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Volume 02, 08 April 2014, Week 15 Delivered every Tuesday Tel: 011 862 8500 Fax: 011 869 7335

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The anticipation was almost electric as moments drew nearer to the announcement of the winner of the R1 Million shopping spree by Bedford Centre. The competition ran between 8 June 2013 and 28 March 2014 and required entrants to spend R350 or more at any of the shops at Bedford Centre. The eventual winner of the competition, after several preliminary elimination rounds, was a Diana Mason.An excited Mason estimated that since the competition began she had spent around R20 000 at Bedford Centre and had

entered all of her receipts into the competition. During the preliminary stages leading up to the final announcement, shoppers packed around the Pick n Pay court, where the give-away was to take place, were entertained while more prizes were given to valid entries picked out of a container full of receipts. Mason made it through several stages until all that stood between her and the fresh million was a runner-up contestant and a money shower. The contestants took turns collecting as many slips out of the money shower as possible. It was clear at

the end of the challenge that Mason had undeniably trumped her challenger, but judges and independent auditors confirmed what everyone already knew when they announced Mason as the winner of the shopping spree.Still excited about the victory, Mason was informed that she had five hours to spend her fortune at any of the stores at Bedford Centre with a limit of R100 000 per store. Bedford Centre announced through their twitter account (@bedfordcentre) that Mason had half an hour left at the end of her money.

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MONEY SHOWER: Winner Diana Mason picking the slips which made sure she was named the winner of the million rand shopping spree.

SPENDING SPREE: Diana Mason being interviewed before she went on to spending her million.

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DIRECT FROM PARLIAMENT

By Ndu Ngwenya

A NOTE FROM ThE EDITOR

The 11th annual CANSA (Cancer Association of South Africa) Shavathon took place at the Eastgate Shopping Centre recently where funds raised totalled R 21 826.20. Eastgate Centre Manager; Hester Wasserfall, announced the centre’s record number of 218 participants with 50 cancer bracelets and 53 CANSA wraps sold. Participants were given the option to colour, spray, shave or gel their hair for a donation. “Each year astounding amounts are raised at malls in support of our Shavathon Campaign. We are very thankful of even the smallest donation, because every contribution counts in the fight against cancer”, said CANSA’s Marketing and Communications

Coordinator, Esti Lindner. The CANSA Shavathon annual campaign is one of South Africa’s best supported events, with its purpose to show solidarity with those affected by cancer. Hair loss is a common side-effect of cancer treatments; hence the symbolic gesture of shaving your head in support of cancer survivors. CANSA awarded Eastgate Shopping Centre with a certificate of appreciation for supporting CANSA Shavathon 2014. “It is always very enjoyable to work with such a willing shopping centre. We are so grateful for their support during the Shavathon campaign. We appreciate and value their partnership immensely”, said Lindner.

Eastgate proud supporter of CANSA Shavathon

HAIR RAISING SUPPORT:One of the participants of this year’s CANSA Shavathon held at Eastgate, where R21 826.20 was raised from donations.

Misconceptions about Autism are still rife in South Africa, and research has only recently provided answers to many of the questions about this condition, according to Kathy Jooste, Chief Executive Officer of Avril Elizabeth Home for the Mentally Handicapped.“World Autism Day, now in its seventh year and celebrated annually on 2 April, is essential in highlighting the disorder and encouraging early diagnosis and intervention.“People are encouraged to wear blue on 2 April to further raise awareness of it. I know that I will be kitted out in blue that day and will encourage my staff to do so also”.Having cared for the intellectually challenged for the past 44 years, some of whom have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), the Home is well-versed in the special needs of people with the disorder.Jooste says that each person with ASD is unique, as is his or her type of autism and that the Home treats each one according to his or her individual needs. The Home works closely with Autism South Africa in treating ASD, especially in respect of challenging

cases.“Research shows that there is no one cause or type of autism and it is believed to occur in very early brain development, with most signs and symptoms only emerging when a child is between two and three years old.“In addition,” says Jooste, “from information received from Autism South Africa, autism seems to be more prevalent in boys than girls”.According to Autism South Africa, people should be aware of the following signs and if encountered, should ask their family doctor or paediatrician for a referral to a developmental paediatrician for assessment:

COMMUNICATION SIGNS: • no babbling by 11 months of age; • no simple gestures by 12 months of age ie waving bye-bye; • no single words by 16 months; no two-word phrases by 24 months ie baby sleeping; • no response when name is called and loss of any language or social skills at any age.

BEHAvIOUR SIGNS:• odd or repetitive ways of moving fingers or hands; • oversensitivity to certain textures, sounds or lights; • lack of interest in toys or plays with them in an unusual way ie opening and closing parts rather than playing with the toy as a whole; • compulsions or rituals ie has to perform activities in a special way or certain sequence and is prone to a tantrum if that ritual is interrupted; • preoccupation with unusual interests such as light switches, doors, wheels and unusual fears.

SOCIAL SIGNS: • rarely makes eye contact when interacting with people; • doesn’t play things like peek-a-boo; • does not point to show things he or she is interested in and rarely smiles.

To find out more about Avril Elizabeth Home, or how to donate, go to www.avril.org.za or contact 011 822 2233.

Demystifying Autism myths

Join the Ernie Els Centre for Autism for a 3km fun walk and family picnic at Rietvlei Zoo Farm on Saturday 12 April. The purpose of the event is to raise funds to support the centre and to raise Autism awareness. Bring picnic baskets, chairs and gazebos and have some fun! Wear something blue to show your support.

Time: 10:00 to 16:00Entrance fees: R30; R20 for children under 12-years; R10 for pensioners. An extra cost of R10 to participate in the fun walk. All proceeds will be donated to the charity. Extra activities include: a train, ponies, tractor – and cart rides, putt-putt and a farmyard. Food and market stalls will be

available.Entrance can be paid on the day. Groups must preferably book in advance. Contact the Ernie Els Centre for Autism on 011 484 7254 for more information. Alternatively you can contact Claire on 011 484 7254 or e-mail her at [email protected] for more information or to book.

Autism Awareness Day-12 April

Birthday season has hit tame TIMES quite severely. As many of you already know, the company turned five years old last week Tuesday and man what a successful celebration we had – thanks to all our clients and friends who shared the day with us. Congratulations to the beneficiaries of our CSI project which was announced at our birthday cocktail event. Today is our Editor in Chief and a very special friend of mine; Laurelle Williams’ birthday and tomorrow is tame TIMES’ COO; Karin Blignaut’s birthday – Ladies I wish you everything of the best and many happy years – that goes for all our April born readers as well.In this week’s issue, read up more on our birthday celebration. We have many exciting competitions as usual. On the sports front catch our review of St Andrew’s 12th annual High School Netball Festival. To our friends in school, welcome to the second term, remember that every little effort counts for something in the bigger picture, so push hard and so that when the end of the year come, we can proudly say “Well Done”Have a wonderful Week 15.Stay Blessed

Ndu Ngwenya with East Rand Stereo’s Karen Augusta and Gerhard Schaap

Mr. and Mrs. Calore (St Cathrines representatives) with Tessa Arthur (tT Sales Executive)

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tame TIMES’ birthday celebration

Sihle Malamule:Intokozo Primary School, KatlehongSamuel Motombo:Khayelihle Primary School, VosloorusAtlile Otsheleng:Van Dyk Park Primary School, BoksburgAlexander Wright:Kenton Primary School, Alberton

tame TIMES celebrated their fifth birthday on Tuesday, 1 April. We had, in our previous edition, invited the public to take the opportunity to come view our offices and newsroom with the day ending in celebrations. Champagne, yummy foods and stunning décor added that extra touch of class to the already fabulous event. People, from all our distribution areas were at our offices enjoying the evening, networking and congratulating around every corner. The beautiful cake was made by South Africa’s very own cake-boss, Paul Vieira, who had brought a camera crew with him to document the cake handover and to meet the team. To order your stunning, creative cake today see below for details.After a much anticipation, Karin Blignaut, COO of tame TIMES, announced what our community project was: for the next five months tame TIMES will be paying for five children’s school fees who are from five of our distribution areas and who share their birthday with tame TIMES on 1 April. The children had to be in grade five. Each child received a Waltons back to school hamper, a goodie bag, a certificate and a recycled DeskBag compliments of PRWorx.

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A child is currently being sought from JHB South and tame TIMES will announce his/her name and school as soon as we find one.” We decided to give back to the community by investing in the education of five children by supplying them with learning materials as well as sponsoring them with school fees for five months. These children are our readers and advertisers of tomorrow.”said Karin.“The tame TIMES fifth birthday bash was a huge success which is further proof that we have become an essential part of the communities we serve.”

Tame TIMES would like to thank the following people for their sponsorship and commitment:Waltons: Gillian Audier for the Stationary Packs, SAB Miller: Kerry Hoffman, PR Worx: for the Desk bags- Madelein and Ashley, Stitch Studio: Cheryl for the beautiful Décor, Cake Extreme: Paul for the beautiful cake, Chianti: Charmaine for the delicious food, Sovereign: Wilma for the Catering Supplies, Meridian Wine Merchants: Marinda and the community that shared our birthday with us.

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Paul Vieira from Cake Extreme is taking South Africa by storm with his cakes. His contact details are: 011 894 4760. Alternatively you can visit them on North Rand Road and Atlas in Beyers Park to view their French style bakery, Cake Extreme.

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lEFT: tame TIMES Director Riaan Jonker and Izak Berg, National Chairperson of IRASA.

tame TIMES editorial team with Karen Augusta and Gerhard Schaap from East Rand Stereo

VISIoNARIES: Riaan Jonker (tT Director), Karin Blignaut (tT Coo), Brian Blignaut (tT Director) and Ishmet Davidson (Media 24) with three of the children Atlile otsheleng, Sihle Malamule and Alexander Wright.

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By Nieto HerNaNdez

Pick n Pay hosted a meeting to thank customers, staff and franchisees for their tremendous response on 15 December 2013 – the day of former President; Nelson Mandela’s funeral – when the company decided to open its stores and donate all profits to charities which honoured Madiba’s legacy. As a result of its “Working for Madiba” Day, Pick n Pay’s regional teams donated R500,000 to help provide equipment to children’s homes, orphanages and care facilities around the country, Pick n Pay will in addition hand the new Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Gauteng a cheque for R4.5 million to build and equip a specialist unit. Pick n Pay’s CEO Richard Brasher said, “By opening our stores on Sunday 15

December, we gave our staff and customers an opportunity to contribute in a very tangible way to Mr Mandela’s legacy. We pledged that all profits from sales that day would go to worthy causes. I was truly humbled by the amazing response from our staff and our customers. “I am delighted that, as a result, Pick n Pay is giving R4.5m to the building of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Gauteng. This includes a generous contribution from our franchisees. In addition, our regional teams will donate R0.5m to help provide equipment for children’s homes, orphanages and care facilities in their areas. The total sum of R5m donated to good causes significantly exceeded our day’s profits. “I want to thank everyone involved – in

particular our staff, our franchisees and our customers – for this great tribute to Nelson Mandela.”An external audit by KPMG confirmed that the calculation of profits was conducted on an appropriate basis, and that the amount donated to good causes exceeded the day’s profits.Ms Sibongile Mkhabela , CEO of the Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Hospital said “We are grateful to Pick n Pay for this very generous donation. Pick n Pay wanted to ensure that the proceeds of their excellent “Working for Madiba” initiative went to a cause which as stated by Mrs Machel was Mr Mandela’s last wish - you are enabling this wish and

honouring his legacy”Pick n Pay’s Transformation Director Suzanne Ackerman-Berman added, “December 15, 2013 was a day many of us will never forget. Around the country we opened our stores, served our customers, spent time mourning together, knowing that all our efforts would go to help those in need”.

Fithteen charities which fall within Pick n Pay’s inland region were each presented with cheques of R20 000 to use for their daily requirements.- Fred and Martie’s Soup Kitchen – West Rand- Eleos – Pretoria- El Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies – Boksburg- Lakeside Orphanage – Bedworth Park Pretoria- Rebaone Community Care – Wonderpark Pretoria- Salvation Army -Firlands Children’s Home – Norwood - Sparrow Ministries – Steeldale Jhb South- Little Eden – Greenstone East Rand- Mug and Tree Soup Kitchen – Princess Crossing West Rand- Matjele Community Centre – Maponya Mall Soweto- New Jerusalem Children’s Home – Centurion Pretoria- Hospice –Wits – Joburg Central- Berea - Hillbrow Home of Hope – Joburg Central- Strathyre Girls Home – Kensington Johannesburg- Matjele Community Centre Soweto

Working for Madiba raises R5m for good causes

DONATIONS GALORE:The differenct charity cheques.

WORTHY CAUSE:Strathyre Girls Home (Kensington Johannesburg).

The Rotary Knights of Pendragon and the Bedfordview Rotary Club co-hosted the Rotary Family Health Days campaign from 2 to 4 April. The campaign took place across South Africa and its aim was to provide patients in need of health care with free access to health screenings, tests and information. The Department of Health and Rotary Clubs across South Africa launched this campaign in 2013 to give people in rural areas access to proper health care. The campaign runs on a national, provincial and local level at clinics all over the country, where retired nurses and health workers volunteer to help. Rotarians operating near Primrose visited the Klopper Park Clinic to help the government administer the campaign. Rotarians in Gauteng visited an excess of 52 sites near various clinics to help

promote health care and to inform the local residents of government health projects: “Our goal is to get people to come on board who would otherwise not get help. At our clinic we saw 700 people in three days. We are very happy with how it went,” said Rotary Knights of Pendragon member, John Anticevich. Residents from informal settlements in Primrose were brought to Klopper Park Clinic for TB symptomatic screening, HIV testing and counselling, and Diabetes and blood pressure screening. Parents also brought along their children for immunisations against Polio and Measles, for Vitamin A supplements and deworming medicine. Every family was grateful: “I feel happy because this will protect my children by not exposing them to diseases in the areas that we come from,” said one of the mothers.

Health care for all Amy-Mae [email protected]

WE CARE: Rotary Club of Knights Pendragon and Bedfordview Rotary Club members helping out at the Klopper Park Clinic.

tHe jourNey of a tHousaNd miles

Our journey of a thousand miles is less than a month away now. On 7 May we go to the polls to choose our new or not so new president and it seems as I men-tioned last week the temperature on the political front is the direct opposite of what I’m beginning to feel from nature. We are approaching the cold season and just an advice from someone who has al-ready been booked off sick; take care of your health. Just as everyone was dealing with the news that the ANC had decided to add Minister Jimmy Choo – Dina Pule to the party’s parlia-mentary list. The fired Minister of Communi-cations has come out with an announcement of her own – she declined the nomination cit-ing personal reasons for her decision.This move has excited my politically inclined mind to an unlimited amount of imaginative analysis’ on this situation; the possibilities and moves perhaps hoped for in the next few coming weeks.I think we have all heard that no one indi-vidual is bigger than the ANC and that the ANC has many capable cadres who if called up would be ready and willing to take up the challenge of leading the party and ultimately the country. These statements became pop-ular around the time of Thabo Mbeki’s recall-ing back in 2009.On the strategy side of things and again us-ing the former minister as an example. Pule comes from Bushbuck Ridge a rural area in which she enjoys major support, support which would have lost love for the ruling par-ty had it decided to not include her in the list of parliamentary candidates. So what did the party do? They included her and gave her the opportunity to remove herself so that the party remains uncompromised. The ANC’s ability as a vehicle to deliver us into a better South Africa smoothly remains very questionable. In fact I don’t remember a time when the opposition parties of the country were granted such an opportunity. When in 1994 we voted, it was obvious that the ANC would govern and that has been the trend up until now. Today the conversation is a mathematical one, who will take which provinces and where can power be shares and the likes, it is no longer an guaranteed victory. Then I question is it still true that no one individual is bigger than the ANC? And to follow up on that question I ask, if Zuma would to make move similar to Pule’s would the ANC’s credibility be restored?Complacency and greed at leadership level have succeeded in breaking the confidence of many South African, particularly the youth. It’s said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – what will that step be?Let’s chat, send us your views on this or any other issue you feel we should ad-dress. Email voice @tametimes.co.za or send your tweets to @NietoVoice.

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CPF Annual General MeetingThe Bedfordview CPF will be holding an AGM meeting on Thursday 10th April 2014 at 18:30 at the Library Auditorium, Hawley Road, Bedfordview.

Assault (grievous bodily harm):. .. 3Assaulting a police officer:........... 2Domestic violence ......................... 3Illegal mining .................................. 3Illegal gambling ............................. 1Possession of drugs ..................... 2Possession of s/stolen property .. 2Drunk and driving .......................... 9Soliciting/importuning for sexual purposes ............................ 3Drunk in public ............................. 4Illegal immigrants .......................... 29

Primrose police arrested 61 suspects for various crimes in their area between 24 and 30 March 2014.

Primrose SAPS arrests

Bedfordview Arrests: Brew-tal murderGermiston police recently arrested a 34-year-old man for murdering his friend over a bottle of beer. It is alleged that the perpetrator and his friend (who was 35-year-old) were drinking at a pub in Van Lingen Street, Dukathole, on 21 March and started fighting over beer. The perpetrator would not accept defeat and stabbed his friend to death. An ambulance escorted the victim to the Germiston Hospital, but he was too badly wounded to survive. Germiston police were informed of the incident by hospital staff. The man had already passed away when the poilice arrived at the hospital. The perpetrator handed himself over to Germiston police and voluntarily led the detectives to the spot where he had hidden the knife that he used to stab the deceased. The accused has since appeared in Germiston court, where the case was postponed for seven days for plea and trial. The murder accused

The credit amnestyThe Department of Trade and Industry, on 27 February, published the Removal of Adverse Consumer Information and Information Relating to Paid Up Judgments Regulations, 2014 (‘the credit amnesty’) which came into effect on 1 April. This removal is applicable to all consumers as defined by the National Credit Act (NCA). How does amnesty affect credit bureau data? There are two parts to the credit amnesty information removal process, one relates to a Once-off removal and the other relates to On-going removal of information. The credit amnesty means that all consumers who are listed on the credit bureaus with the following negative information as at 1 April, will have this information removed from the records of the credit bureaus by the 1 June in accordance with Regulation 2 (b).

Once-off removal 1. Removal of all adverse information (irrespective if paid or unpaid) which includes:1.1 Negative classifications of consumer behaviour such as ‘default’, ‘delinquent’ or ‘slow paying’;1.2 Negative classification of enforcement action, including classifications such as ‘legal action’ or ‘write-off’; 1.3 Negative status codes as reflected on consumer payment profiles.1.4 You are still responsible to pay your unsettled debt (including interest and costs) even if your adverse credit information has been removed from your credit bureau record.2. Removal of paid-up civil court judgements where the consumer has settled the capital amount:

2.1 For Judgments, the consumer does not have to approach the courts or pay a lawyer to have his/her name removed. 2.2 Once he/she has paid the capital amount and provided a proof of payment it will be removed.

On-going removal requirements Going forward removal of all paid up judgements on an on-going basis as per the regulations in the credit amnesty; and paid up adverse information listings as per the National Credit Amendment Bill which is still to be promulgated. The credit amnesty does not mean that consumer’s credit obligations no longer exist, but rather that certain negative records regarding the manner in which they have previously managed their obligations will no longer be held on the records of the credit bureaus. Regulation 2 (h) provides an ambiguity which may mean that credit bureaus may not be able to return negative information held on the records of the credit bureau with effect from 1st April 2014. We will revert to you in this regard once we have clarified the position with the DTI. Regulation 2 (i) provides for the removal of paid up judgments within 7 days of proof of payment. No process or verification is stipulated in the credit amnesty and we thus urge credit providers to work with credit bureaus in order to verify the accuracy of this information within the 7 days in order to minimize the risk of fraud.

Should you have any queries in the above regard please contact Brian Jean Blignaut [email protected]

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HOLY ROSARY HIGH SCHOOL NETBALL PLAYERS: Bronwyn Bateman, Andrea Arnold, Ornella Varanini, Veronica Gordon, Saman-tha Whelan, Cailin Du Plooy, Megan Patmore, Jenna Smith, Tebogo Mashiloane, Mia Andrews, Jessica Brothwell, Chiara Du Plessis, Kirsten McCormack and Catherine Cheneka, with Camp facilitator Amanda, Tuks team representatives Tizaan and Tuks team Shelly.

Pre-season netball campHoly Rosary High School recently attended the Camp Discovery Netball Tour. The camp was skills-based with a bit of match-play, preparing for the season.

St. Catherine’s Primary School only started canoeing last year at Germiston Lake but already there are notable achievements they can be proud of. One such achievement is that of Jaemi Wellish, currently in Grade 6 at St Catherine’s School.

Canoeing regattas: (1 February 2014 at Homestead Dam in Benoni)In the 2000m race Jaemi received a silver medal (2nd place)In the 500m sprint Jaemi received a bronze medal (3rd place) Canoeing regattas: (1 March 2014 at Germiston Lake)In the 1000m Jaemi received a bronze medal (3rd place)In the 200m sprint Jaemi received a silver medal (2nd place)She was Second overall in her age group and received a silver medal Canoeing regattas: 21st and 22nd of March at Roodeplaat Dam outside Pretoria (Gauteng Championship)In the 500m race Jaemi came secondIn the 200m Jaemi came thirdIn the 5000m Jaemi came thirdShe was third overall in her age group and received a bronze medal Sailing: 15 & 16 March 2014 at Germiston Lake. In her first sailing regatta she placed 23rd overall out of 40 children and received a certificate.

Achievements on water

Jaemi Wellish of St. Catherine’s Primary School (Gr6) finding her form and producing consistent results .

St Catherine’s Senior Primary swimming Captain and Red House Captain; Nadia Calore (Gr 7), has won the Victrix Ludorum for the 4th consecutive year at St Catherine’s Primary School (1 x Junior, and 3 x Senior Victrix Ludorum). Congratulations on an outstanding achievement.

Outstanding achievement for

swimming captain

Germiston South Primary would like to introduce their new staff members who join the school in the year of their 90th anniver-sary.

Left to Right: L. van Wyk (Teacher assistant Gr 2), L. Gouws (Teacher Gr 4 DD) and S. Wermuth.

Holy Rosary High School netball players Akhona Mabasa, Kirsten McCormack and Christey Harris recently attended the District 13 netball U18 trials. McCormack was selected to represent the dis-trict team at the Gauteng Schools Sport trials, and was also se-lected at an U19 level, where she made the Gauteng team.

District 13 netball trial candidates

Akhona Mabasa, Kirsten McCormack and Christey Harris.

New teachers

St Catherine’s High School took part in the High School Interhouse Swimming Gala 2014. Many records were broken at the gala and the junior and senior Victor and Victrix Ludorum winners were also announced.

RECORDS THAT WERE BROKEN AT THE GALA:

- U16 Boys Backstroke of 2010 Michael Baron- U17 Girls Backstroke of 2011 Clarice Theron - Open Girls Backstroke of 2005 Jade Stewart- U14 Girls Freestyle

Clarice Theron and Tarryn Nell broke the record of 2010- U15 Girls Freestyle of 2006 Clarice Theron- U17 Girls Freestyle of 2008 Clarice Theron- U17 Girls Breaststroke of 2008 Jessica Teixeira- U15 Girls Butterfly of 2010 Clarice Theron- U16 Girls Butterfly Clarice Theron, Jade Stewart and Delta Bellagard all broke the record of 2013 - Open Girls Butterfly of 2009 Angelica Pestana- Open Boys Butterfly of 2010 Jagger Bellagarda

Swimming victors

PROUD ACHIEVERS: Jagger Bellagarda (Senior Victor); Jade Stewart and Jessica Teixeira (Senior Victrixs); Refiloe Mashao (Junior Victor); and Clarice Theron (Junior Victrix).

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St Catherine’s Primary School held their Inter-house Swimming Gala on 28 March and came third and won the spirit cup. The participating schools were St Dominic’s, St Patricks and St Catherine’s. St Catherine’s staff would like to congratulate all the swimmers who participated in the gala, as well as their loyal supporters.

St Catherine’s High School’s long distance swimmer Refiloe Mashao participated in the Ebenezer Dam Mile in Limpopo on 15 March. He completed the mile in 25 minutes and 35 seconds, and received a gold medal for 2nd place in the U/14 Boys category. On 23 March he also took part in the Pick ’n Pay Bosveld Mile in Bela Bela. He swam in both the mile (which he completed in 27minutes and 15 seconds) and 800m swim sprints (finishing in 12 minutes and 30 seconds), and came 3rd in the U13 Boys event.

Rafiloe Mashao

Swimming to the top The St Andrew’s School for Girls’ Johannesburg mini councilors and teachers

created a large “2014” figure with the 18 878 Easter eggs that were collected by the Junior School. These eggs were all delivered to various disadvantaged children around Johannesburg as part of the school’s Easter Egg Drive campaign.

Easter egg drive

Johannesburg Mini Councillors Tannah Rose (left) and Hannah Chappel (right) from St Andrew’s School for Girls and staff member, Mrs Ursula Moore.

Inter-house gala THE RESULTS foR THE 3 HoUSES:St Dominic’s – 1st (Red House)St Patricks – 2nd (Green House)St Catherine’s – 3rd (Yellow House)

LUDoRUM CUP wInnERS: Senior Victor Ludorum – Darian StewartSenior Victrix Ludorum – nadia CaloreJunior Victor Ludorum – Christoph BenekeJunior Victrix Ludorum – Savannah nell

wE’VE GoT THE SPIRIT: St Catherine’s swimmers, supporters and staff.

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Blacks Only Comedy Festival was a raging success at Emperors Palace on Saturday 29 March. One of South Africa’s top comedians; David Kau, had a packed Centre Court in stitches. Apart from Kau, who hosted the show, other top comedians like Donovan

Goliath, Loyiso Madinga, Isaac Gampu and Thapelo Tips also entertained the 3000-strong crowd.David Kau and his impressive list of stand-up jesters return early in August this year to officially celebrate 10 years of South Africa’s most popular comedy brand.

Comedy festival suCCess

Emperors Palace’s General Manager, Nigel Atherton with four of South Africa’s funniest comedians, Skhumba Hlope, David Kau, Thapelo Tips and Ndumiso Lindi backstage at the Blacks Only comedy event at the Palace of Dreams on Saturday evening

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Triston Strydom finally just trusted his ability, his swing and emotions and it paid off handsomely with a three stroke victo-ry in the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Champi-onship in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday 3 April. Strydom carded rounds of 71, 68, 70 and 72 to triumph on a winning score of three-under-par 284. The victory was an emotional one for Stry-dom, who dedicated the win to South Afri-ca’s number one ranked amateur, Christiaan

Bezuidenhout, his uncle Jaco Strydom and his parents, Freddie and JJ.“It has been a long time since I lifted a tro-phy, and it has been a long journey back,” he said.“Thanks to Christiaan’s motivation and the support from my uncle and parents, I am a winner again.”Just a year ago Strydom was ranked inside the top four on the South African Golf Asso-ciation’s Junior Rankings, but a succession of mediocre performances saw him slip well off the radar. Triston owes part of his recov-ery to his friendship with Bezuidenhout, who has taken on the role of mentor to the 17 year old.Strydom began showing glimpses of his win-ning form in March, when he won the West-ern Province Under-23 Championship and tied for fifth at the Curro SA Junior Interna-tional.“I don’t know why, but I lost all my confidence last year,” Strydom explained.“I just didn’t feel like practicing and compet-ing and lost interest in golf. When I joined the Ekurhuleni Golf Union, Christiaan and I struck up a friendship and he has literally changed my life. Rambo is such a positive guy. His self-belief and work ethic is inspiring and travelling with him meant that I started working hard again and started gaining con-fidence.”

Ekurhuleni golfer regains confidence

Triston Strydom won the Nomads SA Boys U-19 Championship by three shots at Umhlali Country Club. Photo by Rogan Ward.

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St Andrew’s School for Girls hosted their 12th annual High School Netball Festival from 3 to 6 April 2014. There were 32 participating schools from all over the country, and a total of 112 games were played. According to the St Andrew’s netball coach, Gary Kelly, the purpose of the festival is to promote netball in English-medium High Schools, and to provide netball teams with the opportunity to grow. Private – and government schools took to the netball courts to play pool games, and the top two teams in each pool advanced to the Championships section. The teams won various championship titles and trophies for different categories, such as spirit, best umpire, all-star team and best player, to name a few. St Andrew’s headmistress, Ms Marina Burger, was very excited about hosting the festival, and

she described the goal of the tournament as follows: “I hope the girls will challenge one another to dig deep and that they will find the source of their success in their own abilities and talents. The value of a tournament is the coming together of like-minded people ready to level in healthy competition and good sportsmanship.”

ResultsChampionship Final: St Andrew’s School for Girls 16 - 9Plate Final: Eunice High School 30 – 10 St Mary’s Bowl Final: Pretoria High School for Girls 26 – 22 Tholulwazi Trophy Final: St Dunstan’s 25 – 15 Waterstone

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St Andrew’s netball girls in action.

The Proteas have once again failed to deliver the goods in their quest of winning a major ICC tournament.What happened? My take: the loss to India in the semi-final was about poor decision making, and in particular very bad bowling at the death. Two young novices with little experience, in Parnell and Hendricks, it’s surely too big a burden on these lads to carry in such a big game, and produce the goods, and hoping we will secure a win.In hindsight it is easy to criticize after one has lost, but Faf Du Plessis and the Proteas

management got it totally wrong with who bowled when, during the final overs of the game. Our premium bowler, Dale Steyn, was not really given the opportunity to make an impact at the right moments during the game against India, when it counted; and this certainly cost the Proteas. Wides and more wides throughout the semi-final was probably the reason the Proteas actually lost. We should have defended 40 runs from four overs, but as I mentioned earlier, the young and inexperienced duo of Parnell and Hendricks were not geared to handle the pressures of such a big task of a major ICC semi-final. Arguably the best death bowler in any format of the game, the experienced Lasith Malinga, proved in the World T20 Final against India on Sunday that it is imperative that your best bowler in the team bowls at the right time during the game. I am not sure that we are ready to win a major title just yet, as it would seem that we are reliant on one, maybe two match winners, in AB DeVilliers and Dale Steyn Sri Lanka have Dilshan, Sangakarra, Matthews and more players who, consistently perform in all formats of the game, which results in winning titles. We need to step up and take our game to the next level and win a major title.

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