Silver Lakes Mature Golfers

MATURE GOLFERS

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CONTRIBUTORS SILVER LAKES Silver Lakes HOA 56 Bally Bunion Ave, Silver Lakes Directors CONTENTS SILVER LAKES Kathy O’Connor Tel: 012 809 2787 Danie van Niekerk From the Editor 2 In Hill’s Head 40 Fax: 012 809 2583 Linda Bodenstein Sid Pretorius Teen segment: Sex, Sexting and Online Grooming 41 082 567 7963 Corlia Mathews ESTATE NEWS www.lindabodenstein.co.za Dr Ilse Ruane From the new CEO 6 BOOK REVIEW 44 SILVER LAKES SILVER LAKES Adriaan du Toit From the Estate Manager 8 LOVELY DUET!! LOCK UP AND GO!! Web Ref: 6sum1055703 Web Ref: 1055711 Elize Malan From the Liaison Manager 12 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Zena le Roux (Health Nook) Security in Our Estate 14 Keep Your Cash Safe this Festive Season 45 R2 500 000 R2 600 000 Martina Schoen (Athletics Club) Silver Lakes Mature Golfers 18 Christmas Markets 47 Kathryn Downing (Bird Club) Golf Scores from The Pro Shop 20 Festive Treats 48 Henk Booysen Fishing Club – The Chip and Fish Competition 24 Hennie du Plessis Athletics Club 26 Birding: A Year in Review 33 LIFESTYLE Briony Liber: Life and Career Coach 49 EIA PUBLISHING OFFICE GARDENING Tel: 011 327 4062 Organic Gardening 32 www.eiapublishing.co.za TOYS FOR BOYS/GOODIES FOR GIRLS Movember 50 PUBLISHER ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS 27 A lovely duet in a very quiet street near the clubhouse. This house is a real lock-up and go with good Ideal home for a person traveling a lot and comes home safely to this wonderful estate. Open-plan Win a Hair and Make-up Makeover 51 nishes. Stand size 487m² and the property size is 197m². This house has a large open-plan living living and dining room with a well-planned kitchen and separate laundry area. There is a lovely Nico Maritz area and a well-planned kitchen with a separate scullery. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms and 2 lovely outside patio with a view over the garden. Upstairs there is 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Aircon in [email protected] COMPETITION 35 bathrooms. The garden has enough space for a pool. Double garage and a guest toilet downstairs. the main bedroom. Double garage. Rush to buy, will go quick. Phone me for an appointment. CLASSIFIEDS 53 EDITOR TODAY’S CHILD SILVER LAKES SILVER LAKES Debbie Walton 082 928 1689 Back Page Humour by James Clarke 56 SINGLE STORY!! LOW MAINTENANCE!! The First Cell Phone: Rules for Responsibility 38 Web Ref: 1049737 Web Ref: 1042466 [email protected] 6sum

GRAPHIC DESIGNER R2 950 000 R2 950 000 Rebecca Kent [email protected] 24 SALES MANAGER Martin Fourie 072 835 8405 [email protected]

ADVERTISING SALES Gerdie Murphy [email protected] Newly renovated single storey for the elderly couple. Large entertainment area with a large patio. A perfect home for the young family. An aordable house in the unique SILVER LAKES GOLF 082 556 9863 Private lounge and dining room on a large stand. The house consists of 3 bedrooms and 2 new ESTATES. Low maintenance on this face brick house. This house oers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a bathrooms with a lovely open-plan kitchen and a large pool and garden at the back. guest toilet, 3 living areas with a crackling replace, a built-in bar, spacious kitchen, study and a ASSISTANT EDITOR patio overlooking a sparkling pool. Full domestic accommodation and 2 garages.

Leandri van Jaarsveldt SILVER LAKES SILVER LAKES [email protected] LARGESOLD!! STAND!! LIGHT & BRIGHT!! Web Ref: 1048986 Web Ref: 1053068 PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR Lorem ipsum Nicole Hermanson R3 000 000 R3 350 000 [email protected] LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Silver Lakes It’s the nal issue of Intra Muros Estate. Our sincere apologies for persons (such as sports elds, public 27 Muir eld Boulevard, for 2017 and I’d like to take this our error. Please think twice before roads, social events) or any property Silver Lakes, opportunity to thank every single rushing out and buying drones or any game 0081 contributor from the bottom of our as Christmas presents if you were in the nature reserve. The Association hearts for making the publishing planning on using them in the reserves the right to impose further PO Box 11106 of this magazine so e ortless Estate. Please see the extract below limitations at its discretion on the Silver Lakes 0054 and successful. We have been from the Estate Rules: use of these ying objects in terms of The bargain buyers must rush for this property on a large stand. 3 Spacious bedrooms, 2 full This is light, bright and sunny with modern nishes and a must to view. 4 Bedrooms and Tel: +27 12 809 0142 exceptionally lucky to have worked reasonable community-based safety bathrooms, a study and open-plan kitchen and scullery with lots of cupboards, a dining area, TV 3 bathrooms. The main bedroom walks out onto a large oce or study. Well planned kitchen. Fax: +27 12 809 1119 lounge and an indoor braai as well as a boma area in the garden. Extra store room and carport for Enclosed patio and large dining and lounge area. The garden is well maintained. Just move into this with the contributors we’ve "4.15. In accordance with the rules of guidelines. Drones for 2 cars. Rush now to buy the best house in Silver Lakes Golf Estate. house and stay. 2 Garages and domestic quarters. Sparkling splash pool. worked with this year and if it the South African Aviation Authority, commercial use such as specialized DISCLAIMER wasn’t for them we’d not have had Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems aerial services, professional SILVER LAKES SILVER LAKES Intra Muros is a monthly magazine of the Silver the success we’ve had. (RPAS) such as drones, hovercrafts or EXCLUSIVETO LET!! MANDATE!! ON THE GOLFSOLD!! COURSE!! photography/videography, land WebWeb Ref:Ref: 10409851002841 Web Ref: 1015318 Lakes Homeowners’ Association (NPC). It is intended Lorem ipsum any other remote-controlled ying surveying, game counting or other Lorem ipsum for the residents of Silver Lakes. It is published on I’d like to thank the residents too behalf of the SL HOA by Estates in Africa (Pty) Ltd. objects such as Model Aircraft may de ned purpose may only be used R4 000 000 R4 200 000 Articles printed in the Intra Muros, do not necessarily for entering our competitions each not be operated in the Estate. Toy with the prior written consent of the re ect the opinions of the SL HOA or the Estate, the month and for your suggestions Aircraft (designed and intended Association." publisher, nor of the companies themselves. Neither and comments through the year. the SL HOA, nor the publishers can be held for use in play by children) may responsible for the quality of the goods and services Please don’t forget that your lovely only be operated in the Estate for For those of you going away in advertised in the Intra Muros. No part of this Estate is turning 25 next year and recreational purposes without December, please be sure to publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval 2018 promises to be a year lled causing a nuisance or endangering travel safely, make sure your pets system, or transmitted in any form without prior with bumper celebrations and lots written permission of the publisher. other residents, must be no more are well-taken care of and most of fun. than 30 grams in weight, and importantly, have a restful holiday may not possess photography, and a very Merry Christmas and Last month, we included an article videography or surveillance New Year. on Drone Etiquette in the Estate. It A perfect home for a large family! Wooden ooring and tiles throughout the house! 4 Bedrooms Totally revamped. New stylish kitchen and all 3 bathrooms white and bright. The lovely tiled oors is capabilities. No aircraft may be own with 2 full bathrooms. A sense of owing space. Very large north facing entertainers house. Separate a bonus to the new style of this house. Lovely pool and patio overlooking the golf course. The house has been brought to my attention consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 garages and 3 living areas. Gas stove and oven, replace in or remotely operated within 50m or With love scullery and a very large neat sta quarters with a bathroom. Double garage. since publication that drones This house is a must to view, contact me for an appointment. the family room and main bedroom. Contact me to view this lovely house! closer from any person or group of Debbie and team are not permitted in Silver Lakes

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A lovely duet in a very quiet street near the clubhouse. This house is a real lock-up and go with good Ideal home for a person traveling a lot and comes home safely to this wonderful estate. Open-plan nishes. Stand size 487m² and the property size is 197m². This house has a large open-plan living living and dining room with a well-planned kitchen and separate laundry area. There is a lovely area and a well-planned kitchen with a separate scullery. Upstairs has 3 bedrooms and 2 lovely outside patio with a view over the garden. Upstairs there is 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Aircon in bathrooms. The garden has enough space for a pool. Double garage and a guest toilet downstairs. the main bedroom. Double garage. Rush to buy, will go quick. Phone me for an appointment.

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Newly renovated single storey for the elderly couple. Large entertainment area with a large patio. A perfect home for the young family. An aordable house in the unique SILVER LAKES GOLF Private lounge and dining room on a large stand. The house consists of 3 bedrooms and 2 new ESTATES. Low maintenance on this face brick house. This house oers 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a bathrooms with a lovely open-plan kitchen and a large pool and garden at the back. guest toilet, 3 living areas with a crackling replace, a built-in bar, spacious kitchen, study and a patio overlooking a sparkling pool. Full domestic accommodation and 2 garages.

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The bargain buyers must rush for this property on a large stand. 3 Spacious bedrooms, 2 full This is light, bright and sunny with modern nishes and a must to view. 4 Bedrooms and bathrooms, a study and open-plan kitchen and scullery with lots of cupboards, a dining area, TV 3 bathrooms. The main bedroom walks out onto a large oce or study. Well planned kitchen. lounge and an indoor braai as well as a boma area in the garden. Extra store room and carport for Enclosed patio and large dining and lounge area. The garden is well maintained. Just move into this 2 cars. Rush now to buy the best house in Silver Lakes Golf Estate. house and stay. 2 Garages and domestic quarters. Sparkling splash pool.

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Offi ce hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 until 16:30 012 809 0142 [email protected] WhatsApp Number 081 848 2787 Security access offi ce: Hours as above Including fi rst Saturday of every month from 08:00 until 11:00 SECURITY HENK BOOYSEN Security Control Room (24 hours) CEO 012 809 0424/5

G4S Security Shift Manager From 18:00 to 06:00, weekdays 24 hours Sat, Sun and public holidays 072 615 5862 From the new CEO CLUBHOUSE Thank you to all the friendly people in Silver completed and making sure that all was done Clubhouse Lakes who have really made me feel welcome. ahead of the Senior Masters Tournament. 012 809 0281 The most common question by all is: “Why in Cafe 41 the world would you leave the Garden Route for The Board had a recent strategic planning session 012 8091571 Pretoria?” Yes, I love the sea, but I love challenges and addressed the vision, mission and strategic and I came to know Silver Lakes through ARC, objectives for the year ahead. More information Takeaways 012 809 0431 / 012 809 1484 speci cally the quality and standard. When the will be shared early in 2018. Our management opportunity arose, I had no choice but to lift team is busy nalising the action plans that my roots and make the big move across the derived from the strategic objectives and GOLF boerewors-curtain. I am proud to be associated aligning the budget accordingly. with Silver Lakes and look forward to working Happy Holidays! Pro Shop 012 809 0430 with a professional Board of Directors and an Another year has come and gone. Silver Lakes awesome team. can be proud of what has been achieved this year EMERGENCY NUMBERS and the foundation is laid for a successful 2018. The baton was handed over to me during a very Our members all deserve a well-earned holiday Security Control Room (24 hours) 012 809 0424/5 interesting period. The team have completed and we trust that the time with your loved ones the irrigation system, the halfway house is will be special. At the same time, we salute the Boschkop Police complete and operational, the Senior Masters sta that need to ensure that all services continue 012 802 1087/4 Tournament was successfully hosted, the deli and uninterrupted at Silver Lakes, speci cally our wine shop have opened, the new tennis court security sta who will be on duty on Christmas Netcare 911 082 911 is nearing completion, the playground is being Day and New Year. given a new look and feel, and the Pro Shop Willows Hospital have been upgraded. These are all additions Wishing you a joyous Christmas and blessings in 012 807 8100 that will add value for our members and make the coming New Year. Life Medical Centre them proud to be part of the Silver Lakes family. (near Hans Strijdom Entrance) I have to compliment the team with their hands- Regards 012 809 1004 on approach and dedication to the projects Henk Booysen Intercare Medical and Dental Centre (Hazeldean Centre) 012 809 6000 Fire Brigade 10111 Power Failure 012 339 9111 City of Tshwane Call Centre 012 358 9999 Water leaks: [email protected] Street lights: [email protected] Smart Meter Call Centre Juanita du Plessis 012 943 9950 6 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 [email protected] 082 322 3407 Silver Lakes Property [email protected] Happy Holidays!

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DANIE VAN NIEKERK Country Club Facilities – ESTATE MANAGER Projects Update

Construction period: co-operation between CKJ, HOA, Conic Herewith some updated images to tell a story: The four-month construction period (June to engineers, our nance department, direct October) has come and gone. The practical contractors and our Environmental Director New halfway house – construction stages in completion date was end October and the (Corlia Mathews) representing the Board. process: main contractor, CKJ Building Construction A special recognition goes to our HOA CC, managed to keep to their scheduled sta /workers for their multi-skilled e orts, programme. Final inspections by the building assistance and support throughout the inspector, health inspector, gas inspector, construction period. consulting engineer and architect together with HOA representatives were performed Kindly be informed building costs are and approval was granted. The new facility extremely high for all. Due to approved was opened for a “dry run” on 26th of October budget constraints, certain items were not and assessed to function very satisfactorily. At able to be provided. However, this should be the time of writing this article, there was still funded out of golf initiatives and will also be some work to be attended, e.g. snag list items budgeted for in the new year. and commissioning of an extraction system. All certi cation required was submitted to Updates: Upgrade works at the existing playground the local authority and we are awaiting the During construction municipal certi cate of occupation. area are in progress – this entails construction of a new pathway, repositioning of We would like to thank the main contractor some parking bays, earthworks and new landscaping. This work is performed by HOA CKJ and their teams for a job well done – in sta who continue doing very good work. This time and meeting the budget. However, work is not part of the main contract. as the work progressed, we experienced Municipal approved building plans are still unknown constraints (e.g. existing services, available for perusal at the reception desks of previous old structures demolished, etc.) as our Management Centre, the Country Club well as changes to the original design. Site and in the Pro Shop. conditions also dictated alternative demands The construction site: The construction site and this led to all contingencies provided was o cially handed back to the HOA by the being absorbed. Ferdi Kilian (owner) and main contractor. The site was cleared of all Frans Marais (site manager) of CKJ made huge building rubble, excess materials, plant and e orts and always provided assistance with machinery, site o ce and container stores. At practical completion stage satisfactory results. They also managed the Most site screening was removed. Areas still construction site well, and administration screened o with green netting, lockable was always timeously submitted. Queries access gates and annotated with applicable and/or di culties were resolved promptly. In warning signage are now under control and short, CJK is a sound contractor, well-sta ed supervision of the HOA. Please always observe (multi-skilled), well-equipped, nancially and adhere to warning signage. Caution: a sound and knowledgeable in the construction construction site is dangerous and is out of industry. The quality of workmanship bounds for members, residents, visitors and delivered is commendable. They are also children. compliant with Health and Safety matters – above 85% throughout the construction In advance, thank you again for your period (as assessed by an independent H&S understanding and co-operation during the agent monthly). Finally, there was always construction period. We also apologise for the At practical completion stage a “teamwork spirit” on site and excellent inconvenience.

8 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 Country Club Facilities – Projects Update ESTATE NEWS

New services road: from La Quinta Street Existing playground area under construction: to the main kitchen; abutting tennis court new pathway, excavated earth for new retaining wall; construction complete. landscaping. Work in progress.

Appreciation Making use of this opportunity, we also would like to thank our member, Martin te Groen, and his team as well as the Design and New third tennis court: construction in Supplier (Controlled Irrigation) and Installer process; second sub-base material imported, (T&G Irrigation) and all other providers for all levelled and compacted. Tar layer installed, their e orts and hard work. A huge thank you fence poles positioned and wire fencing to the HOA sta /workers for all their assistance erected. on this project. Their contributions to this project were immense – we would not have succeeded on schedule without them.

Golf Course Irrigation System (Upgrade) The new upgraded irrigation system has been successfully completed and is fully DAILY RAINFALL – SILVER LAKES operational. The new irrigation system is also OCTOBER 2016

RAINFALLcontrolled DATA by FOR a computerSILVER LAKES system – PHASE to 1 balance 17 Nov 17 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT YEAR optimal water consumption MONTH and water TOTALS1 2 3 4 5 6 7 During construction JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 20 17 8 1 284 285needs 61 97on the 31 golf 0course. 2 The 0 upgrading 0 107 of 106 215 1996 11888 9 10 11 12 13 14 1997 122 58 361the pumphouse 33 102 has0 also 6 been 0 completed44 72 155 103 1056 1998 99 121 117 3 0 0 0 0 37 51 123 207 758 14 1 1999 123 31successfully 86 37 37 and is 20 fully 0operational. 0 4 50 88 216 692 2000 195 220 177 71 18 8 0 3 15 170 119 97 109315 16 17 18 19 20 21 2001 57 110 21 9 67 3 0 0 9 72 179 94 621 10 2002 76 70 18 42 11 38 0 25 5 68 29 156 538 2003 187 134 57 0 0 20 0 0 2 99 84 103 68622 23 24 25 26 27 28 2004 134 255 246 53 13 11 4 0 0 29 121 286 1152 2005 236 40 66 81 0 0 0 0 0 18 117 81 639 2006 311 182 21 37 0 0 0 47 0 36 92 150 87629 30 31 2007 58 41 4 61 0 38 0 0 68 197 57 147 671 2008 268 50 215 53 49 9 3 0 0 56 220 176 1099 17 Nov 17 RAINFALL DATA FOR SILVER2009 LAKES – PHASE205 2241 68 6 15 33 0 18 25 84 146 132 956 YEAR MONTH 2010 112 78 94 151 58TOTALS0 0 0 0 32 42 255 822 Sidney Pretorius TOTAL 71 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL2011 AUG 219SEP 65OCT 243 NOV 64DEC 0 20 10 15 11 106 64 182 999 2012 56 61 96 18 0 0 0 0 112 176 72 172 76370 Gleneaglesrylaan 1996 284 285 61 97 31 0 2 0 0 107 106 215 1188 2013 96 56 34 99 0 0 0 3 10 114 123 197 732 1997 122 58 361 33 102 0 6 0 44 72 155 103 1056 Sel: 082 554 1438 2014 107 140 316 14 1 2 0 14 1 40 135 172 942 1998 99 121 117 3 0 0 0 0 37 51 123 207 758 2015 110 27 57 40 0 0 5 0 62 23 65 70 459 1999 123 31 86 37 37 20 0 0 4 50 88 216 692 2016 191 37 165 29 46 13 2 0 5 95 239 95 917 2000 195 220 177 71 18 8 0 3 15 170 119 97 1093 2017 148 158 5 80 28 0 0 0 16 71 506 2001 57 110 21 9 67 3 0 0 9 72 179 94 621 2002 76 70 18 42 11 38 AVERAGE0 251545 11168 115 29 49 156 22 10538 1 6 19 80 113 157 841 2003 187 134 57 0 0 20 0 0 2 99 84 103 686 2004 134 255 246 53 13 11 4 0 0 29 121 286 1152 2005 236 40 66 81 0 0 0 0 0 18ANNUAL 117 RAINFALL 81 639 2006 Rainfall311 182 Update 21 37 0 0 0 47 0 36 92 150 876 2007 58 41 4 61 0 38 02016 0 68 197 57 147 671 RAINFALL DATA FOR SILVER LAKES - PHASE 1 19 Oct 17 2008 The268 information 50 215 tabulated 53 49 below9 has 3 been 0 recorded 0 56 over 220the period 176 1099 YEAR MONTH TOTALS 2011 2009 205 224 68 6 15 33 0 18 25 84 146 132 956 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2010 indicated112 78 (since 94 1996 151 till 58October0 2017) 0 by 0 a Homeowner 0 32 residing 42 255 in our822 1996 284 285 61 97 31 0 2 0 0 107 106 215 1188 2011 219 65 243 64 0 20 102006 15 11 106 64 182 999 1997 122 58 361 33 102 0 6 0 44 72 155 103 1056 2012 Estate56 and 61 we 96 appreciate 18 0 receiving 0 the 0 rainfall 0 112data regularly 176 72 for 172 publishing763 1998 99 121 117 3 0 0 0 0 37 51 123 207 758 2013 96 56 34 99 0 0 02001 3 10 114 123 197 732 1999 123 31 86 37 37 20 0 0 4 50 88 216 692 2014 in107 the Intra 140 Muros 316. Also 14 note1 the 2 average 0 rainfall14 1 for the40 months 135 172of October942 1996 2000 195 220 177 71 18 8 0 3 15 170 119 97 1093 2015 110 27 57 40 0 0 5 0 62 23 65 70 459 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 2001 57 110 21 9 67 3 0 0 9 72 179 94 621 2016 over191 the 37 22 years 165 is 29 80 mm; 46 and 13 this 2October 0 we 5 received95 23971mm. 95 917 2002 76 70 18 42 11 38 0 25 5 68 29 156 538 2017 148 158 5 80 28 0 0 0 16 71 506 2003 187 134 57 0 0 20 0 0 2 99 84 103 686 AVERAGE 154 111 115 49 22 10 1 6 19 80 113 157 841 2004 134 255 246 53 13 11 4 0 0 29 121 286 1152 2005 236 40 66 81 0 0 0 0 0 18 117 81 639 AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL 2006 311 182 21 37 0 0 0 47 02017 36 92Phase 1 150 876 Phase 2 Phase 3 Summary ANNUAL RAINFALL 2007 58 41 4 61 0 38 0 0 68 197AE 57U/C N 147U/C A C671 A E U/CN U/CA C A E U/CN U/CA C A E U/C N U/C A C Total 2008 268 50 215 53 49 9 3 0 0 56 220 176 1099 DEC Jan 0 5 2 8 951 1 19 3 2 490 0 16 7 2 139 1 40 12 12 1580 1645 2009 205 224 68 6 15 33 0 18 25 84 146 132 956 2016 NOV Feb 0 5 2 8 951 1 19 3 2 490 0 16 6 3 139 1 40 11 13 1580 1645 OCT 2010 112 78 94 151 58 0 0 0 0 32 42 255 822 SEP 2011 219 65 243 64 0 20 10 15 11Mar 1060 5 64 2 182 7 952 9991 19 3 3 489 0 16 6 2 140 1 40 11 12 1581 1645 2011 AUG 2012 56 61 96 18 0 0 0 0 112Apr 1760 5 72 1 172 8 952 7631 19 3 4 488 0 16 6 3 139 1 40 10 15 1579 1645 JUL 2013 96 56 34 99 0 0 0 3 10 1140 123 5 1 197 7 953 7321 19 3 4 488 0 16 6 3 139 2006 JUN May 1 40 10 14 1580 1645 2014 107 140 316 14 1 2 0 14 1 40 135 172 942 MAY Jun 0 5 1 9 951 1 18 3 3 490 0 15 7 3 139 1 38 11 15 1580 1645 APR 2015 110 27 57 40 0 0 5 0 62 23 65 70 459 2001 0 5 1 11 949 0 18 3 3 491 0 15 7 1 141 MAR 2016 191 37 165 29 46 13 2 0 5 Jul 95 239 95 917 0 38 11 15 1581 1645 FEB 2017 148 158 5 80 28 0 0 0 16Aug 0 4 2 13 947 4350 18 3 3 491 0 15 6 4 139 0 37 11 20 1577 1645 1996 JAN Sep 0 4 2 12 948 0 17 5 5 488 0 15 5 3 141 0 36 12 20 1577 1645 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 0 50 100 150 200 AVERAGE 154 111 115 49 22 10 1 6 19 81 113 157 841 Oct 0 4 2 12 948 0 17 4 4 490 0 13 4 2 145 0 34 10 18 1583 1645 Nov 0 0 0 0 966 0 0 0 0 515 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 1645 1645 ANNUAL RAINFALL Dec 0 0 0 0 966 0 0 0 0 515 0 0 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 1645 1645

AVERAGE MONTHLY RAINFALL 2016

2011 DEC 2017 Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Summary Legend NOVStand Details Update AE U/C N U/C A C A E U/CN U/CA C A E U/CN U/CA C A E U/C N U/C A C Total OCT 2006 0 5 2 8 951 1 19 3 2 490 0 16 7 2 139 1 40 12 12 1580 1645 SEP Jan AUGThe table below indicates the Feb 0 5 2 8 951 1 19 3 2 490 0 16 20016 3 139 1 40 11 13 1580 1645 A Abandoned JUL JUN Mar 0 5 2 7 952 1 19 3 3 489 0 16 6 2 140 1 40 11 12 1581 1645 E Empty Stand updated gures of the Estate 1996 MAY Apr 0 5 1 8 952 1 19 3 4 488 0 16 6 3 139 1 40 10 15 1579 1645 APR 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 U/C N Under Construction New MAR May 0 5 1 7 953 1 19 3 4 488 0 16 6 3 139 1 40 10 14 1580 1645 properties till end October 2017. U/C A Under Construction Additions FEB Jun 0 5 1 9 951 1 18 3 3 490 0 15 7 3 139 1 38 11 15 1580 1645 JAN Jul 0 5 1 11 949 0 18 3 3 491 0 15 7 1 141 0 38 11 15 1581 1645 C Completed 0 50 100 150 200 Aug 0 4 2 13 947 0 18 3 3 491 0 15 6 4 139AVERAGE0 MONTHLY37 RAINFALL 11 20 1577 1645 Sep 0 4 2 12 948 0 17 5 5 488 0 15 5 3 141 0 36 12 20 1577 1645 Oct 0 4 2 12 948 0 17 4 4 490 0 13 DEC4 2 145 0 34 10 18 1583 1645 NOV Nov 0 0 0 0 966 0 0 0 0 515 0 0OCT 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 1645 1645 SEP Dec 0 0 0 0 966 0 0 0 0 515 0 0AUG 0 0 164 0 0 0 0 1645 1645 JUL JUN MAY APR Legend MAR 10 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 FEB JAN 0 50 100 150 200 A Abandoned E Empty Stand U/C N Under Construction New U/C A Under Construction Additions C Completed Thank you for your support during 2017, looking forward to a successful 2018

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KATHY O’CONNOR LIAISON MANAGER From the Liaison Manager And so, the end of 2017 approaches… Soon we will be heading o in di erent directions to enjoy some well- deserved R and R. Remember to make sure that your pets are adequately looked after while you are out of town.

Looking back at 2017, there were so many highlights, some of which I list below: • A successful Constitutional General Meeting and Annual General Meeting held in February where the new Memorandum of Incorporation and Rules were tabled and approved in addition to the appointment of several new Board members. • Our ever-popular annual social events that have become an institution such as Youth Day Fun Day, Spring Day Fun Day and not forgetting Trick-or-Treat. • We tried some new events this year including a topical Parent Talk about social media and bullying, a Charity Day with a golf day and barn dance, and a Safety Talk for our domestic workers and gardeners. • We also launched a few interesting Clubs this year namely the Business Club run by Marianne van Wyk and the much-anticipated Wine Club which will soon be inviting members to join its fold. • In July, we undertook our annual survey and have noted all the comments and input and will put systems and processes in place to improve areas that need attention. Garden Competition 2017 Winners: • We said goodbye to our CEO Mr Jan de Wet and Well done to all the winners of the garden competition. Most of you were welcomed Mr Henk Booysen on board. automatically entered into the competition for your magni cent sidewalk gardens: • Several projects at the Clubhouse and on the golf • 31 Silver Fountains (Lynn Bentley) course were completed such as the Halfway House, new • 16 Lock Street (Helene du Toit) tennis court, new tennis hut and the irrigation project. • 156 Gleneagles Drive (Visser du Plessis) • In October, the golf course was awarded the Best • 5 Lock Street (Hennie Venter) of Pretoria’s Choice Readers Award as the Best Golf • 50e Hillside (James Ehlers) Course in Pretoria for 2017. A magni cent achievement • 35 Hobdays Crescent (Theo O’Neil) considering the amount of construction work that took • 121 Nicklaus (Betsie Schoeman) place around the Clubhouse and golf course during the • 12 Nicklaus (Jacobus Swart) past year. • Our social responsibility fund again made donations Thank you for helping to make Silver Lakes beautiful. to the SPCA, an old age home in Silverton, Danville Here are a few pictures of these gardens. More pictures will appear in the January squatter camp, Volkshulp 2000, Catz R Us and the 2018 Intra Muros. I am looking forward to an absolute bumper 2018. It will be the golf caddies. Clothing and other essential items were rst time in several years that we can really enjoy our upgraded facilities at the Club. collected and donated to the victims of the res in Knysna and other charitable causes including the Take care and have a joyous Christmas and successful New Year. Sizanani Children’s Home. Regards • On the security front, we had two serious incidents at our access gates during the course of the year, but luckily in both incidents no one was seriously injured. Kathy O’Connor Residents are cautioned to be vigilant at all times. Liaison Manager

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ESTATE NEWS

Security In Our Estate BY HENNIE DU PLESSIS, SECURITY MANAGER

Cameras Cameras have been installed in the high risk TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REPORT areas of our perimeter fence. Glen Eagles Drive / Castle Pine Glen Eagles Drive / Hobday Street

Incoming Direction Incoming Direction

85.0 km/h on 100.0 km/h on Max Speed = Max Speed = 2017/09/03 07:25:00 PM 2017/09/07 03:45 AM Total Vehicles = 67716 Total Vehicles = 26540 Avg. Daily Total 2257.5 Avg. Daily Total 893.1

Volumes - weekly vehicle counts Volumes - weekly vehicle counts Time 5 Day 7 Day Time 5 Day 7 Day AM peak 8:00 to 9:00 155 131 AM peak 8:00 to 9:00 57 47 PM peak 5:00 to 6:00 228 195 PM peak 5:00 to 6:00 89 78 These are thermal and Starlight PTZ cameras with state-of-the-art video analytics and Speed Speed virtual perimeters on the electric fence on Speed limit: 40 km/h Speed limit: 40 km/h the Hazeldean farm perimeter from the N4 corner right up to Curro Primary School. These Average Speed: 30.3 km/h Average Speed: 40.7 km/h cameras will communicate to the security control room 24/7 with alarms alerting control room operators when someone approaches Guinea Fowl Street - Phase 3 Glen Eagles Drive / Player Street the fence. This, in essence, means that we will now be able to view the perimeter fence 24/7 Incoming Direction Incoming Direction and react to possible breaches of the fence 70.0 km/h on 70.0 km/h on pro-actively. They will eventually replace the Max Speed = Max Speed = 2017/09/07 07:35 PM 2017/09/01 12:35 AM security perimeter patrollers. Total Vehicles = 24200 Total Vehicles = 35250 Phase 2 of this project on the Six Fountains Avg. Daily Total 806.8 Avg. Daily Total 1175.1 driving range perimeter, as well as phase 3 on the N4 perimeter, have been completed and Volumes - weekly vehicle counts Volumes - weekly vehicle counts will soon also be connected to the Telkom bre network. Time 5 Day 7 Day Time 5 Day 7 Day AM peak 8:00 to 9:00 73 62 AM peak 8:00 to 9:00 108 94 PM peak 5:00 to 6:00 57 54 PM peak 5:00 to 6:00 85 77

Speed Speed Speed limit: 30 km/h Speed limit: 40 km/h Average Speed: 31.7 km/h Average Speed: 30.3 km/h

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MATURE GOLFERS – 04 OCTOBER 2017 MATURE GOLFERS – 19 OCTOBER 2017 NAME PLACE 2-CLUB NAME PLACE 2-CLUB Fernando Vieira / Vincent Mascini (48) 1st Piet Skinner Rolf Hauter / Vincent Mascini / 1st Eugene Visagie Eugene Visagie / Jannie v d Watt (90) Danie Joubert Eugene Visagie / Jannie v d Watt (46 c/o) 2nd Fernando Vieira Hennie Coetzee / Kobus Gouws / 2nd Stephan Ferreira Piet Skinner NTP # 9 Doep du Plessis (89 c/o) Piet Skinner NTP # 13 Specialising Bokkie de Kock NTP # 9 in all Bovine Full André Meij NTP # 16 Johan Myburgh NTP # 13 Grain and Corrected Fernando Vieira NTP # 18 Grain upholstery leather. Eugene Visagie NTP # 16 Choose from our wide Fernando Vieira NTP # 3 Jan Potgieter NTP # 18 range of leather and colours to customise Vincent Mascini NTP # 3 your furniture MATURE GOLFERS – 13 OCTOBER 2017 NAME PLACE 2-CLUB MATURE GOLFERS – 26 OCTOBER 2017 Have your furniture built with a leather NAME PLACE 2-CLUB Fernando Vieira (39) 1st André Meij type and colour of your choice Eugene Visagie (38) 1st No 2-Clubs Vincent Mascini (36) 2nd Wim Boshoﬀ Koos Risseeuw (35 c/o) 2nd Dawie Jacobs (35 c/o) 3rd Derick Foster Niek Hollander (35 c/o) 3rd Marius Nagel NTP # 9 Francois Booyse Sid Pretorius NTP # 9 CARE FOR Unit 5, 5 Graham Road, Eugene Visagie NTP # 13 Koos Risseeuw NTP # 13 YOUR LEATHER Stocks Centre, Silver Lakes Rudo Maré NTP # 16 Kokkie Martin NTP # 16 Pretoria Fernando Vieira NTP # 18 Brink du Plessis NTP # 18 Proud manufacturers of our own Opposite CrawDaddy’s/Aroma’s, Leather Shield, ideal “food” for your next to the Meat Factory Raoul Dippenaar NTP # 3 Doep du Plessis NTP # 3 leather, protecting your furniture and Mon – Fri: 9am – 5pm keeping it supple and luxurious for Saturdays: 9am – 1pm much longer. 18 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 (012) 942 9626 LEATHER SALES

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NTP #3 DANIE V/D WESTHUIZEN NTP #9 EUGENE LEWIS NTP #13 TONY GODYCKI NTP #16 RASHID BOUGHAN 18/10/2017 18/10/2017 10 05 2017 10 05 2017 BETTERBALL MEDAL 2-CLUBS Wednesday Meat Better Ball BB 2-CLUBS MURRAY LOUW 59 MURRAY LOUW 128 PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 10 KEVIN WEBER X2 248 WILLIE V/D MERWE 59 TRISTAN LEONARD 128 LEON SNYMAN 10 CHASE MANNA X2 248 TRISTAN LEONARD 61 LY THI SO 128 PHILLIP KRUSE 8 JAN MEYER 142 CORRIE LEONARD 61 WERNER RIEDINGER 128 DEWALD STRYDOM 8 CHRIS CRAIG 142 MURRAY LOUW 62 MARNUS 128 JOSE GONSALVEZ 8 JAN MINNAAR 142 ERROL TODD 62 VICTOR DA SILVA 8 NTP# 9 JOHAN SNYMAN NTP#9 KEVIN WEBBER NTP# 13 BLOKKIES NTP# 16 CHASE MANNA 21/10/2017 21/10/2017 10 07 2017 10 07 2017 IPS 2-CLUBS Monthly Medal 2-CLUBS ARNO VERMAAK 43 LY THI SO 79 MENS DIVISIONS JACO ROESTOFF 111 LY THI SO 41 MURRAY LOUW 79 A - DIVISION GROSS JAQUES WILKEN 111 MURRAY LOUW 40 LOUIS RHEEDER 79 GREG HEUER 72 MURRAY LOUW 111 MARTIN OEL 79 A- DIVISION NETT GIDEON PIENAAR 111 BETS SWARTS 79 JACO ROESTOFF 71 BARRY VAN DER VYVER SNR 111 NTP# 3 CHRITIAN LEWIS DIANE BOOTE 79 B - DIVISION NETT NICHOLAS LEWIS 111 NTP# 13 CHRISTO V NIEKERK CARL ZIETSMAN 79 FERNANDO FERRERIA 79 DANIE VISSER 73 DARREN REEKSTIEN 111 CHRISTO VAN NIEKERK 79 C - DIVISION MENS IPS 73 HEIN BEKKER 111 JAN MINNAAR 79 COLIN TAYLOR 38 GAWIE STEYN 111 WILLIE SMIT 79 PHILLIP KRUSE X2 222 RIKUS ZAAYMAN 79 LADIES DIVISIONS GARY PETTIT 111 PAUL CORREIA 79 A - DIVISION NETT MADELEINE DE WET 79 MARLI LE ROUX 73 ANDRE MEIJ 79 B - DIVISION NETT MARIE BOTTHA 79 AILEEN LEOBRERA 70 GREG HEUER 79 VISITORS SCHALK BOOYSEN 79 SHARON BOUGHAN 35 RUBEN JANSEN VAN RENSBURG 79 CHRISTIAN LEWIS 79 NTP #3 GARY PETTIT NICOLAS LEWIS 79 NTP #13 KEVIN KNOETZE W SNYMAN (AKASIA) 79 10 11 2017 10 11 2017 25/10/2017 21/10/2017 Wednesday Meat Combined Stableford 2-CLUBS Wednesday Meat Better Ball 2-CLUBS GRANT SUPRA 77 GARY PETTIT X2 164 JOSE GONSALVEZ 47 JOSE GONSALVES 117 JACO ROESTOFF 77 JAN MEYER X2 164 VICTOR DA SILVA 47 CHRISTO BEKKER X2 234 WILLEM KLOPPERS 76 J ESTERHUIZEN 82 CHRISTO BEKKER 46 EUGENE LEWIS 117 LEON SCHEEPERS 76 PIERRE SPIES 82 FRANSWA BEKKER 46 HENRY ROODT 117 FRANSWA BEKKER 76 BRADLY BROWN 82 EUGENE LEWIS 44 PIERRE SPIES 117 CHRISTO BEKKER 76 KEEGAN MCLACHLAN 82 JONNY BURGER 44 DEAN ARMITAGE 117 NIEL DE WET 82 PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 44 HENNIE OOSTHUIZEN 117 GRANT SUPRA 82 LEON SNYMAN 44 ANDRE SPIES 117 NTP #9 LEON SCHEEPERS EDDIE SERTON 43 NTP #16 ANTON VERSTER MARIUS LUBBE 43 14/10/2017 14/10/2017 FUMI SUZUKI 42 4 BALL ALLIANCE CAPTIANS DAY 2-CLUBS JOHAN POTGIETER 42 JJ VAN TONDER 94 ANDRE BOTHA 138 NIC HOLLINDER 94 TONY GODYCKI 138 NTP# 3 CHRISTO BEKKER PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 94 CHRISTO VAN NIEKERK 138 NTP# 9 PIERRE SPIES DANIE V/D WESTHUIZEN 94 RYAN V/D WATT 138 NTP# 13 DEAN ARMITAGE WAYNE WALKER 88 ARNO VERMAAK 138 NTP# 16 STEPHANIE CRONJE LOUIS COETZEE 88 NATIE FOURIE 138 28/10/2017 28/10/2017 KYLE SWEETLOVE 88 RASHID BOUGHAN 138 4 Ball Alliance 2-CLUBS LIEBAN SHEARD 88 NICOL KROMHOUT X2 246 RICHARD WYATT 86 GREG HEUER 195 NICO V/RENSBURG 87 KEVIN WEBER 138 EROLL TODD 86 WESSEL RICHTER 195 E VAN ZYL 87 MURRAY LOUW 86 HURCULES HUYSER 195 JANNIE ACKERMAN 87 ANDRIES GRAAF 86 ANDRE SPIES 195 KEVIN WEBBER 87 LOUIS RHEEDER 86 HENNIE OOSTHUISEN 195 GREG HEUER 86 NICOL KROMHOUT 195 NTP #3 DANIE V/D WESTHUIZEN CHRISTO BEKKER 86 RUBEN J/V RENSBERG 195 NTP #9 EUGENE LEWIS JACO ROESTOFF 86 BARRY V/D VYVER SNR 195 NTP #13 TONY GODYCKI WERNER 195 NTP #16 RASHID BOUGHAN NTP #13 HENNIE OOSTHUISEN Atterbury Value Mart 1 • Atterbury Value Mart 2 • Brooklyn • Bylsbridge • Centurion Lifestyle Centre Follow us on 18/10/2017 18/10/2017 BETTERBALL MEDAL 2-CLUBS Centurion Mall • Kolonnade Retail Park • Parkview Mall • The Grove MURRAY LOUW 59 MURRAY LOUW 128 WILLIE V/D MERWE 20 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER59 2017TRISTAN LEONARD 128 dialabed.co.za TRISTAN LEONARD 61 LY THI SO 128 CORRIE LEONARD 61 WERNER RIEDINGER 128 MURRAY LOUW 62 MARNUS 128 ERROL TODD 62

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NTP# 3 CHRISTO BEKKER NTP# 9 PIERRE SPIES NTP# 13 DEAN ARMITAGE NTP# 16 STEPHANIE CRONJE 28/10/2017 28/10/2017 4 Ball Alliance 2-CLUBS RICHARD WYATT 86 GREG HEUER 195 EROLL TODD 86 WESSEL RICHTER 195 MURRAY LOUW 86 HURCULES HUYSER 195 ANDRIES GRAAF 86 ANDRE SPIES 195 LOUIS RHEEDER 86 HENNIE OOSTHUISEN 195 GREG HEUER 86 NICOL KROMHOUT 195 CHRISTO BEKKER 86 RUBEN J/V RENSBERG 195 JACO ROESTOFF 86 BARRY V/D VYVER SNR 195 WERNER 195 NTP #13 HENNIE OOSTHUISEN 10 05 2017 10 05 2017 Wednesday Meat Better Ball BB 2-CLUBS PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 10 KEVIN WEBER X2 248 LEON SNYMAN 10 CHASE MANNA X2 248 PHILLIP KRUSE 8 JAN MEYER 142 DEWALD STRYDOM 8 CHRIS CRAIG 142 JOSE GONSALVEZ 8 JAN MINNAAR 142 VICTOR DA SILVA 8

NTP#9 KEVIN WEBBER NTP# 16 CHASE MANNA 10 07 2017 10 07 2017 Monthly Medal 2-CLUBS MENS DIVISIONS JACO ROESTOFF 111 A - DIVISION GROSS JAQUES WILKEN 111 GREG HEUER 72 MURRAY LOUW 111 A- DIVISION NETT GIDEON PIENAAR 111 JACO ROESTOFF 71 BARRY VAN DER VYVER SNR 111 B - DIVISION NETT NICHOLAS LEWIS 111 DANIE VISSER 73 DARREN REEKSTIEN 111 C - DIVISION MENS IPS 73 HEIN BEKKER 111 COLIN TAYLOR 38 GAWIE STEYN 111 PHILLIP KRUSE X2 222 The Ultimate LADIES DIVISIONS GARY PETTIT 111 A - DIVISION NETT MARLI LE ROUX 73 B - DIVISION NETT AILEEN LEOBRERA 70 VISITORS Collection has arrived. SHARON BOUGHAN 35

NTP #3 GARY PETTIT NTP #13 KEVIN KNOETZE 10 11 2017 10 11 2017 The Simmons Collection brings you innovative Wednesday Meat Combined Stableford 2-CLUBS GRANT SUPRA 77 GARY PETTIT X2 164 JACO ROESTOFF 77 JAN MEYER X2 164 design and superior style. Expertly crafted for WILLEM KLOPPERS 76 J ESTERHUIZEN 82 LEON SCHEEPERS 76 PIERRE SPIES 82 an elegant sleep system that puts you FRANSWA BEKKER 76 BRADLY BROWN 82 CHRISTO BEKKER 76 KEEGAN MCLACHLAN 82 NIEL DE WET 82 completely at ease. GRANT SUPRA 82 NTP #9 LEON SCHEEPERS NTP #16 ANTON VERSTER 14/10/2017 14/10/2017 4 BALL ALLIANCE CAPTIANS DAY 2-CLUBS JJ VAN TONDER 94 ANDRE BOTHA 138 NIC HOLLINDER 94 TONY GODYCKI 138 PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 94 CHRISTO VAN NIEKERK 138 DANIE V/D WESTHUIZEN 94 RYAN V/D WATT 138 WAYNE WALKER 88 ARNO VERMAAK 138 LOUIS COETZEE 88 NATIE FOURIE 138 KYLE SWEETLOVE 88 RASHID BOUGHAN 138 LIEBAN SHEARD 88 NICOL KROMHOUT X2 246 NICO V/RENSBURG 87 KEVIN WEBER 138 E VAN ZYL 87 JANNIE ACKERMAN 87 KEVIN WEBBER 87

NTP #3 DANIE V/D WESTHUIZEN NTP #9 EUGENE LEWIS NTP #13 TONY GODYCKI NTP #16 RASHID BOUGHAN 18/10/2017 18/10/2017 BETTERBALL MEDAL 2-CLUBS MURRAY LOUW 59 MURRAY LOUW 128 WILLIE V/D MERWE 59 TRISTAN LEONARD 128 TRISTAN LEONARD 61 LY THI SO 128 CORRIE LEONARD 61 WERNER RIEDINGER 128 MURRAY LOUW 62 MARNUS 128 ERROL TODD 62

NTP# 9 JOHAN SNYMAN NTP# 13 BLOKKIES 21/10/2017 21/10/2017 IPS 2-CLUBS ARNO VERMAAK 43 LY THI SO 79 LY THI SO 41 MURRAY LOUW 79 MURRAY LOUW 40 LOUIS RHEEDER 79 MARTIN OEL 79 BETS SWARTS 79 NTP# 3 CHRITIAN LEWIS DIANE BOOTE 79 NTP# 13 CHRISTO V NIEKERK CARL ZIETSMAN 79 FERNANDO FERRERIA 79 CHRISTO VAN NIEKERK 79 JAN MINNAAR 79 WILLIE SMIT 79 RIKUS ZAAYMAN 79 PAUL CORREIA 79 MADELEINE DE WET 79 ANDRE MEIJ 79 MARIE BOTTHA 79 GREG HEUER 79 SCHALK BOOYSEN 79 RUBEN JANSEN VAN RENSBURG 79 CHRISTIAN LEWIS 79 NICOLAS LEWIS 79 W SNYMAN (AKASIA) 79 25/10/2017 21/10/2017 Wednesday Meat Better Ball 2-CLUBS JOSE GONSALVEZ 47 JOSE GONSALVES 117 VICTOR DA SILVA 47 CHRISTO BEKKER X2 234 CHRISTO BEKKER 46 EUGENE LEWIS 117 FRANSWA BEKKER 46 HENRY ROODT 117 EUGENE LEWIS 44 PIERRE SPIES 117 JONNY BURGER 44 DEAN ARMITAGE 117 PHILLIP LIEBENBERG 44 HENNIE OOSTHUIZEN 117 LEON SNYMAN 44 ANDRE SPIES 117 EDDIE SERTON 43 MARIUS LUBBE 43 FUMI SUZUKI 42 JOHAN POTGIETER 42

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The Chip and Fish competition his competition was held over the dam was actually quite successful (perhaps Biggest carp: Fanus vd Merwe (on a count- weekend of October 28th and 29th, due to warmer water). out) and the idea was to combine a golf competition and a shing competition. The prize giving ceremony took place in the TeamsT consisting of four members were Biggest Bass: Ruben van Rensburg Clubhouse on Sunday afternoon, and herewith requested to enter. the results: Most sh: Wayne Walker (on a count-out) Golf: The format was a four-ball alliance, with Winning team ( shing and golf combined): two scores to count. The scores were carried Fore great (B)asses, with members Pierre Spies, Most original team name: Hack and Hake over to the shing competition on the Sunday. André Botha, Jan van Dyk and his son, FJ van (Barry vd Vyver, Anton Lombard as non-playing Dyk Fishing: The Sunday morning was signi cantly captain, Donne de Jong and Mike de Jong) warmer than the Saturday, and shing started Winning golf team: Happy Hookers, at 10 o’clock. Teams drew beats (or shing consisting of Carl Zietsman, Craig Zietsman, A good day was had by all. Thank you to all spots) which were spread over the island in the Werner Slabbert and Fanus vd Merwe who assisted in organising the event and dam alongside the 14th fairway, the wall next to the 17th fairway, and a spot next to the 13th to all who participated, but I cannot but tee box. Winning shing team: Oom Olo se express some disappointment at the low hengelaars with Marnich, Juandre, Charl and level of interest amongst the residents – the Christiaan Probably, as a result of the cold snap over shing club has over 280 members, and it the weekend, the shing along the dam wall (which is normally excellent) was very poor, Biggest sh: A barbel of 78 cm, caught by Carl would be great to see more enthusiasm and whereas shing in the shallower parts of the Zietsman participation.

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How to keep running during the holidays BY MARTINA SCHOEN he end of 2017 is upon us and everyone is looking forward to the long-awaited festive T season. Will it be sea, summer and sand, or a white Christmas? Regardless of our plans, we always aspire to incorporate some level of activity in our holidays. However, somewhere along the line (sometimes even before Christmas!) we fall o the wagon and start the new year with resentment, guilt and a few extra kilograms… If you ask your friends and family, they experience the same emotions! How can we then ensure that we remain t during this well-deserved break? We compiled ve key ingredients to keep you going during December:

1. Set weekly goals Your aim during December should not be to increase your performance, but to maintain your current tness level. Set Sundays aside to determine what you want to achieve in the week ahead and to assess what you’ve done. Ensure your goals are realistic and maintainable.

2. Get a running buddy An accountability partner is a terri c way to keep you on track. Find a running buddy on your holiday or if your buddy is spending the holidays elsewhere, set up a WhatsApp group where you can encourage one another.

3. Schedule your run The easiest way for your running intentions to fall at is when you don’t make time for a run. Going on a family outing tomorrow? Ensure you get up early to log those kilometres!

4. Increase the e ort If you don’t want to spend your whole holiday on the road, decrease the distance and time and increase the intensity.

5. Find a race Enter a race early in the new year to keep you motivated during the holidays. Or even better – nd a New Year’s race and start your new year with a bang!

Join the Silver Lakes Athletics Club at our weekly time trials and share your love for running:

When: Every Tuesday at 18h00 Where: Silver Lakes Clubhouse Silver Lakes Athletics For more information on Silver Lakes Athletics Club Club wishes you a blessed contact Christine: 082 443 1119/ [email protected]. festive season!

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CORLIA MATHEWS ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL & ETHICS DIRECTOR Environmental report his month, for my article, instead of going for a walk in the Nature completion of the Halfway House project, which took a lot of time Reserve (which I did anyway), I went for a walk through the Estate. from our sta since we ran the project in-house, busy redesigning and TI have done that many times, but always with an eye on what can making plans to start with the workshop project in the new year. Once we do to improve – what photos can I send Mike at our HOA o ces to again, thank you to all who supported this project. We will do our best ask to x? Thinking about it, you will realise it is quite a negative way of to make you proud of the Estate. looking at our beautiful Estate. There are many mistakes still, and always will be. Especially now that our ‘old lady’ is 25 years old. All who have Regarding the Halfway House, the good news is that it is nished and an older home will know how the maintenance keeps piling up as your we stayed well within the budget and even nished the project ve days property gets older. earlier than expected! We also redesigned and reused our equipment for a new-look playground. Recycling at its best! But go and have a look – it Much the same as us humans… We reach a certain stage and one is looking great! Next year we hope to add a few areas for skateboarding sees just how everything bulges and sags everywhere without proper and other activities that the young adults on our Estate will enjoy. Talk to maintenance! me if there is anything in particular you want us to have a look at – send suggestions to [email protected]. MOST IMPORTANTLY: Thank you I accept part of my job as a member of the Board is to see how the HOA to all our HOA sta who did such a sterling task of this project. At the can make our life on the Estate as special as possible, nding ways to same time, we must mention that CKJ contractors were a pleasure to do it and accepting the responsibility of it being executed by our HOA work with! Thanks a million to all of you! sta . This month, however, I went out of my way to go and nd all the positives we have on the Estate and asked the Intra Muros sta if I could instead of 1500 words, have three pages of photos of our beautiful Estate.

I will try and tell a bit of a story about the photos, but mostly just enjoy! Enjoy our Estate, those of you who stay behind for the holidays – use our newly revamped Estate Clubhouse, restaurant and the other facilities. This includes our squash courts, swimming pool, deli shop and wine tasting room. The third tennis court is nished and if we see the residents utilise this facility, perhaps we will need a fourth court, which will be part of the next set of budgets… perhaps together with a bowling green? If you think a bowling green is a good investment, please email me at [email protected].

And of course, there is the golf course to be enjoyed by golfers as well as us homeowners who like to go for a nice long walk on the more than 7 km of golf course pathways. Remember to extend your walk to the hiking trail in the Game Reserve!

The count of animals in the Nature Reserve in October 2017 is: 12 Kudu, 17 nyala, 26 impala, 23 springbuck (six lambs), 19 blesbuck, four common reedbuck (one lamb), eight mountain reedbuck (three lambs), two waterbuck, four bushbuck, six steenbok, and six grey duiker. We will be re-introducing sable in the new year as well.

Before we get to the photos, there are two items I have to report on.

Firstly: As homeowners of the Estate, you have voted to give us a levy to ‘ x up’ the workshop area of the Estate. We have been working hard to nd a Silver Lakes Athletics solution for the blow we were dealt when we received the new layout of Club wishes you a blessed the stand, together with the ood lines. Due to development upstream from us, this line has moved up considerable and we, for example, festive season! cannot build the new sta quarters in the area where we originally planned to. It would have been under the ood lines. We are now, after

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Secondly: I have been asked about a plant list for the Nature Reserve that the buck will not eat.

I know it can be disheartening to put so much e ort, love and labour into your garden, only to have it devoured by our wild animals. I have seen a kudu eat an aloe until only the main stem was left. I thought “Aloes? Thorns and all?” I would have thought that to be one plant that would be safe! Then I was told that they eat the aloes as natural dip to be free from ticks. So, please keep on planting aloes! Investigating the plant list, here are some pointers I found – and good luck to all of you in the Game Reserve – you live in an awesome part of our Estate!

As you know, the biggest problem is in winter and times of drought. We therefore feed our animals in certain areas in the Game Reserve. But if the rainy season is in full swing and we have green veld, they are likely to bypass ornamental plants and plants that are prickly, poisonous, heavily scented, or just plain tough. Here are some examples:

Animals often spit out fuzzy or prickly plants, simply because they are uncomfortable to eat. However, as all of you cherish your rose bushes know, this does not apply to all prickly plants. Often called "deer candy," rose bushes su er much chomping from animals. But good news – if they are strongly scented, animals seem to avoid them. So, when next visiting Ludwich’s Roses, ask for roses with a strong scent!

Wildlife avoid plants that can make them sick. We all know some plants are poisonous and it is those that animals avoid – but PLEASE, such plants are also poisonous to humans and domestic animals, so you might want to reject them too if you have young children or pets. Animals seem more inclined to take their chances with poisonous shrubs, though, and will eat azaleas, mountain laurels and rhododendrons.

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Because plant-scavenging animals have a more acute sense of smell than humans, they do not like heavy smells. They will usually avoid strong-smelling plants such as alliums, catmints, lavenders, mints, oreganos, sages and thymes. It seems herb gardens can be a bonus in the game reserve. Animals also nd plants with tough or leathery foliage hard to chew, so they aren't enthusiastic about ferns, cycads, irises, heathers, perennial gingers and yuccas.

But as always, there are exceptions to the rule. Even on the ‘tough’ types of plants, new leaves, especially on plants that have been over- fertilised or overwatered, are much more tender and the buck will think you specially planted this ‘dessert’ for them! Animals will also eat the foliage of almost any plant or tree that carries fruit such as blueberries and cherries, whether or not their leaves are leathery.

To all our homeowners, enjoy a wonderful rest, and to those of you who will leave the Estate for holidays and family reunions all over the country, drive safely and come back to Silver Lakes refreshed and full of plans for the new year!

Corlia Mathews

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ORGANIC GARDENING reate a friendly city garden in which Why would this be important to a week- ground around the plant. In summer a layer every possible creature, plant and end gardener growing a few plants in a of mulch will have a cooling e ect on the person lives in harmony and you small space? plant root system and during winter prevent have an organic garden. The general There are billions of suburban gardeners that the cold from penetrating into the ground. Cidea has been promoted for at least twenty use chemical fertilisers and toxic sprays, often It will allow rainwater to lter into the root years, but it is still often regarded as time- incorrectly, resulting in a collapsed garden system slowly and a multitude of insects will consuming with unsatisfactory results. soil structure. The unhealthy soil is unable to call mulch “home”. Insect activities will break utilise water and nutrients correctly and the down the dead leaves and organic litter and Know the basics chemical over ow is washed into our rivers start the recycling process. Plants need oxygen, water and food (humus) and dams. Middle layer of decay and are able to produce organic material This soil is populated by microscopic from inorganic substances. We depend on organisms that chemically break up the litter organic material for food, directly by eating particles and complete the recycling process. vegetables and grains and indirectly by consuming meat. Humus Organic litter has become food. Bacteria and During the nineteenth century scientists fungi multiply and gather the free nitrogen. developed chemical fertilisers and soon it was In humus, nutrients will not decompose manufactured commercially. These chemicals further. This is a reservoir that can be used by would help yield better crops and a dream the plant when needed. It will not leach away to achieve a world without hunger would be like chemical products. ful lled (or so they thought). Healthy plants need healthy soil as a How can suburban gardeners improve the By 1940 the green revolution followed. starting point soil structure in their gardens? Traditional practices of mixing and rotating All plants are grown in top soil. This is where crops were abandoned. Due to massive input the nutrients are produced and stored for • Avoid digging and turning your soil of chemical fertiliser, crop yield increased plant growth. • Encourage soil organisms by not dramatically – and so did plant diseases and removing organic matter weed problems. Healthy top soil consists of: • A top layer of mulch • Supply a blanket (mulch) to your soil at Toxic sprays were developed, but pests and all times diseases soon showed resistance and more • Middle layer of decay • Keep your soil planted – open soil will toxic sprays had to be used. • Humus erode and deteriorate

The long-term e ect was soils that turned Mulch Part 2 acidic and a soil structure that collapsed. Soil This would be the blanket created by leaves, Next issue: Creating balance when treating erosion became a big problem (and still is). twigs and dead owers spread over the pests and understanding weeds.

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White-fronted bee-eater Photo credit: Richard Downing 2017 – A YEAR IN REVEIW hat an exciting and busy year At the end of June in the cold mid-winter, we save this species. Dr. Hanneline is raising funds it has been for the Bird Club, had our Quiz and Soup evening presented by for a captive breeding project to help save this with numerous intriguing Dr. Koos Marais. We all had a fun- lled evening. bird at the Pretoria Zoo. We are aiming to help presentations from life-long The sherry warmed us up on arrival and Dr. her in this regard. More news to follow on this Wbirders and researchers, to hosting bird Marais did a wonderful quiz. project next year. outings in our own Game Reserve and the start of an annual Quiz and Soup night. During July, my daughter Sarita and I went on October arrived quickly and we hosted a leadership course given by BirdLife Northern a visit from the Cuckoo Club, a club from We started o with a presentation on "The Gauteng that was presented by Etienne Marais. Johannesburg. Luckily it was a cool morning Miracle of Bird Migration: Great Journeys The course was very well attended, we learnt a and as we had a leisurely walk around the of the Worlds Birds” by Philip Calinikos in great deal and made many new friends. Nature Reserve we managed to see around 60 February. We were all enthralled by the great species of birds. Afterwards we all returned for distances the birds y, from as far away as During the course of the year I began a wonderful breakfast at our usual watering Russia to South Africa, and how some get researching bird ringing and am trying to hole: Café 41. lost along the way, ending up in di erent organise ringing events at Silver Lakes. I had places, causing a frenzy between twitchers researched it extensively and had to see it Next year will see a few exciting projects on and birders alike. In March Dawie Rottenveel in action so I had to get up early on winter the go. We will keep you updated. gave us a presentation on "An Introduction mornings to check what bird ringing entailed. to Birding". Dawie has been birding virtually What a fantastic experience it was to witness I would like to wish you all a very merry all his life and we were all entertained by his this. I hope that everyone at the Bird Club will exploits, especially as he is a twitcher, and told witness this event on our doorstep soon. Christmas and a happy New Year. Please travel us hilarious stories of his journeys around the safely if you are going away this holiday. countryside looking for rare birds. In mid- Then September was upon us and Dr. March, we had our rst bird outing, walking Hanneline Smit Robinson came along to give Kathryn Downing around our splendid Nature Reserve. Philip us a peek into the world of the white-winged Calinikos was our guide and we spotted 65 u tail. As there are only approximately 250 Chairperson – species of birds. of these birds left, it is a race against time to Silver Lakes Bird Club

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TODAY'S CHILD INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 37 PARENTING The First Cell Phone: Rules for Responsibility

"I CAN'T BELIEVE MY DAUGHTER IS OLD ENOUGH FOR A CELL PHONE ALREADY. I'M SCARED. HOW DO I KEEP HER SAFE? AM I WORRYING TOO MUCH?"

You’re not worrying too much. So, it’s natural to worry when your child is Some parents give their younger child devic- ready for their rst cell phone, even if you es that are more limited than a smart phone, Research shows that virtually all kids who are think he or she is generally responsible. Yes, that can’t be used to go online, or to call allowed to keep their cell phone in their room this device is an instrument of connection, anyone not authorised by the parent. overnight will answer a late-night text, and and it will allow you and your child to be most of them have spent at least some late more connected when you’re apart. But it’s nights sending texts. also a symbol of separation, a reminder that 2. Agree to rules, before your child is now spending enough time at that ﬁ rst cell phone. Only 11% of parents suspect their teens have a distance from you – and other supervising Most parents think a “contract” with their ever sent, received or forwarded a sexual text adults – to need it. Worse, it’s a reminder of child is unnecessary and silly. But a written or photo, while 41% of teens admit they’ve the dangers lurking in the outside world that agreement is a great way for your child to done so. Studies show that the pressure to could menace your child, without you there step into this new responsibility without you send “sexy” photos via phone (sexting) begins to stop them. “over-parenting.” When that rst cell phone in Grade 5, on average. The average age of comes with written rules and responsibilities rst pornography exposure is around age 8.* The problem isn’t with kids today. In fact, the in the form of a signed agreement, young research shows that teens today are more people learn how to handle them responsibly. responsible than my generation was in driv- Half of all kids say they are addicted to their If you ask your kids what they think the rules ing, drinking, sexuality and drug use. No, the cell phones and worry that they use them should be, and negotiate until you’re happy, problem is that smart phones pose new risks. too much. Their parents agree, and 36% of they will “own” those rules. parents say they have daily arguments with Luckily, communication and supervision can their children about their phones.** dramatically lessen the risks. How? 3. Use parental controls. There are parental control apps available for Our own experience tells us that it takes a all phones, and iPhone have built-in parental fair amount of self-discipline to manage the 1. Don’t give your child a controls that can be enabled. responsibility of a cell phone. Most kids are not ready for that responsibility before high phone too early. If your child is with a trusted adult, he 4. Scaffold. school, if then. In fact, since the prefrontal shouldn’t need a cell phone. It’s when kids You know how when a building goes up, cortex is not fully developed until the mid- start to get to school by themselves, or there’s a framework around it? Once the 20s, high schoolers are famous for not having otherwise are without supervision, that they building is complete, the sca olding is unnec- as much impulse control as we’d like. High need a cell phone for safety reasons. The essary. Your job is to give your child support – schoolers have a hard enough time manag- younger your child when she gets the cell like sca olding – as he learns each new skill. ing the temptations of social media, sexting, phone, the more you’re asking of her, because So, don’t just buy a cell phone, give a lecture, and addictive games on computers. Handing it will just be harder for her to act responsibly and hope for the best. Instead, see this as a them a phone that they can use constantly, with it. Can you trust that she’ll follow your year-long project. In the beginning, plan to without your supervision, is like handing a rules about which apps to download, for talk with your child every single night about child an addictive substance and then not instance? How often does she lose things? his cell phone use that day. Review with him monitoring them. what calls and texts came in and out, what

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apps he used. Ask how it felt to him to use about what your child thinks, and listen more. your child about this di cult issue, check out his phone. Did it change anything in his life You might nd, for instance, that your teen the book Good Pictures, Bad Pictures by Kris- to have those calls and texts come in? Were thinks sending nude sel es via Snapchat is ten Jenson, which you can read with children there any challenges as he considered how ne because the photo will self-destruct. But as young as seven. to respond? When you see a mean text from does your child realise that the receiver can one friend about another one, you’ll have the take a screenshot, and that there are now ap- 7. Know your child. perfect opportunity to ask him about social parently ways to subvert the auto-noti cation The research shows that when kids have dynamics, listen to the dilemmas he’s facing, that should tell the sender a copy has been problems with technology of any kind, it’s and coach him about how to handle these made? And does your child know that having because they’re having problems that go challenges. Even once your kids have had a photo of a naked underage person on his a phone for a while, it’s recommended that cell phone is illegal? beyond technology, and those problems will parents reserve the right to spot check their show up in the rest of their life. So, if your messages and texts occasionally without child is mostly responsible, considerate and 6. Porn-proof your child. happy, he or she is probably responsible with warning. Erased messages should be checked All kids will eventually see porn; it is just a technology too. on the bill. This gets kids in the habit of being question of when. But smart phones give chil-

responsible, because their phone use doesn’t dren access to porn, so before you give your feel so “invisible.” child a cell phone, you need to educate him *Study of 70,000 kids by Jesse Weinberger, author of about porn. Porn is almost always dehuman- The Boogey Man Exists and He’s In Your Child’s Back 5. Talk, and listen. ising, because it depicts sex without warmth, Pocket At the dinner table, comment on news stories intimacy or love. Most porn today also that involve cell phones, from sexting to dan- includes verbal and/or physical aggression **Study by Common Sense Media, cited in New York gerous apps to driving deaths. Ask questions toward women. If you need help talking with Times 7-21-16. Cell Phone: Rules

1. Never write or forward a photo, or 7. Never broadcast your location 15. L8R – Later! If you’re driving, turn o anything in a text, that you wouldn’t want ...except in a direct text to friends (because it your cell phone... forwarded to everyone in your school, your leaves you open to stalking.) Don’t use location ...and put it in a bag where you can’t reach it in principal and your parents. apps that post your location. the back seat. (Make sure you have directions Remember that everything you send can before you start out.) Cars kill people. become public. 8. Never respond to numbers you don’t recognise. 16. Nothing replaces face-to-face 2. Always ask before you forward a text or communication photo. 9. If you receive an unsolicited text, that’s If a “friend” sends you a mean message, take a Be respectful. How would you feel if someone spam. deep breath and turn o your phone. Talk to forwarded an un attering photo of you? Don’t click on it. Instead, tell your parents so them the next day, face to face, about it. Never they can report the problem and have the say anything via text that you wouldn’t say face to face. 3. Always ask before you take a photo or caller blocked. video. 10. Don’t download apps without your 17. Monitor your phone usage to prevent Even once someone has given you permission addiction. parents’ permission. to take a photo, ask before you post it. Our brains get a little rush of dopamine every You don’t need more ringtones. Get unlimited time we interact with our phones, so every text 4. If someone asks you to send a sexy texts so you don’t have to worry about you send or receive, every post or update, feels photo... budgeting. good. Why is that a problem? Because it can ...remember that even with Snapchat (which distract us from other things that are important “evaporates” the photo), the picture can be 11. Don’t wear your cell phone on your but maybe not so immediately rewarding, copied and forwarded to others. Anyone could body... like connecting with our families, doing our and don’t use it if you can use a landline. Cell homework, and just thinking about life. see it – every kid in the school, your teachers, phones are always looking for a signal, and your parents. It happens all the time to great that means they’re sending out waves that you kids. Just don’t send it. And talk to your parents don’t want to go through your body. Cancer? about it. Maybe. We don’t know enough yet. So why not just be cautious? 5. If you receive a sexy photo...... immediately delete it from your phone, tell 12. Set up your charging station in the living your parents, and block the number so you room can’t receive more. Possession or distribution ...so, your phone is not in your room at night. of sexual pictures of people who are underage is illegal. If the person who sent it to you asks 13. No cell phones at the dining room table. why, just say “It’s illegal. Let’s talk instead.” 14. Have a life. 6. Never post your cell phone number Don’t feel obligated to respond to texts right ...on Facebook, or broadcast it beyond your away and don’t text until homework is done, friends (because it leaves you open to stalking.) during dinner, or after 9pm.

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In Hil's Head s

I'm a mom to two amazing kids – a 12-year-old daughter and a 14-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!

– it’s the holidayHo season! ho The homost wonderful time of the year, or so the song goes!

am no Grinch – I just love the holidays. The the potato salad that Mom always made in Pinterest has become fundamental for festive season wasn’t a thing in my family advance to eat with post-celebration leftovers. inspiring colour schemes for wrapping gifts. I(looong story), but it’s amazing with my We would probably stay over again, because No more stealing Mom’s paper. But I can never husband’s family. I’m one of the lucky few we were just having fun. Sometime before nd the damn sticky tape! who really loves my in-laws, so spending New Year’s Eve, the leftovers would run out and time with them in December is a joy. It’s Mom would chase us home. We would head With the family being as big as it is now, and been 20 years since the rst Christmas that I back to our communes and apartments to nances being what they are, we generally spent with them. prepare for the big party night ahead. do a Secret Santa for the grown-ups. For the kidlets, we try to follow the rhyme: I was like a kid at Christmas (forgive the We’ve celebrated at di erent homes since then, “something they want, something they need, obvious simile) in that rst year. I couldn’t but everyone agrees that Mom’s four-bedroom something to wear and something to read.” wait for Christmas morning to exchange home, that she rattles around alone in for the gifts. There were no little ones in the house rest of the year, is the best place for a super- Speaking of things crafty and Pinterest- back then, so we sat up late on Christmas long festive weekend. inspired – last year we had our rst seaside eve, playing games, chatting and taking Christmas. My sister-in-law, Jessica and I made turns to wrap gifts using up Mom’s supply of In the years that have followed, things have a driftwood tree decorated with shells and wrapping paper and sticky tape. Back then, changed a bit. Siblings have emigrated and seaweed. It was beautiful! Hunt me down on we were poor and disorganised like that! children have been born. We’ve started leaving Instagram and check it out. cookies, carrots and beer (yes – our family We went to bed after midnight and woke puts beer out for Santa) on the windowsill. Jess and I adore sweet stu , so we have up early to swap gifts and eat homemade Sometimes, if we remember, we make baby taken over the dessert side of the big feast. biscuits and mince pies with our morning powder footprints leading up to the tree after A summer fruit pavlova and Nigella Lawson’s co ee. A couple of hours to play with our the kids have gone to bed. As each child grows ice cream cake have become a tradition. Our new toys and then the big cook-o would out of believing in Santa, they are sworn to husbands have taken over the turkey and start. Mom cooked stu ed turkey and secrecy – a rite of passage into the grown-up gammon. They cook outside on the Weber. gammon, tons of veggies and THE BEST world. Now only the littlest cousins still believe. Mom oversees pre-stu ng the turkey and roast potatoes. Dessert and more mince I love how my Teen and Tween make a big deal the roast potatoes. Because nothing is more pies. Enough to feed a few families. A feast, of pretending for the little ones. important than stu ng and potatoes! Tim followed by an afternoon of laziness and Noakes would not approve. regrets for having eaten as much as we had. Part of the fun of the holidays is the preparation beforehand. Pledging our Santa Shoe Boxes And on that starch- lled note – I would like to We would stay over for Boxing Day – with marks the start of the season and we plan wish each of you a wonderful holiday season more food – turkey and gammon rolls with and chat and make lists from then onwards. with your loved ones! See you in 2018!

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Teen segment: Sex, Sexting and Online Grooming DR ILSE RUANE PSYCHOLOGY FOR AN APPOINTMENT PLEASE CALL: 083 376 1995

Even if you have said yes to something before, 2. WHAT TO DO IF YOU elationships can be confusing when you can still change your mind and say no you are young and new to the now. Remember, it is wrong for anyone to FEEL UNSAFE dating scene. Even more so if you make you feel bad for saying no. Boyfriends If your boyfriend or girlfriend makes you feel reallyR like someone but they do things, or ask or girlfriends may pressure you into feeling scared in your relationship, it is important to to do things, you are not comfortable with. For like you owe them something. They may even get support. Try talking to an adult you trust or example, they ask you to be sexual with them bully you because they do not agree with your a psychologist. or start sending you sexual messages. decision. In extreme cases they may threaten to tell other people or share stu online. Have a safety plan that can help keep you safe Sadly, sometimes teens are forced into sex and get the necessary support you may need. SEX to maintain their social status, to keep their Being in a romantic relationship can make partner or popularity, or not to be the odd one Sex is the obvious one we needed to discuss you feel excited, happy and full of con dence. out. regarding teen relationships, but what about It is normal to enjoy compliments and to the consequences of social media engagement feel special. Sometimes relationships start to It is important to know that you are a teenager such as sexting and online grooming? It is change. It can be hard to know when things – you are not supposed to have an adult- important for you to realise how permanent are starting to go wrong. Relationship abuse type of relationship at this age. However, you digital content is. That means that once can be an ongoing thing or only happen once. are growing up in an era when things are something in posted on the web, it is there What are the signs to look out for? very hectic regarding sexual expression and forever. You need to be aware of the potential experimentation. The best way to cope within dangers of having an online presence such as • Often when something does not this challenging time is to learn skills to help Snapchat, Instagram, Music.ly or Facebook. The seem right, your body may react in the you stand up for yourself: consequences may lead to cyberbullying or following ways: heart races; sweating; grooming when your thought-to-be personal di culty breathing; feeling uneasy in 1. BEING PRESSURISED photos and videos get posted on the web and your stomach like butter ies; dizziness INTO SEX go viral. Photos and videos can even resurface or feeling like your head is spinning; or There can be a lot of pressure in the media, many years later. feeling tension or sti ness in your body. like music videos or movies, to have sex at young age. Perhaps your friends are doing it or If you ever feel unsure, unsafe or get that talking about doing it. But this should not be uneasy feeling, it could mean you are not a reason to start having sex. If you do not feel SEXTING Sexting means using your phone to comfortable with what is happening. Being in comfortable or ready to have sex or do sexual take and send sexy texts or pics, usually an unhealthy relationship can mean that you things with someone, then you should not sel es. You might think that sexting is are being exploited, used or abused. It is not feel like you have to. The person you are with a cool, harmless way to irt or show acceptable to be made to feel this way and should care about you enough not to pressure your boyfriend or girlfriend that you it is important to listen to yourself if you feel you or make you do something you are not are into them. But sexts can outlast uneasy. happy about. your relationship or get into the wrong hands. Once you click send, there is no • Not being allowed to say what you Sex is only ever ok if both people involved want way to get your pics and texts back. want. You have the right to say how to have sex. That is both parties give consent. Maybe your ex or friend will delete you feel and to be respected. Consent Consent means agreeing to do something. them after you break up or you have in relationships is about saying yes or Having sex if someone has not given their a ght. But what if they do not delete doing things because you choose to, not consent, which means they do not want to them? because someone is pressuring you to. If have sex, is illegal and is called rape. (Teens someone is pressuring you to have sex, do under the age of 16 may not give consent to something sexual, dangerous or violent, have sex as the law sees sex under 16 years of this is wrong. age as statutory rape.)

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Sexting can have serious consequences. The happen. They may not purposefully share a Groomers may go onto a social network such pics might get sent around the school or posted private pic of you, but their phone can get as Instagram, Snapchat, Music.ly, etc., used by online where people like your family, teachers, looked through by a friend, lost, or stolen teens and pretend to be one of them. They and friends may see them. Sharing pics or texts and your pics can be shared without your might attempt to gain trust by using fake pro le without permission is a serious violation of knowledge. pictures, pretending to have similar interests, privacy and is not ok. Even more serious is that pretending to know your friends, o ering gifts if the photos you send or share are of someone Let’s look at what to do if someone you are and saying nice things. Once they have your under 18 (even if that is you), you could even be dating or in a relationship with sends you a trust, the groomer often steers the conversation charged for child pornography. sext or naked pic: towards a sexual one. For example: They could • Do not send or show it to anybody. Sharing start o by asking for bikini photos, which soon Sexting someone you love or care about can naked pics breaks trust. Once trust is becomes a bra and pantie photo. In time, they seem fun and exciting, but there is a lot that broken, it is very di cult to restore. Also ask teens to send sexual photographs or videos can go wrong. There are a number of ways sexts remember it can also be a crime to save or of themselves. Some may try to set up a meeting can get into the wrong hands on purpose or share sexual photos of someone under 18, or even blackmail teens by threatening to share by accident and cause damage. So think twice even if you are also under 18. the photos or videos with the family and friends. before sending anything to anyone that you • Talk to them about why sexting might not would not want the whole world to see. A tip I be a good idea. There are lots of other ways Online groomers are not necessarily strangers. tell my teen clients: if you are ok with the text or to irt or let you know how they feel. Teens may already have met them through their pic being on the billboard on the way to school, • Delete the sext as soon as possible. If your family or social activities. They use the internet then it is ok to send it. phone is lost, stolen or borrowed, someone to build an online relationship. Sometimes teens might see it and share it with others. do not realise they have been groomed and What should you do if someone asks you to think that the person is their friend, boyfriend or sext them? Does your boyfriend or girlfriend ask If a friend sends you someone else’s sext: girlfriend. for or send you naked photos? Here are some • Tell the person who sent it to you that it is questions to ask yourself before you sext: not cool to do that. Never send it on or save The best way to deal with grooming is to prevent • Is it legal? As said previously, sending or it to your phone. Delete the photo or sext. it from happening by making sure you are well- taking naked or sexual photos of someone • Talk to an adult you trust if you think informed. Strictly set up your privacy settings on under 18 is illegal. Even if you both said it someone is being bullied or harassed. all social networks you belong to and talk to an was ok to take the pics, it does not matter – adult you trust if you feel unsafe or worried. it is illegal. If someone you do not know or who makes • Is it what you want? If someone is you uncomfortable sends you a sext or naked pressuring you to send sexts when you do pic: Some general tips to be not want to, or if they threaten to share your • Tell your parents or another adult you trust private pics or texts, they are not respecting right away. safe online: you or your boundaries. This is a sign of an • Do not delete the photo or text until you • Keep your personal information private. unhealthy relationship. If you nd yourself show your parents/another adult you trust Private details which could identify you in an unhealthy relationship, speak to an and do not show anybody else except for in the real world such as your name, adult or psychologist and consider ending the adult you trust. phone number, home address, school the relationship. Do not send photos or name or photographs should only ever be messages just because someone else really That all being said, you still want to sext your shared with people you know. Your age wants you to. You are your own person and boyfriend or girlfriend. How can you keep and gender should also be kept private. can make your own decisions. your pics and messages private? Honestly, you Even with online games, do not share any • Will it get shared? This is a tricky question cannot. You might think you are only sharing personal details. Also be sure to have your to answer. The short answer is you just do things with certain people, but anyone can save location settings o when playing online not know. When you like or trust someone and send them to others (WhatsApp, Snapchat, games or posting photos with the location enough to send them a sext, you might Instragram). Once it is out there on the web, you attached. never imagine that they would show your have no control over who can see your pic and • Only share with known friends. Be cautious private text to others. But sometimes no way of getting it back. Even if you delete it about who you share things with. Be sure people do mean things that you would from your phone, online page or pro le, other you personally know the person. Do not never expect. Especially after a ght or people could have saved or copied the photo share things with friends of friends. People a breakup. They may share your sexts as and spread it around. Think very carefully before are not always who they say they are a way to get back at you. Accidents also engaging in sexting as the pitfalls for a teen are online. too many to count. • Never arrange to meet someone you only know online without a parent present. WHAT THE FUSS ABOUT ONLINE GROOMING? • If something online makes you worried or There is a chance that you may meet people uncomfortable, the best course of action is online who are not who they say they are. always to talk to an adult you trust. Grooming is a word we use to describe people befriending children and teens in order to take Being a teen is an exciting and challenging time. advantage of them for sexual purposes. Online Enjoy your life and have fun, but always respect grooming is a problem in this technological age yourself and stay safe. so it is important to talk to your parents about how to stay safe. But how does online grooming work?

42 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 TODAY'S CHILD TODAY'S CHILD BOOK REVIEWS Origin R320.00 By Dan Brown The spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel evening is blown apart before Kirsch’s precious from Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci discovery can be revealed. With his life under Code. Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of threat, Langdon is forced into a desperate bid to symbology and religious iconology, arrives at escape, along with the museum’s director, Ambra the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the Vidal. Together they ee to Barcelona on a perilous unveiling of a discovery that “will change the face quest to locate a cryptic password that will unlock of science forever”. The evening’s host is his friend Kirsch’s secret. and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year- old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions In their path lie dark forces which will do anything and audacious predictions have made him a to stop them. To evade a tormented enemy who controversial gure around the world. This evening is one step ahead of them at every turn, Langdon is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an and Vidal must navigate labyrinthine passageways astonishing scienti c breakthrough to challenge of hidden history and ancient religion. On a trail the fundamentals of human existence. marked only by enigmatic symbols and elusive modern art, Langdon and Vidal uncover the clues But Langdon and several hundred other guests are that will bring them face-to-face with a world- left reeling when the meticulously orchestrated shaking truth that has remained buried – until now.

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44 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Keep your cash, and yourself, 101 Kruger Tales safe this festive season!

ith less than two months to 4. Be vigilant: This time of year is always 5. Travel with reliable service providers: Christmas, we are well-aware that busy and people spend larger than Make sure that however you get home, Wwe’re not the only ones heading to normal amounts of money. Criminals you do it safely. This means making sure the shopping malls to shop for Christmas gifts. exploit the fact that there are more that the Uber you climb into is really Just today, at 11am, a Cell C store was held shoppers in the mall, carrying more cash the Uber you ordered and ensuring that up in Irene, Pretoria. There has been a spate than they normally do. Be careful in busy you book rides home at night through of armed robberies of people who have been areas such as malls and petrol stations. reputable shuttle operators. Not only followed home from the airport, as well as Also, be aware of your surroundings when does this mean that you will get home people who have been held up after drawing driving home – there could be criminals when you plan to, but it also means that money from at ATM. It’s imperative that we all following you. Don’t let anyone help you the service operators are accountable to stay vigilant and do whatever we can to ensure at an ATM, or o er to carry your luggage, certain standards. that we’re not an easy target. Follow these as these are often just tricks used to simple tips this festive season – don’t become make o with your money. Keeping your a statistic. whits about you ensures that this season remains festive. 1. Don’t carry cash: Cash is no longer king. By keeping large quantities of notes in your handbag or wallet, you become an easy target for criminals. Keep just enough on you to pay for small items, like your parking at a shopping mall. 2. Get a debit card: Carry your cash on a card. That way your money is safe and protected by the pin you chosen. It’s now unnecessary to carry large amounts of cash on you, you don’t need to carry large amounts of cash with you. If your card is stolen, at least your money is insured through the bank. 3. Keep your information secret: This is no-brainer. Don’t ever write your PIN down on a piece of paper. By doing this, you put yourself at risk. And before you know it, someone else could be spending the money you earned. Keep it secret, keep it safe.

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Festive treats …

tasty healthier optionsBy Ajita Ratanjee

t is that time of year again when the Christmas Fruit cake: a piece of fruit cake in a food processor until smooth. Pour over Christmas decorations start going up and can easily be equivalent to two slices of cooled base, then bake for a further 35-40 you realise that another year has gone by in bread-worth of carbohydrates and additional minutes (it may still have a slight wobble, but a blink of an eye. We all do look forward to kilojoules depending on the amount of alcohol will rm on cooling). Isome of the special treats we make over the in the cake. It is an energy-dense food as it is Cool the cake in turned-o oven with the Festive Season; however, we are aware that packed with nuts and dried fruits. Rather opt for door slightly ajar (this is to prevent top from many of the treats are not the best to keep your a low-fat cheesecake that can save you some cracking). Serve with seasonal fruit. waistline in check. carbohydrates and kilojoules. If you can make your own cheesecake you can use a low-fat Ice creams: We all love ice cream! However, ice Let’s take a closer look at some of our treats. cream cheese, making it lower in fat. cream is high in fat and sugar. Opt for yoghurt- Remember we are trying to make the better based ice pops or lollies. They are delicious and choice here and still have a treat. LOW FAT CHEESECAKE RECIPE easy to make at home. • 180g plain biscuits (such as digestive or The recommendations are: Marie) JAMIE OLIVER STRAWBERRY ICE LOLLY Alcoholic drinks - use a light version and dilute • 90g unsalted butter, melted • 250g strawberries • 250g low-fat cream cheese • 100ml natural yoghurt (or apple or orange drinks with sugar-free cold drinks or ice. Try and • 250g low-fat cottage cheese juice) have an alcoholic drink with one main meal • 250g low-fat plain yoghurt • 1 teaspoon honey. only instead of drinking all day. • 2 eggs Excess sugar should be avoided. Use sugar- • 2/3 cup (150g) caster sugar Whizz up the ripe strawberries, natural yoghurt free cold drinks and low-cal juices. Sweets and • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (or apple or orange juice) and the honey in a chocolates should be taken as a treat instead of blender or food processor. Taste, and add a little eating them daily. Pre-heat the oven to 160°C (not fan-forced). more honey/xylitol if you think you need to. Line the base of a 20cm cake pan with baking Divide the strawberry mixture between 4 ice Water must be taken in su cient amounts. paper. lolly moulds, then pop a stick into each one. Put Alcohol dehydrates you and sugar competes the ice lollies in the freezer for at least 4 hours with water in the gut, thus making constipation To make the base, crumble the biscuits in a food or until solid. more likely to happen over the festive period. processor, add the melted butter and process Drink 2,5 – 3,5 litres of water daily to stay well to combine. Always stay active! Take regular walks, jogs, play hydrated. tennis, swim or even continue to hit the gym Place mixture into a pan and use your hand to if that is what you enjoy. At least the excess Keep your starches in check. Summer is a great press down rmly in the base. Bake in the oven kilojoules get burned up and you feel much time to eat more veggies and salads with for 10 minutes, then remove and cool. lighter and maintain better energy levels during protein. Have a starch at one main meal only. To make the lling, mix remaining ingredients this season.

48 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 HEALTH & WELLNESS Fear – Another four-letter word

Briony Liber is a career development and leadership coach, a wife, a mother to two furkids and a lover of chocolate. She had a mid-life career change in her early forties after taking a stand against the rent- avoiding voices in her head that told her she “was not the type of person who could live her dreams because she would probably just fail at them”.

She lives by the motto “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you are right”. She encourages curiosity in everyone that she works with and focusses on coaching graduate professionals through their career transitions. Connect with her on her Facebook page @brionylibercoaching or via her website www.brionyliber.com have been running a workshop for that scream "Don't do it, you will never a learning experience, we can create a new career women and have met the most succeed anyway", "You are not good neural pathway that supports us in taking a astoundingly competent and wonderful enough!", "Stop reaching so high. risk, trying new things and celebrating failure women along the way. They are beautiful. Everyone is going to laugh at you when as part of the learning process. IThey are funny. They are technically you fail". competent. Most of them work in tough male- • As self-sabotage: with self-sabotage, we It means that by consciously viewing failure dominated environments, like mining. And tend to create our failure because we can as an opportunity to learn, you can train your most of them are avoiding taking their next control the outcome. We can control the brain to try new things, to set goals, to have LIFESTYLE career step because of fear. failure, rather than trying something and aspirations and to strive for your dreams. failing at it anyway. And boy, I know how they feel. I have been So when you feel yourself procrastinating, there, terri ed because "What will everyone In all of these instances, we set ourselves worrying about perfection, talking yourself say if I don't get it right?", "I will feel so up for failure because we see the goal in its out of something, or sabotaging yourself, I PART 2 0F 3 ashamed if I fail", "I am too scared to try in entirety, as an overwhelming thing to strive challenge you to ask yourself how you could case I don't succeed". However, a mid-life for, instead of breaking the goal into bite-size look at the situation di erently – rather than career change later, I know for myself that the chunks that are manageable and give us a as a risk for failure, is there an opportunity to trick is not to aim for an absence of fear, but sense of progress and achievement. It's the old stretch yourself and learn? rather to face your fears with the perspective joke: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite that getting out of your comfort zone is an at a time!" And when you nd yourself making mistakes, EVERY EXIT IS AN opportunity to learn and grow! getting things wrong, failing – I challenge Our fears can stem from all sorts of things – you to ask yourself what you could learn from Fear of failure shows up in many forms: experiences we have had in life that have told the experience, and how you could apply • As procrastination: when we us that getting it wrong is "bad", a traumatic that learning to improve, to do better, to do it procrastinate we put o doing event, being unsupported, being humiliated. di erently next time? something, often because we are scared Each time we get feedback that equates failure to start in case we don't get it right. We to "bad" or "wrong", our brain hardwires that often put o something for so long that feedback and strengthens the neural pathway ENTRY by the time we do the task, we have no that says "failure is not an option so rather time to worry about doing it right. The don't try". The more experiences we have that time constraint focusses us on delivery con rm that world view, the stronger that TO SOMEWHERE ELSE – or to opt out – both tend to result in neural pathway becomes – to the point that it anxiety and unnecessary sleepless nights becomes a habit to believe that it's better not and stress. to try than to try and fail! • As perfectionism: perfectionists tend only BY BRIONY LIBER to try something if they know they will So I am working with these funny, beautiful, ADAPTED FROM WWW.BRIONYLIBER.COM get it right, and often with the desire to competent, amazing women to help them be the best at something. Unfortunately, rewire their thinking, change their internal perfectionism often stops people from chatter and see failure as an opportunity trying anything at all. rather than a threat. HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED TO LIVE? THIS WILL DEPEND ON • As low self-con dence: this shows up often in those pesky internal voices If we look at failure in a positive light and as YOUR LIFE STAGE AND WHO IS DEPENDENT ON YOU, SO BE VERY HONEST WITH YOURSELF!

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ast month we talked about the rst three Then it was time to tap into my support thoughts of “meaning and purpose and leaving steps I took in my career change journey. team. a legacy” were no good if I couldn’t pay my bills LAs a reminder, those were: and live. They say “If you want to go fast, go alone. But • I surrounded myself with people that if you want to go far, go together”. I want to I am very grateful for the fact that I am at a inspired me; go far! But gosh, it’s not in my nature to ask stage in my life where I have very few expenses, for help! And yet over the past two years, I relatively low debt, and a fair sum of money • I got clear on the life I want to live; have become really good at it. I have been saved up – enough to buy me a year of life tapping into and building my support team, my out of the rat race while I reinvented myself. I • I de ned the legacy I want to leave. networks, and my connections. still had to get used to living on substantially less though and made that part of my So here are the next few steps... In the last two years, I have probably met and process before I left the security of salaried- built relationships with more people than I employment. I knew I needed to develop my skills have ever done before in my adult life. The so my next step was to gure out what more I talk to people about what I am doing, And now I have a pretty strict budget – what the more they con rm for me that I am on that has done for me regarding being clear on competencies I needed. the right track (they have also given me ideas my priorities has been pretty stunning. The about things I hadn’t yet explored, they have question “Am I feeling needy or wanty?” comes My career shift was a complete move from safe introduced me to other people and helped me up regularly for me.... do I NEED this or do I employment to self-employment and into an form a new professional network). For someone WANT this? My spending habits have changed entirely new line of work. So I knew I was going who has shied away from small talk, I have dramatically, and amazingly, I have enough to have to do substantial up-skilling to learn become pretty adept at starting conversations money to live comfortably, pay my bills, travel more about running my own business, as well and mingling at networking events. every now and again and set up a edgling as develop competence and credibility selling business. coaching services (as opposed to coaching Who can help you make the right existing sta as part of my job). I spent some connections? How much money do you need to live? time working out what skills and knowledge I This will depend on your life stage and who already had and de ned a plan to start lling What forums should you be joining? is dependent on you, so be very honest with the gaps. One of my shortcomings was in yourself! depth and variety of coaching experience, and Who can you brainstorm with? that gap I realised I could only ll with time How much time do you need to stockpile and hands-on practice. So to address that, Who will ask you tough questions and give that kind of money? I developed a plan on the type of coaching you candid feedback? experiences I needed to get exposure to, and What sources of funding can you draw on? who could help me get that exposure. Money! Money Money! How am I going to pay my bills??? What’s your budget for starting your new What experiences do you need to have? venture? Ah, it was all sounding so good until now What knowledge and skills do you need to wasn’t it?? Ughhh! Unless you are planning What strategies could you adopt to ease the develop? to live o -grid (and even if you are), you need transition out of a regular salary and into the money. I very quickly realised, and thankfully unknown? What are your strengths and how can you had some good coaching along the way, that harness these and put them to good use? all these plans, and values and visions, and To be continued...

INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 49 TOYS FOR BOYS

MOVEMBER It’s Movember and there are many beards and mo’s being cultivated out there this month, for sure. So whether you’re going to grow your mo right on into December or shave it o , we’ve found a few products that will help you along your journey…

Badger Mustache Wax Badger Pre-Shave Oil Tame wild whiskers and keep your ‘stache in Badger’s organic pre-shave facial oil is a must- shape with this natural mustache grooming Hairy Eye Average Joe Beard Oil have for all you smooth operators out there. wax from the Badger Man Care range. Bad- Brush up on your beard care regime with this This gent’s grooming oil preps your skin for ger’s Mustache Wax is made with beeswax, all-natural, excellent quality beard oil from the shaving, helping the razor glide smoothly over castor seed oil, shea butt er and extra-hard Hairy Eye range. This blend of jojoba, almond the skin without causing irritati on or dryness. carnauba wax; the formula provides medi- and tea tree oils will soft en and conditi on The oil creates a super-thin protecti ve lubricat- um hold, and adds a healthy shine to your an unmanageable beard, promoti ng healthy ing layer between your skin and the razor as handlebars. Whether you’re an all-year-round growth and leaving the hair shiny and healthy. you shave, preventi ng razor burn and rashes moustachioed man, or growing in your whis- Hairy Eye Beard Care is all about oﬀ ering top- so your skin stays soft , supple and strong. kers in honour of the month of Movember, notch natural grooming soluti ons, for whiskers With warming black pepper oil and soothing this grooming goodie will help you keep it and bristles of all shapes and sizes. baobab, Badger Pre-Shave is an organic gent’s classy the organic way. grooming essenti al; for the closest, smoothest shave you’ve ever had. HAIRY EYE BEARD CARE BULLET GIFT PACK

This stylish and practi cal men’s grooming gift set gives you a great way to spoil that special guy. Hairy Eye’s “Bullet” Beard Care gift pack includes an all-natural beard balm, beard oil and beard & body Earthsap Pine Forest Shaving Cream soap, packed in a compact branded stain- Green-conscious guys will love this mild and gentle less steel ti n that doubles as a shaving natural shaving cream with fresh pine tree scent. bowl. This is a great soluti on for frequent This thick, rich cream has been made from a blend travelers and gents on the move. All of skin-friendly ingredients to give you a smooth products from Hairy Eye Beard Care are and easy shave; the smell of crisp, clean pine made with natural ingredients, and are needles adds something special to the mix with formulated to keep beards of any length strong, soft and healthy. an invigorati ng scent, perfect for your morning routi ne.

50 INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 GOODIES FOR GIRLS

BE TREATED LIKE THE STAR THAT YOU ARE! IT’S COMPETITION TIME! A change is better than a holiday as we all know, and what better way to combat the post-holiday blues in January than with a hair and make-up makeover by a professional hair stylist and make-up artist?

hat’s right! In this month’s Goodies for Girls, we are running a QUESTION: Name the title and author of one book featured in this competition! Answer the question correctly and you will win a month’s Book Reviews. hair and make-up makeover, to take place in February 2018. Email your answer together with your name, contact details and T stand number AS WELL AS a RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF YOURSELF FROM THE SHOULDERS UP to [email protected].

Hair stylist Riani Roets has been in the industry for the past 11 years M ake-up artist Genevieve Jevon’s love a air with make-up started as a freelance make-up artist and hair stylist. She’s been blessed with at an early age when she discovered that doing her friends' make- work experience in TV, corporate, magazine, advertisement, events up before a night out was just the thing for her. This passion for transforming people continued into her 20s and led to Professional and shows – not to mention she’s done over 500 brides. Her services make-up in Rivonia where she did her diploma in fashion and include cutting and colouring, part-time lecturing and individual photographic make-up… she’s never looked back and has since lessons. spread her wings and has seen that her hard work and dedication has nally payed o working on big productions, television and ad Riani is passionate about paying attention to detail and making her campaigns. Genevieve works with skilled photographers and it is clients feel as beautiful as they look. always a pleasure shooting with a team that understand each other well.

Genevieve Make-up and Hair email:[email protected] • mobile:082 884 9600 Facebook: Genevieve Jevon Portfolio Instagram: GenevieveJevonMakeup • Skype: genevievejevon

The lucky winner will be awarded a hair and make-up makeover in February 2018. EIA Publishing will send a photographer to capture your wonderful day and your transformation will be featured in the March/ April issue of Intra Muros. Terms and conditions: • The 2 candidates needs to have their own transportation to Pretoria, Rietvalleirand. • The makeovers can only be done during the week. • The makeover does not include any styling aids or make-up products. The client will however be advised on products to upkeep her look and have option to buy products. • Co ee / Tee will be provided. Lunch and any other refreshments are not included. • The makeover does not include styling of the client’s clothes, but we will help the client with a suitable garment for the photo as far possible.

INTRA MUROS DECEMBER 2017 51 CROWN CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANERS We specialise: in... Domestic and office carpet and upholstery cleaning We collect and deliver loose carpets & Persians Owner supervised : 35 years experience & same personnel PHONE MIKE ROUPELL Tel : 012 993 2854 / 083 442 5818 The Persian Carpet Cleaner We also repair Persian & Oriental rugs

For your pre – Pesach cleaning call Mike Roupell 012 993For 2854 the / exclusive 083 442 5818 touch, call Mike Roupell Tel: 012 993 2854 / 083 442 5818 CLASSIFIEDS

gardeners are open for the universities in the USA and UK for September 2018 start. Please contact us to schedule your rst free consultation: info@  Gilbert Muzamba is looking for garden work for 1 day, on a Wednesday. He is internationaltakeo .com or 060 684 2050. a good and honest worker and is working for us 2 days a week. Please contact Gilbert at 078 993 9960. For a reference , please contact Doreen at 082 375 0245.  Handyman – Are you too busy or need a small job done in Silver  Klaas Babili has been working for me for 18 years. I have found him to be a Lakes, please call me. Anything from changing a light bulb or lock to good worker who is honest and reliable and would recommend him to anyone painting, waterproo ng, tiling, paving, ceilings, cornice, dry walling seeking a gardener. He is seeking employment Mondays to Thursdays in Silver small brick work and plaster, almost anything. Please contact Johan at Lakes or surrounds. He can be contacted at 076 388 4739. 082 411 0451 or Protus at 061 029 1850.

 Justice my gardener of 7 years is looking for work on a Tuesday and Thursday.  HASSLE-FREE POOL SERVICES – Weekly pool maintenance for He has worked for me in Silver Lakes on a Monday and Friday for seven years R500.00, including chemicals. Contact Mark Venter at 082 601 6868 or and works for my neighbour on a Wednesday. His employer on Tuesdays and send an email to [email protected]. Thursdays has moved from the estate. Justice is reliable, hardworking, diligent and honest and a very good gardener. He was trained by a landscape gardener  FTTV Services – Internet, Wi- , DSTV, Audio Video Solutions. Please and has green ngers. He is also able to other work well, such as the installation contact 012 996 1947 or 083 654 0634. or repair of sprinkler systems, basic pool maintenance, and wood staining or varnishing, which he has done well for me over the past years, including my  Furniture repairs - Please contact Mr. Fien van Vuuren at deck, garage doors and pool & outdoor furniture. Please contact Justice at 074 899 6600. Retired cabinet maker. 076 631 3722, or myself, Kevin Ponter at, 082 339 9425.  NG Systems – Installations, service and repair of all types of garage  Mevin is looking for gardening work on a Tuesday and a Thursday. Please contact Mevin at 071 185 5470. doors, automation, CCTV and Alarm Systems. Please Contact Russel at 084 709 0916. for sale  Window Cleaning – 100% Pure Water. No Chemicals. High Di cult Windows, Balustrades. Unique concept leaves no water marks or EZGO Golf Cart for sale – R 38000: excellent condition, red, new wheels streaks. Please contact Diane at 084 549 4521 or 079 421 879. & tires, comes with battery charger and cover. Battery life very good and gets serviced yearly. Please contact Jon Clark at 071 674 1958.  Party Packs and Cupcakes - I make delicious cupcakes and party packs for your little one’s special day. I also make packs for pyjama parties, bachelorette parties or any intimate event. Send me a detailed email with your requests to [email protected] and I will send services oﬀ erred you a quote.

 Abel Kabelo has a matric certi cate. Loves chess, reading and soccer.  House and Pet Sitters Has a C1 driver’s licence. Please contact 063 703 4673. For peace of mind whilst away from home, please contact Deon van den Berg at 084 084 0370. Currently studying towards my BCom Honours  Anold Dube is looking for work as a handyman and/or driver (available Degree in Business Management at the University of Pretoria. I am very Monday to Friday), he is very reliable. Please contact Anold at 082 541 5712. reliable, responsible, honest and friendly. References are available.  Computer Services: Password recovery, data recovery, troubleshooting, hardware and software installation, driver installation. Windows and Linux  House-sitter available to care for your home and pets while you installation, Small and Home Business Computer, Fax and Printer Set up. are away during December and January. For more information please Support. Gaming Console Repairs (hardware and software). contact Elizabeth Parvess at 07138 27752 or email: Call-out Fee which depends on the distance of your location and you will be [email protected] billed per hour.Please contact Clinton at 083 286 9419.  I am available to look after your beloved pets when you go on  Marguerite is available to do massages at your home for R300 an hour – holiday. I am also a dog owner and a dog lover. I stay in Silver Lakes. either full body, back and neck, hot stone, or reiki. Marguerite has provided References available upon request. Please contact Helen at home treatments for over 10 years in the Silver Lakes area. References are 082 552 3418. available on request. Please contact Marguerite at 082 293 2353.  Pet Sitter - Teenage scholar looking to improve his skills. He will  Do you need help with Tree Felling, Garden refuse removal or painting? come water your household plants and feed your animals while you are Please contact Reggie at 079 600 6525. He has his own vehicle. For reference away or walk your dog according to a schedule that suites you. He will please contact 082 854 3074. also do small odd jobs around your house or garden. All of this under  We provide university students the opportunity to explore the world adult supervision for your peace of mind. Please contact Cheri at by participating in the study abroad programmes. Currently, applications 072 702 0658 .

If you would like to advertise in the Silver Lakes Intra Muros Classi eds section, please email Nicole at [email protected] by the 15th of every month. The Classi eds section is only available to Silver Lakes residents and there is no charge for residents of Silver Lakes to advertise here. Please include your Silver Lakes stand number and contact details for references.

This Classi eds section is not for the use of businesses. If you would like to advertise your business in the Silver Lakes Intra Muros magazine, please email Martin Fourie at [email protected].

All Classi ed advertisements will be removed monthly. Please inform us by email before the 15th of every month if you would like to repeat your previous advert. FAIRWAYS REALTY CLASSIFIEDS Resident estate agent for your buying and rental needs. www.fairwaysrealty.co.za [email protected] 082 566 7332 Domestics, Housekeepers 012 809 2080 & Childminders

 Alinah is looking for 3 days domestic work. She  Monica is an English-speaking helper. She has a 17yr reference and is still working for her has been working for our family for the past 5 current employer. Please contact 076 721 7946 for years, she is extremely reliable and hardworking. more information. Because our family is being relocated to Germany she is seeking full-time work as a domestic helper,  Cindy is a domestic worker. She is reliable I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone. and has references. She is looking for a sleep-in Please contact Susana at 078 491 3876 for a position. She is very good with children and the reference please contact Monica at 074 860 7857. elderly as well. Please Whatsapp 078 479 4834.  Olga is looking for work on Mondays,  Hildah Matjila is seeking full-time, live-in Wednesdays and Fridays or sleep-in. She is work as a domestic worker in Silver Lakes. She is trustworthy, reliable and hardworking. She speaks available from the end of October. Her previous good English. She has been working as a domestic employers have relocated. She worked for them worker for many years. Please contact Olga at for over 10 years. She is trustworthy, hardworking 073 588 9042. and patient with children. Please contact Hildah directly at 076 801 6392.  Veronica is awesome, humble and highly trustworthy. Her work is really neat-top to bottom,  I am Patricia looking for sleep-in domestic I am really a person that needs total cleanness; work, 5 days a week (Monday – Friday). I have she showed me what she is capable of. She lives  Beatrice is looking for sleep-in domestic work 5 days a worked for 7 years as a domestic worker. I am close to Silver lakes. Veronica has been working for week. She is originally from Zim and has a valid working reliable, hardworking and trustworthy. I am me for a long time, unfortunately I cannot a ord visa. Beatrice is extremely reliable, trustworthy, hard exible, quick to pick up new skills. Please contact to keep her on full-time, so she really needs more working and cleans very well. Please contact Beatrice at Patricia at 072 085 9018 or 078 882 6699. For days in a week to accomplish her needs. Please 074 426 4634 or for reference please contact Saskia at references please contact Casper at 082 314 3522 contact Wilma at 072 061 1953 or contact Veronica 072 123 3129. or Martha at 082 776 1186. at 083 89 8022.

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“Without hooters South Africa’s taxis would all have to have their brakes ﬁ xed.”

t will be marvellous when vehicles are motorist driving a silent EV (electric occurred in zones with low speed limits silent all-electric jobs and for the fi rst vehicle) to warn pedestrians that he or – when vehicles are slowing or stopping, time the cities and suburbs are quiet she wants to get through. reversing, or entering or leaving a and free from vehicle exhausts and parking space. Ithe Arabs can be left in peace to enjoy Various research projects have their oil. concluded that beeps, chirps, honks, In Sweden test drivers concluded that buzzes and other alarm sounds will be there was not much of a problem. In any As founder and chairman of the PA distracting and produce a confusing event EVs will still have hooters. Can’t do (Pedestrian Association) – the PA is cacophony. Some advocate that VSPs without hooters. Without hooters South antagonist to the AA (i.e. Automobile (“vehicle sounds for pedestrians”) should Africa’s taxis would all have to have their Association which doesn’t give a hoot be universally standardised and most brakes fi xed. for pedestrians) – I am very concerned seem to favour the purring sound of the about silent vehicles. The rise of the current conventional well-adjusted car. General Motors’s Chevrolet ‘Volt’ electric vehicle will mean a big drop in includes a ‘Pedestrian-Friendly Alert the PA’s membership. I fear that if they fi t EVs with speakers System’ activated by the driver. Tests emitting the sounds of conventional with a group of ‘visually challenged’ This is because of the numbers who petrol-driven vehicles we will be back people showed “a series of warning will be knocked down by cars that they where we began with streets so noisy chirps, like a low tone of a horn, were never heard coming. that one cannot hear the cries of enough to provide an alert but did not pedestrians. It’s in car parks where the startle”. The PA’s breakdown services will be problem lies – car silently reversing out. stretched to the limit. Oh yes, the PA, A University of California experiment I suspect that in the silent future, in peak like the AA, has a breakdown service. found that a conventional car travelling traffi c when cars queue on the highways, Pedestrians do suffer breakdowns and at 8 km/h can be detected at 11 m, but its drivers will talk to each other a lot: “Hi, we pride ourselves on administering EV equivalent can be detected only at my name’s Peter. What’s yours?” to them. We fi nd them clutching street 3,4 m, giving one only a second to leap poles afraid to cross the road; even lying out of the way. This is all very worrying “Jane.” on the pavement after being run over or for the blind – and the PA, like the AA, mugged... sometimes both. Usually in has lots of blind members. “What a pretty name. I notice your that order. engine has a funny hum to it.” At speeds exceeding 30km/h EV’s and Members get specially monogrammed petrol cars sound the same because tyre “I know. I opened the bonnet to have a tissues and gaily coloured discounted PA and wind noise generate most of the look and I got a shock.” bone splints. audible cues when a vehicle is cruising. “Obviously a short in your gobulated As the PA’s executive offi cer, I salute In 2009, the US National Highway Traffi c waffl eplate. Perhaps I could pop around those scientists and technicians who Safety Administration found that EV’s tonight and sort it out for you?” are working on the SCP – the Silent are twice as likely to hit a pedestrian Car Problem. (Gets to feet and salutes.) or cyclist as a conventional car. They And so romances will sprout in what There just has to be some way for a also found that accidents commonly used to be the fast lane.

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