Innholdsfortegnelse for 29 Jul 2021 i You South Africa

IT’S been a bit of a rollercoaster lately, hasn’t it? The images and footage of looters rampaging in parts of our country were devastating. Then came the heartwarming photos and videos of communities banding together to rebuild. South Africa is certainly not an easy place to live. It will break your heart and heal it in the space of a few days, and you must be strong enough to withstand all those emotions. It’s why we’re so tough. We’re among the most resilient people on the planet and if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. We just keep going no matter what, looking out for the rainbow after the storm has cleared. A highlight of the past week has been the launch of our new online…

Barbara, all I can say in response to your letter defending Harry and Meghan (YOU Say, 8 July) is that you must be very naïve to believe them. They did not want to have to take part in any royal duties but still wanted all the privileges associated with them. They then carried on about racism and what amounted to psychological abuse in the palace, without a shred of evidence to back up their claims and at a time when it is in vogue to allege racism. On top of all this they claimed they needed privacy but then went out of their way to be in the spotlight as often as they could, and got caught out in patent lies – such as when Meghan claimed the Archbishop of…

IN A town where romances last for about as long as an Instagram story, their enduring love is practically a miracle. And by the looks of it actors Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are having as much fun as ever after nearly four decades together. The couple recently soaked up the sun on Greek island Skiathos, Goldie tossing her blonde locks while splashing in the shallow waters. “Can’t stop, won’t stop dancing in Skiathos, Greece. Mamma Mia, what an island!” the grandmother of seven captioned a social media video, in which she’s seen wearing an all-in-one cozzie, colourful cover-up and visor. Goldie (75) and Kurt (70) were spotted on Skiathos with her daughter, actress Kate Hudson (42), Kate’s kids, Ryder (17), Bingham (10) and Rani (2), and Kate’s partner, musician…

Q AM I REQUIRED TO PAY BACK THIS DEBT? “I wasn’t aware that for more than a year my bank hadn’t been deducting my credit-card repayment from my debit-card account. Meanwhile, my bank was deducting it from a stranger’s account who also didn’t realise this. When my bank contacted me about the payments I owed, I initially thought it was a fraudulent call. Now the bank wants me to pay back this debt, with interest. Which institution can I turn to for help?” – YOU reader A The Ombudsman for Banking Services and the Credit Ombud are independent bodies that deal with complaints in the banking and credit industry, while the National Credit Regulator (NCR) was set up by the National Credit Act. Consumers’ complaints are treated confidentially and impartially…

THURSDAY ■ THE DEVIL HAS A NAME ★★★ 2019, 97 min, 16, M-Net, 02:40. Drama. In California, a desperate farmer fights the oil company contaminating the local water supply. David Strathairn,. ■ CURIOUS GEORGE: GO WEST, GO WILD ★★★ 2020, 85 min, A, M-Net, 04:30. Animated adventure. The fifth film in the series based on the books by Margret and HA Rey. An inquisitive monkey and his human friend travel to a farm for a relaxing weekend, but things don’t go as planned when the farm animals escape. Voices: Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett. FRIDAY ■ BARBIE & HER SISTERS IN THE GREAT PUPPY ADVENTURE ★★★ 2015, 90 min, A, e.tv, 14:30. Animated adventure. The 31st film in the series based on the doll. Four sisters and their puppies go on…

TOM CLANCY’S WITHOUT REMORSE Action thriller. A shootout with Russian mercenaries in Syria goes badly for John Kelly’s team of Navy Seals, and things just get worse when they return to the US only to be bumped off one by one. Kelly (Michael B Jordan) narrowly escapes being killed, but his pregnant wife does not, and the shady CIA agent (Jamie Bell) who accompanied the team on their mission looks increasingly like a bad guy. So far, that’s the plot of pretty much every action flick since the ’90s. And uh, that’s about all there is to this movie too, which is disappointing, considering it was written by Taylor Sheridan, who’s penned some of the great action thrillers of recent years, including Sicario (2015) and Wind River (2017); and directed…

PLANET HER DOJA CAT The 25-year-old’s third album shows just how far the songbird has come since her novelty Moo days back in 2018. She’s proved herself to be one of the biggest pop forces in the world right now and Planet Her reflects that, being her highest-charting album to date. Her eclectic sound and style are more refined on this record, showing her growth and maturity in recent years. It features her Grammy-nominated single Kiss Me More with SZA, as well as other collaborations – The Weeknd (You Right), Young Thug (Payday) and Ariana Grande (I Don’t Do Drugs). In an interview with Audacy, Doja explained the album’s title is “the centre of the universe where all races exist and where all species can kind of be in harmony”,…

HUMANITY’S exploration of space became possible when Nazi Germany designed and built ballistic missiles during World War 2. After the war, both the United States and the Soviet Union started missile programmes and it soon turned into a space race between these two powerful countries. After the Cold War ended, international co-operation with space projects, such as the International Space Station (ISS) began. Here’s how it all happened. WORLD WAR 2 (1939-1945) Nazi Germany developed ballistic missiles during World War 2 to attack Britain. These missiles were launched using rocket power, filled with explosives and could travel long distances in the shape of an arc. German aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun designed the V2 rocket, which in 1944 became the first manmade object in space when it travelled further than…

SHARKS SUFFER FROM SKIN DISEASE Marine biologists are investigating the white-tip reef shark in Malaysia after a number of the fish were found to have developed lesions or cuts around the head. Experts believe this disease in the sharks, named for the white tips on their fins, may be linked to the rising temperature of ocean water caused by global warming. Coral bleaching, when brightly coloured coral turns white, has also been reported on the same coastline and is linked to warming waters.…

IT’S a day he’ll never forget. Ten years ago Tyler James returned to the house he shared with Amy Winehouse, his best friend and housemate of nearly a decade, to find an ambulance parked outside. Upstairs, she was dead in her bedroom. Two days earlier, he had walked out – again – the latest tactic he’d tried to make her stop drinking. Doctors’ letters were proof that alcohol, on top of the effects of long-term bulimia, would kill her. “I was running out of ideas,” he remembers. As usual, she’d called him a day after he left: “You all right, darlin’? T, please come home.” When he put his key in the door on 23 July 2011, there was a paramedic in the hallway – not unusual because of her…

DINEO Having showed no hint of a baby bump, TV and radio personality DINEO RANAKA surprised fans when she announced the arrival of her third child with a postnatal pregnancy shoot. “And unto me, a child was born. Welcome to the family little one,” she captioned a picture of herself cradling the baby. Dineo has kept her personal life pretty private since ending her reality show Dineo’s Diary, but this is thought to be her first child with husband Klaas Pesha. THE KIFFNESS David Scott, better known as THE KIFFNESS, certainly doesn’t miss a beat. When the musician heard his baby’s heartbeat for the first time during an ultrasound scan, he realised it had a techno kind of sound to it. So, he decided to make the baby’s heartbeat into…

What was unique about the recent unrest was that many residents came out to surround and protect properties. Many others are banding together to clean up. This does not appear to happen when there is rioting in other countries. MARTIN ZAGNOEV, EMAIL Big shoutout to the taxi drivers and communities who are protecting the malls and people’s livelihoods. Thank you. WENDY, MIDRAND For two people supposedly in love again, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck look very miserable. Hope they cheer up. LEE, OTTERY Thank you for my Bramley prize. Having never won anything, this is magic. ANN HAVENGA, SMS My daughter teaches at a big school in Australia and when teaching started from home in the pandemic, students who were battling were allowed back to school where there was a…

‘I HAD TO HIRE PRIVATE SECURITY BECAUSE IT’S STILL NOT SAFE’ THE PETROL STATION OWNER The INK area, made up of the townships of Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu, was left with only one petrol station after the chaos. Mzwayi Ndwandwe, the owner of that station, tells us he’s under “enormous pressure” to service all the surrounding townships. “At some point we had no petrol and diesel. I had to beg the suppliers to come and fill the tanks. That means I had to hire private security because it’s still not safe,” he says. The 49-year-old says things are so bleak he’s seen motorists sleeping in their cars so they could be first in line to get petrol. “It’s a sad situation and we’re hoping it gets resolved as soon as…

GARLIC BUNS I’ve baked this for a braai we had on the mountain on our family farm. You can keep the bread in the tin – just wrap it in cloth. Put the cheese in tinfoil and heat over the coals for a few minutes until melted, then serve with the garlic buns. If your time is limited, use store-bought bread dough. MAKES 1 ROUND LOAF PREPARATION: 30 MIN RISING: ABOUT 1 HOUR BAKING: 35-40 MIN 500g white bread flour 7,5ml (1½t) salt 10ml (2t) instant yeast 10ml (2t) castor sugar about 375ml (1½c) warm water 90ml (4T) butter 45ml (3T) olive oil leaves of 2 rosemary sprigs 3 garlic cloves, bruised 1 round camembert cheese extra garlic and rosemary for sprinkling Preheat the oven to 190°C. 1 Mix the…

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■ Firstly, don’t let worry get the better of you. “I know this isn’t what a parent wants to hear, but try to stay calm. I wish someone had told me that,” says Catherine McCormack, mom of juvenile arthritis sufferer Ella. “If it’s going to get worse, it’s going to get worse. There’s nothing you can do about it. Focus on today and what you need to do today.” ■ She emphasises the importance of seeing a specialist. “Just listen to the doctors.” ■ Support your child. Catherine says some kids want to tell all their friends they have a serious disease, while others want to keep it quiet and not speak of it at all. Respect your child’s choice. ■ Let your child have autonomy. This is a fine…

LEO 22 JULY – 22 AUG FOCUS ON YOUR FINANCES It won’t be difficult to feel that you’re being restricted and chances are it’s by your spouse or partner. Try not to dwell on this as your finances are in need of an update and some bookkeeping wouldn’t go amiss. Unless you know what you spend money on, you won’t be in a position to adapt your budget if need be. It’s also a good time in which to reassess whether your housekeeping is up to scratch or if some necessary maintenance is overdue. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 6, 47, 31, 17, 41, 48 VIRGO 23 AUG – 22 SEPT Menacing Mars moves into your sign this week and you may find that you’re edgier than usual. Its unlike you to…

HANDSOME: A NETFLIX MYSTERY MOVIE Crime comedy. His name is Handsome, Detective Gene Handsome (Jeff Garlin), and he knows the streets of Los Angeles like the back of a pulp-fiction crime novel. His neighbour’s babysitter (Hailee Lautenbach) is murdered and he’s on the killer’s trail. If only he’d watched the beginning of the movie, then he wouldn’t waste time like the viewer does because the murderer comes up to the camera and tells you who he is before the story even starts. A Coen brothers murder mystery this is not – there’s no plot and it’s not very funny. Garlin (The Goldbergs) also directs and isn’t bad as the intrepid sleuth, while his lusty partner, Fleur Scozzari (Natasha Lyonne from Orange Is the New Black), comes up with enough zany…

FALSE WITNESS BY KARIN SLAUGHTER  HarperCollins Atlanta lawyer Leigh is summoned by her firm to represent a high-profile client who says he knows her. She doesn’t recognise the name but when she realises who it is and why he wants her to represent him in his rape case, her world implodes. Leigh and her sister, Callie, were teenagers when they killed a man and covered up the crime 23 years ago. She’s put that night of horror behind her and is focused on her daughter, husband and career. But the client knows all the details and unless Leigh gets him acquitted, he’ll reveal evidence of her crime. Leigh must find her estranged sister and figure out what to do. Slaughter is amazing at writing about the relationship between TURN A…

THE other fighter looks tense and grumpy as he climbs into the ring, but the guy from Pretoria enters the ring with his arms raised and smiling broadly. He waves to the audience and hops up and down on his toes. More than 17 000 spectators in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas are ready for the fight but the audience don’t roar loudly when the announcer says his name. This is because Dricus Du Plessis (27) is a newcomer to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the largest mixed martial arts organisation in the world. And he’s fighting an American tonight. It’s the biggest fight night of the year and the favourite in this middleweight clash is Trevin Giles, the man who’s never lost with a knockout blow. But Dricus…

Since announcing their engagement last month, former Miss SA LIESL LAURIE and her fiancé DR MUSA MTHOMBENI have become SA’s new favourite couple. Though they managed to keep their romance under wraps for a year, they’re now shouting their love from the rooftops. Here’s what we know about Liesl and Musa’s year of bliss. 5 HE MADE THE FIRST MOVE Like most modern-day love stories, Musa caught Liesl’s attention with a direct message on Instagram. The former YoTV presenter was lovestruck after a mutual friend shared a picture of the former Miss SA on social media. “Within the hour I sent Liesl a sweet innocent message,” he says. “Since that day I’ve spoken to Liesl every day.” 4 THEY SWORE THEIR FRIENDS TO SECRECY Before becoming Instagram-official, Musa referred to…

The fiction story about a male stalker (YOU, 8 July) was an eye-opener and reminder for me. You see, I was exactly like the man in that story right up into my late 20s. I was always hounding girls for dates, struggling with loneliness, feelings of deep inadequacy, depression and the desperation of being single and, whether I want to admit it or not, became a stalker, having had at least three different women report me. This behaviour affected me throughout most of my adult life and resulted in poor work performance and a stunted career path, leading to a suicide attempt, something that even now is very difficult and painful to talk about. No psychiatrist or psychologist could help me other than putting me on medication and once into…

Nomcebo Manqele from Pinetown near Durban sells fruit and vegetables outside a Pep store in her neighbourhood. “I was attending to my table when the looters came,” she tells us. “They started by burning Pep and my stall caught fire. I couldn’t save anything because they were threatening to burn us alive if we tried to get in their way. Within seconds everything was up in flames.” Now she’s doesn’t know how she’s going to put food on the table. “I’m sitting at home doing nothing,” the 43-year-old mom of three says. “I have no food to feed my children and what’s worse is even if I borrow money and start afresh, I can’t place any orders because all the suppliers are closed.” ‘WITHIN SECONDS EVERYTHING WAS UP IN FLAMES’…

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WHAT IF I CHOOSE THE WRONG MAN AGAIN? Q I have been wondering about my life and how I got into my present mess. I was 20 when I married my first husband. He was a good guy but very boring and after five years I couldn’t take it anymore and started having an affair. This led to our divorce as he discovered my infidelity and couldn’t forgive me. At the age of 30, I married for a second time with great hopes of having the happily-ever-after with husband No 2. He turned out to be married to his work and although he was a good provider, after two years of loneliness I again had an affair – with the same result. He couldn’t forgive me and we divorced. I’m…

IN THE CLASSROOM A teacher asks learners to name an animal that begins with an “E”. One boy says, “Elephant.” Then the teacher asks for an animal that begins with a “T”. The same boy says, “Two elephants.” The teacher gets annoyed and sends the boy out of the class. After that, she asks for an animal beginning with an “M”. The boy shouts from outside, “Maybe an elephant!” COMPUTER SUPPORT Lucy and Tom have encountered several problems while assembling their new computer system, so they decide to call the help desk. The man on the phone starts to talk to Tom in computer jargon, which confuses Tom even more. “Sir,” he says politely, “please explain what I should do as if I were a four-year-old.” “Okay,” the computer technician…

ITALY WORLD’S FIRST UNDERWATER GARDEN Strawberries, lettuce, mushrooms and tomatoes – just some of the fruit and veggies you’ll find growing in Nemo’s Garden. The world’s first underwater farm, off the coast of Noli, Italy, was started by Ocean Reef Group in 2012 to explore ideas for food supply. The group cultivates various plants from aloe vera to peas and even herbs such as basil, in six underwater air-filled biospheres (see Word of the Week). Last year the project – which is eight metres below the surface of the sea – went unprotected for months due to the pandemic, but researchers were pleasantly surprised to see it still growing when they returned this year. BELGIUM MEET THE 11-YEAR-OLD WITH A UNIVERSITY DEGREE LAURENT SIMONS (11) recently graduated from Belgium’s University…

AFTER beating hundreds of competitors, 14-year-old ZAILA AVANT-GARDE made history as she became the first African American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in almost 100 years. The competition sees young people competing to correctly spell all sorts of complicated words. The US teenager, who also holds three Guinness World Records for dribbling, bouncing and juggling basketballs, began training just two years ago to compete in the spelling competition. “For spelling, I usually try to do about 13 000 words [per day], and that usually takes about seven hours or so,” she said about her training. “We don’t let it go way overboard, of course. I’ve got school and basketball to do.” Tackling words like “retene”, “ancistroid” and “depreter”, she made it to the final stage and correctly spelt…

GLACIAL would be an apt description of the pace of his long and painful journey fighting for justice after suffering a crippling attack. It’s been 15 years since the assault that’s left him paralysed and Andrew Merryweather finally has something to celebrate. Andrew (39) was recently awarded R11 million in damages by the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. “It’s wonderful, but it still doesn’t feel real,” he says of his hard-fought victory. Andrew, who was a restaurant manager at the time of the attack at a petrol station in Claremont, Cape Town, was confronted and assaulted by a group of six schoolboys. A gay slur was allegedly hurled at Andrew, who was spear-tackled by Oliver Scholtz, resulting in his paralysis. “Winning brought a feeling of relief, because what’s…

IN JUST one year he’s produced a debut album, done live performances and been identified as one to watch on the South African music scene. His father would no doubt have been proud of him if he was still around. For Sithenkosi Mbuli, the achievements of the past year are bittersweet because his dad, Vuyo Mbuli, isn’t around to see it. Vuyo, the much-loved former Morning Live presenter, died suddenly from a pulmonary embolism in 2013 at the age of 46. Sithe is still trying to come to terms with his father’s death. “I think it’s music he would be proud of, but it would obviously be lovely to hear exactly what he thought of it,” Sithe (21) tells YOU while gazing at a painting of his dad on his…

“I’m more of an audiobook person so I’m currently listening to David Goggins’ Can’t Hurt Me. He’s got the most astonishing life story! Just listening to Goggins makes you want to run up a mountain, conquer your fears, follow your dreams, and transform your life. If you’re looking for some much-needed motivation during these crazy times, give it a go.” Matthew Mole “I’m a little late to the game, but Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell was super-interesting. It’s a book based on years of research about people who excelled above and beyond anyone else in certain industries and what the possible connections are between the different instances.” Jonathan Boynton-Lee…