Innholdsfortegnelse for 27-Jun-19 i You South Africa

WHEN she found out she was pregnant with her second child, it was a joyous moment. Maki Molebatsi* was going to give her husband a son to carry the lineage forward – it was a dream come true. But 16 years later the truth would shatter their existence, and Maki isn’t sure her family will recover from the shock. Five years ago they discovered the boy she believed she’d given birth to wasn’t theirs. ‘I’m always angry. My family fell apart after this and I’m not the same anymore’ It turns out Mpho* was swopped at birth and the family are still reeling. “I loved him and cared for him for years only to find out he isn’t mine,” 43-year-old Maki tells YOU. Even though her 20-year-old son is darker…

SHE looks like an ordinary six-year-old – until she starts dancing. Videos of the little girl from the Eastern Cape have gone viral, with even Hollywood A-listers marvelling at her moves. The videos, in which Ivanah Campbell can be seen dancing barefoot in the streets of her hometown have sent the internet into a frenzy, turning her into an overnight phenomenon. Today the adorable dance sensation is putting on a show especially for YOU in the lounge of her grandparents’ duplex in Hillside near Port Elizabeth. “Wait, wait – I made a mistake. I’m going to start over,” she exclaims. Auntie Tania Mejanie (26) has to hit play again on A-Star’s dance hit Chocobodi. As soon as the music starts, it’s an explosion of arms and legs from Ivanah, who’s…

IN HER new show Siba visits South Africa’s City of Gold to uncover its food gems. “Joburg is reinventing itself almost overnight with loads of trendy restaurants and food markets,” she says. “In the show I visit popular hotspots such as award-winning chef David Higgs’ Marble, Gemelli and Fourways Farmers’ Market, and I taste the wonderful food offerings. The dishes featured on the new show share similarities with the gorgeous food I taste on my Joburg adventures.” TASTY MARKET SALAD “On Saturday mornings I love going to the food market to get fresh produce for brunches.” SERVES 4 PREPARATION: 15 MIN COOKING: 20 MIN SALAD 140g young green beans or asparagus, rinsed and chopped 1 red onion, sliced 5ml (1t) fresh garlic, crushed 30ml (2T) olive oil salt and pepper…

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YOU’VE been so busy that it’s as if you’ve blinked and half the year is gone. In just six months it’ll be Christmas again and the thought of all the spending that comes with the end-of-year holidays is enough to bring on a mild (or perhaps not-so-mild) panic attack. So what to do if you’ve realised you need to start putting money away for the festive season or it’s not going to be so festive? Is it even possible? Is it too late? It’s never too late to start saving money, experts say. We asked them for the best ways to save over the next six months so you can put your Christmas savings plan in motion. BANKING SOLUTIONS The first place many people turn to when looking for a…

RAHEEL Jeram (9) from Pretoria had been battling with eczema since the age of three. The severe itching and constant skin irritation affected him both physically and emotionally. Eczema-prone skin is generally extremely dry, with rough, flaky patches. During flare-ups it can become red and inflamed, with oozing lesions. The skin condition is known to cause severe itching and discomfort. “We tried everything, but nothing helped,” says Raheel’s father, Hemal. “As a parent, it’s devastating to see your child in pain. Raheel could hardly sleep due to the pain and itching. It affected our entire family.” In October 2018, Raheel was given the opportunity to visit the Avène Hydrotherapy Centre in Avène, France, in the hope of finding relief for his compromised skin. He was accompanied by his dad and…

1 KEVIN (31), Joe (29) and Nick (26) are back on the pop scene! Their comeback single, Sucker, has been a huge hit, reaching No 1 on Apple Music, YouTube and Twitter trends worldwide. It’s also been their first song ever to hit No 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 2 The song is all about falling in love with the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. The video features all the brothers’ wives – Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner (23) who married Joe last month, actress Priyanka Chopra (36) who married Nick in December, and reality star Danielle (32) who tied the knot with Kevin in 2009. 3 Sucker marks their first song together since breaking up in 2013. “We reached a…

THE STRAWBERRY THIEF BY JOANNE HARRIS Orion  There are lots of big changes afoot as Harris returns to the little French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes in another instalment in her much-loved Chocolat series. When Narcisse, the elderly florist, dies it kickstarts a chain of events that has wide-reaching effects in the little community. When the will is read, Vianne Rocher, the owner of the chocolate shop, is shocked to discover that instead of leaving a valuable piece of land to his family Narcisse decided to bequeath it to her daughter, Rosette. Meanwhile Vianne’s old foe, the village priest Reynaud, faces a quandary of his own as he’s made executor of Narcisse’s estate and receives a confession from the old man which threatens to plunge his own life into disarray. As all…

NEELS Venter looked around the bedroom to see what else he should take, although he reckoned he’d packed most of what he needed. He was a man who liked to travel light. Possessions had never interested him but beautiful artwork or things of value he couldn’t resist. In the silence of the empty house the phone shrilled and some impulse made him lift the receiver, although he knew he didn’t have time for conversation. Five minutes and he should be on his way. An excited rush of girlish, breathy words immediately bubbled into his ear. “Darling? It’s Wendy. I’m so glad I caught you before you left! I was worried you might have packed up and been on your way already.” “Not yet,” he said, smiling at her cheerful voice.…

WILDLIFE photographers spend a lifetime trying to capture that one special picture – a shot that tells a story and takes the viewer’s breath away at the same time. The winners of this year’s BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition did just that and more, with many highlighting the plight of nature as humans encroach more and more on territory that was once the sole domain of wild creatures. The competition, organised by the California Academy of Sciences, was judged by an elite panel of nature and conservation photography experts. Here’s a selection of some of the finest. TAKING CENTRE STAGE BY AUDUN RIKARDSEN, NORWAY (GRAND PRIZE WINNER) Rikardsen braved many wintry days in the mountains curving along the Norwegian coastline, taking pictures of a resident golden eagle that often perches…

NINE years ago two men met for lunch in a diner in Omaha, Nebraska, ordered strawberry milkshakes and chatted about what they know best: business. Afterwards the older man remarked of the other, “Jay is teaching in a lot bigger classroom than I’ll ever teach in. For a young person growing up, he’s the guy to learn from.” High praise indeed, considering that man was business magnate Warren Buffett, one of the richest people in the world. Buffett knew what he was talking about: back in 2010 Jay-Z was firmly stamping his authority on the world of music and business and was worth an estimated $500 million (about R7,4 billion). Fast forward to 2019 and that figure has swelled to $1bn – and Forbes magazine recently named him the world’s…

OVERWORKED, underappreciated and oh-so-tired of being tired. Anyone who’s ever had a job has probably felt like this at one point or another. But if how you feel at work is casting a dark cloud over your entire life, you could be in deep trouble. Burnout is not a “convenient excuse” for getting a few days off, nor is it an easy-to-dismiss “first-world problem”. It’s a very real phenomenon. This was made clear recently when the World Health Organisation (WHO) officially classified it as a condition recognised in the latest International Classification of Diseases (ICD) manual, which is used by doctors and healthcare providers worldwide. Burnout is described as “a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been successfully managed”. “It’s characterised by three dimensions: feelings of energy depletion…

What is exfoliating? This is when you use a product to gently buff the surface of your skin to remove dead skin cells and reveal smoother skin. Physical exfoliators refer to brushes or scrubs which you rub on your skin, usually in circular motions. Chemical exfoliation is when you use products with active ingredients that chemically remove dead skin cells. These products aren’t rubbed into the skin. They’re applied and left on for a few minutes, before being washed off. Why it’s good for you We shed skin every day, but it’s not obvious to the naked eye. The dead skin left behind can make your skin feel rough and look dull though. It can also cause clogged pores and breakouts. BODY SCRUBS 1 Africology Pedi-Scrub 175ml for R300 2…

What’s it about? The Men in Black are back – but this time without Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The fourth movie in the 22-year-old franchise isn’t a sequel to the trilogy. It’s a whole new storyline with new main characters. The New York HQ from the first three Men in Black (MIB) movies has been replaced with a London operations base. The main characters, Agents H and M, are played by Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, who co-starred as Thor and Valkyrie in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and this year’s Avengers: Endgame. As in the other MIB movies, the agents are tasked with bringing intergalactic criminals to book. This time there’s an added complication: a mole within the MIB itself. Sense of history The first three movies had a…

ROLL up, roll up – the circus is in town along with all the usual wonders of the big top: clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists and animals doing things nature never intended them to do. Except in this case the animals making audiences gasp aren’t creatures that’ve been caged all their lives and cajoled to stand on tiny boxes or jump through hoops of fire. They’re products of a light show – and it may well herald a new dawn for a dying institution. At Circus Roncalli, one of Germany’s biggest circus companies, you won’t find real lions being forced to perform at the crack of a whip or elephants being prodded with sticks to stand on their hind legs. What you will see are snow white horses entering the ring…

THE love-life of BROOKLYN BECKHAM is threatening to tear him and his dad, DAVID BECK-HAM, apart. The 20-year-old appears besotted with model girlfriend HANA CROSS (22) – but their volatile relationship comes at a cost. The young lovers have been embroiled in a slew of public arguments – the last one at the Cannes Film Festival where security reportedly had to separate them after Hana “lashed out” at Brooklyn – all of which has left David (44) less than impressed. “David’s got a tight bond with Brooklyn and it’s been worrying for him and VICTORIA to watch him arguing with Hana,” a source told the UK’s The Sun. The soccer star has reportedly told his eldest son to distance himself from the brunette, who he’s been dating since December. But…

THERE’S a holy war raging in KATY PERRY’s world. A nun whose order has been locked in a long-running property war with the singer says Katy has “blood on her hands”. SISTER RITA CALLANAN (81) made the comment to the New York Post in light of the lengthy legal battle between the order of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 365 singer over her purchase of their former convent in Los Angeles in 2015. Katy (34) bought the Spanish Gothic building for $14,5 million (then R224 million) from the Los Angeles Archdiocese. But the nuns claimed this was a wrongful sale because only they had the right to sell the property as they’d raised the money to buy it originally…

Starter’s orders! The twins’ outing comes after their mother, PRINCESS CHARLENE, got motors revving at the 87th 24 Hours of Le Mans race. The 41-year-old waved the French flag to signal the start of the gruelling race, which is held every year at the Circuit de la Sarthe raceway in northwest France. Isn’t this the cutest! Our favourite royal twins, PRINCESS GABRIELLA and PRINCE JACQUES OF MONACO, were recently spotted getting up close and personal with the characters of the popular TV show SpongeBob SquarePants at the annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival. SpongeBob and his BFF, Patrick Star, were spotted giving cuddles to the adorable four-year-olds who were accompanied by their father, PRINCE ALBERT (61). Dressed to impress, Jacques was clad in a navy top and striped shorts while his sister…

THE excited trill of a child’s voice echoes through the house. Upon entering the cosy TV room, we immediately spot the source of the laughter: a girl with bright blue eyes lying on her back, watching a cartoon. “Whose birthday is it tomorrow?” ask grandparents Piet and Carla Kruger, who are visiting from Lephalale, Limpopo. Pippie Kruger stares wide-eyed at the people around her, then she says quietly, “Me.” A smile lights up her face. It’s been eight years since a bottle of fire-starter gel exploded at a New Year’s Eve family braai at the Krugers’ Lephalale home. Pippie, then a toddler, was left with third-degree burns on 80% of her body. After more than 60 operations – including groundbreaking skin grafts using cloned skin – and endless rehabilitation, she’s…

CURRENTLY ON SHELF YOU HAIR Say goodbye to bad hair days with this new magazine from YOU. It has everything from advice on finding the right products for your hair type to easy-to-follow style tutorials and tons of inspiration for your fabulous next look. YOU BLOCKBUSTERS This top-seller has crosswords, sudoku, anagrams, code-breakers and more! YOU QUICK PUZZLES There are 20 types of puzzles – including crisscross, spirals and logic puzzles – to keep you entertained! YOU WINTER FOOD Stay warm with these recipes for hearty meals. Whip up delicious soups, stews, curries, pasta dishes, puddings and more! YOU WORD SEARCH You’ll have hours of fun with the sixth issue of this magazine – there are new themes and new styles of grids for a great challenge! WHAT YOU’VE MISSED…

A COMMON DILEMMA Most cat owners have to deal with hairballs at some point – whether they have to scoop up an unsightly splodge on the floor or endure the distressing sound of their feline friend trying to cough one up. But why do cats get them and when should you worry? HOW THEY FORM Hairballs develop in your cat’s stomach from hair they’ve swallowed while grooming. Because cats’ tongues are covered with hundreds of small backward-pointing barbs they struggle to spit hair out. They also can’t excrete it. The hair usually bonds with bile and bits of food particles and forms a ball. WHEN IS IT A PROBLEM? Coughing up the occasional hairball is perfectly natural and nothing to worr about. But if it happens too often or your…

Rocketman Musical biopic. With Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell and Richard Madden. Director: Dexter Fletcher. 16DLPS. The film opens with Elton John (Egerton), dressed in horned demon garb, striding into group therapy where he declares himself to be an alcoholic, a cocaine addict, sex addict, bulimic and more. The movie then flashes back to key moments in Elton’s life played out as extravagantly choreographed musical numbers. Most of us have seen the straightforward biopic where a rock star finds fame and fortune before descending into drink and drugs (think 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody). But have you ever seen a biopic with a song performed entirely underwater; or a song that causes an entire room of people to inexplicably levitate; or a song that literally explodes its protagonist like a firework? Rocketman is…

SHE exploded onto television in the 1980s, a tiny Jewish woman who relentlessly encouraged viewers to free themselves from the shackles of sexual repression and, as long as everything is legal and consensual, be unashamed of their deepest sexual urges. Her name was Dr Ruth Westheimer, more typically known as Dr Ruth, and she was a one-woman sexual revolution. She articulated on a mainstream stage, in often graphic detail, the literal and figurative ins and outs of human sexuality like no one before her. Today she is 90, stands at just 1,4 metres, and is still staggeringly busy. “I don’t sit,” she says. When I call her at her New York apartment, a home she’s lived in for 55 years, she’s in the midst of a typically hectic day –…

SHE was never particularly interested in Survivor SA and certainly never imagined she’d one day be one of the people battling it out on a tropical island, relying on her instincts and skills to stay in the tough game. In fact, she’d only caught the occasional episode by chance. But not so her son, who’s a serious fan of the show – and who believed his mom had a pretty good chance of becoming the ultimate survivor. That’s how Seipei Mashugane eventually found herself in Samoa as one of the contestants of Survivor SA: Island of Secrets. Her son, Kgosi (16), entered his mom without her knowledge. “Only once he got the response to say I’d made it to the next round did he let me know,” Seipei (40) tells…

THE white couch, the glossy bob, the immaculate makeup, the manicured nails, the determination to make her family successful . . . You could be talking about Kris Jenner, and that suits this glamorous grandmother – or “glammager”, as she calls herself – just fine. “I’m absolutely like Kris Jenner – just better,” Lynn Forbes says, sipping coffee in the lounge of her home in Douglas-dale, Johannesburg. She’s wearing a sexy black silk robe that displays the legs her 60 000 Instagram fans so often see. “I don’t understand why people say I have nice legs,” she says. “I think they’re skinny. I just have a good photographer who knows how to capture them.” Lynn (50), mother to hip-hop star Kiernan “AKA” Forbes, close friend to his partner, DJ Zinhle,…

As Sammi Brady in the soapies Days of Our Lives she’s had to deal with all sorts of things, but her trip to South Africa offered several experiences that ALISON SWEENEY couldn’t possibly have had anywhere else! The American actress, producer and author took a girls’ trip to SA with her daughter, MEGAN SANOV (10), and mom POLLY, posting on Instagram, “We’re off on an incredible adventure.” The trio started their holiday in Cape Town, where they visited the V&A Waterfront and rented bikes to take in the sights. They also did a guided tour of Robben Island, visited the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa and had dinner at the popular Silo Hotel. Also on the itinerary was Cape Point, where they spotted local wildlife. “We hit the ground…

Bellissimo! KATE HUDSON (40) hit Italy recently for a family vacay and was spotted yachting, kayaking and basically living her best life with boyfriend DANNY FUJIKAWA (33), her famous mom, GOLDIE HAWN (73), and her longtime partner, KURT RUSSELL (68). But the undisputed star of the show was Kate and Danny’s daughter, eight-month-old RANI. The proud mom and dad showed her off in adorable Instagram snaps, including one where she’s getting a kiss from her brother, Ryder Robinson (15), whose father is Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson. Kate – who also has a seven-year-old son, Bingham, from her relationship with Muse singer Matthew Bellamy – snuck in a little PDA of her own with Danny, whom she’s been dating since 2016. PROUD PAPA! Actor PIERCE BROSNAN proclaimed himself to be…