Innholdsfortegnelse for 25 July 2024 i You South Africa

WINTER has descended on Cape Town with a vengeance so I’ve been spending a lot of time indoors, cosy on the couch and engrossed in sports – which has come as something of a shock to my friends who know that sport isn’t usually my thing. But it turns out I actually really enjoy it: Wimbledon, rugby, the Euros . . . I watched it all. And there’s no way I’m missing the Olympics, even if the weather does decide to sort itself out. There’s always been something extra-special about the Games. When I was younger I loved watching the gymnastics events and I’d spend days twirling around our living room trying to mimic the gymnasts’ every move (which is about as far as my talents went). Now I’m all…

ON OUR RADAR 1 DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE In cinemas from 26 July The merc with the mouth and the Canuck with the claws team up for an epic adventure with enough superhero and villain cameos to make Avengers: Endgame jealous. Here’s what you need to know about the latest – and the first R-rated – entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. WHAT’S IT ABOUT? Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) has put his mercenary days as Deadpool behind him and works as a car salesman with his pal Peter (Rob Delaney). It’s a boring life, but things get crazy when an agent from the Time Variance Authority (TVA), first introduced in the Loki series, pulls him into a mission with Wolverine. The plot specifics are under wraps, but Ryan has teased a…

YOUNG YOU THE Olympic Games gets everyone very excited. Every four years the best athletes from around the world gather to participate in an event that originated 2 800 years ago in Ancient Greece. During the Games, the world’s focus is on these athletes who compete in a spirit of peace and unity. ANCIENT GREEK GAMES The first Olympic Games – known as the Greek Games – took place in 776 BC on the plains of Olympia, Greece. According to ancient tales, the Greek hero Hercules created a series of sporting events to honour his father, Zeus – the supreme god and the god of the sky and thunder. The Games took place every four years and athletes from the Greek city-states would gather in Olympia to compete. During this…

YOU can smell the set of this year’s MasterChef South Africa at Atlantic Film Studios in Montague Gardens, north of Cape Town, from a mile off. It’s hard not to salivate when assailed with the tantalising aromas of the pizzas the contestants must make on the set of the popular cooking show. It’s a scramble. It’s a rush. There are just 15 minutes left and someone’s pizza is burning. “Set your ovens lower,” shouts South African food personality Herman Lensing, a consultant on the show. This year’s judges are Justine Drake, Zola Nene and Katlego Mlambo, who surprises viewers every episode with his nails painted in interesting ways. “My grandma Bettie Mlambo taught me to cook,” Katlego says. “Every episode must be quintessentially South African,” explains Errieda du Toit, head…

HALF a centimetre. It seems like a tiny, inconsequential amount but for Donald Trump it was a matter of life or death – because this is how close a bullet came to hitting him in the head as he spoke at an election rally. Trump turned his head the moment the shooter pulled the trigger and the shot grazed his ear instead of barrelling into his brain. Secret Service agents swung into action and the gunman was shot dead on the rooftop from where he’d fired several shots at the stage, killing a spectator and seriously injuring two others. Once the coast was clear, agents tried to get Trump (78) off stage as fast as possible – but the former president has never been one to miss a political opportunity.…

THE house in Fochville, Gauteng, used to be a hive of activity, filled with the sound of kids laughing and shouting, running and arguing. But the rooms are quiet now, grandmother Meme Hlalele says. Her granddaughters, Sihle (12) and seven-year-old Reneliwe, will never be coming home again and the spark that used to light up the home is gone forever. Meme will never forget that terrible day, how her five-year-old grandson waited for hours for his sisters to come home until he finally asked her, “Gogo, are my sisters okay?” Eventually she had to break the terrible news to him – but the deaths of the sisters wasn’t all the family were dealing with. The girls’ cousins, brothers Hlompho (11) and Thato (8), were also killed when their school transport…

IF YOU love your child and want them to be successful, happy and healthy, you have to pay attention to your own behaviour. It’s no good telling your kids what they can and can’t do if you don’t live by the set of rules you want them to follow – you are your children’s lodestar and you have to set the example for their lives. This is the gist of the new book Raising Mentally Strong Kids by Daniel G Amen and Charles Fay, American child psychologists who’ve been working with kids for decades. They’ve compiled a list of the top things moms and dads should never do as they navigate the many twists and turns of parenthood. Follow their advice, the authors say, and you’ll send your children out…

BOOKS BOOK OF THE WEEK REMEMBER the movie Shirley Valentine about the unfulfilled, middle-aged-British housewife who leaves her husband and jets off to Greece on a journey of self-discovery? Qarnita Loxton’s new book, What’s Wrong with June?, is in a similar vein. It revolves around June Cupido, an accountant from Cape Town who’s trapped in a joyless marriage to a man who would rather spend his spare time gaming and binge-watching Netflix series than interacting with his wife. On top of this, she has to put up with being endlessly mocked by her 23-year-old daughter, Salamah, who thinks she’s hopelessly out of touch and is constantly rolling her eyes at her. Poor June’s only relief comes from living vicariously through friends’ social media feeds. One day she decides on the…

WE TALK ABOUT The dispute over the South China Sea THE Chinese Coast Guard stationed one of its gigantic “monster” ships near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea earlier this month, an area which is part of a dispute between China and the Philippines over who controls the South China Sea. This is not the first time China has displayed their military might in the region. The South China Sea is in the Pacific Ocean between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and the Philippines. WHY IS THE SEA IMPORTANT? The South China Sea contains important shipping routes between the Pacific and Indian oceans, and it’s rich in reserves of natural gas and crude oil, making it a valuable resource. In 2016 a total of $3,4 trillion (R61,2 trillion)…

BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder – but in this case you might need a magnifying glass to capture the true wonder of what you see before you. The art created by French micro-sculptor Marie Cohydon is so teeny-tiny it’s dwarfed by the tip of a pencil and some of her creations are small enough to fit through the eye of a needle. The 53-year-old uses a variety of tools, including chicken bones, paintbrush hairs and tin to make her microscopic wonderland. “From childhood I’ve loved miniature furniture, miniature animals, tiny flowers,” she tells YOU. “I started sculpting on jeweller’s wax and then quite naturally I found myself buying a microscope to do the details. “And one day I set myself the challenge to make something very small.”…

A FEW months ago not many people had heard of her – now the name Jasmine Paolini is known far and wide and she’s the toast of tennis. Even if she didn’t win Wimbledon. Jasmine has the personality to put her in a league of her own and boundless energy that’s had thousands rooting for her. The 28-year-old narrowly missed the title, losing to the Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcíková in three sets. But she also reached the final of this year’s French Open, a double Grand Slam finals feat no woman has accomplished since Serena Williams in 2016. Dubbed “Pocket Rocket Paolini” because of her diminutive 1,6m frame, Jasmine is now enjoying a career-high ranking of No 5 in the world. She was “a little bit sad” about not winning…

KATE’S RETURN TO WIMBLEDON The Princess of Wales received a standing ovation KATE Middleton surprised the crowd at the men’s singles final at Wimbledon as she took her seat, making what was her second public appearance since her cancer diagnosis. The princess, who was in the Royal Box at the match with her daughter, Charlotte, and her sister, Pippa Middleton, looked elegant in a purple dress and was given a standing ovation as she arrived. The trio watched defending champion Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic to clinch a second men’s singles title and Kate, a patron of the All England Lawn Tennis Club since 2016, presented the Wimbledon trophy to the Spaniard who’s won the Grand Slam for the second year in a row. “When [Kate] usually comes in, she…

‘WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS LIFE. HE’S BEEN A FIGHTER ALL THE WAY’ IT’S a place that holds so many memories. This school rugby field is where he scored tries and motivated players as their captain. But it’s also where a freak accident robbed him of everything – his hopes and dreams as well as his ability to walk. Six years ago, doctors warned Koben Hofmeyr the injury he suffered would leave him paralysed for the rest of his life. But here he stands today, on that same fateful field, with crutches and, thankfully, most of his independence. Everyone at Hoërskool Warmbad knows Koben (21) and a group of rugby players warming up stop to greet him. In the town of Bela-Bela in Limpopo, he’s a hero. They all know what…

THEY come from all walks of life and are part of a talent pool as diverse as the land they love – but these men and women are united by one goal: to hold the flag high and do their utmost at the greatest sporting spectacle on the planet. And it will be Team South Africa we’ll be cheering on as they take to the track, pool, fields and arenas of Paris, France, in their bid to bring home the gold. The 138 members of Team SA are among approximately 10 500 athletes from 206 countries competing across 45 sports during the Olympic Games, which kicks off on 26 July and closes on 11 August. James Moloi, president of Athletics SA, believes the team will do us proud. “We are…

>SPIRAL Keyword clue: WARRIOR Starting with clue No 1, fill in the grid in a clockwise direction with four-letter words working your way to the centre of the spiral puzzle. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next. If you have correctly filled in the grid there should be a seven-letter keyword reading across from clue No 8. 1 . . . & Furious (movie)2 Time in office3 Kind of sushi4 Part of the eye5 Polluted haze6 Take quickly7 One in charge8 Former Iranian ruler9 Stack 10 Currency in Botswana11 Curved doorway12 Ethan . . . (Tom Cruise character)13 Asian language14 Frozen15 Crude container16 Papua New Guinea pit pot >SUDOKU These number puzzles are quite simple. Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty…

IMAGINE having to run like The Flash, jump like Superman, and throw weapons like Captain America – then you’ll have an idea of what it takes to compete in the decathlon. It’s one of the most challenging events on the Olympic calendar, and the winner is traditionally regarded as the best athlete in the world. The decathlon takes place over two days. Each day, participants compete in five athletic items. They earn points for each item, and the winner is the athlete who accumulates the most points overall. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Decathlon and heptathlon derive from these Greek words: DECA: TenHEPTA: Seven ATHLOS: Competition DID YOU KNOW? Only men participate in the Olympic decathlon, while women compete in the seven-item heptathlon. THE DECATHLON DAY 1 1 100M SPRINT Run as…

TWO lines were visible on the test and she nervously handed it to her stepmother. “Can you make sure this test says what I think it says?” she asked. “Girl,” her stepmother said, “you’re pregnant.” Gypsy Rose Blanchard then shared the news with her dad and her boyfriend – and then made another call, this time to her parole officer. “I let him know immediately,” she says. “I keep him in the loop about everything, even personal stuff. “But this pregnancy doesn’t affect anything to do with parole. I’m still on parole for another 11 months.” And by the time that period is over Gypsy’s baby will be born – and her greatest wish is to be the kind of mother she never had. “All the things I wanted in…