Overstrand Splash Magazine - December 2019

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Hélène Truter - Pumpkins

and Peonies

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Eiendoms mark en Kuns werk saam

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Annette Havenga - Mnr SA 2019

Heinrich Gabler

P10 Adrian Louw - ‘’QUID PRO QUO’’

What do we get? What did we

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P12 Hermanus food map

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P14 Dawie Snyman - The Ethics of

Rugby in Current Times

P16 Pam Snyman - The Importance of Hermanus Artist

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t’s that time of the year… No, I promise I won’t burst into some commercial Christmas Song. I’m sure you’ve had your fill in the malls, on radio and TV. It’s that time of year when I take stock of the previous twelve months. Looking for the highlights. They are there – you just have to look VERY hard and apply a positive mindset. Granted, winning the Rugby World Cup was the ultimate highlight and gives us bragging rights for the next four years. Whoop whoop! And hopefully that feel-good feeling will carry us through to 2020 at least. I will never be able to look at a South African flag again without being reminded of a certain Blonde fly-half shaking hands with Prince Harry, while sporting a very patriotic pair of underpants.

(Faff, not Harry, but who knows, maybe Harry was wearing the Union Jack. Only Meghan will know.)

Before writing this, I decided to take a more professional approach and do some research about the recent major events of the world.

Google to the rescue. I type in ‘Newsworthy Events of 2019’. Up pops the following: ‘Cloud outages, the JEDI cloud contract controversy, blockbuster vendor acquisitions, the rise of Everything-as-service, attacks against MSPs” What the…? They lost me at JEDI – was that not a Star Wars thing? And I wouldn’t begin to guess what MSP stands for, although I could come up with something like Mediocre Shoddy Politicians. (You’re right, I wanted to use another ‘sh..’ word.)

However ‘tis is the time for giving (we have been told since Black Friday). I would like to hand out a few Pumpkins or Peonies to the most deserving candidates. Absolutely free.

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I turn to another reliable source of current affairs. My Whatsapps - the jokes that South Africans have been sending to each other for the past year. This is what I love about my country. As soon as disaster strikes, new jokes pop up. Literally within minutes. Another reason why I will never be able to survive in another country. We laugh. Tragedy or not.

We are a loud, funny bunch with an off-beat sense of humour. Surviving the past 350 years on a harsh continent does that to a person.

As you may recall we started the year with blackouts. We’ve been relatively blackout free for a while. (Fingers crossed.) Rumor has it that Eskom is aware of the no load shedding phenomenon. Apparently they are working hard to rectify it. Therefore the BLACK HOLE AWARD of the Decade has to go to…. you guessed it… ESKOM! In their defense, they are trying their utmost to give us Black Fridays – at least twice a month.

Also at the start of 2019 our esteemed President gave all South Africans hope that things are going to change. Everything is gonna be alright. ‘Watch this space’, he said. We’re watching, we’re watching, Cyril.

Regretfully the IDIOT OF THE YEAR award goes to…. No, not him… US. Me. You. For actually falling for it.

On an International level; The FREAKY HAIRSTYLE AWARD. We have a tie. It’s a no brainer. Come to thing of it , if there was a No Brainer award , at least one of them would be a contender. I am of course talking about the two most Vocal Blondes on our planet. TB. Trump and Boris.

The OSTRICH award. This is an obscure Award that needs a bit of explanation.

First clue: To bury your head in the sand.

Second clue: Ostriches can’t fly. Yes, you got it… The clear winner (or should I say, the loser) is…. Yet another State owned Entity…

SAA! As mentioned, Mr. President, we are still watching, hoping and praying.

It pains me to have to hand out the following award. The WILTING LILY/LILTING WILLY (take your pick) has to go to our National Cricket Team who consistently managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

However…. The best award and frankly the only one that really matters, goes to my fellow South Africans (those of you who are still here). Drumroll please…. The undisputed winners of the coveted BITTEREINDER AKA CHUCK NORRIS Award. Robert Mogabe was also in line for this prestigious award, but withdrew at the last minute.

Yes, we are the champions, my friend. Thank you to the creator of #I’m staying. To all the Holidaymakers who have once again come to visit the most beautiful town this side of the Zim border…. And to those who are firsttimers and to us, the fortunate inhabitants of this piece of paradise… The ocean, the mountain, good times are still here. By hook or by crook The Prettiest Pink Shop is still here! Can’t wait to see my fellow Awardwinning compatriots. I’d like to leave you with a pearl of wisdom… Take this thought with you… It’s bound to get you through at least the next couple of months… Sometimes the first step to forgiveness is just understanding that the other person is a moegoe. (Only in South Africa.)

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ien jaar gelede het ’n groep van ons bymekaar gekom in Ina Wilken se ateljee en na soveel jaar het die groepie besluit dis nou tyd om te wys wat hul kan doen onder Ina se leiding. Daar het van ons gekom en gegaan, maar die kerngroep het getrou elke week Vermont toe gegaan vir kunsklasse en ook vir ’n tydjie om jou siel te voed.

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anneer ons dink aan Mnr SA, ons land se Ambassadeur, dink meeste van ons aan die “glitz” en “glam” wat daarmee gepaard gaan. Pryse, borgskappe, rond reis en die celeb-status.

Min van ons dink aan die werk wat eintlik daaraan verbonde is vooraf, gedurende en nadat die titel aan die betrokke man toegeken is. Die persoon word heel dikwels die titel, en die mens agter die titel raak verlore en al wat die publiek raaksien is iemand met ‘n goue lepel in die mond gebore is en vir wie die lewe nog net sy mooi kant wys. Kan ‘n gewone mens, een wat swaarkry en seer ken ook so titel dra?

Mnr SA 2019, die 29-jarige Heinrich Gabler het juis dit bewys. Hierdie nederige, onbeskaamd gelowige man het in ‘n kinderhuis grootgeword. Op die skrale ouderdom van 10 jaar het hy, sy twee broers en ouer suster hul Ma verloor. Sy Pa het gekies om hulle agter te laat en het teruggekeer na die buiteland. Die drie jong seuns is aan die genade van die stelsel oorgelaat, waar hulle toe saam in ’n kinderhuis op Wellington beland het. Dit is hier waar Heinrich sy geloof gevind het, waar hy as mens gegroei het en opgevoed is tot die man wie vandag die Mnr SA titel dra. Vakansies en naweke het hy tyd spandeer in Wellington op ’n plaas. Dawn Bradnick was vir hom soos ’n ma en het hom onvoorwaardelike liefde getoon. Hy beskryf haar as ’n “… engel uit die hemel”.

Vandag gebruik hy dit wat hy deurgemaak het om ander te inspireer en te help. Wie beter as iemand wat self seer en moeilike omstandighede ken? Dit is juis sy passie om ander te help wat hom inspireer het om deel te neem aan die gewilde kompetisie. Tydens ’n skoonheidskompetisie op skool in 2008, het voormalige Mnr SA 2007, Dieter Voigt, die potensiaal in hom gesien en hom aangemoedig om ook aan die kompetisie deel te neem. So is die droom gebore om ook eendag die Mnr SA titel te dra. Na elf jaar se harde werk kon hy sy droom verwesenlik.

“Dit was vir my ongelooflik om dit van hom af te hoor.”

-HeinrichHierdie oud-onderwyser het ‘n passie vir sport en in sy vrye tyd kyk hy graag sport, hetsy op TV of by ’n stadion. Sy ”Upcycle SA” projek bevoordeel skole waar sporttoerusting ‘n luukse is. Hy vra die publiek om enige sport toerusting; ‘n ou rugby bal of hokkiestok, eerder te skenk sodat ’n minder bevoorregte kind dit kan gebruik, as wat dit by die huis rondlê of op die ashoop beland.

Dit kan eerder ‘n kinderhart verbly en iemand anders se lewe verryk. “Upcycle SA” is ’n NPO/ NGO waarmee Gabler sal voortgaan na sy jaar as Mnr SA verby is. Hy hoop ook om sy platform as Mnr SA te gebruik om hierdie projek die verdiende hupstoot te gee wat dit nodig het om dit te bevorder.

Die woord “Hoop” speel ‘n groot rol in sy lewe. Dit is ook waarom Joe Black se gewilde liedjie met dieselfde titel een van sy gunstelinge is.

“Almal het hoop nodig. Ek glo dat my storie een van hoop is en kan vir ander hoop bring.”

-HeinrichMnr SA is verseker ‘n baie besige man, maar selfs besige mense moet tyd maak vir ontspan en tipies Kapenaar hou hy van wyn proe en kuier graag saam met vriende en familie om ’n braaivleis vuurtjie. Ek het ons Mnr SA gepols oor ’n paar meer persoonlike feite. Heinrich is baie beskeie oor sy sport talent. Hy is ’n uitblinker in krieket, rugby en atletiek en het op provinsiale vlak gekompeteer. Pizza en steak is sy gunsteling kossoorte. George Fancourt is ’n gunsteling vakansiebestemming vir hom, maar hy droom om Switserland te besoek en in die Alpe te baljaar.

Heinrich is ’n diereliefhebber en het twee honde. Hy drink graag koffie, maar probeer om nie te veel daarvan te drink nie. Daar is ’n spesiale persoon in sy lewe. Hy gesels met ’n glimlag in sy stem oor hierdie Graad 1 onderwyseres aan sy sy. Haar ondersteuning is iets waaroor hy effens spog. Vir ’n jaar behoort Heinrich aan SA en hierdie jong vrou staan bankvas agter hom.

Baie jong mense gaan deur moeilike tye, word deur hulle ouers en die sisteem in die steek gelaat en voel hulle lewens is niks werd nie. Syfers oor selfmoord en selfmoord pogings is skrikwekkend en groeiend. Die gemiddelde selfmoord syfer onder jong mense vanaf die ouderdom 10 tot 19, is ‘n skokkende 17.2% per elke 100 000 sterftes. 9.5% van onnatuurlike sterftes onder jongmense is as gevolg van selfmoord. 31.5% van jong mense het al probeer selfmoord pleeg en ontvang berading. Gabler se boodskap aan elke jongmens daar buite is dat dit wel moontlik is om bo jou omstandighede uit te styg.

“Moet nooit ophou droom die. Glo in jouself. Jy kan nie verwag ander moet in jou glo as jy nie eens in jouself glo nie. Die lewe is hard, maar jy kan jou rigting kies. Soms deel die lewe jou ongunstige kaarte. Jy kan kies hoe jy hulle gaan speel. Dit maak nie saak wat met jou gebeur nie, solank jy vorentoe kyk en hard werk vir wat jy wil bereik is dit moontlik. Dit gaan nie maklik wees nie, maar dit gaan die moeite werd wees” -HeinrichAs Mnr SA 2019 hoop Heinrich om die beste mans rolmodel en Ambassadeur vir SA te wees. Hy wil ’n verskil maak sover as wat dit moontlik is. Hy wil sy platform gebruik om mense te inspireer en te help om lewens te verbeter. Heinrich sien dit as sy verantwoordelikheid om sy storie te deel.

Hy is ook Ambassadeur vir die kinderhuis, “Huis Andrew Murray Kinderhuis” op Wellington, waar hy self grootgeword het. Om terug te ploeg in die gemeenskap en mense bewus te maak van die kinderhuis is iets wat hom na aan die hart lê.

Heinrich het ook in samewerking met RAO Skin Technologies ’n velsorg reeks vir mans bekend gestel hierdie jaar. Die reeks beloof om by die moderne man se besige skedule in te pas en is gepas vir alle vel tipes.

Heinrich Gabler, Mnr SA 2019 is positief en inspirerend. Met sulke mense kan SA se toekoms net rooskleurig wees.

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‘’QUID PRO QUO’’ What do we get? What did we give?

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Hermanus 2019, December, at the home of James, a lawyer.

Macky, a soccer player, enters; ‘’Hey, dude! I see you got a Christmas post card! Who still sends stuff by mail?

Macky; ‘’Wow, pretty, very pretty, snow.. mountains…where’s it from [turns it over] ‘’HELVETIA?’’ Where’s that! Never heard of it…!’’

James; That’s Switzerland, it is Latin, you ignoramus!

Macky; I know about Latin! Latin, that ancient, language of the Romans, hey dude? ‘’That’s SO dead man, three, no, two thousand years ago? Why would a rich country like Switzerland use Latin?’’

James; [mischievously]. ‘’No, my fine football friend. The Roman Empire is not dead. It has just morphed, adapted, gone underground and it is secret, clandestine…’’

Macky; ‘’ Hahaha! Really? Ag no! Come on! I don’t do that conspiracy stuff…’’

James; ‘’Okay, fetch yourself a glass of vino, and come sit down, this may take a while…’’

Macky, ‘’Let’s start with a few questions; You say the Romans are gone, when did they go?’’

James ‘’So, when did the Roman Empire end? [Trick question]’’ [a] The sacking of Rome by the Vandals , 476 AD? [b] The Fall of Constantinople [the Eastern] Roman Empire to the Ottomans in 1453? Or, [c] The Abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick in 1808? [d] The Murder of Czar [‘’Caesar’’] Nicholas of the Romanov dynasty in Russia, 1919? [e] None of the above, it is still marching on…..

Depends really, on your definition of the Roman Empire. The original indeed is deemed to have finally fallen in 476 Common Era [previously AD, Anno Domini, the Year of our Lord] but there were so many copy cats and ersatz Roman Emperors…. The Empire had split into two by then, the flourishing Eastern Roman Empire in Byzantium [Istanbul today] and in between the Germanic coalition that became the Holy Roman Empire, started by Charlemagne [Charles the Great] and crowned by the Pope which endured till Napoleon forced the abdication of Fred in 1808. [ The Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire, but still it had a name!]

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The Romans still rule, silently, unobtrusively on our keyboards. Our alphabet. ROMAN. THIS IS TYPED IN ROMAN SCRIPT AND TIMES ROMAN FONT! It would have been familiar, if not understood, two thousand years ago to an educated Roman citizen. This is the base alphabet type of the vast majority of nations of the world, [‘’seasoned’’ as it is with regional orthographics]. Marvel at the ease you can navigate the airports in China and thank the Romans.

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LANGUAGE

Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian and many smaller languages are the modern descendants of Latin. Today ALL of South and Central America, large parts of North America, the sunny half of Europe, and most of Sub Saharan Africa [as official language] Oceania are the great grandchildren of Latin. The other large European language groups, the Germanic [includes English and Afrikaans] and Slavic, have massive infusions of the Latin they have adopted. [In the English sandwich, on the Anglo Saxon ‘’bread’’, 66% of the ‘’ham’’ filling is ‘’foreign in origin’’ – mostly Latin and French.]

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A CONCRETE COLD FACT

There you are, Mack, sitting on my handsome cast concrete balustrade.

You are supported by Roman strength! Roman engineering and science still used today!

The Romans discovered cement and concrete. Many of their roads, bridges, aqua ducts and buildings are still standing. As late as the 1950’s public buildings, such as courts, were still being built in a Neo classical style, echoing through time to the Greeks and Romans. Any given American state capitol…

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SENATORS AND SECURITY COUNCIL

Many countries even copy the names used for Roman government.

Exempli gratia; The US Senate and its Senators. Roman senators wore rather fetching togas and perhaps had more decorum and gravitas, than our parliament and many modern manifestations of a Roman concept.

The veto power, as in the UN security council VETO by any of the Permanent Members.

Divide et Impera. Divide and Rule. Still in use in politics and military strategic studies.

V SCIENTIFIC NAMES AND CLASSIFICATION; LATIN WORKS AND MAKES PEACE! When one was serious in medieval Europe you wrote not In English, German or French but in Latin. Many universities diplomas and certificates are still issued in Latin. But Latin lives in science from the medical, chemical, geological to the celestial sphere and names of galaxies and stars and back to the microscopic world of bacteria [e coli anyone?] and all in between. The naming of newly discovered fauna and flora [!] proceeds in Latin.

WHY? Is it a conspiracy by the Romans against us? No, there is the long history of Latin naming in universities but today it has a role as compromise and peacemaker. What? So, you have a country with four language groups, what do you put on the documents, coins and stamps, all four languages? So the practical Swiss decided neither German, French, Italian or Romansch would be on their coins and stamps but ancient Roman name for the area, Helvetica. Same applies for a broad consensus internationally to still use Latin in scientific naming to avoid conflict between, say English, Russians, French, German or Chinese scientists. Latin is concise, elegant, descriptive and logical . Many nations use Latin in their national crests, e.g USA; e pluribus unum [one out of many] CANADA Mare usque ad mare [ from sea to shining sea] and previously South Africa had ‘’EX UNITATE VIRES’’ strength through unity. Hermanus Primary; Tempus Fugit, Marca Hora. [The Time Flies, Mark/ use the hour!, much like CARPE DIEM!] Millions of clubs, municipalities, states, companies still Latin up in their mottos and creeds.

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ROMA DELENDA EST; ROMANS LOSE, ARABS WIN.

Roman numerals lost out ‘’X -I’’ [10 to 1!] to the system the entire world uses namely, the numbering system of the Indian – Arabic system which, when it became known in the late Empire [by Fibonacci] quickly replaced the clumsy arithmetic of roman numerals, being simply superior. Yet the Roman numerals still stubbornly stick around in clocks, in royalty [Queen Elizabeth II is not Queen Elizabeth Eleven] dates after movies credits, et cetera.

And now the digital binary system, exponentially increasing and functioning alongside these systems, in our technologically dependent world.

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LEXIS NEXIS – THE LAW LINK

The Roman legal systems, refined over centuries, are perhaps the most resilient and have been copied, tweaked and adapted to most nations on earth including such far off and distant places such as Japan and Turkey!

[In 1215 King John [‘’Softsword’’] was forced to sign a densely written Latin document, the Magna Carta [Great Charter] limiting and yielding some of his powers to the Barons. A few of its clauses still resonate in our laws. This was a small but significant step in English democracy.]

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LEGIONS AND LEGENDS

Roman army and military tactics; Equipment for sieges, armour, weapons [THE BALLISTA] some were known from previous empires but refined. The training and tactics of conventional Roman forces made them formidable [yet vulnerable to irregular warfare, asymmetric warfare] as Arminius, a Germanic Roman legionnaire proved. The Roman forces used and trained locally defeated men, shaping them into the formidable Roman Legions.

Asterix is fiction, folks.

The Eastern Roman Empire had ‘’Greek fire’’ the terrifying precursor of napalm, flame throwers and , even incendiary grenades. The ‘’secret sauce’’ is still secret.

Si vis pace para bellum. If you desire peace, prepare for war. Thus a vigilant prepared state, is less likely to be attacked. [Also used as a handgun type; ‘’9mm Parabellum’’] IX

EMULATION ‘’When in Rome become like Rome.’’

Not that strange then that the conquerors desperately emulated and crudely copied the vastly superior civilization that the golden age of the Empire represented. Roman Britain was a decent civilized place – the waves of Angles Saxons and Jutes absorbed and invaded the neat Roman towns, renamed them, but was impressed by the sewers and baths in places like Bath. All the conquerors of Rome, eagerly adopted their inventions and at the very least emulated them, or even tried desperately to become like them.

[The Conqueror of Constantinople Sultan Mehmet called himself Kaiser I Rume [Roman Ceasar] … he was so awed by the grandeur of the Haga Sophia [Aya Sofia today] that he prevented the pillage and destruction of the basilica and converted it into a mosque. ] The Germanic Frankish King Charles VI, Charlemagne, was crowned the ‘’Holy Roman Emperor’’ by a grateful Pope.

The US Government still has a Senate and their system, as are many elsewhere, are still copies of Roman concepts.

The art, lyrical poetry, musical instruments, mosaics and sculptures of the splendour that was Rome, still survive.

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TIME AND SPACE

July and August, the most obvious, named after Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar but January, Janus, March [Mars, god of war] June [Juno, September, October, November and December [ 7th, 8th,9th,10th] Mars, Venus, actually ALL the planets, EXCEPT, in English ‘’Earth!’’ which is Germanic!

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IN HOC SIGNO. THE CROSS AND CHRISTIANITY

Macky; Okay, you persuaded me, take your Helvetian Christmas card!

I am not quite done, the most important, for most of the world’s Christian faithful, is the recognition as state religion by the Emperor Constantine, of Christianity, ending the persecution, making it official and thus protecting it, massively stimulating its growth, and in particular creating the largest church in the world, still called the ROMAN Catholic church, with the most adherents and followers.

Uhm, even copying Roman holidays to make them ‘’Christian such as Christmas, St Valentines Day [Saturnalia, Lupercalia festivals]. In Hoc Signo Vinces, ‘’In this sign, [the Cross] you will conquer.’’ Motto of Constantine, a complex man.

XIII CULTURAL ARTIFACTS AND CURIOSITIES, A VERITABLE CEASARS SALAD The family name of one single gifted Roman writer, general and ruler, Gaius Julius Ceasar, becomes the popular word for supreme ruler for almost two thousand years. The Germans copy it as Kaiser, ending with the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who died in 1941. The Russians were also eager adopters ending with the murder by the Soviet communists of Czar Nicholas II and his entire family in 1919.

What an incredible legacy spanning centuries, Macky! We give them our hearts and acceptance. ‘’I see you are wearing your KAISER CHIEFS shirt Macky…a little ‘’Roman’’ African touch, hey!’’ ‘’OK, you are right James, the Romans still live close to us, right next to my skin!’’ ‘’Ja, boet, and then there’s your name Macky, it really is short for Marc Anthony Keiser! ‘’ ‘’Ave,[ aweh!] Marcus, you are a Roman, dude!’’

URBI ET ORBI.

MY OBSERVATIONS

The Romans and Latin, their metaphorical legions, still march on.

In many practical ways enriching our world and it is impossible to imagine a modern world without their civilization and contribution.

So, we should acknowledge, respect and celebrate our diverse heritages, including the great and enduring Roman civilizations’ contribution, at the same time never forgetting the evils done by authoritarian rulers, violent empire builders and colonisation, which the Romans did as well, to all their subject peoples. Not all the Roman emperors were bad, nor is all of the Roman heritage to be condemned.

An ancient route, is ‘’resurfacing’’…the Silk Route, now called the ‘’Belt and Road’’ initiative by China, as it forges new trade connections and rapidly expands its influence. The East is ascendant and aspiring to be the first true successors to the Romanized West, whose ‘’Roman roads’’ in all senses, are crumbling and whose influence is waning.

[Incredibly, in delightful irony, the first European nation to recognize and support the new Silk Route was Rome [Italy]. A baton has passed, but is the human race run?]

QED Adrian Louw [‘’Adrianus Laurentius’’]

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Die supergroep, The Rolling Stones, is in 1962 in London gestig deur Brian Jones (kitaar, harmonika en klawerbord). Die eerste volwaardige lede was Mick Jagger (sanger, harmonika, kitaar), Keith Richards (kitaar, sanger), Bill Wyman (bas kitaar), Charlie Watts (tromme) en Ian Stewart (klavier).

Stewart het die groep in 1963 verlaat maar het nog steeds saam met die groep opgetree. In 1969 verlaat Brian Jones die groep onder dwang nadat hy erg afhanklik van dwelms geraak het wat sy geestestoestand nadelig beïnvloed het. Hy sterf in dieselfde jaar. Mick Taylor vervang hom en bly aan tot in 1975. Ronnie Wood neem sy plek in en is nog steeds lid van die groep. In 1993 verlaat Bill Wyman die groep en Darryl Jones neem sy plek in maar word nooit amptelik lid van die groep nie. Daar was nog nooit ‘n amptelike klawerbord speler sedert Brian Jones nie. Die Stones het verskeie musikante in die rol in diens geneem soos Jack Nitzsche (1965 – 1971), Nicky Hopkins (1967 – 1982), Billy Preston (1971 – 1981), Ian McLagan (1978 -1981) en Chuck Leavell (1982 – hede).

The official line-up for the group is: Mick Jagger 1962 Keith Richards 1962 Brian Jones 1962 - 1969 Bill Wyman 1962 - 1992 Charlie Watts 1962 Mick Taylor 1969 - 1975 Ron Wood 1976 – Mick and Keith were childhood friends and classmates since 1950. Mick formed a band in the mid-1950’s and they played songs by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Richard and Muddy Waters. In 1961 Mick and Keith met again and immediately there was a shared interest and their musical partnership began. The two of them started a band called the Blues Boys, together with Mick Jones, Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith.

In March 1962, the Blues Boys read about the Ealing Jazz Club in Jazz News newspaper, which mentioned Alexis Korner’s rhythm and blues band, Blues Incorporated. The group sent a tape of their best recordings to Korner, who was favourably impressed. After a visit to the Ealing Jazz Club they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included slide guitarist Brian Jones, keyboardist Ian Stewart and drummer Charlie Watts.

Brian Jones verlaat die groep en begin soek vir lede om ‘n nuwe groep te stig. Ian Stewart sluit eerste by hom aan en weldra volg Mick en Keith en Mick Taylor. Brian Jones was in ‘n telefoniese gesprek met ‘n joernalis van die Jazz News toe die hom vra wat die naam van die groep is. Brian sien toe ‘n langspeelplaat van Muddy Waters wat langs hom lê. Een van die snitte daarop was ‘Rollin’ Stone’. En net daar is die nuwe naam geskep.

Muddy Waters en ander blues kunstenaars het ‘n groot invloed op die Rolling Stones gehad wat veroorsaak het dat hulle ‘n sterk blues inslag gehad het.

Their famous tongue logo was inspired by the Hindu goddess, Kali The Destoyer. John Pasche, a student at the Royal College of Art in London was the designer. He designed a poster for the band’s 1970 European tour and Mick loved it so much that he asked him to design a logo for their new record label. Mick showed Pasche a picture of the Hindu Goddess Kali which inspired Pasche incorporate Mick’s mouth into the design.

Some trivia about The Rolling Stones: • Their long hair was considered outrageous in the early 60’s.

• Mick and Keith did a lot of drugs. Brian Jones did enough to kill him, but Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts stayed mostly clean.

• In 1963, the van they were traveling in skidded of a bridge but did not flip over. They escaped serious injury.

• When Mick Taylor left in 1975, The Stones considered Jeff Beck, Wayne Perkins, Havey Mandel, Rory Gallagher and even Peter Frampton. They decided on Ron Wood instead.

• Most of their songs were credited to Jagger/Richards. This angered Mick Taylor and Bill Wyman who didn’t receive any credit for their contributions. Ron Wood got occasional credits.

• Sir Michael Philip Jagger was knighted for his services to popular music in 2003.

• Both Mick and Keith became actors in their own right. Keith starred in three ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies.

• They are the highest ranking rock band in history.

• Mick Jagger said about their music: “It’s a noise we make.

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The Ethics of Rugby in the Current Times O

ur last communications relating to the way in which players simply ignore or circumvent the rules of rugby in important matches, as well as the inconsequent manner in which referees interpret those same rules talk to the lack of ethical conduct in the game of rugby as it is played today. And then there are coaches who deliberately prepare players in order to transgress the rules because the referees interpret the rules differently and consequently apply them differently. The question that involuntarily arises, is what is the future of the game in 10, 20, 30 or 80 years from now? What will it look like then?

Sport at the highest level is mostly professional today and people make a living from sport, but the question that needs to be answered is: what is the intrinsic being of sport along with its ethics, soul, conscience and unwritten rules…the principles by which sport, and in this discourse, rugby, should be played by. This is and stays the single most important factor that will ensure the future existence of rugby as we know it and love it. If not, it will develop along an evolutionary road that will be totally unfamiliar to us.

The truth of the matter is, is that there is already a move in the wrong direction taking place, considering the first paragraph above. Just look at the decreasing number of people playing rugby in South Africa today, not to even mention the small numbers of spectators attending our games. This all is placing increasing pressure on the financial position of our different rugby organizations country wide. The red lights are flickering on the horizon.

In the past century a relative number of efforts have been made to make the game more attractive for the spectators by changing some rules. However, how successful these efforts have been, is questionable. Especially seen in the light of professionalization.

What is the solution? Something just has to be done as we cannot allow our game of rugby to disintegrate before our very eyes. If it was not for the two brilliant tries by the Springboks in the final of the World Cup against England, the whole World Cup tournament would have been one that we as Springbok rugby supporters would have chosen to forget.

A new way of thinking needs to bring about change of the existing systems without having to change the rules. The changing of rules is too much of a complex and time-consuming process.

A creative methodology of the utilization of yellow and red cards can bring about a total change in the attitudes of players, coaches and referees. It can lead us back to the principles and essence of the game. To ‘fair-play’ and without having to scold, accuse or disadvantage anyone as the guilty party in terms of the current problematic situation. The game itself does not need to change, nor the interpretation thereof, only the attitudes of those involved in

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transgressions. And it is a simple solution.

1. First change: A player who gets a yellow card must leave the field (as is currently the rule).

The change is that he may not return to the field during the same game, but he can be replaced immediately with another player for the rest of the game.

The competition thus stays 15 against 15 but with the difference that the replacement bench of his team shrinks by one.

2. Second change: A player with three yellow cards in one season is automatically suspended for a month without a hearing. This should have financial implications for the player.

3. Third change: A player may lodge an appeal against his yellow card, but if his appeal is unsuccessful, a one-month suspension applies with immediate effect.

4. Fourth change: Player who gets a red card (like the French player in the world cup match) must leave the field as is currently the case, but he can be replaced after ten minutes so that there are again 15 players on the field after ten minutes.

5. Fifth change: A referee that gets an appeal against a decision that he made during the match, and that appeal is upheld, also gets a ‘yellow card’. Should he get 5 yellow cards in one season, he is suspended from refereeing for one month.

If these changes are implemented, I sincerely believe that players, coaches and referees will toe the line and ensure that the game is played according to the principles of ‘fair-play’. It will once again place the game of rugby on its ethical course which is bound to ensure many more attacking opportunities to the fore. More tries similar to those scored in the last 20 minutes of the World Cup final will be scored and thousands of spirited supporters will again rush to the stadiums as a result of the change in attitudes.

What a feast will that not be! Definitely not something that I would want to miss experiencing.

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The Importance of Understanding Your Property’s Title Deed (now more than ever)

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Pam Snyman

Sellers of property please note:

As from 1 January 2020 any person wishing to apply for a certified copy of a title deed or mortgage bond, must place an advert in any newspaper that circulates in the area where the property is situated. The application must be done by means of an affidavit that must be signed in the presence of a Commissioner of Oath.

The general public must thus be informed of the intention, and allow anyone who wishes to inspect a copy of the title deed or mortgage bond, to do so, and to object thereto, should they so wish, within 2 weeks of the advertisement being published.

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What does this mean?

Proof of property ownership is having a copy of the property’s title deed in your possession.

Should your property be bonded, the title deed is in possession of the relevant financial institution holding your property as security for payment of the loan amount. If you have sold the said property, the process of transferring ownership requires your title deed copy being transferred to the purchaser and registered in his/her/its name in the Deeds Office as ownership is transferred from one person to another only by registration of a deed of transfer. The purpose is to ensure the security and indisputability of an owner’s title to the property in question. Registration cannot take place unless the transferor (owner) has the title deed of the property concerned.

The above procedure with regards to obtaining a certified copy relates to the instance where the existing copy has been lost/mislaid/destroyed.

This procedure could, of course, cause delays with the transfer of the seller’s property or bond registration of the buyer. In the event of the purchaser requiring a mortgage loan to be registered against the title deed in order to enable the financing of the transaction, the original title deed will be held by the bank which will also have to consent to the application for a lost or destroyed deed.

It is therefore imperative that sellers and estate agents establish from the outset whether the original title deed is available. REDZetc is most definitely now going to make it a term of our seller’s declaration form as many property owners are not even aware of the existence of their property’s title deeds.

After all it is the title deed that contains vital information regarding the property that is being

sold…and purchased.

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Why is it important to know what information is attached to the property’s title deed?

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Which documents need to be lodged with the Registrar of Deeds when a property is being transferred?

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the transferor’s original title deed;

Simple. The seller needs to know what he/she/ it is selling and the purchaser most definitely needs to know what he/she/it is buying!

• the power of attorney to pass transfer which will authorise the transferor’s conveyancer to act on behalf of the transferor;

The following is some very vital information, but is not necessarily exhaustive. A good property lawyer will be able to explain the contents to you if required, but here follows a layman’s explanation:

• a transfer duty receipt or VAT certificate;

• The title deed indicates who the registered owner of the property is as well as its extent. Ownership is regarded as a ‘real right’ in property.

• The title deed will also indicate any interests that other parties may have in the property, i.e. ‘limited real rights’ that are registered rights which one person may have over the property of another. The existence of an interest in someone’s property affects the owner’s rights (like a drainage and sewerage servitude held by the local authority) which can influence where and how buildings may be constructed and it can also influence the value of the property (like a right of way).

• Limited real rights, such as servitudes, are transferred by notarial deed of cession.

• Real and limited real rights that are registered against the title deed are enforceable against the whole world.

• Limited real rights that are registered against the title deeds of a property are enforceable irrespective of whether or not a purchaser of that property was aware of the existence of these rights.

• a rates clearance certificate issued by the local authority; • a certificate issued by the local authority confirming that all amounts payable to the local authority have been paid for the two years preceding the date of application for the rates clearance certificate; • the mortgagee’s consent to the cancellation of the mortgage bond if the property is mortgaged; • any other consent that may be required by any condition(s) of the title deed; and • any consent that may be required in terms of any other law.

All the above information makes it quite clear that both the seller of a property as well as the purchaser need to be well informed as to the contents of the title deed of the property in question.

Should you require any further information relating to the above information, please do not hesitate to call Pam Snyman at 082 8000867 or consult your legal advisor.

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