Innholdsfortegnelse for 31 October 2024 i You South Africa

FOR DECADES THE DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER AUSTRALIA SHOULD BECOME A REPUBLIC HAS EBBED AND FLOWED THE country has long held a special place in the king’s heart. It was here that he came, as a rather geeky 17-year-old, to spend six months at a bush camp – a period he described as one of the most rewarding and enriching times of his life. “I had the Pommy bits bashed off me,” Charles said when he returned after spending two terms at Timbertop in the mountains of south-eastern Australia. “It was very good for the character.” The king has been Down Under many times since, including with Diana in 1983 when the princess dazzled the Aussies to such an extent that Charles felt somewhat sidelined. But this tour to the country…

IT STARTED innocently enough – she met a guy on a dating app, he invited her to a party and she went believing there’d be other people there. There weren’t – and what happened during the course of the evening will affect her for the rest of her life. Inge Holzträger (26) says she was raped by her date and went through the wringer after she laid charges and testified in court. The magistrate labelled him an unreliable witness who changed his story multiple times – but he was still acquitted because the state couldn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he didn’t believe Inge hadn’t consented. Inge was shattered but things didn’t end there. She and The Embrace Project, a non-profit organisation that aims to combat gender-based violence (GBV),…

CHICKEN MILANESE & GARLIC BUTTER with SPINACH & PEAS SERVES 4 / PREPARATION AND COOKING: 30 MIN ◗ 4 skinless chicken breasts◗ 30ml (2T) plain flour◗ 1 egg, whisked with a splash of milk◗ 100g panko breadcrumbs◗ 30g Parmesan cheese, grated◗ vegetable oil for shallow-frying◗ sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste SPINACH AND PEAS ◗ 200g frozen spinach cubes◗ 150g frozen peas GARLIC BUTTER ◗ 80g butter, softened◗ 3-4 garlic cloves, grated◗ good handful of chopped parsley 1 To butterfly the chicken breasts, put the pointed end of the breast away from you, place your hand on top of the breast and, with a sharp knife, gently slice horizontally through the meat, making little cuts as you go to open the chicken out. Repeat with the remaining breast (or just flatten the chicken out by bashing it…

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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. YOU KEEP meaning to start saving – but somehow you never get around to it. Why is it so easy to spend and get yourself into debt and so hard to be disciplined about putting money aside every month? Often it’s just down to bad habits along with some misconceptions about money matters. These are common mistakes that could be holding you back. 1 BELIEVING SAVING IS A LUXURY It’s really not. The more you save, the less dependent you are on loans, retail accounts and credit-card debt. Savings can give you access to owning a house, travel and study. Sadly many people get into…

SAFE ENOUGH BY LEE CHILD Bantam This very readable short-story collection by the author of the smash-hit Jack Reacher series shows humanity at its best and worst. There are tales about assassins, spies, gangsters, drug dealers, an abused wife and more. The title tale revolves around Wolfe who grew up in the grittier part of New York but now lives in the countryside and is married to a good woman. How did this come about? Well, the woman hired him to find her husband who’d gone missing. And find him Wolfe eventually did. The .50 Solution features an assassin who can’t understand why the man hiring him for a particular job wants him to use a specific type of gun that shoots a large bullet when a much smaller firearm…

IT’S HER little smile as she says the words that make your blood run cold: “Cheer up – at least you got the bad guy”. Because the woman speaking is the “bad guy” – and the crime she committed is shocking to the core. Not only did Virginia McCullough murder her parents, she hid their corpses in the family home for four years while she systematically plundered their bank accounts. But it wasn’t only what she did that stunned millions of people: it was how she behaved when police arrived at the door of the house in Essex in England to arrest her. Virginia (36), unsurprised and cooperative, invited the cops in and then told them, “I know, I don’t seem 100% evil”. An officer’s bodycam recorded the bizarre arrest…

IT DOESN’T take much to fall in love with ANDREW GARFIELD. With his soulful brown eyes, adorable messy hair and endearing charm he continues to woo and win fans. During the recent press tour for his new movie, We Live in Time, Andrew (41) has had several viral moments that have crept into our hearts. TENDER MOMENT WITH ELMO While making a sweet cameo on the kids’ programme Sesame Street, he got emotional talking about losing his mother, Lynn, to pancreatic cancer in 2019. Speaking to ELMO, he shared how he now sees sadness as a gift. “It’s kind of a lovely thing to feel in a way because it means you really loved somebody when you miss them,” he says. “When I miss her I remember it’s because she…

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IT ALL started as a playful prank: when he was a teen his friends secretly entered him into a contest aimed at finding the hunkiest boy in the school. They expected him to be embarrassed but the joke was on them when Ntando Lurwengu ended up being crowned Mr Stellenberg High School in Bellville in 2016. Years later, inspired by the memory of this surprise win, he took a chance and signed up for Mr South Africa. And when he won the 2021 title, becoming the youngest contestant in the pageant that year at age 23, he proved once again he had the right stuff. In fact, he made such an impression on the organisers of the contest that three years later they got in touch and invited him to…

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For daily horoscopes go to you.co.za. SCORPIO 23 OCT – 21 NOV THE TIME TO TAKE CHARGE IS NOW Even though you’re an expert in maintaining self-control, the developments towards the 3rd are really going to test your resolve. However, from the moment that your co-ruler Mars moves into your career horoscope on the 4th, there will be no doubt in anybody’s mind as to who is in charge. Money is the least of your problems right now and with a new moon in your sign on the 1st, best you formulate your wants, desires and wishes about home. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 18, 20, 25, 49, 24, 19 SAGITTARIUS 22 NOV – 20 DEC Not only are you generous by nature, but this week you’re showering your partner/spouse with all…

LIKE many football-mad kids he idolised Lionel Messi and dreamt of becoming as brilliant as the Argentine legend – and his dream might well come true. Chelsea whizz Cole Palmer has made Premier League history by becoming the best attacker in the league with an average of a goal or assist every 73 minutes. That’s not just the best rate of any player since the start of the current season but the best of any Blues player in the league who’s played for at least 500 minutes. There’s no question Palmer has proved his mettle, earning high praise from former Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino, who oversaw his surprise transfer from Manchester City last year. “He has the potential to reach the level of [ former Real Madrid and Man United…

BECKHAMS SCORE IN LOVE YOUNG love can be intoxicating, and it seems the two youngest Beckham boys are decidedly under the influence! Both Romeo and Cruz have recently been seen with new love interests and it looks as if their lucky ladies have already received the seal of approval from mom Victoria (50) and dad David (49). Victoria is said to be especially happy to see the boys in relationships after Cruz was accused of cheating on his ex-girlfriend, Viktoria Reitan. Sources said this was “triggering” for Posh, who was allegedly cheated on by David years ago. “Vic has worked so hard to bring her sons up to respect women, so seeing them portrayed as players is really upsetting for her, and she’s petrified the boys are going to be…

‘LIAM LIVED WIDE OPEN, WITH HIS HEART ON HIS SLEEVE’ HE ONCE told his former fiancée he didn’t think he’d live very long – and it was a prophecy that has proved tragically true. Liam Payne was just 31 when his life ended in the courtyard of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after hours of chaos that told of the turmoil of his life. The former One Direction star’s trashed hotel room was almost a rock-star cliché: a smashed TV set, half-empty bottles of booze, piles of white powder, a strip of tinfoil, a cigarette lighter. A door of the third-storey room led to a balcony and it was from there Liam plunged 12 metres to his death. The Argentinian prosecutor’s office said Liam might have been “semiconscious or…

MOST of us approach cleansing like brushing our teeth. We rarely give it a second thought. Turns out, our cleanser can make or break our routine. This step serves to sweep away all the dirt, make-up and excess sebum, so skin can then absorb and benefit from the ingredients in the products that follow. However, cleansers also play an important role in protecting the skin barrier. If a cleanser is too harsh (beware foaming formulas!) it can make it more susceptible to irritation and dryness. All of which means those formulas you layer on afterwards are more likely to sensitise further rather than rejuvenate. Here’s everything you need to know about cleansing. Often it’s the little things that count for the most change. Brighten up Actives are ingredients that target…

I DON’T WANT TO INTERFERE IN HER LOVE LIFE BUT I’M KEEN TO ASK HER OUT Q I’ve been admiring this woman who started working in my department. I know she’s not married but I’m not sure if she’s dating someone. I don’t want to interfere if she has someone special in her life, but I desperately want to get to know her as I think I’ve fallen in love with her without really knowing her. I never thought there was something like love at first sight, but it seems it does exist. How do I try to find out if she’s dating someone without being too forward or disrespectful towards her? Francois, email A She has probably befriended some of your female co-workers, so you could ask one of…

WE TALK ABOUT SpaceX’S Super Heavy Starship opens the heavens SPACEX launched its titanic Super Heavy Starship on an unmanned test flight this month, then used enormous mechanical arms – dubbed “mechazilla” – to safely catch the massive first-stage booster rocket as it returned to Earth. This is a breakthrough in modern space travel as it allows rockets to be relaunched. Earlier space missions, such as the Apollo moon-landing programme, used disposable rockets which could only be used once. “A big step towards making life multi-planetary was made today,” posted SpaceX boss Elon Musk on X. The Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – referred to as Starship by SpaceX – is designed to carry crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond. The groundbreaking test flight…

FOR years dressing up for red-carpet events was an ordeal she found humiliating and depressing. Even acting, her great passion in life, took it out of her – she was so often exhausted and out of breath she’d battle to get through a scene. But Kathy Bates feels like a whole different woman now. Finding something to wear for the Emmys last month was an emotional experience on a whole different level – instead of dreading finding a gown she wept in sheer astonishment when she tried on dresses at the Giorgio Armani store in Los Angeles. “Everything I came out in just looked exquisite,” Kathy says. The reason the clothes looked so good is because the 76-year-old veteran actress has shed 45kg. It’s taken her seven years but Kathy,…

1 RUSSELL’S MAGIC AMULET Disgraced comedian RUSSELL BRAND has been criticised after promoting a “magic amulet” which is supposed to block the “evil energies” of WiFi signals. Russell (49) posted a video of him wearing the Aires Tech protection device, worth $240 (R4 080), claiming it’s especially handy at airports. “Think of all the phones out there, all of the signals, corruptible and corrupting,” he says. “Luckily, I wear this magical amulet that keeps me safe from all of the various signals out there.” 2 J-HOPE DONE WITH THE ARMY Fans of the K-pop band BTS couldn’t hide their excitement when one of its members, J-HOPE, recently completed his South Korean military service. J-Hope, whose real name is Jung Ho-seok, was met by a horde of cheering fans and his…

Exciting news on the baby front! Former Survivor contestant Zavion Kotze-Brereton and his husband, John Kotze-Brereton couldn’t contain their joy when their second tot, Colton, was born via surrogacy. “Our family is finally whole and we are so beyond lucky,” the couple shared on Instagram. A moment the guys will treasure forever was when big sister Quinn, who’s eight months old, laid eyes on her brother. “She was the first visitor and it was a moment we’ll never forget. She just stared at him and we just know they are going to always have each other. It was amazing,” Zavion tells YOU. Now that baby Colton has come home his parents can’t wait for him to settle into his dinosaur-themed nursery. So what are the couple’s dreams for their family?…