Innholdsfortegnelse for 19-Oct-17 i You South Africa

A MOTHER’S WORK I WAS raised by my grandmother from when I was a baby until I passed matric. My mother worked far away from home and only returned once a month to spend three days with us. I regarded my granny as my mother and my mom more as a sister. My father has never been present in my life. My grandmother passed away recently and despite my mom trying her best to comfort me I feel an emptiness in me as if I’ve become an orphan. Today I have two kids who stay with my mom at home while I’m away at work. I see my them only over weekends and I’ve realised the bond they share with their grandma is far stronger than the one they share…

Summer is on the way! Get your copies of YOU Best Recipes: Braai 2017 (R48) and YOU Indulge (R47), and prepare an outdoor feast for family and friends. Find the best dishes to cook over the coals from a selection of 124 delicious braai recipes, and serve them with indulgent sides and desserts from YOU Indulge. How about stuffed fillet steak with mealies in bacon and braai toasties, followed by caramel milk tart? Yum! To order your copies call 021-406-4962, email johan.terblanche@media24.com or go to 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.…

THAI GREEN CURRY SERVES 6 Preparation: 20 min Cooking: 20 min 15ml (2T) olive oil 10ml (2t) butter 1 onion, diced 1-cm piece of ginger, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped pinch of salt 1 sachet (50g) Thai green curry paste 120g sugar snap peas 1 can (400g) coconut milk 125ml (½c) water 7,5ml (1½t) brown sugar handful of fresh basil leaves, torn handful of fresh coriander, chopped MUSHROOMS 15ml (1T) butter 5ml (1t) oil 250g button mushrooms, quartered SALSA ¼ green pawpaw, cubed 1 large green banana, cubed 1 green chilli, chopped 3 spring onions, chopped (reserving the top green part) 1 firm tomato, deseeded and cubed handful of fresh coriander, chopped TO SERVE cooked basmati rice 45ml (3T) sesame seeds, roasted 1 Heat the oil and butter…

German blogger Caroline Daur seen outside the Zac Posen show during New York Fashion Week in a richly textured balloon-sleeve blouse and a lace pencil skirt. TIP Pair your silk shirt with a high-waisted skirt and pointy boots to make a strong statement. Fashion blogger Oyinkan rocking the flirty look in a floral minidress at New York Fashion Week 2017. A guest looks comfy and sophisticated in a patterned silk dress during New York Fashion Week 2017. TIP Pair a floral motif kimono with chunky mules for a relaxed, yet royal look. A guest attends New York Fashion Week 2017 in floral-motif pants and an oversized jersey. When it comes to accessorising this style, opt for an embellished necklace, stand-out earrings or an arm full of bracelets BAGS More is…

LATEST MODEL A couple are having their wedding photographs taken. As the photographer positions the woman and her new husband, he asks, “Have you ever modelled?” The woman blushes. “No, I haven’t,” she says, “but I always thought . . .” The photographer interrupts her and points to her husband. “I meant him.” ART OF COVERING UP At an art gallery, a woman and her 10-year-old son are having a tough time choosing between two paintings – one of a field of flowers in spring, the other of a forest in autumn. They finally decide to go with the forest painting. “Good choice,” the gallery assistant says. “I guess you decided you prefer an autumn scene to a floral.” “No,” the boy says, “the autumn scene’s wider, so it’ll cover…

Describe your new release in one word. Bass! How’s it different to your previous EP? It has a bouncier tech-house feel – it’s more of a party starter. It’s different from the previous EP in the style of music – there’s way more of a tech-house and techno feel. The previous one was more bass house and commercial deep house. Where did you record it and how long did it take? In my garage in Kempton Park, Gauteng, which I’ve turned into a music studio. The EP began to take form when I started testing the tracks out in my live sets. I put it together over the past nine months. Do you have a favourite track? No, each song was made with a different purpose in mind – like…

It’s Christmas 1558, and young Ned Willard returns home to Kings-bridge to find his world has changed. With this city torn apart by religious hatred, Ned soon finds himself at odds with the girl he longs to marry. When Elizabeth Tudor, a Protestant, assumes the throne an antagonistic Catholic Europe turns against her. Eager to ward off assassination attempts, the shrewd queen sets up the country’s first secret service and Ned finds himself serving as one of her spies. The author takes great delight in referring to his chief protagonist as a “16th-century James Bond”. Ken Follett fans will be accustomed to his long books and at 750 pages this is a real door-stopper. But as the action moves forward into an entirely different era with a completely new set…

GIVE him high heels, silk stockings and a feather boa and he’ll rock them effortlessly. Cover him in prison overalls and terrifying tattoos and he’ll become one of the most hard-core gangsters you’ve ever seen. Need someone to play a sappy bridegroom who tears up on command in a music video? He’s your guy. And if you’re looking for someone with a compelling voice to say “Give that man a Bell’s” in your whisky ad, he’ll rise to the occasion. Nothing is impossible for this actor who treats life like a stage and adapts to every situation as effortlessly as a chameleon. And right now Warren Masemola (34) is wowing South Africa in the biggest show on TV: SABC1’s Tjovitjo, the hard-hitting drama series that drew a staggering 5,7 million…

WINNING SMILE I recently submitted the winning letter on behalf of Michael Dlamini the recycler (YOU Say, 7 September). He was so happy with the R300 he won and couldn’t believe all the responses he received in your magazine two weeks later. The feedback has been amazing on the streets as well. He feels vindicated that he has a job to do and can hold his head up high. The look on his face in this picture says it all. When I gave him the money he’d won he put his face in his hands. I thought he was going to cry but then he started to smile. He sent the money to his wife the same day. What a star. Thank you for helping him and making one South…

I found the article on the celebrity moms and their daughters interesting (YOU, 5 October), even though I think these girls are rather young to be parading on the runways of the world. I think it would be just as interesting to see those girls with their dads. I detected a strong resemblance in some of the young ladies to their fathers. Kaia Gerber, for example, looks a lot like Rande, Iris Law looks a lot like Jude and Carys Douglas has that definitive Michael Douglas look about her (look at her mouth and eyes). Please do a follow-up feature showing pics of dads and their daughters – we’d love to see that too. LYNN HARDING, SOMERSETWEST It’s saddens me that such a skinny model as Kaia Gerber is being…

IT TOOK a moment of horror for him to turn his life around. His grandmother, who lives in a flat on his property, came up to him after church one Sunday and told him her friends hadn’t arrived for the service. “Her friends had said they’d be at church so when they didn’t pitch we went to check up on them,” AJ van der Walt recalls. “And we walked in on a murder scene.” The elderly couple had been attacked in a house robbery. The man had been killed with a hammer and his wife, who survived the attack, had been stabbed. AJ had to break down the front door and lost his balance in the process. “I fell through the door and landed next to the man’s body. As…

HARISSA CHICKEN AND BUTTERNUT BAKE Don’t peel the butternut or scoop out the pips – they provide extra nutty flour and nutrition. SERVES 4-6 Preparation: 15 min Cooking: 40 min 45ml (3T) olive oil 1 butternut, sliced (with peel and pips) salt and freshly ground pepper 1 can (410g) chickpeas, drained 30ml (2T) harissa paste 6-8 chicken pieces 5ml (1t) cumin seeds 5ml (1t) chilli flakes TO SERVE 60ml (¼c) full-cream plain yoghurt mixed with 5ml (1t) harissa paste fresh mint, roughly chopped lemon wedges Preheat the oven to 200°C. 1 Grease a large baking sheet with 15ml (1T) of the olive oil. 2 Spread the butternut on the baking sheet and drizzle over another 15ml (1T) of the olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Roast in…

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I’M MARRIED TO A MONSTER Q My husband was caught sexually abusing our neighbour’s six-year-old son. I’m completely shocked and would never have believed it if he hadn’t actually been caught doing it. We have two grown-up sons and I can’t help wondering now if he also sexually abused them? He refuses to speak to me about this and simply says I should divorce him as he’s a good-for-nothing. When I’ve asked him about molesting our sons he says I shouldn’t be crazy – but is it really all that far-fetched for me to consider it? How could I have been so blind all these years? Confused, email A Unfortunately paedophiles often look like harmless, charming people. They often act that way to enhance the opinion other adults have about…

WHAT’S INFLATION? Inflation is by how much the cost of goods and services increases over time. It’s why the price of bread, for example, is in general a bit higher every year. In South Africa the Treasury – the government department that manages the country’s economic policy – aims to keep the inflation rate between 3% and 6%. Moderate, well-controlled inflation is usually a sign that a country’s economy is growing and developing. In August the consumer price index, known as CPI, stood at 4,8%. This is by how much prices of a basket of goods and services used by households have increased. HOW INFLATION CAN AFFECT YOUR INVESTMENTS Inflation can eat into your savings if you don’t have a good rate on your investment products. Remember that inflation increases…

IN HER latest movie the actress plays an obituary writer dealing with a controlling retired businesswoman, played by Shirley MacLaine, who demands to be involved in the creation of her obituary before she dies. The 31-year-old’s husband, actor Thomas Sadoski, also stars in the dramatic comedy. The couple, who’d been dating since early last year, tied the knot in March this year and Amanda gave birth to their daughter – whose name they’ve not revealed – a few weeks later. Here the Mamma Mia! actress talks about trying to impress 82-year-old Shirley, her epitaph and becoming a mom. What was it like working with Shirley MacLaine? I can – hand on heart – say this was probably one of the best experiences of my career, even my life. You dream…

Her fans expected Katy’s fourth album to be full of pensive songs with references to politics as she’d hinted at a “socially aware” album. The other expectation was songs about her split from singer-songwriter John Mayer (they’d been dating pretty seriously), but it’s in fact her most electronic album to date and a complete departure from previous releases. Rolling Stone magazine panned it for being “overproduced” but producer Max Martin simply pandered to the demands of format radio and club trends (a number of tracks have clear house influences). Look out for the title tune, a synthbass-driven ditty which is also the first single off the album.…

POSTCARD PROPOSAL When the0 met via a dating app, he knew she was the woman he wanted to marr0. So three months later singer CONNELL CRUISE (30) started sending SARAH KINGSBURGH (29) postcards as he toured the US, and the first word of each one made up a message that was onl0 revealed nine months later. “I just knew straight awa0 that Sarah was the one,” sa0s Connell, who wed his bride at the Red Ivor0 Lodge in Pilanesberg, North West, recentl0. “I didn’t think I was read0 for an0 kind of long-term relationship. Marriage wasn’t on m0 radar at all but she changed ever0thing.” When Sarah, a 0oga instructor from New York, said 0es the couple decided the0 couldn’t wait and married in a Manhauan registr0 office. “It was…

A FEW weeks ago I asked you to let me know how you feel about our new Chill Out section and the extra puzzles. Thank you to everyone who took the time out to feed back on what they loved and didn’t like quite so much. Many of you indicated that you want the old movie guide back – and we’ve heard you! We’ve taken it back to the section you relied on so much before and we hope everyone in the home is happy again. Thank you all for being so open and detailed in your responses. We appreciate every email, every SMS, every call and every social media comment. As always, do keep your feedback coming on anything else moves you in this magazine. We really do take…

Redi Tlhabi, I always thought you were special. Now I’m positive (YOU, 5 October). Redi for president. SARA C, SMS To the cashier who found that man’s wallet: good for you (YOU Say, 28 September). You can be proud of yourself. IMPRESSED, SMS Well done, cashier! You did a kind and noble thing. You will get your reward! The world needs more people like you. I’m impressed! VAL THORNCROFT, STUTTERHEIM I think one of the most stupid trends is the slashing of expensive jeans. To see these jeans in this way is really ridiculous. Why on Earth would people buy them? ELEANORE, TABLEVIEW There’s no cure for arthritis (YOU, 5 October). I’ve had my left knee replaced and I still have pain. My right knee is also painful. Cancer can…

AS SHE struts across the stage, her red-brown tresses tied into a high ponytail of textured waves, she seductively coos, “Call me Janet, Ms Jackson if you’re nasty.” The crowd roars as they lap up her every word. After another costume change a svelte Janet Jackson (51), clad in skin-tight black leather, performs a provocative chair dance on a male back-up dancer. One thing is clear: Janet as we know and love her is back. Just a few months ago she was barely recognisable and any one of her millions of fans might have unknowingly passed her on the street. She appeared to have given up her sex-symbol status entirely, swopping her figure-hugging numbers for baggy black ensembles and going virtually make-up free. Janet had just split from her husband,…

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THURSDAY MONSTER TRUCKS ★★ 2016, 104 min, PG13V, M-Ne0 08:00. Sci-fi comedy. A man discovers a crea0ure 0ha0 feeds on oil. Lucas Till, Jane Levy. BURN AFTER READING ★★★★ 2008, 96 min, 16VSL, e.0v, 20:30 & 02:35. Crime comedy. Two gym employees 0ry 0o sell 0he disk 0hey found con0aining CIA informa0ion. George Clooney. THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE ★★★ 2005, 119 min, 16V, e.0v, 22:25. Horror. A pries0 is charged wi0h murder after a girl dies during an attemp0ed exorcism. Laura Linney. G2: MORTAL CONQUEST ★ 1999, 92 min, 13VL, e.0v, 00:50. Ac0ion. A man learns 0ha0 in a pas0 life he wielded 0he sword of Alexander 0he Grea0. Daniel Bernhard0, James Hong. CENTER STAGE: ON POINTE ★★★ 2016, 92 min, PG, M-Ne0, 03:00. Dance movie. A balle0 choreographer…

IT ALL started with a broken-down car that needed to be repaired. Ken Follett was in a bit of a jam – in the ’70s as a cash-strapped journalist, he couldn’t persuade his bank to give him a loan to fix his car. Inspired by a colleague who’d written a thriller and had it published, Follett decided to try his hand at fiction writing. “I did write it and I got my advance and I got the car fixed.” And the rest, as they say, is history. The much-loved British author recently released his 32nd novel, A Column of Fire, the third instalment in his historical Kingsbridge series. His first in the series, The Pillars of the Earth, hit the shelves more than 25 years ago and was set in…

LIBRA SEPT 23 – OCT 22 It’s time to be assertive and state your needs  Assertive Mars moves into your sign this week, which might be just what’s needed for a Libra who’s prone to over-compromise in an effort to please all and sundry. It should be easier for you to state your desires and needs and stand up for your beliefs. Your energy levels could also get a boost, which will hopefully kick-start you into starting up a few projects that have been on the back burner for a tad too long. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 43, 2, 19, 29, 28, 1 SCORPIO OCT 23 – NOV 21 The Sun moves into your sign this week, meaning it’s time to say farewell to the old and embrace the new. It’s…

MOVIE moguls don’t get much bigger than Harvey Weinstein. His name is as synonymous with Hollywood as the sign hoisted on the hillside of the entertainment capital of the world and he’s behind some of the biggest movies of our time. But for years rumours of sexual harassment dogged the uber-producer. Weinstein’s wandering hands were so well known young actresses were warned to wear an extra jacket so they’d have an added layer of protection against him. Yet decades went by and nothing happened – until one of the most spectacular falls from grace the movie industry has ever seen. Weinstein (65), a six-time Oscar winner, has been fired from his own company after an investigation by the New York Times exposed a litany of allegations of lewd behaviour. The…

Jim out on a limb EVERYONE in Hollywood and beyond knew there was no love lost between these two movie heavyweights when they worked on the 1995 film Batman Forever – but in a recent interview Jim Carrey (55) revealed just why he thinks Tommy Lee Jones loathed him. “I was the star and that was the problem,” he told television personality Norm Macdonald. But the Ace Ventura actor insisted he doesn’t harbour any ill will. “He’s a phenomenal actor. Amazing. I still love him.” Jim played villain The Riddler in the movie, while 71-year-old Tommy had a less prominent role as Two-Face. According to an interview Jim did with Howard Stern a few years ago, the pair ran into each other at a restaurant during filming and Jim went…