Innholdsfortegnelse for 18 September 2025 i You South Africa

SPECIAL star – just say those two words to any South African over 40 and they’ll instantly start hearing the iconic Mango Groove song in their heads. The catchy hit didn’t just climb the charts, it became woven into the soundtrack of South African life. It was everywhere in the ’90s – from TV adverts to wedding receptions and family gatherings, creating magical moments where kids and grandparents alike would find themselves singing and dancing along. In a country that was anything but united, it brought together people of all ages and backgrounds. Today the song remains as beloved as ever. And so does the woman who brought it to life. There’s no missing Claire Johnston at the Delta Café in Randburg, Johannesburg. She’s seated in the middle of the…

IN THE OVEN WEST AFRICAN ROAST CHICKEN with PEANUTS SERVES 4-6 / PREPARATION: 15 MINS / COOKING: 1 HR ◗ oil as needed◗ 1 large whole chicken◗ salt to taste◗ juice of 1 lemon OR lime◗ 4-6 orange OR regular sweet potatoes, scrubbed clean, sliced SAUCE ◗ 1 onion, chopped ◗ 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped OR 10ml (2t) chopped garlic ◗ 5cm fresh ginger, peeled and chopped ◗ 1-2 chillies, chopped (optional) ◗ oil as needed 5ml (1t) roasted paprika ◗ 5ml (1t) cumin seeds OR 2,5ml (½t) ground cumin ◗ 5ml (1t) coriander seeds OR 2,5ml (½t) ground coriander ◗ a pinch of ground cinnamon ◗ 30ml (2T) tomato paste ◗ 125ml (½c) smooth peanut butter ◗ 375ml (1½c) chicken stock ◗ juice of 1 lime OR ½ lemon ◗…

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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. IF YOU’RE facing retrenchment or are currently in discussions with your employer you’re likely dealing with life-changing financial decisions. Here’s what you need to know about the process and the mistakes you should avoid. 1 HOW IS MY SEVERANCE PAY CALCULATED? You get one week’s remuneration multiplied by the number of completed years of service. It includes your basic salary, regular allowances and regular commissions. To calculate it: take your monthly salary, divide it by 4,33 (this gives you one week’s pay) and multiply that by the number of years you’ve worked. Example: Let’s say you earn R30 000 per month and you’ve worked for 8 years. One…

PLAYING DUMB A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” The barber puts a R50 note in one hand and two R5 coins in the other, calls the boy over and asks, “Which do you want, son?” The boy takes the coins and leaves. “What did I tell you?” said the barber. “That kid never learns!” Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream parlour. “Hey, son! May I ask you a question? Why did you take the coins instead of the R50?” The boy licked his cone and replied: “Because the day I take the R50 the game is…

IT WAS just past midnight when her phone pinged. Lauryn Licari had been lying in bed, hoping for a goodnight text from her boyfriend, Owen McKenny. Instead, the words on her screen made her blood run cold. “Owen is breaking up with you. Kill yourself now b***h. His life would be better if you were dead.” The disturbing message wasn’t the first from the unknown number – there had been many, sometimes 12 a day, each one more vicious than the last. For months the 14-year-old high-school student was bombarded by body-shaming attacks, sexual taunts about her boyfriend and threats that made her hands shake with fear. Someone was clearly watching her every move, knowing what she wore to school, her daily schedule and even her family nickname, Lo, which…

POLO ponies made way for pumping basslines when more than 20 000 music-mad Joburgers invaded Crocodile Creek Polo Club in Lanseria. The venue was transformed from an equestrian paradise into South Africa’s ultimate musical playground for Galaxy 947 Joburg Day. The stellar lineup, featuring Kelvin Momo, Nasty C and DJ Maphorisa, had crowds moving to every beat. Radio queen Anele Mdoda summed it up perfectly: “Galaxy 947 Joburg Day was all that and a bag of chips,” while fellow host Thando “Thabooty” Thabethe served perfect looks in all-black with thigh-high boots. When Joburg does spring, speakers pump.…

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For daily horoscopes go to you.co.za. VIRGO 23 AUG – 22 SEP LOVE AND INDEPENDENCE BECKON You’re still catching the limelight, and perhaps a bit too much so for a naturally self-effacing Virgo. Just before Virgo season comes to an end you have the opportunity to celebrate a second new moon in Virgo this year, on the 21st. Tweak those intentions, especially since love diva Venus moves into your sign on the 19th, bringing with it hope of love and happiness. If a new desire for work independence surfaces, don’t ignore it. YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS 18, 25, 34, 52, 32, 19 LIBRA 23 SEP – 22 OCT With lots of planetary activity in and around your sign this week, you can expect a bumper week of developments. Libra season commences…

ONE SMALL STEP By PAUL SINTON-HEWITT Macmillan Every weekend in cities and towns all over the world people gather to take part in Parkruns. There are currently 226 of these events taking place in South Africa, with new ones being added all the time. In this book, founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt shares his life story, showing how a deeply personal search for connection inspired a global movement. The opening third is about his troubled childhood, which saw him placed in institutionalised care in a children’s home in South Africa. It was a difficult time that left lasting scars. As an adult working as a computer programmer in Johannesburg, he started running with colleagues, which allowed him to satisfy his need for connection. A move to the UK allowed him to build…

HOW YOU TASTE If you look at the tongue’s surface, you’ll see tiny bumps. These are our taste buds or papillae. The taste pores inside the papillae are the actual tasting organs. The substances in the food we eat stimulate these pores. Nerves inside the pores transmit signals to the brain, which are transformed into our perception of taste. That’s how you know what you’re eating. IDENTIFYING FLAVOURS Most taste buds are on the tongue’s surface, but there are also taste buds beneath the tongue and all over the mouth. Different taste buds allow us to taste different flavours – salt, sweet, bitter and sour. Some experts believe there’s a fifth taste: umami. It’s a Japanese word referring to a pleasant, salty flavour. Mushrooms are an example of umami. Though…

ENTERING his office is like stepping into another world – one far removed from the typical academic workspace of filing cabinets, journal-lined shelves and paper-strewn desks. Instead, Professor Louis du Preez’s office in the department of zoology is like a combination of a lush botanical garden and an eerie scientific cave. One wall of his office at the Potchefstroom campus of North-West University boasts a vivarium on which tropical plants such as ferns and orchids grow luxuriantly. There’s the sound of water gently dripping from the vivarium while on the window is a platform for a pair of pigeons to nest. On one wall there are indeed shelves groaning under the weight of rows and rows of books and on another hang five paintings of frogs, not on canvas but…

WHEN it’s bedtime for the kids in this house they don’t cuddle up with fluffy toys. Instead they drift off to sleep curled up with their favourite pets – slithering ball pythons that can grow up to 1,5m long. And no, they’re not guest-starring in a chilling episode of the show Wednesday – they’re just regular kids whose dad is crazy about snakes and keeps 130 of them at home. Siblings Ariana (10) and Maximus (6) Christoforou are completely comfortable handling the slithering creatures, thanks to their dad’s obsession. Socratis Christoforou of South Florida in the US has become something of an internet sensation after videos showing him and his children casually handling snakes went viral. “For us, snakes are part of the family,” Socratis (45) tells YOU. “The children…

WHEN they got together nobody expected it to last. She was the golden girl of tennis, gracing countless magazine covers. He was riding high as Latin music’s golden boy, a certified heartthrob with a string of chart-topping hits to his name. Critics dismissed the romance between Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias as just another celebrity fling destined for a messy breakup. How wrong they were. Fast forward two and a half decades and they’re preparing to welcome their fourth child together. Although they’ve never married, the former tennis star and Spanish singer have turned out to be one of most enduring and private celebrity love stories. Anna (44) and Enrique (50) live a quiet family life in their Miami Beach mansion with their twins Lucy and Nicholas (7) and five-year-old…

50 YEARS IN FASHION ARMANI’S SUCCESSION PLAN THE death of legendary Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani at the age of 91 has sparked intense speculation about the future of his $12,1 billion (R217,8bn) luxury empire. Giorgio, who maintained sole ownership of his company until his passing, had long resisted selling to larger fashion conglomerates, insisting on independence. The Armani empire spans multiple brands, with offerings in clothing, accessories, perfumes, cosmetics and home furnishings. While the company’s future has been the subject of speculation for years Giorgio had already mapped out a secret succession plan. In August he told The Financial Times his successors would include both trusted collaborators and family members. Potential heirs include his sister Rosanna and her children who have played central roles within the company. His niece…

HE’S completely in his element when he’s outdoors in nature – whether it’s casting a fishing line, tracking game through the bush or feeling the wind whip past him on his motorbike. And the highlight of Nicolas Hohls’ year is when he gets to spend two weeks camping with his family. For the past two decades, the 27-year-old has spent every July holiday at the Cape Vidal Campsite in the Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife and iSimangali-so Wetland Park near the coastal town of St Lucia. “They’re some of my fondest memories,” says the avocado farmer from KZN. “At the age of six, my dad taught me and my younger brother to fish there. It’s my favourite place.” So he was looking forward to more good times when he headed to the…

HELP! I’M GETTING COLD FEET AS MY WEDDING LOOMS CLOSER Q Since I was a little girl, I’ve dreamt of marrying the man of my dreams. Fast-forward a couple of decades and I am on the verge of that dream becoming reality. The wedding date is set for a few months from now. My fiancé and I have been together for four years and I love him. He is a wonderful man who will make a good husband. The problem is my growing anxiety. I feel like Julia Roberts’ character in the movie Runaway Bride – I just want to leap on a horse and flee from reality! My family and friends are so excited for me, but when it comes to wedding preparations, I baulk and don’t want to…

MUSIC 1 SO LONG, NICE CARDI CARDI B is not playing nice with her haters on her long-awaited new album. Titled Am I The Drama? she says the title was inspired by “the real-life drama” she’s been experiencing. The 32-year-old’s volatile marriage to rapper Offset imploded last year amid cheating rumours. She filed for divorce while pregnant with their third child, daughter Blossom. Her new record, she says, represents the death of the “old nice Cardi”. “That s**t, like, being the bigger person, that s**t died,” she explained. “The old, nice Cardi letting y’all live, letting y’all breathe, ignoring shade – that s**t is dead. All of that died last year, and that’s why Am I The Drama?. . . I’m gonna give you that . . . The humble…

AS SHE sat in a grocery store parking lot wearing an ill-fitting sports bra and with her hair undone, she caught a glimpse of herself in the rear-view mirror. Instead of feeling self-conscious and trying to look more presentable, something unexpected happened. She laughed. Melani Sanders opened her phone camera and pressed record, pouring out her frustrations about trying to juggle motherhood, marriage and perimenopause – that brutal transitional stage that brings hot flushes, sleepless nights, chin hairs and rage that seemingly comes from nowhere. She posted the raw, unfiltered video without expecting much of a response. And before she knew it, she had more than one million followers on TikTok. The video resonated with women who were also tired of wearing uncomfortable bras, people-pleasing and staying up late to…

WE’VE had our fair share of celebrity courtroom showdowns over the past few years, but few have been as entertaining as Cardi B’s bizarre legal battle. Cardi (32) found herself in court after a security guard at her obstetrician’s office accused her of assault. Emani Ellis claimed Cardi scratched her with her long nails and then spat on her. Emani sued the musician for $23 million (R414 million) for false imprisonment, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. She also claimed she required plastic surgery and lost her job at the practice. But, according to Cardi, besides getting into a screaming match peppered with profanities, she never physically touched or spat at Emani. In her legal filings, Cardi claims she confronted Emani after she spotted the guard recording…

IT WAS a golden Saturday evening when comedian and radio host ANGEL CAMPEY was enjoying a private sunset wine tasting with her boyfriend, ANDREW CRAWFORD, at the picturesque La Petite Ferme hotel in Franschhoek – then, out of the blue, he popped the question! “I didn’t know he’d been in touch with the restaurant behind my back. They’d orchestrated this lovely eve-ning, and it was only when I saw the ring that I realised he was proposing,” the 42-year-old tells YOU. “You imagine this moment your whole life, but it was so much more joyful and perfect. Lots of ugly crying, happy laughing on family phone calls, and hugging the hotel staff who helped make it happen.” The couple then celebrated with a fancy dinner at La Motte wine estate.…