Innholdsfortegnelse for 22 December 2022 i You South Africa

MY FAMILY loves to take pictures. We have album upon album of photographs taken over the decades when it was all just film. Of course, we now have plenty of digital images too but I love looking at those old film photos. I try to imagine what was really happening in the lives of the people in them at the time they were taken. What were they thinking? What were they feeling? What were their hopes and dreams? The ones I love most are the ones where the subjects are caught unawares looking at someone they love or laughing with unadulterated joy. My dad teasing my mom, my sister delighted she’d taken my toys, my brother trying to sneak a piece of cake. Even though I can’t always remember that…

Green From emerald tones to pale sage and frosty mints, summery green solids and prints are a fun, earthy choice. TIP Green works well with yellow and orange accessories. Blue Be inspired by cloudless summer skies with a variety of blue hues this season. TIP Pair blue with pops of white and black accessories. Yellow Dress to impress in sunny yellows – from pale to bright lemon tones. TIP Yellow works well with most colours – pair it with red or black for an edgy touch. Red This fiery colour is a statement on its own, so go bold and be playful. TIP Red is especially festive paired with white, pink and gold. Orange Add some zing to your summer look with this fresh hue! TIP Bright orange pairs well…

RAINY DAYS “Oh, no!” the kangaroo groans to her friend, the rabbit. “The forecast says there’ll be rain.” “What’s the problem?” asks the rabbit. “My kids will have to play inside all day!” she replies. ARE YOU SURE? A man goes to visit a friend and is amazed to find him playing chess with his dog. So the man watches the game in astonishment for a while. “I can hardly believe my eyes!” he says. “That’s the smartest dog I’ve ever seen.” “He’s not that smart,” the friend replies. “I’ve beaten him three games out of five.”’ THE BRAINY BUNCH If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then lefties are the only ones in their right mind. HIGHER GRADE GAG Helium walks into…

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MAKING your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got. So, began the theme song to Cheers, the beloved ’80s show that made her famous – and it’s a line that fitted her as well as the bikini she regretted wearing on the Oprah show. Kirstie Alley went from house cleaner to sitcom darling to movie star and all the way to almost zero again. She was ridiculed for putting on weight, vilified for being a Donald Trump supporter and scorned for being a Scientologist. But each time she put on her big girl panties and just kept going. So, when news broke earlier this month that she’d died, there was an outpouring of sadness. Poke fun at her all you like, but Kirstie was one of a kind.…

A happy retirement depends on good planning so it truly can be your golden years. Our second issue of YOU Retirement will help you to plan for that stage of your life or make it even better if you’re already a retiree. We look at health, finances and relationship issues and give tips on things to do and not to do to make your retirement stress free. There’s also advice from savvy retirees who are making money by following their passion. Get your copy in stores now, order it online at youstore.co.za or contact Johan Terblanche on 021-406-4962 or johan.terblanche@media24.com and have it delivered. See your writing or news tips in print! Here are the email addresses you need for submitting material for publication. News ideas news@you.co.za Personal stories web@you.co.za…

THEIR plans to create an art business was anything but a roll of the dice. In fact, what started as a project to get through Covid-19 lock-downs has turned into a great success. Best friends Ben Hoblyn and Ross Montgomery use thousands of dice to create incredible mosaic portraits. They used 10 000 of the small six-sided cubes to create Beyoncé’s face, honoured the late Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign in monochrome glory, honoured the legendary Michael Jordan and created iconic space ranger Buzz Lightyear. The primary school friends from the UK wanted to do something to make people smile during the lockdown. “We had seen mosaic works online and thought that it would be great if we could produce something similar. We thought we could make even more impressive pieces…

Write to Dr Louise, PO Box 39410, Moreletapark 0044, or email info@drlouise.co.za. HIS ANGER OUTBURSTS ARE WORRYING ME Q I’m 32 years old and my boyfriend and I have been together for four years, but I’m concerned because he seems to have anger issues. He’s 37 years old and was retrenched during lockdown. He has found work again but isn’t happy in his job and I think that’s making things worse. I’ve never felt afraid of him before. He’s never been physical with me and I wouldn’t describe our relationship as volatile. But his outbursts are becoming more frequent and I’ve started feeling as if I’m walking on eggshells around him. Last night the TV remote wasn’t working and he threw it across the room in a fit of rage.…

ON OUR RADAR 1 BECOMING WHITNEY ENGLISH ACTRESS Naomi Ackie is a Hollywood newbie – she made her film debut as a stormtrooper-turned-resistance fighter in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 2019 – but her latest role, as the late, great diva Whitney Houston, is sure to make her a star. Naomi (30) told People.com she was very nervous to play the “incredible, multifaceted” singer in the new biopic, I Wanna Dance with Somebody. “She’s been elevated in my life for so long that it felt like an impossible thing to achieve at times. But so many people told me the same thing – ‘If I wasn’t scared and nervous, they’d think something was wrong with me’. . . “The biggest challenge was letting my fear of the…

CAPRICORN 21 DEC – 20 JAN HOW ABOUT ORGANISING A CLASSY PARTY? When you organise something, you tend to do it with style and class, irrespective of the budget. This festive season, you have a chance to hang out and show just what you’re capable of. That should keep your critics quiet and rustle up more support amongst your fans. Even though your taste is characterised as being traditional rather than contemporary, you can certainly pull off anything that you lay your hands on. Enjoy whatever you end up planning. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 21, 34, 47, 5, 39, 23 FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS THE ABC OF CAPRICORN A is for ambition, which they have in abundance. B is for being the boss – their ultimate goal. C is for continuous work, as…

Christmas word search 1 The words in the list below are all hidden in the grid – horizontally or vertically, backwards or forwards. Find and circle them. carolsgivinglovenativitypresentsSantasharingstarstockingwreath 2 Make up a story or draw a picture using as many of the words in the list as you can. Get that gift! Which path should Evan take to reach Santa? Cut & paste Carefully cut out the squares, then glue them into the correct places to complete the picture below. Match the shadow Find 10 differences How many Santas? Odd one out Circle the wreath that isn’t the same as every other one in the row. Find them all! Find all the items hidden in the picture below. Dot to dot Merry Christmas, everyone! ANSWERS…

IT’S hard to believe it’s been 10 years since we were first introduced to the ridiculously catchy track that had everyone from Seoul to South Africa galloping on an imaginary horse and tossing an invisible lasso. Gangnam Style has since changed the music industry, broken barriers and made its maker a very rich man. Never in his wildest dreams did South Korean musician Park Jae-sang – better known as Psy – imagine the song he uploaded to YouTube for Korean fans in 2012 would go viral and be a global hit. He was feted by celebrities like Madonna, invited to the White House by then-US president Barack Obama and took part in a flash mob in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But even though it’s brought him fame…

KATE HUDSON Father Christmas has a jolly old time when he visits KATE’s house. Every year the actress and her fiancé, musician DANNY FUJIKAWA (36), and kids, RYDER ROBINSON (18), RANI (4) and BINGHAM (11), create a new wish list for St Nick. “One year, Santa wanted rum, root beer and liquorice. Then gluten-free cookies and almond milk. Another year, he wanted Cabernet and chocolates,” Kate (43) said. On Christmas Eve they read The Night before Christmas and even have a Santa tracker that lets the kids know when to go to bed. KATLEGO MABOE The TV presenter goes back home to Potchefstroom, North West, for Christmas. “We spend time with family, go to relatives’ houses, enjoy ginger beer and those cakes baked in the township,” KATLEGO (36) says. “It’s…

RED Only Murders in the Building star Selena Gomez in Louis Vuitton at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles. Bridgerton actress Simone Ashley in vintage Giorgio Armani at the Venice Film Festival in Italy. Westworld’s Tessa Thompson in Elie Saab at the Venice Film Festival. GOLD Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s Lupita Nyong’o in Prada at the Oscars in LA. Model and actress Amber Valletta in vintage Loris Azzaro at the Met Gala in New York. US model Lori Harvey in Tony Ward at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in LA. GREEN Big Gold Brick actress Lucy Hale in Giambattista Valli at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Woman King star Thuso Mbedu in Gucci at the LACMA Art + Film Gala in LA. The Suicide…

DESIGNER luggage stuffed with cash, globe-trotting shopping sprees, Rolls-Royces and Ferraris and dealings with dictatorial regimes – welcome to the world of Hazim Mustafa, international man of mystery and buyer of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s problematic buffalo. He’s the guy who forked out $580 000 (R9,8 million) in cash for the animals, setting off a chain of events that mired the president in scandal and brought him to the brink of resigning. Farmgate has seen Ramaphosa facing several damning accusations, including tax evasion, holding undeclared foreign currency and covering up the robbery of the money after it was stolen from inside a couch at his Phala Phala farm. He’s also accused of misusing state resources by ordering a senior presidential bodyguard to track down the thieves – claims he’s denied. For…

GARLIC PRAWN cocktail SERVES 4-6 / PREPARATION & COOKING: 30 MINS 16-20 uncookedking prawns, shelled, deveined, and butterflied30ml (2T) extravirgin olive oil2 cloves garlic, chopped finelysalt and freshly ground black pepper500ml (2c) shredded iceberg lettuce2 small (400g) avocados, cut into wedges15ml (1T) lime juice lime wedges, optional 1 Combine the prawns, oil and garlic in a medium bowl; stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper. 2 Cook the prawns in a heated frying pan (or chargrill pan or braai) over high heat until browned on one side, turn and cook until the prawns are just cooked through. 3 Arrange the prawns, lettuce and avocado in serving glasses or on plates. Drizzle the lime juice over. Serve with lime wedges, if using. ROAST POTATO Christmas trees SERVES 6 / PREPARATION:…

STRIKING IN THE GARDEN Once the leaves have fallen off this small deciduous plant, it can be replanted in the garden or potted outside where it can grow into quite large, striking shrubs – up to 2m tall, especially in warmer, frost-free regions. Poinsettias can handle most types of soil and patchy to full sun. Feed them regularly with a fertiliser rich in nitrogen and potassium. DID YOU KNOW? Poinsettia foliage is commonly mistaken for a flower but they are coloured bracts (a type of leaf). POTTED AT HOME If your garden poinsettias are potted, you can move them indoors to a sheltered spot with light and filtered sunlight during the colder months then back outdoors during the warmer seasons. When buying the plant to display indoors, choose one that…

YOUR MONEY SORTED Send suggestions for topics and requests for info to yourmoney@you.co.za. We may answer your questions in this column but won’t reply personally. INCREASING energy costs are making most people search for ways to reduce their expenses. Because electricity is a necessity and people are always looking for ways to save on their energy budgets, there’s been a worldwide increase in scams related to electricity, gas and solar power. Here are some to watch out for. 1 FRAUDULENT REFUNDS You get a message saying you paid too much for your electricity and you’re due for a refund. The swindler’s email address seems legitimate and it looks as if it’s a real company that’s going to send you the refund. The problem is there’s a link you must click…

YOUNG READERS A DINOSAUR A DAY By MIRANDA SMITH Farshore This is the ultimate gift for any dinosaur-obsessed kid: from the ferocious tyrannosaurus to gentle giant titanosaurus, this gorgeous book allows readers to dip in each day of the year to discover a new dinosaur. You’ll find familiar and lesser-known names alongside newly discovered species, all brought to life with stunning illustrations and fascinating facts. LET’S PLAY By REFILOE MOAHLOLI Pan Macmillan This beautiful picture book is all about using your imagination, making the most of every day, and above all embracing the urge to play! Filled with diverse characters and proudly South African settings, it encourages children to dream big, discover their environment and be creative through playing. MEANWHILE BACK ON EARTH . . . By OLIVER JEFFERS HarperCollins…

SUNDAYS with Bono are not for the faint-hearted. It’s an open house at his art-filled home in Dalkey, south Dublin. The last time I dropped in, before the pandemic, lunch for eight around his lengthy dining table (which could comfortably fit a UN delegation), overlooking his tousled garden and the grey-green sea of Killiney Bay, morphed into an all-day conversational orgy at his local pub, Finnegan’s. There we built up a salt’n’vinegar crisp mountain – 30 empty packets, counted out by Bono and my husband between pints. At some point our bored kids had to be rescued and dropped back at our hotel by the ever-responsible U2 guitarist Edge and his wife. “Who was that nice man in the beanie?” they asked the next day. We, the dregs, lingered until…

GETTING tossed from our jobs might not be the best way for most of us to end the year, but for a certain soccer sensation being fired could turn out to be a billion-buck boot. Cristiano Ronaldo missed out on a £15-million (R314m) payout when he left Manchester United in a deal that was said to be by mutual agreement. But the footballer had barely left the Red Devils when he was offered a staggering $206m (R3,5bn) deal with Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr. The deal could see Ronaldo earning a whopping $7,1m (R123m) a month – about double what the average English Premier League player earns in a year, according to the Professional Football Scouts Association. The Portuguese forward admitted in a tell-all interview with Piers Morgan that he’d turned…

OWL CITY AKA ADAM YOUNG (36) Composer Adam Young, better known as Owl City, made a name for himself on Myspace when he uploaded music videos before streaming even became a thing. His first album, Ocean Eyes, featuring the single Fireflies, hit the charts and became a huge success in 2009. But when he failed to make another hit afterwards he was written off as a one-hit wonder. In 2012 he redeemed himself ever so slightly when Good Time, featuring Carly Rae Jepsen, charted on the Billboard Hot 100. MARIO (36) Mario has released five studio albums, but none matched the success of his single Let Me Love You. The R&B classic, off his second album Turning Point, held the No 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for nine…