywood. Dancer MADDIE ZIEGLER (in Marc Jacobs) and singer CARLY RAE JEPSEN (in Needle & Thread) at the Los Angeles premiere of the animated film Leap! to which they lent their voices. The film was released as Ballerina in South Africa.…

TRIBUTE TO A WONDERFUL FRIEND I RAN the Knysna half-marathon for the first time in July. It’s the achievement of a long-cherished goal. I did it for me, the devastated Knysna community and also for a very special friend called Barbara who passed on earlier this year. Barbara and I went back a long way. She was a stand-in mother, mentor, gym instructor and soul sister, a feisty one-of-a-kind person whose mantra was work hard, be disciplined, watch your diet, laugh a lot and go shopping. She always said never let your age define you and take care of your body and it will take care of you. Her body was toned and shapely, her make-up and hair immaculate and the whole package was infused with a positive, sunny spirit.…

I’m a cougar. Younger guys are interesting to chat to, etc. What’s the big deal? Old men are grumpy, miserable and irritating. COUGAR, SMS To Johannes Mankoe (YOU Say, 10 August), yes, there’s help out there – at a price. Even a good medical aid will pay only a portion. Suicide is endemic, especially in our male teen population. Everyone needs to listen. GET HELP, SMS Sophia says she’s tired of people being nasty about Amor (YOU Say, 17 August)! Maybe if Amor stopped complaining so much about her finances, and so forth, people would not say such things about her. She’s still very fortunate. There are women and children worse off and you don’t hear them complaining. BUTTON IT, SMS To Bongiwe Mokoena (YOU Say, 24 August), always be…

A FEW clever tricks to limit the sugar, butter and flour in these puddings still gives you all the flavour of the originals – just a little lighter. Try these recipes using fruit, sweet potatoes and other readily available alternatives to some of the heavier ingredients of the traditional versions. BAKED CUSTARD When we were growing up, this dish – along with buttermilk pudding and sweet dumplings – was a firm favourite dessert in our home. I prefer serving it plain but you can dress it up with berries and honey. SERVES 4-6  Preparation: 10 min Baking: 45 min 5 extra-large eggs 30ml (2T) sugar or sweetener such as xylitol 1ml (¼t) salt 500ml (2c) lukewarm full-cream milk with 1 vanilla pod 10ml (2t) vanilla essence TO SERVE berries and…

WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MY FATHER? Q I’m an independent 58-year-old woman and my parents live far away as they’ve retired to the coast. Recently I’ve noticed that my father, who’s been a pillar of strength to my mother and me through the years, is becoming emotionally vulnerable. He’s starting to forget things – not just little things but even a whole weekend we spent together. He’s also anxious, tense and depressed – not as I know him at all. He was always calm and serene and taught us not to get into a state but to handle difficult situations with care and forethought. He’s 85 now and he and my mother still live in their own home. What’s happening to him? I’m so upset about it I can’t seem to…

By PETRA DU PREEZ LIBRA SEPT 23 – OCT 22 This week you’ll be happy with your own company, which is somewhat unusual for a Libra who likes companionship. Be mindful not to neglect your friends. Apart from their entertaining stories, their opinions could be helpful – particularly if you’re a Libra who often struggles to make up your mind. Make sure you keep up your exercise regime to avoid becoming too laid-back or lazy. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 40, 48, 45, 3, 23, 31 SCORPIO OCT 23 – NOV 21 This week who you know might be more beneficial than what you know – whether you’re trying to climb the professional ladder, increase your bank balance, or further your personal ambitions. It’s a good time to reveal your strengths both…

“All I wanted to do was get away,” she told American magazine People. IT HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN EASY Demi (25), who’s from Dallas, Texas, was bullied so badly at school she asked to be home-schooled. Describing the relentless torment she had to endure, the singer called it an extremely emotional time. EARLY START Born Demetria Devonne Lovato, she knew from a young age what she wanted to do with her life. Her first acting gig came at age seven when she starred in Barney & Friends alongside Selena Gomez. FIRST TIME’S A WINNER Success came early for the singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Don’t Forget, reached No 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. Not shabby for a first shot at the music industry! SHE’S JUST LIKE US! She might have…

FAST FACTS Age 40 From United States Weight 68kg Height 1,73m Fights Boxing 49 / MMA 0 Wins 49 Losses 0 Knockouts 26 Stance Orthodox FLOYD MAYWEATHER NICKNAME: “MONEY” Strength Defence and patience in the ring Weakness Brittle hands, which have caused him trouble in the past Accolades Five-division world champion and undefeated in professional boxing MONEY’S MONEY Mayweather is one of the richest athletes in the world. His career earnings of $700 million (R9,1 billion) are expected to pass the $1 billion (R13 billion) mark with the McGregor fight. Endorsements have seen his earnings soar to $1,3 billion (R16,9 billion). In addition to the $100 million (R1,3 billion) he’ll earn for the McGregor clash he gets a good chunk of the $500 million (R6,5 billion) revenue from the fight.…

SHE’S so funny and down-to-earth and nice it’s hard to believe anyone could be nasty to her. But haters abound and they love to let rip when somebody – especially someone famous – breaks the mould and dares to defy tried-and-tested norms. Ellen DeGeneres recently opened up for the first time about her dark days after she publicly came out as gay in 1997. “The bullying I endured in Hollywood made up for the lack of it during my childhood,” the 59-year-old comic told US magazine Good Housekeeping. After her character on her sitcom Ellen also came out as gay the show was slapped with an adult content warning and cancelled after its fifth season. Televangelist Jerry Falwell declared the show should be called “Ellen DeGenerate” and her romance with…

Move over, Jennifer Lawrence – Forbes has named EMMA STONE the highest-paid actress of 2017. The 28-year-old raked in a whopping $28 million (R364 million) for her work over the past year, which includes award-winning films such as La La Land, for which she won an Oscar. Coming in second was Jennifer Aniston with $25,5 million (R331,5 million) with former No 1 on the list Jennifer Lawrence dropping to third place with $24 million (R312 million). Seems SAMUEL L JACKSON can add singing to his already impressive CV! The actor wrote and performed the gospel-style track Nobody Gets Out Alive, which features in his latest movie, The Hitman’s Bodyguard. According to Atli Örvarsson, who composed the film’s soundtrack, Samuel and his co-star Ryan Reynolds “were sitting in a car talking,…