GO EaZy THE GANGES GIVING OF LIFE
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PUBLISHED INDEPENDENTLY FOR EZ SHUTTLE
MARCH – MAY 2020
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MD letter Dear EZ Shuttle traveller, We are now well and truly into 2020 and what a start is has been. South Africa seems to be awash with negative economic news and if the economic commentators in our press are to be believed, we should all be hiding money under our beds! Airport traveller numbers are projected to be 4% down year on year, City Lodge has just announced its financial results with their average bed occupancy for 2019 at 54% and we have the very strong prospect of a ratings downgrade on the cards in March. It’s so easy to be caught up in and influenced by all this negativity. I have always believed that South Africans are an industrious bunch, and despite having come through some of the toughest economic and political difficulties imaginable, we always seem to come out stronger on the other side. In my day to day interactions with people, I see a nation trying to get along and build a better future together. People on the street smile and are engaging. This positive approach to life and the future are what make us different and, I believe, will be the key to our ability to overcome the current economic malaise we find ourselves in. There are so many pockets of excellence in our business world – companies that, despite the tough environment, continue to grow their earnings, employ more staff and believe that tomorrow will be better than today. EZ Shuttle is one of those companies. Our staff have never been more eager to help you get to where you want to be as easily and as safely as they do now. Our volumes continue to tick up at well above inflation, as does our staff compliment - we hired several new staff members during January in anticipation of another year of growth. We will also continue to invest in our core technology platforms which not only bring you the ability to now book transfers across the globe through our office, but also improves the management of our drivers and ensures that dead kilometres are cut down to a minimum. This allows us to keep our prices as low as possible and in the long term, allows us to provide better value to our customers. Also look out for our new Meet and Greet personnel in OR Tambo’s arrival hall. They look great and are looking forward to making your arrival in the terminal an effortless experience. We believe in South Africa, we believe in South Africans and we believe that tomorrow will be better than today. Period!
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CONTENTS The Ganges 8
Smous by Justin Bonello 12
Thrills and spills for speedsters 16 Cover photo: Glenn Murray
Big Ears Trust - Big on hearing 18 On yer bike! 22
Headway Recovery Living 26
REGULARS Fleet 6
/ News 7
Business & finance 30 Quiz 32
/ Events 33 Romantic getaway 34
A Message from the Go EaZy Team Here is our latest edition with some interesting articles for you to read while you sit back and relax during your journey with EZ Shuttle. In this edition we look at the photographic story of The Ganges by Glenn Murray. Off to market we go with Justin Bonello. We have a stunning competition – a romantic getaway valued at R25,000, with two nights at Head Over Hill Luxury Retreat! Thrills and spills for speedsters as we catch up with the Simola Hillclimb. Enjoy the read, If you’d like to give us feedback, please email kirsten@macpublishing.co.za. We’d love to hear from you!
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GO EZ MAG TEAM / PUBLISHER/EDITOR Lorna MacLeod / SUB-EDITOR Cindy Wilson-Trollip / ART DIRECTOR Alice Evans ADMINISTRATION Kirsten MacMillan / CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Glenn Murray, Justin Bonello, Chris Jordan, Jeannine Orzechowski and Big Ears Trust. EZ SERVICES +27 (0)861 EZ SHUTTLE (397 488) Mac Publishing & Consulting on behalf of EZ Shuttle. For advertising enquiries lorna@macpublishing.co.za / +27 (0)71 208 4272 EZ quotes and bookings reservations@ezshuttle.co.za / www.ezshuttle.co.za / +27 (0)861 EZ SHUTTLE (397 488) Editorial Disclaimer. EZ Shuttle and its appointed agency, Mac Publishing and Consulting, subscribe to a code of responsible journalism. While we endeavour to use reliable sources and to verify information before publication, we provide no warranties for the accuracy or completeness of content contained herein. Copyright laws apply and we reserve all rights. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form without the prior written consent of the publisher, Mac Publishing and Consulting.
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Vehicles are checked daily for compliance to our standards and are always also maintained in line with the manufacturer specifications. In another country/industry first, EZ Shuttle now offers you an international transfer booking service to and from 750 airports in 110 countries globally. The service was launched in March of 2019 with great success so far. These bookings are available on all of our online and traditional booking channels and can also be booked against your corporate account.
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TRAINING
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NEWS Booking.com We are very proud to announce that EZ Shuttle is now the major transfer partner to booking.com in
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South Africa. We are very excited about this partnership because booking.com has become the largest accommodation booking website in the world, so the inclusion of transfer bookings on this platform was only a matter of time. Every time you book a transfer through this portal in South Africa, there’ll be a friendly EZ Shuttle driver waiting to collect you!
New fleet Our new fleet of new shape Toyota Quests arrived in the last week of February and are in for sign writing at the moment. These vehicles have the same shape as the current high spec’d Corolla and have a 1.8l petrol engine. We got the first 11 units off the production line from Toyota and we hope you enjoy the new ride! We have also taken delivery of several new Quantums as well as Hyundai H1’s during February. Look out for the new refreshed branding on all these models.
Standard bank staff transport We were recently awarded the Joburg inner city staff transport contract by Standard Bank. This means we now have 9 EZ Shuttle Mercedes Sprinters rotating staff between all the Standard Bank premises in the
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city centre. The feedback from their staff has been excellent so far. Standard Bank has been a loyal client of ours for the past 12 years. In addition to this staff transport, we also provide all transport for their Global Leadership Centre in Morningside and are one of two approved shuttle providers for all of their airport work across South Africa. It has been a truly mutually beneficial partnership.
Am writing in reference to your services that my colleague and I received on 14th February 2020, from Montecasino Blvd to OR Tambo Airport. I just wish to commend your
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driver, Nhleko for a superb job, being a foreigner in South Africa, he was an awesome guide and very pleasant and timely, and very professional, and got us to the airport in very good time despite heavy traffic. Keep up the awesome
EZ Shuttle launched its Cape Town service in July 2007 – almost 13 years ago. Our MD arrived in Cape Town to interview drivers when our call centre took a call from a Cape Town based client who’d seen one of our new vehicles parked on the side of the street in town. Not having employed any drivers yet, the call centre were reluctant to take the booking but did so, nonetheless. Unfortunately, we were unable to appoint any drivers on that day and this maiden transfer was for 04:00am the next morning. Our MD had no choice but to handle the transfer himself and after a near sleepless night of studying maps on how to get to our first passenger’s home, he successfully collected the client and got him to the airport on time the next morning in the dark – even getting a R20 tip from him for a job well done along the way! That passenger still uses EZ Shuttle every month to this day.
job. And kudos to Nhleko. Regards, Peter N. Mbuki
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Here two mothers offer puja at a place on the river known to celebrate sons that are not present
THE GANGES RIVER IS MORE THAN A RIVER. SHE IS THE HOLY MOTHER. SHE IS GANGA MA.
– R. BARRETT
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THE GANGES Glenn Murray has been a photographer forever and it’s all he has ever wanted to be. He studied art and photography at Technikon Natal and since then has worked as a travel and commercial photographer all over the world. “ Travel and photography go hand in hand… I want my photos to be exciting, they need to be fun but most importantly they need to be an extension of my mind and my eye.” Over the next few pages you’re invited to walk with Glenn along the banks of the Ganges and splash in its holy waters. Photos and story by Glenn Murray
Ganga Ma has its origin 3042m high, in the Himalayas of India and her first droplets drip from the Gangotri glacier. She cascades down steep gorges and swallows 5 rivers in her path before she reaches the mountain settlement of Devprayag where she becomes The Ganges in name. The river leaves The Himalayas and enters the plains of north India at Haridwar, a religious town bursting with pilgrims who have travelled here for the healing powers of the Mother. From Haridwar, which is only 306 m above sea level, the river flows 2250 km before it reaches the sea where it becomes part of the largest river delta on earth in the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh. This relatively low drop in gradient means the river snakes its way gently through the hot, dry and dusty flat plains and floods and regenerates farm lands and plains for the more than 400 million people who live in its basin. This giving of life is significant for agriculture but this significance is dwarfed by Ganga Ma’s spiritual importance and its gift to Hindus. The water of the great river is the life blood of the Hindu religion and it is said that if the Hindu verses are its scripture then the River Ganges is its praise. The water is holy along its entire length but it passes through some towns and cities that are especially holy. The ancient city of Varanasi is the most holy city in India and it is here that pilgrims, the sick and the dying flock to wash away sins and to be burnt in funeral pyres and to have
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Opposite page top: A man performs a sunset puja (act of worship). Bottom: Pilgrims in Haridwar cleanse themselves. Here the water is relatively clean and crisp from the Himalayan snow melt. Top: A girl and her goats. Right: A lady washes away sins. Bottom: Vendors work 24/7, religious tourism is big business.
their ashes thrown into the water. This ceremony of death is called Moksha and it is the release from the Hindu belief of reincarnation. It is a celebration and there is no greater honour for a Hindu than to have their lifeless body burnt to ash and for the ashes to be sprinkled into the Ganges water as an offering. Varanasi is unapologetically indiscreet. Among these burning pyres, children swim and catch fish. Holy men meditate and recite Hindu verses while scooping handfuls of holy water into their mouths. The sick wash away ailments while pilgrims pray for wealth and health and happiness. All the while people squat and defecate in the water while doing their toiletries as open sewers discharge thousands of tons of untreated sewage into the river. This fascinating city and the paradox it displays is India at its most religious and at its most immoral. Varanasi is a photographers dream and the colours and the vibrancy, the sounds and the smells and the noise ringing out from the ghats (stairways to the river) cry out to be photographed and captured.
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SMOUS
Justin Bonello has been giving up his Saturday mornings to run a pop up market at Kalk Bay, selling fresh locally and organically grown Neighbourhood Farm produce. He gives us a glimpse of this day in his life and his musings as he goes about serving up a weekly dose of good food consciousness.
How fortunate that I am old enough to remember the neighbourhood smous!
The day is straight forward. I get up in the dark, tip toe around the house to not wake the wife and kids, shower, drive to collect Stan (entrepreneur in the making) from Masiphumelele, then drive to the farm at the False Bay Hospital to collect produce from the cold-room, load up and leg it onwards to Kalk Bay, set up the market on the verandah of Sirocco (local eatery and coffee shop) and by 7 o’clock, let the day unfold. In that early part of the morning when the world is waking up I am a smous (hawker) to lycra clad joggers, locals and retirees who are regulars at the Dalebrook tidal pool and strangely enough, swallows that have yet to fly away. Morning, lovely healthy good food to go with your healthy run. Organic produce grown locally in the valley. Perhaps on your way back. I’ll give you as many chillies for free as you can eat right now. Tomatoes of your memory, just like grandma used to grow. On your way back from your swim. Maybe tomorrow? How fortunate that I am old enough to remember the neighbourhood smous! That gentleman who’d go to market on our behalf to select and buy produce to sell to us. Most afternoons and into the evening, you’d see him in that clapped out bakkie, stacked to the brim with boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables in a masterstroke of Tetris, a small crowd hovering around him buying their daily veg. And now, I am him, perhaps slightly upgraded. Often it’s a hard sell (some people couldn’t care less), but there are moments of joy when the feedback is good, and I convert another to my religion of good food. More often than not, there is a conversation. A seeing of each other as human beings. My wife died of cancer. I had kidney failure and can only eat pesticide free produce. I made this Baba Ganoush from your Aubergines – here, try some. Everyone has a story, and so do I. What I actually sell is a memory of food. The tomatoes taste like the harvests of yesteryear, of
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the Italian grandmother’s sauce or a real Cape Malay curry, the spinach is slightly salty, the leafy greens are alive, harvested less than 24 hours ago, grown in the earth the same way our forefathers farmed. I offer up simple ways to cook the weird, the wonderful and the mundane to those that have forgotten how to cook. I tell everyone that there are no chemicals used in our growing or harvesting, that our growing mimics and works with nature, that my favourite saying is try organic food, or as our grandparents called it, food. It’s the older community folk who buy my memories and then remember. They suck on the tomato slipping back in time to when all fresh food tasted this good. Toddlers do it too. Sun ripened goodness swallowed in pleasure. No words, just smiles. They naturally know the difference. Sadly most of the food that we put on the table for our families is not this! We have a new memory. It’s tasteless, picked green to suit a retail supply chain, shrink wrapped in polystyrene and transported across our nation (and sometimes from abroad) to suit our insatiable desires and newly found needs. We don’t ask the critical questions: How it was grown? Were chemicals used? Is there a downstream effect on another community? What does that symbol on the ingredient list mean? What’s in it? We have become the forgetting generation, and know not what we’ve lost. What we really need is a revitalised and restored food system where local organic produce is grown and harvested daily; that supports local employment and puts good nutritious food on our dinner tables; that fixes a broken food system and provides communities with edible reeducation in a local economy that focuses on our health and wellbeing. When I rise early on Saturday market mornings, I realise that I am more than a smous, I am a hawker of food consciousness.
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What we really need is a revitalised and restored food system where local organic produce is grown and harvested daily; that supports local employment and puts good nutritious food on our dinner tables
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Justin Bonello is a husband, bush cook, father, filmmaker and urban farmer living in Cape Town. He’s published seven books with Penguin, has hosted and created numerous television shows but is most proud of being the founder of Neighbourhood Farm. You can reach him on www.justinbonello.com, www.neighbourhoodfarm.org or just come and visit him at the False Bay Hospital Neighbourhood Farm in Paris road, Fishhoek, Cape Town.
PASTA CRUDO My good friends Franco and Ezio from Magica Roma in Pinelands always said ‘The most important thing is that you taste the garden.’ 90% of the ingredients in this recipe are not cooked but simply warmed through.
When the pasta is al dente, drain, and set aside in your colander and, finally, toss the fresh tomato mix into the Napolitano sauce and allow this just to warm through. Franco says ‘From the colour comes taste – your taste buds are constantly working overtime in your head.’ Add your warm pasta to the sauce. Toss with a wrist flick. Add a splash of olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and chopped fresh herbs and serve hot.
YOU’LL NEED PER SERVING: 1-2 handfuls of baby tomatoes – halved Sprigs of torn oregano leaves Sprigs of torn basil leaves Chilli oil Olive oil Small handful of grated Parmesan 2-3 garlic cloves – chopped Knob of butter 2-3 deep ladles Napolitano sauce Salt and pepper to taste 125g pasta Prepare your tomatoes Put the tomatoes, the oregano and basil into a bowl. Add a tiny dribble of chilli oil and some olive oil for good measure and finally the Parmesan. Mix by hand and put to one side. Start cooking your pasta. Then heat some butter in a pan over a medium heat, add the garlic, fry for a moment or two, then add the Napolitano Sauce* (available everywhere, but see the recipe below if you want to make your own). Taste and season according to your taste buds. As Ezio would say, ‘Always taste before adding seasoning.’
Make your own Napolitano Sauce 2-3kg of ultra-ripe tomatoes (I like Rosas) olive oil 2 onions – finely chopped A handful of diced garlic 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda* 1 teaspoon ground black pepper This sauce can be used on its own or as a base for any number of dishes. I make it en masse and then store usable portions in my freezer. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for a few minutes then chuck them in an ice water bath – this shock treatment will help with the removal of their skins. Add a little olive oil to a pot and sauté the onions and the garlic. Once the tomatoes are skinless, chop roughly to speed up cooking time and add them to the onions. Add the salt, bicarbonate of soda (make sure your pot is big enough because it’ll bubble a bit) and pepper. Put the lid on and simmer over a low heat until the tomatoes turn to pulp. Remove the lid and allow the mixture to reduce by 50 per cent so that the flavour is intensified. Leave to cool, then blitz in a food processor and season to taste. Decant that which you don’t use immediately and freeze for use on another day. *The alkalinity of bicarb (baking soda) neutralises the acidity in cooked tomatoes and is better than adding sugar. GO EZ / March – May 2020 15
Thrills and spills for speedsters
There’s no other motorsport event on the calendar that attracts such a vast and diverse range of people, iconic cars and legendary drivers from all eras competing for glory on the challenging 1.9 km Simola Hillclimb course – making it the must-attend event of the year for enthusiasts and competitors alike. It’s Simola Hillclimb time and excitement is building along with the revs as it draws near to chequered flag time.
Managing director of Knysna Speed Festival, Ian Shrosbree, says that the success of the Simola Hillclimb has been nothing short of phenomenal
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“The Simola Hillclimb is the top motorsport event in South Africa, hands down,” says Franco Scribante, the reigning five-time winner of Classic Car Friday, overall winner of King of the Hill in 2014 and 2016 and current Modified Saloon Car champion. “The field is extremely competitive and although the Simola Hillclimb has a friendly atmosphere that makes it very appealing for the spectators, the drivers all take it very seriously. At only 1.9 km long the Hillclimb is quite short, but what it lacks in distance it certainly makes up for in intensity.” South Africa’s premier domestic motorsport event, the Simola Hillclimb (7 to 10 May 2020) has very rapidly garnered international appeal across the globe. Celebrities, high powered cars, family entertainment and a touch of celebratory champagne has moved the event from purely motorsport to a lifestyle occasion. Knysna as a premium destination has much to offer the visitors, providing an all-round weekend experience to remember. Managing director of Knysna Speed Festival, Ian Shrosbree, says that the success of the Simola Hillclimb has been nothing short of phenomenal. “When we started it we were told it would not work, but Knysna needed something to boost tourism. Ten events later it is now internationally recognised. What is more significant though is that the event provides good all round entertainment for the broader population, not only petrolheads.” Back to defend his titles at the Simola Hillclimb in Knysna this year, Scribante is in top motorsport company, with the other two King of the Hill title defenders – Reghard Roets (Supercar), and Andre Bezuidenhout (Single Seater and Sports Cars) also taking the starting line in May. Bezuidenhout holds the course record at 35.528 seconds which is an average speed of 192.524 km/h. With the likes of Robert Wolk, Wilhelm Baard and Martin van Zummeren in the line-up, the pressure is on and the main contenders will be providing gripping entertainment as they battle it out for records and titles. Over the years, drivers from Australia, Germany, the USA and the UK have competed and are avidly watched by international fans from 121 countries on a live stream feed. Over 7 million people worldwide have experienced the excitement of the Simola Hillclimb on the YouTube video. The international fan base is not all on-line and remotely situated. Of the 17, 000 race-goers in 2019, many came from Australia, the DRC, Germany, Hong Kong, Namibia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the USA reflecting a committed global interest in the Hillclimb, rather than a merely passing interest. The status of the event has been recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the global controlling body of motorsport, through a guaranteed invitation to the Simola Hillclimb winners to compete in the FIA Hill Climb Masters race. This marks the first time that qualifying participants from a country outside of
Europe will contest the prestigious event. The fourth edition of The Hill Climb Masters will be taking place in Braga, Portugal from 9 to 11 October. Indeed, with the adrenalin and high-powered ambience of the Hillclimb attracting celebrities like Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss South Africa title holders Ntandoyenkosi Kunene and Melinda Bam, musicians Jack Parrow and Bobby van Jaarsveld, former Springbok captains John Smit, Schalk Burger and Eben Etzebeth, it’s the place to see and be seen. Hollywood actor Sharlto Copley has also attended the event and was adamant that he would return when his schedule allows as a competitor. It’s a far cry from the first event which ran on the smell of an oil rag – the pits were spray painted lines on the tarmac, there were no grandstands, very few vendors, in fact, very little of anything. After much cajoling 46 cars lined up on the starting line, and surprisingly about 1,500 people turned up to watch South Africa’s motorsport legend Sarel van der Merwe take a narrow victory. From these humble beginnings the event grew rapidly and this year is already oversubscribed for the 84 available entries. At the time of writing, Stuart White (part of the Sauber F1 Junior team), Reghard Roets, Peter Lindenberg, Graeme Nathan, Clare Vale, Franco Scribante, Wilhelm Baard, Terence Marsh, Andre Bezuidenhout and Robert Wolk have all been accepted and will be racing for the honour and prestige of the Simola Hillclimb titles. The programme over the 4-day weekend will have you reeling with the spectacle of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, formula cars, specialist race cars, and vintage and classic cars. From zero to 1.9km in just 35 seconds, at an average speed of over 193km/h – from a standing start – and maximum speeds of over 250km/h the action is intoxicating no matter your passion level for motorsport. Spectators just can’t help being swept away in the energy of the occasion.
The programme over the 4-day weekend will have you reeling with the spectacle of Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, formula cars, specialist race cars, and vintage and classic cars.
For more information or to book tickets, please visit www.simolahillclimb.com
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Big Ears Trust, big on hearing
What better icon than the mighty elephant, to stand for a company doing unrivalled work in the world of the hearing impaired. The company is Elephants in Main Street International and an offshoot trust called the Big Ears Trust, striving to alleviate the suffering of those who cannot hear. CEO of Elephants in Main Street International, Stephen Blades is a well respected coach and change management consultant, for nearly 30 years engaging the hearts and minds of people, addressing complex political, social and cross cultural interfaces with care and respect. His goal is to unlock understanding and team cooperation and raise the ability of people to solve problems rather than dramatise them. Stephen has established The Big Ears Trust to improve the lives of people who suffer from hearing disabilities and equip children and adults with the technology, skills and support to be able to lead full lives. In 2020, the goal is to provide 20 hearing aid sets for 20 children in need, 20 who will become able to once again participate in the mainstream. Following a bout of chickenpox, Stephen is hearing impaired himself, and his love of listening to others in order to share their world experience could no longer be taken for granted. Sound and the ability to perceive and interpret it is an essential part of the survival of most living creatures. His loss of hearing posed challenges in the workplace, and as a father and husband, impacting heavily on his ability to interact and care for his family. “I am wired to turn crisis into opportunity,” says Stephen. “I make beating a disability, a game. My skills, my life, my family, my team and my
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personality have helped me confront and deal with the situation. I realized that others may not be as fortunate and it is for this reason that I formed the Big Ears Trust.” First-hand experience of being talked around, excluded and having others choose for him meant learning to work constantly to be relevant, reminding people of his disability and asking them to adjust their engagement with him. Responses to his impairment vary as much as the large number of people Stephen connects with; some speak more softly as if their voices would hurt him; some raise their voice but change their tone to speak down to him; some are annoyed at having to repeat themselves and some become self-conscious, embarrassed or uncomfortable. Ironically, he has developed an empathy for them and a great appreciation for how fortunate people are who have all their senses intact. They still hear the birds, the breath of another, the sound of an alarm, a rattle in the car. Hearing aids invoke terrible prejudice. The stigma of wearing one, or a set, manifests in perceptions of weakness of the wearer, frailty, failed or unable to perform professionally. Many suffer in silence within their silent world. Physical and outdoor activity is curtailed as the risk of losing a hearing aid is too high. They don’t come cheap and the chances of owning a good pair is slim for most people. Going out into public can be hell at times. Noisy restaurants and other public places may force the wearer to remove hearing aids or leave the venue. Movies, TV, ordering something on the phone or dealing with a conference call all add aggravation. Many become overwhelmed. They simply can’t confront the loss and withdraw emotionally. Depression, anxiety and anger are profound side effects that sit with many as a result of loss of hearing. What delights Stephen most is listening to his family, and his love of music. Then there’s
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Most deaf children are born to hearing parents who have never before met a deaf person. This means that there are huge communication barriers within the family that are often never overcome.
the sound of nature. The sounds of being out in the bush and hearing the streams or wind through the trees. He has come to realise that millions of people around the world suffer similar experiences to his, and it drives him to listen incredibly well, use his powers of observation and often rely on others for accurate interpretation. With this focus he is able to observe much that others with full hearing may not. His personal pride in getting things right is born of the consequences that have to be handled if mistakes are made or something is missed. And one of the things he has got very right is the establishment of the Big Ears Trust, which has a second tier to its purpose. As well as support for the hearing impaired, the trust helps protect and support the continued existence and survival of the powerful totem of Stephen’s work, the elephants on this planet, with their large and patiently flapping big ears. Stephen tells the story of Elephants in Main Street International and St. Vincent School for the Deaf: At Elephants in Main Street International, we have been helping teams and leaders achieve their goals for over two decades around the world. One of our first projects was the partnership with the St Vincent School for the Deaf where we have been coaching and training their management team and staff. Our turning point interventions are designed to unlock passion, raise enthusiasm and levels of knowledge, encourage understanding and ultimately the ability to apply and be productive. Ingrid Parkin, the principal, gives us an insight into the school: The St Vincent School has been educating deaf children for 83 years. More than 2000 deaf people have come through St Vincent School and many have gone on to become very successful adults. St Vincent School is the only school for the deaf in the greater Johannesburg area and accepts children as young as 2 years
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old in order for them to begin their learning experience as young as possible. Most deaf children are born to hearing parents who have never before met a deaf person. This means that there are huge communication barriers within the family that are often never overcome. Successful learning depends on early language acquisition and for most deaf children early language acquisition does not happen. With the result that when they arrive at school, they present with language delays which impacts negatively on schooling and learning. We strive to achieve excellence in deaf education and always aim at providing everything possible so that deaf children can reach their full potential and become successful and productive members of society - that is their human right. All these services certainly do not come cheap. 80% of our parents are not able to afford school fees and live well below the poverty line. An important aspect of the lives of deaf children, teenagers and adults that St Vincent’s has recently ventured into is the realm of mental health and deafness. Mental and emotional health, in general, and especially in education programmes, is a topic that is largely underestimated, ignored and seen as a luxury only for those who can afford it. Gaining access to mental and emotional health services is expensive, especially given that successful outcomes depend on months and even years of ongoing treatment. Children in South Africa grow up experiencing different kinds of trauma to varying degrees: crime, violence, the effects of poverty and abuse. Access to services that allow young children to heal and process trauma is minimal and the subsequent emotional and mental effects remain untreated and cannot heal. This may result in depression, an inability to focus and personality or behaviour disorders. The education system then has to deal with these conditions which
create barriers to learning and for which it is not equipped. The children’s educational careers are negatively impacted, and for those with no access to mental and emotional health services, the outcome looks grim. When considering the situation of deaf children, of whom 90% are born to hearing parents who have never met a deaf person before, a dire picture emerges. Parents, finding out that their child is disabled, are traumatized and illequipped to manage their situation. The family bond and support becomes weakened from the moment the disability is diagnosed. Raising a deaf child with no guidance, counselling or role models has lifelong far-reaching impacts on the parents and the child. Deaf children grow up unable to communicate with their parents because most parents do not learn South African Sign Language. This alone has a devastating emotional and mental health impact. It could be argued that the emotional and mental health of a deaf child, if left untreated, may in many cases be the primary barrier to learning and not the deafness itself. Unfortunately, if a deaf child, teenager or adult wished to use mental health professionals, this would be virtually impossible anywhere in South Africa as there are only 3 qualified psychologists in the country that know South African Sign Language. As an education institution whose core business is educating deaf children so that
they leave with an education or skill that enables them to become productive members of society, St Vincent School saw the desperate need to create accessible mental and emotional health services for our learners, the deaf community and deaf learners from other schools for the deaf in Gauteng. The model is based on the idea of having psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists and counsellors who are proficient in South African Sign Language available under one roof to serve the mental health needs of deaf people free of charge. We are very proud to have partnered with Elephants on Main Street International. They have been focusing on building a strong management team. St Vincent School embarked on this path at the right time to consolidate the team and attain clear thinking on the way forward. Our interactions have been highly successful and rewarding. There is great value in continued sessions that build upon each other as opposed to a once-off team-building session. We have also had a session that involved the entire school in a fun way that was also incredibly meaningful to staff who got to know staff from different departments and discover that we are all equally important with different roles to fulfil. We will continue to grow this partnership as we strive to be the best role model for our kids. Join us. Join the herd. Allow others to hear and be heard. Help us build a better, more inclusive and more productive society.
If you or your organisation would like to get involved in this worthy initiative, please contact us at info@elephants.co.za
On yer bike! Between now and then, there’s plenty of time to get off yer couch and on yer bike to get in shape for the Knysna Cycle Tour, taking place on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June.
Knysna Cycle Tour turns 33 this year and is still one of the country’s oldest and favourite cycling festivals
Knysna Cycle Tour turns 33 this year and is still one of the country’s oldest and favourite cycling festivals, attracting all kinds of people from all walks of life to ride the roads in the awesome scenery of the Knysna area. A recent MTB survey by Tread magazine rated the tour as South Africa’s fifth-best one-day MTB event over 50-80km. Its long history has not jaded its relevance and stature on the MTB calendar. Looking back to where it all began, we rewind to July 1987 when the first Knysna Rotary Cycle Tour took place as a project of the Knysna Rotary Club and part of the then Winter Festival, which was started four years earlier as a way of attracting visitors to Knysna and poke the local economy during the slow winter months. Together with the Forest Marathon and other sporting events like rugby, golf, squash and bowls, the festival later expanded to become the famous 10-day long Oyster Festival that we know today. Knysna is one of the original mountain biking towns that rose to prominence in the late 1980s and the Knysna Cycle Tour MTB race was
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one of the first of its kind in the country. Since its inception Knysna Cycle Tour has become somewhat of a rite of passage for South African mountain bikers who now come in numbers to experience the ride through the captivating forests surrounding the town. More than just a rite of passage, the unique double header straddles two disciplines. By running both formats a day apart road cyclists are attracted to compete in the MTB event, and MTB cyclists participate in the road race. This year Knysna Speed Festival (Pty) Ltd, the owner and organiser of the globally recognised Simola Hillclimb motorsport lifestyle festival, will take the management and marketing reigns from Knysna Rotary Club. Managing director, Ian Shrobree, is excited at the prospect. “The Knysna Cycle Tour is an iconic event that has been superbly nurtured over the past 32 years by the Knysna Rotary Club,” says Shrosbree. “The Club has decided that it’s time to hand over to a professional management company and we are humbled to be given the opportunity to build on the solid platform that exists. There is a lot of competition from so many good cycling events nowadays, but we believe that we can make it a must-do event once again - as it was in the early days - appealing to professional and competitive riders, families, groups of friends and children. Our organising team will be focussing on the fun element for 2020, with attention to detail across all elements, providing
Keeping up with international trends, the MTB race this year will feature two distances for E-Bikes, 30km and 50 km. With E-bikes giving older or injured riders a new lease on cycling life, and E-bikes making up over 50% of new MTB sales in Europe.
participants with an enjoyable, hassle free experience. In future years we aim to bring some fresh thinking and either tweak or add new elements to the mix.” Keeping up with international trends, the MTB race this year will feature two distances for E-Bikes – 30km and 50 km. With E-bikes giving older or injured riders a new lease on cycling life, and E-bikes making up over 50% of new MTB sales in Europe, this class is set to grow very quickly over the next few years, and the Knysna Cycle Tour welcomes all E-Bikers with open arms. For the trail bikers, rounding out the core MTB elements will be the 80km, 50km and 30km races taking place on Saturday as well as the Spur Children’s 15km fun ride. As has become tradition, the road races will bring the weekend to a close on Sunday with races of 50km and 106km. Specialist elite and social riders, families as well as a large number of MTB participants that did not get enough exercise in the previous day’s MTB races, will be putting rubber to the road. The challenging and scenic routes both leave Knysna along the beautiful lagoon road heading towards George, wind up towards the forests and include some gritty gravel riding. Something different for sure! On Sunday the Spur Children’s Tour consists of three events for kids 2-10, each event for a different age category. All who complete the rides are winners and will be taking home medals and very cool goodie bags. The central field and the surrounding precinct focuses on fitness and fun for the whole family - a dedicated Spur race village, face painters, cheerleaders and prizes for best dressed child, best dressed parent and best dressed ride! Support crew and family members can enjoy activities throughout the weekend on the Knysna High School fields. Register and visit the Expo on Friday, the races take place on Saturday and Sunday. In between, jumping castles, a beer garden, food vendors, a market and the Coke gig rig will provide food and entertainment all day long. So get out yer bike and get on it. We’ll see you in Knysna in June. For more information please visit www.knysnacycle.co.za
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HEADWAY RECOVERY LIVING
Since opening the doors of Headway Recovery Living on the 1st of February a year ago, we have been fortunate to help numerous addicts, behavioural and substance, from various backgrounds, to realise their recovery from addiction through our programme driven by spiritually principled ideals. To be clear we don’t class ourselves as a rehab, halfway house or sober living – our concept is called RECOVERY LIVING.
The primary objective is to give our residents every chance of changing their view of the world through physical, emotional, mental and spiritual techniques and processes during their stay at Headway
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The Headway vision, built on a combination of extensive experience and expertise, is to provide a safe, sober, programme and action orientated facility that helps addicts to recover from a hopeless state of being, to become respectable, integrated members of society. It is essential that we build an atmosphere of compassion, empathy, tolerance, open-mindedness and love through the people who work for or are contracted to Headway. We work our recovery alongside our residents with a ‘do as we do, not just as we say’ attitude. The primary objective is to give our residents every chance of changing their view of the world through physical, emotional, mental and spiritual techniques and processes during their stay at Headway, practices that they can take with them when integration into life really begins. Headway is very much aligned with the Minnesota model, essentially the basic texts and programme of action created by Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith, authors and founding fathers of the 12 Steps and the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. In the chapter of AA’s Big Book, The Doctors Opinion, Dr William Silkworth, medical practitioner and friend of the fellowship who worked with thousands of hopeless alcoholics and addicts in the 1910’s, 20’s and 30’s, writes, ‘Men and Woman (alcoholics) drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, the alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks – drinks that they see others taking with impunity. After they have succumbed to the desire again, as many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not
to drink again. This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his (or her) recovery’ - (Pages xxvii & xxix of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous) It was on the principle of experiencing and achieving ‘an entire psychic change’ that the 12 Steps were designed. Millions around the world can attest that it works if you work it. A psychic change can also be described as a character overhaul, a personality change or as the programme calls it, a spiritual awakening. And that is what we want to help each and every Headway resident achieve whilst staying with us and why our programmes have been designed in the way that they are. This objective is supplemented and supported with a structured recovery living program which is made up of 5 key components. Recovery – In our view, there hasn’t yet been a program of recovery that helps addicts more than the 12 Steps. All who work at Headway have thoroughly worked the steps as addicts themselves, and that knowledge and insight is imparted and shared with residents. Most halfway houses will tell you to get a sponsor, which is all well and good, but it isn’t always easy. At Headway we don’t shirk this responsibility and a sponsor will be allocated to you when you arrive to assist you on your journey to normality. (Whatever that is!) We take all our residents through the program as Bill Wilson intended it to be worked. We also insist on a minimum of four AA or NA meetings per week and conduct Big Book evenings which are open to the wider recovery community. What’s important is that all involved at Headway work their recoveries alongside the fellow residents, living on site. We are all in this together!
Headway is very much aligned with the Minnesota model, essentially the basic texts and programme of action created by Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith, authors and founding fathers of the 12 Steps.
Therapy – Whilst our knowledge of working the program continues to grow, we don’t have
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any addiction counsellors here at Headway, which is why we have enlisted a qualified, highly specialized and brilliant psychologist who meets with each client once a week to discuss matters of the mind and heart. Working hard on recovery invariably brings up many memories and attached negative, powerful emotions that only a professional can help dissect and process. We are very proud to have one the best professionals on our team to help with you with this. Nutrition – Having the right diet, full of nutritional content, has been proven to help healing, not just of the body, but the mind as well. That’s why we provide our clients with 3 freshly prepared, nutritious and delicious meals a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner – as part of their programme. These are supplied Monday to Friday, with a budget being supplied for the weekend for residents to buy and prepare their own meals. In addition, our resident nutritional expert and chef will assess your current nutritional intake, and help entrench new eating habits, designed to give you every chance of optimising your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. We want to instil good eating habits, based on a sound knowledge of a good diet, that can be used when you completes your stay at Headway. Fitness – Running alongside healthy nutrition is our focus on fitness. Your level of fitness will be assessed upon arrival and a program will be provided to meet the capabilities of each individual. We look to do some form of exercise every day including a mixture of gym, circuits, beach walks, hiking, yoga and so on. Experience tells us that the fitter our bodies are, the more
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energy we have to apply to our recovery and our lives. We want every resident to feel the full benefits of this and apply what is learned when they return to their home lives. Integration – Throughout the course of your stay with us at Headway, re-integration will be a source of constant focus. The first 28 days will focus on integrating your program into your life while you immerse yourself in the changes needed to give you every chance of maintaining your sobriety. Working to a structured daily program will help with this. If you plan to stay longer with us, the second month will see you take up a volunteer work position with one of several charities and outreach programs in and around Plettenberg Bay to help those less fortunate than ourselves. This gives you the first taste of how you can incorporate recovery into your life, living your best life and working at the same time. So, if you are serious about recovery and want to take your healing process to the next level, or if you are looking for somewhere to get your recovery journey on track after relapse, then contact us today for more information. Headway Recovery Living – 073 337 2094
We believe that this program only works for those who do it – wanting it and needing it isn’t enough.
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INVESTOR RATIONALITY ...OR NOT? “Rational choice theory assumes that individuals are rational actors using rational information to try to actively maximize their advantage in any situation and therefore consistently trying to minimize their losses…” Akhilesh Ganti, Investopedia, September 2019. But what are the other forces at play, asks Chris Jordan, Business Development and Client Relationship Manager at Sasfin Wealth. The Table below shows a comparison of the business fundamentals of two listed companies, operating in the same market sector.
In terms of Units Sold and Sales Revenue Company T is very small i.e. unit sales are only 3% and sales revenue only 7% of those of Company V. Earnings Per Share for Company T were -$ 4.81 over the 12 month period compared to +$ 30.09 of Company V. Company V also paid a dividend of 2.9%. Price earnings ratios (P/E) are considered a good measure of a company’s value. According to Investopedia, the long term average P/E on the S&P 500 is 13 -15, so a share trading in that range can be considered fair value, while those higher can be considered expensive and those below can be considered cheap. There may be some variation between the average P/E ratios in the different sectors of the economy, but in this example both companies operate within the same sector. As can be seen from the data shown above, Company T made a loss over the last 12 month period so no P/E can be calculated, but looking forward over the next 12 months it is on a P/E of 72, which is expensive compared to the forward P/E of 5.6 for Company V. The theory of rationality suggests that investors will select Company V because it is in a stronger financial position but when measured by market capitalisation (share price X number of shares in issue) Company T is larger than Company V. The recent share price performance shown in the Graph (on the right) also indicates that Company T is the firm favourite amongst
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investors -the share price + 165% from 2 December 2019 to 4 February 2020. While the share price movement of Company T may appear completely illogical, perhaps it should be revealed that Company T is Tesla, which is viewed by many as being the market leader in electric vehicle technology, and Company V is Volkswagen, an “old economy” vehicle manufacturer focussing largely on internal combustion engines. The company names weren’t mentioned initially for fear of unleashing investor biases. Behavioural scientists argue that people do not always behave according to the traditional definition of “rationally” because of their own personal biases and the limits to their self-control. Tesla is probably one of the most active companies in the social media network, with its CEO constantly posting on Twitter and Instagram, with the result that many people feel that they have intimate knowledge of the company. The concept of personal biases is not new, but its impact on investor behaviour may have been under-estimated in the past. In 1999 two psychologists at Cornell University, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, identified a cognitive bias in which people with limited knowledge and ability on a particular subject assessed themselves to be at a much higher level of competence than they actually were, whereas experts often under-estimated their competence largely as a result of the fact that they were aware of the additional information they still had to acquire. This phenomenon has been labelled the Dunning-Kruger effect, and with the rapid dissemination of information through the internet and social media channels it is likely to have an increasing impact on investor behaviour and share price performance. Potentially an even stronger bias is the “confirmation bias”. People tend to favour research and follow people on Twitter and Instagram that confirm their existing beliefs and reinforce their opinions. It is very rare that people seriously consider opinions or research that is diametrically opposed to their own view, partially because of cognitive laziness i.e. changing
BUSINESS & FINANCE By: Chris Jordan, Business Development Manager. Sasfin Wealth paradigms and how we think about things is difficult and probably painful. The potential consequence is that analysts and investors will invest and remain invested in companies with limited prospects of long term success because they will concentrate on research that reinforces their share selection. People also struggle to cope with the concept of randomness. In order to maintain some measure of the control over their environment humans try to find patterns and meanings in apparently random events, and consequently they will revert to explanatory stories that are simple and coherent based on their view of the world. This has been termed the “narrative bias” and can be illustrated through the example of the “gambler’s fallacy”. A single flip of a coin has a 50% chance of being heads or tails, but if heads comes up five times in a row people become convinced that the next flip will be tails, even though statistically the probability of the next flip being heads remains 50%. Using Tesla as an example, while intuitively investors may feel the share price has risen too quickly, if their world view is that electric vehicles will ultimately replace the internal combustion engine, the rapid increase in the share price will be regarded as the beginning of a long term trend, and not an inexplicable random event. People’s self-control also eventually deserts them when they want to buy shares in a Company and they see the share price running away from them. They eventually succumb and buy even at unrealistic prices. A particularly troubling bias for investors is “loss aversion”. Tversky and Kahneman have identified that psychologically the pain of losing is twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. Investors who buy shares on low P/E’s tend to sell them and realise the profits too early, while those who buy shares at their peak valuations tend to hold on to them for too long because of their aversion to realising a loss. Increasing internet speeds and greater exposure to social media have altered the manner in which information is disseminated. There is little doubt that the information on social media is infected with a great deal of personal bias, which is then received and believed. Investors and analysts will have to rise to the challenge and potentially search non-traditional platforms when making investment decisions.
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1. What do people normally do in a refectory: Eat; Sleep; Study; or Grow vegetables? 2. Where did tomatoes originate from? 3. Which fruit tree is considered to be sacred in India? 4. What is the largest stadium in the world? 5. How many times has Michael Schumacher been a Formula 1 champion? 6. What flower is the symbol of the sun and the symbol of Japan? 7. Do snails have teeth? 8. Which reptile, according to the song, should you never smile at? 9. From what stone is the Taj Mahal built? 10. How many sides, in total, would three triangles and three rectangles have? 11. If you were ‘Doing Leap Frog’ or ‘Walking The Dog’ what would you be using? 12. Which type of entertainment has cars but no roads, curves but no figure, and white knuckles? 13. In which sport would you hear the term 'Catching a crab'?
14. Which country originated the term “plonk” for Wine? 15. Which is the largest land carnivore in Britain? 16. A poult is the young of which creature? 17. On a standard European roulette wheel which number appears on the green? 18. Bright’s disease affects which organs of the body? 19. What is the name of Dennis the Menace’s dog? 20. Moving anti-clockwise on a dartboard what is the number next to 4? 21. What does an arctophile collect? 22. What augmented reality app caused a stir of global excitement in summer 2016? 23. In which team game do you try to move backwards all the time? 24. What year was the very first model of the iPhone released? 25. Which auto brand was the first to offer seat belts? 26. Which bone are babies born without? 27. How many films did Sean Connery play James Bond in?
28. What name is used to refer to a group of frogs? 29. What is sciophobia the fear of? 30. How many stones did David take for his fight with Goliath? One, Five or Fifteen? 31. In a standard set of playing cards which is the only king without a moustache? 32. What condition has the medical name of bruxism? 33. What is the name of the currency used in Poland? 34. Which american state has a name that ends in three vowels? 35. What is the hard tag at the end of a shoe lace called? 36. If you were a ‘chalkie’ in Australia, what would your profession be? 37. If James is five, Henry is three, and Edward is two, who is one? 38. What colour was Coca-Cola originally? 39. What is an epidiascope? 40. What is the name of Dr Evil`s cat in the ‘Austin Powers’ films?
ANSWERS 1) Eat (it’s a dining room), 2) America, 3) Mango, 4) Azteca Stadium in Mexico city, 5) 7 times, 6) Chrysanthemum, 7) Yes, a snail has 135 rows of teeth, 8)Crocodile, 9) Marble, 10) 21, 11) A yo-yo, 12) Roller coaster, 13) Rowing or Sculling, 14) Australia, 15) Badger, 16) Turkey, 17) Zero, 18) Kidneys, 19) Gnasher, 20) 18, 21) Teddy bears, 22) Pokemon Go, 23) Tug of War, 24) 2007, 25) Nash Motors, 26) Knee cap, 27) 7, 28) An army, 29) Shadows, 30) 5, 31) The king of hearts, 32) Grinding of the teeth, 33) Zloty, 34) Hawaii, 35) Aglet, 36) Teaching, 37) Thomas the Tank Engine (engine numbers), 38) Green, 39) An overhead projector, 40) Mr Bigglesworth.
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1-8 March Artscape Theatre CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL capetowncomedyfestival.co.za 5-8 March Somerset Gift SPIRITFEST spiritfest.co.za 6-8 March Sandringham Farm CAPE TOWN GETAWAY SHOW getaway.co.za 7 March Meerendal Estate HUAWEI KDAY tickets.computicket.com 8 March Cape Town Stadium CAPE TOWN CYCLE TOUR capetowncycletour.com 9 March Fugard Theatre ROMEO AND JULIET thefugard.com 13 March Hillcrest Quarry RAMFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL howler.co.za 14 March Meerendal Wine Estate DURBANVILLE PLAASFEES durbanvilleplaasfees.co.za 26-29 March Elandskloof Farm RETREAT YOURSELF retreatyourself.co.za 27 March Grand West SMOKIE LIVE tickets.computicket.com 27-28 March CTICC CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL capetownjazzfest.com 29 March Greenpoint Salesian Football Club WOMEN FOR CHANGE RUN womenforchange.co.za 11 April University of Cape Town TWO OCEANS MARATHON twooceansmarathon.org.za 25-27 April Sandringham Farm SA CHEESE FESTIVAL tickets.computicket.com
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JOHANNESBURG 4-8 March Joburg Theatre HIP HOP HAMLET - NSA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS nsafestival.co.za 5-8 March Randburg THE RAND SHOW randshow.co.za 5-8 March Ticketpro Dome HOBBY-X hobby-x.co.za 13-14 March Sandton Convention Centre BEAUTY REVOLUTION FESTIVAL beautyrevolution.co.za 14-15 March Sandton Convention Centre THE WEDDING EXPO wedding-expo.co.za 20-22 March Teatro at Montecasino LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY bigconcerts.co.za 27-29 March Victoria Yards NIGHT OF A 1000 DRAWINGS johannesburg.1000drawings.org
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COMPETITION
WIN A romantic getaway for TWO IN KNYSNA worth R25,000!
Win a two-night romantic getaway in Knysna with accommodation at the award-winning Head Over Hills Luxury Retreat, situated on the jagged edge of the rocky cliffs of the Knysna Heads. Relax on the expansive deck with its unrivalled views of theWestern Head and the Indian Ocean. Indulge in oysters and bubbly or sushi and your favourite wine. Take a dip in the sparkling pool before dinner then retire to the spacious Captain Suite with its stacker doors opening onto a private balcony, a spa bath and indoor fireplace. In the morning, enjoy a delicious breakfast before starting your day. To enter, answer this simple question: What award did Head over Hills Luxury Retreat win in 2019? You will find the answer on their website - www.headoverhills.co.za! Email your answer to kirsten@macpublishing.co.za with ROMANTIC GETAWAY / Go EaZy in the subject line. Include your name and contact number. The winner will be contacted personally and announced on our Facebook page in the last week of May 2020. T&Cs apply.
PRIZE INCLUDES 2 nights’ accommodation for 2 people sharing at Head Over Hills Luxury Retreat including breakfast each morning (R16,800) www.headoverhills.co.za • Pre-dinner drinks at the trendy Project Bar on Thesen Harbour Town with its uninterrupted views across the lagoon through The Heads (R300) • Dinner at the lagoon-side Sirocco Restaurant (R700) A couple’s Signature Candle Massage at Pezula Spa & Gym, including a glass of bubbly and use of the spa facilities – gym, heated indoor swimming pool, steam room, sauna and rain forest showers (R2,600) • 2 ½ hour sunset cruise with Springtide Sailing Charters on the luxury 50ft Outeniqua yacht including a mezze platter and bubbly (value R2,320) • A voucher for French Kisses, a beautiful clothing boutique at Thesen Harbour Town specialising in designer French labels (R1,500)
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