Innholdsfortegnelse for 28 November 2024 i You South Africa

STORIES about scams are everywhere – tales of unsuspecting people clicking on links, giving personal details to callers they’re so sure are genuine, falling for social media giveaways that seem amazing but turn out to be too good to be true. It’s easy to read the stories and think “I’d never fall for that”. But some of the smartest people I know have been duped because the people out there preying on us can be really smart themselves. Shashi Naidoo’s recent incident gave me pause for thought – she was mugged and her phone stolen and in no time her bank accounts had been cleared of hundreds of thousands of rands. I thought about how often I’d looked at my phone when I was out on the street. I thought…

IT WAS a gesture that spoke volumes. When Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, placed a reassuring hand on Kate’s back during their appearance at the recent Remembrance Sunday service in London it signified one thing – her unwavering support for the Princess of Wales. The gesture unfolded after Kate hinted to her husband’s aunt she was feeling overwhelmed. “You’re never quite ready for this . . .” she told her. The service, which honours fallen soldiers from the UK and Commonwealth, was the princess’ first major public appearance since announcing she was cancer-free in September. She knew the world’s eyes would be on her but palace insiders say she was grateful for Sophie’s presence and found it comforting. It was just the two of them this year on the balcony of…

HE’S been at the heart of many pivotal moments – officiating at Harry and Meghan’s wedding, delivering a moving speech at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, crowning King Charles in the first coronation in seven decades. He also led many a church service attended by the royal family and gathered on the steps of St Mary Magdalene in Sandringham with members of the House of Windsor at Christmas. The queen sought his counsel, the king had his ear. But Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will leave the highest post in the Anglican Church under a cloud, his legacy forever tainted by scandal and disgrace. He had wanted to be the longest-serving archbishop in history, aiming to stay in the role until he turned 70 – the Church of England’s mandatory…

SHE’S been a voice for the voiceless and a beacon of hope for the most vulnerable for years – and the fact that her own health is in serious crisis is no obstacle. Breathing is something Amanda Coetzee hasn’t taken for granted for years: a debilitating lung disease has made her rethink every aspect of her life and she often has to take a mobile oxygen cylinder with her when she goes out to perform her life-changing work. But for the 52-year-old from Boksburg in Gauteng, no obstacle is too great. The children need her and she’s going to be there for them no matter what. Amanda is the founder of Kuselo Child and Youth Care Services, an NGO that provides safe places and aid for children who’ve been abused…

YOU probably know that vitamin D is the “sunshine vitamin”. And you might think that thanks to our sunny climate we don’t need to worry about not getting enough of it. But you’d be wrong. The number of people with vitamin D deficiency is on the rise globally, even in sunny SA. It’s hardly surprising that in the UK a staggering 80% of people have reduced vitamin D levels. But vitamin D deficiency is a common – and growing – issue in South Africa too. Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health on the status of vitamin D levels in SA show that 62,9% of black South Africans and 35,7% of coloured South Africans experience vitamin D deficiency. The figure for Indian South Africans was…

MEGAN’S RAINBOW BABY “They have gone through a lot together but feel a positive renewed energy and are in a good place right now”– AN INSIDER NOTHING is ever really lost. Welcome back.” With this bittersweet message MEGAN FOX announced to the world that she and her rapper fiancé, MACHINE GUN KELLY, are expecting their first child together. The happy news comes a year after Megan (38) revealed she had suffered a devastating miscarriage. The Transformers actress posted the message on Instagram with photos of her cradling her naked belly covered in black paint and one showing a positive pregnancy test. This will be her fourth child – she has three sons, Noah (12), Bodhi (10) and Journey (8), with ex-husband Brian Austin Green (51). MGK (34), whose real name…

Laughing with legends, mingling with icons and toasting the good life – in Mzansi we don’t just do dinner, we do unforgettable. In a celebration that paid homage to Mzansi culture, actors Nomzamo Mbatha and Thapelo Mokoena hosted a dinner party with a twist in Sandton. Under the tagline Let’s Do Dinner, presented by Stella Artois, the event took place at the swanky 92 Rivonia venue. The night brought together some of South Africa’s most fascinating figures from various industries, creating an atmosphere of camaraderie and celebration. Notable personalities included comedian brothers Donovan and Jason Goliath, YouTuber Lasizwe and artist Nadia Nakai. The theme, “If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?”, set the stage for a magical night featuring performances by the talented Ami Faku and…

HIS reputation as a medical pioneer and a miracle worker – a magician even – has preceded him for decades. Patients from across South Africa and around the world would consult Dr Elliot Shevel at The Headache Clinic in Joburg about their migraines and chronic headaches and were nearly unanimous that his treatment dramatically improved their quality of life. When the topic of headaches or migraines came up on TV and radio, in newspapers, magazines and on podcasts, Shevel was the expert everyone called on. But earlier this year the acclaimed maxilla-facial and oral surgeon started making headlines for all the wrong reasons. It emerged two of his patients had died, one in 2021 and the second in June this year. A third is in a vegetative state after undergoing…

>SPIRAL Keyword clue: ANTAGONISTIC 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 Sports group2 Velvety growth3 Only4 Apiece5 Guard’s warning6 Ballet skirt7 US state8 Plucked music instrument9 Waterhole10 Business transaction11 Bedside item12 Electric socket13 Beneficial14 Beloved15 Racing pigeon identifier16 Core meaning >SUDOKU These number puzzles are quite simple. Place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that the same number appears only once in each row, each column and each 3x3 box. MEDIUM >CRYPTO QUOTE…

STEP BY STEP 1 Crush one bottle and cut it in half with the scissors. Cut the bottom part shorter. This will become your propeller. Cut holes between the middle of each bump and dip at the bottom of the bottle. Also make two small holes at the bottom as shown in the illustration. 2 Using the scissors, make a hole in the centre of the same bottle’s cap that is big enough for the paperclip to go through. Use pliers to straighten one part of the paperclip, then thread it through the bottle cap and then through the centre hole of the propeller. The cap should be upside down. Then bend the clip through the second hole to form a hook. The blades of your propeller will point toward…

AS THE saying goes, a girl’s Gouda do what a girl’s Gouda do – and if that sounds cheesy well, good. It’s supposed to. Sarah Kaufmann is the Picasso of provolone, the Gauguin of Gruyère, the Chagall of cheddar – a professional cheese artist who carves her creations from slabs of the stuff the rest of us slice for sandwiches or sprinkle over pasta. “It wasn’t my dream to be a cheese sculptor,” Sarah (71) says. “Cheese found me.” The Cheese Lady, as she’s known, lives in California and is a long-time holder of the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest cheese sculpture: a massive 1 415kg masterpiece made from a single block of cheddar depicting an alligator in a chef ’s hat frying a turkey. The sculpture –…

HE’S not yet 30 but he’s already considered one of the finest fast bowlers South Africa has ever had. Kagiso Rabada recently joined an elite group of players by taking his 300th Test wicket, joining the likes of SA legends Dale Steyn and Allan Donald. And he reached this milestone in just 65 Tests – Donald took 63 and Steyn 61 – to stamp his name in the history books. KG, as he’s affectionately called, smashed the record in a recent match against Bangladesh but was nonchalant about his achievement. “I was more focused on how we were going to win this Test, having lost the toss and bowling first,” he said. “I didn’t know about the record but I guess it motivates me to do even better.” At the…

SUPERCHARGED hurricanes, apocalyptic wildfires, catastrophic drought, unseasonal snowstorms, hellish heat . . . Another year, another horror show. Despite repeated warnings from climate experts that the world is teetering on the edge of disaster, the nightmare continues. And it’s just getting worse. Delegates at this year’s United Nations’ climate summit, COP29, held recently in Baku, Azerbaijan, heard how things are worse than ever. Scientists say evidence shows global warming and its impact are unfolding faster than expected. The world may already have hit 1,5 degrees Celsius of warming above the average pre-industrial temperature, the UN News site reports. This marks a critical threshold beyond which there’ll be irreversible climate change. Ocean warming is fuelling bigger and bigger storms. Global warming is drying waterways and sucking moisture from forests. Coral bleaching,…

JIM HALPERT was the ideal office husband – tall, good-looking and so full of flirty fun we all wanted to be Pam (played by Jenna Fischer) and hang around the reception desk with him as he tormented Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and took the mickey out of Michael (Steve Carell). But boy oh boy, is there ever more to John Krasinski than Jim from The Office. The 45-year-old has become a ripped and rugged action man, a superhero, a director, a writer – and now the sexiest man alive. He recently received the crown from People magazine, joining the lickable likes of Patrick “McDreamy” Dempsey, Michael B Jordan and Idris Elba on the sizzle list. John was rather stunned when he found out he’d won the title. “I had an instant…

ON OUR RADAR 1 DUNE: PROPHECY Dune: Prophecy is a lavish six-part miniseries set 10 millennia before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s recent Dune movies. “It takes place in 10 000 BC, before [Timothée] Chalamet,” joked Dune: Prophecy star Emily Watson, who plays Mother Superior Valya Harkonnen, the leader of the Bene Gesserit. The series explores the origins of the Bene Gesserit, an all-female religious order with near-supernatural powers orchestrating a centuries-long plan to cultivate enough power to unite the Houses of the Imperium and produce a superhuman being who’ll save humanity. It opens with a brief Terminator-style flashback to the Butlerian Jihad, mankind’s war against computers and artificial intelligence which nearly wipes humanity from existence. “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind,” is…

Colour in Find the five M’s Can you spot the letter M (for Munchkin) in the field of flowers? Unscramble the letters All the words are related to the movie Wicked. Can you guess them all? Word search The words in the list appear in the grid – horizontally, vertically or diagonally, backwards or forwards. GlindaEmerald CityShizGrimmerieWizardMunchkinBroomstickSpellsWandElphaba Emerald City maze Help Glinda and Elphaba find their way to the city in the Land of Oz. CATCH WICKED IN CINEMAS FROM 22 NOVEMBER WIN! Two lucky readers stand a chance to each win a Wicked hamper to the value of R950. To enter, answer the question below, SMS your name, city or town and the answer to 33150* by Thursday 5 December. Question: Who plays Glinda in Wicked? *TERMS AND CONDITIONS…

HE’S appeared on stage many times since his father made it to the forefront of global politics, standing impassively as his dad pumped his fist, shouted his words and vowed to make America great again. Towering over his family, Barron Trump was unsmiling, silent, a little awkward, looking like he’d rather be anywhere else but on that stage when it was confirmed his father would be president once again. Yet the 18-year-old son of America’s president-elect has emerged as one of the unlikely weapons in Donald Trump’s arsenal, becoming an online sensation – and even one of America’s most eligible bachelors. It was Barron who encouraged his dad to appear on a number of popular podcasts during his campaign, telling his father young people weren’t watching news channels to keep…

SHE’S dazzled audiences with her range of roles, playing everything from a grieving woman ensnared in a sinister cult to a fierce assassin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). And now she’s proving she can tug at the heartstrings in a big way too. Florence Pugh’s role in We Live in Time, a sweeping story about love, loss and the passage of time, has had audiences reaching for the tissues and critics singing her praises. Florence plays Almut Brühl, a competitive figure skater-turned-chef whose life takes a dramatic turn when she literally bumps into Tobias Durand, a divorced salesman played by Andrew Garfield. The movie explores their relationship over a decade, from the heady early days of their love to Almut’s cancer journey and the joy they experience when they…