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ESTATE NEWS
LIFESTYLE
REGULARS
MESSAGE FROM THE
ESTATE MANAGEMENT
2
A QUEST FOR TIGERS – FLY-FISHING WITH
MALCOLM MEINTJES
23
LIFE TALK 38
WATERFALL ESTATE – HISTORY AND OVERVIEW
5
RENAULT LAUNCHES THE NEW CLIO
26
WHY SHOULD WE BOTHER TO READ?
BY MAUREEN COLLINS
44
SAFE AND SECURE IN WATERFALL ESTATE
9
TRENDS IN SCULPTING 29
BOOK REVIEWS 47
CRUISING WITH THE KIDS 32
JAMES CLARKE ON LIFE 48
WATERFALL COMMUNITY PORTAL
12
WINDOW SILL GARDENING 34
STAYING ON TOP OF YOUR 15
RATES & TAXES
SMART TECHNOLOGY 19
ESTATE LIVING 20
BAMBOO FOR
GREENER LIVING
41
Waterfall Estate Magazine is published by EIA Publishing (Pty) Ltd on behalf of Waterfall Estate and in association with the Waterfall Homeowners
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Waterfall Estate May 2013 1
Waterfall Estate News
A message from
WATERFALL
ESTATE
W
elcome to this first edition of Waterfall
Estate Magazine – a magazine aimed at
keeping our residents informed about the
exciting developments happening here at
Waterfall Estate.
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Estate itself,
of course, where we are confident you will enjoy a lifestyle
unsurpassed by anywhere else in our beautiful country.
That’s a big, bold claim to make, however Waterfall Estate
has some big, bold plans in place to turn those dreams
into reality.
Many of you have already moved into the homes you have
designed for yourselves, others are still eagerly waiting,
2 Waterfall Estate May 2013
and perhaps some of our readers are still deciding whether
to take the plunge. Reading about the features and
facilities that are already here – and the many more we
have planned, that are in the pipeline – should make that
decision an easy one.
In this magazine, over time, you can discover how this
whole development came about. You will find out about
the facilities that will be on your doorstep, as we develop
shopping centres as well as an office park.
In this issue, we provide you with some interesting insight
into the technologies that support this development, from
the fibre optic cables that deliver high-speed Internet to
your home, to the security systems that make this Estate
as secure as any first world embassy building – but a lot more
friendly! We also introduce you to an Estate Resident Online
Community Portal. The portal will be a social hub and a source of
information for all our residents and tenants, to involve everyone
in the Estate’s operations by conveying news and serving as a
notice board for events and activities. Lastly, we provide some
insight into the current situation regarding rates and taxes for
Waterfall Estate residents/tenants, that we urge you to pay
special attention to and take note of.
As the first of our residents and business tenants, we trust that
you will enjoy the way Waterfall Estate will develop in the future.
Every month and every year will bring new facilities, aimed at
making your life on this Estate more comfortable, easier and
more rewarding.
The world-class hospital with 24-hour call services just
moments away is also fully operational, as well as all the gym
and fitness facilities you need to keep fit and healthy.
We thank you for placing your trust in us and we promise that
your faith in joining us here will be richly rewarded.
Enjoy the read!
Waterfall Estate
Waterfall Estate History & Overview
WATERFALL ESTATE
HISTORY
AND OVERVIEW
The more you find out about Waterfall Estate, the more excitement you will begin
to feel about your decision to live, work and play here.
P
erhaps what attracted you
first to Waterfall Estate was
the Estate safety, with some
of the most advanced
security features in the country to
protect you and your family – but
never in an obtrusive way, leaving you
free to enjoy life without feeling
confined. Maybe it was the location,
with easy access to Pretoria, Midrand,
Sandton and Johannesburg CBD
making it handy for work or evenings
out. But soon you will realise just how
much more there is to Waterfall Estate,
offering you not just a home, but a
perfect lifestyle.The Estate is being
developed on Waterval Farm, a
sprawling piece of land once owned
by the Gibson Brothers, who bred
cattle and ran a stagecoach business
between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
The farm was sold in 1934 to Moosa
Ismail Mia, who built a religious training
facility and a school for Indian orphans
on parts of the land.
Later, the government began
expropriating the land for development,
with Eskom’s Megawatt Park and
Buccleuch interchange built on what
was once the farm. It was with this in
mind that the Mia Family decided to
develop the land.
The religious requirement for the
land not to be sold required the land
to be developed on a 99-year
leasehold basis.
WATERFALL ESTATE
HAS DEVELOPED FACILITIES
TO SUIT SINGLE PEOPLE,
MARRIED COUPLES,
FAMILIES AND
THE ELDERLY.
The land is large enough to support a
massive amount of development, but
with the space to never feel crowded.
The designers of the Estate have been
able to combine all the elements
needed for work, play and living, by
starting with a clean canvas, with no
barriers, to create a holistic lifestyle.
The residential component has four
separate areas, starting with the
top-end Equestrian Estate. Stands
here cost R5-million to R6-million
and buyers can design their own
houses, within certain architectural
guidelines for the sake of good taste
and eco-friendliness.
Slightly more modest earners are
designing their own homes in
Country Village and Country Estate,
where stands cost between R850 000
and R1.8-million. For those who are
retired, Waterfall Hills and Valley offer
houses in a range of 10 styles. Here,
there is also a frail care facility available.
Yet Waterfall Estate isn’t designed as
a ‘snobbish’ enclave, but rather as a
microcosm of all that’s good about our
country, and something to aspire to.
Since a good, safe lifestyle shouldn’t be
exclusively for the wealthy, a fourth
area is devoted to affordable houses
and apartments. And in today’s terms
they’re very affordable, with complete
units in Waterfall View costing
approximately R580 000 and up.
Waterfall Estate has developed facilities
to suit single people, married couples,
families and the elderly. Parents will
be delighted to send their children to
the Reddam House Schools within this
safe environment. Schooling starts from
as young as one at the Early Learning
School, followed by primary and high
school. These co-educational, nondenominational schools strongly encourage individuality and self-confidence.
Further to this, Waterfall Estate houses
a private hospital which is run by
Netcare. This modern hospital
featuring state-of-the-art equipment
offers a comprehensive range of
services to the community that it serves.
Waterfall Estate History & Overview
From top clockwise: Architectural drawing of Cell C offices, Group 5,
gym at the Waterfall Country Lifestyle Estate clubhouse, Reddam House
The hospital comprises 132 beds and
provides consulting rooms for more
than 60 specialists. It also houses a full
24-hour emergency unit.
From a retail point of view, three
shopping centres have been planned,
to make shopping a pleasure for all
those living or working on the Estate,
not a ‘chore’. The shopping centres are
now under development, one as a quick
convenience stop with a Woolworths
and Checkers, and one set to become
the largest shopping centre in Africa.
Office and commercial parks are also
planned and being developed. We will
soon have businesses including Cell C,
Group 5, MBT Technologies, Digistics,
Mass Build, Atterbury and Golder
Associates making this Estate their
business home.
We haven’t even mentioned the
Country Estate and Country Village
clubhouse with a fully equipped gym
and tennis courts, over 17kms of
walking and biking trails, a lake and
restaurants. With all of this and more
in place and in development, there
is certainly a lot to look forward to at
Waterfall Estate.
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SAFE AND SECURE
IN WATERFALL ESTATE
For Joburgers it’s all a bit of a novelty, but thanks to Century Property Developments,
the homeowners association and 7 Arrows Security, you, your children and your
possessions should be perfectly safe within the boundaries of Waterfall Estate.
O
ne of the most noticeable things about Waterfall
Estate is the absence of high walls and electric
fences around individual properties. Homes are
being built without unattractive burglar bars and
most people are not installing alarm systems. It’s like – well,
it’s like normal life ought to be, really.
Sean Jammy, a director of 7 Arrows, says the protective rings
of security thrown around the Estate are designed to ensure
that crime is kept away.
“At Waterfall we had the opportunity to be part of something
from the outset that is far easier to implement and maintain,
coming in every day it’s very easy not
to notice if 10 of them don’t leave.”
with a strong perimeter to keep the bad
guys out,” he says. “We have been
involved since the first residents started
moving in and now we deploy about
170 people in the area. We provide all the
guards to man the entrances and the
tactical vehicles that patrol the Estate.”
Residents gain access using a biometric
system that matches their fingerprints
to records stored on a central database.
That controls which Estates they can
access, according to where they live. In
the future, the Estate may implement
number plate recognition technology too,
so it knows which cars are going in and
out and can make sure they are being
driven by authorised drivers.
“The company has years of experience
so we know the threats we must
protect against,” Jammy says, “But
threats are dynamic as criminal
methodologies change and the physical
environment changes, so the security
systems will be constantly evaluated
and if necessary, expanded, altered
or updated.”
A significant amount has been invested
in security for the Estate. The first
protective layers are high boundary
walls, which once every site, including
commercial and retail, has been walled,
will stretch for 75km around the Estate.
These will be topped by electric fences,
which will be split into segments all the
way around, so if there is an attempted
breach, the Waterfall control centre can
dispatch an armed vehicle to the correct
spot immediately. Guard towers have
been erected where the Jukskei River
crosses the Estate’s boundaries, with
armed guards on duty to make sure
nobody sneaks in through the water.
Even better, the guards will be alerted
before any attempted breach by
Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)
cameras positioned to cover the land
outside the walls to monitor any
suspicious activity. “We have smart
CCTV with analytics that allow the
system to pick up any suspicious
behaviour outside the walls. If it sees
someone chiseling away or trying to
burrow under the wall or erecting a
structure so he can climb over it, it
sends an alert to the armed guards,”
says Jammy. “The cameras use thermal
imaging that picks up body heat so they
WATERFALL CONTROL
CENTRE CAN DISPATCH
AN ARMED VEHICLE
TO THE CORRECT
SPOT IMMEDIATELY.
work brilliantly at night and the image
we get is as clear as day.”
Another crucial operation manages
the presence of the thousands of
contractors who are on site every day
building the houses and commercial
areas. Firstly, 7 Arrows vets all workers
to ensure everyone is registered and
compliant with certain minimum
standards and tightly controls access.
“Then we track them to make sure they
are only working where they are meant
to be and they are not making a nuisance
of themselves. We also make sure they
all leave at night. This is critical because
when you have thousands of people
Visitors are also carefully recorded
and screened to prevent anyone
coming in without an invitation.
Furthermore, a visitor management
system is being evaluated. This would
work as follows: when a resident
invites friends in, they SMS them a pin
code. The visitor enters that code at the
guardhouse and has to present his or her
driver’s licence and place a finger on a
fingerprint reader.
With everything included, Waterfall
Estate will eventually have
approximately 25 entrance gates
fitted with the same centrally linked
security systems. Although that
makes protecting the property more
staff-intensive and expensive, the choice
of exits provides more convenience for
residents and should keep queues to get
in and out down to a minimum.
The security firm is working with
Century Property Development and the
Residents Associations, as they begin
to be established, to share information
and keep everyone involved in protecting
the area.
“While the houses are being built, and
thereafter, residents can rest assured
that this Estate is secure and that we
will aim to protect them and their
families every day, as best we can,”
concludes Jammy.
WATERFALL ESTATE
COMMUNITY
PORTAL
Efforts to create a real sense of
community within Waterfall Estate will
be given an enormous boost soon,
once the newly designed online
Community Portal goes live.
W
aterfall’s online Community Portal will be a
social hub and a source of information for all
residents and tenants and everyone in the
Estate’s operations. It will be used to convey
news and serve as a notice board for events and activities.
The portal is being developed by REDi, a firm that focuses on
the design and development of online systems and solutions
for large mixed-use property developments and estates. Its
founder, Deon Basson, says Waterfall Estate isn’t so much an
estate as an entire city – and since every city needs a heart
and soul, Waterfall’s Community Portal will be the catalyst to
create that.
REDi had previously developed SiMS, the Sales Information
Management System used to administer all the property sales
and transactions at Waterfall. “As people started construction
and began moving in, the need arose for communications
between the administrators, the Homeowners Associations
and the residents, so the Waterfall Management Company
asked us to design and develop a portal for the residents,”
says Basson, who is the Business Development Director at
REDi. “It will be of huge benefit for the residents, as the
portal has been built to foster a sense of community,
simplify internal and external communications, store a wealth
of Estate, property and administrative documents and make
Estate amenities so much more accessible for all.”
The software has taken about eight
months to develop and will soon go live
after a successful testing period, which
is currently under way.
Both new and existing residents will
be given access rights via a ‘digital
key’ and will be able to log in using
any device such as a mobile phone,
tablet, PC, Mac or even their smart-TV.
Each house will have a private area in
the portal and residents will be asked
to populate this section with details of
family members and any domestic
staff who need access to the premises.
That information will link directly to the
Estate’s security systems, so the
security staff will know who has the
right to enter the grounds and who
does not.
The system will also have a Facebooklike ‘timeline’ to record the history of
each unit, including when it was built,
who owns it and who it is rented to or
sold to, so that over the years each
home will develop a unique ‘service
history’ record.
Residents will be able to scan and
save their own household-specific
documents into the portal too, so
guarantees for electrical appliances
or other relevant paperwork can be
stored safely in one place. Levies
and utility bills will also be channelled
through the portal, with a payment
mechanism built in for simple
streamlined online payments.
Anybody who has managed to avoid
Internet technology so far will be able
to ask the administrators to help them
with the process; however REDi is
confident that even the retirement
homes will soon be buzzing with
Internet activity because the system
is so user-friendly.
date with what’s happening in the
neighbourhood. “The forum and
communications sections are
important because notices will go
out via the portal, and people will be
alerted by email or text if there is an
incident like a burst water pipe or
security issue,” says Basson.
“When residents fill in their private
section of the portal they will be able to
stipulate which form of communication
they prefer.”
“People often resist new technology,
hence we have developed the portal
in a way that all ages can understand
and use, similar to Facebook,” Basson
says. “Our key goal was to make the
interface exceptionally user-friendly
and useful. We want users to have
a really great experience and for the
community portal to become part of
their everyday lives.”
The portal will also become the starting
point for contacting anyone, including
the Estate’s Management Team, as the
system includes a directory of contacts
that can be emailed or phoned directly.
In the future, there will be a list of
accredited service providers too,
such as plumbers, electricians and
painters. Another section will allow
the governing bodies to poll residents
on various issues, so community
members can make their wishes
known.
The portal will also feature news
services, including an electronic copy
of the Estate magazine and relevant
Resident newsletters. Another area
worth watching will be the events
calendar, keeping residents up to
Once all these services are up and
running smoothly, REDi will begin
Phase 2 of the development to include
additional functionality and services.
There’s a lot more to come in this
space, so keep watching.
STAYING ON TOP OF YOUR
RATES & TAXES
STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
W
ithin the
Republic of
South
Africa,
rates and taxes are
payable on a monthly basis
to the relevant cities in which
we reside. It is the duty of
all responsible corporate
citizens to ensure that their
individual rates and taxes
are paid and up to date in
this regard.
At Waterfall Estate, the
responsibility of rates and
taxes accounts rests with
each individual home owner
and this means ensuring
that accounts are being
received and that rates and
taxes bills are being settled
monthly from the date of
registration of the Notarial
Lease. In line with this, to
ensure this process is
understood and made
simpler for you – we have
outlined the necessary steps
that all residents across
Waterfall Equestrian, Hills,
Country Village, Country
Estate, View and Valley can
take to ensure that your
rates and taxes accounts
are set up correctly and
running effectively. (You
would have received these
details in your welcome
pack on purchase, too.)
OPENING UP YOUR ACCOUNT:
Step 1:
Upon transfer of the property into your name, residents are encouraged to wait a period of
approximately 6 to 10 weeks before trying to call the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) customer service
to set up a rates and taxes account. The reason for the wait is to allow time for the deeds office to
process the transfer and to ensure the information is available at CoJ.
Step 2:
Following this 6 to 10 week period, residents should call the CoJ customer service call centre on
0860 562 874. You will come to an automated voice response. Select option 1 for account queries.
Then, select option 4 to speak to a customer service consultant.
Step 3:
The customer service consultant will require the following information from you:
The stand number of your property
The township number
You will find these details on your Lease Agreement that you would have signed upon the
purchasing of your property.
Step 4:
Further to this, you may also need to provide the consultant with the correct Waterfall
WUQF/PROPCO name based on the Estate in which you reside, to assist in the setting
up of your account. For example, if you live in the Waterfall County Estate, you will need
to supply the Waterfall WUQF/PROPCO name as, WATERFALL COUNTRY ESTATE
WUQF (Pty) Ltd.
Below is an outline of the correct Waterfall WUQF/PROPCO name for each Estate
for your easy reference, to complete this step:
Estate name:
Correct Waterfall WUQF/PROPCO
name to supply CoJ:
Waterfall Country Estate
WATERFALL COUNTRY ESTATE WUQF (Pty) Ltd
Waterfall County Village
WATERFALL COUNTRY ESTATE WUQF (Pty) Ltd
Waterfall (Jukskei) View
WATERFALL EAST TWO WUQF (Pty) Ltd
Waterfall Equestrian Estate
WATERFALL EQUESTRIAN ESTATE
WUQF ONE (Pty) Ltd
Waterfall Hills Estate
WATERFALL ESTATE WUQF (Pty) Ltd
Waterfall Valley Estate
WATERFALL ESTATE WUQF (Pty) Ltd
Step 5:
Following this, the consultant may also ask you for the WUQF/PROPCO Company
registration number for your relevant Estate, in order to complete the process.
This information has been provided below for your easy reference:
Estate name:
Company Registration number:
Waterfall Country Estate
2004/013493/07
Waterfall County Village
2004/013493/07
Waterfall (Jukskei) View
2004/013720/07
Waterfall Equestrian Estate
2004/013472/07
Waterfall Hills Estate
2004/013728/07
Waterfall Valley Estate
2004/013728/07
Step 6:
Once all this information has been supplied, the
consultant at the CoJ will then set up your account.
It is advisable that you insist on receiving your
CoJ account number and pin code before you
end the conversation and call with the consultant,
as you require this information to access their
website, where you will be able to view your
statement online.
Step 7:
Once this call is completed, you will be able to log
into the CoJ website to view your rates and taxes
account. You can visit the CoJ site at: www.joburg.
org.za and select the E-Services Tab at the top to
get to the relevant page you need to be on.
Follow these easy steps:
Log into E-services with your user name and
password. The Login block is visible on the left
hand side of the page.
Once logged in, you will need to click on the
‘Account by Email’ tab.
Once you have done this, you will then be
required to enter your account number and
pin in the allocated blocks visible and click
‘continue’.
From here, you will have the opportunity to click
on the ‘Get Statements’ option to view your
statements.
Following this, a screen should come up where
you can either click on ‘View’ or ‘Download’ to
view your statements.
In doing so, you will now be able to make your
monthly payment. Please ensure, however,
once you are logged into this page, that you as a
resident do not make any changes to the Waterfall
WUQF/PROPCO name details listed, as your
property is registered under the 99 year Notarial
Deed of Lease, and therefore the details need
to remain as they are on this site. We ask that
residents please respect this request and refrain
from making any changes in this regard, as doing
so can cause unnecessary issues.
Our team of experienced and skilled professionals are available
to provide you with an individualised treatment plan. Services
provided at our consulting rooms include the treatment & rehabilitation of:
RIVONIA VILLAGE VET | SUNNINGHILL VILLAGE VET | VILLAGE VETSHOP, THE WEDGE
Rivonia Village Vet:
37 Stiglingh Road, cnr Eighth Ave,
Rivonia
tel: 011 803 3122
[email protected]
www.rivoniavillagevet.co.za
Sunninghill Village Vet:
4 Edison Crescent, Sunninghill
tel: 011 803 1221
[email protected]
www.sunninghillvillagevet.co.za
Village Vetshop, The Wedge:
Wedge Shopping Centre,
255 Rivonia Rd, Morningside
tel: 011 883 0004
www.villagevetshop.co.za
•
•
•
Back & Neck Pain including whiplash
Upper / Lower limb & repetitive strain injuries
Orthopaedic Conditions: fractures, dislocations,
joint replacements
•
Arthritic Pain
•
Respiratory / Chest Conditions: pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma
•
Sports injuries
•
Psychiatric & Chronic Pain
•
Maxillo-Facial & jaw pain
•
Paediatrics: Including Developmental delay
•
Neurological problems / Stroke rehabilitation
•
Post surgery rehabilitation
•
Tension Headaches
•
Pregnancy related symptoms such as back pain &
stress incontinence
Mums to be; we also offer ante-natal classes.
Call now to book your appointment.
Tel: 011 304 7911
Email: [email protected]
Room 105, First Floor
Netcare Waterfall City Hospital
Corner Magwa Crescent and Mac Mac Avenue, Midrand
www.hugohamity.co. a
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SMART
VILLAGE
IMPROVES SERVICE OFFERING AND
COMMUNICATION TO WATERFALL
ESTATE RESIDENTS
Smart Village has been servicing customers within Waterfall Estate since 2010
with a multitude of services such as Internet Protocol (IP) DStv, Broadband
Internet and telecommunications on a state of the art Fibre Optics network.
WORLD CLASS TELEPHONY
Smart Village offers telephone services with a host of
additional IP based features like Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP), free internal calls in the Estate and to
the guardhouse, three-way calling, call-forwarding and
transfer, amongst others.
NEXT GENERATION DStv
S
pecialising in large-scale deployments of highcapacity ‘fibre-to-the-home multi-service networks’
Smart Village is considered to be a trendsetter
when it comes to the growing notion of converging
digital worlds. As such, the Waterfall Estate is one of the first
estates in South Africa to be directly connected to the global
Internet via fibre optic cables.
One of many advantages of the network is the dedicated
fibre optic backhaul solution to Teraco (independent
hosting and peering facility located close to OR Tambo
International Airport):
The network can now deliver much higher bandwidth;
allowing for speeds up to 10 Megabits per second (Mbps).
It has an extremely high capacity, as information travels
as light waves along these cables.
Fibre optic cables are not susceptible to interference from
electrical wires or environmental influences such as
lightning strikes.
These cables are known for their excellent reliability and
long life span.
In keeping with the aesthetic appeal of each Estate,
you will not need to erect unsightly satellite dishes or
aerials as access to this service is already enabled in your
home. You also have access to the latest High Definition
(HD) Pay TV signals and Internet Protocol Television
(IPTV) through the Smart Village connection (subject to a
DStv subscription).
SECURITY
Each user can get access to the visual feeds received
from the Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV) security cameras
located on the development. These live feeds can be
viewed via a channel on your television set (available via
IP Decoder Set-up), provided that you are connected to
the network.
CRM
Smart Village is committed to the best possible Client
Relations Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
process possible. In order to facilitate this, Smart Village
has developed a Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) Platform alongside one of the world’s leading
CRM on Demand Developers.
For more information about the Smart Village services offered to
Waterfall Estate, visit the website at: www.smartvillage.co.za or
contact the Call Centre on 0861 845 5243.
ESTATE LIVING
Whether it’s safety, luxury or convenience you crave,
or all three, life on Waterfall Estate will provide it.
N
umerous plans are in
store to make Waterfall
Estate a lifestyle
experience that really is
as good as it gets. For many people
that means a safe environment where
their children can grow up able to
play outside, explore their
surroundings and walk to school
without the constant fear of what may
happen to them.
For other people the ultimate lifestyle
is all about luxury and designing their
own house with all the gadgets and
toys they desire goes a long way
towards achieving that. Having a
tennis court, an exclusive gym,
swimming pool and a clubhouse are
also key parts to that healthier lifestyle
everyone aspires to.
For some, convenience is everything,
so having shops on their doorstep,
restaurants just a few minutes away
and their office accessible, without
lengthy commuting, is the ultimate in
convenience. For joggers and keen
walkers, there will be days when they
won’t even need to use the car.
COMMUNITY
A sense of community is also
important for many people, although
Joburgers have lost that by living
behind high walls and burglar bars.
At Waterfall, there is no need to turn
your home into an impregnable castle
– or a prison – because the peripheral
safety measures and closely guarded
entry system ensure that nobody will
be on the Estate without authorisation.
More than that, a Residents’
Associations is being established
so you can get involved in making
decisions that affect the community.
Hopefully most residents and tenants
will join these forums to rediscover the
sense of community living and enjoy
the opportunity to make new friends.
Although the shopping and
entertainment facilities are still under
construction, looking ahead,
Waterfall Estate will have pretty much
everything you need within the safe
boundaries of its perimeter walls. And
they are enormous perimeters, with
plans to create approximately 25 gates
along the 75km walls.
Eventually, Waterfall will boast the
largest shopping centre in Africa. It
won’t have the typical feel of a
shopping mall; it’s going to be quite
different. For a start, delivery
vehicles will use underground
delivery tunnels so residents won’t
see or hear them. The shops will be
surrounded by greenery with plenty of
places to sit and contemplate those
purchases you’re about to make.
There will also be smaller convenience
stores for people who don’t actually
enjoy shopping or for those last
minute pop-ins.
The vision and planning behind the
Estate are truly world class. Waterval
Investment Company (WIC) and
Century Property Developments have
won international recognition from
CNBC International Property
Awards for the Best Retirement
Development in the World for the
Waterval Hills Retirement Village and
Best Overall Development in Africa
for the Equestrian Estate. They also
won the Globals 2011 Award for the
World’s Best Retirement Resort.
The Retirement Estate is perfect for
people who don’t feel that old and
certainly aren’t giving up on life. A
resident gardener will provide advice
and assistance to keep the gardens
gorgeous, while the horticultural
centre will organise regular talks by
visiting specialists. And one
doesn’t have to be retired to attend,
of course.
Keeping fit and healthy is an important
part of life, and the Jukskei River that
meanders through the Estate has
inspired several walking trails.
Benches and bird hides have been
positioned at intervals along the river
so one can stop to absorb the beauty
and tranquillity of one’s surroundings.
In total one can ramble for more than
17km along the walking and biking
trails, maybe ending at the lake where
non-motorised water sports facilities
are available.
A professionally designed mini golf facility housing 2 greens and 3 T-boxes
behind Waterfall Valley will keep the
golfers happy. And if one needs some
extra tuition, Vodacom’s World of Golf
is only a few minutes’ drive away.
The gym can be found at the
Country Estate and Village Estate
clubhouse where residents can also
enjoy volleyball, squash, swimming,
aerobics and Pilates classes.
While there is a Netcare private
hospital on the Estate, a trained nurse
will also be based in a practice at Waterfall Valley and Hills for all the residents and she will make house calls if
required. In addition to 24-hour emergency healthcare, Waterfall Valley and
Hills boast a comprehensive frail care
facility, with specialist medical equipment, meals, cleaning and full-time or
part-time caregivers for residents who
need assisted living services.
There is also a five-star boutique
Hotel on the Equestrian Estate
called Tintswalo and a City Lodge,
due to be built in the fourth quarter
of this year, will house 130 beds.
With all the Estate has to offer
and with so much more to come,
life on Waterfall Estate certainly
looks exciting.
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A QUEST FOR
TIGERS
By Malcolm Meintjes
(left) Success after an amazing tussle (right) At sunset, searching for Kasai tigers that lie in wait
F
or a good number of anglers, the capture of a tiger
fish (Hydrocynus vittatus) on fly is another adventure
to be added to their ‘bucket list’. Even passionate
trout anglers like myself have accorded the tiger a
singular status when it comes to looks and fighting ability.
One may debate the ‘pound-for-pound’ pros and cons of fish
species but the tiger will invariably be amongst the top three
on all lists.
My own fascination with them started nearly three decades
ago in the Okavango panhandle but, over the last fifteen
years, I have spent a great deal of time learning more about
them on the fabled waters of the upper Zambezi. And therein
lies the fact that this is a pilgrimage that must be undertaken.
Tiger fishing is not your every weekend sport as it might be
with trout or yellow fish. Most anglers only get a brace of
chances in their lifetime – and only a few days at a time –
to learn the ropes.
Actually, my ‘home’ tiger waters, where ‘four countries meet’,
are easier to get to than many trout dams in Mpumalanga.
Granted, one has to engage the services of SAA or British
Airways, but it is no less a thrill to fly over the great ‘smoke that
thunders’ known as Mosi-oa-tunya, or the Victoria Falls. After
a short road transfer up to Kazungula, where one can stare at
Zambia,Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia with one sweep of
the horizon, we are then a mere hour away from doing battle
with the ‘striped water dog.’
It matters not how experienced a fly-fisher you are. Even for
most trout anglers, years of expertise count for little because
the tiger hunts in awe-inspiring rivers, requiring pursuit using
different fly-rods and fly-line, different techniques and different
flies. It is when one sits and sets up the correct tackle that one
appreciates in what league this fish swims. Other species of
similar size are sought with a 5-weight rod and 6-10 lb
leaders. For tigers, it is advisable to prepare an 8-weight rod
and a leader of 18-30 lbs.
Is it that the more formidable fly tackle is to offset the awesome
fangs of the tiger fish? Not entirely, since most anglers use a
wire trace attached to their flies. Rather it is to help combat
a fish that has acceleration second to none. I have seen 20
lb leaders snapped like cotton in an instant by a tiger that
weighed no more than 2-3 lbs. This is the
reputation of the tiger fish.
One’s first afternoon at the lodge,
with a choice of the waters of the
Zambezi, Chobe and Kasai Channel
to consider, is a time of anticipation.
During the road transfer from Livingstone
there is always much excited discussion
amongst the ‘quest’ group. This is a time
to learn quickly and everybody wants
desperately to break their ‘duck’
as quickly as possible. Some are of the
view that tigers are gormless, predatory
fish that will hit anything within their
eye-line, but be wary. Rather be
prepared to work for success, for these
are wild fish and some have grown to
weights of 20 lbs in these waters. They
have not achieved that by being overly
stupid. Yes, they are undoubtedly
extremely aggressive but with the
right technique and decent weather
conditions, you may feel the irresistible
pull of a deceived fish even that first
evening.
My visits are usually for 5 days so that
with a dusk, a dawn and three full days
exploring the waters, one may be able
to enjoy much more than just the fishing.
Take care that the superb birdlife of the
area and various intrusions of game,
such as elephants on the back cast, do
not distract you too much. A thunderous
‘take’ almost always occurs just as one is
admiring a fish eagle on high.
And, bearing in mind that the national
average is supposed to be only one-outof-ten tigers landed, the challenge is only
just beginning when your fly line speeds
off the boat deck and a tiger leaps skywards in one of its famous acrobatics.
IT IS WHEN ONE
SITS AND SETS UP THE
CORRECT TACKLE THAT
ONE APPRECIATES
IN WHAT LEAGUE THIS
FISH SWIMS.
Aside from distraction, it is sheer
exhilaration that may lose one a fish
but, again, a little advice goes a long
way towards seeing that superb
silver-and-black torpedo safely within
the folds of a soft-mesh net. Hopefully, a
camera is loaded and ready for a quick
photo. Then one can wave that orange
tail farewell as it is returned.
It doesn’t really matter what size that
first tiger is. Personally I would prefer it
to be a smaller fish of 1 - ½ lbs ( in the
‘ou taal’) than a monster. These smaller
ones are perfect for practising on for,
at some stage, you will find yourself in
a real fight where there is no time for
mistakes. I have seen fly lines disappear
into the depths and had my reel entirely
stripped of line and backing. Yet, before
you think this too difficult a task, two
years ago, Lynne, an avid lady fly-fisher
from the USA landed a wonderful 12 lb
fish some 100 metres away from where
she hooked it, with a reel that ceased to
function. And last year, my 10-year old
companion landed five reasonable fish in
an afternoon.
When planning a trip to the upper
Zambezi, most make it between June
and November. During these months
there are a number of events that take
place. One is the annual flood where
myriads of minnows move on to the
floodplains to breed and, when the
water levels drop, they return to the
main channels and waiting tigers.
Then, a month or so later, there is the
amazing sight of hundreds of cat fish
bubbling and boiling in the fosia
fringes, And then, from September
onwards, when the river level has
dropped, one can sit quietly at the
head pools or in the churning rapids of
the Mambova or Chobe Rivers and entice
the quicksilvers that lie in wait in the runs
and glides.
This ‘quest’ all adds up to an
unforgettable African adventure, for one
can do it nowhere else in the world.
For more information on your own
Tiger Quest, please visit The Southern
African Trout and Flyfishing Directory
at www.flyfisher.co.za
10 year old Tarik
fighting a Tiger in
the Chobe rapids
078 050 6600
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“For me, service is No.1 in this business,” says
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making sure that the Renault driver enjoys the
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Giving their customers something to rave about,
McCarthy Renault Woodmead launched the new
Clio 4 at their showroom earlier this month.
Available in three models: the 55kW Authentique,
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Dynamique, the new Clios are a new breed of
the already successful Clio model that first made
its appearance at the Paris Motor Show in 1990.
With sales in excess of 12-million units since its
launch, the Renault Clio has bagged many
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Most Beautiful Car of 2012 Competition run by
Festival Automobile International. So far, in 2013,
the new Clio has been singled out as a finalist in
the 2013 World Design Car of the Year Awards
and the European Car of the Year Awards.
The design of the vehicle certainly does turn
heads with its coupé-like style coupled with
5-door accessibility. The well-proportioned body
is thanks to the reduced height and lower ground
clearance, high waist line and wide shoulders at
the rear. The wheels are positioned wider apart
to give you better hold on the road, too. With rear
door handles integrated into the quarter panels,
slick LED daytime running lights, chrome touches
and the highly-expressive front end with its larger
Renault logo contrasted against a glossy black
background, the new Clio is set to get hearts
racing just on its appearance alone.
But it’s the fuel economy, smart technology and
safety features that will hook you in after that.
It’s easy on the wallet and easy on the
environment, boasting 4,5 litres per 100 km
fuel consumption, with F1 technology used to
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Practicality underpins many of its functional
features. Hill Start Assist and Park Assist mean
less stress, more driving pleasure. The
Automatic climate control has a toxicity sensor
that shuts off external ventilation if a high level of
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limits. Keeping pace with technology, the new
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TRENDS IN
SCULPTING
Chartwell-based sculptor, Arend Eloff finds new techniques that are changing the
outlook of this art form. By Josh Truter
I
n the art world, one would think
that there’s always demand for
subjects such as wildlife.
However, as with many other
aspects of life, there are indeed
trends that govern the subject matter
that is in demand. This is what Arend
Eloff has discovered over the years
that he has worked as a sculptor.
Giant Eagle
Owl
Growing up in White River, Arend
had plenty of exposure to art in its
various forms. His father was a well
known wildlife painter and his mother
also sketched and painted. Their
neighbour was a potter and Arend
spent many happy hours working
with clay, too.
After matriculating, Arend chose to
study mechanical engineering, but
soon concluded that some form of
career in the art world was where he
belonged. Finding that art schools
were far too rigid for him, he ended
up figuring the techniques out for
himself. He decided that sculpting
suited him the best and started
producing sculptures of wildlife and
birds of prey.
Art for art’s sake, however, is all very
well, but one needs to make a living.
Arend came to realise that his most
important challenge was figuring
out the best way to market himself
and his sculptures. “Making artworks
for galleries is a very difficult way
of working.
You first have to make your sculptures. Then you have to find a gallery
that agrees to take them and that’s
always on consignment. Then you
have to wait to see if the pieces sell.
You often don’t know who buys your
work and you have to fund all the
costs yourself and wait to be paid
by the gallery,” he explains. “It took
me a while to figure out that this is
not the best way to sell my work.
Now I exhibit at shows and other
events. It’s a better way to market
my rtworks because I get to meet my
clients face-to-face and gauge their
reactions. I have learnt a lot about
pricing and what the market wants.”
Through the shows, Arend found he
was getting more and more requests
for sculptures of horses.
Consequently, for the last eight
years, he has focussed on
producing sculptures for the
equestrian fraternity. “Horse lovers
know their horses, so I have to be
careful when I do my sculptures.
There’s quite a lot of competitiveness
amongst them and therefore I can’t
fashion a sculpture too much like one
particular horse, unless I’m commissioned to do so. I have had to learn about
all the different breeds and why they have
been bred – for show jumping, dressage,
horse racing or just the pleasure of
keeping and riding them. I also spent a
lot of time observing horses to get a
sense of their spirit and their power.”
degrees Celsius and poured into the
ceramic mould. Once this has cooled,
the ceramic mould is broken away.
If the sculpture is large, it may need to
be cast in sections, which then have
to be welded together. The finishing
involves sandblasting, grinding, polishing
and ageing. The whole process can
take up to four weeks to complete. If a
replica needs to be made of the same
sculpture, the moulds then have to be
re-made.
“Often, because people don’t know what
goes into making a bronze, they’re quite
surprised at the price,” Arend comments.
“It’s expensive, but with bronze you have
a sculpture that’s everlasting.”
Horse’s Head called ‘Touch’
The medium that Arend works in is
another aspect that he has changed
over time. For many years, he turned
out bronzes. However, this is a laborious
process that involves using a foundry.
The first step is to make the subject out
of clay. Then a mould has to be made
over the subject. The mould is sent to
the foundry, where wax is poured into
it. Once the wax has hardened, the first
mould is removed so that a ceramic
mould can be formed over it. When the
ceramic mould is fired in the kiln, the wax
melts and runs out of the mould. The
bronze is then heated up to 1160
Arend with one of the Golden Horse models
Through experimentation, Arend has
managed to refine his bronzing process
to make his artworks more affordable.
By mixing fine grained bronze powder
with polyurethane resins, he is now able
to produce sculptures that look exactly
the same as bronze at a quarter of the
price. It’s much easier to cast as the
solution goes directly into the moulds,
which don’t need to be destroyed in
order to extract the final result. The
bronze powder can also be replaced with
aluminium powder to produce a
silver effect.
for the Golden Horse casino in
Pietermaritzburg. There’s another life
size bronze horse that he made, that’s
standing on display in Cape Town. But
much of his market is found overseas.
For the last four years, he has exhibited
at horse shows in Qatar. Strangely, this is
where he picked up a commission to do
a set of 100 bronzes of the Arabian
oryx which will be given away as
corporate gifts, so the interest in wildlife
is picking up again.
“I’m currently experimenting with another
new medium. It’s a water-based resin
which can be mixed with a chemical
liquid to give it strength. This is a gypsum
product that sets at room temperature.
You’re not exposed to solvent stenches
during the process, which is a plus. It’s
UV resistant, so it’s very durable, even
for outdoors and it can be made to look
like marble, which is useful for interior
decorating.”
“I am fortunate that I can go wherever
I choose,” he says. “The interest in
wildlife has revived and I am now
showing my sculptures at the game
auctions. My gallery in Dullstroom is
also doing well and I’m currently
booked until October with work that I
have to do. I’m now looking for artists
who are interested in collaborating
with me, to take advantage of further
opportunities.
Arend’s biggest commission to date
has been the three rearing horses
(each five metres high) that he made
For more information about Arend Eloff’s
sculptures, visit www.powerstar.co.za or
call him on 071 326 0395.
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CRUISING
WITH THE
KIDS
Cruises are the
perfect way to give
your children an
exhilarating time on
holiday while you
take time out for
yourselves, too.
By Eleanor Hamilton-Brown
M
any cruise lines have
woken up to the
enormous potential of
catering to children
and teens as a way of attracting a larger
share of the cruise market. If you are
looking for a package that will best suit
your family’s needs, go for the most
recently built ships as the facilities will
be newer and more up-to-date.
There are lots of options to choose from
and many cruise lines are adding new
attractions to their offerings, including
elaborate water parks, enormous
outdoor cinema screens, rock walls,
surfing simulators and ice skating rinks.
On the MSC Cruises, kids travel free.
Disney, on the other hand, has that
Disney magic that enthrals the kids
and the adults. The Norwegian Cruise
Line has teamed up with Nickelodeon,
Royal Caribbean features Dreamworks
characters, the Carnival Cruise Line
has Camp Carnival and P&O Cruises’
Ventura entertains the kids with Noddy
and Mr.Bump.
HOW DO I CHOOSE?
The trick to choosing a suitable cruise
for your family is to look for a package
that splits the kids into smaller
segments, so that the activities are more
age-appropriate. Royal Caribbean’s
Oasis-class ships have Royal Babies
and Royal Tots programmes that
provide for infants and toddlers from
6 to 36 months. The children’s
programmes divide the kids into
segments of 3-5 years, 6-8 years, 9-11
years, pre-teens 12-14 years and teens
15-17 years. The ships have toddleronly splash pools, arts and crafts
workshops, a theatre, science lab and
even a night club.
Carnival Cruise Line’s Dream and Magic
ships offer an enticing array of family
activities and Camp Carnival accepts
kids from age 2 upwards. Kids are
entertained with spin art, sand art and
candy art, T-shirt decorating, miniOlympics, ball games and water balloon
games, ice cream-making, a Rock Star
night, Alien Invasion, Camp Out Night,
Jurassic Park and Harry Potter Magic.
Family fun includes a Family Scavenger
Hunt, Family Karaoke, cookie
decorating, ice-cream eating contests
and Teddy Bear-making.
Norwegian’s Epic offers freestyle
cruising with a casual atmosphere.
This is great for families that don’t want
to be restricted by rigid dining
arrangements. For the kids, the
Epic has an interactive light-up dance
floor and an area called Entourage that
offers air hockey and foosball during
the day, then turns into a teens-only
night club at night. Other attractions
include a rock climbing wall, rappelling
wall, climbing cage, bowling alley, an
impressive water park with a 10 metre
long corkscrew tube and 3,5 metre
long ‘Drainpipe’ and ‘Nickelodeon at
Sea’ that features characters such as
Sponge Bob and his friends.
Disney Dream is the Disney Cruise
Line’s latest addition to its fleet. This
ship holds the most appeal for the
youngsters up to pre-teens. The
programming allows siblings and friends
of different age groups to spend time
together if they prefer. There are
several themed play areas, an Ocean
Lab that features a mini-sound studio
and animator’s studio and MagicPlay
floors that provide interactive games
that the kids play using their feet.
During the trip, the kids will also enjoy
a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ deck party
that includes watching Jack Sparrow
rappelling off the ship’s funnel!
All Princess Cruises, with the exception
of the Ocean and Pacific Princess,have
dedicated youth centres and teen
lounges. The kids’ programmes include
Princess Pelicans which caters for ages
3-5 years and offers Kindermusik® at
Sea, pyjama parties, theme nights, a
fun fair and art projects. Shockwaves
for the 8-12 year-olds holds sports
tournaments, California Science
Center workshops, karaoke, talent
shows and scavenger hunts and offers
the latest Wii, PS2/PS3 and other
computer games.
The Teens-only lounges feature the
latest PS2/PS3 and Wii games, foosball
tables and many other cool amenities.
Activities include hip hop dance classes,
teen makeovers, DJ workshops, talent
shows, a casino night, teens-only dance
parties, late night movies and sports
tournaments. The Princess cruises also
offer edutainment that includes
chemistry experiments, rollercoaster
building, learning about endangered
wildlife and whale watching.
SOME BASIC QUESTIONS
TO ASK BEFORE BOOKING
YOUR CRUISE:
1. Are there any vaccination requirements?
2. How are the children supervised? Are
the staff specifically trained to take care
of children?
3. What is the ratio of children to
supervisors?
4. What security measures are there, to
make sure that the children don’t go
missing, or to prevent them from being
taken by strangers?
5. Are the child care centres covered by
insurance?
6. Are the child minders trained to handle
medical emergencies?
7. Does the centre take note of and cater
for food allergies?
8. Are there any shore excursions offered?
In general, surveys reveal that familyfriendly cruise lines are doing a marvellous
job of looking after the kids and keeping
them out of their parents’ hair. For the kids,
cruising is a fantastic way to make new
friends and, with the latest amenities, your
kids will get loads of exercise, sun and fresh
air. It’s the kind of holiday that will have your
kids begging to go back for more!
Waterfall Estate Gardening
CHILDREN’S
GARDENS
ON THE WINDOWSILL
FIVE DELICIOUS
SPROUT SEEDS
Line a small tray or stainless steel dish, about 30cm x
30cm, with cotton wool. Wet the cotton wool thoroughly.
Now sprinkle a row of these seeds evenly over it:
popcorn, lentils, mung beans, wheat and sunflowers.
Keep them wet by spritz spraying them with a bottle of
water at least three times a day and also very gently running water into the cotton wool from one end of the tray.
Baby seeds need to be kept moist or they will not sprout.
A
fter visiting the
Margaret Roberts’
Herbal Centre in
De Wildt the
other day, I left inspired to
rejuvenate my herb garden
and to share the wonder of
growing our own food with my
daughter. There is nothing
like partnering up with Nature
to grow your own crops and
make a meal of them. The
serenity, sense of wonder and
wellbeing it brings to parent
and child is priceless.
I was lucky enough to meet the
great lady, Margaret, herself,
and let me say that her energy
bears testament to her healthy
way of living, eschewing meat
and choosing only natural
ingredients. Initially a
physiotherapist, Margaret
became passionate about
enhancing health with plants.
She has written widely on
gardening, the benefits of
herbs and the medicinal
properties of plants.
I asked Margaret to choose
five sprout seeds that children
would not only enjoy growing,
but eating too. Here are her
favourites, with advice on how
to grow and enjoy them and
how you’ll benefit from them:
POPCORN
Baby sprouts of popcorn are delicious to eat!
How to: Spread a row of popcorn seeds
Benefits:
Grown in a row in the garden, the children
can watch a row of mealies develop. Sow
each seed in a 30cm deep trench spaced
30cm apart and run water gently from a
hose down the trench every alternate day
– daily if it is very hot. Do keep an eye on
your garden as the birds love tiny popcorn
sprouts. Sprinkle dried leaves over the area
to hide the tiny sprouts from the birds!
Ancient civilisations used mashed cooked corn-on-thecob as a treatment to soothe eczema and psoriasis for
centuries!
over wet cotton wool. Popcorn or mealie
seeds sprout in 3-6 days and can be pulled
up and eaten as soon as the first little tip of
green can be seen. They can be eaten
fresh in a salad or with cream cheese on
a sandwich.
MUNG BEANS
The popcorn shows anti-cancer activity, also has an
anti-pain effect and is a muscle strength builder – and
of course it is a valuable snack when popped and eaten
with a knob of butter and a little sea salt! Growing popcorn
sprouts means you can have these benefits all year round.
The classic sprout, it’s simply delicious for
every child.
How to:
An excellent source of easy-to-assimilate
protein, mung beans are ideal at about
12mm in height, although also delicious if
grown to leaf stage.
On sandwiches, in soups, stews, salads, stir
fries, mung beans soon become a favourite.
LENTILS
Rich in Vitamins A, B1, B2 and B4, as well as calcium,
magnesium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, potassium,
manganese and selenium. Popcorn is a true health food.
It will protect the eyes, it is an excellent brain food, will
nourish the whole nervous system and it soothes
eczema if eaten often in the diet.
Benefits:
Eaten frequently, mung beans are rich in Vitamins A,
B1, B2 and C. They can be used for anaemia and
easy bruising, weight loss, lack of energy, vitality,
listlessness and bad moods, and are known to
improve hair texture and dry skin.
This should be a daily sprout in every household as it
is so valuable for every member of the family and can
become an interesting project for children to grow. It is
especially good as it repairs spotty skin and provides
vitality and energy for sports.
A valuable staple food that encourages better
sleep patterns.
How to:
Benefits:
As a sprout they are fascinating to grow
and children love to pull them off their
wet cotton wool bed and eat them, roots
and all. They can also be used in a
salad or over a stew or on a sandwich
with grated cheese and a little
homemade mayonnaise.
If children eat lentils three times a week, visible health
changes can be observed in behaviour patterns. They
sleep better at night and get more colour in their faces.
In three or four days lentils will begin
to sprout and you can reap them when
they are about 12mm in height.
Lentils are high in protein, dietary fibre, Vitamins A &
C and all the B-vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium and
phosphorus. They lower cholesterol, manage blood
sugar and were once a valuable staple food that replaced
meat. They are also an excellent heart tonic, help with
anaemia, raise low blood pressure and treat fatigue,
emaciation and ulcers in the stomach.
SUNFLOWERS
A quick, easy and very rewarding sprout to grow.
How to:
Sunflower petals can be eaten and you can use
dried sunflowers to grow sprouts … and feed the
birds. Place a tray of sprouts on the windowsill
to get sun, light and fresh air! This will become a
hobby and an ongoing interest for every child.
This sprout should be part of the daily diet – it is so
rich in health building vitamins and minerals. Try
both the white sunflower seeds and the black sunflower seeds. A bowl full of hulled sunflower seeds,
almonds, hulled pumpkin seeds and pecan nuts is
the perfect snack food for children and teenagers,
bursting with easy to digest vitamins and minerals!
WHEAT
Benefits:
Sunflower sprouts and seeds contain Vitamins E, B1, B5, B6, folic
acid, calcium, copper, zinc, iron, phosphorus, potassium, sodium and
poly- and mono-unsaturated fats and are high in protein and dietary
fibre.
Sunflower seeds will lower high cholesterol, while sunflower sprouts
soothe aching muscles, help with dry, cracked skin and chest
infections. The sprouted seeds contain anti-cancer properties are
used to treat malaria, tuberculosis and inflammatory conditions,
and are anti-allergenic.In the daily salad, sunflower sprouts eaten
when they are 12cm high will give energy, vitality and brainpower
for exam time!
It is chewy, delicious and so easy to grow and every seed germinates!
How to:
Growing your own wheat sprouts is lots of fun and
in winter growing wheat in the garden for juicing is
fascinating for children. They can also then reap
their own wheat seeds!
In a compost-filled pot or trough, sow wheat seeds
thickly with enough soil to cover them. Keep them
moist. In 3 days little sprouts will appear. Within
5-6 days you’ll be cutting your first wheatgrass to
put through the juicer!
Benefits:
Wheat sprouts give energy, vitality and brainpower. They rebuild
the blood, repair the DNA and remove acidity from the blood. They
are very rich in Vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6 and E, folic acid, calcium,
magnesium, iron, copper, phosphorous, zinc and manganese. They
will also remove heavy metals from the body, cleanse the liver and
an overloaded colon, promote regular bowel function and build
resistance to infections. Wheat “berries” (seeds), sprouts and wheat
grass in the daily diet will help to heal wounds, literally rejuvenate the
whole body, reduce the risk of cancer and improve food intolerances
so remarkably, that we should all become wheat growers!
SMOOTHIE:
2 cups of wheatgrass (and sprouts if you like)
2 carrots
2 sticks of celery with leaves
2 beetroots
½ cup parsley
2 apples
Rinse all ingredients thoroughly, dice and blend
together in a blender. This makes an incredibly
energising vitamin-, mineral- and enzyme-rich
health drink – you’ll feel like flying!
Organic seeds are available from the Margaret Roberts Herbal Centre or by post.
Contact [email protected] or phone (mornings only) 012 504 2121 or 071 161 6441
BULLYING:
A THREAT TO WELL-BEING
Let’s get all our teens to read this – and let’s stimulate
some urgently-needed focus and action.
F
or most of us, living in a gated security Estate is
a lifestyle choice – one that we made with the
welfare of our families in mind. Naturally, we want
the best for our children, but as hard as we try, there
will always be external influences that tug at them and try to
lure them on to devious paths. The hazards of growing up in
our modern society are very real, but not always obvious.
This is the reason why Life Talk was established. It’s a
non-profit organisation formed by concerned parents,
educators and individuals who wish to empower young
people to take control of their lives through proactive thinking,
wise choices and sound values.In this first article in the series
that we will be publishing for parents and their children, we look
at the sad reality of bullying in our schools and communities.
Bullying has reached alarming levels. From feedback,
some 60%-70% of teens become victims of bullying by the
age of 18.
Bullying takes many forms and includes verbal
attacks, excessive teasing, spreading rumours, physical
violence or humiliating behaviour of many kinds.
Nowadays cyber bullying is one of the most common
forms and this includes malicious texting or posting nasty
comments or videos on social media sites. Bullying happens
so often, to so many kids, and yet most of the time the
‘aggressor’, if confronted, is adamant that he/she never
bullies anyone.
Could you ever be a bully? Read on and then decide…
“My teacher says I’m a bully and that’s so unfair! All I did
was text a loser about the fact that everyone hates her
and now I’m being called a bully...”
Have you ever done anything that could be classified as
‘bullying’? Is there anyone you know who might feel that
you bullied them?
WHAT DOES A BULLY DO?
Izabella Little-Gates, author of the Life
Talk books, suggests:
Before you declare yourself to be a
non-bully, see if you do any of the
above, and ask yourself:
1. Do you get a kick out of making
people uncomfortable, putting them
down, intimidating or hurting them?
2. Do you ever send nasty text
messages or spread rumours about
someone else, either verbally or by
posting mean comments about
them online?
3. Does bringing someone else down
make you feel better about yourself?
4. Do you see someone else’s
happiness or good fortune as a threat
to your own happiness?
5. Do you find it fun to show off by
victimising someone who appears
defenceless?
6. Does your character change when
you are online or part of a group? Do
you suddenly become unkind or cruel
to someone you would normally be
nice to?
IF YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN
A BULLY
“When our actions have a negative
effect on someone else, that’s when
warning bells should clang for us. What
gives us the right to make someone
else’s life unpleasant? Just because
we have some kind of issue, does that
mean we’re justified in bringing pain and
misery to someone else? And if we do,
do we really believe that it’ll make our
problems go away and that we’ll feel
good about ourselves? If you recognise
bully-type behaviour in yourself, you
have two options: carry on as before, or
change your behaviour,” she says.
If you don’t confront and resolve the
reasons for your bullying behaviour,
they could well end up sabotaging you
and your life for the rest of your days.
Why risk that?
You’ll continue with behaviour to
make others miserable, afraid of you
and want to avoid you whenever
possible.
Some people might look up to you,
but they’ll no doubt be problem ridden themselves.
Your ‘victims’ will one day grow up
and you never know where you’ll
encounter them again. I know of
someone who ended up jobless and
his only chance of employment was
with a company run by one of his
ex-victims. Needless to say he didn’t
get the job and eventually ended up
living on the streets.
By remaining a bully you won’t be
dealing with the issues troubling you.
By not addressing your behaviour,
your problems and situations may
well repeat themselves throughout
your life – and you’ll probably always
be victimising someone somewhere.
You’ll never really like yourself.
DO YOU SUDDENLY
BECOME UNKIND OR CRUEL
TO SOMEONE...
very complex, and can include all sorts
of childhood, school, parental or even
abuse issues. Something might have
happened to you which made you feel
that adopting your chosen behaviour
would somehow protect you or make
you feel worthwhile. Or maybe you’ve
had it too easy and you belong to the
‘spoilt brat bully’ category?
Whatever the reasons, truly
understanding and resolving them will
probably mean asking for some kind of
IF YOU CHOOSE TO CHANGE
Deciding to change your behaviour
takes guts. You’ve developed a ‘comfort
zone’ and now you’ll be entering new
territory. The best way of tackling such
a change is to first identify why you felt
it was necessary to be a bully in the
first place. Reasons for bullying can be
professional help. Whether it’s from a
counsellor, teacher, parent or doctor,
asking for help will give you the
guidance you’ll need to succeed in your
quest. The path to change may well be a
tough one. You’ll have to face the realities of your negative behaviour, you’ll be
dealing with the reasons for it, you’ll be
exposed to the damage you did to your
victims, and you’ll be finding a new way
of being. So, you’ll need guts. But the
freedom of being kind to others and true
to yourself will be totally worth it!
(Extract from the chapter ‘Are you ever
a bully?’ in Life Talk for a Daughter and
Life Talk for a Son) This article is published,
courtesy of Life Talk Forum www.tugoflife.com
@TugOfLife Facebook/tugoflife.To purchase
any of the books written by Izabella
Little-Gates, visit www.lifetalk.co.za
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WHY SHOULD
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reading? By Maureen Collins
t‘s about 500 years since
Johannes Gutenberg invented the
printing press that made the mass
production of books possible.
Google’s algorithms estimate that since
then over 129 million books have been
published.
To put that in perspective, if you had
70 years of reading in a lifetime, and
you read one book a week (how many
of us do?) you would read only 3640
books. In reality, most of us read even
less. How many will you read in your
lifetime?
One hears the argument ‘Why
should I bother to read?’ fairly often.
Most often, but not always, it’s from
children who argue that they get
all the information they need from
phone and computer screens, in cryptic
texts, acronyms and smileys.
Recent research, however, suggests
that there are some very good reasons
for sinking into a good book, apart from
the sheer pleasure and escapism it
offers. Brain scans show that when we
read stories, our brains weave these
stories together with our own life
experiences, to create new neural
pathways. In other words, the
experience of reading a book creates
physical changes in your brain.
‘Deep reading’ has also been shown to
help people become more empathetic.
As reading provides us with insight into
people and their lives, we become more
aware of, and sensitive to, the feelings
of others. Many of you will know this
instinctively when you think how books
have changed the way you feel or think
about the world.
This research is significant in the light of
the realisation that in western cultures
there has been a dramatic fall in the
ability of young people to recognise and
acknowledge the feelings of others by
using empathy. The best explanation for
this seems to be that it is caused by the
immersion in the rapid fire world of mobile communication and social media.
Rationally, we recognise that reading
underpins our knowledge economy and
provides many people with pleasure as
well as personal development and
creative experiences. Now we have
another motivation for reading: it can
mitigate against some of the changes
brought about by technology.
Devices like e-readers, smart phones
and tablets allow you to carry an entire
library in your hand. We should
concentrate on using them to extend our
access to books, not agonise over the
medium we’re using to read them.
If we stop reading, we will be different
people: less informed, less intricate, less
empathetic and, overall, less interesting.
Those are some very good reasons for
getting into a good book right now.
For 30 years, Maureen Collins has been
sharing her insights into conversations with
leaders and managers across South Africa.
Her workshops are often described as ‘life
changing’ by participants. Her next
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The Shining Girls
The Keys to Persuasion
Fitness for Old Farts
Chicago, 1931. A strange
house gives serial-killer Harper
the power to travel through
time, to hunt and kill his
‘shining girls’. They’re bright
young women full of spark
– until he cuts it out of them,
leaving clues from different
times behind to taunt fate.
Acquire the power to change someone’s
mind…
Despite the fact that Fitness for Old Farts will keep you
in stitches, it covers a serious subject. After the death
of yet another friend in his 50s due to heart failure
resulting from lack of condition and too much weight,
Tim Plewman and a group of his friends formed a
‘Fellowship of old farts’ to ensure that the same
doesn’t happen to them. They voted Tim the leader
and set him the task of getting fit and losing weight
and helping them to do the same.
By Lauren Beukes
Kirby, the 90s girl, survives
his attack and turns the hunt
around. Tracing Harper’s
bloody trail of victims – from
a glowing dancer in the 30s to
a tough welder in the 40s and
a bombshell architect in the
50s – Kirby is running out of
time trying to solve an
impossible mystery. And
Harper is heading towards her
once again.
Lauren Beukes is an author,
scriptwriter and comics writer,
named the literary queen of
Cape Town by the Sunday
Times. Her novel Zoo City
(2010) won the 2010 Arthur
C Clarke Award and the
Kitschies Red Tentacle.
By Gert J. Scholtz
Why is it so important for us to acquire
the skill of persuasion? The answer is
simple: every day of our lives, we need to
persuade someone of something, whether
in the workplace or in our personal lives.
Whether you are convincing a colleague
to buy into a new initiative, pitching an
important deal to a client or trying to
convince your five-year-old to go to bed,
you are persuading someone of
something. And although we all persuade
in one way or another, very few of us
excel at it.
This book reveals the most effective keys
– and the one golden key – that can turn
you into a master persuader who can
influence and change the minds of others.
It explores the psychological bases and
reasons why the keys work and contains
many fun and effective examples of how
to use them.
Based on well-documented research, The
Keys to Persuasion is a fascinating and
highly practical book that makes a difficult
task and a complex subject concrete,
accessible, lively and amusing.
By Tim Plewman
Fitness for Old Farts is the outcome and proof that the
programme they followed really does work.
Well-known actor Tim Plewman engages his readers
right from the start with his inimitable brand of humour
and empathy, yet provides practical and honest help to
men over the age of 50 to rediscover good health and
a respectable physique, while still enjoying their meal
times. Using himself and his friends as role models
on what can be achieved with the correct, progressive
gym exercise programmes, as well as healthy food
choices, Tim goes right to the heart of the matter as
he understands the problems and motivations relevant
to ‘old farts’ and how to shift their preconceptions and
fears. And at the end of it all he provides a selection of
tasty and simple-to-prepare dishes.
Tim Plewman is perhaps best known for his one-man
show, Defending the Caveman, which won him the
Vita Award for Best Comedy Actor in 1998. Tim finally
decided to close the show after nine years and
1 544 sold-out performances.
For more information about these or any of Random House Struik’s other titles, visit www.randomstruik.co.za
THE DAY I SUMMITED
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Media report: Expeditions
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By James Clarke
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on with the dog.
Frostbite was a problem. As I neared the
South Col, the route became littered with
fingers and noses dating back to 1924,
as well as discarded oxygen bottles and
KitKat wrappers. You’d think people
would pick up after themselves. Mind
you, if your fingers fall off, how do you
pick them up?
J
ust my luck! For R400 000 I could
have joined an expedition and
had my own Sherpa.Not that I
hadn’t already climbed Everest.
I seem to remember doing it in ‘94. Or
was it ‘96?
It was that year when simply everybody
was climbing it.I remember reaching the
summit. Oh, the noise! And the people!
I hadn’t really planned to climb. I was
actually on my way back from our local
hardware with a collapsible aluminium
ladder to fix my gutters and just got
swept along by the crowd.
Afterwards I found it difficult to
understand why people climb Everest –
apart from the fact that it’s there. After
all, there’s absolutely nothing to do when
one is up there.
At the snowline the crowd thinned but
accommodation was still a problem. The
Base Camp looked like a pop concert
was taking place – Woodstock or
something. Camp 1 – same thing,
except there were more nosebleeds
at that level and more panting and you
couldn’t see who was talking to you
because their breath created a cumulus
nimbus cloud which obscured them.
I pitched my tent next to a couple from
Benoni - Ernest and Molly Pemberton
with their dog, Popsy. They’d never
climbed Everest before, but had done
Mount aux Sources from the Witsieshoek car park. At Base Camp, they’d
bumped into their neighbours who’d
already summited with a bunch of
noisy Japanese school children. “They
complained about the queues,” said
Molly. Molly told them: “If you can’t stand
queues you shouldn’t be on Everest!”
During the night a 120km/h wind brought
the temperature down to minus
42 degrees. A bit like Clarens in June.
“Nippy, hey?” I quipped. Ernest
Pemberton laughed so hard that the cold
contracted his teeth fillings and they fell
out. He had to turn back because the
queue at the dentist’s tent was half-way
Near the summit the crowd thinned and
the space available began to narrow till
eventually it came to a point – of course.
One constantly had to say “Excuse
me”. As I neared the summit the Indian
bloody Army team came clomping down,
followed by some Frenchmen who can
be as pushy as Russian climbers are
rowdy. There was a Chinese railway
engineer using a theodolite. There was
even a Zulu from Mtubatuba.
I got to the summit thanks to a Sherpa
who said I could hang on to his belt
along with six Japanese ladies.Jislaik!
You should have seen the crowd! I
shouted “Sawubona!” to the guy from
Mtubatuba and asked him, “Likuphi
ithoyilethe?” He shrugged and said, “I’m
a stranger here myself.”
At the summit, seized by an inspiration,
I uncollapsed my collapsible aluminium
step ladder and sat on top of it.
Everybody fell silent. Many turned green
with envy.
They were standing at 8848 metres, but
no man on this earth had climbed higher
than me – 8850!
Blogsite: http://stoeptalk.wordpress.com. Website: www.jamesclarke.co.za For a free sample of James Clarke’s latest e-book go to:
www.amazon.com/Save-me-Lions-Mouthebook/dp/B008FO88DO The book is about human/wildlife/conflict in Africa.
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