BRAILLORAMA
Maart 2012
Jaargang 43 No. 3
Gedruk in nuwe braille
deur Brailledienste van Blind SA
Privaatsak X9005
Crown Mines
2025
Tel: (+27) 11 839-1793
Faks: (+27) 11 839-1217
E-Pos: philip@blindsa.org.za
Besoek ons tuisblad by:
http://www.blindsa.org.za
Redaksie: Christo de Klerk
Martie de Klerk
Philip Jordaan
Uitgewers: Blind SA
Rig alle korrespondensie aan: Die Redakteur, Privaatsak X9005, Crown Mines, 2025,
Johannesburg, R.S.A.
"Hierdie publikasie is moontlik gemaak deur finansiële ondersteuning van die
Departement van Kuns & Kultuur"
Inhoud
Blindes kan nou ook `kos sien`
Kaapstad is gevaarliker as Jozi
SA kan 3 maande `vreemde weer` kry
Charl wil braai by Meesters
Vat vas 'n vet vissie
Afrika nou reguit oor sy SA gevoel
14 en swanger
Misdaad: `Ergste vir wittes`
Daar sit hulle, agterop, en kyk agtertoe
Blindes kan nou
ook kos `sien`
Jody Nel
Beeld 2012-01-11
Die kitskos-restaurant Wimpy het in 'n bemarkingsvideo spesiale braille-hamburgers vir
blindes gemaak om hulle bewus te maak van Wimpy se nuwe braille-spyskaarte.
Volgens mnr. Dale Mullany, kunsdirekteur van die video, is sjefs ingebring wat
sesamsade op die hamburger geplaas het om 'n boodskap in braille te vorm.
In die video kan gesien word hoe die sesamsade sorgvuldig een vir een met 'n tang op
die deeg gesit word voordat dit in die oond gaan en as vars hamburger-rolletjies uitkom.
Vyftien van dié braille-burgers is gemaak en elkeen het 'n unieke boodskap gehad.
Een van dié boodskappe lui: "100% egte biefburger vir jou gemaak."
Die hamburgers is na drie van die grootste instellings vir blindes in Suid-Afrika - Braille
Services, die Louise Braille House en Blind SA - geneem en aan blindes daar gegee.
Die video's wys hoe hulle die boodskappe lees en daarvoor lag voordat hulle die
hamburgers eet.
Wimpy het dit bestempel as net 'n klein gebaar, maar "vir mense wat hul hande as oë
gebruik, was dit die eerste keer dat hulle meer kon doen as om net hul kos te proe.
Hulle kon dit sien."
Die blindes wat die braille-burgers geëet het, het dan deur nuusbriewe, publikasies en
skermleser-e-posse die boodskap aan meer as 800 000 blindes gestuur dat Wimpytakke landwyd nou ook spyskaarte in braille het.
Hoewel dié video amper 'n maand gelede op YouTube geplaas is, het Twitter gister
daaroor gegons.
Dit was gister een van die mees bespreekte onderwerpe in Suid-Afrika op dié sosiale
netwerk en selfs twieters van oorsee het aanlynskakels na die video versprei.
Famous Brands, die restaurantgroep waaronder Wimpy val, kon gister nie vir
kommentaar bereik word nie.
Kaapstad is
gevaarliker as Jozi
Jody Nel
Beeld 2012-01-16
Kaapstad, Durban en Port Elizabeth is gevaarliker as Johannesburg, lui 'n nuwe studie.
Kaapstad is die 34ste gevaarlikste plek ter wêreld en Johannesburg die 50ste.
Durban en Port Elizabeth is ook gevaarliker as die Goudstad, blyk uit 'n verslag wat pas
deur die Mexikaanse navorsingsgroep Seguridad, Justicia y Paz (Veiligheid,
Geregtigheid en Vrede) uitgereik is.
Dié groep stel jaarliks 'n lys van die 50 gevaarlikste stede ter wêreld bekend.
Stede word gerangskik volgens hoeveel moorde per 100 000 inwoners gepleeg is.
Die navorsers kyk net na stede met meer as 300 000 inwoners waar statistieke oor
moordsyfers beskikbaar is.
Johannesburg is laaste op die lys met 30,50 moorde per 100 000 inwoners.
Met 30,54 moorde per 100 000 inwoners het Durban net-net die 49ste plek gehaal.
Port Elizabeth is met 36 moorde per 100 000 inwoners 41ste, terwyl Kaapstad, met 46
moorde per 100 000 inwoners, 34ste op die lys is.
Die stede wat die eerste 33 plekke op die lys beklee, is almal in Noord- en SuidAmerika.
Kaapstad is dus die gevaarlikste stad ter wêreld buite die Amerikas, luidens Seguridad,
Justicia y Paz se verslag.
San Pedro Sula in Honduras is die gevaarlikste stad ter wêreld, met 159 moorde per
100 000 inwoners.
Juárez in Mexiko is tweede op die lys en Maceió in Brasilië derde.
Daar is 14 Brasiliaanse stede op die lys en 12 Mexikaanse stede.
Die VSA het ook vier stede op die lys - New Orleans (58 moorde per 100 000
inwoners), Detroit (48 per 100 000), St. Louis (35 per 100 000) en Baltimore (31 per
100 000) - wat onderskeidelik die 21ste, 30ste, 43ste en 48ste plekke op die lys gehaal
het.
Volgens Seguridad, Justicia y Paz kan die eintlike moordsyfers in lande soos Mexiko
selfs hoër wees.
Die organisasie meen plaaslike regerings smeer moorde daar toe om hul lande se
moordsyfers laer te laat lyk.
SA kan 3 maande
`vreemde weer` kry
Elise Tempelhoff
Beeld 2012-01-17
Suid-Afrikaners in die grootste deel van die land moet hulle voorberei op swaar reën en
"vreemde weer" in Februarie, Maart en April.
Boonop gaan die winter sy kloue vroeër as gewoonlik inslaan.
Die enig/e gebiede wat in dié drie maande moontlik heelwat minder reën gaan kry, is
die sentrale en noordwestelike dele van Limpopo, die noordwestelike deel van
Mpumalanga en die Suid-Kaap, het mnr. Cobus Olivier, wetenskaplike en
langtermynweervoorspeller van die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens (SAWD), gister gesê.
Dit is volgens hom moontlik dat al die reën wat vir die drie maande van Februarie tot
April voorspel word, in Februarie kan val.
Die ander twee maande sal dan droër as gewoonlik wees en groot vloede sal in
Februarie voorkom.
Olivier se weermodelle wys ook daarop dat die winter sy greep al in April op die land
kan kry.
"Ons gaan dus al vroeg in die winter baie koud kry."
Tussen 75 mm en 150 mm reën is van Maandag middernag tot gister 20:00 in die
Laeveld van Mpumalanga gemeet en 'n vloedwaarskuwing is vir die gebied uitgereik,
berig Buks Viljoen.
'n Laagwaterbrug oor die Komatirivier naby Tenbosch (Hectorspruit) en nog een op die
Driekoppies-pad by One Tree Hill naby die Jeppesreef-grenspos is oorstroom.
By Matsulu naby Kaapmuiden het 'n plakkershut weens die reën in duie gestort.
Swaar reën wat sedert eergister in Mosambiek geval het, het gister tot oorstromings in
die laagliggende gedeeltes van Maputo gelei, berig Erika Gibson.
Weervoorspellers by die SAWD het gesê normale weerstoestande sal van vandag na
die land terugkeer.
Daar is net 'n 60%-kans van swaar reën in die noorde van KwaZulu-Natal.
Die weermodelle dui voorts aan dat swaar reën tot in Junie oor die grootste deel van die
land gaan uitsak, behalwe 'n strook wat van noord na suid oor Mpumalanga loop
(waarskynlik die Hoëveld), die Noord- en die Suid-Kaap.
Die Natalse Middelland kan in veral Mei en Junie swaar reën verwag, terwyl reën oor
die res van die land ietwat sal afneem.
"Ons het hier met vreemde weerverskynsels te make," het Olivier gesê.
Dr. Linda Makuleni, uitvoerende hoof van die SAWD, het in Desember by COP17 gesê
die vloede in Suid-Afrika aan die begin van 2011 kan beslis aan klimaatsverandering
toegeskryf word.
Charl wil braai by Meesters
Cobus Claassen
Beeld 2012-01-23
Die Meesterskampioen Charl Schwartzel gaan sy gesogte groen baadjie vanjaar vir 'n
voorskoot op Augusta verruil.
Dit is al sedert 1952 'n instelling dat die vorige jaar se Meesterskampioen die spyskaart
vir die sogenaamde kampioene-dinee, wat tradisioneel die Dinsdag voor die toernooi by
die klubhuis van die eksklusiewe Augusta National Club in die VSA gehou word, kan
kies.
Die Suid-Afrikaanse gholfheld wil op dié klub se grasperk onder die bekende ou
eikeboom boerewors op die kole gooi.
"Ons het die versoek gerig en wag nog om van hulle (die organiseerders) te hoor," het
Schwartzel aan die Global Golf Post gesê.
Die 27-jarige Schwartzel het verlede jaar sy eerste van wêreldgholf se vier groot
toernooie gewen en daarmee maar die derde Suid-Afrikaner ná Gary Player (1961,
1974 en 1978) en Trevor Immelman (2008) geword wat dié toernooi gewen het. En hy
is glo nie net behendig met 'n gholfstok nie.
"Ek het 'n spesiale speseryresep vir my boerewors, so ek sal dit gebruik."
Schwartzel sê hy sal self wil braai.
"Ek sal waarskynlik met 'n seer hand sit nadat ek al die wors omgedraai het." Hy sê sy
beesfilet is eintlik sy spesialiteit.
"Ek het 'n geheime marinade. Louis Oosthuizen is mal daaroor en hy is vol fiemies oor
vleis. Dit moet dus taamlik goed wees," het Schwartzel gesê.
Immelman het in 2009 bobotie, sosaties en melktert voorgesit.
Daar was volgens die toernooi se webblad oor die jare al vreemde geregte op die
spyskaart.
Sandy Lyle, die kampioen in 1988, het op die Skotse gereg haggis ('n afvalgereg met
skaaphart, -lewer en -longe) besluit, terwyl die 2003-kampioen, Mike Weir, Kanadese
eland en wildevark voorgesit het.
Tiger Woods het in 1998 hamburgers, hoendertoebroodjies, aartappelskyfies en
melkskommels voorgesit.
Vat vas 'n vet vissie
deur Gerda Gesond
Maan 30 Jan 2012
As ons praat van vetterige vis, bedoel dit nou nie die diepbraai-tipe wat jy graag by die
vis-en-tjips winkel loop koop nie! Alhoewel alle vis 'n baie gesonde bron van proteïne is,
is dit veral vetterige vis, soos sardyntjies en vars tuna, wat uitstekend is vir die
gesondheid. Die tipes vis is propvol omega 3-olies wat allerlei wonderbaarlike dinge vir
die liggaam doen.
Dit verlig onder andere inflammasie sowel as die pyn wat met artritis en blaasontsteking
gepaard gaan. Verder is gevind dat die pasiënte wat aan depressie ly daaruit baat as
hulle genoeg omega 3-olie inkry. Dit het ook die vermoë om stres te verlig. Bipolêre en
psigotiese pasiënte se algehele gemoedstoestand verbeter glo as hulle dié omegaolies, wat in vetterige vis gevind word, deelmaak van hul daaglikse dieet. Vetterige
vissies is oor die algemeen goed vir die brein en help mens om beter te fokus. Jou
ouma gaar nie noodwendig sardyntjies en pilchards in tamatiesous op vir die eindtye
nie. O nee, joune is 'n slim Ouma: die omega 3-olies in vetterige vis kan ook dementia
en geheueverlies voorkom. Daar is ook gevind dat swanger vroue wat gereeld vetterige
vis eet, geboorte gee aan babas met 'n hoër IK (alhoewel dit moontlik bloot die moeder
met die gesonde eetgewoontes is wat haar slimmigheid aan haar spruit oordra;). Party
mense is egter van men9g dat swanger vroue vetterige vis totaal en al moet vermy
aangesien die tipe vis geneig is tot hoë vlakke kwik en ander metale. Hoe dit ookal sy,
as ou juniortjie sy opwagting gemaak het en dit wil voorkom of hy aan ADD
(aandagafleibaarheid-sindroom) of ADHD (aandagafleibaarheid en hiperaktiwiteitsindroom) lei, voer hom vetterige vis. Dit help blykbaar ook daarvoor.
Watter visse word dan as die vetteriges bestempel? Hier volg 'n lys:
Vars tuna (ongelukkig NIE geblikte tuna nie)
Salm (ook kabeljou en geelbek)
Forel
Makriel
Haring
Sardyne
Paling
Ansjovis
Swaardvis
Karp
Afrika nou reguit
oor sy SA gevoel
Mandy Rossouw
Beeld 2012-02-01
Ná die problematiese verkiesing van die nuwe voorsitter van die Afrika-unie (AU) sal die
kontinentale organisasie nooit weer dieselfde wees nie, skryf Mandy Rossouw.
Sommer by die instap by die AU nuwe se hoofkantoor in Addis Abeba Maandag kon 'n
mens die spanning aanvoel.
Die span wat die veldtog vir me. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, minister van binnelandse
sake, gelei het om die nuwe voorsitter van die AU-kommissie te word, het almal rondom
een van die plastiekpalmbome in die hoofkantoor - 'n geskenk van die Chinese regering
- gesit en wag op nuus oor die verkiesing.
Geen finansiële of menslike hulpbron is gespaar in die veldtog nie.
Ministers, presidensiële raadgewers en topamptenare is aangesê om elke geleentheid
te gebruik om Dlamini-Zuma se lof te besing en hoe Suid-Afrika van die AU 'n
organisasie sal maak om mee rekening te hou.
By die AU het amptenare rondgeloop met swart gelamineerde brosjures in Engels en
Frans met Dlamini-Zuma se gesig en 'n lys van haar prestasies in goud.
Daar is koorsagtig laatnag-vergaderings gereël om haar steun te toets en elke aand het
die Suid-Afrikaanse regering een of ander verskoning uitgedink vir 'n partytjie in die
vyfster Sheraton-hotel.
Wie ook al opdaag, kan jy dan op 'n lysie afmerk as soliede ondersteuners, dié wat nie
daar was nie, moet nog aan gewerk word.
Dlamini-Zuma het te staan gekom teen mnr. Jean Ping, voorsitter. Nog nooit voorheen
was daar mededinging om die posisie nie.
Die ongeskrewe reël in die AU was dat die groot vyf lande ,- Suid-Afrika, Nigerië,
Algerië en Egipte - nie die posisie betwis nie sodat kleiner lande dit kan beklee.
Tot verlede jaar is die reël gerespekteer, maar die gemors rondom Libië en die Navoinvalle het dinge verander.
Suid-Afrika meen dit is tyd dat die AU meer respek afdwing by die Verenigde Nasies.
En vandaar die besluit om Dlamini-Zuma se naam in die hoed te gooi.
Terug by span Suid-Afrika: onder die palmbome knaag die senuwees.
Me. Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, minister van korrektiewe dienste, kyk pleitend na
enigiemand in die nabyheid in die hoop vir goeie nuus.
Ping wen die eerste ronde naelskraap met drie stemme. Dis nie genoeg nie, hy moet 'n
tweederdemeerderheid kry. Die tweede rondte wen Dlamini-Zuma met twee stemme.
Die derde rondte is weer deur Ping gewen, maar hy is nie outomaties die wenner nie.
Hy moet self eers tweederdes van die 53 lande se steun kry om in die pos aan te bly.
Toe hy dit nie kon doen nie, het die Suid-Afrikaners in die gange begin dans.
Hoewel Dlamini-Zuma nie gewen het nie, was Ping en dit wat hy volgens hulle
verteenwoordig ,- Franse belange - ook nou iets van die verlede. Die dans was egter
voortydig.
In 'n laatnag-vergadering besluit die AU Ping mag in sy posisie aanbly tot daar weer 'n
verkiesing gehou kan word, hierdie keer by die AU-beraad in Lilongwe, in Julie.
Met Libiese leier kol. Moeammar Ghaddafi uit die prentjie, is die spilpunt van mag binne
die AU rondom Suid-Afrika en Nigerië.
Histories het hierdie twee lande nie 'n baie goeie verhouding nie omdat Nigerië homself
sien as die volgende supermoondheid in Afrika en meen Suid-Afrika staan in die pad
daarvan.
Suid-Afrika, op sy beurt, voel Nigerië het nie die morele basis om Afrika te lei nie.
"Hul land is 'n gemors - terrorisme, korrupsie en geen plan om dit te verander nie. Hoe
dink hulle gaan hulle beter wees as Suid-Afrika," het een amptenaar van die
departement van buitelandse sake gesê.
Pres. Jacob Zuma het sedert verlede jaar elke moontlike geleentheid gebruik om pres.
Goodluck Jonathan van Nigerië te oorreed om Dlamini-Zuma te ondersteun.
Toe Jonathan Sondagaand met sy cowboyhoed by die laaste partytjie van Suid-Afrika in
die Sheraton inwals, is hy soos 'n held ontvang. Span Suid-Afrika het heimlik gehoop dit
beteken hy is nou aan hul kant.
Maar hulle was verkeerd. Suid-Afrika se oorheersing op die vasteland is vir lande soos
Nigerië 'n groot bron van kommer.
Suid-Afrika se besluit om die VN se resolusie oor Libië te steun, en Suid-Afrika se
vreemde standpunt oor die Ivoorkus - dat die verloorder in die verkiesing, Laurent
Gbagbo, in sy pos moet bly - het die gety teen Suid-Afrika laat draai.
Op sy beurt voel Suid-Afrika te veel Afrika-lande het nog bande met voormalige
koloniseerders, spesifiek Frankryk, en dit beteken dat Afrika nooit op sy eie voete sal
kan staan nie.
Maar dit is nie asof enigiemand dink die AU is 'n modelorganisasie nie. AU-amptenare
vertel hoe die organisasie sukkel om sy geld te bestee omdat te min mense weet hoe
die prosesse werk.
Korrupsie kom ook voor. Soos een senior amptenaar verduidelik: "Elke land sien 'n
posisie by die AU as 'n geleentheid om geld te maak vir sy politici.
Veral klein lande stuur hul amptenare hierheen want hulle weet nie wat om met hulle te
doen by die huis nie. So ons kry die slegste amptenare wat net een ding op die brein
het: Geld."
En almal het geweet hierdie praktyk sou waarskynlik nie Dlamini-Zuma se goedkeuring
weggedra het nie.
Afrika-politici was ook bang Suid-Afrika gebruik die AU om sy eie belange te bevorder.
Suid-Afrika was van al hierdie vrese bewus, maar het steeds gemeen hy kan die
verkiesing wen. Nou is dinge vir altyd anders by die AU.
Probleme wat lande met Suid-Afrika het, is nou in die ope. Die verkiesing het ook aan
Suid-Afrika se ondersteuners gewys hoe sterk die anti-Suid-Afrika sentiment is.
En wanneer Suid-Afrika probeer om by die Verenigde Nasies 'n permanent setel in die
Veiligheidsraad te kry, sal minder Afrika-lande gretig wees om in die openbaar SuidAfrika te steun.
Die verkiesing het die onderliggende swere wat in die AU bestaan, laat oopbars. Die AU
sal hierna nooit weer dieselfde wees nie.
14 en swanger
Beeld Vrydag 21 Mei 2010
Wat dink jy as jy verby 'n swanger tienermeisie loop? Hoe dink jy sou jy voel as dit jy
was? ROZANNE ELS het gaan uitvind presies hoe Tracey Engelbrecht gevoel het toe
sy op 14 jaar swanger geraak het.
Tracy het besef sy is dalk swanger 'n paar weke nadat sy met die 19-jarige David 'n
verhouding aangeknoop het. Dieselfde dag as wat haar swangerskaptoets 'n tweede
keer positief was, het 'n bang en verwarde Tracy haar ouers vertel.
"Dit was 'n aaklige nag," sê sy.
Haar ouers was geskok, kwaad, bang en teleurgesteld. "Ek het hulle seergemaak en die
skuldgevoel was aaklig. Ek voel steeds siek as ek aan daardie aand dink."
Maar ten spyte van moeilike tye wat vir hulle voorgelê het, het sy nooit getwyfel dat
hulle vir haar lief is en haar ondersteun nie.
Volgens haar het groepsdruk nié 'n rol gespeel in haar keuse om seks te hê nie. "Dit
was 100% my besluit en ek kan nie die skuld vir iemand anders gee nie."
Ten spyte van haar vrese en angs was sy ook vasbeslote om nie van die situasie weg
te skram nie. Haar wêreld is nietemin omvergewerp. "Om `daai swanger meisie` te
wees, het veroorsaak dat almal anders na my gekyk het, veral omdat ek tot op daardie
tydstip as 'n good girl beskou is."
Haar verhouding met haar gesin was maande daarna gespanne.
"Gelukkig het hulle verstaan dat die besluit om my baba te hou, slegs myne was. Hulle
het my besluit aanvaar, al was hulle bang vir my toekoms en al het ons nie geweet hoe
ons 'n baba sou kon bekostig nie."
Haar sosiale lewe het ook verander omdat sy haar van haar vriende onttrek het.
"Die laaste paar maande wat ek in die skool was, was baie moeilik. Niemand was
blatant lelik met my nie, maar ek was baie afgesonder. Die skool het begrip gehad en
my nie geskors soos ek verwag het nie. Baie van die onderwysers was besorg oor my."
Maar sy het steeds onder hewige kritiek deurgeloop. Baie mense het aangeneem sy het
rondgeslaap, en 'n non in die hospitaal waar haar seun gebore is, het vir haar gesê sy
gaan hel toe.
Die tiener Tracy het gevolglik oornag verdwyn. "Ek moes. Ek was nou verantwoordelik
vir 'n ander mens en 'n selfgesentreerde tienerlewe is nie versoenbaar met goeie-ma
wees nie."
Maar sy het ook baie by die situasie baat gevind, sê sy. "Ek het 'n rede gehad om op te
staan in die oggend. Ek en my gesin is nou nader aan mekaar. En natuurlik het ek nou
'n pragtige kind."
Sy het matriek deur 'n korrespondensiekursus voltooi (nogal met twee onderskeidings!)
terwyl sy tuis na haar baba omgesien het.
Tracy se verhouding met David het egter doodgeloop, deels omdat hy nie die
verantwoordelikheid kon hanteer nie. Hulle het glo tydens hul verhouding
voorbehoeding gebruik - Tracy was op die Pil en hulle het kondome gebruik, met die
uitsondering van een geleentheid. Sy het ook die morning-after-pil gebruik, maar dit was
onsuksesvol. Sy het aborsie en aanneming oorweeg, maar wou die baba self
grootmaak.
Vandag, sê Tracy, sou sy niks verander aan die paadjie wat sy geloop het nie.
Haar raad aan tieners:
Aanvaar verantwoordelikheid. Vra hulp, maar neem die besluite self. Is jy bereid om
moeilike keuses te maak om 'n goeie ouer te wees? Moenie in ontkenning vasgevang
word nie. Jy kan net een keer kies.
Raad vir ouers:
Maak seker jou kind weet jy ondersteun hom of haar. Onthou dat jy nie teleurgesteld of
kwaad gaan bly nie. Moenie jou kind dwing om 'n sekere besluit te neem nie. Die besluit
om 'n kind te hê of nie, is een van die persoonlike besluite wat enig"? kan neem.
Niemand het die reg om dié besluit namens iemand anders te neem nie.
Maak seker hulle is bewus van die gevolge en werk saam om 'n plan vir die toekoms te
maak.
Gevolge en gevare
Gesondheid: Moedersterftes, lae geboortegewig, babasterftes
Ekonomies: Laer gesinsinkomste, meer afhanklik van hulp, armoede
Opvoeding: Afwesigheid van skool, swakker akademiese prestasies, laer
opvoedingsvlak, swakker opvoedingsuitkomste
Sosiaal: Stigma en diskriminasie, moontlike mishandeling, gedragsprobleme by kinders
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Vinnige feite
- Die aantal swanger leerders het tussen 2004 en 2008 toegeneem.
- Die meeste tieners wat swanger raak, is tussen 17 en 19 jaar oud.
- Sosiale omstandighede, waaronder armoede en die teenwoordigheid al dan nie van
die ouers, speel 'n groot rol in 'n tiener se risiko om swanger te word.
- Swangerskap is meer algemeen in skole met minder hulpbronne, asook in arm
gemeenskappe.
- Slegs 3% van aborsies wat op tieners gedoen word, is wettig.
- 'n Derde van tienerma's gaan terug skool toe nadat hulle baba gebore is.
Misdaad:
`Ergste vir wittes`
Cobus Claassen
Beeld 2012-02-02
Meer wit kinders en jongmense ervaar misdaad as enige ander bevolkingsgroep in
Suid-Afrika, lui die Nasionale Jeugontwikkelingsagentskap (Nyda) se nasionale jeugkonsepverslag.
Die Nyda het die verslag, wat in samewerking met onder meer die Raad vir
Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing (RGN), die Mediese Navorsingsraad en Statistieke
Suid-Afrika (SSA) saamgestel is, gister in Pretoria aan rolspelers soos
jeugorganisasies, nie-regeringsorganisasies en regeringsverteenwoordigers voorgelê.
Luidens die verslag het 'n studie gewys meer wit kinders en jongmense in die
ouderdomsgroep 12 tot 22 ervaar misdaad in vergelyking met ander bevolkingsgroepe.
Nyda sê in die verslag, "The South African Youth Context", hy is verras met die
"opvallende bevinding" aangesien wit gesinne in die algemeen 'n hoër lewenspeil het en
in veiliger woonbuurte bly wat laer misdaadsyfers het.
Daar word nie aangedui onder hoeveel mense die studie gedoen is nie en die Nyda sê
hoewel die statistieke leersaam is, skets dit nie 'n nasionale prentjie nie.
29% van die wit mense wat aan die studie deelgeneem het, het aangedui hulle het al
die diefstal van persoonlike items ervaar.
Dit is hoër as swart mense (14,8%), Indiërs (13,5%) en bruin mense (23,4%).
Wit mense is met 16,6% ook boaan die lys van kinders en jongmense wat al aangerand
is - gevolg deur bruin mense met 16,5%, swart mense (14,1%) en Indiërs (11,1%).
23,5% van die wit deelnemers het gesê hulle het huis inbrake ervaar.
Bruin mense (19,2%) is tweede op die lys, gevolg deur swart mense en Indiërs met
onderskeidelik 14,3% en 9%.
Die meeste van die deelnemers wat aangedui het dat hulle al seksueel aangerand is,
was bruin (4,4%) en swart (3,7%). 2,6% van die wit deelnemers het gesê hulle was al
slagoffers van dié misdaad.
Die Nyda meen die "oënskynlike anomalie beklemtoon die veelfasettige aard van
misdaad in Suid-Afrika en stel 'n nasionale peiling voor.
Jeugdiges se "gewaagde seksuele gedrag", wat veelvoudige, gelyktydige seksuele
verhoudings, onveilige seks en inkonsekwente kondoomgebruik insluit, word in die
verslag as een van die grootste bedreigings vir die gesondheid en welstand van die
land se jeug bestempel.
Mnr. Collins Chabane, minister in die presidensie, het gesê die huidige konteks van
jongmense in Suid-Afrika bring vrae na vore wat strategies aangepak sal moet word.
"Die kritieke vraag is of Suid-Afrika so geposisioneer is om voordeel te trek uit dié groot
groep jeugdiges."
Die Nyda sal die finale verslag aan pres. Jacob Zuma oorhandig, wat dit later vanjaar
aan die parlement sal voorlê.
Daar sit hulle, agterop,
en kyk agtertoe
Dana Snyman
Beeld 2012-02-02
Oral in die land sien jy mense agterop bakkies.
Jy is op die snelweg naby die stad, dan is daar 'n ou Isuzu voor jou in die middelbaan,
met drie manne agterop.
Oor een se ore is 'n Rasta-mus getrek. Die ander twee se blou oorpakke is vol
verfspatsels. Dit lyk nie of hulle met mekaar gesels nie. Hulle sit met hul rûe teen die
bakkie se kajuit en hulle kyk agtertoe.
Hulle gaan by 'n huis of op 'n bouperseel werk, weet jy - heel dag lank gaan hulle verf of
messel of kruiwa stoot en vanmiddag gaan hulle weer in die teenoorgestelde rigting
agterop hierdie selfde bakkie op hierdie selfde snelweg ry, terug township toe.
Ander kere is daar meer as drie mense agterop die bakkie. Daar is vier of agt of
sommer tien en dis meestal mans. Daar kan selfs 'n leer of 'n kruiwa saam met hulle op
die bak wees.
Soms moet party op die bak se rant sit, want in die bak is nie genoeg plek om te sit nie.
Hulle moet aan die bakkie vasklou en oppas hul pette waai nie van hulle koppe nie.
Partykeer sien jy 'n pet op die snelweg lê. Dit lê daar in die linkerbaan op die teer en die
motors ry daaroor.
Wanneer die wind waai, sal die pet 'n entjie die lug in fladder voordat 'n volgende motor
kom en dit weer plat trap.
Jy sal na daardie pet kyk en weet dit het van iemand wat agterop 'n bakkie was se kop
gewaai.
Dalk was dit 'n jong man uit die Oos-Kaap se pet, sal jy vir jouself sê. Dit was sy eerste
dag agterop 'n bakkie saam met ander werkers en toe hy weer sien, gryp die wind die
pet van sy kop af.
Dalk sou hy vergeefs die wind in aan die bestuurder geskreeu het om stil te hou, terwyl
die ander werkers vir hom lag.
Op die platteland sien jy ook soms 'n pet in die pad lê. Niemand hou graag stil vir 'n
dêm werker wie se dêm pet afgewaai het nie.
Dit is 'n skildery wat nog nie geskilder is nie - die een van die werker agterop die boer
se bakkie.
Die werker ry dikwels saam dorp toe om die hekke op pad oop te maak. Die hele
oggend sit hy in die heklose dorp agterop die bakkie terwyl die boer by die bank en die
Spar en die koöperasie is.
Partykeer sal die werker afklim en dan sal daar 'n repie koerantpapier en die oranje van
'n pakkie BB-twak in sy hand wees.
Die platteland is vol desperate mense agterop desperate bakkies. Die mans het dikwels
nie oorpakke aan nie. Hul hemde fladder soos verslete vlae aan hul lywe in die wind.
Soms sal daar tussen die ander agterop die bakkie 'n vrou wees, met 'n doek om die
kakebeen gebind, op pad na 'n kliniek waar die seer tand getrek sal word.
Soms sien jy oumas agterop bakkies, soms kinders, soms ma's met babas in die arms.
Mense agterop bakkies kyk meestal agtertoe. Hulle kyk nie waar hulle heen gaan nie.
Hulle kyk na waar hulle vandaan kom.
Hulle kyk na jou.
Contents
Heyneke Meyer appointed new Springbok coach
R428m of public money down drain
When masters become sea rats
Crocodile hunting in grey-green, greasy Limpopo
So this vegetarian walks into a club ...
11 DUMB THINGS TO SAY AT A JOB INTERVIEW
Heyneke Meyer appointed
new Springbok coach
Friday, January 27, 2012
Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the
South African Rugby Union (SARU) ratified his proposed appointment in Cape Town on
Friday.
The 44-year-old Blue Bulls rugby executive takes over from Peter de Villiers, who
coached the Springboks from 2008 to 2011. Meyer has been offered a four-year
contract and will take charge as head coach of the 1995 and 2007 Rugby World Cup
champions for the first time against England in Durban on June 9.
Meyer said he relished the opportunity to make all South Africans proud of the
Springboks.
"Having been involved with the Blue Bulls for so long, I've experienced first hand how
passionate South African rugby supporters are," said Meyer. "I know the importance of
rugby in the South African psyche and will do everything in my power to ensure the
Springboks remain among the pace setters of world rugby.
"I'm very happy to accept this enormous honour and massive responsibility," he said.
Meyer was head coach of the Vodacom Bulls when they became the first South African
team to lift the coveted Vodacom Super 14 trophy in 2007. Before that, he steered the
Vodacom Blue Bulls to Absa Currie Cup titles in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006 (shared).
Meyer has also experience of coaching in the Springbok environment. He served as
assistant coach to both Nick Mallet and Harry Viljoen at the Boks. He also has been a
Springbok coaching candidate in the past.
"The first time I felt I still had things to achieve at the Bulls, and the second time it was
decided to appoint someone else," he said. "I'd like to thank my family and the Blue
Bulls Rugby Union for their unwavering support over the past decade. I hope to keep
the country's rugby supporters united behind the Boks."
Mr Oregan Hoskins, President of SARU, said Meyer received unanimous support from
the General and the Executive Councils of SARU.
"The Springboks are SARU's top priority," he said. "Heyneke's coaching pedigree is
second to none in South Africa. He will be an asset to the Boks and South African rugby
in general," said Mr Hoskins.
"I'd also like to thank our outgoing coach Peter de Villiers for his passion, hard work and
dedication over the past four years. However, it was felt that we needed a man with a
new approach and new ideas to take over one of the toughest jobs in South African
sport.
"Heyneke has our full support and we know he won't leave any stone unturned as he
strives to take the Boks back to the top of international rugby."
According to Jurie Roux, SARU CEO, Meyer's appointment was the culmination of a
thorough process during which the best candidates were evaluated as part of a head
hunting process before the Exco unanimously opted to make a formal offer to Meyer.
"The Blue Bulls wished to retain his services but his contract contains an exit clause
which has been exercised; very few people can resist the call when your country says it
needs you," said Roux.
"The Springboks are the heartbeat of rugby in South Africa and it was paramount to get
the best possible candidate to coach the team going forward. We believe we have done
that."
Roux said decisions on Meyer's support staff will only be taken later, in consultation with
the new Springbok coach. "No appointments in this regard have been made," he said.
Heyneke Meyer - Fact File
Heyneke Meyer was the first South African coach to lift the Vodacom Super Rugby
trophy and is one of the most successful coaches in local rugby in the professional era.
Meyer has been part of teams that have not only progressed to the knock-out stages of
their various competitions, but also gone on to win them, ever since he started his
provincial coaching career.
His first position as provincial head coach came at the age of 30 in 1998, at the SWD
Eagles, and he immediately took the team to the semi-finals of the Vodacom Cup. A
year later Meyer guided the Eagles to a top-four finish in the Absa Currie Cup.
Meyer reached his first final in 2001, leading the Vodacom Blue Bulls to the Vodacom
Cup title, having already had a period as an assistant Springbok coach.
Three consecutive Absa Currie Cup crowns for the Vodacom Blue Bulls followed in
2002, 2003 and 2004. He also helped turn the Vodacom Bulls around from dwelling
near the bottom of the Vodacom Super 12 log, to consecutive semi-finals in 2005 and
2006.
The first Vodacom Super Rugby title for a South African team followed in 2007, when
Meyer masterminded the Vodacom Bulls' victory over The Sharks in an epic final in
what had become the Vodacom Super 14 in Durban.
This is not Meyer's first stint with the Springboks, having been involved as assistant
coach under Nick Mallet (1999 and 2001) as well as Harry Viljoen (2001).
Personal:
Date of birth: 6 October 1967
Age: 44
Place of birth: Nelspruit
Education: Bergvlam HS (Nelspruit), University of Pretoria
Degrees obtained: BA (Psychology, Geography and Human Movement Science), Hons
BA (Geography), HED
Family: Married to Linda, three children
Coaching career
• 1988-1996: Coached a number of High School first teams, Under-21 sides and Carlton
first teams in Pretoria.
• 1997: SWD Eagles assistant coach
• 1998: SWD Eagles head coach (Vodacom Cup semi-finalists and Absa Currie Cup)
1998: Emerging Springboks head coach
• 1999: DHL Stormers assistant coach (semi-finalists in Vodacom Super 12)
• 1999: SWD Eagles head coach (semi-finalists in Absa Currie Cup)
• 1999: Springbok assistant coach (third place, Rugby World Cup)
• 2000: Vodacom Bulls head coach (Vodacom Super 12)
• 2001: Vodacom Blue Bulls head coach (Vodacom Cup champions) 2001: Springbok
assistant coach
• 2002: Vodacom Bulls Head coach (Vodacom Super 12), Vodacom Blue Bulls head
coach (Absa Currie Cup champions)
• 2003: Vodacom Blue Bulls head coach (Absa Currie Cup champions)
• 2004: Vodacom Blue Bulls head coach (Absa Currie Cup champions)
• 2005: Vodacom Bulls head coach (Vodacom Super 12 semi-finalists), Vodacom Blue
Bulls head coach (Absa Currie Cup runners up)
• 2006: Vodacom Bulls head coach (Vodacom Super 14 semi-finalists), Vodacom Blue
Bulls head coach (Absa Currie Cup joint champions)
• 2007: Vodacom Bulls head coach (Vodacom Super 14 champions)
• 2008-2009: Leicester Tigers head coach
• 2011: Tuks Varsity Cup - Advisor
• 2011: Blue Bulls Company - Executive: Rugby
• 2012: Springbok head coach
R428m of public
money down drain
SIPHO MASOMBUKA
Jan 17, 2012
Government departments have wasted R428.8-million during the 2010-2011 financial
year, with the Department of Home Affairs the biggest culprit, accounting for R334.6million in fruitless and wasteful spending.
"Home Affairs biggest culprit - wasted R334.6m"
The audit report, released yesterday by auditor-general Terrence Nombembe, revealed
that, of 39 government departments, only 11 did not waste money.
Only Public Enterprises, Environmental Affairs and Science and Technology received
clean audits.
At R687.3-million, Home Affairs was also the biggest offender regarding unauthorised
expenditure. The overall national figure was R802.3-million.
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform wasted R73.4-million, and
Water Affairs lost R8.2-million in wasteful expenditure.
Nombembe said there were "significant" concerns about the prevention and detection of
unauthorised, irregular, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure at Water Affairs.
The department's director of communications, Linda Page, said: "It is unfortunate that
the Department of Water Affairs' wasteful and fruitless expenditure is among the
highest.
"We have, however, put in place corrective measures to address all the issues identified
by the auditor-general. These measures include higher-level training of officials on
procurement and strengthening our internal control measures."
"We are confident that we will see a marked improvement in the areas identified as
weak points."
The auditor-general found that the unauthorised expenditure by Home Affairs was a
result of overspending on settlements made to third parties relating to the controversial
and contested Gijima AST "Who am I online?" project.
The outcome of the investigation [into the Gijima contract] allowed the department to
negotiate a settlement with the service provider to ensure that the department did not
unnecessarily delay the implementation of the project.
Home Affairs director-general Mkhuseli Apleni said: "It was all because of one
transaction. When we went out on tender for the [project], [the State Information
Technology Agency] had to follow certain procurement procedures. They didn't and we
had to engage in a settlement process with Gijima."
The auditor-general also raised "significant" concerns about the prevention and
detection of unauthorised and irregular spending at the Presidency, which could be
indicative of inadequate budgetary processes and in-year monitoring of expenditure.
President Jacob Zuma's office overspent R28.4-million and recorded an irregular
expenditure of R859000 related to supply-chain management.
Zuma's office also retained its unqualified audit opinion with finding on predetermined
objectives and compliance.
Generally, Nombembe said he was happy with the improvements in reporting by
government departments. - Additional reporting by Sipho Masondo
When masters
become sea rats
Sunday Times January 22 2012
Francesco Schettino is not the first ship's captain to abandon ship. He will likely not be
the last, writes Paul Ash
POOR Captain Francesco Schettino, erstwhile master of the Costa Concordia cruise
ship, which hit a reef close to the little Italian port of Giglio last week.
To wreck his ship so close to shore and then suffer the humiliation of being ordered
back on board the stricken vessel by the local coast guard to look after passengers who
were left behind in a milling panic was bad enough. But his public disgrace has now
gone viral, along with the recording and transcript of the heated discussion between him
and a coast guard officer.
In the maritime world, Schettino's crime is about the worst, short of unhinged
recklessness, that a ship's captain can commit. The captain - responsible for the safety
of his ship and the lives of the people aboard - is supposed to, if not go down with his
sinking ship, then at least be the last man off.
Shipwrecks, like aircraft accidents, usually happen because someone makes a mistake.
What the captain does next is the difference between lasting fame and eternal notoriety.
When Captain Edward "EJ" Smith, master of the RMS Titanic, ignored repeated
warnings of pack ice and ran his brand-new command at high speed into an iceberg on
the night of April 14 1912, he did the honourable thing and quietly awaited his fate on
the bridge of the sinking liner. He drowned along with 1 500 others.
Not so Captain Yiannis Avranas, commander of the cruise ship MTS Oceanos, which
sank in front of TV cameras off the Wild Coast in 1991.
Puma helicopters from the SA Air Force lifted off the passengers. Avranas and certain
of his crew were among the first to go, leaving 160 passengers and crew still aboard.
To howls of derision and outrage, Avranas said he had left to coordinate the rescue
from the shore.
The real rescue effort was left to some of the ship's entertainment corps, who
shepherded the remaining passengers onto helicopters as the ship slipped away
beneath them. All 571 people were saved.
Avranas appeared before the Greek Maritime Board, which found him and a number of
senior crew members guilty of negligence.
On November 13 1965, a fire broke out on the Yarmouth Castle while sailing from
Miami to Nassau with 372 passengers abroad. Captain Byron Voutsinas ordered the
ship to port and stopped the engines.
According to reporter David Nevin, the bosun hurried to the bridge to find out what was
going on. He allegedly found Voutsinas slumped in a corner, his head in his hands and
mumbling, "Bosun, we're lost, we're lost."
Although the captain helped the early attempt to fight the fire, witnesses were shocked
to see him climbing into one of the first lifeboats with just four passengers and a handful
of senior crew, including the bosun, and rowing off towards a Finnish freighter which
has arrived on the scene to render assistance.
Ninety people died in the fire.
The wreck of the French frigate Medusa, which ran aground off Senegal on July 2 1816,
ended with such horror that it later became the subject of a painting by Theodore
Géricault.
There were not enough boats for the 400 men, women and children aboard. The
commander, Hugo de Chaumareys, however, was among the first off, along with his
officers and certain favoured passengers, leaving 147 other passengers and the rest of
the crew to construct a makeshift raft.
When the raft finally made landfall 13 days later, there were just 15 survivors. The rest
were dead of exposure, suicide, thirst and murder as the panicking men fought each
other with machetes. Some of the dead had been eaten by others.
De Chaumareys was called before an inquiry and acquitted.
So was Captain William Turner of the Cunard liner RMS Lusitania, which was torpedoed
by a U-boat off Ireland on May 7 1915. Lusitania sank in just 20 minutes, taking 1 200
people with her.
Even though Turner - who was exonerated by a board of inquiry ,- had, with steadfast
British resolve, stayed with his ship as it sank, the press harried him till the end, even
long after he had retired from the sea.
Crocodile hunting
in grey-green,
greasy Limpopo
Marvin Meintjies
Sunday Times Jan 22 2012
The minister of finance has the province's slippery reptiles in his sights
WINNING political office should not be confused with winning the Lotto. But in South
Africa it often is.
The problem is, some of our politicians behave like country bumpkins who suddenly find
they've won Powerball - they go large.
Forgetting that they're not in office, be it political or administrative, to behave like M C
Hammer in his heyday; that the money is entrusted to them by the people of the
republic. The funds are supposed to be spent on the provisions of education, health,
housing and so on.
And that brings me neatly to Limpopo. Where the gravy train is about to be derailed by
an inquisitive minister of finance. Aaah, Limpopo. It used to be just the name of a river
and a province.
Now "Limpopo" means so much more. It means corruption, mismanagement and fraud
on a grand scale.
It may also be turned into a verb: "let's Limpopo the tender process" or "the entire
country was Limpopoed".
Limpopo represents the worst-case scenario for the Republic of South Africa. Those of
us in other provinces shake our heads and whisper "there but for the grace of Nkosi ..."
While it may well be true that Mpumalanga province wrote the book on corruption at
provincial level, I would argue that Limpopo not only studied it very closely, it improved
on the model.
What we have here is version 4.0iS of the big con. It's the sports version. The cronies
get richer much quicker.
It goes a little something like this:
• First you get the political power;
• Then you get to award the tender (better if the tender is bent from the beginning, that
way nobody has any expectation other than chowing taxpayer's money);
• Then you/your cronies win the tender;
• Then you/your cronies under-deliver on the tender;
• Then you/your cronies in the provincial departments overpay for the tender; and
• You can do all this without having to provide any supporting documentation or tangible
proof of having delivered anything.
Limpopo's crocodile-infested political and business nexus has brought the province to
its knees. Cleaning up the mess will be no easy task.
It is complicated by the fact that national Treasury staff on the ground face real hostility,
and even danger.
For that reason they are provided with armed police escorts.
To put it simply, the Treasury's intervention threatens to rob the crocodiles of the easy
meat they've been enjoying.
Taxpayers and people of Limpopo have been helpless deer snatched off the riverbank
by the big powerful, politically connected crocs. They are the apex predators in this
particular environment.
The minister of finance may not have the looks of a swashbuckling hero, but he's just
gone crocodile hunting!
And he's taken along a rather large Bowie knife - there will be criminal investigations
alongside the forensic auditing of the books up north - to skin some crocs.
Pravin Gordhan and his team will be turning many of those crocs into nifty handbags,
belts and shoes.
Much is being made of the alleged political agenda behind the cabinet decision to
effectively place Limpopo under administration.
Premier Cassel Mathale's apologists say he's getting it in the neck because he is a
Julius Malema backer. Hmm, nice try.
The facts, as spelt out by Gordhan, are that the "province has been spending beyond its
means".
Accumulated unauthorised expenditure had grown from R1.5-billion in 2009 to R2.7billion 2011.
"In recent times the province was paying certain service providers eight times in a
month.
"The frequency of payments did not provide for an opportunity for proper verification,
nor did it permit proper management of cash," he said.
"Expenditure reporting was shown not to be credible. Supply chain management
processes were generally not in line with legal requirements," Gordhan added.
Simply put, the province was spending more than it had and could not account for what
it spent the money on. Hints of illegality are everywhere.
People, money and common sense have been treated with disdain.
Limpopo's financial controls were weaker than those of Greece, Spain and Italy.
We should hold ourselves to a higher standard than the European Union, surely?
Limpopo is our very own Costa Concordia.
The ship's been run aground by fools.
So this vegetarian
walks into a club ...
Marvin Meintjies
Sunday Times Feb 5 2012
Nannycipality comes down a bit hard on the mild-mannered chaps calling for social
justice in Cape Town
LIKE Snoop Dogg beefing with Kim Kardashian (google it), there's a hint of bullying in
how the city of Cape Town handled the attempt at a protest at Rondebosch Common.
The picture of the poor vegetarian-looking protester being dragged off to chookie by riot
cops (menacing in cap, sunshades and creepy exoskeleton protective gear) reminded
me of a picture I'd seen of a baby seal being clubbed in Namibia.
The seal and the vegetarian had the same look of surprise, mingled with fear. Both
looked unable to mentally process what was about to happen to them.
The jackboot tactics of the nanny state of Zillestan left a bad taste in my mouth.
These protestors were not the ANC Youth League gang that invaded downtown Jozi,
damaging property and photographs' skulls, hurling empty quart bottles at cops while
carrying placards saying "Free Julius Malema." No.
These were watermelon-and-couscous-salad-eating types who just wanted to highlight
the disparity between the haves and the have nothings.
A particularly thorny issue for Cape Town, what with all the attendant race issues this
brings up, coupled with the DA's touchiness as a governing party on the southern tip.
Up north in the economic heart of Africa, we Jozi dwellers like to make fun of the
secessionist province in the southwest.
But always with a tinge of jealousy.
Who does not want to live in a province and city with a reputation for being clean, wellrun, picturesque and completely overrun with models? Who?
Cape Town's got it all ... if you are middle to upper middle class.
Buuuut. The downside appears to be an inexorable slide into nanny-statism.
"No sir, you may not enjoy a cold one in the bar of your hotel; our new sharia-style law
makes it illegal for bars to serve alcohol after 2am."
Where someone will shout at you for lighting a ciggy as you clear the airport building.
I was there this week, engaged in the oxymoronic thing called business travel (in the
middle seat in the economy class with a tall guy in front of me repeatedly reclining his
seat).
Then I was shouted at by two security guards for smoking out in the open when I landed
in CPT.
One told me I was verboten to smoke anywhere near the tunnel to the car hire
buildings. I was tempted to ask for an English translation. I could have finished my
smoke while he struggled with that.
Another said the people who own Wembley Square would not allow smoking in an
open-air courtyard far from the entrances to the building.
There are designated areas for stompies I was told. Anal much? Look, it's all well and
good to keep the city clean, but when they start putting poor people and smokers in the
category of vermin, I must protest!
But not in Rondebosch Common. That's asking for trouble.
I suggest a new line for the air stewards on approach to CPT. "Ladies and gentlemen,
we are about to land. Please switch off your moral compass, ignore the glaring
inequality and remain in the uptight position for the duration of your stay in Cape Town."
I heard from a friend that the city now seeks to model itself on Geneva.
But does Geneva have a Khayelitsha? A Mitchells Plain?
I asked a colleague the other day what it was like to be governed by not one but two
nannies (naughty, I know). He rattled off a list of things that irk. Like bylaws limiting the
number of minutes per hour a dog is allowed to bark, an airplane the city uses to take
high-res photos to bust you if you erect a wendy house without permission and so on.
The upside is that hospitals work. Whereas in Gauteng, Baragwanath had a shortage of
Panado this week, true story.
But there's a thin line between keeping things ordered and nanny-statism.
The downside, in Cape Town's case, is the nanny is in favour of corporal punishment that is, her corporals will dish out some punishment.
All well and good to aim to be a Geneva. But do remember that there are people who
still need closed toilets.
Maybe, start there first.
In MY future, cops would not look twice at peaceful protestors asking us to share the
wealth.
PS. To the ANC acolytes gleefully reading this, I have one word: "Limpopo". Okay, 'nuff
said.
11 DUMB THINGS TO SAY
AT A JOB INTERVIEW
from www.trutv.com
1. YOU'RE ... NOT HIRED!
One minor misstep during a job interview and you can immediately be eliminated as a
potential candidate. So for the love of Donald Trump, please don't make the following 11
mistakes. If you read this and continue to say any of these things in front of an
interviewer who holds your bright and shiny future in his or her hands, then you're
dumb. And you deserve to live out your pathetic unemployed existence swimming in a
giant vat of ramen noodles while wearing bright orange arm floaties. - Tina Smithers
2. "SO, BUDDY, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS LITTLE MOM AND POP SHOP DO? I
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH THE COMPANY 'CAUSE I WAS UP LATE LAST
NIGHT CHUGGING COUGH SYRAP AND WATCHING PBS."
Do your homework. Going into an interview blind is the worst thing you can do. If you
don't research the company you're meeting with, you will appear disinterested,
uninformed, and of course, dumb. "With today's technology, there is no excuse for
having no knowledge of a company except laziness and/or poor planning, neither of
which are attributes sought by many organizations," says Greg Moran, a sales director
at a recruiting software firm.
3. "MY LAST JOB TATALLY SUCKED! THE OFFICE SMELLED LIKE ROAST BEEF,
MY COWORKERS WERE OBNOXIOUS PIGS, AND MY BOSS WAS AN AWFUL,
MEAN, BALDING POOPYFACE."
Don't insult previous employers. According to CNN.com, a job interview is not the time
to criticize and trash-talk a past boss or employer. If you are asked, "Why did you leave
your last job?" you can always respond with, "There was no room for growth," or, "I was
ready for a new challenge." Save the dirt on your d-bag boss for your buddies.
4. "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PAY ME? I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF I'LL BE ABLE TO
AFFORD THE NEW BMW 7-SERIES BEFORE I ACCEPT THE POSITION, AND I
PREFER STRAIGHT CASH, SO I DON'T HAVE TO HIT UP THE CHECK 'n GO."
Don't ask about money. Yet. You can negotiate compensation when you are offered the
gig. According to the authors of GOAL! Your 30-Day Game Plan for Business and
Career Success, "There will be a salary range within which your salary could lie. Don't
ask this question of the interviewer because s/he probably does not know." There are
also websites like Salary.com and GlassDoor.com that give you a ballpark figure of
what your industry pays.
5. "QUESTIONS? HELL NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ISN'T THAT YOUR
JOB TO ASK THE QUESTIONS?"
Don't come without a few questions for the interviewer. Most interviewers will conclude
the interview by asking if you have any questions about the company or position. Much
like telling the interviewer you don't know anything about the business, not having at
least one question in your back pocket signals a lack of interest.
6. "I'M GOING TO NEED TO TAKE OFF THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST FOR MY
ANNUAL TRIP TO AMSTERDAM AND A COUPLE DAYS IN OCTOBER FOR AN
ALUMNI FRATERNITY PARTY. WILL THAT BE A PROBLEM? AND DO YOU OFFER
SUMMER FRIDAYS?"
Don't put in your vacation requests during the interview. It's presumptuous and
completely inappropriate. "We all have lives and commitments and any employer that
you would even consider working for understands this," Moran says. "If you progress to
an offer stage, this is the time for a discussion regarding personal obligations."
7. "ARE YOU A REPUBLICAN? BECAUSE I HAVE ISSUES WITH THEM
CONSERVATIVE A-HOLES. I ALSO DON'T DIG CATHOLICS. ARE YOU JEWISH? I'M
A LIBERAL PASTAFARIAN."
Don't discuss inappropriate, controversial topics. Establishing a friendly rapport is one
thing, but trying to get too chummy too quickly can get awkward and appear
disrespectful. The current day's weather is always a lame, safe bet, but asking about an
interviewer's personal life or beliefs can lead you into dangerous, uncomfortable
territory.
8. *EMINEM'S "NOT AFRAID" STARTS PLAYING. IT'S OUR PHONE.* "I'M SORRY. I
WAS EXPECTING A CALL FROM MY PROBATION OFFICER. MIND IF I TAKE IT
REAL QUICK?"
Don't answer your cell phone during an interview. Don't text. Don't even have your
phone on. Turn it off entirely, especially if you have it set to a stupid ringtone. It is
inconsiderate and disruptive to the meeting. John M. O'Connor, president of a leading
career service firm, says even using electronics in the waiting room can be a bad idea.
"Executive assistants often tell the boss everything, and if they see you constantly using
your PDA, it may give the impression that you're unfocused or easily distracted," he
explains.
9. "LET'S TALK TURKEY, PAL. ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU. WHAT
CAN YOU DO FOR ME? LIKE, RIGHT NOW."
Don't put the interviewer on the spot. It's pushy, and it makes you look insecure. A
better way to put it would be, "What kind of qualities are you seeking in a new hire for
this position?" This gives you an idea of whether or not you're the right fit for the job
without looking like a broke, desperate fool.
10. "SH** MAN, I'D MAKE A DOPE PROJECT LEADER. I'M F**KING AWESOME AT
MULTI-TASKING, AND MY COMPUTER SKILLS ARE BANGIN'. EXCEL IS MY B*TCH,
YO!"
Don't curse. Do not use profanity, racial slurs or obnoxious slang. It is crucial to appear
polished, professional and courteous, unless you want to live your life as an
unemployed, welfare-scoring slacker.
11. "I WAS BORN ON A SMALL FARM IN NORTH DAKOTA IN THE WINTER OF
1983. MY DAD WAS A FACTORY WORKER, AND MY MOM WAS A NURSE. WHEN I
WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I BROKE MY ARM. WHEN I TURNED 13, I WON THE
SPELLING BEE. AT 16, I FINALLY GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE. THIS IS WHEN
LIFE GOT AWESOME."
Don't tell your whole life story. When an interviewer asks you to tell them about yourself,
it doesn't mean they want your autobiography. According to Forbes.com, it is best to
focus on ways in which you can be professionally helpful to the company. The
interviewer cares about your work experience and any qualities you possess that would
make you a great employee. They do not want to know about your foot fungus, your
cat's ongoing diarrhea or your deep-seated issues regarding your parents' divorce.
12. "WHAT? WEAKNESSES? I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE! I AM A FLAWLESS
PIECE OF PERFECTION ON LEGS! NEXT QUESTION, PLEASE!"
Don't avoid or not answer a question. You wouldn't be getting the question if the
interviewer didn't want or expect an answer from you, so do your best and try to find
something to say. The dreaded, "What are your weaknesses?" question even has a
response. As Monster.com explains, the best way to handle this question is to minimize
the negative quality and play up the positive.
ALLERLEI LEKKER KOS
WORSROLLETJIES:
VULSEL:
1kg maalvleis
2 snye witbrood (gekrummel)
15ml sout
25ml asyn
25ml spekvleis, swoerdloos, gesnipper
10ml koljander
'n knypie neutmuskaat
'n knypie kaneel
DEEG:
4x250ml koekmeelblom
5ml sout
500g botter
12.5ml suurlemoensap
1 eiergeel
250ml water
Metode vir vulsel:
Braai alle vulsel bestanddele saam totdat die vleis bruin verkleur. Laat afkoel.
DEEG:
Sif meelblom en sout saam. Vryf botter in tot dit lyk soos broodkrummels. Voeg
eiergeel, suurlemoensap en genoeg water by om ‘n hanteerbare deeg te vorm. Rol
deeg uit op ‘n meel bestrooide oppervlak. Plaas vleis bo-op deeg. Smeer kante met
eierwit. Rol op. Verf mengsel van geklitste eiergeel en melk bo-oor. Bak vir 45 minute
lank in ‘n voorverhitte oond teen 180°C tot goudbruin. Sny in worsrolletjies.
KERRIE-EIERS:
1 hoenderekstrakblokkie
225ml warm water
25ml margarien
1 ui (fyn gekap)
25ml koekmeelblom
125ml matige kerriepoeier
225ml melk (effens verhit)
5ml suiker
1ml sout
125ml asyn
10ml sultanas, opsioneel
25ml tamatiepuree
2 lourierblare
3 peperkorrels
25ml blatjang
4 hardgekookte eiers (in kwarte gesny)
pietersielie vir garnering
Los die hoenderekstrakblokkie op in die warm water en hou dit eenkant.
Verhit die margarien in 'n swaarboomkastrol en soteer die ui daarin totdat dit ligbruin is.
Voeg die kerriepoeier by en meng dit tot glad. Roer die melk en aftreksel, wat eenkant
gehou is, geleidelik by en laat dit ongeveer 5 minute lank prut totdat die sous verdik.
Roer dit voortdurend.
Roer suiker, sout, asyn, sultanas, tamatiepuree, lourierblare, peperkorrels en blatjang
by en laat die sous 10-15 minute lank prut. Roer dit voortdurend.
Voeg die eierkwarte versigtig by en laat dit nog 4 minute lank prut.
Bedien op rys.
MAALVLEIS PASTEI MET RYSKORS:
1 dik sny brood, korsies verwyder, bietjie melk
sout en peper na smaak
5ml koljander
37,5ml asyn
500g maalvleis
1 tamatie
3 repies spekvleis
50ml gerasperde kaas
Week brood, in ‘n bietjie melk, druk uit en krummel.
Voeg geurmiddels by maalvleis.
Voeg brood by en meng.
Skil tamatie, kap in blokkies en voeg by.
Druk helfte van mengsel liggies in gesmeerde oondskottel. Rangskik spekvleis en kaas
bo-op. Plaas res van vleismengsel bo-oor.
Skep volgende kors oor vleismengsel.
KORS:
2 eiers
125ml melk
125ml gesmelte botter
125ml gaar rys
125ml meelblom
5ml bakpoeier
125ml gerasperde kaas
Klits die eiers goed en voeg die melk by.
Voeg botter en rys by.
Sif meelblom en bak poeier by en skep bo-oor vleismengsel in oondskottel. Strooi kaas
oor en bak vir 1 uur by 180°C.
Boereworspasta
Deur ARINA DU PLESSIS
Landbou.com
Bestanddele
500 g boerewors
30 ml olyfolie
30 g botter
1 ui, grof gekap
1 knoffelhuisie, grof gekap
2 blikke (410 g elk) gekapte tamaties
5 ml worcestersous
3 ml fyn komyn
30 ml blatjang of 10 ml sagte bruinsuiker
Sout en varsgemaalde swartpeper
150 ml room of jogurt
300 g pasta van jou keuse
Vars basielblare
Braai die boerewors tot net gaar en laat rus vir ‘n paar minute. Hou die wors effens
warm en hou dit eenkant, moet dit nog nie sny nie. Verhit olyfolie en botter in ‘n kastrol
en braai ui en knoffelhuisie vir ‘n paar minute.
Roer gekapte tamaties, worcestersous, komyn en blatjang by en bring tot kookpunt.
Geur met sout en varsgemaalde swartpeper en verlaag hitte. Prut sous vir sowat 10
minute en roer die room of jogurt by. Kook intussen die pasta in soutwater tot al dente
en dreineer.
Sny boerewors in stukkies en roer by die tamatiesous. Skep die gaar pasta in ‘n groot
opdienbak en skep die tamatiesous bo-oor. Garneer met basielblare. Genoeg vir twee
tot vier mense.