Mum’s Mail PMB and Midlands May 2013

mum’s m@il Pietermaritzburg & Midlands | May 201330 000 Free Magazines | www.mumsmail.com

Issue 83

mum’s mail teamEditor:

Alice Leah • [email protected] • 031 - 573 1731 (ext 5) Subeditor:

Brenda Daniels • [email protected] • 073 269 6118Accounts:

Ilse Furber or Lynda van Gestel • 031 - 573 1731 (ext 2 or 3)Enquiries:

Daniella Fensome • 031 - 573 1731 (ext 1)Adverti sing Sales:

Bev Delew • [email protected] • 031 - 573 1731 (ext 4) Designer:

Shaun DalzielCover Photo Model:

Kate Carlisle-Kitz and Austi nPhotographer:

Saysha Baker, 082 678 9804,www.sayshabaker.co.za

3 Editor’s Life4 Everyday Life5 Liv.526 Great Mother’s Day Gift Ideas7 - 8 Healthy Life/Beauti ful Life9 Tiny Life/Young Life10 - 12 Young Life/Party Life13 Educated Life14 Busy Life15 Busta

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PIETERMARITZBURGI suppose it’s a good thing that I was one of the fi rst people to receive an invitati on to a law fi rm’s golf day scheduled for the 12th of May... I quickly sent an email to suggest that he reconsider the date, as it’s Mother’s Day! Can you just imagine the tantrums in the house if Dad went off to play golf on Mother’s Day?

So instead of Dad playing golf, what can the kids do to make Mom feel special?• Make mom breakfast, lunch or dinner, and set and clear the table.• Don’t fi ght with your siblings.• Do all of your homework and chores without having to be reminded.• You could make a key ring with a special message that she can carry everywhere. • A nicely thought out hamper of good-ies – add her favourite DVDs, CDs and treats...• A cookery class is a hugely enjoyable gift . And if you go along too it’s a great way to bond with your Mom!• An appointment with a colour expert will help your Mom discover what colours suit her skin tone and what sort of outf its she should wear.• Treat your Mom to an aft ernoon tea or for a personal touch (and to save a bit of money) you can create your own aft er-noon tea – you just need a cake stand and tea pot set, with some tea, litt le sand-wiches and mini cake treats.• Give your Mom the gift of some ‘me’ ti me with a spa day or get a pamper set for her to enjoy at home, or a scented candle.• Moms tend not to spend a lot of mon-ey on themselves, so treat yours to a gift voucher so she hasn’t got any choice but to!• Or you could give a voucher that doesn’t hold a monetary value but off ers your ti me instead. Whatever you do to spoil your Mom, be grateful that you sti ll have her around to spoil, many of us aren’t as lucky. Alice xxx


Everyday LifeCorner Post

If you want to have Fish and Chips on a Monday night for R30 including a free drink, then Corner Post is the place to be – and you had bett er book as it has be-come that popular. If you miss Monday night, Tuesday is the Burger special night and this is good too at only R20 plus a free drink. Service is quick, food is hot and de-licious. The choice: a standard burger or, for a few more bucks, 180g patt y, avoca-do and bacon on a rusti c home-made bun. Chips are an extra but worth every penny with the yummy garlic mayonnaise made on-site. Many patrons (including myself) have suggested that they bott le and sell the mayonnaise; chips just do not seem the same without it. Sunday evenings are prawn nights – 500g prawns for R50, either peri-peri or garlic butt er. All other goodies ordered are extra – but what a fantasti c way to fi nish the weekend.

The latest owner of Corner Post, Jose, hails from Portugal also having lived in London for a while, where he met his South Afri-can wife, Tori. In a short ti me he has made his mark in Howick’s litt le village. Att en-ti on to detail, and a fl air for making the customer welcome, as well as a menu to tempt your taste buds, has made Corner Post the place to be seen. Corner Post is child friendly with an outside play area, jungle gym and a trampoline. Because I live in Hilton (with its numerous power outages), Corner Post is now on my speed dial; an impromptu family get to-gether during the week is sorted.

Contact: Corner Post, 033 – 330 7636, www.cornerpost.co.za. Review by Tasha Jardim for Mum’s Mail.

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Liv.52Fussy Eaters

Getting used to meal times, new foods, strange textures and flavours can be troubling for a child. Spending time preparing food which is left uneaten can also be stressful.

• Dietary intake: Relax. Recent American research suggests that even the pickiest of young eaters are very likely to meet or exceed their recommended energy and dietary intake for their age. So focus instead on giving them a healthy nutritional en-vironment. • Food shopping with kids: Let your child choose an item to buy from the supermarket – so long as it’s something they’ve never tried before. • Cooking with kids: Make meal preparation a time for fun and working together. Let your little one add ingredients to dishes, sprinkle herbs or stir in the milk. Give your child a board and a plastic grater for some cheese or ask them to chop a courgette with a butter knife. If you can cope with the initial spillages, letting them get the family drinks will help develop their co-ordination. Younger children will love washing up, tearing up salad or getting messy with some floury dough. • Food and kids: Research suggests that the chance of a toddler accepting a new food only increases after we’ve offered it to them more than eight times. Make “taking a bite of everything on my plate” or “sitting at the table until I’m finished” categories in your child’s reward scheme and remember positive attention and praise are the best rewards.

If you’re cooking for a picky eater, try not to spend more than 10 minutes preparing it, that way if it goes into the bin, you’ll feel less frustrated. Take advice on nutritional supplements if you’re concerned.

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How to Help in Pietermaritzburg

• Msunduzi Hospice Coff ee Shop is open daily from Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm and Saturday from 8am to 1pm. Treat yourself by choosing from a selec-ti on of mouthwatering sweet and savoury treats, soft drinks, teas and coff ees. During lunch ti me you can indulge in the “Meal of the Day”. The airy venue has both indoor and outdoor seati ng and overlooks the Hospice gardens, which are always a con-versati on piece. The venue is also wheel-chair friendly.

An added bonus of the venue is the op-portunity to shop at the popular book and Hospice shops. What could be bett er than ending a shopping spree with a cup of coff ee and a delicious treat? Come and support a worthy cause. Contact 033 - 344 1560.

• Msunduzi Fundraising events in May: • Hospice Open Day, 3 May at 10am. • Street Collecti on, 4 & 11 May. Volun-teers will be collecti ng at selected shop-ping centres and new volunteers are wel-come. • Comedy Supper, 10 May at 7pm, Hospice House. Contact Rashida, 033 – 344 1560.

• God’s Warehouse is a local organisa-ti on that supports single, divorced and widowed mothers who have fallen, or are in danger of falling, through the gap be-tween what they can manage to earn and the cost of feeding their families. These are women like us, our mothers, sister and daughters who live in our streets and whose children go to the same school as ours. Children who sit next to our own children.

God’s Warehouse receives no government funding and relies purely on the public and businesses to assist families from Durban to Howick. If you are led in any way to assist this organisati on contact Debbie, [email protected], 083 230 6643.

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Go Big Producti ons Go Big Producti ons is a casti ng agency with a classic Hollywood themed studio in Pietermaritzburg. They have started TV fi lm drama acti ng classes for kids – some-thing completely diff erent to commonly known drama classes. Go Big is also a cast-ing agency and can enable opportuniti es for most kids. They have cast for Mr Price, Cartoon Network, TV commercials, series and fi lm roles for kids as well as adults. The course teaches kids confi dence, how to deal with bullying, TV presenti ng skills, encourages creati vity, movement, and acti ng for TV and fi lm. It involves many fun theatre games as well as a year-end Drama Festi val, open to all surrounding schools. Children will also be taught by Maeshni Naicker from the movies Florida Road and Broken Promises during the year. Most will get an experience of being on a fi lm set. Sasha Nirmul of Go Big Producti ons quali-fi ed in 2005 at Movietech Film and TV Col-lege. She works as a Producti on Manager running producti ons on behalf of Produc-ers and Line Producers. Her work involves determining the most effi cient and eco-nomic way to schedule shoots, negoti ate business deals for crews, locati ons and technical equipment, and making day-to-day producti on decisions to ensure that producti ons proceed smoothly. The studio is at 691 Chota Motala Road, Raisethorpe. It is also from here that Sasha runs her casti ng agency and classes. Sasha is a talent scout and casti ng director for people wanti ng to be involved in the TV and fi lm industry professionally/part-ti me and for those just who want to have the experience of being on set. People can either join the agency or enrol for classes. Companies in Pietermaritzburg looking for models to sell their products or cloth-ing are welcome to contact Sasha.

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Young Life/Party Life

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We specialise in kiddies’

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Acti on Sports PMBActi on Sports PMB is hosti ng Boot Camps every Tuesday and Thursday in May, June and July, aft er which the Ladies’ Acti on Netball and Acti on Hockey Social leagues will kick off . These Boot Camps will be held at the new Acti on Sports Arena in Mkon-deni and will therefore not be weather dependent. The facility has security, loads of safe parking and great change room faciliti es. It also boasts a kiosk and a well-stocked bar. The arena is brand new, is clean and has everything you need.

Acti on Sports is also child friendly with a play centre for under 8s to play in while mum works out. Older children can be accommodated on the soccer and cricket fi elds. Tuesdays and Thursdays are for ladies only; gents will be Mondays and Wednesdays. The organisati on is hoping to increase the parti cipati on of Pieterma-ritzburg ladies in all its Acti on Sports.

Acti on Sports Boot Camp will be hosted by Certi fi ed Personal Trainers who are trained to improve your health and fi tness levels. Throughout S.A. they have groups of ladies joining the Acti on Family...

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Contact Sherri on 083 547 5981

Pietermaritzburg Gymnastics

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• From 5 years and up

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The Importance of Pre-School Educati on

Whether you call pre-school Grade 0 or Grade R, the important issue is: the ear-lier a child gets to a recognised pre-school environment, the bett er!

Grade RRR which is the three to four year old group at Hilton Pre-primary could be the most important year at the school. This is when beginning knowledge is de-veloped. It’s like being given a blank can-vas. As a result you can see how impor-tant it is to make the RIGHT decision as to who is going to be given the opportunity to make their mark on that pristi ne can-vas. Hopefully, parents are aware that the pre-school years are the few in which the greatest and most signifi cant brain growth and development take place in a human being’s life. From seven years old unti l the day they die, their brain development will not be as much as those fi rst six years of life.

As a parent you have a right to ask ques-ti ons of the school your child will att end. Are staff members trained with a four year qualifi cati on, registered with the South African Council of Educators? Is the equipment audited on an annual basis and is there a diversity of equipment encour-aging physical development? Do teachers get conti nuous training and are they ex-posed to the latest informati on in educa-ti on? Is your pre-school an NPO where all monies are spent on the children’s needs or is it a business which is run for profi t? Does the school believe in relati onships? Does it belong to eco–schools and support sustainable environmental educati on?

Please use your right as a parent to ques-ti on and don’t sett le! Only the best will do for these beauti ful litt le works of art!

Contact: 033 – 343 4090,

[email protected].

UNWANTED items wanted!Clear the Clutter!

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Contact Joey on 084 649 1766


Busy LifeARTS & CULTURE

• BAYNESFIELD ESTATE OPEN DAY: 5 May, 10am, Baynes-field Estate (between Richmond & PMB). Music, crafts, food stalls, tea garden, jumping castle, pony & tractor rides, vintage woodcrafting, house tours. Cost: scholars free, pensioners R10, adults R20. Contact 082 863 1099.• KWAZULU-NATAL MUSEUM: Mon – Fri 8.15am – 4.30pm, Sat 9am – 4pm, Sun 10am – 3pm, Jabu Ndlovu St, PMB. Contact 033 – 345 1404.

BUSINESS MEETINGS• KINGDOM BUSINESS NETWORKING: 21 May, 8.30am, The Coffeeberry, Cascades Mall. Contact Belinda, [email protected].• WOMEN IN BUSINESS – OFFICE ETIQUETTE: 8 May, 8am – 10am, PMB. Contact [email protected].

CHARITY• ESTHER HOUSE: Safe place for abused women & children. Contact June if you would like to assist, [email protected].• GOD’S WAREHOUSE (WHEATFIELD MISSION OUT-REACH): Assists families who have no food. For food drop-off points contact Debbie Schroeder, 083 230 6643, [email protected].• MSUNDUZI HOSPICE EVENTS: • 4 May, Street Collec-tions. • 10 May, Comedy Show. • 16 May, Parklane Wine Festival. • 31 May, Hospice Carnival 30 Year Celebrations. Contact 033 – 344 1560.

COURSES/WORKSHOPS• BASIC COMPUTER LITERACY: Daily, 2pm – 4pm, Hay-fields. Cost: R200. Contact [email protected], 076 658 1989.• BELLY DANCE LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS: Belly Chique Belly Dance Studio, PMB. Contact Vanessa, 082 485 3908.• COMPUTER SKILLS TRAINING: • 4 May, 1pm – 2.30pm, Internet & E-mail. • 4 May, 2.30pm – 4pm, Twitter for Busi-ness. GAP Academy Lecture Hall, PMB. Contact Hannelie Morris Pickering, 084 486 2949, [email protected].• DESIGN-YOUR-OWN CUPCAKE PARTY: For ages 4 & up. Contact Yola, 079 517 2220, [email protected].• JUST BOUTIQUE: Health, creative, beauty & baking courses for adults & kids. Athlone. Contact Lara Edmonds, [email protected], 033 – 342 4984, 084 587 0880, www.justboutique.net. • POSTNATAL CLASSES FOR MOMS & BABIES (0 – 6 MONTHS): Wed, 10am – 12pm, St Anne’s Hospital, Stork’s Nest. Contact Sr Kate Paine, 033 – 897 5309, [email protected].

EDUCATION• BOOKS 2 YOU BOOK FAIRS: • 17 May, Weenen, Midlands. • 21 & 22 May, Wykeham, PMB. • 23 & 24 May, Wembley College. Contact Kathy, 031 – 705 7744.

LEISURE• INCHANGA CHOO CHOO STEAM TRAIN: Last Sun month-ly (26 May), 8.30am & 12.30pm. Kloof to Inchanga Station Craft Market (return). Contact 087 808 7715, 082 353 6003, www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za. • MINIATURE LIVE STEAM TRAINS: 1st Sun (5 May & 2 Jun), 10am – 4pm, 78 Rudling Rd, Bisley, PMB. Cost: R6. Contact Andries Keyser, PMB Model Engineering Society, 082 557 2119.• PLAY DAYS: Camps Drift Park. Big indoor playground, 9am – 5pm. Cost: R30 per child. Contact Kerry, 073 672 6122.• PONIES FOR PARTIES: Ashburton or at your venue, 2 hours. Contact Gael Whiteley, 083 460 7643, [email protected]. • SUGAR BAY CAMPS: • 28 Apr – 5 May, Madhatter Week.

Sugar Bay, North Coast. Contact 031 – 485 3778, www.sug-arbay.co.za.• WILDEKLAWER RUGBY FESTIVAL: 1 – 4 May, hosted by Maritzburg College. Contact 033 – 342 9376.

MARKETS• CITY HALL CRAFT MARKET: Sat, 9am – 2pm, opposite City Hall. Contact 033 – 396 2807.• INCHANGA CRAFT MARKET: Last Sun of the month, 9am – 3pm, Inchanga Station & Railway Museum. Contact 076 564 6357, [email protected].• KARKLOOF FARMERS’ MARKET: Sat, 7am – 11am, 2.6km outside Howick on Karkloof Rd (access on D507). Contact Andrea, 082 820 8986.• PMB FARMERS’ MARKET: Sat, 6am, Alexandra Park. Con-tact 082 886 0687.• SHONGWENI FARMERS’ & CRAFT MARKET: Sat, 6.30am – 10.30am, cnr Alverstone & Kassier Rd, Assagay. Contact 083 777 1674. Visit www.shongwenimarket.co.za.• SPCA MORNING MARKETS: 1st & last Sat monthly, 8am – 12pm, 235 Woodhouse Road. Contact 033 – 386 9267.• UNDER THE MEETING TREE MARKET: Last Sun monthly, 11am – 4pm, Farm B4 Cassia Ext., Shongweni. Contact Can-dice, 082 371 5062, facebook.com/themeetingtree.

OTHER• THERMOSCAN – SAFE ROUTINE BREAST CANCER SCREENING: 9am – 1pm, Victoria Medical Centre. Contact Marcelle, 082 375 3805, [email protected].

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