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Notes from the Editor It’s October after the spring equinox and the month of Halloween.

Magic happens all around us here in the Overberg and it is hard not to notice the results of the Equinox shaking its changes around the lives of those who need something new in their lives! Spring blossoms everywhere and new and abundant landscapes adorn our views. In the spirit of new beginnings we have a brand new addition to the Stanford Wine Route in Welgesind Wine Estate and we have some interesting things for you this month!

Coffee Corner is sponsoring the new birthday page and inviting every birthday person in the SRT for a coffee on the house on their birthday! Matt Chancey talks about his chance encounter with swamp water, and one of our favourite contributors, Andrew Herriot launched his passion project – a comprehensive guide

OCTOBER is soap bar month Please consider buying a few bars of soap with your October shopping and drop them off in the container at Coffee Corner.

When you need to put bread on the table there is little money left for this type of ‘luxury’ personal hygiene items. Soap, toothpaste and other toiletries are sought after items to purchase with the tokens received for the bags of recycle items delivered to the SwopShop.

Your support will make it better for everyone!

Please contribute a few bars and help to make someone’s day.

to jazz, and we welcome a few new subscribers and a new contribution in Afrikaans about the history of Stanford.

It is always nice to receive new faces for our birthday page and other news so please keep them coming so we can celebrate the birthdays of your loves ones and other stories and events with you!

As always, readers’ letters to the Editor are most welcome so if you have something on the heart please let us know.

Until next month, have a superb spring, and we look forward to hearing from you!

Karen

COVER PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED BY MARIAN BINDER

LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT YOUR 2016/2017 DIRECTORY INFO & BOOK ADS

With thanks, Bea Whittaker

COMPETITION: HOLIDAY FUN FOR KIDS Draw a Stanford bird this holiday - drop off your picture at Tourism and you could stand a chance to win a prize. Don’t forget to put your name, surname, answer & address on the back of your picture. Also some other fun stuff!

FUN FOR ADULTS Photograph a Stanford bird and email the image with your contact details to: ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za and you could stand a chance to win a prize

(competition closes 17/10/16 winner(s) will be published in the Stanford River Talk - winners will be chosen by SRT, prizes cannot be converted to cash. All entries become the property of SRT - SRT winner decision is final)

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MONTHLY CONTRIBUTORS Matt Chancey, Suzanne Francois Rossouw, Andrews Herriot, Olga Koorts, James Peter Yeats, Rev Hildie Pansegrouw, Bryan Robertson, Katie Smuts, Martin Ranger, Naas Terblanche, Guy Winchester-Gould, Su Wolf, Tania Weich ART DIRECTOR Michelle McGee STANFORD RIVER TALK 2

NEWS AND UPDATES

Reader's Letters BUREAUCRACY AND FOUR BLACK BAGS!

DEAR KAREN

Stanford Municipality's policy on collecting household and garden black refuse bags is mathematically unsound and financially unfair on certain owners of properties. The neverchange- the-ruling is 4 black bags per erf. So if one's property is 2000 square meters or 200 square metres - it's still four black bags! I wonder who and how this number 4 was calculated?

This ruling also applies to those establishments with cottages and guest houses, and those who pay business rates on them. The amount of refuse on these establishments is approximately double to that of a single property. Surely these establishments should then be allowed to have eight bags collected? (4X2=8).

May I humbly offer my warm congratulations to the new owners and staff on the issue of the new look monthly Stanford River Talk, a bold step under a new regime. The cover page is stunning and epitomizes yet again another era of local news, classifieds, informative facts, education, health, history, reports, fiction, eloquent editorial comment, announcements, narratives, good causes, fascinating bulletins, business ads, chats, insightful analyses of public interest, even Readers' Letters and very importantly sharp and crisp pictorial images. The pages' layout, contrasting black/white colour and eclectic fonts are clean and highly readable with heedful titles. The wideranging and fulsome content and genres across an extensive spectrum of relevance continues in the spirit of

But no, 8 can never be equal to 4! This I do understand. But what I don't understand is why the municipality cannot make a logical and fair ruling of allowing those establishments paying business rates to put out eight bags?

Stuart Anderson

both previous owners, the admirable Brokensha's and Hardy's publication chapters, and it is fully expected the successors will break new and appealing communal ground and encourage a fresh breed of creative writers in well-constructed pithy sentences, young and not so, who have something different of quality and consequence to say and share.

The Stanford villagers are fortunate to enjoy this monthly supplement and, I feel confident, on behalf of the regular readership and those geographically beyond, that we all wish the proprietors success and yet another lengthy duration of enlightenment and your purposeful journalistic direction, thus maintaining the high erudite standards already set by those of the past. We applaud the army of volunteers who assist the publisher in meeting the deadlines each month.

Andrew Herriot

Editorial Contributions & Disclaimer Editorial contributions are welcome and should include top quality photos where relevant. Articles will be printed under the contributor‘s name or an accepted nom-de-plume if the full name and address is provided. All contributions are voluntary and not paid for. The editor reserves the right to edit, amend, abridge or reject any article.

Opinions of contributors do not necessarily reflect those of the editor. Copyright All material in this issue is copyrighted, and belongs to The Really Famous Publishing CC unless otherwise indicated. No part of the material may be reproduced without prior permission. Published and printed by The Really Famous Publishing CC.

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NEWS AND UPDATES

CPF NEWS

ROTARY CLUB OF STANFORD

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

By Lana Coates Rotary is a charitable organisation which focuses mainly on the humanitarian needs of poor and disadvantaged communities (from the very young to the elderly), and as such we are in constant need of assistance, be it in materials or funding. We could not achieve our goals without help so, following our appeal for donations (August issue) of foodstuffs for the various soup kitchens and food bank we support, we’d like to thank everyone who has taken that up by either leaving food items in our donations box at the Spar or depositing cash at Kobin’s General Dealer, as well as some donations into our bank account. These much needed and valued donations are making a big difference in feeding the poor in Stanford.

At a recent CPF Executive Committee Meeting, it was decided to award the 'Cop of the Quarter' to Shift C. This was the shift out of four, which made the most arrests over the second quarter of the year - some 96 of them! They were well ahead of their three rivals, and will take some catching up and hard work to outdo this successful police work. One of the current hits this team made was the recent arrest of a Stanford Community member caught in possession with a huge haul of ninety mandrax tablets!

What a team of champions led by their woman Shift Commander Sergeant Lungiswa Ndzambo! Perhaps Shift C should be renamed 'Champion Shift'. Pictured with the 'Cop of the Quarter' plaque held aloft are from Left to Right: Reserve Constable Fernando Damon, Constable Songezo Njenje, Sergeant Lungiswa Ndzambo, Constable Andiswa Dila and Constable Lloyd Cloete.

Station Commander, Captain Coetzee, made special mention of the Neighbourhood Watches, especially the Whatsapp groups which had provided SAPS with accurate and immediate information which helped all the shifts in their investigations and arrests. He appeals to all residents to join the Neighbourhood Watches. It is one of the most effective crime prevention initiatives of making our village a safer place.

by Stuart Anderson

Another focus area is our Early Childhood Development programme, as mentioned in the September issue.

Items requested are egg boxes, light cardboard cartons (all sizes), toilet roll and kitchen towel inners, paper which has printing on one side, etc.

SWOP SHOP UPDATE This project has exceeded all expectations and it now includes items that were not originally envisaged at the start, which was to assist children with stationery and small toys. The Stanford Conservation Trust has now taken the Swop Shop over from Stanford Rotary. We wish them continued success with the project which will still be supported by Stanford Rotary!

Spring has arrived, and with it the monthly Sunset Markets where Rotary have a regular table. Each month we have a raffle with prizes ranging from bottles of wine to hampers of mixed goodies. Funds raised go to Rotary’s projects in Stanford. The prizes are really well worth the price of R20 per ticket or R50 for three.

We will also be selling items made by a woman who has been in a wheelchair all her life as the result of Polio. She is a very talented seamstress who produces lovely items in an attempt to supplement her meagre disability grant.

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Stuart Anderson couldn't resist taking these pics of our very own Stanford policewoman, Constable Anisa Ali in her favourite 'Blue Bulls' Rugby togs! That day was Civvies day for SAPS, with the theme of 'Sport'. She is an avid supporter of the Blue Bulls and even went up to Loftus Versveld earlier on this year to see them beat the Stormers at their own game.

Station Commander, Captain Coetzee, made special mention of the Neighbourhood Watches, especially the Whatsapp groups which had provided SAPS with accurate and immediate information which helped all the shifts in their investigations and arrests. He appeals to all residents to join the Neighbourhood Watches.

It is one of the most effective crime prevention initiatives of making our village a safer place.

ONE CANNOT MISS THE 2016

NEWS AND UPDATES

stanford street FESTIVAL

by John Withers

The Stanford Street Festival was started as "Ietsie Vir Almal" idea in December 2013 and was run on a Saturday. Because the idea of the festival was only conceived in late October, there was no time to apply for road closure or special drinks licenses. Pamela Trevelyan was the pioneer of this festival and she worked ceaselessly to create the event. Frankly, without her hard work the Festival would never have happened! The following year Pamela had other commitments and I volunteered to run with it. Had I known the amount of work involved I would perhaps not have committed myself quite so readily!

The first thing we did was to change the day from a Saturday to a Sunday because we saw the closure of Queen Victoria Street as more likely to be approved on a Sunday than a Saturday. We also changed the name to The Stanford Street Festival, mainly because we wanted to highlight the fact that it was much more than just your ordinary Street Market.

Next we marketed the Festival through various platfoms. Social media was very effective but people also loved the colourful Street Posters which we put up all over the Overberg. These certainly showed their worth when the attendance went up from 300 to 1,500 in the first year.

Over the three exponentially: YEAR 2013 2014 2015

STALLS 17 70 124

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attendance

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• 2015 - The Reptile House, Opening Parade, Wine and Beer Garden, Ready Steady Slow Snail Race, Whale Express powered cart rides, Bikers with Balls bike run.

• 2016 - Win Your Partners Weight in Wine Race, Classic Triumph Cars, IZIKO Travelling Museum, Art Exhibitions at our Galleries, Artists painting in the Street, Silhouette Drawing, and many more!

The objectives of the Festival are to: • Support our existing businesses • Allow budding entrepreneurs the opportunity to flex their muscles • Create income for the community, particularly the previously disadvantaged • Provide hope for those who are unemployed • Give visitors an opportunity to see all that Stanford has to offer • Create a sense of Community I believe we have met these objectives and created an event of which Stanford can be truly proud! Do join us in December for this fantastic festival – the atmosphere is always electric and there is lot of fun to be had by all. You simply cannot miss this event!

grown

VISITORS 300 1,500 4,500

This year we are aiming for 160 Stalls and hopefully 6,000+ visitors!

Each year we introduce new elements to the Festival to create excitement and to make the Festival even more newsworthy: • 2013 - The Event was new • 2014 - Free Street Entertainers, Meet the Author, The Stanford Dip Board Race, Father Christmas, Cap Classique and Oysters

JAZZ CHRONICLE BOOK LAUNCH Andrew Herriot launched his new 256 page all colour "Chronological e-Guide to Jazz Over Three Centuries" to a knowledgeable audience of Stanfordian music and jazz aficionados at his Music Centre.

The screen presentation of the digitised book took the audience on a musical journey of many of the great jazz singers and composers of yesteryear and today such as Scott Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Glen Miller and Hugh Masekela. Hard copies of the book were available to examine during the show and appreciate the brief pithy biographical notes of many jazz artistes. The audience were also able to see how easy the book contents can be accessed and navigated by a simple click on the soft copy PDF version.

Andrew is hoping to interest the younger generation into the world of jazz genres through his teaching, mentoring and coaching. For more information or a private viewing please contact Andrew on aherriot70@gmail.com or check out the Jazzfordian page on Facebook!

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WALK AND TALK

THE NAUTILUS TRAIL

Arniston – de Mond – Struisbaai (or vice versa) This trail needs very careful planning. One has to take wind direction and tides into account as well as working out the car shuffle! The wind must be at your back so the starting point of your walk will be determined by this. It is imperative to start 2 hours before low tide as soft sand walking is a nightmare, so you will need to choose your dates according to suitable low tide times. We chose a weekend when the low tide was around 10am so as to avoid walking in the hottest part of the day. With a fresh Easterly wind it was decided to start at Arniston.

We went in a group of six friends and took two vehicles. The most convenient accommodation is located either in de Mond Nature Reserve or The Fishing Cabin at Vogelgezang. We chose the latter and loved it! 7am Saturday morning saw us driving to Arniston where we parked at Roman’s Bay Beach. We decided to walk the first few

BUSINESS TALK

A last minute instruction at our logistics meeting earlier in the week to bring something outrageous to wear ensured a Saturday evening full of fun and hilarity. Sunday morning at 7h15 – some of us not very bright-eyed and bushy tailed – we headed out. Once again we chose the cliff path to start towards Struisbaai. The Fishing Cabin is not quite half way so the second day was much longer (4 ½ hours) than the first day, but the exquisite scenery more than makes up for the weary limbs. We highly recommend this trail to all basically fit nature lovers!

Klein River Cheese Farmstead: New Season - New Look - New Times

The very real changing of the seasons in our new part of the world is one of the greatest thrills for our family on the Klein River Farmstead. As our commute is a 200m stroll between the cheese factory and our river cottage, Pete and I feel far closer to the earth than on any of the other farms we have been custodians of in our agrarian lives. I love the winter, the blazing fireplace, (we learnt a new word last winter “binne braai”) the crispy mornings and the river in spate.

To see the 160 indigenous trees we have planted last year, standing straight and tall before the onslaught of the heat of summer, gives us enormous pleasure. The installation of a 30kw solar system on the shed, is very exciting and part of our drive to be more in tune with the environment.

Furthermore, we have converted our boiler to a more environmentally friendly system.

Forest re-habitation and alien clearing remain on our program. We remain committed to green conservation practices in all we do.

In tune with the seasons, there have been various changes on Klein River Farmstead, which keep evolving. We are sticking with the winning recipes when it comes to STANFORD RIVER TALK 6

kilometres on the cliff path which was a perfect warm-up. We took about two and a half hours to walk back to the cabin along a pristine beach. Two of our party then drove the second car back to Arniston to fetch the shuttle car – drove to Struisbaai and left the vehicle at the camp site, then drove back to de Mond. It was quite a mission but over in a couple of hours.

cheese. The wonderful foundation of the success story of our brand, built up over the years by the Lourens family remains our primary focus. 18 months down the line we are proud to say we come from Klein River Cheese, Stanford in the Overberg and produce proudly South African cheese.

The shop and picnics moving into one premises has been a great success story and has allowed us to keep The Picnic Shed open all year round. Naturally, the old shop is always open for our guests to come in and view the age old cheese making process. We have been able to use this space far more successfully as a formal cheese tasting venue for the large groups who visit us on a regular basis.

Another change that we are making is in our trading hours. We are a working farm, which operates at full tilt from 6am. From 1st October 2016we will be aligning with our core business of producing cheese by trading 6 days a week. The new look picnic shed is open all year now for our guests to come and make a selection from our locally stocked deli and buy cheese of course! The Picnic Shed will be open for trading from 9am to 4pm Monday to Saturday. These extended trading hours

allows plenty of time for shopping and picnicking.

From the 1st October our seasonally popular picnic baskets for adults and children alike will be able to be booked in advance as has been the practice in the past.

Klein River Cheese is dedicated to making cheese and the picnic shed is a wonderful manner in which we share our beautiful farmstead with our community and the public at large. We come from a very strong family base and have chosen to completely close on a Sunday, to allow our staff, the farm and our family time to refresh, rest, enjoy our farm quietly and get ready for the next rather hectic week.

We know you will understand and respect that family values play a big role in this decision.

We look forward to welcoming you during the new summer season, book a picnic online, choose from our deli but most importantly come and sample our spectacular cheese.

Warm Regards, Pete and Mags Baleta and family

NATURE TALK

by Naas Terblanche

Why is nature conservation important? Is it only so that our grandchildren can see the plants and animals that we know and love, or is there a deeper importance to nature conservation? The truth is that we are part of nature, and by conserving nature we have a better chance of conserving ourselves. We seem to know this intuitively by the yearning we have to be close to nature and by our arts where the beauty of nature is expressed.

The real importance of the conservation of nature is that the long term continued survival of mankind is closely linked to the survival of intact eco-systems. Through the ages humans depended on nature to supply food, medicine, clothes, fuel and shelter. This has not changed. Most modern medicines originally came from plants. The crops that we plant are plants that were collected from all over the world and improved by selection. Can we just carry on with the wonderful crops and medicines that we now have and allow the “useless” wild plants to disappear? That can be disastrous for us. The pressure is building up for the development of crops that are more disease resistant. Where

WHY CONSERVE NATURE? do scientists look for this? Recently many fungus resistant traits were found in insignificant “useless” grasses and other plants and introduced into our present crops. Without that, many of our crops could fail to deliver high yields and we could face word wide starvation.

We know that there is a growing concern that antibacterial and antiviral drugs are becoming less and less effective because new bacteria and viruses mutate and quickly become resistant to our drugs.

Where can new effective drugs be found?

In nature’s laboratory where plants and animals have survived for millions of years by developing defences against attacks of diseases! These plants and animals contain complex molecules that could be harvested by us to replace our old antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal drugs, but at the alarming rate that whole ecosystems are destroyed this opportunity might soon be lost and we could face world pandemics against which we are defenceless.

The best way to save thousands of plants and animals from extinction is not the targeted protection of a few charismatic

species, but the conservation of whole ecosystems like our own fynbos kingdom, consisting of thousands of plants, insects and other life forms that we don’t even know much about. Every hectare fynbos lost now is a hectare fynbos lost forever. We ourselves cannot do much about the loss of rainforests, but we are the custodians of our environment, and I believe we have a duty to future generations to protect our fynbos.

How can we contribute to the protection of our fynbos? The biggest threats to our fynbos are: • Destruction of fynbos by expansion of commercial crop cultivation.

• Destruction of fynbos for town development • Drainage and pollution of wetlands.

• Invasive species like Port Jackson, Rooikrans and Wild Mirtle.

Please join the fight against the destruction of fynbos. If you are not in the position to contribute directly to the fight, please help by creating awareness!

TOURISM TALK

Stanford Tourism and Business is fresh-faced and ready for spring.

The cheerful pansies and wild lilies in our flower beds welcome visitors to the office and our walls are adorned with beautiful frames made a few years ago by local artists for the #StanfordFramed project. These frames now add a riot of colour and touch of class to our posters and notices. In the month of September, we shall use these frames to highlight the history and heritage of our village by displaying old photographs (our office spring cleaning session uncovered loads of surprises…) Please stop in and help us caption these fantastic photos which we will share on our social media platforms. Who knows, you may even spot yourself!

Orchestra to Stanford for the enjoyment of our locals. This quintet performed the Sunset Serenade in the Kruger Park and the Whale Serenade at the de Hoop Collection's Wine, Whales and Music weekend, and now they are performing in the picturesque Akkedisbergpas.

Check out our piece on Sunset Strings on 9 September at Stanford Valley Guest Farm on page 11. Stanford Tourism brought a quintet of musicians from the Johannesburg Philharmonic

Feel free to contact our office at any time. We are happy to help you with any information, and we welcome your suggestions of how you think we could do better!

Feel free to contact our office at any time. We are happy to help you with any information, and we welcome your suggestions of how you think we could do better.

Regards Stanford Tourism Committee

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All local schools are invited to send news and photographs each month.

SCHOOL TALK

By Maryanne Ward

DE BRON MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION

PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF TEAM BUILDING 7 September 2016

8 September 2016

Our staff loved their team building outing to Panthera Africa. A big thank you to the Panthera owners Cat & Lizaene and their brilliant team for the amazing work that they do at the sanctuary.

We are so proud to have you in our area! Special thanks to Mr Mike Gibbs for sponsoring this team build for our teachers and staff. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing these magnificent beasts!

Congratulations Karla Hoffman (Gr 4 for achieving 3rd place in the Overberg Mathematics Competition!

We wish you luck for the second round on 17th September 2016.

OVERBERG ISIXHOSA SPELLING COMPETITION 6 September 2016 Congratulations on your achievement, you made everyone so proud!

Zukile Plestin - Grade 6 - 2nd Zikhona Masiko - Grade 2 - 3rd Liyema Matikinca - Grade 5 - 3rd May today's success be the beginning of tomorrow's achievements!!!!

ENLIGHTEN TRUST DONATES BOOKS 8 September 2016 We would like to sincerely thank Enlighten Trust for the donation of books for the Gr R library. The books you so generously donated were very much appreciated, thank you!

Voor Links na regs: Jocelyn Manuel, Ongeziwe Plamana, Kayla Mattysi, Simamnkele Charlie Agter Links Na regs: Me K Dreyer, Enlighten Trust verteenwoordiger, Me N Apleni

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Zikhona Masiko

SCHOOL TALK

OKKIE SMUTS

2016 OVERBERG EDUCATION DISTRICT SPELLING COMPETITION 6 September 2016 Congratulations to all the learners who won!

These are the winners of the circuit competition compete against other learners in our district.

2016/09/08 RESULTS DISTRICT PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION 9 September 2016 The competition is about problem solving in mathematics. The grades involved in this round is: Grade 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 only.

We wish to congratulate our learners who achieved places in the competition.

Well done guys!

Gr1E - Charlotte Whiters 1st Place, Ezrah Matthee 2nd Place

Left to right: Nelissa Yana Gr 4AE 2nd place

Kelsey Montagu Gr 4AE 1st place Charlotte Withers Gr 1E 2nd place

Gr2E - Rachel Horn 1st Place, Gr3A - Tanique van der Walt 1ste Plek Gr4E - Kilian Conrad 1st Place, Salmah Sydow 2nd place

PROVINCIAL SPELLING BEE

Gr6AE – Jade Coetzee 1st Place, Nicole Dreyer 2nd Place

17 September 2016 As part of the Integrated National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy the Department of Basic Education (DBE) is hosting a Spelling Bee. The Intermediate phase (Grade 4-6) is the only category that is eligible to participate in the competition. The Competition will be held only in English.

by Samantha Upfold

IT'S STUMBLE TIME AGAIN! Now in its’ fifth year, this popular event brought to you by the Stanford Wine Route raises funds for the Butterfly Foundation and thereby the Butterfly Centre in Stanford. The Stanford Stumble is an awesome day out for the whole family, and entails a gentle meander (or a run, if you are that way inclined) through the vineyards, with teams encouraged to dress in their most outrageous outfits. What makes for even more fun is the fact that traditional water stops are replaced by wine stations enroute, and many new friendships have been forged along the way. We are grateful to have the support of the Stanford Wine Route, ensuring that participants can sample some of the fine wines available from this area during their stumble through the vineyards of Stanford Hills. The race will be started by Alissa Coetzee, our

Miss Teen Commonwealth SA finalist and supporter of the Butterfly Centre. Her efforts in 2016 already raised over R40 000 for the cause! After the race there is a variety of local live music, food, face painting and a cash bar. The venue is fantastic for children, with its’ jungle gym, trampoline, and rowboats on the dam.

This year there will be a spit braai for R100 per adult, and all proceeds from this will also be for the Butterfly Centre.

Registration is from 3pm, race starts 4pm.

After the race we will hold a short auction as well as judging and prizes before the full festivities kick off. This includes a prize for best Movember mo, best dressed and best team spirit. Entry fees are R100 per adult and R50 per child, special rates for larger teams.

Bohlokoa Ramotsamai Grade 5 learner represented Okkie Smuts Primary on Saturday 17 September at the Provincial Spelling Bee. We are very proud of her achievement to have come this far in the competition STANFORD RIVER TALK 9

SCHOOL TALK

FUNIMFUNDO

By Regina Krut

FOOD 4 THOUGHT & FUNIMFUNDO Regina Broenner, is a highly qualified Occupational Therapist, living and practicing in Stanford. She has spent many years offering her services and time to Funimfundo preschool as well as Die Bron Primary school. Her aim and focus is to enhance all the basic skills for foundation phase learners. Her involvement at Funimfundo preschool has been invaluable not only for the children but also for the teachers and the parents in our community. Here she talks about a recent occupational therapy session she facilitated at Funimfundo.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AT FUNIMFUNDO PRE SCHOOL I arrived at school with a lot of boxes filled with glue, paint, wool and other treasures, all part of an Occupational Therapists kit, and the kids were so excited!

In the classroom we unpacked to boxes to discover the content. The children were stimulated by the items in front of them and they used their senses to touch, smell and see the various objects. The theme was wild animals and we did a big collaborative collage using pictures and natural materials. Nandipha, the grade R teacher, had already prepared the children for this session by introducing them to the wild animals of Africa through a variety of classroom projects and activities.

Our focus was to enhance the children’s hand and eye skills which are essential tools needed in everyday life. The cutting, pasting and the activity require working together in a group and listening carefully, as well as having to wait turns when sharing materials. Watching this I realized that it is the small, simple activities of everyday life that teach children most effectively how to move and navigate in the world - the ability to listen, to speak up confidently, to share, to help, to use their bodies for exploring the world around them and to express their inner worlds to the outside.

This group of grade R learners will go into big school soon and we have to ask ourselves as the educators, therapists, parents and grandparents what we can do to prepare and equip our children for school, but even more importantly, for life.

When I observe how the grade R teacher, Nandipha, speaks to her children and how she looks at her children with so much love, empathy and kindness, I feel confident that these children will be prepared to step out into life and move with the same love and confidence that has been shown to them.

HOOPLAND AKADEMIE

ANNUAL SCHOOL REVUE Tickets will be available soon.

DATES: 27 OCTOBER ALL WELCOME 28 OCTOBER GALA EVENING

Regrettably no tickets will be sold at the door on either of the nights!

TITLE: "WALKING ON SHUSHINE" REVUE

WEDNESDAY: Dress rehearsal – by invite only to Volvertroue Dienssentrum and 60 Something Seniors THURSDAY: Revue FRIDAY: Gala evening

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During the month of September Fynbos and Hoopland received wonderful trees from Stanford Agri. They plan to make a big effort in planting the trees with the help of each and every child participating.

Here are photographs of the receiving of the trees.

Children from Hoopland sitting at the trees with Johan from Agri at the back

Annelize Zeelie at Fynbos receiving Johan from Agri Stanford

CANOE CLUB

by Karin Pohl Paddling conditions on the Klein River were pretty much ideal throughout September, with high water levels, balmy Spring temperatures and little wind early in the day. The Club’s development training programme is going really well and we are working hard to get our youngsters fit and ready for the Triple Series Sprint Challenge which will take place in Cape Town on 23 and 30 October and 6 November.

The Club is aiming to build three more boats during the school holidays. The harsh reality of this initiative remains that it costs in excess of R2000 to put a new canoe on the water Any contributions to the boat building fund would be most appreciated, and if you’d like to come and try your hand at boat-building, that would be equally welcome!

Membership fees are now also due. Costs are R300 for an adult for the year, R500 for a family (up to 4 members) and R50 for a junior/student. Junior development members join the club for free. Please email the club on stanfordcanoeclub@gmail.com for a membership form and the club’s bank account details. A copy of the Constitution is also available on request.

All Stanfordians are welcome to join us on the water on Saturday mornings. Fast or slow; no matter what boat you paddle – join us on the water! At present the paddlers get underway at 09h00 from the put-in at the bottom of King Street, but this is likely to change to 08h00 from October onwards. For the latest Club information, please join the Stanford Canoe Club Facebook page.

Klein River Cheese Farmstead New Season | New Look | New Times Open Monday – Saturday 9am – 4pm Klein River Farmstead offers an array of exceptional and award-winning South African cheeses.

All cheese is made using age-old artisinal methods using pasture-fed cow’s milk.

028 341 0693 www.kleinrivercheese.co.za R326, 7km outside Stanford

Sunset Strings

By Phil Murray

Stanford Tourism and Business was honoured to host a quintet of musicians from the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra on 9 September. They played a sunset concert at Stanford Valley Guest Farm to the delight of over 80 locals and visitors.

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Traditional German Meat Products

The plain whitewashed walls of the conference venue, originally a stable and barn, showed off the talents of Malané Hofmeyr-Burger and her fellow musicians, and the rain clouds parted so that long sunbeams drenched the lawns in golden light at sunset. The programme included well-known pieces from 'Madame Butterfly' and classical composers like Mozart, as well as a lively arrangement

of South African tunes which left the audience cheering for more.

Children joined the quintet in a few of their final pieces to help shake tambourines and shakers, and the music left everyone humming and on a musical high.

The combination of the music, the beautiful venue and delicious food and wine made this a memorable Stanford event. Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraising event, to William Stephens and to the Stanford Valley Guest Farm.

From left to right: Malane HofmeyeBurger (flute), Irene Tsoniff (violin), Ivo Ivanov (violin), Vladimir Ivanov (viola) and Peta Ann Holdcroft (cello)

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TALES FROM THE SUD

by Matt Chancey

In my last column I told the story of slogging through a swamp on the Darfur border in Sudan for the purpose of finding GPS coordinates for an old, overgrown airstrip. The rainy season had ended, but the flat terrain of the area still meant there were large patches of swamp around the Kiir river, which is the natural border between Darfur proper and the new nation of South Sudan.

January is very hot in Sudan, and for several hours, our party slogged through thigh-high filthy water. The swamp where we marched was a highway for cattle, so the warm, muddy water stank of cow waste. We were literally walking through an open sewer.

At the outset we packed as many bottles of water as we could, but by the time we crossed the swamp and reached the actual river bank, we were empty— and very thirsty. Our guide assured us there was a market in the little village across the river where we could buy some bottled water. So, with confidence we crossed the swollen river atop makeshift ferries of empty oil drums lashed together. The guide was right about one thing: there was a village. But it was abandoned. The market was mostly empty. Only a few merchants were there selling cheap batteries, hair extensions, dried okra, and orange drink mix.

SOAP BOX

by Martin Ranger

I’m not one for uniforms. In fact, apart from school and a period of service in the Royal Air Force Cadets I have not worn one for years. This, however, cannot be said of members of some of our political and civic organisations, many of whom who seem prepared to surrender their individuality in favour of a common identity.

Left-leaning groups naturally favour revolutionary red; the deeper the shade, the more sinister their philosophies. This colour is usually carried by a t-shirt, where a basic style is preferred over the (presumably) more capitalistic golfer. Then either a cap or a beret, the latter not pulled down over the right ear in a smart military way, but rather plonked like an upturned dog’s bowl on the centre of the head. Either way

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WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE...

No water, at least the drinkable kind.

When we asked, we were given a jug of water drawn from the filthy river we just crossed.

We settled for the next-best option— tea.

At least the water would be boiled. But the problem with drinking tea in Sudan is that half the glass is filled with sugar before the tea is added. So drinking the tea made us even more thirsty, and we still had hours of hiking to go. We quickly found the airstrip and grabbed the GPS coordinates and began the long march home. Our guide, a former mujahid sheik named Du Du Mohamed, saw that we were looking exhausted and thirsty, so he motioned to us not to worry about the water. 'It’s good, see?'

He then reached his hand down and slurped a big scoop of the sewer swamp water. As tired and thirsty as we were, we were definitely not tempted!

Besides, we had a major incentive to get back to our vehicle— it was filled with pure bottled water. We actually made excellent time on the way back, and the sight of our beat-up Toyota

Land Cruiser, with the portrait of Che Guevara painted on the back, was the best part of our day. The bottled water was about 33 degrees by that time, but we didn't care. We drank more than a camel’s worth each, and collapsed in the vehicle for the three hour drive back to base camp.

So the next time you are tempted to complain about the quality of water in Stanford, just think of the story of 'Sheik Du Du and the Sewer Swamp', and fill you glasses with gratitude.

Picture above:

The oil drum ferry into Darfur

DRESS CODE the organisations’ logos predominate.

Unsurprisingly the military veterans swagger and scowl in their camos in the hope that their bluster will be enhanced by this Castrolike look. Regrettably they little realise how their comedic strutting insults those who really served a cause.

branch office curtaining Passing through the centre and heading right, replacing an ‘E’ with a ‘Plus’ on the way, we see a more restrained style of dress. A t-shirt may appear on weekends and at rallies but it is here that the suit, whether Saville Row or Safari Ridge, enjoys sartorial dominance.

The more centrally-oriented organisations don the fake leather bomber jacket, also replete with a logo. These jackets often appear to be a little overwhelmed by the bulbous stomachs they try so vainly to cover.

Typically, women’s groupings tend to opt for a more feminine offering. Recently I watched a press conference featuring a pair of rotund middle-aged women sporting printed headgear and dresses that appeared to have been fashioned from lengths of recycled

As I look at what I’m wearing I sense that I have not been entirely honest with myself.

A denim shirt, chinos and sockless feet in loafers surely constitute a uniform of some kind?

And my logos? Well definitely not flags, spears and hammers. Maybe an occasional crocodile though.

THE STANFORD PLAYERS COUNT

by Rina de Wet, Founder We have now brought (almost) 5 affordable, high-quality, family-friendly, community theatre pieces to our region, and the event has escalated in popularity to the point where people come from far and away to enjoy this annual production.

We think it’s time for everyone who has contributed to our success to step back for a moment and take pride in what we have accomplished together.

This is truly a community effort and we rely heavily on the support of Stanford and our Overberg neighbours.

All committee and crew members contribute their time for free to add this rich, cultural experience to Stanford. Please support our upcoming

5 years

ON THE BOARD!

fundraising efforts and ticket sales.

This year we are proud to present another winning musical: TIMELESS - Songs of a Century.

We will whisk you from era to era in this whistle stop tour through music’s finest accomplishments, in our all-singing, all-dancing show.

DATES: Saturday, 17 December Monday, 19 December Tuesday, 20 December Tickets go on sale in November – remember to book early for the best seats!

Once again, we thank you. We could not do what we do without you!

LIVINGSTONE – PART 5

and clean sheets but found it difficult adapting as he had spent

David Livingstone was a ‘giant’ of the Victorian Age. On his shoulders were heaped honours and accolades, his books were bestsellers and the British Nation waited impatiently for news of his exploits in the wilds of Africa. Dying a lonely and painful death in central Africa, he was buried in Westminster Abbey – an honour never before afforded a commoner.

Guy Winchester-Gould tells the story of this remarkable missionary, doctor and explorer.

many years sleeping on a ‘mattress of leaves and grass’ on the ground!), and with sea air, rest and a nourishing diet his condition slowly improved. It was here that the captain of the British warship “Pinto” offered to repatriate him to England.

Livingstone declined as he felt duty-bound to lead his porters safely home to Linyanti, their starting point some months earlier.

This must have been a difficult decision to take knowing his wife and children had not seen him for over 2 years.

LUANDA At about this time (1853) Livingstone made the acquaintance of two Arabs who had recently completed an epic journey from Zanzibar, off Africa’s east coast, to Angola in the west, before re-tracing their steps. He listened intently and made detailed notes and in November, aged 40, departed Linyanti determined to end up in Luanda on Africa’s western seaboard. He succeeded in his quest but not before encountering hostile tribes which made aggressive demands of him. One chief so fancied his sleeping blanket that the weary and ill explorer was obliged to part with everything save for the clothes he stood in! Added to his woes he was suffering from chronic dysentery, an illness which had reduced the missionary-explorer to a living skeleton. So debilitated was he that his men were obliged to prop him up to prevent his collapse. For several days he was unable to write up his journal and almost within sight of Luanda his porters believed him to be dying. Arriving in Luanda on 1 May 1854, Livingstone had to be carried the last few kilometres.

Worn and emaciated but resolute, his spirit soon prevailed! After a good meal and comfortable bed (he exulted in the soft mattress

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Livingstone made the most of the opportunity, though, sending back to Britain aboard another vessel, ‘‘Forerunner”, accounts of his journeys (complete with detailed astronomical and hydrological observations), his journals, maps and observations including letters to family and friends. Only later did he learn that “Forerunner” had gone aground off Madeira with the loss of all lives, save one. His journals and letters, and especially those to Mary, were lost at sea. Dismayed but undaunted he stopped his march to reproduce his despatches and maps – a herculean feat given his poor state of health.

The return to Linyanti produced the same array of difficulties he’d encountered en route to Luanda. He and his men were again obliged to run a gauntlet of hostile chiefs and marauding tribes, and lurking was the inevitability of malaria. Eventually, months later, the party arrived home. He had kept his promise to deliver home safely his staff! After resting for some weeks Livingstone started out for the east coast on 3 November 1855, accompanied by 120 men, 10 slaughter cattle and 3 oxen which he favoured for riding. A large store of provisions made him feel nothing could possibly go wrong! (to be continued)

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FEEDBACK ON MUNICIPAL MATTERS

Ward Committee meeting: 14 September

by Bea Whittaker

IDP and Budget process A municipal Integrated Development Programme (IDP) and budget has a lifecycle of 5 years, and planning is now starting for the new cycle that will come into effect 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2022. The needs identified for Stanford are listed, but you are welcome to add to any of these needs by contacting a ward committee member before end October. Please keep in mind that the IDP informs the budget, and is read by the private sector to react on identified commercial needs, as well as by provincial and national governments to determine how to can allocate development funds. Private investors will also only make funds available for developments in town if the need has been identified in the IDP. • Holistic town planning approach, which includes the CBD and Market Square revitalisation plan, the integration of the village via development nodes (e.g. community hall precinct to include post boxes, library etc).

• Integrated sport/ ECD development complex (north of Die Bron school); the site being available in the portion land allocated for the new housing development.

• High school.

• Tarring of De Bruyn Street (heavy vehicular traffic).

• A proper bank – not only ATM services.

• Small (food) chain store close to Thembelihle.

• Fire truck, as well as fire hydrants in Thembelihle.

• Satellite police station in/close to new housing development.

• Tourism and recreational facilities along the river.

Riverfront development During the identification of the abovementioned needs, it was learnt that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the various facilities along the river, which had to be finalised by end June 2015, is not yet completed. As the ward committee was mislead in being told that the task was completed as per the 2014-15 ward-specific projects, this unacceptable situation will be taken further.

Draft by-law on special rating areas The purpose of a special rating area is for property owners to request that an additional levy is added to the rates for projects identified in the IDP which will most probably never come off the ground without an additional capital injection.

The Hermanus Public Protection unit is an example. In Stanford, this could be for e.g. the CBD revitalisation plan.

Public participation policy This policy, to be approved by council this month, clearly states that the municipality must “consult the community about the level of quality, range and impact of municipal services”, whilst the community must “contribute to decision-making process and submit written or oral recommendations, representations and complaints to council [directly], must be informed of council decisions and must be informed on municipal affairs, including finances”. You can read the entire policy online.

hours have been reduced to 2days/week.

Community Works Programme Some 500 opportunities will be created in the Overstrand for the unemployed youth (18 – 35). The aim is to provide them with an income for 2/days/week (max 8/ days/month) by becoming involved in community-based projects and learning a basic skill. Please a) register yourself on the municipal unemployment register and b) inform the municipality if your community organisation would require such assistance.

Municipal Matters Traffic calming in De Bruyn Street The speed dip in De Bruyn Street is ineffective, and it has been brought to the municipality’s attention, who has promised to look into the matter.

New housing development A social compact (housing committee) was elected in August. Members of Stanford Ratepayers, Conservation and Heritage registered as interested parties and have been assisting the committee (with the help of an independent town planner and an urban designer) to request that the various zonings within the area makes for a more integrated and cohesive residential design.

The result has been a new layout design which takes cognisance of the community’s needs, consolidated public open space areas, a ‘centralised’ commercial zone and a large area in which institutional and recreational facilities can be developed.

Working for the Coast The “Green Team” will probably start working again during October, but their

DIE OORSPRONG VAN DIE NEDERDUITDSE GEREFORMEERDE KERK STANFORD

by Amelia de Villiers Op 14 Oktober 1938 is Stanford NG gemeente as ‘n selfstandige gemeente verklaar is. Napier was die moedergemeente van die Stanford gemeente. Die gebeurtenis is so aangeteken in die eerste Kerkraadsnotule van Stanford, 15 Desember 1913. Die moedergemeente skenk aan Stanford benewens die reeds vaste bates wat die Ou Kerk, Kerksaal, predikantswoning en ook die erf insluit. Daar was ook een aandeel in die predikants pensioen fonds, 2 perde en ‘n rytuig vir gebruik in die gemeente, asook 600 pond in kontant geskenk, en die splinternuwe jong gemeente van Stanford het tot stand gekom. Die Eerste kerkraad het uit net 3 ouderlinge bestaan: Dirk Swart, Matthys STANFORD RIVER TALK 14

C. Franken en Izak Swart. Die diakens was Wessel J. van Dijk, Cornelis Swart, Hendrik van Dijk, Matthijs de Villiers en Hendrik Lourens.

Diegedenkwaardige eerste gekombineerde kerksraadvergadering van die NG Gemeente Stanford is gehou op 15 Desember 1913 met die doel om ‘n “Herder” en Leeraar vir die gemeente te kies. In hierdie vergardering is Konsultant Ds.A.B. Cilliers en nog 20 lede teenwoordig, end is die lys met kandidate was oopgemaak vir stemming. En so word Ds. F.J.W Koch verkies met 12 stemme teenoor Prop. J.R. Alheit met 9 stemme.

Die salaris vir die eerste predikant was vasgestel op 300 pond per jaar, en a verdere toelaag van 25 pond was

toegeken vir die aankoop van perdevoer.

Hierdie beroep het Ds. Koch van Mafeking tydens ‘n kollektetoer in Cradockgemeente op Kersdag ontvang en het hy dit as ‘n “mooi kersgeskenk” aan sy gemeente megedeel. Op ‘n vergadering van 17 Januarie 1914, reël die Kerkraad dan ook dat Broer de Villiers, Ds Koch te Caledon sal afhaal en Saterdag 28 Februarie 1914 om 14:30 vind die ontmoeting met die gemeente plaas, and later die aand het die bevestiging plaasgevind. Nou het Stanford sy eerste NG gemeente gehad!

Uittreksel uit Ned.Geref.Gemeente Jubileumfees 1913 - 1938 boekie.

Vervolg in volgende uitgawe: Bevestiging tot gemeente van Stanford.

ART TALK

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS with Linda Castle Welcome to Wonderland! At last the paper covering the windows has come down and Linda Castle’s new art gallery ‘Through the Looking Glass’ is open for all to discover. 'I chose the name deliberately as the gallery will be eclectic and exciting, and art speaks to different people in different ways,’ explains Linda. No sterile, white walls here; instead they are painted a deep, rich charcoal 'to make the paintings pop’. The voluminous ceiling, an inviting sofa and the offer of coffee make this stylish space an experience rather than just a gallery.

An artist herself, Linda is fascinated by people’s faces and enjoys discovering the stories behind each portrait she paints. 'I like to interpret people’s lives’ she says.

Her bold and contemporary paintings hang

from Zambia to Dubai. The gallery will also showcase the talent around the broad local area and the collection will include ceramics and sculptures. ‘It will be an organic process,’ describes Linda.

There are plans to have a feature artist every 2 - 3 months in order to rotate the display and keep things fresh and enticing.

Stanfordians can look forward to Michèle Nigrini’s exuberant artworks soon as she will be the featured artist in December, and there are rumours of a pop-up Gin Bar during the holidays. Those eating at Graze Café next door on a Wednesday morning will be able to paraphrase the words of the White Queen in Lewis Carroll’s classic ‘ Why, I have seen six beautiful things before breakfast!’

LAUNCH OF WELGESIND 2016 BLANC DE NOIR 2016, ROMANSE

by Karen McKee On 21 September Welgesind invited a select group of people to join in the merriment as they introduced their new 2016 Blanc de Noir, Romanse, at their cellar. ‘Welgesind’ is the Dutch translation referring to wellbeing, goodwill and good cheer, and all of these were present at this most enjoyable evening at this wine farm at the foot of the Kleinriver Mountains.

A feast of tasty snacks, cheese and delicious bakes were served which complimented the tasty wine beautifully.

Because the first Blanc de Noir was picked last year on 14 February, Amanda de Wit decided that it should be called “Romanse” according to the romance of the day. This year the label continued with another Blanc de Noir which is fresh, inviting and slightly floral while also being delightfully

by Su Wolf

dry. In addition to the Romanse they also produce around 800 bottles of outstanding Shiraz every year. More news is that Welgesind has recently officially become part of the Stanford Wine Route, so do put them on your list of places to visit!

Wine enthusiasts will have a great opportunity to experience the romance of this wonderful Blanc de Noir and Shiraz on 8 October, when Stanford Harvest will host a Welgesind wine and Stone House Cheese pairing.

Here you will be able to meet the Welgesind winemakers and the cheese guru of Stone House. Come and enjoy scrumptious cheese, wonderful wines and many other delicious treats.

The gallery will be initially be open from Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm and later on Friday evenings.

21 Queen Victoria Street. E-mail: throughthelookingglassgallery@gmail.com for more information.

NEW MARKET SQUARE PLAYGROUND BRINGS JOY TO MANY by Bea Whittaker It was Nicolene Jooste’s personal dream to start the playground on the market square. She went around knocking on doors and raising funds. Stanford Conservation came on board to facilitate the purchase of equipment and in June 2015, as part of her daughter’s Life Skills school project, the first stage of the playground was built. However, and as is the case with so many projects, further funding commitment became a problem that temporarily halted progress.

Booking is essential, priced at R150 per person. Book on 083 409 8126 or 081 021 2313.

Early in 2016 a Stanford father of young children (who wishes to remain unknown) decided to make it his mission to finalise the project. With the help of Abrie Hickman and his Adenco team of workers, Phase 2 was completed in January 2016. Phase 3 had to wait until the Adenco team had some free time again, and this part was then finalised in the month of September to the delight of everybody involved. Judging from the excitement on the faces in these photographs, as well as the number of parents and children making use of the facilities on a weekend, the market square playground is a very valuable asset to the village indeed! A huge thanks to all the workers and businesses who contributed to this community project!

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KITCHEN TALK

By Bryan Robertson

CHICKEN AN 'ALL...

Spring time rolls around and suddenly everything in the kitchen needs to be quick and light and served with salad. The history of my cooking lifecycle, thanks to Hunny and The Kid. As a result of this, I've learned a few recipes that are able to be slapped together and satisfy every critic in the house.

More often than not, chicken features strongly in these dishes, and breasts are always top of the list. Nothing beats value for money quite like a three pack chicken breast pack. Slip you fingers between the flesh and the bone, whip the skin off, and you're ready to go.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMON AND CAPERS 4 chicken breasts Flour for dusting (seasoned) 1 Tablespoon capers, chopped 45g Butter Grated rind and juice of a large lemon Freshly ground black pepper

GREEN BEAN SALAD WITH MINT A simple salad that can be eaten warm or cold 300g French green beans mint leaves 1 garlic clove Juice of 1 lemon Salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Top and tail the beans and boil them until tender. Drain.

Finely chop the garlic and the mint leaves, and then mix with the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Stir in the beans and mix well. A variation would be to include some chopped cherry tomatoes.

Dust the chicken breasts in the seasoned flour. Heat the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat, and when hot, add the chicken breasts. Fry on both sides until cooked and golden (about 15 minutes). Remove the chicken to a heated serving dish. Add to the same pan the chopped capers, the grated rind of the lemon and all the juice of the lemon. Stir well to deglaze the pan, season with salt and pepper and pour over the chicken.

RAINFALL Supplied by Seymour Paterson 2009

2010

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2015

2016

ave

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8.5

19

14

35

37

104

23.4

22.4

32.7

FEB

11

17.5

20

16

16

17

18.2

23.1

16.5

MARCH

20.5

20

26

28.5

29

25

14

64.7

23

APRIL

27.6

30

56

53.3

54

48

13.3

35.3

29.7

MAY

55

66.5

83

43.5

55

30

33.2

18

62.1

JUNE

106.3

91.5

88

86

84

139

160

101

107

JULY

97.5

43

56

103

33

91

109.5

143.8

93.1

73.9

90.6

AUG

89

46

74

125

234

41

52.4

SEPT

88

35.5

25.5

73

60.5

42

42.2

56.2

OCT

92

50

25

111.5

62

36

23.7

56.3

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31

57

42

26

212

43

49.5

55 18.3

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40

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Come celebrate our 2 year anniversary this month!

LIVING SOUNDTRACK

By Andrew Herriot

TRAVELLING ACROSS KENYA, 1994 – 2000

What happens when you wear a kilt in Kenya…

most importantly without other musos to embrace my desire to make music!

Kenya is vast. I accepted a 5 year contract on British Government terms to assist with the improvement of management practices in primary schools throughout Kenya. The programme was named PRISM. The 5 years did not include or indeed offer haunting refrains but the legacy after 5 years did include a PRISM song. Kenyans are a sol-fah nation.

They sing in three or four part harmony and it comes naturally. Why would a budding jazz enthusiast need to engage in a pastime of music when each day the harmonies of various groups throughout the land give voice to music that is pleasing, and rhythmical?

I was fascinated that my associates across the whole of Kenya, with accelerando, got to know the PRISM song so that every time I visited a Training Centre the song was sung when we gathered to reflect on the day’s activities. I responded on each of those occasions, as was expected in Kenya and indeed in Africa, with the usual inspirational end-of-workshop loquacious monologue. One abiding memory involved a visit to the Rift Valley Province, the home of the great distance runners it is claimed, and on that occasion Cathryn accompanied me. On each workshop event there were often about 100 teachers and education officials representing the school sector who were assembled to deliberate on important issues such as school development planning and good management of finances and learning.

All my colleagues up and down the country by then had wind of my Scottish background and therefore I dressed up in my finery, tartans, kilt and all, and this was much appreciated by Kenyans since they themselves enjoyed attiring in tribal finery.

Once again I find myself piano-less but not without a surround of music and therefore optimistically in the absence of withdrawal symptoms. My relationship with the ‘acoustic’ was definitely strained but not uncomfortable. I was much too busy traveling with my Kenyan project partner across the immensity of Kenya while these 90s evoked thoughts of my musical 50s (Scottish Country Dance Band), 60s (jazzing it up in a College of Education) and 70s and 80s (directing cabarets in Lesotho and musically pausing in Scotland and Zambia). The 90s as many of us will recall welcomed the growth of the Internet, emailing and instant communication, CDs and DNA profiling (and who we are), two-way texting, extra-large hand-held phones, and Austin Powers. It is now claimed today that DNA helix structures can be modified. I wish I could have tampered with my DNA in the 50s to ensure that my tendencies towards music would be emboldened. Here I am in the midst of a huge country, without a piano and

equally warmly about the gender mix and her female presence at such an august moment (Kenya like most African nations does have a tendency to be male-oriented), she invited me to alight on the stool, resplendent in my kilt and other fineries from Scotland, whereupon she proclaimed that all males attending this workshop should observe closely my apparel (she actually said ‘duds’!) and conclude who “REALLY wears the trousers in her family”.

The workshop participants collapsed in howls of laughter and applause in appreciation and began singing the PRISM song and giving the most delicious utterances and ululations thus bringing the workshop proceedings to a most memorable close and confirming for me my apogee that was music to my ears which was firmly engrained in my DNA psyche. What’s next?

While I was making wise altruistic pronouncements on the success of the workshop and warmly applauding the organisers for their hospitality and in particular how the mix of personnel present at the workshop was well balanced, I invited Cathryn (unprepared) to say a few words to the participants.

One can imagine the immediate horror and glaring-to-kill of being asked to speak before a very large all-ears group of educators but very quickly bold Cathryn, suitably and modestly dressed for the occasion, requested a stool to be placed next to her and while she spoke

STANFORD: RETICULATED DRINKING WATER RESULTS

WATER TESTING - STANFORD RIVER WATER RESULTS

Escherichia coli (E.coli) – bacteria that is a normal inhabitant of the human intestine. Its presence in a sample indicates pollution from human faeces. Total Coliform bacteria – is the name for all the bacteria that produce gas and acid from the fermentation of lactose and its presence in a sample indicates pollution from the intestines of both humans and animals. Heterotrophic Plate Count – is a standard microbiological method used to determine the efficiency of operations to remove or destroy organisms, good and bad, during the treatment process.

The treated sewerage outlet point into the Kleinriver is at the slipway at the end of Du Toit Street. The stream in the middle of town, starting in the dip in De Bruyn Street, is partly fed by the treated effluent from the waste water treatment works which gets complemented only in winter, by the overflow of the two dams in the middle of town. The two sampling points for the river are thus respectively known as under and above the treated sewerage outlet point.

Determinant (e. Coli) Standard 0-130/100ml

Under treated Sewerage Outlet poin (Jetty next to erf 396)

Above treated Sewerage Outlet point (Bridge R43 to Hermanus)

DETERMINANT

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AUG

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0

0

Total Coliform bacteria STANDARD (10/100ml)

5

0

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150

142

Heterotrophic Plate Count STANDARD (5000/100ml)

21

0

AUGUST

1732

1158

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CHRISTIAN TALK

Love, sweet love...

A message from the Christian Forum

By Rev. Hildie Pansegrouw

In Afrikaans there is a poem about the month of October

the greatest commandment was and the answer that emerged

being the loveliest month of the year because of all the

was a quote from Deuteronomy chapter six; You must love

flowers. The big thing about this is that the flowers and nature

the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and

in general are all joining to display God’s greatness. If we

all your strength, and Jesus added and your neighbour as

really stop to think we will have to acknowledge the greatness

yourself. An old missionary once said that the Bible does

of the One who created it all. One of the computer drawing

not say that you must like the other person but that you had

programs advertises that it can display 40 million colours, but

to love that person. And it is a fact that love can cover a

I feel that it is a few million short of what God can do and has already done. In studying violin I had to learn that you can create a sound that does not exist in written music, but there are sounds in nature that also cannot be displayed in known

multitude of wrongs and lift up our whole being to something much greater than what we can ever dream of. We can be like one of those hidden colours, colouring the world around us with love.

written music form. God is much greater than we think and

Let us move out today with love to colour the world and so

some of His attributes cannot be described or even imagined.

bring untold blessings to others around us. There is a song

Is it not wonderful to realise that we serve a God who loves

that says “what the world needs now is love sweet love”

us much more than we could ever dream of. God’s love is

we can produce it and spread it around to bring wonderful

unique and very special and covers our very unique needs.

colours to others – so let’s do it!

In a discussion someone had with Jesus, He was asked what

PLANT TALK

LOOKING OUT FOR GROUND ORCHIDS

by Suzanne-Francoise Rossouw-Moss Here in the Western Cape we are very privileged this time of the year with many of our local fynbos species displaying their spring flowers. When you drive from Stanford to Gansbaai you would see many flowering plants on the side of the road in between the grass (until it becomes time for the local municipality to tidy up the area and cut the grass!).

An interesting plant to keep an eye open for now if you make this trip is one of the Satyr orchid species also known as a Trewwa (Satyruim sp). I remember always seeing them around the turn off to De Kelders, but they can be found in most of the undisturbed plots in that area. If you don't know the plants well you would think them to be just another bulb growing next to the road. The Trewwa is a perennial plant that survives for

most of the year as a tuber underground.

The plant bears numerous densely spaced flowers are born on a thick stem from August to November each year. The waxlike flowers face downwards and are not twisted like other orchid varieties.

Between the different species found locally the flower colours would range from white, pink and shades of green. The thick fleshy green leaves can be found at the base of the flower stem. More leaves develop on this stem as the flower grows in height. Plants can grow on average between 60 - 80cm in height, making it possible for the passerby to notice them. Unfortunately this is not a plant that will be found in your average garden as they are fairly scarce and also mostly unknown.

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"OUR GIRL"

By James Yeats

In the beginning of the year I worked on a BBC TV series called “Our Girl” and it has just recently started showing in England. I watched the first two episodes and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it actually is.

The story starts in London where Georgie Lane (Michelle Keegan) and Elvis Harte (Luke Pasqualino) are about to get married. They are both in the Military, Georgie is a Medic and Elvis is a soldier. They are very much in love, but on the day of the wedding Elvis is a no-show and Georgie is left devastated at the altar. The story now fast forwards 2 years into the future and we meet Georgie again - she is now working at a military college and seems to have put her life back together again.

She is soon asked to join a humanitarian mission to help refugees

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in Nairobi (actually a farm outside Durbanville!). The locals don’t all take kindly to the British Army’s presence there at all and the atmosphere is volatile. Georgie gets taken hostage by a group of rebels and her adventure/nightmare begins.

The British call for a Special Forces team to try rescue Georgie. As fate would have it, Elvis is in the Special Forces and now the only man who can save her is the very same one that left her waiting at the altar.

It was a lot of fun working on this production and thanks to a talented director and great crew, the end result is outstanding. The series has a bit of everything; a love story, lots of drama of war and tonnes of tense moments and action. I really liked it and highly recommend that you get to watch it!

by Sarah James

This month, Heritage Month, we were lucky to get Bea Whittaker talking to Probus about the history of Stanford Conservation and how important it is to preserve this Heritage. Bea firmly believes that one’s life is moulded by the people one meets. Although she was born into a musical family and could have chosen a career as a singer, she was destined to change her course quite dramatically. She became a maths teacher but ended up studying public relations because of her husband’s interests.

Finally, she ran a printing business at the age of 28, after the tragic death of her first husband. But the business aspect interested her so much that she completed her MBA and then worked at Water Affairs, where she met her second husband Basil! In 1994 Basil and Bea decided to buy a house in the Cape area and ended up buying - guess where - in Stanford! And that is when they became involved with Stanford Conservation.

Some 22 years later, they are still involved. How lucky are we in Stanford that Bea has kept this passion going. After her talk, we enjoyed a delicious lunch at The Royal Oke, sitting near a roaring fire and looking out at the beautiful view - definitely worth a visit.

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What's On EVERY WEDNESDAY, 09:00-12:00

Graze Farmers Market 30 September and 21 October Fish, crustaceans and foraged greens - enjoy a day with renowned Chef Jurgen – Springfontein Eats The day will start with foraging with Chef for greens, a cooking class with recipes and demonstration of techniques and will culminate in 3 course meal including wine pairing. R750 pp secures your space.

Booking essential Tel: 028 341 0651 or hospitality@springfontein.co.za

1 OCTOBER 10:00 - 15:00

OUTSIDE-IN pop-up gallery Blue Moon Farm, Stanford An exhibition of work by local artists Tracy Algar and Jean Jonker. Come along and meet the artists and join us for a glass of sangria. For more info call Tracy 084 584 3757 or email hello@tracyalgar.co.za

1 - 2 OCTOBER, 10:00 TILL LATE

Baardskeedersbos Art Route This eclectic, colourful and creative weekend is a highlight on the calendar. If you have never been before, make sure you don't miss this special bi-annual weekend of open houses and galleries, with original artworks by locals from the Overberg and guest artists from Cape Town. Park your car and then drink in the creativity of this delightful village, and don't hesitate to lay your hands on some original local art.

1 - 2 OCTOBER

Pop-up at Lokal during the Bbos Art Route Lokal with chef Suzi Holtzhausen will be open for soup, wok toss, salad, pasta, sliders, bunny

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chow, pot pies, dippers, garden veggies, slow cooks during the Bbos Art Route.

To book call Lainy 028 384 1865

6 OCTOBER, 19:00

Wine & Wisdom Trivia Quiz Stanford Harvest Restaurant R50 to participate, food menu and cash bar available.

To book contact: Annie Ranger: ranger@reedcottage.co.za, 028 341 0984. Proceeds to Stanford Conservation.

12 - 16 OCTOBER

Self Sufficiency Workshop at Good Luck Cottage with Tabby from Graze. To sign up for more information, please go to eepurl.com/cdJFQL

14-15 OCTOBER 09:00 - 16:00

Creative Self-Expression workshop, Blue Moon Farm A two day intuitive art workshop with local artist Tracy Algar at her home/studio at Blue Moon Farm.

Mixed media. Booking essential. For more information please call Tracy 084 584 3757 or email hello@tracyalgar.co.za

29-30 OCTOBER 09:00 - 16:00

Animal Totem intuitive art workshop, Blue Moon Farm A two day intuitive art workshop with local artist Tracy Algar at her home/studio at Blue Moon Farm.

Mixed media. Booking essential. For more information please call Tracy 084 584 3757 or email hello@tracyalgar.co.za

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CLASSIFIEDS There is an HONESTY BOX at Stanford Tourism where you can pay for your classifieds. Please enclose the amount in an envelope or ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or call 081 750 4006 SMALL ADS: R1 a word JAZZ PIANO TUITION AND GIGS. Call Andrew 072 571 7846 AA STANFORD OLD MILL, Adrienne Jones 083 450 2077 WANTED: Girls bicycle size 26 in good condition, 083 675 1116 CURTAINS ROMAN BLINDS CUSHIONS All shapes and sizes Made with great care Anni in Stanford 076 461 1850 Small alterations, hems & zips also done

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AFRICAN HORSE COMPANY

Private sale A large, magnificent plot is for sale in Buiten Street which retains the rural charm of Stanford’s farming days, with the convenience of being part of this wonderful village.

guided multi-day trails & outrides along the whale coast & through unspoilt nature reserves. +27 (0) 82 667 9232 omstables@telkomsa.net www.africanhorseco.com

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We are adding our Coffee Corner voices to your chorus of birthday wishes!

If YOU are on this page and enjoy our singing, pop around on your birthday to add a free coffee to your present basket :) All our customers are special but our birthday ones are extra special.

Marisa and the Coffee Corner team

Onalo Apolosi 26 September

Ruby Walne 1 October

Nonkoliseko Mngeni 3 October

Mivuyo Apolisi 3 October

Beauty Thobeka Apolisi 3 October

Jenna Theron 4 October

Khayone Ziwele turns 1 on 8 October

Tamara Krut 9 October

Basil Whittaker 10 October

Funny Yolamu Banda 10 October

Thembisda Apolisi 12 October

Cade Ingles 13 October

Reinhard Odendaal 14 October

Aluve Mngeni 15 October

Hero Chancey 16 October

If your birthday or a special occasion is coming up, please email: ed@stanfordrivertalk.co.za or send an sms 081 750 4006

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Japie Louw 16 October

Tracey Paton 17 October

Aphiwe Malele Sodam 17 October

Chanette Paul 20 October

Seymour Paterson 20 October

Nobandile Kuze 18 October

Werner Jacobs 21 October

Graig Niemand 25 October

Nondumiso Gobeni 26 October

Zoleka Zawula 26 October

Ros Nale 26 October

Janice Gilman 29 October

Onako Mancoba 30 October

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Ruben Art

CONTEMPORARY & COLLECTABLES 2 Queen Victoria Street, Stanford Cliff Raubenheimer co- owner of Ruben Art Gallery, specializes in South African collectable and investment art. He manages a large portfolio, sources excellent investment pieces and offers opportunities to a large database of clients.

Stanford Gallery does not hold these Old Masters locally but these particular artworks are marketed exclusively on request only, thus maintaining their exclusivity. Cliff also offers the services of consultancy if you need your art to be valued and authenticated.

Ruben Art Gallery does however currently carry the following names of interest: Hennie Niemann Kenneth Baker Pieter van der Westhuizen Jan Dingemans Roy Taylor Danté Ruben Kobus Louw Wessel Marais Eben van der Merwe Don Marge Isabel le Roux Otto Klar Frank Spears Errol S Boyley Carl Buchner DANTÉ RUBEN

Contact Cliff 083 770 0529

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Telephone Directory

The Stanford Telephone Directory will list personal and business telephone numbers in and around the village. This A5 booklet contains a calendar, school term dates and is used daily by Stanford residents, thus ensuring maximum coverage for your business. 3 000 copies of the Stanford Telephone Directory 2016/2017 will be printed and distributed for free throughout Stanford and the Overberg.

PLEASE FILL IN AND DROP OFF AT STANFORD TOURISM FREE LISTING NAME HOME TEL NO BUSINESS NAME BUSINESS TEL NO

ADVERTISING BOOKING If you take an advert for your business, your business name will also be in bold and capitals within the main body of the directory and listed in the index.

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DEADLINE FOR ADVERTS: 20 OCTOBER 2016 Adverts must be a minimum of 300 dpi JPEG, TIFF or PDF files. Only CMYK for colour ads. Changes that can be done in less than half an hour to existing adverts published in previous directories will be done free of charge.

All new adverts must be sent ready for printing. Email your advert to design@stanfordrivertalk.co.za.

ALL ADVERTISEMENTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY 20 OCTOBER 2016.

Failure to do so will result in removal of your advertisement from the publication before printing.

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LOCAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES

LIST YOUR BUSINESS FOR JUST R12.50 A MONTH (ONLY R150/YEAR).

ACCOMMODATION A Stanford Country Cottage Beloftebos Cottages Morton Cottage Mosaic Farm Oom Pietjie se Huisie

Reiersvlei Stanford River Lodge The Country Cottage Villa on the Bay Walshacres Riverside

082 320 0982 082 391 5331 082 450 3970 028 313 2814 073 156 9997 028 341 0888 082 213 0512 028 341 0444 083 553 0663 082 336 1573 082 614 6322

ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES Maryke Brandt 072 172 9545 Allan Youens 082 903 4432

ELECTRICIAN HCD Electrical

084 769 1053

ESTATE AGENTS Pam Golding 028 341 0708 Stanford Village Properties 082 893 2282

072 111 9321

RESTAURANTS 1892 Stanford Spookhuis Barke Restaurant Birkenhead Galley Marianas Springfontein Eats

028 313 2814 028 341 0116 028 341 0013 028 341 0272 028 341 0651

TELEVISION/DSTV Rod Dacre Television

073 160 4495

VINTAGE & LINEN Lace

082 781 1704

WEDDING VENUES Beloftebos Mosaic Farm Stanford Hotel Villa on the Bay

082 391 5331 028 313 2814 082 781 1704 082 336 1573 028 341 0651 072 371 7546 028 3410 841

HAIR Jeanne Retief

072 318 2478

HOTEL Stanford Hotel

082 781 1704

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Stanford Country Cottages

082 320 0982

INTERIORS Kiwinet Maureen Wolters

028 341 0209 082 450 3970

MASSAGE & HEALTH Stanford Health Practice

082 481 8285

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES Klein River Picnics River Rat Boat Cruises

WINE CELLAR & SALES Springfontein Wine Estate

Stanford Hills Estate

028 3410 693 083 310 0952

WOOD

ARCHITECTURE Guy Whittle Grant Anderson Maureen Wolters

076 113 2741 072 364 3694 082 450 3970

BUILDING Stanford Bricks

028 341 0685

BUILDING PLANS Jan Biernacki

072 546 1567

CONFERENCE CENTRE Mosaic Farm

PETS & PET CARE Stanford Kennels Syringa Country Kennels

028 341 0961 028 341 0961

028 313 2814

PLUMBING PlumbTec

082 609 0809

Walshacres Farm

028 341 0685 / 082 898 4889

WEEKLY TIMETABLE Monday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Monday 17:30, Running Time Trials 5km, corner Adderley and Longmarket, last Monday of each month at Stanford Hills Estate.

Monday & Wednesday, Canoeing, Slipway Church St, John Finch 028 341 0444, Jan Malan 082 452 9877 Tuesday 08:30 – 10:00, Iyengar Yoga, Birkenhead Brewery, Marianne 082 2919 638.

Tuesday 17:30 & Friday 08:30, Maitri Yoga, Tasha Saha, 076 968 8608.

Tuesday & Thursday 17:00 to 18:00, Tae Bo, Okkie Smuts School Hall, Ronnie 083 655 4521.

Tuesdays 08:30: Canoe Club Social paddle (any craft), 17:30: Canoe Club10 km and 6 km time trials. Chris Wolf 083 455 3605 Tuesday & Thursday 17:30, Cycling, cnr de Bruin & Moore Streets, Sunday 08:00 Caltex Garage David Morrison 082 321 7996, John Finch 082 378 1935.

Wednesday, 18:30, Rotary Stanford Club Meeting, Don Gelato. Everyone welcome. Lana 082 216 4398.

Wednesdays 10:00 – 10:30, 'War Room' Prayer Meeting, NG Church Hall. All Welcome Thursday 18:30 - 21:30 Heal Your Life® Evening Group Sessions 071 382 9033 Thursday 09:00 – 10:15 Yoga Leli 082 350 0253 Friday 09:00, Yoga, 084 685 2641, Viv von der Heyden, 23 Quick Street.

Fridays: 19:30 – 20:30 Alcoholics Anonymous, Okkie Smuts School Hall, Call Peter 082 7888 630 or Theo 082 635 3193 Saturdays 08:00: Canoe Club 10 km and 6 km time trials. Contact Chris Wolf 083 455 3605

WORSHIP IN STANFORD CHRISTEN GEMEENSKAPS BEDIENING 10:00 NG Kerksaal Almal welkom

NG GEMEENTE STANFORD Sondae 9:00 in die kerkgebou Office tel 028 3410 966

VG KERK (next to De Bron School) 10:00 Sunday morning Maureen Diedericks 028 3410 691

ST THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Morton St, Father Joseph Gabriëls 028 3410588 1st Sunday of the month 10:30 Communion (Afr) 2nd Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr) 3rd Sunday of the month 08:00 Communion (Eng) 4th Sunday of the month 10:30 Service (Afr)

STANFORD UNITED CHURCH Interdenominational, St Thomas Church, Morton Str 6pm Sunday (English service) Bible Study 7pm Tuesday night, 45 Queen Victoria Str Jan Troost 072 3459057

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF GOD cnr Queen Victoria & Bezuidenhout St. 09:30 Sunday service Pastor Johnny van der Schyff 028 3410 422

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OFFICE DETAILS: Agent Rosalind Nale Tel: +27 (28) 341 0708 Cell: +27 (78) 603 4046 rosalind.nale@pamgolding.co.za 6 Queen Victoria Street, Stanford, 7210 Office email: stanford@pamgolding.co.za www.pamgolding.co.za

GLEDSMUIR FARM R15.9 MILLION JOINT MANDATE - STA 1282598

HERITAGE BEAUTY R3.95 MILLION JOINT MANDATE - STA 1285966

COUNTRY CHARMER R3.6 MILLION EXCLUSIVE MANDATE - STA 1275832

IDEALIC SPOT R3.3 MILLION EXCLUSIVE MANDATE - STA 1277751

EASY LIVING R1.975 MILLION EXCLUSIVE MANDATE - STA 1268964

OUTSTANDING VIEWS R895,000,00 EXCLUSIVE MANDATE - STA 1278895

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