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CONTENTS June 2019
ESTATE NEWS COMPETITION Upcoming Events in Silver Lakes 5 Restaurant Competition 27 News from the CEO 8 From the Country Club 15 TODAY’S CHILD Winter Donation: Silver Lakes Gives Back 16 In Hil’s Head 34 Get to Know the Staff 19 Psychology: Children, Parents & Divorce 36 Environmental Matters 20 HEALTH & WELLNESS LIFESTYLE Intuitive Eating 31 Gardening 25 Assessing your Weight & Health Risk 38 Top 10 Travel Deals 28 Run your First (or Fastest) 5-K 39 Décor: Nostalgically Now 41 James Clarke’s Back Page Humour 48 CLASSIFIEDS 44
SILVER LAKES CONTRIBUTORS Ilse Ruane EIA PUBLISHING OFFICE Tel: 011 327 4062 - www.eiapublishing.co.za 27 Muirfield Boulevard, Silver Lakes HOA Elize Malan PUBLISHER Nico Maritz - [email protected] Silver Lakes, 0081 Silver Lakes Directors Hilary Green EDITOR Debbie Walton - 082 928 1689 - [email protected] PO Box 11106 Henk Booysen Madeleine De Wet GRAPHIC DESIGNER Christo van Eeden - [email protected] Silver Lakes 0054 Sid Pretorius Brendon van Nieuwenhuizen SALES MANAGER Martin Fourie - 072 835 8405 - [email protected] Tel: +27 12 809 0142 Corlia Mathews Audrey Bekker ADVERTISING SALES Gerdie Murphy - 082 556 9863 - [email protected] Fax: +27 12 809 1119 Nienke Moolman Adva Beeri-Eldar PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR & ASSISTANT EDITOR Nicole Hermanson - [email protected] LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
turned the big 4-oh a few weeks ago and the amount of times Except I forget to put them back in my car boot when I’m finished I’ve been called old since then is rather alarming. I don’t look old. with them. II certainly don’t feel old… But I have to admit, that sometimes I question my brain’s youth. I am forgetful… very forgetful. Truth be So maybe there is something about turning 40 and getting “older”. told, if my head wasn’t screwed on my body, I would definitely leave I think growing older allows us the “headspace” to admit our that everywhere I go. shortcomings and to be ok with them, as well as to focus our time and energy on things that we are good at and make us truly happy. Back to my turning 40. I was lucky enough to receive a lot of gift vouchers from Takealot and because I am an eco-warrior and pride I have therefore decided that from now on I am going to do my myself in living a “green” life, I immediately bought Trolley Bags grocery shopping online! This way I won’t beat myself up about online so that I don’t have to use plastic bags anymore! These are forgetting yet another thing on my list (ie. Reusable shopping bags) an incredible discovery. There four large canvas bags in different and no longer feeling guilty for perpetuating the use of plastic bags colours in a pack and fit snuggly onto your trolley so that you can in the shops – Woolies delivers groceries in cardboard boxes… You put your groceries directly into the bags, pay for them and then put are welcome! them back into the bags to take home – therefore avoiding having to buy plastic bags or reusable bags at the check out counter. Such an Best, excellent buy all round! Great for the environment, easy to organise and unpack my groceries when I’m home. Debbie
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e would like to share the us to host the tennis championship for rescanned and your photo taken. The re- following important points with Silver Lakes on three tennis courts that will enrollment will be done from your home Wour residents. There are a number be in immaculate condition. while you will only be required to have of really important matters and you are your fingerprints rescanned and photo requested to ensure that your whole The Chapel at the Clubhouse is being taken at the temporary enrolment station. family is fully aware of this information. upgraded and will include a new wooden deck. This should be completed on time The temporary enrolment station will TUMS PRE-PAID ELECTRICAL METERS for the Youth Day celebration and our be established at the Clubhouse for We have a group of members that are members will now have an even better this purpose, and will be operational as making use of TUMS pre-paid meters. facility for private functions. Please follows: We sent a special communiqué on 3 May remember to contact Bobby Westman at • 3 June – 7 June from 6h00 until 20h00 2019 explaining that the City of Tshwane the Clubhouse to book the Chapel for any (Monday – Friday) has informed us that technicians will be private function. • 8 June – 9 June from 8h00 until 17h00 replacing the TUMS smart meters with (Saturday & Sunday) City of Tshwane prepaid meters. The The upgrade of both guardhouses was • 10 June – 14 June from 6h00 until 20h00 replacement follows the favourable ruling completed while work is in progress with (Monday – Friday) of the North Gauteng High Court, dated the replacement of the booms, installation • 15 June – 16 June from 8h00 until 17h00 23 October 2018. The notification letter as of spikes and the new Morpho Wave (Saturday & Sunday) well as frequently asked questions were access control system. The system will be • 17 June from 8h00 – 17h00 (Monday shared in the communiqué noted. fully installed by the end of May. during Youth Day celebration)
The City of Tshwane confirmed that the ACCESS CONTROL RE-ENROLLMENT Please make sure that you take along process is going according to plan with To facilitate the upgrade process, it is your identity document / identity card / the replacement of almost 8,600 meters. required that each resident re-enrolls on passport. Tenants must also bring along There are some challenges with the the new system database by clicking on their lease agreements to enable the HOA contractor facilitating the process and the link that you will receive via SMS and to identify the expiry date of the lease design problems with infrastructure in e-mail. You will also receive a personalised agreement and process access accordingly most gated communities. The challenges password that will enable you to open the for the period only. with the contractor at Silver Lakes was link. Please ensure that you have all the addressed with the City of Tshwane. personal information of each member of The enrolment will continue at the HOA Our members will from 1 July 2019 no your household available before you open Management Centre from 18 June during longer be able to purchase any pre-paid the link. If you operate a business from normal working hours. Provision will be electricity from TUMS. If you need more your home, you would also be required to made at the Clubhouse for enrolment over information than what was shared in the have all the staff’s personal details at hand weekends from 22 June and the detail communiqué of 3 May 2019, you may when you register. shared with our residents. contact Mr Mynhard Ferreira from the City of Tshwane at 060 997 3375 or send an Once you have opened the link, please Residents who have not re-enrolled will email to [email protected] follow the prompts. When you are done still be able to make use of the slower, click on submit. The information you have biometric system currently in use. Those PROJECTS submitted will be stored automatically who have re-enrolled and had their The two “old” tennis courts are being onto the new access control database. fingerprints redone along with their upgraded with the fencing and the surface Once you have re-enrolled online, you photograph, will be able to use the must being addressed. This should soon enable will be required to have your fingerprints faster Morpho Wave access system. The
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old system will still be used until 31 July EXCISED PROPERTIES the busy program of most residents. The 2019, when it will be terminated, removed When the Association purchased the Race of Faith will be held on 1 June and at the gates with only the new Morpho golf course in 2010, certain properties we thank our members for their patience Wave access system being used. were excised and not included in the sale on this morning with more than 2,000 agreement. Notice of the excised sections runners and walkers expected to do the We thank our residents for their patience was circulated to Members on 16 July 2015 5km, 10km or 15km race. during the construction period and look and again on 19 January 2018. forward to having a far more secure and GENERAL MAINTENANCE user-friendly system being introduced. We have had a number of queries about It is suggested that members use the the excised properties. This has also been next four months to do any catch-up SPEEDING ON THE ESTATE AND OTHER put on our website and we wish to share with painting while the weather is ideal. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS the listed properties and map, indicating It is quite noticeable that a number of Our members have previously been the positioning of the properties. members have started with painting and advised that the Supreme Court of Appeal we thank them in advance for helping to ruled in favour of Mount Edgecombe PUMP STATION AT SIX FOUNTAIN ESTATE uphold the standards on the estate. during the judgement in MECCEMA 2 Our members will be aware of the / NIEMESH SINGH & OTHERS – ROAD frustration we have had with the sewerage We are experiencing some challenges with RULES MATTER. A special communiqué spills from the municipal pump station members who have trees along the electric was circulated to our members with more located in Six Fountains Residential Estate. fence of the estate. We have a contractor information and it was also noted in the Following a recent meeting with three that does preventative maintenance on previous edition of the Intra Muros. members of the Mayoral Committee the trees by trimming it from the outside and a whole delegation of City of of the estate. Access into properties is The judgement represents a victory for Tshwane representatives, it was agreed sometimes difficult or not possible and our the right of homeowners associations to to implement interim measures with residents are requested to take pro-active regulate the conduct of members through special funding being made available to action and do proper trimming of their a system of rules and reaffirms that the pro-actively address the reasons for the trees to avoid false alarms. relationship between a homeowners spills. The process is being monitored by association and its members is founded in Silver Lakes HOA to ensure that the City of Should you have any queries about any contract. That having been said, we must Tshwane complies with their undertakings. matter on the estate, please feel free to still ensure that their particular rules are contact Maxine Martinho, our Member lawful and satisfactorily regulate conduct The EColi was treated and contractors Ambassador at the HOA, who will assist including, but not limited to, conduct on appointed to do special bacterial you with your query or put you in touch our internal road networks. treatment in our dams. Special water tests with the correct person. Alternatively, you were done and will be redone to ensure are welcome to join us at the ‘Meet the The vision of the Board is “To maintain that our water returns to an acceptable Management’ session at the Clubhouse and enhance Silver Lakes as a world- state. Members are in the meantime – these dates will be shared with our class secure, safe, environmentally aware asked to be careful with what could be members. and good-neighbourly residential estate contaminated water during the treatment for the benefit of residents”. This is only process. possible if we have respect for our fellow residents, which includes the way we COUNTRY CLUB drive. We are not going to start jumping We are excited about what is happening from behind a bush and issue penalties at the Country Club. Our golfers are to residents for speeding or skipping stop doing well in the league championships, signs, but it will be done on a random our Bird Club was relaunched, the newly basis, depending on what we experience established Photography Club will have on the estate. A penalty has already their second meeting in June, preparation been issued to a driver this month for is in full swing for Youth Day and we overtaking another resident at a stop had our first Father and Son camping sign and not even considering to stop. experience on the driving range. Good We really require the co-operation of our news is that this will be an annual event Kind regards members and thank the report-backs we going forward. The squash championships Henk Booysen have received with footage, which helps will start in June and will take place over CEO: Silver Lakes Homeowners Association us in the process. a period of two months to accommodate
IMPORTANT CONTACT NUMBERS
HOA OFFICE EMERGENCY NUMBERS Smart Meter Call Centre CLUBHOUSE 012 943 9950 Office hours: Security Control Room (24 hours) [email protected] Clubhouse 012 809 0281 Monday to Friday 012 809 0424/5 08:00 until 16:30 Boschkop Police 012 802 1087/4 SECURITY Café 41 012 809 1571 012 809 0142 Netcare 911 082 911 [email protected] Security Control Room (24 hours) Takeaways Fire Brigade 10111 012 809 0424/5 012 809 0431 / 012 809 1484 WhatsApp Number Power Failure 012 339 9111 081 848 2787 Bidvest Protea Coin Security City of Tshwane Call Centre From 18:00 to 06:00, weekdays GOLF Security access office: 012 358 9999 24 hours Sat, Sun and public holidays Hours as above 072 615 5862 Pro Shop 012 809 0430 Including first Saturday of every Water leaks: [email protected] month from 08:00 until 11:00 Street lights: [email protected]
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FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB Good day to all members July. The bunkers that are open for play are being enjoyed by our golfers as it is and homeowners creating an overall new challenge for their skill and abilities. oting day was a very busy day at the Clubhouse as we presented our triple- We still see many residents/non-golfers Vup-meat day competition so there crossing the golf course during playing were many activities at the Clubhouse. It’s hours and we would like to reiterate that always great for us to see our residents visiting this is extremely dangerous. When hitting their facility. a golf ball, not all golfers have control over their balls. This means that these balls can As mentioned in last months’ magazine about go in any direction. Please be careful near the changing seasons, we can now see the the course. colour change on the golf course. We request that residents using golf carts after golfing We hosted our first par 3 challenge, hours please avoid all compacted areas. We available for any golfer, and we would like are also busy with, as mentioned, tree pruning to invite the residents to join in the fun, as and planting of new trees on holes 1 and 2. this competition is not only open to golf We are still experiencing problems with members but to non-golfers as well. the removal of the yellow driving range We have completed the front 9 bunkers and golf balls. Please note that these balls the maintenance team is hard at work trying Just a reminder of our golfing hours (6h15 are the property of the Silver Lakes to finish the bunker project by the end of to end of official play). Homeowners Association and may under no circumstance be taken off the premises. It is strictly prohibited to play a round of golf with driving range balls. EXCITING TENNIS TALENT IN SILVER LAKES GOLF ESTATE by Coach Charles Mehlape
here is some really exciting, up- Academy in Florida. Another senior is and-coming young tennis talent in Christiaan Worst who is now studying at TSilver Lakes. Several juniors have Vanderbilt University, in Tennessee, on a been making a mark on the National tennis scholarship. Christiaan has been and International stages, participating one of the South African top juniors and in several tournaments. All these juniors has represented the country several have been following in the footsteps times in different age groups. He is being of Zoe and Isabella Kruger, two sisters coached by his uncle, a well-known Happy golfing with enormous tennis talent and who doubles specialist Danie Visser who are well-known around the world and himself has collected different accolades Brendon van are previous residents of Silver Lakes. in his playing career including grand Nieuwenhuizen They are both now training at the IMG slams. Golf Manager
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WINTER DONATION
t is easy to see why June is many people's favourite month. The early mornings Iare crisp and ideal for an early walk in our beautiful Estate, to see your breath chuffing or to hit the snooze button and cuddle up under a blanket. You can also be forgiven for enjoying some comfort foods such as soups, slow roasts and warm desserts in front of the fireplace. It is an opportune time to think of those less fortunate than us and we would like to thank everyone who opened their hearts and contributed to making the winter days warmer and happier for many people as part of our Winter Donation drive.
The donations, clothing and blankets were handed over to The Lighthouse Elandspoort NPC in Pretoria. These people do an amazing job and really make a big difference in so many people’s lives.
Their goal is to uplift and change the community for the better in the long term. If you would like to get involved with the The Lighthouse Elandspoort NPC you can contact Belinda on 072 252 0742 or [email protected]
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We are certainly proud of our residents for their generosity and we will be having similar campaigns in the future.
Everyone is also reminded of our student and winter golf specials and remember to visit our new website if you have not done so already.
Warm regards, Nienke Moolman Marketing Manager
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Describe yourself in three words. What are your future plans or something Kind, courageous and determined. exciting that you would still like to do? At the current moment I just plan on Are you married? Any children? furthering my golfing career with regards I am not married yet. to playing and the PGA.
What are your hobbies or interests? If you could change one thing in the My hobbies and interests of course include world to make it better, what would it golf. In my spare time I make music which be? Get to know: I thoroughly enjoy. I am also quite an avid There should be better treatment of fisherman and hunting is always a go-to animals and there should be more Brandon Walls for myself! openness towards ideas that conflict our What is your current position? Can you own. give us a brief overview of what it is you What do you enjoy most about your job do in your work? at Silver Lakes? What is your motto in life? My current position at Silver Lakes is Pro I love the fact that I am given a great “Don’t forget you’re human. It’s okay to Shop assistant. I assist in maintaining sales opportunity to grow within the golfing have a meltdown. Just don’t unpack and in the Shop with regards to green fees industry, but the aspect which I enjoy the live there. Cry it out. Then refocus on as well as selling stock such as clothing, most above all is that I am able to form new where you’re headed” equipment etc. Other than the aspects of bonds and great working relationships the Shop, I ensure that the driving range with all the members of our great Club is always neat and up to the standard which also includes all of my colleagues. that Silver Lakes is known for. I maintain
What’s your current position? Can you Did you have any key mentors or people give us a brief overview of what it is you who influenced who you are or what you do in your work? believe in, in your work and life? Tell us I am a general worker. I do a lot of about them. maintenance, including paving and My parents, especially my father, taught painting of road marks. me how to work with my hands. My wife gives me great advice and Mr Ollewagen, Describe yourself in three words. my previous supervisor taught me a lot at Honest, hardworking and trustworthy. work.
Are you married? Any children? What are your future plans or something Yes, traditional marriage and I have three exciting that you would still like to do? children and one grandson. I just want to see my children go to school and do something great with their lives. What are your hobbies or interests? I like watching soccer, boxing and netball. If you could change one thing in the world to make it better, what would it What do you enjoy most about your job be? at Silver Lakes? I would like to stop crime and violence and Completing a job in time is very rewarding hatred amongst people. I would like the for me. world to be a peaceful place.
Where did you grow up? What is your motto in life? In Zimbabwe, Mberengwa. Forward forever, backwards never! Get to know: Sinos Hove
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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
would like apologise to all the homeowners for missing the deadline Ifor articles in Intra Muros last month. We were on holiday and I did not prepare well! I did not take new photos before we left as I usually do and when I started writing I realised I could not write from old photos – the deadline was before we were back on the Estate and therefore no environmental article. But this month I am catching up and will put everything in this one article!
A very sad, but super important note to start on is the MISSING IMPALA. We have experienced previous disappearances where a few years back the son of one of the residents shot some buck with a hunting bow – he was criminally prosecuted. So when a buck was reported missing I couldn’t believe it! Cameras were put up at
game reserve. Our Environmental Team did a fantastic job cutting open the hiking trails. Please go and enjoy them. You will enjoy our nearly 150 head of game which includes springbuck, impala, blesbuck, nyala, kudu, bushbuck, reedbuck, waterbuck, steenbuck, grey duiker, and our three sable antelope. Below are some photos of these magnificent animals!
Hiking trail marker
the feeding areas and we all scoured the Otherwise, on the Estate, things are in the area – and realised that the group of seven winter season maintenance phase and we male impalas disappeared. One male is are cutting reeds where necessary, outside still left we believe. If ANYBODY has any the breeding season of the birds and fish information or suspicions regarding the so that the activity does not disturb them. disappearances – please contact Henk Booysen our CEO (Cell: 079 954 2743). If It is really awesome walking on the golf you want to stay anonymous, it is also okay course and in the game reserve; it’s about – we will investigate any and every bit of a 15km walk if one stays on the golf paths information we receive. and the newly opened hiking trails of the
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We realised that some off the impalas were gone after the game count of March 2019 while exchanging game in April with another game reserve to mix bloodlines a bit! We hope these new animals help keep our bloodlines sorted so our animals remain healthy!
We please ask ALL vehicles (including bicycles) to stay off the trails and out of the main body (veld – including the fire breaks and feeding roads) of the game reserve to prevent frightening or even killing animals that are hiding in the grasslands and undergrowth. If you are going fast on your bicycle, would you have seen these little ones lying down?
On the golf course and in the game reserve you would have noticed some new babies – the guinea fowl have their little ones tagging along!
You would also have heard or sometimes few (about 10) floating islands to add to seen a bit of Cape Town on the island of the one surviving one from about four the 14th. The migrating seagulls that come years ago; this will help with keeping the to rest here! It is such a surprise to hear the water environment healthy and clean noisy squawk one associates with seaside for our indigenous water plants to grow holidays here in the middle of our Estate and to overcome the infestation of the – right on Mother’s Day, it felt like I was weed grasses that we are currently (the back in my hometown of Kommetjie in past nearly three years!) experience. We Cape Town! Just walking along the routes are also repeating the water tests we I mentioned above one will see so many did a few months ago to test the water different birds; it is a must to all bird lovers after the spillages to determine what the to join our Bird Club. Please keep your eyes immediate effect of the water treating is. open for the notices going out. Also, go and have a look at our new website where Walking on the golf pathways you will see we posted images of most of the known the teams busy with tree pruning and fixing bird and animal species in the Estate. the green-side bunkers. With all this winter work going on, we’re sure to see the results Talking of the seagulls at the dam on the in summer! If you are a golfer and have 14th, we are still busy with treating the been following Brendon’s newsletters, dams for E.coli from the spillages earlier you would know about the remodelling this year. We are also implementing a of the bunkers. The drainage was shot
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and after rain or even just irrigation, they were filled quickly. Some were extremely deep with near vertical sides, which made proper maintenance nearly impossible. The bunkers were opened up, emptied of the old sand and each set of drainage pipes were serviced and in some cases, completely replaced. Here you can see the new ‘shallower’, better-shaped bunkers with their new sand.
We are also busy with some other projects. As you will see we are at long last putting in the new doors and wooden deck at the Chapel at the Clubhouse. This will help link this beautiful venue with the new children’s play area and park. You can chat and sit and watch your children from the extra wide stairs, or as soon as we have budget, the new furniture we are planning for this area.
You will also have noticed we have re- and, as you will see in the photos below, planted one of the largest palm trees from they provide a beautiful backdrop to our the lawn at the Clubhouse in the place of staff in the black and red uniforms! the dead palm tree. You will remember that we had one of the two feature palm A big thanks must go to everyone in trees right in front of the entrance to the the Estate who beautify their sidewalks! Clubhouse dying from nesting love birds. I believe all your neighbours, really While replanting the ponytail palms from appreciate it a lot! It is definitely one of the the flower bed where the new wooden many ways to beautify the streetscapes of deck will be, we also removed the old our Estate. dead palm tree and planted this one here. It seems to be doing okay! Thanks to all the homeowners who have supported me and our environmental You will also see that once again the teams in our quest to help make this Estate beautiful roses are still flowering in winter a family-friendly, warm and welcoming Estate. Have fun this winter and enjoy preparing for your spring gardens!
Corlia Mathews Environmental Director
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GARDENING: A SILENT KILLER
ven if you are not a serious gardener and not interested in the green world Eoutside your window, you should know about the miniscule beetle that is destroying trees on city pavements, parks and estates. The insect was probably introduced to South Africa via products from South East Asia. The small, insignificant brown beetle Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB), is only the size of a matchstick head (2mm) but can indirectly cause the death of a 20m sized Ficus tree.
Once an area is infested, 30% of trees in that area can die within seven years. Not only exotic trees, but to a large extent indigenous trees are targeted by the beetle, too. As the name suggests it is a borer, but the female beetle is also the carrier of several fungus species. The insect will bore through the bark into the sapwood of the host tree. As the beetle tunnels, a fungus (Fusarium euwallaceae) is deposited and infects the tree. The beetle will lay eggs, larvae will develop and mature. A new generation of beetles will create more tunnels to weaken the tree, or leave and infect another tree. The So why will some trees be attacked, while Do we have beetle-infected trees on the fungus causes general deterioration, die- others of the same species are unaffected? Estate? It would be naïve to think that back of branches and if infection is severe, Not every tree will provide an ideal all the trees on the Estate are healthy. death of the host tree. ecosystem for the beetle to thrive and Infestation signs only become visible at an breed. advanced stage of deterioration and at the Unfortunately, the beetles can remain moment South Africa has no registered alive in the dead tree for an extended Stress caused by different reasons, will products available to combat the pest. period of time until another host is found. result in a tree becoming a reproductive Reproductive host trees are trees where host. This could be drought, overwatering, Information from FABI newsletter: the complete lifecycle of the beetle (and damage to the root zone, excessive available at https://www.fabinet.up.ac. fungus) is harboured. Non-reproductive incorrect pruning, as well as ring-barking a za/pshb host trees will be penetrated and tree at soil level with a brush cutter. inoculated with the fungus, but the beetle will die or leave the tree without laying eggs.
A few of the host trees on which infestations have been confirmed are: Combretum erythrophyllum (River bushwillow) Buddleya saligna (False olive) Ekebergia capensis (Cape Ash) Harpephyllum caffrum (wild plum) Olea europea subsp africana (Wild Olive) Bauhinia galpinii (Pride of De Kaap) Pecan nut, Lemon, Peach and Avocado trees in home gardens.
I am sure that you will recognise the names, as some species are planted as street trees on the Estate and others are growing in your own garden.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS INTUITIVE EATING Adva Beeri-Eldar, Clinical Dietitian
Forget about rules and limitations, things that are "permissible" and "forbidden" to eat and start connecting to yourself: know the principles of intuitive nutrition – that will sort when you finally allow yourself the food those feelings. It may comfort in the short out your head and plate! that you forbade yourself. Eating after the term, distract from the pain, but the food release of a ban ultimately will result in will not solve the problem. Eating from overeating and devastating guilt. emotional hunger will only make you feel n short, intuitive eating means exiting worse in the long run. Ultimately you will the cycle of the periodic diets – for a 4. Challenge the "Food Police" have to cope with the source of emotion as Ilearning process of conscious and guilt- Shout "no" to thoughts in your head that well as with the discomfort of overeating. free eating. There is no calorie count or tell you that you are "good" because you restrictions on certain types of food, but have eaten few calories or "bad" because 8. Respect your body there are a few guidelines – 10 principles, you ate chocolate cake. The "Food Police" Accept your genetics. Just as a person with more precisely, that comprise the monitors the unreasonable rules that the a shoe size of 42 would not expect to be philosophy of the method. diet has created. The police station is deep pushed to a size 38, there is no use (or in your soul, and her speaker screams comfort) in the same expectation about 1. Rejection of diet mentality hopeless, negative sentences, and guilt- the size of the body. If you respect your Let go of diet books and articles in provoking accusations. Thus, erasing the body, you will feel better about who you magazines that offer you false hope food police is a crucial step to return to are. It will be difficult for you to reject a diet of losing weight quickly, easily, and intuitive eating. mentality if you are unrealistically critical permanently. It is also allowed to be angry of your body shape. at the alleged truths that led you to feel as 5. Respect your feeling of satiety if you were a failure whenever a new diet Listen to the body signals that tells you 9. Exercise and feel the difference stopped working and you gained all the that you are no longer hungry. Pause your Forget militant fitness exercises. Just be weight back. If you leave even a spark of meal and ask yourself how does the food more active and feel the difference. Focus hope that a new and better diet is waiting taste and what is your current level of your attention on the activity itself, rather around the corner, it will prevent you satiety? than the calorie burn. If you focus on the from being free to rediscover the intuitive feeling that your activity produces – like eating. 6. Discover the factor of pleasure and more energy, endorphins, etc. you'll want satisfaction to be more active and enjoy the activity. 2. Respect your hunger On our journey to being thin and healthy, If you wake up with the sole goal to lose Take care of your body and provide it we often ignore one of the most basic weight, it won’t usually be a good enough with adequate energy and carbohydrates. gifts of existence – the enjoyment and factor to get you out of bed and start the Otherwise, you may eat too much satisfaction that can be found in an eating exercising. because of Primal Drive. Once you reach experience. When you eat what you an excessive hunger, all of the moderate really want, in an inviting and supportive 10. Respect your health and conscious eating intention becomes environment, the enjoyment you derive Intuitive eating means making food irrelevant. Learning to respect the first will be a powerful force that will help choices that respect your health and biological signal of hunger begins in the you feel happy and satisfied. If you allow preferences and make you feel good. construction process of your trust against yourself to have such an experience, you Remember that you do not need to eat food. will find that it takes a lot less food to a perfect diet to be healthy. You will not decide that you have eaten "enough." suddenly reach a nutrient deficiency or 3. Make peace with food suddenly gain weight from one snack, Declare truce: Stop the fight against food. 7. Respect your emotions without using one meal, or one day of eating. What you Give yourself an unconditional pass to food eat consistently and for a long time is eat. If you tell yourself that you can't or Find ways to comfort, nurture, distract important. what matters is progress and do not need to eat a particular food, it and solve your problems without using not perfection. can lead to feelings of intense deprivation food. Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and that produces uncontrollable cravings, anger are feelings that we all experience For appointments please call 076 606 and often, you will then tear into the food throughout life. Food cannot pacify all 4345 or email [email protected]
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TODAY’S CH LDSilver Lakes
In Hil’s Head
I'm a mom to two amazing kids – a 13-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old son. I've been married to my best friend for 17 years and we all live in a big, old house in the 'burbs with our two cats and two dogs. I work full-time in the insurance industry and when I'm not working, wife'ing or mothering, I'm studying towards a degree in marketing. And in the very few spare moments I have left, I blog, take horse riding lessons, run (slowly) and sleep! Please come hang out with me at www.inhilshead.co.za I'd love to have you visit! THE DAY I DIDN’T BUY A CAR
normally tell you guys stories about insurer. Something told me not to cancel the bow and I drove out of the showroom. how my kids are growing up. Today I am the insurance on my old car immediately. I drove around the corner from the I going to tell you a little story about me, dealership and stopped for breakfast. That my intuition and not buying a new car. I’ve bought a few cars, and for some reason was when I discovered that the passenger I wasn’t as excited as I should have been door wouldn’t open. I immediately took the I spend at least 90 minutes a day in stop- when I arrived at the dealership and met car back to the dealership and they fiddled. start traffic. In the interests of saving my the eager sales woman for the first time. Something was up with the central locking. left leg, I decided it was time to buy an They needed to undo the door panel to automatic. She handed me the file of paperwork to repair it, and that’s when I decided to listen sign, and I silently apologised to Mother to my noisy inner voice. There was no way After doing some research, I clicked on Nature for the number of trees that went that a car with barely 100 kms on the clock a promo ad that popped up in one of into making that tome. While I was signing, should have a problem already! my social media feeds. Google watches super eager sales lady brought her boss everything! About three seconds later, over. Something was up. I asked to see the manager. Yes, I was that a very eager sales woman called me. woman. I told him that the deal was off. After Although the dealership was a distance Apparently, the boss man wasn’t happy a whole load of insisting, boss man agreed, away, she was friendly, and the deal with the state of the car I was trading in, and I drove home in my old car. I was going seemed good. All our dealings were via and decided that then, just as I was signing to be changing gears for a few more days. phone, email and WhatsApp which suited the contracts, was the time to renegotiate me, because it was a busy work week. the deal. I wasn’t having it. The little voice I don’t know whether I made the right grew louder. I was not feeling great about decision, but I do know that something After to’ing and fro’ing around finance the deal. felt off. At first, I tried to ignore my intuition options and trade-in values, I agreed to because I didn’t want to be a troublesome go ahead with the sale. Once I said yes, I “Shut up gut… we’ve come this far. Just do customer, but the minute I found the was amazed by how quickly they had the the deal.” courage to cancel the deal, I felt better. car ready. I was told I could collect it the next day. I went in a manic rush to arrange I stood my ground and he relented. I Learning to listen to ourselves is hard. Maybe insurance, and cancel the insurance on finished signing and the eager sales it’s something that comes with getting older the car I was trading in. A little voice was lady handed me the keys. We took the and wiser, but it’s worth cultivating. Now, nagging while I was on the call to my obligatory photo of me next to the car with back to the car shopping!
34 INTRA MUROS JUNE 2019 Cnr R25 and Nan-Hua Road, Bronkhorstspruit, 1020 Tel: (013) 931 0500 www.godrichtoyota.co..za TODAY'S CHILD
CHILDREN, PARENTS AND DIVORCE Dr Ilse Ruane Psychology
he current divorce rate in South Africa Children subsequently experience many Preschool children 4-6 years: Pre-schoolers ranges between 42%-50%. The main difficulties: are known for their egocentric behaviour Tcauses of divorce include financial • Uncertainty and wild imaginations. These two elements difficulties, infidelity and breakdown in • Changes in routine can make the pre-schooler more sensitive communication. Divorce often presents • Feeling a sense of unfairness and have feelings of guilt surrounding the with additional challenges such as abusive • Dealing with a blended family divorce as well as struggles to differentiate behaviour, financial manipulation, non- • Feeling different to their peers fantasy from reality. Therefore pre- payment of maintenance, dishonouring • Having one parent bad mouth the other schoolers develop frightening fantasies in of promises with regard to contact with parent terms of dreams and nightmares but also children, a controlling ex, using the • Having to continually adapt to two in terms of how their lives are going to turn children as pawns, legal issues, protection different environments out. The trick is dealing with pre-schoolers orders and the presence of a third party. • Feeling like they have to choose is keeping the communication open and between parents (especially in an maintaining routines and stability in the Divorce is comparable in a lot of ways to acrimonious divorce). home. Red flags here include: bereavement, because there are so many • Frightening fantasies/dreams losses: Telling children that their parents are • Regression • loss of life as I know it getting divorced • Sleep disturbances • loss of a marriage • Clinginess and withdrawal • loss of a dream Telling children about the decision to • Changes in eating patterns • loss of a complete family unit divorce is most probably one of the most • loss of identity difficult conversations one will ever have. Early primary school children 6-8 years: Of vital importance is to ensure them Primary school children have started Divorce is loss. The more obvious losses that they will be cared for and loved, no to develop abstract thinking which included the loss of spending time with matter what. It is important to consider allows them the ability to communicate your children every day and the loss of their developmental age and stage openly and discuss outcomes. status as being a married person. But the because a 5-year-old will need a different Therefore important in this age group losses go further too. Assets get divided, type of conversation to a 10 or even 15 is the emphasis on being honest and friends choose sides. Loss of hope for year old. Underneath I discuss the key predictable with regards to behaviour the future and loss of control are also developmental concerns, how and what and verbal communication. They display experienced. It is a time of tremendous to communicate and red flag reactions. an increased emotional independence, fear. however, they need constant reassurance Infants and toddlers 6 months to 3 years: from their parents. Primary school children • How will I manage on my own? Contrary to the thought process of “we tend to have an increased attachment to • Will I be alone forever? divorced when she was still a baby, she their fathers which makes a divorce in this • Will this affect my children? doesn’t remember anything, it didn’t age group particularly tricky if the father is • What will people say about me? affect her” think about the following… deemed the wrongdoer. Where possible • Will people judge me? Significant scientific evidence that both parents need to try to limit the • Will my children prefer the other parent substantiates that our past influences disruption to the father-child relationship. and potentially reject me? our present. Our pattern of attachment Their increased verbal ability can result in is profoundly affected by the kind of some very interesting conversations. Keep Divorce makes everyone childcare we received from birth-3years conversations open, honest and practical because it is a particularly sensitive in nature. Things to remember: feel different, marginalised, period for forming the foundation • They find it difficult to understand that stigmatised, shamed or isolated. of assumptions which we bring to divorce is a permanent change. Make no mistake divorce is horrid. all relationships with other people • Need reassurance of their safety throughout life. At this age, the key because they struggle with separation. The impact on the children is sometimes developmental issue is separation. Infants forgotten by the divorcing parents as and toddlers under 3 years have less Later primary school children 9 – 13 they speed away to their ‘new’ life. For verbal ability but are highly perceptive. years: Older primary school children the children a changed family unit could Being that their receptive ability is higher have a realistic understanding of divorce. mean a lot of things. It may mean the than their verbal ability, we need to use Therefore use direct language with them introduction of new partners, a remarriage words and actions to demonstrate things and communicate with the emphasis and presence of a step parent, or a to them. The red flag reactions for this age on gaining their understanding of the blended family (step and half-siblings). group include: situation. They are capable of more These changes are not things that can be • Crying, clinginess, weight loss sophisticated relationships and are highly entered into lightly. Proper preparation • Separation anxiety talented at masking their true feelings. and care needs to be exercised by all • Change in sleeping patterns They cleverly use language to avoid talking parties concerned before changes are • Acting out behaviour about issues. They are also able to become implemented as children need stability to • Regression emotionally detached from the divorce function. situation in an attempt to not appear
36 INTRA MUROS JUNE 2019 vulnerable. However, this must not be confused with them being ‘ok’ with it. They are merely detaching from a potentially painful experience. They will however give indications elsewhere in their lives that they are struggling. School marks drop, they become involved with the wrong crowd, promiscuous behaviour and artful manipulation may become evident. Heated conversations about benign issues may become prevalent. Things to watch out for: • Anger that leads to acting out • Confusion you are going to say and how you are • Child feels s/he is the one who is • Fights at school going to proceed. Also, proceed with divorced - that when s/he is with dad, s/ • Withdrawal from family the plans and get the legal and practical he ‘is not ‘allowed’ to love or speak about situation sorted out quickly. This limits mom and vice versa. High school adolescents 13-18 years: Some the damage done to the relationships overlap exists between this age group between everyone. Remember that children identify and the previous one as the behavioural 4. Being honest and realistic: Do not strongly with BOTH their parents outcomes might start coming to the fore. pretend life will be the same. It is • The child see themselves as being This age group experiences increased important to prepare children for comprised of ‘bits’ of both parents. independence and often require or insist changes. It is important that children • Therefore an attack on one parent on more information. This is a slippery have an idea of what is going to happen, could be interpreted and experienced slope when the adolescent wants all the even temporarily. Be constant with their as an attack on the child him or herself. details of the divorce. Try not to fall into the routines and avoid any additional major Consequently, the child may be left blame-game trap or providing information changes at this time. feeling confused, angry, anxious and that they do not need to know. We need to insecure. remember this age group is still very much What happens next? Parents need • Children, more often than not, become a child. They become challenging of time collateral damage in the divorce and often play parents off against each to learn to work together and what process. Parents need to actively work other from their own benefit. Despite their is in the best interests of the child is against this. independence, they still need consistency of the foremost. and security. Consistency in terms of rules and security is that the rules may In order to minimise the effects on the still not be broken just because mom and children, wrap things up quickly in terms dad are divorcing. This age groups main of big decisions, house moves, divorce goal is identity formation and therefore settlements etc so that the relationship everything is “How is this going to affect fallout between parents and children is my life?”. Therefore tell them what is going contained in the shortest possible time to change, how it is going to change. Red frame and that healing can start as soon flags include: as possible. • Academic performance, restlessness/ • Marital, Couples & Family day-dreaming, anxiety (increase in Many families struggle more with Therapy perfectionism or alternatively lack of parenting after the divorce • Counselling Children, motivation to try) Divorce means a change in the family Adolescents & Adults • Engaging with the same friends as structure, traditional roles and routine. • “Teen” Challenges before or has there been a change?, Parents struggle to manage this re- • Behavioural & Adjustment is the child withdrawn at break time?, formation of the family, and navigate the Challenges incidents of bullying?, excessively twists and turns that the two parent, two • Stress-Related Challenges aggressive/passive or passive- household life presents. Parents may be • Adjustment to Depression & aggressive? wrapped up in their own emotions that Anxiety • and is the child more tired than usual?, they fail to see how their behaviour effects • Subject & Career Psychometric what is his/her mood like? And does their children. The possibility of ‘spilling Testing he/she have all her homework, is it over’ in front of their children is always completed, signed etc? present and parents need to consciously For an appointment please call try to avoid this landmine. The parenting 083 376 1995 Guidelines to helping Parents in tackling part of relationship endures after divorce www.drilseruanepsychology.co.za this conversation but it changes to co-parenting. Both 1. Timing: Parents should try to be father and mother need to realise that Fees are charged according to emotionally ready. Bitterness and heart- continuity, familiarity and predictability Scale of Benefits break may be present but we need to try are the foundation for secure and healthy not make this already difficult situation emotional development for all children. Be Practice Address: 27 Fish Eagle any worse of the children. aware of the dynamics of: Street, Silver Lakes, Pretoria 2. Parents to work together: Communicate • Forced secrecy – that child is ‘not as a ‘we’ rather than an ‘I’. allowed’ to talk about what is happening Pr. Nr. 0860000114022 3. Making a Plan: Decide together on what at the ‘other’ home. Reg. No.: PS 0080543
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CELEBRATE BIG AND SMALL SUCCESSES THIS MONTH Assessing Your Weight and Health Risk
Assessment of weight and health risk • It may underestimate body fat in older involves using three key measures: persons and others who have lost 1. Body mass index (BMI) muscle. 2. Waist circumference 3. Risk factors for diseases and conditions Waist Circumference associated with obesity Measuring waist circumference helps screen for possible health risks that come Body Mass Index (BMI) with overweight and obesity. If most of BMI is a useful measure of overweight and your fat is around your waist rather than at obesity. It is calculated from your height your hips, you’re at a higher risk for heart and weight. BMI is an estimate of body fat disease and type 2 diabetes. This risk goes and a good gauge of your risk for diseases up with a waist size that is greater than that can occur with more body fat. The 88 cm for women or greater than 102 cm higher your BMI, the higher your risk for for men. To correctly measure your waist, certain diseases such as heart disease, high stand and place a tape measure around blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, gallstones, your middle, just above your hipbones. breathing problems, and certain cancers. Measure your waist just after you breathe For people who are considered obese out. (BMI greater than or equal to 30) or those Use the BMI Calculator or BMI Tables to who are overweight (BMI of 25 to 29.9) estimate your body fat. The BMI score Risk Factors for Health Topics Associated and have two or more risk factors, it is means the following: With Obesity recommended that you lose weight. Along with being overweight or obese, the following conditions will put you at The good news is even a small weight BMI greater risk for heart disease and other loss (between 5 and 10 percent of your conditions: current weight) will help lower your risk of Underweight Below 18.5 developing those diseases. Risk Factors Normal 18.5–24.9 • High blood pressure (hypertension) Talk to us about exercise programs for • High LDL cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) achieving small or higher weight loss • Low HDL cholesterol ("good" programs. Absolut Pilates SA situated Overweight 25.0–29.9 cholesterol) on the ground floor of the golf academy • High triglycerides building. Obesity 30.0 and Above • High blood glucose (sugar) Contact [email protected] or • Family history of premature heart Natasha 0832895464 Although BMI can be used for most men disease and women, it does have some limits: • Physical inactivity BRING THIS ARTICLE FOR A • It may overestimate body fat in athletes • Cigarette smoking and others who have a muscular build. FREE EVALUATION
Classification of Overweight and Obesity by BMI, Waist Circumference, and Associated Disease Risks Disease Risk* Relative to Normal Weight and Waist Circumference
BMI Obesity Men 102 cm (40 in) or less Men > 102 cm (40 in) (kg/m2) Class Women 88 cm (35 in) or less Women > 88 cm (35 in)
Underweight < 18.5 - -
Normal 18.5–24.9 - -
Overweight 25.0–29.9 Increased High
Obesity 30.0–34.9 I High Very High
35.0–39.9 II Very High Very High
Extreme Obesity 40.0 + III Extremely High Extremely High
* Disease risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and CVD. + Increased waist circumference also can be a marker for increased risk, even in persons of normal weight.
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RUN YOUR FIRST (OR FASTEST) 5-K!
A 5-K is a perfect goal for new runners – and it’s a great way to test yourself if you’ve done a few races already.
hen you took your first running steps, crossing a finish line may Whave been the furthest thing from your mind; but now you’re running adding too much musculoskeletal stress, the first kilometre a little faster than their on a regular basis, you might be wondering and Spanish research last year found high- average pace. And in a study comparing whether you’re ready for your first race. intensity intervals improved stride length. performances in which runners were “A 5-K is the perfect target for budding instructed to run the first kilometre at runners to set their sights on,” says coach Running well either goal pace or three to six percent Russell Holman (runfaster-pb.com). “It Warming up – for training and racing – is faster, a fast start tended to result in a doesn’t take months to prepare for, and vital. A study from Manhattan College in better finish time. the distance is manageable enough not to New York found that just five minutes of intimidate.” The challenge could simply be warming up enabled runners to exercise Lightening the load to finish, to run all the way to the line, or to for longer than did launching straight You can make your race debut in any comfy achieve a particular time goal. And it’s not in. Start with a brisk walk, incorporating clothing and a pair of running shoes, but so punishing that it’ll take weeks before some mobility exercises such as heel-and- lightweight garments that fit well are best. you’re ready to toe the line again. toe walking, bringing your knees to your chest, walking lunges and flicking your Flappy clothes will also increase wind It’s also an extremely popular race heels up to your bottom. Then begin to jog resistance and may distract you, or work distance, so when you’re ready, you’ll have at an effortless pace before working up to loose. Commit to a comfy but minimal no problem finding a 5-K event to enter. your desired speed. race-day outfit that’s tried and tested. As Finish, then finish better for that bottle? You don’t need any fluid for Everyone has their own running style, but a 5-K– and certainly not a sports drink. The primary goal for your first 5-K is to there is some common ground when it finish – with a smile on your face. Even comes to good technique: strong posture Six Success Strategies though you may have progressed beyond (think tall, but relaxed), quick and light 1. Start right - Stick to a warm-up you’ve run/walk, there’s no need to rule out feet (a high ‘cadence’ or stride rate) and used in training. walking altogether. A good rule to follow minimal braking between strides. 2. Sound on - A study in the Journal of is to run as much as you can, but walk as Strength and Conditioning Research much as you need. Good running form helps in minimising found that listening to motivational injury risk – but adding some regular music during a 5-K race improved Consistent easy runs of 20 – 30 minutes strength training to your weekly routine performance. build a good base of stamina. But to hone will lower the chances further. Try 3. Find your space - Don’t automatically go 5-K fitness, you’ll need to do two things. variations of lunges, squats, step-ups and to the back of the field. Look at banners First, focus on making one of your weekly dead lifts. denoting estimated finish times and line runs a little bit longer. Increasing by small up in the appropriate area. increments minimises the injury risk Countdown to race day 4. Don’t panic - If it’s crowded over the first associated with ramping up the volume As race day approaches, wind down your kilometre, don’t waste too much energy too aggressively. It’s recommended that training to ensure you wake up feeling trying to battle your way through. you build your ‘long run’ to 8 – 10km. It will raring to go. But don’t stop altogether – a 5. Anticipate discomfort - Chasing a PB is also boost your confidence in covering the couple of short runs will keep you ticking tough, so be prepared to ‘embrace’ pain. race distance. The second thing is to add over. Skip the pre-race pasta-fest: Five If you feel breathless, focus on your a challenge to one of your weekly runs. kilometres isn’t far enough to require exhalations. This could be in the form of faster running carbo-loading the night before. Eating 6. Latch on – to a fellow runner - A study or hill training. Research in the Journal too much may make you wake up feeling from Bath University in the UK found of Strength and Conditioning Research sluggish or full. Just eat your usual evening that when two runners ran in front or found that six weeks of hill training or meal. behind one another, they felt running flat-ground interval training both elicited was easier, even though there was no improvements in ‘time to exhaustion’. On pace difference in their heart rate or finish A sure way to finish well is to get the time. Hills develop leg strength and challenge pace right. But this can be tricky. Even at your cardiovascular system without world-record level, most 5-K runners run Good luck out there!
LIFESTYLE
NOSTALGICALLY NOW: MID-CENTURY MODERN DECOR
he Mid-Century Modern design Complement these with new pieces from What to look out for: movement is generally believed to furniture manufacturers who mimic mid- • Interesting, multi-functional storage Thave spanned from the mid- 1940s to century lines. You can gradually add pieces units combining cupboards and open the early 1970s and influenced everything starting with something you already need. display shelves. from architecture to textiles. Making an appearance shortly after WWII, the style was prompted by a number of factors: newfound optimism and prosperity; availability of new technologies and materials and the migration to urban areas with smaller living spaces. In home décor this translated to bright palettes, simple forms, organic influences, efficiency, flexibility and functionality.
Whilst some may find the style to be anything but ‘modern’ in 2019 it has gained a cult following which continues to influence design trends. Fortunately, the cleanliness and minimalism of mid-century furniture makes it easy to blend with other types of home décor so, whether you want to become a retro slave or simply dabble, here are some tips for bringing the style back to life in your space:
Furniture When shopping this style, the majority of your purchases will most likely be from second- hand and ‘antique’ dealers.
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• Extendable dining tables and roomy update a lamp with a retro print shade or sideboards style a plain couch with cushions made • Tulip tables from 1950s fabrics in geometric patterns. • Drinks cabinets or trolleys Velvet in the right hue will also do the trick. • Record cabinets (preferably with a Plants: The look is not complete without record player and records) indoor plants. Combine contrasting sizes and elevations by hanging them Whilst many mid-century masterpieces in macramé holders, placing them on are made of solid maple, teak, walnut, oak, counters, on the floor or on plant tables beech, cherry or rosewood, don’t overlook or stands. Brass and peg- leg planters add pieces made using veneer, plastics or a nice touch. Try Fiddle Leaf Figs, Snake • Wooden- framed couches or Danish resins. These were not only used to make Plants and Split Leaf Philodendrons. upholstered tight-back couches with cheaper furniture but also for lasting high arms and tapered peg legs. functionality. By incorporating some of these elements, • Armchairs: Egg, Eames, Butterfly, Ball, you’re on your way to achieving a retro Womb or Swan Colour mid-century look. The meaning of ‘retro’ • Low coffee tables and side tables with Mid-century colour trends shifted from is debatable. Some say it refers to ‘a style peg or hairpin legs (brass trim and caps bright colours in the 1950s to earthy from the past’ or ‘outdated’, some say it’s are welcome) colours in the 1960s so you can’t go ‘nostalgic’. One thing’s for sure, this retro • Low, sleek headboards and dressing too wrong. A mid-century palette can is here to stay! tables include red, pink, orange, mustard, gold, chartreuse, bottle green, lime green, olive green, teal, turquoise and/or brown. Due to the resurgence of the trend, local paint manufacturers have released collections where mid-century tones are given modern makeovers. Enquire about these at your hardware store.
Accessories Lighting: Bold lighting is key in taking your home back to this artistic era. Sputnik chandeliers or bubble/saucer lamps Audrey Maidwell is an interior decorator and should dangle from the ceiling, Luxo second hand furniture and décor retailer, lamps should light up side tables and arc owner of Second Chance Furniture & Decor. floor lamps should preside over living rooms. Wall hangings: Sunburst mirrors Tel 083 297 7671 are not only iconic of this era but also E-mail: [email protected] create a light and airy feeling. Add some FaceBook: https://www.facebook. abstract geometric prints to suit your com/Second-Chance-Furniture- chosen colour scheme. Decor-2180373778860831/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Soft furnishings secondchance.fd/ For a quick and easy mid-century pop
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Doreen is looking for full or part-time Johanna is a friendly and mature lady domestic work (live-out), in Silver Lakes. who is available for two days p/w. She Gardeners Doreen is fluent in both English and can do general housework, ironing and Afrikaans, and is very good with children. administration. She also speaks Afrikaans Abraham is currently working as a She is friendly and hardworking. Doreen and English. Please contact Johanna on gardener in Silver Lakes on a Tuesday and also has extensive experience of working 072 837 1136. References available. Thursday. He is looking for employment in an office. Kindly contact Doreen on on a Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. 083 366 6840, or contact 072 180 7329 for Sophy is looking for full-time employment If you are able to assist him with work on more information. in the Silver lakes area and if possible, these days please contact Abraham on would like to live-in. She has worked for 082 047 3033 or for a reference contact Gertrude is looking for domestic work on me for the past 18 years and has helped Nick Coetzee on 082 730 1993. Tuesdays and Fridays. She has worked in raise my two boys. I have found her to Silver Lakes for many years. Gertrude is be most reliable and trustworthy. She Lucky is a gardener in Silver Lakes and is honest, hardworking and friendly. She speaks and understands both English and available on Thursdays. Please contact speaks both Afrikaans and English. For a Afrikaans. Unfortunately, I am relocating 076 982 0444. reference please contact Frida on and it is too far from her home for her to 084 5115 846 or Gertrude on 073 539 5894. go with me. She will be available from the Petrus is looking for gardening work on Middle of June or 1st July. Please contact a Wednesday. He is hardworking and Maria is a mature lady and available on Sophy on 071 259 6954 and myself Shirley reliable. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Saturday’s on 083 719 4595 for a reference. Please contact Teresa on 072 446 2497 for can be arranged. She has been employed a reference or contact Petrus on by me for the last 10 years and can-do Sophie has worked for 20 years for a family. 076 270 5430. general housework, ironing, etc. and has She has looked after elderly people with done courses in cooking and baking. She is love and excellence. She is very good with Steward is looking for garden work fluent in English and Afrikaans well. Please children also. References are available. Tuesday and Saturday’s. He is very proud contact Maria on 076 940 3800. Please contact Sophie on 083 317 9909. of his work. He is a hard worker and never late for work! Very reliable and friendly Julia Sebambo is looking for live-in work Mandy Makata is good in housekeeping, person! Please contact Steward on as a domestic worker in Silver Lakes for sales and customer service. Motivated, 084 464 7534. five days. She is a hardworking person and patient, understanding and has good very trustworthy. Very good with children. interpersonal skills. References are For a reference please contact Nico Roots available. Please contact Mandy on House & Pet Sitting on 082 4189 164 or contact Julia directly 071 530 4289/076 680 6634. on 078 9525 483. I am available to look after your beloved pets when you go on holiday. I am also a dog owner and I know how special our pets are to us. I stay in Silver Lakes. Available all year round. References available upon request. Contact Helen on 082 552 3418.
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While you relax and enjoy the "get away", I'll look after your animal "children", home and plants. I'll update you regularly on what's happening at home, so that you needn't worry while you are away. I am residing in Silver Lakes, which makes it easy for me to be at your service. If you want to make use of my "special service”. Please contact Frances on 079 494 3436.
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called the meeting to order. It was not a very big turnout, especially for a club Iwith so many potential members and considering it was our Extraordinary Annual Meeting to mark the 25th anniversary of Densa.
Densa is the society for those whose IQ falls within that exceedingly wide band that lies between, let’s say, that of an elderly herring and your average Member of Parliament.
Most of all, it is a requisite that a Densan’s IQ must be well below that of a Mensan.
Mensa, as you probably know, was established at Oxford University in 1943 to bring together highly intelligent people. Members had to have an IQ above 132 which confines membership to the top two per cent of humanity.
I once set out to take Mensa’s IQ test but couldn’t find the venue.
So here was our Silver Jubilee meeting. My secretary, Threnody Higginbottom (I call her Miss Smith) kindly agreed to take the brain drain throws an extra burden on us gum, but ask them something simple like minutes providing everybody spoke very Densans because, very soon, there’ll only “What is the square root of the Sri Lankan slowly. be us left to run South Africa. cricket XI?” and it can blow their minds as surely as one blows an egg – foop! I asked her to again count the attendance. Aside: Secretly, I welcome the brain drain She said it was still six which was a quorum because (dear reader) I have always found Apparently, what nearly blew this Mensan’s if we counted the caretaker at the back of intelligent people difficult to understand. mind, was a scientist who stated, “Aliens the hall and the fact that Liz Wannamaker I recall driving on the M1 in rush hour are stealing humans to experiment on had brought her little cross-eyed sausage when a female member of Mensa was them. Some are returned. Some are not.” dog, Porky. explaining something on the radio. I had (I’m not lying. That’s what he wrote.) to concentrate so hard, my car juddered to I adjusted my presidential sash which is a halt in the middle lane. For years I’d suspected this. I suspect that of a fetching purple material, although, I aliens came in the night to steal people’s noticed too late, it did need pressing and Mensa’s very name sounds as if it comes brains while they sleep. They will probably had a dab of tetrachloride here and there. from somewhere far out in the firmament, end up being pan-fried in fancy Martian My sash has ‘PRESIDANT’ proudly like De Aar or Venterspost. restaurants. emblazoned on it. “Be warned,” I said to the assembly, When the victims wake up they, of course, With a polite cough, I declared the meeting “Mensans are very vulnerable.” are none the wiser and become seized open. by a desire to enter politics and become I read to my members an extract from a Cabinet Ministers. Everybody clapped and the little dog Mensa International newsletter in which yapped. a Mensan described how, at a meeting of Thus have aliens come to rule the world. the Academy for Future Science, “I nearly My celebratory address carried a warning blew my mind”. (Seriously, that’s what he I took a sip from my glass of water. Now, to Densans regarding our growing said). where was I? responsibilities. It was, I said, an indication that Mensans Hey, Threnody! Where’s everybody? Lots of high-IQ people are leaving South are very susceptible to this kind of injury. Where’s our quorum gone? Africa because of crime, both government They might be able to read Hawkin’s A and the falling standard of our soccer. This Short History of Time while, say, chewing Threnody? Thren… Porky?
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