Innholdsfortegnelse for 26 Aug 2021 i You South Africa

I GOT on the scale this morning and it wasn’t pretty. It’s been a while but I decided I couldn’t avoid it any longer – my jeans are far too snug for comfort. What made this different from other times I hopped on the scale (and felt dejected by what it showed) is that I’m being far more forgiving towards my body now. It’s been a rough year and a half and, quite frankly, it’s been really hard not to reach for something sweet just to get through the day. But I’m going to try to be more conscious about what I eat and ask whether it’s serving me to have another rusk or glass of wine. I’m not sure how well it’s going to go (it’s deadline and I’m…

This women’s month, let’s remember who we are. A woman of substance doesn’t allow herself to be defined by who her man is, where he works, what he’s achieved or what he drives. She instead creates an identity for herself. We must refuse to let men dictate terms to us, terms that seek to divert us from our passions, from designing our own legacies. Men who want to dim our lights are unworthy of our love. But for men to take us seriously, we must take ourselves seriously. It begins with not being trophies of men. It begins with refusing to be reduced to subordinate roles. We must do what defines us. If you’re a writer, then write. If you’re a poet, then perform. Whatever you are, let the world…

SHE’D always dreamt of becoming a teacher, like her mother and grandmother before her. She wanted to stand in front of a class, help children discover their talent and instil a love of languages in young minds. But after 20 years as a teacher, Carin Pinkham’s dream turned into a nightmare when she was accused of assaulting five Grade 4 boys at Kommando Primary School in Brakpan on Gauteng’s East Rand. She was told to leave the premises and was later dismissed. For the next two years Carin tried to prove her innocence – and she recently succeeded. “My name was dragged through the mud. I lost friends. But never once did I stop fighting these charges because I knew I was innocent,” Carin (50) tells YOU. She finally won…

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My advice is not to press on the bruise. There are so many little things that hurt every day, and you can either press on them and follow them to their desperately sad conclusions or consciously resist that urge. Especially in the first few weeks, don’t go down that path. There’s plenty of time to think all of those thoughts. But give yourself some time to recover from the shock before you start processing all the big stuff. Think up some rules of survival for yourself for the first few weeks, while you’re coming to terms with your loss. Here are a few that helped me. ■ Treat yourself really gently. You have just been through the worst thing. Cut yourself some slack. This is true emotionally, of course, but…

DURING the pandemic a host of undesirable practices have taken root. With many people spending more time at home and more inclined to fork out money online to acquire four-legged or feathered friends, there’s been a sharp increase in online pet fraud around the world. The best way to avoid being swindled in this way is to be alert to the warning signs. WHAT TO DO ● Don’t rely on online photos. If you can, visit the pet personally before paying anything. Make an appointment with the prospective seller and if it’s in another town, ask someone who lives there to go. Most legitimate breeders welcome a visit. ● If the breeder has puppies, kittens or birds and you can’t visit the animal personally, request a video call. Then ask…

VIRGO 23 AUG – 22 SEPT IT’S TIME TO TACKLE THAT PENDING PROJECT If you’re a typical Virgo, it ought to be in your nature to be a naturally tidy and very organised person. But there may be that one project you’ve been putting off and this might just be the perfect time to tackle it, as your mind is currently quite focused. Your sense of satisfaction and accomplishment will be much greater than the effort required to complete it. Once done, you’ll somehow find the money to treat yourself to a much-desired item or treat. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 34, 28, 9, 31, 44, 8 LIBRA 23 SEPT – 22 OCT A family member needs your support and you may be required to give them your undivided love and attention.…

TURKEY HONEY PRODUCTION AFFECTED BY FIRES Turkey, one of the world’s major producers of honey, has been hit hard by wildfires that have swept across the southern and western coastal regions of the country. Many hives and pine trees, which bees depend on to collect honeydew and produce a special pine-based honey, have been reduced to ashes. Beekeepers in the region estimate that 80% of the area, which comprises almost half of Turkey’s total beekeeping centres, has been affected by the fires. Some 3 000 bees were destroyed in the southwestern province of Mugla alone. BOLIVIA LAKE POOPÓ DRIES UP Lake Poopó, home to many plants and animals and the second-largest lake in this South American country, has completely dried up. Scientific studies show years of climate change and excessive…

Mandela was in solitary confinement several times – locked up without company, exercise and even food. “I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life,” he said. “There was no end and no beginning; there’s only one’s own mind, which can begin to play tricks.” BED AND LINEN For the first 10 years, Madiba had no bed or mattress – only three thin, threadbare blankets, a sisal mat and a felt mat of about 2,5cm thick. To make the hard floor more comfortable, prisoners would lay the felt mat over the sisal one. CLOTHING “I had a pair of shorts, a sleeveless shirt and no socks and underwear, which was very humiliating,” Madiba said about his early prison clothes. Prisoners of other races got long trousers, but black…

In 2015 nearly 200 nations signed up to the Paris Agreement, with the aim of reducing emissions to keep global warming below 2°C this century and to further efforts to keep it below 1,5°C. The new assessment report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) leaves no room for wishful thinking. “Is it still possible to limit global warming to 1,5 degrees? The answer is yes, but unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions of all greenhouse gases,” says Maisa Rojas Corradi, one of the authors of the report. We can all play our part in reducing carbon emissions by using energy-efficient lightbulbs, driving less, saying no to fast fashion and rethinking our food choices. “This isn’t about remote science – it’s about where we live and…

$83,5 million (R1,2 billion) What he earned at Barcelona last year 672 Goals scored in his 778 appearances for Barcelona 6 Ballon d’Or awards won 73 Goals scored in the 2011-12 season, the most by a player in the European league 18years, 357 days Age when he made his first Fifa World Cup appearance for Argentina 2011 Year he became the first player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year. He repeated the feat in 2015. 1,7 m His height. His short stature earned him the nickname La Pulga, Spanish for flea…

I agree with Arlene Chaperon’s letter about the difficulty of opening bottles (YOU, 5 August). I’ve cut my fingers badly trying to open bottle tops and packaging. As for plastic tubes of hand cream, if you don’t cut them open when you can’t get any more out of the opening you waste a hell of a lot of the product. SHARON KRITZINGER, EMAIL I recently bought YOU’s Did You Know? Our Awesome Planet. This magazine is so educational and it made the lockdown period shorter. It’s as if I travelled to places in the comfort zone of my own home. Thank you for the wonderful tour. I can’t wait for the next edition. SHALONGO AMUNYELA, GROOTFONTEIN Covid? Avoid the screaming abdabs. Grab the fab jabs from the labs! Take it…

1999 A FRIENDSHIP IS FORGED Andrew meets US financier Jeffrey Epstein through British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, whom Andrew knows from university and whom Epstein is dating. Andrew spends time on Epstein’s Caribbean island, Little Saint James, and invites Epstein and Ghislaine to a party at Windsor Castle in 2000. He also takes them to Royal Ascot. 2001 THAT INCRIMINATING PHOTO Andrew is photographed in Ghislaine’s London town house, his hand around 17-year-old Virginia Roberts’ waist. He claims he can’t recall the occasion and suggests it’s a fake pic. “Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored.” And it’s just not him, he adds. “I’m not one to, as it were, hug. And public displays of affection aren’t something I do.” 2006 PARTY TIME Allegations…

‘POLITICALLY THERE IS NO ONE THE PRESIDENT REALLY UPSET WITH THIS RESHUFFLE’ FINALLY it seemed he would wield the axe and cut out the dead wood. After we’d watched cabinet ministers squabbling as parts of our country went up in smoke during the recent unrest, one thing seemed clear: heads needed to roll. Political analysts had long questioned why President Cyril Ramaphosa was taking so long to reshuffle his cabinet. Perhaps now, many believed, he would rejuvenate the structure tasked with making the country work well. And yet when the president unveiled his new cabinet the general reaction from political pundits was disappointment. Instead of the ruthless clear-out that was expected, Ramaphosa seemed to be playing a game of musical chairs. There were several high-profile changes, of course. Finance minister…

MALVAPUDDING WITH POACHED PEARS The pears are poached in rooibos syrup, then included in the malva pudding, a SA favourite. To save time, you can use canned pears. SERVES 6-8 PREPARATION: 20 MIN COOKING: ABOUT 1 HOUR PEARS 60ml (¼c) sugar 500ml (2c) rooibos tea juice of 1 lemon 2 cinnamon sticks 4 pears, peeled MALVA PUDDING 500ml (2c) cake flour a pinch of salt 10ml (2t) baking powder 100g soft butter 250ml (1c) light brown sugar 2 eggs 45ml (3T) apricot jam 20ml (4t) vinegar 5ml (1t) bicarbonate of soda 200ml milk SAUCE 125ml (½c) of the cooking liquid 60ml (¼c) brown sugar 60ml (¼c) each cream and milk 50g butter 10ml (2t) corn flour, mixed with 15ml (1T) water TO SERVE custard or ice cream Preheat the oven…

WHEN you’re injured, the body works hard to mend the affected area. A layer of cells and collagen forms over the damaged area to form scar tissue. And although scars are mostly harmless, they can be unsightly and unwanted. Scars can be painful, itchy, disfiguring and even disabling. The appearance of scars can also cause emotional and psychological distress. There are different types of scars and different ways of treating them. With most treatments, scars can be decreased in size and visibility. Many treated scars become dramatically less visible over time so it’s worth tackling them.…

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BUSINESS SIGNS ■ Plumber: “We repair what your husband fixed.” ■ Pizza shop: “Seven days without pizza makes one weak.” ■ In a non-smoking area: “If we see you smoking we will assume you’re on fire and take appropriate action.” ■ On a butcher’s window: “Let me meat your needs.” ■ At a car dealership: “The best way to get back on your feet – miss a car payment.” ■ Outside a hotel: “Help! We need inn-experienced people.” ■ Inside a bowling alley: “Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop.” SISTERLY SUPPORT Andy says to his mom: It’s not fair. I was just about to fight Shaun when Faith threw rotten eggs at me. Their mom asks: Faith, why did you do that? “I was egging him…

■ Youngest person to win all four top awards at the Grammys In 2020, aged 18, she won best new artist, song of the year, record of the year and album of the year. ■ Youngest female artist to have a No 1 album in the UK. ■ Youngest person to write and perform a James Bond theme song. She wrote No Time to Die for the 2021 film. It won a Grammy for best song written for visual media. ■ First artist born in the 2000s to have a No 1 album in the US with When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ■ Youngest person to appear on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list with earnings of $53 million (about R761m) in 2020.…

1 What country did Mahatma Gandhi move to in 1893? 2 In which city would you find Charles de Gaulle Airport? 3 This is the logo for which social-media app? 4 True or false: Skateboarder Sky Brown is Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner? 5 What currency is used in the United Arab Emirates? SOURCES: BBC.CO.UK, BBC.COM, BBC.CO.UK, THECONVERSATION.COM, DAILYSABAH.COM, NBCNEWS.COM, ALJAZEERA.COM, EDITION.CNN.COM, DAILYMAIL.CO.UK…

WHENEVER a musical icon dies, the understandable convention is to look squarely backwards. Grief is formalised in obituaries. Back catalogues are hastily appraised, then reappraised. Above all, there’s a sense of reluctant finality: show’s over, folks, nothing more to see here. Prince Rogers Nelson – the man known best as Prince but also, variously, as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and simply an unpronounceable glyph – never was much for convention. When he died in April 2016, aged 57, of an accidental overdose at Paisley Park, his Minnesota home, together with a sense of loss fans experienced a peculiar feeling of anticipation. As music legend had it, Prince kept a vault deep in the bowels of Paisley Park containing hundreds of hours of unreleased recordings and other material. The…

IT’S the turf of teenagers: a concrete playground where the young and agile strut their stuff in death-defying stunts. A skateboarder barrels down the slope, then turns in a graceful arc before gently landing on the lip of the rink. A handful of kids are his spectators today at the skatepark in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, and watch as he performs one daring trick after another. But there’s one glaring difference between this skateboarder and the rest. Dallas Oberholzer is no teen – he’s 46 and has the salt-and-pepper hair and beard to show for it. Something else puts him in a league of his own: he can officially call himself an Olympian. Dallas lives for skateboarding. Other men his age might spend their weekends playing golf or mowing the…

WATER BABY “I’ve loved water since I was little, but I didn’t always have access to the ocean because we lived on a game farm near Kaapmuiden, between Malelane and Nelspruit [Mbombela, Mpumalanga],” Tanya tells us. Now that she lives in the Mother City, she can’t get enough of the beach. WOOD NYMPH Having grown up in the Bushveld she enjoys relaxing in nature, gardening and hiking. “Once you start living in cities, you quickly realise what a privilege it was growing up in nature,” Tanya says. “My mission is to disconnect from a world that’s constantly demanding reaction, and to connect with the rhythm of nature.” FREE DIVER Tanya is a free diver and goes diving as much as the sea allows it. “Those who dive in Cape Town…

TIGER WOODS’ former mistress, RACHEL UCHITEL, is facing financial ruin for reneging on their multi-million-dollar nondisclosure agreement (NDA). The former cocktail waitress gained infamy in late 2009 when she became embroiled in Tiger’s cheating scandal. The scandal led to Tiger’s now-ex-wife, former model Elin Nordegren (now 41), filing for divorce after six years of marriage and two children, daughter Sam Alexis (now 14) and son Charlie Axel (now 12). Rachel recently recounted signing a “non-disclosure agreement more than 30 pages long” that promised her a payment of $8 million (now R116m). She missed out on $3m (now R43,5m) of the promised amount for appearing on US reality show Celebrity Rehab in 2010. And it seems her involvement in HBO’s 2021 documentary Tiger could cost her the rest. The mother-of-one claims…

I quite like the mystery of masks. It’s no longer, “How are you?” when you see a pair of half-familiar eyes, but, “Who are you?” There’s also the risk of giving offence to a dear friend as you sail past them in the shopping mall. But there are more upsides than you can poke a stick at. Just think about it. No more colds and flu after queuing at the hypermarket on a patch marked, “Stand here”. No germs flying up your nose as you jostle your trolley through the narrow aisles in search of a two-for-one bargain. The coughing, the sneezing and guttural clearing of throats are no more a threat to your health: the dreaded virus has no chance of sailing up your nostrils and creeping its way…

Virginia Roberts Guiffre is suing Prince Andrew in a civil case, in which a settlement is often reached before the case goes to court. But if Andrew maintains his silence, the suit could go to trial. If that happens, the court will have extensive powers to order phone records and diaries as well as private communication. Andrew could be called to give oral evidence but can’t be compelled to do so. Arick Fudali, a partner at New York law firm Bloom, which represented nine Epstein victims, says he also has to be “personally served with papers, which isn’t easy to do when the opponent is in another country”. Andrew could face a damages bill of $14 million (R203m) if he loses the case. Andrew’s lawyers might try to get the…

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WHEN she lost her mom suddenly to cancer – it was 13 days from diagnosis to death – the rawness of grief hit her hard. It was a lonely experience, says writer Bridget McNulty, but she learnt a lot about the process of bereavement and eventually realised that grief isn’t something to “get over”. Rather, it’s a loss to honour and live with. Here’s an extract from The Grief Handbook: A Guide through the Worst Days of Your Life, which she wrote to help others navigate this uniquely difficult time. The book is a combination of her personal experience, expert psychological insights and practical advice. GRIEF is such a strange thing. It is the most universal experience – the one thing that unites us all, regardless of where we live…

I FEEL AS IF ALL MY DREAMS ARE SHATTERED Q I’m a qualified pilot who worked for an airline but due to the Covid pandemic, I lost my job. I used to have a house, a car and a wife but when I lost my employment my wife left me, saying she can’t stay with a loser. This hurt me a lot. I trained for many years to succeed in a career that I’d dreamt of since I was a boy. Now I feel as if life has just knocked me down and I don’t know how I’ll ever get on my feet again. To make matters worse, my ex-wife made sure that in the divorce papers it was stated that I should pay her alimony for two years. This…

A new pastor is doing home visits. At one house it seems obvious that someone is at home, but no one answers the door. Therefore, he takes out a card and writes “Revelation 3:20” on the back of it and sticks it on the door. When the offering is processed the following Sunday, he finds his card has been returned. Added to it is this cryptic message: “Genesis 3:10”. Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he bursts out in laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” Genesis 3:10 reads, “I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid, for I was naked.”…

In the movie, a group of convicted super-villains are conscripted into Task Force X, a shady government-run operation headed by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) and sent on a suicide mission to the island of Corto Maltese to destroy a deadly threat to the US. Daniela Melchoir (24) was among the hundreds of actresses from around the world who auditioned for the role of Rat-catcher 2 (in the DC Comics, her dad is the Ratcatcher, a Batman villain), a super-villain who can control swarms of rodents. She made the shortlist of three and got the part because “she was comfortable around rats”, director James Gunn revealed, adding that about 300 000 rats were used in the film. BECOMING RATCATCHER 2 Unlike many other members of the motley squad, Ratcatcher 2 doesn’t…

GAME BUILDER GARAGE Platform: Nintendo Switch  This is a fantastic learning tool for budding game developers or anyone interested in the nuts and bolts beneath the surface of videogames. But those expecting to make games within minutes might be disappointed as Game Builder Garage is a much deeper and fully featured game-building toolkit than its bright, colourful graphics might suggest. The tutorials are simple enough to follow, and it quickly becomes apparent just how much is possible. But the overall package is let down by the difficulty in finding other players’ games. It’s also rather a small community compared to similar games such as PlayStation’s Little Big Planet or Dreams. However, Game Builder Garage is still a great place for wannabe game designers to cut their teeth and learn a…

THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER By JAMES PATTERSON & BILL CLINTON Little, Brown Matthew Keating, a former president and Navy Seal, will defend his country and his family at all costs. When a vengeful jihadist abducts his teenage daughter, Melanie, he decides not to wait for US forces to rescue her. Instead, he embarks on a one-man special-ops mission to rescue Mel and kill her abductor. This is the second collaboration between Patterson and former US president Clinton, but it’s a standalone rather than a sequel to their 2018 offering, The President Is Missing. In that novel the protagonist was another president, Jonathan Lincoln Duncan, a former Gulf War hero, who also battled a terrorist. The President Is Missing got quite negative reviews. The BBC gave it just one out of five…

SWEDISH teenage activist GRETA THUNBERG is the first person to appear on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia. Vogue, a fashion magazine, has editions in many parts of the world, but this is the first time it is publishing in Scandinavia, the sub-region in Northern Europe that is also home to Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The outspoken 18-year-old, who is passionate about the planet, used the opportunity to highlight the impact the fashion industry has on the environment. “If you are buying fast fashion then you’re contributing to that industry and encouraging them to expand and encouraging them to continue their harmful process,” she told the magazine. “Fast fashion” is the term used to describe clothing designs that move quickly from the catwalk to stores to take advantage of trends. Greta,…

200 million More than 18 months since the coronavirus began spreading around the world, there have been 200 million reported cases. 150 000 The number of people evacuated from the path of 14 Asian elephants migrating through Yunnan province, China. The protected mammals made headlines after they left a nature reserve 17 months ago. Wildlife authorities are monitoring the movements of the herd, which has already travelled more than 500km across the country. 2100 Scientists say emperor penguins could become extinct by 2100 because of global warming and the rate at which sea ice is disappearing. Emperor penguins live on Antarctic sea ice, which is very important to their survival as they nurse their offspring there until they’re old enough to swim in the icy waters surrounding them.…

HE WAS at home in Barcelona when he got the news: his two decade-long career at the club he had given his heart to was over. Lionel Messi and his family had just returned from a summer holiday and he was expecting to wrap up a deal to extend his 21-year stay with Barcelona FC with another five-year contract. But when Jorge Messi, his father and manager, arrived at his house, Messi (34) learnt his time with the Spanish super-club was over. The first thing he did was tell his wife, Antonela (33), with whom he has three sons, Thiago (8), Mateo (5) and Ciro (3). “We both cried,” Messi says. “We both felt really down but we knew we needed to cheer each other up to try and somehow…

On the field he’s the rugged rugby player who doesn’t mind getting his hands – and sport kit – dirty in the name of the game. But when he’s not working, CHESLIN KOLBE certainly scrubs up nicely. The 27-year-old Springbok wing recently partnered with clothing brand Superdry SA on their Original and Vintage range. “I’ve loved their clothing ever since I was a teenager,” Cheslin tells us. “To be able to collaborate with a brand that’s close to my heart is special.” He shares his style secrets. How much time do you spend getting dressed in the morning? 10 minutes. What are your top three fashion items? Sunglasses, a watch and a good pair of sneakers. Which do you prefer: a three-piece suit or tracksuit? I wouldn’t say tracksuit but definitely…

Finally, some good news for the #FreeBritney movement. JAMIE SPEARS, who has controlled much of daughter BRITNEY’s affairs since she suffered a mental-health breakdown in 2007, has agreed to step aside. “We are pleased that Mr Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed,” Britney’s lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, said in a statement. Rosengart branded the decision by Jamie “a major victory for Britney Spears and another step toward justice”. The 39-year-old pop star has been seeking for months to remove her father from having any say in her life. The recent court documents didn’t state when Jamie (69) would step down from his role in handling his daughter’s $60-million (R870m) estate but they did reveal he felt there were no grounds for immediately…