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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters “Tonight I stepped on this stage as Demi-Leigh NelPeters; I now greet you as Miss South Africa 2017. Thank you.” Q Tell us about your journey to the Miss SA crown, which you won on 26 March 2017. A I have dreamt of this my whole life, since I was just a little girl. At first I just admired the glamorous women walking on the Miss SA stage, but I have been inspired and motivated by their achievements. I have learned to work hard and do well at school and to push my limits. If I can make that difference to just one girl’s life, I would have done well. My dream came true – yours can too. Q How did you feel when you were announced as Miss South Africa 2017? A I was overwhelmed. It was an eight-month long process of blood, sweat and tears. The amount of work going into the campaign is staggering. I worked very, very hard for this, and am so deeply grateful that all this hard work paid off. Q You have been in leadership positions and making a difference since you were at school. What were those positions? A I was the first girl in my high school to be chosen as head girl of both my school and my hostel. I was also elected as the Deputy Junior Mayor of the George City Council in Grade 11. Q Tell us a bit more about your family. A I grew up in two loving households. My parents got divorced when I was two years old and I am so lucky to have had four wonderful and supportive parents throughout my life. I never felt like anything was wrong, because this was my normal. Page 4
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AWSUMCelebrity Interview With these words, Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters signalled her transition to becoming a national role model for the women of South Africa and officially the most beautiful woman in South Africa. AWSUM News chatted to Demi-Leigh about her journey from the small coastal town of Sedgefield, where she matriculated with five distinctions at Outeniqua High School, to stepping into the national limelight. Q What do you do in your free time (if there is such a thing)? A I like going to the gym for a good workout, and also to do ParkRuns. I love taking my two Yorkies, Benji and Baxter, for a walk. I also like reading – mostly fiction and science fiction, and also autobiographies. I have recently read The Alchemist and Charlize Theron’s autobiography. Q What is your favourite food? A I’m a real foodie! I am not fussy at all and eat just about everything. I love tucking into oxtail in a red wine reduction served with butternut and samp, and also barbeque pork rib with oven-roasted vegetables. And you can give me dark chocolate and good coffee anytime. Q What do you plan to contribute during your reign? I want to promote entrepreneurship and job creation for the women of South Africa. I hold a B.Com in Business Management and Entrepreneurship from North-West University and it will stand me in really good stead to follow in the footsteps of successful previous Miss South Africas such as Jo-Anne Strauss, Cindy Nell and Basetsana Kumalo. Q What would you like to say to the young girls and young women of South Africa? A When you believe in something, believe all the way. Don’t be scared to be different. Make your mark – you will find a way to to do anything that you are passionate about. When you look back, don’t ask yourself ‘Why didn’t I?’ Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible’. AWSUM NEWS MAY 2017
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All things Gingery!!! You can eat it, you can drink it, it’s wonderful in sweet dishes and equally delicious in savoury dishes, the wonderful juicy rhizome that turns food into something special. Ever since I was a little girl I have been in love with ginger, my father used to make bottles and bottles of fiery ginger beer and he could never understand how my sister and I could gulp down litres of the fiery stuff from a tender age we loved it, in fact one batch was left to long and I think we got tipsy from it. My grandmother used to make wonderful sticky ginger bread loaves and biscuits every week, we used to cut thick slabs of ginger bread and spread it with a thick layer of cold butter and top it with cheese, it was heaven, I’ve yet to taste a gingerbread like my granny used to make, sadly she took the recipe to her grave. There is An old Indian proverb says that “everything good is found in ginger” and its true it is used in foods, drinks and medicines. My granny used to make us ginger tea when we were feeling nauseous, or serve hot milk sweetened with honey with grated ginger. Ginger has wonderful properties, its anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant, You can even add ginger to baths and foot soaks. Because of ginger’s anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial action, it may help keep skin clear and free of blemishes. It may also help fight skin discolouration and aging, both when consumed and topically applied. Ginger may even help your sex life. The famous Arab physician Avicenna wrote that ginger “increases lustful yearnings”, and ginger appears in the Kama Sutra. Rat studies confirm that ginger may help increase testosterone. But enough of that, let’s make some sweet stuff with ginger. Sam Linsell, top South African food stylist and Drizzle and Dip blogger – has done it again with beer, this time creating a triple ginger and stout cake with a stout butterscotch sauce. “If you are a lover of all things ginger in baked goodies like I am, then this one is for you,” she says. “I have used three types of ginger which each add their own ‘gingery’ flavour dimension as they act as independent components. They also do not overwhelm, so if you are a real ginger-head, you can add more. The cake itself is not overly sweet with the stout
See Recipe on the next page!
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Let’s Cook!!
Triple Ginger and Stout Cake Cooking notes: • To make the cake, place the stout and butter in a small pan and bring it • Pre heat the oven to 180 °C and line a to boiling point. Cook briefly and stir 20–22cm square or round cake tin with until the butter has dissolved. Remove baking paper. it from the heat and allow it to cool a • If you are making this in advance, heat little. the sauce up a little before serving. • Add the stout and butter mix to • Recipe makes a one-layer cake. a large bowl with the sugar and Ingredients golden syrup and whisk until it’s well Cake combined. • Add the egg and whisk again. • ¾ cup Castle Milk Stout Chocolate • Add all the spices and whisk. Infused • Sift the flour and baking soda in by • 120g of butter hand and whisk briefly until smooth (it • ½ cup (110g) brown treacle sugar or will be fairly runny). muscovado • Decant this into a lined 20cm cake tin • ¼ cup golden syrup (square or round), tap the filled pan to • 1 free-range egg remove and bake for 30–35 minutes. • 1 tablespoon fresh minced ginger The cake is done when it’s springy • 1 tablespoon finely chopped preserved to the touch and when a sharp knife ginger in syrup pierced into the thickest part comes • 1 teaspoon ground ginger out clean • ½ teaspoon salt • While the cake is baking, make your • pinch of white pepper butterscotch sauce. • pinch of ground nutmeg • The quantities make a little more than • 1¾ cups (230g) flour you need for the cake but store the • 1 teaspoon baking soda rest in a sterilised jar and use with Stout butterscotch sauce other desserts. • 1x 340ml bottle Castle Milk Stout • Bring the Castle Milk Stout Chocolate Chocolate Infused Infused and butter to the boil in a • 2 tablespoon butter medium-sized pan and allow it to • 1 ½ cups sugar simmer for about 10 minutes until it • 1 cup cream has reduced by more than half. Add • 1 teaspoon vanilla the sugar and continue to let this cook, • 1–2 teaspoon/s sea salt flakes stirring frequently until it reaches 110 Instructions °C on a sugar thermometer. This will AWSUM NEWS MAY 2017
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WINSTON PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 031 767 3214 (e) ginal@wppschool.co.za
Horse Riding Kaylyn Van Den Berg is a grade 1 pupil at Winston Park Primary School. She has been riding since she was 3 years old. She started off on a lead rein and this year is her very first year off the lead rein and she is now riding all by herself. She competed at the prestigious Royal Agricultural Show 2017. Her category was young rider which is for children between the ages of 6 to 10 years old. Kaylyn was the youngest off lead competitor. Her classes were first ridden pony, best rider, best turned out and first ridden utility pony. She achieved a 1st, 2nd, 1st and 1st
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respectively which then qualified her for the championship class. The championship consists of all winners for the day and Kaylyn was up against 6 other pony and rider combinations. Under Judge Lesley Whitehall from the UK she was awarded the coveted title of Champion Young Rider for the Royal show 2017. Kaylyn has a real passion for riding and has a wonderful partnership with her pony Pixie. She also competes in the SANESA schools league for her school Winston Park Primary. We look forward to very exciting future for her and her riding.
LAERSKOOL NAHOON
(t) 043 735 3668 (e) office@nahoonskool.co.za
Kennis verlig jou wêreld Vier Graad 6- en 7-leerders het aan die SACEE General Knowledge Quiz deelgeneem. Die kompetisie het in Engels plaasgevind en ons leerders het hulle goed De Wet Nel, Wian Jonker, Zoë Griessel en Lize van van hulle taak gekwyt. Zyl-Smit.
Tandmuis besoek ons skool Die tandmuis was besig die afgelope ruk en ‘n hele paar leerders spog met haasbekkies.
Emma Conradie en Lienka du Plooy met die briefies wat hulle vir die tandmuis geskryf het. Page 18
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Lekker melkskommel Die Woelwater 3D-klas het van koeie en melk geleer. Juffrou Annatjie het toe sommer vir hulle lekker melkskommel gemaak van melk en roomys. Kyk net hoe geniet hulle dit.