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March 1, 2018
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GO!PEOPLE
VROODA MAKHAM
BRIGHT YOUNG SUPPORTERS: Merrifield Preparatory School and College pupils raised R9000 for Cansa during the Shavathon on Friday.
Showing their support with their brightly coloured hair are some of the Grade 1 pupils
Picture: TRACEY MANGOLD
YOUNG LEADERS: Serving Kuswag Primary this year are, from
left, deputy headgirl Sixolile Sifatyi, headgirl Onesimo
Kabase, headboy Caleb Radcliffe and deputy headboy Yivani
Jayiy
Picture: Supplied
Q. TELL US ABOUT YOUR
O C C U PAT I O N ?
A. I’m the liaison officer
for the East London Branch
of Diabetes South Africa.
Q. WHAT DO YOU LOVE
ABOUT YOUR CITY?
A. East London is a
charming city with friendly
people. It has a good
environment to raise
children. It’s a hidden gem
with a stunning coastline.
It's no surprise that our
beautiful beaches like
Kidd’s Beach, Gonubie,
Nahoon and Orient Beach
attract so many tourists.
Q. WHICH THREE PEOPLE
DEAD OR ALIVE – WOULD
YOU LIKE TO INVITE TO
DINNER?
A. 1. Earl Bell, chairman
of the East London branch
of Diabetes South Africa.
Not only is he widely
travelled, he also has a
wealth of experience in
diabetes management.
He's attended and
presented at many
conferences nationwide. He
was instrumental in getting
Diabetes Federation’s
Congress to South Africa in
2006 which attracted
about 12 800 delegates
from across the world. I
love to listen to his stories.
2. Dr Mac Robertson
from Durban but retired in
Pretoria. Dr Robertson
always availed himself to
do workshops on
managing diabetes in East
London and has run many
diabetic trials.
3. Professor Emeritus
Francois Bonnici from Cape
To w n .
Q. WHAT BRIGHTENS UP
YOUR LIFE?
A. Being involved with
Diabetes South Africa,
knowing that I’m helping
those who live with this
condition and to learn that
it is manageable.
Q. WHAT DO YOU LOVE
ABOUT SA?
A. There’s never a dull
moment in South Africa –
whether from a political or
sports point of view. The
diversity of our nation
lightens up our country.
We strive to inform people
that there are Diabetes
Branches and support
groups across South Africa.
Q. WHAT IS YOUR
MESSAGE TO THE YOUTH?
A. We need a healthy
youth population leading
our country into the future,
so staying away from the
likes of drugs is vital.
HEAVEN BLESSED: The rain came down for the Hudson Park High School interhouse gala, but the
enthusiasm of the participants and spectators was cause for a riveting event. In the swim of it are,
from left, Alexia Velde, Mtha Sojola and Sanchia Poovan
PROVINCIAL CAPTAIN: Well done to
Merrifield Grade 8 pupil Amy Swart,
who will captain the U15A Eastern
Cape Badminton team at the
upcoming SA Championships,
which will be held during the school
holidays
Picture: SUPPLIED
WORLD RECOGNITION: Congratulations to Siyolise
Mapongwana, left, and Cayden Memphis, of George Randell
Primary, who recently received their certificates of merit all
the way from China for their participation in the 48th World
School Children’s Art Exhibition. Well done!
WELCOME HOME, HEADGIRL! Kay Mosiane, front row, middle, was headgirl at Gonubie Primary School
in 2006 and has now returned to her alma mater as a music teacher. With her are the teachers who
taught her at various times for different subjects during her primary school career. She completed her
high school education at the National School of Arts in Johannesburg and then earned her Bachelor’s
degree (with honours) in music at Rhodes University. She is working part-time on her masters
degree
Traps sporting dads of
small sons tumble into
NOW that autumn is in the air
and the domestic and school
cricket seasons are winding
down, it springs to mind for no
particular reason other than that
of personal experience, one of
the traps which yawn wide for
the fathers of small sons at this
time of year. It is one which
many of you sporting dads out
there might recognise.
It is the occasion when casual
conversation turns to athletic
prowess. The trap is always well
camouflaged. Dad has taken his
son to watch a cricket match.
The tail-ender has just hit the
ball over the sight-screen for a
towering six.
“That reminds me,” says Dad
expansively, “of the time I hit
four sixes in one over off Joe
Noggs, Free State’s demon fast
b o w l e r. ”
Junior at his side has cocked
an ear. He understands for the
first time that his Dad is a
cricketer and what’s more, a
cricketer of name and note.
Out of range of his spouse and
with a hero-worshipping audience
of one small boy, father falls
deeper into the trap. He recalls
REFLECTIONS
... with Charles Beningfield
now the glorious afternoon when,
with his unplayable leg-spinners,
he took no less than nine
provincial wickets for 32 runs
and later knocked up a century in
half an hour.
The trusting child at his side
is by now saucer-eyed in
wonder and admiration. Other
chaps’ fathers may have played
at Wimbledon or swum the
English Channel; other chaps'
fathers may be business
tycoons or serve on the school
committee. But Dad sitting at
his side was at once AB de
Villiers and Imran Tahir rolled
into one.
Here indeed is something to
tell his classmates tomorrow;
here is something to mightily
impress the teachers.
Father may not realise it at
the time, but someday he is
going to be caught; someday he
will be prepared to spend a
fortune to buy back each
boastful phrase. But such words
once uttered are beyond price.
They are stored inextricably in
the grey matter of a little boy.
Bet your house on it, sooner
or later the youngsters will
challenge their dads to a game
of cricket. Few members of the
older team will have touched a
bat or a ball in 15 years.
It is then that that father
whose shining exploits on the
field of play will be revealed as
merely a figment of a fertile
imagination – especially if his
son tonks him for a six or bowls
him first ball. Ouch!