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JOBURG WEST<br />
Behind the seams<br />
with fashion designer<br />
SHENÉ OLIVIER<br />
Find your<br />
bliss in Bali<br />
CHARMING<br />
CHALK PAINT<br />
PROJECTS<br />
We’re shining<br />
with these<br />
beauty buys<br />
KEEP IT<br />
SIMPLE<br />
A luxe table setting & festive eats<br />
SHOPPING, PEOPLE AND LIFESTYLE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong>-<strong>2020</strong>
GET IT<br />
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It-Joburg-<strong>West</strong>/100394760042935<br />
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Journalist<br />
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GET IT HEAD OFFICE<br />
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employees or their families. Get It Magazine<br />
reserves the right to publish the names of<br />
winners, who will be contacted telephonically<br />
and need to collect their prizes from Caxton<br />
Northern branch within 10 days or they will be<br />
forfeited. Prizewinners names are published on<br />
our Facebook page monthly.<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong><br />
CONTENTS<br />
WHY DON’T YOU ...<br />
4 ‘Tis the season to be jolly ...<br />
7 A trio of brilliant books for the holidays<br />
WISH LIST<br />
8 Oh ... how we love a touch of green!<br />
SOCIAL<br />
10 Make-up madness<br />
11 Inspired by beauty<br />
12 Fashion forward<br />
13 Cuppa for CANSA<br />
PEOPLE<br />
14 Shené Olivier tells us more about her green fingers, a famous<br />
lookalike and how she got to know herself<br />
16 Kevin Britz shares his tips for surviving the festive season<br />
24 Pastry Chef Phillimon Mugwambani chats about his<br />
dream job and humble beginnings in Zimbabwe<br />
BEAUTY<br />
20 This festive season we’re going to shine!<br />
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<br />
22 Last minute stocking stuffers!<br />
FOOD & DRINKS<br />
26 If ever there was a time to drink, eat and be merry, it’s now.<br />
30 We’re sipping on these wines all summer long!<br />
HOME<br />
32 A luxe table setting<br />
36 Charming chalk paint projects<br />
GARDENING<br />
40 We’ve put together our top garden tasks and tips<br />
TRAVEL<br />
48 The spirit of Bali<br />
WIN<br />
9 A cake of your choice<br />
30 A hamper of four Robertson wines, plus a yoga mat<br />
36 A hamper of Tjhoko Paint’s three new colours<br />
50 Win 70 bottles of Roodeberg wines<br />
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If you have a date for the Get It diary page, email the info at least a month in advance to rialienf@caxton.co.za<br />
A hot date!<br />
‘Tis the season to be jolly ...<br />
01<br />
Bring the family along for the<br />
Wonderland of Lights at<br />
the Walter Sisulu National Botanical<br />
Garden from 6pm to 10pm from 1<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember to 4 <strong>Jan</strong>uary. With over<br />
100 imported Christmas lights on<br />
display, The Wonderland of Lights<br />
will outshine any other family holiday<br />
activity this festive season. Bring a<br />
picnic basket and blankets or stroll<br />
through the stalls and food vendors<br />
with your family. Cost: R200 for a<br />
family package (two adults and two<br />
kids). Details: www.miid.co.za.<br />
01<br />
<strong>West</strong> Side Craft & Food<br />
Market from 10am to 3pm<br />
at Ramkiki Country Restaurant &<br />
Conference Centre. Secure parking,<br />
no entrance fee and pets welcome.<br />
Details: Chanelle on 081 500 6884.<br />
01<br />
Celebrate the start of the<br />
festive season at Ngwenya<br />
Country Market, Muldersdrift from<br />
9am to 4pm. Enjoy the market in the<br />
countryside just in time to shop for<br />
Christmas gifts and treats. Entrance is<br />
free. Details: 011 796 3000.<br />
16<br />
No need to worry about going to the beach as Silverstar will bring<br />
the Beach Festival to you this holiday! The beach party will be<br />
going strong from 5 <strong>Dec</strong>ember to 11 <strong>Jan</strong>uary. Enjoy the cool water,<br />
relax on the beach or with a sunset cocktail. There will also be crazy<br />
carnival rides and live entertainment, so everyone in the family is<br />
sure to be entertained. Cost: R35 for adults, R10 for children and R20<br />
for pensioners. Details: www.tsogosun.com/silverstar-casino.<br />
04<br />
Christmas experience at the<br />
Real Life Church (86 Viljoen<br />
Street, Krugersdorp North) on 4, 5<br />
and 6 <strong>Dec</strong>ember from 6pm to 10pm<br />
daily. Spectacular lights, kids activities,<br />
live characters, Christmas market,<br />
delicious food, Christmas Carols, mini<br />
train rides and much more! Cost: R10<br />
per person (all proceeds go to the<br />
Door of Care and Safety).<br />
05<br />
Cradlestone Mall Night<br />
Market on 5 and 20<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember from 5pm to 9pm. Don’t<br />
miss out on the good food, great<br />
vibes, amazing Gin and much more!<br />
06<br />
Cedar Tree Craft Night<br />
Market from 6pm to 10pm<br />
at Khosa Sports Club, Krugersdorp.<br />
Secure parking, no entrance fee and<br />
pets are welcome. Details: Chanelle on<br />
081 500 6884.<br />
13<br />
<strong>West</strong> Side Craft & Food<br />
Night Market from 6pm to<br />
10pm at Ramkiki Country Restaurant<br />
& Conference Centre. Secure parking,<br />
no entrance fee and pets welcome.<br />
Details: Chanelle on 081 500 6884.<br />
15<br />
Visit Cedar Tree Craft Market<br />
from 10am to 3pm at Khosa<br />
Sports Club, Krugersdorp for their<br />
monthly market. Secure parking, no<br />
entrance fee and pets are welcome.<br />
Details: Chanelle on 081 500 6884.<br />
25 JANUARY<br />
Get ready for two days of all<br />
things wedding at the Bridal<br />
Expo, Oakfield Farm on 25 and 26<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>uary from 9.30am. There will be<br />
more than 180 wedding vendors,<br />
a free fashion show, great food,<br />
live entertainment and great prize<br />
giveaways. Cost: R100 per person<br />
from Computicket.<br />
4 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
Book club<br />
A trio of brilliant books for the holidays<br />
Oh my. Joy of joys! A new book<br />
from Jojo Moyes, just in time for the<br />
holidays. Inspired by a remarkable<br />
true story, the book is described<br />
as ‘the unforgettable journey of<br />
five extraordinary women living in<br />
extraordinary and perilous times’.<br />
The Giver of Stars is the story of<br />
Alice Wright, a woman who leaves<br />
England for America, only to discover<br />
that swapping the twitching curtains<br />
of suburbia for being the wife of an<br />
American businessman and living in<br />
the wild mountains of Kentucky isn’t,<br />
actually, the answer to her prayers.<br />
Then she meets Margery O’Hara, a<br />
woman who isn’t afraid of anything<br />
or anyone. And a woman<br />
on a mission! The pair, along with<br />
three others, join up and, ignoring<br />
obvious dangers and loads of social<br />
disapproval, travel hundreds of<br />
miles a week to deliver books to<br />
isolated families. When a body is<br />
found in the mountains, and one<br />
of the group becomes a suspect,<br />
their newly formed friendship is put<br />
to the test. The Giver of Stars is<br />
unputdownable. Penguin, R270<br />
Ever since reading the marvellous Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, we’ve<br />
pounced on any new Alexandra Fuller with delight (unlike her mother, who<br />
thinks they’re ‘dreadful’). Just released is Travel Light, Move Fast, a tribute to<br />
Alexandra’s father, who died unexpectedly – and not with the drama the family<br />
expected – in Budapest, ‘the poor man’s Paris’. Read in equal parts of envy and<br />
horror – her parents launched from one calamity to the next, fuelled with gin<br />
and in a haze of cigarette smoke, along with the children, a handful of dogs and<br />
a collection of orange Le Creuset pots – the memoir jumps from present to past.<br />
Alexandra tells of the lessons her father taught her. Lessons about life, love, loss<br />
and tragedy. Lessons that led her to cope with the loss of her father, of the fallout<br />
with her sister, and of the unbearable final bereavement she reveals in the final<br />
chapter, when you may find yourself, as we did, holding the book further away<br />
than normal, so as to distance yourself from the grief she pours into the pages.<br />
Brilliantly written, heartbreaking, and often laugh-out-loud funny. You don’t need<br />
much more from a great read, really. Profile Books, R300. • If there was ever anyone<br />
as glam as the marvellous Jackie Kennedy Onassis, it was her sister, Lee. One of<br />
the most iconic women of her time – and the favourite of their rakish father, John<br />
‘Black Jack’ Vernou Bouvier – she lived in the shadow of her older sister, their<br />
mother’s favourite. Both had a keen eye for beauty – in fashion, design, painting,<br />
music, dance, sculpture, poetry – and both were talented artists. Both loved<br />
prerevolutionary Russian culture. Both adored the blinding sunlight, calm seas and<br />
ancient olive groves of Greece. But the two, although extremely close, were hugely<br />
competitive and their relationship included much rivalry and jealousy. When Jackie<br />
died and her will was read, Lee discovered that cash bequests were left to family,<br />
friends and staff, but nothing to her. ‘I have made no provision in this my Will for<br />
my sister, Lee B. Radziwill, for whom I have great affection, because I have already<br />
done so during my lifetime,’ it read. The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters by Sam Kashner<br />
and Nancy Schoenberger, who had many candid interviews with Lee, explores the<br />
tragic and glamorous lives of these two fascinating women. HarperCollins, R310.<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 7
Wish list<br />
Oh ... how we love a touch of green!<br />
Shop local online<br />
Tania Sutherland Boutique’s online<br />
shop has taken the <strong>West</strong> Rand by storm.<br />
They offer versatile and easy-to-wear<br />
timeless styles for your wardrobe. Plus<br />
... they stock everything from the new<br />
two-tone infinity dresses and jumpsuits<br />
to Olga Bolga shoes, kimono wrap<br />
jackets, trendy handbags, pillowcases,<br />
Busy Bitch Collection, and coffee mugs.<br />
The boutique premises shared with the<br />
Stitching Studio Academy, offering notto-be-missed<br />
monthly workshops on<br />
how to refashion your clothing as well<br />
as styling your image for your body<br />
shape. Details: 082 566 0602, www.<br />
taniasutherland.co.za or follow them on<br />
Facebook, ‘Tania Sutherland Page’<br />
Dish up your<br />
fabulous fresh<br />
creations with<br />
these Green<br />
Marble Salad<br />
Servers. Get<br />
them for R350<br />
from Poetry at<br />
Clearwater Mall or<br />
Cradlestone Mall.<br />
Heading to the beach<br />
this holiday? For a<br />
successful (and light<br />
on the arm) beach<br />
day, we all need the<br />
perfect bag to throw<br />
in all of the essentials:<br />
a towel, the latest<br />
read, and a bottle of<br />
sunscreen.Get this<br />
Delicious Monster<br />
canvas shopper bag<br />
for only R99 from<br />
superbalist.com.<br />
8 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
Zero just happened<br />
We’re mad about the new Zero Bar shampoo … a proudly<br />
local product that’s concentrated, water-free, plastic-free<br />
and cruelty-free. Designed to last through between 55<br />
and 70 hair washes, outlasting most bottled shampoos,<br />
there are four to choose from (called the four Bar Bros)<br />
… a Argan bar (liquid gold, filled with nutrients), Jojoba (a<br />
real hair booster), the Moringa bar (which strengthens and<br />
rejuvenates your hair) and Wild Desert Melon (surprisingly<br />
light, with easily absorbed oil). All four have loads of<br />
nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and promise to clean,<br />
enrich, moisturise, condition, shine, strengthen, nourish,<br />
soothe and repair. Only available on line at the moment,<br />
they cost R75 each, or R300 for a pack (all the same, or one<br />
of each). Details: www.zerobar.co.za.<br />
Summertime drinks<br />
Zesty grapefruit with just a hint of<br />
bitterness. This summer we’re drinking the<br />
just-launched Fitch & Leedes Grapefruit<br />
Tonic. This coral-hued drink with a delicate<br />
fizz is perfect for those who’re avoiding<br />
alcohol … a slice of grapefruit, a sprig<br />
of thyme, loads of ice and you have a<br />
refreshing mocktail. For those who like<br />
a little merriment in their glass, it’s also<br />
really great with premium vodka or tequila.<br />
And it’s sensational for a crisp, refreshing<br />
G&T. Try it with Hope on Hopkins African<br />
Botanical Gin, with a few muddled berries<br />
and mint. Bliss. Lovely at lunchtime in the<br />
sun, fabulous for sundowners … it’s our<br />
new fave! About R55 for a six-pack of cans,<br />
R50 for a four-pack of glass bottles. Details:<br />
fitchleedes.co.za.<br />
A slice of Christmas<br />
We admit we love a traditional<br />
fruit cake. But not everyone does,<br />
so we always make sure we’ve got<br />
something special for our Christmas<br />
lunch … something guaranteed to please<br />
everyone. This year we’re fancying this lovely<br />
We’ve<br />
got a voucher<br />
for one reader to win<br />
a cake of her choice. To<br />
enter, visit our Get It Joburg<br />
<strong>West</strong> Facebook page, like<br />
the competition post, tag a<br />
friend and you’ll be in the<br />
draw. Entries close on<br />
10 <strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
Vanilla Dream torte, layered with Chantilly cream and topped with<br />
white chocolate shavings, from Chateau Gateaux. Add a few sprigs<br />
of appropriate greenery and some festive pomegranate seeds<br />
and … voilà … Christmas on a plate. Other cakes we’re stocking<br />
up on for the festive season are the Southern Red Velvet cake<br />
(looks Christmassy with no effort at all) and their Passionate Lemon<br />
Cheesecake (a heavenly combo of passion fruit and lemon on a<br />
golden gingerbread crumble base … perfect for when it’s too hot<br />
for anything heavy). Details: chateaugateaux.co.za.<br />
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Almarie Katzke and<br />
Shereen Mogorosi<br />
<strong>Jan</strong>ine Ferreira and Rosa van Niekerk<br />
Make-up<br />
madness<br />
Ryno Mulder and<br />
Charmaine Vermeulen<br />
Mieke Korff and<br />
Dalien Steenekamp<br />
Charmz Noordheuwel offered make-up<br />
lovers the opportunity to experience a<br />
masterclass hosted by the very talented<br />
Ryno Mulder from Makeup by Ryno at<br />
Hoërskool Monument. With his worldclass<br />
skills he demonstrated everything<br />
from contouring, highlighting, and<br />
soft glam, to his glamorous signature<br />
celebrity make-up look, sharing all his<br />
beauty secrets ... It was a delightful<br />
morning of fun, make-up and<br />
exceptionally good company!<br />
Bianca du Plessis and<br />
Ronel Veldhuizen<br />
Maritza Herbst and Therese Pretorius<br />
Nadia Meiring and Chineque Bekker<br />
Sonja Uys and Daleen Burger<br />
10 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
Magriet <strong>Jan</strong>sen<br />
van Rensburg and<br />
Lizz Meiring<br />
Riva Schoeman and Annemarie Swart<br />
Ernust and Lizel van der <strong>West</strong>huizen<br />
Inspired by beauty<br />
SA’s Glam Guru, Hannon Bothma, is the epitome of class and<br />
sophistication, and his new cerise pink rose is an extension of that style ...<br />
The Hannon rose, cultivated and grown by Malanseuns, was unveiled to<br />
the world in the company of celebrities such as Brümilda van Rensburg<br />
and Lizz Meiring during a fabulous high tea at Garden World.<br />
Hannon Bothma<br />
Annelize and Frank Campher<br />
Esther Swanepoel and Karia Brits<br />
Jimie Malan, Panda du Preez and Jolandi Malan<br />
Lana Vorster, Rita Geldenhuys and Bernice Swanepoel<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 11
Rufaro Samanya and Phumzile Ntsibande<br />
Philda Samanga and Maureen Mabilo<br />
Fashion forward<br />
Two student designers from the Stitching Studio Academy launched their<br />
own fabulous designer collections during the long-anticipated opening of<br />
Tania Sutherland's online Boutique & Gift shop. Inspiring women of all ages,<br />
Philda Samanga and Maureen Mabilo showed that it's never too late to realise<br />
your dreams and step into the fashion industry. Philda's African collection and<br />
Maureen's plus-sized clothing were modelled during the opening and received<br />
many well-deserved ohs and ahs from the crowd.<br />
Tania<br />
Sutherland<br />
Busisiwe Mkhonza, Lindokuhle Mkhonza and Tshepiso Mxasa<br />
Audrey Ngema and Rainy Mashitisho<br />
Inez Barnard and Carin Berrington<br />
12 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
Caren Grobler, Ria van Niekerk and Estelle van Niekerk<br />
Lelanie Marais and Grethe<br />
Doubell-Schüssler<br />
Lyndie Vorster and Chené Bredenhann<br />
Cuppa for CANSA<br />
Sonia Pretorius<br />
Shack Express at Antique Shack,<br />
Muldersdrift hosted an incredible<br />
Cuppa for CANSA with the theme<br />
'Spring Hat Flair'. Sonia Pretorius,<br />
CANSA's Global Hero of Hope<br />
<strong>2019</strong>, shared her inspiring cancer<br />
story and the rest of the morning was<br />
spent enjoying a motivational talk by<br />
Danielle Steynvaardt and indulging<br />
in<br />
divine eats and treats. The women<br />
dressed up in crazy Spring-inspired<br />
hats for the best hat competition<br />
while valuable pieces of art were<br />
auctioned in aid of CANSA.<br />
Nicole and Nadine Houlson<br />
Danielle Steynvaardt<br />
and Angelique Brits
Text: JACO-MARI HAASBROEK. Photographer: JACO BOTHMA. Hair: ANTOINETTE DE BEER. Make-up: KAILA BOTHA.<br />
Dress to<br />
EXPRESS<br />
14 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong><br />
Krugersdorp North's busy<br />
bee fashion designer,<br />
Shené Olivier is radiant,<br />
sincere and full of fiery<br />
passion for her career …<br />
She tells us more about her<br />
green fingers, a famous<br />
lookalike and how she got<br />
to know herself.<br />
Shené was born to<br />
design. She was<br />
privileged to discover<br />
her love for designing<br />
very early in her life<br />
when she used to<br />
cut up dresses and<br />
clothes to make new<br />
outfits as a little girl.<br />
‘I always knew I<br />
wanted to design clothes, so naturally,<br />
I went on and studied BA Fashion<br />
Design. I wasn’t sure what exactly I<br />
wanted to design because I realised<br />
that commercial clothing isn’t for me,<br />
so I tried making beautiful one-ofa-kind<br />
creations. I fell in love with<br />
making dresses and the rest is history.’<br />
She started making dresses in 2016<br />
and opened Shené Vyver Couture<br />
in 2017. She and her assistant make<br />
more than 100 dresses every year<br />
(yes, 100 dresses!). Most are for<br />
clients, but she has a few of her own<br />
passion-projects ... Her designs are<br />
truly breathtaking and make every<br />
matriculant, model and bride that<br />
wears them feel fabulous, feminine<br />
and unique. At 25, Shené has already<br />
established her own style and a lot<br />
of people can recognise her designs.<br />
She uses a lot of floral patterns,<br />
beads, lace, and layers. What makes<br />
her designs stand out above the rest,<br />
is how she combines the different<br />
details in the dress.<br />
‘I got married a year ago and was<br />
lucky enough to be able to design<br />
and make my own wedding<br />
dress as well as dresses for my five<br />
bridesmaids, my mother, and my<br />
grandmother. I was under a lot of<br />
pressure because everyone expected<br />
a spectacular dress. At the end of the<br />
day, I decided not to worry about<br />
what everyone else said, as long
as I felt beautiful. It was loads of fun<br />
to make my own dress and I had a<br />
fairytale wedding.’<br />
What made her day even more special<br />
was her mother wearing one of her<br />
dresses. She describes her mother<br />
as a 'plain <strong>Jan</strong>e', though she looked<br />
spectacular on Shené’s wedding day.<br />
‘Anyone can make a beautiful dress,<br />
but what matters most is how it makes<br />
that person feel. I know the dress I<br />
made for her meant a lot to both of us<br />
and that’s why it’s my favourite dress<br />
I’ve ever made.’<br />
She sees herself as being privileged in<br />
every aspect of her life. From the very<br />
start of her career, her parents have<br />
supported her by helping her study<br />
and start her business.<br />
‘I would not have come this far in my<br />
career at such a young age without<br />
their emotional and financial support. I<br />
love them to bits.’<br />
She has also done her fair share of<br />
modelling and we have to admit, she<br />
has the face for it. As soon as she got<br />
comfortable in front of the camera,<br />
she got involved with Reflekt Model<br />
Management where she shares her<br />
knowledge and judges competitions.<br />
‘With one foot in the fashion industry<br />
and the other in modelling, I also got<br />
the opportunity to design outfits for<br />
Top Model South Africa which was<br />
very good exposure for me and<br />
my business.’<br />
In 2017, she appeared on the television<br />
screens of many South Africans<br />
during the first TV-series of kykNET’s<br />
Sarie Voorbladgesig. It was the fourth<br />
time Shené entered the competition<br />
and she made it to the Top 10. It was<br />
also the first time the competition<br />
was broadcast on TV, and although<br />
she didn't win, she learned a lot<br />
about herself.<br />
‘Seeing yourself on TV makes you<br />
realise how other people see you<br />
and in my case, it was a very good<br />
thing. It was very inspiring and<br />
empowering, because the show sent<br />
the message that anyone can look<br />
fabulous when their hair and makeup<br />
are professionally done. The whole<br />
experience made me a stronger<br />
woman and I’ll do it again any time.’<br />
Shené is one of the few people we<br />
have ever met that looks just as good<br />
barefoot as in glamorous heels. She<br />
calls herself a flower child, not only<br />
because she is obsessed with pretty<br />
Shené’s gorgeous wedding dress.<br />
Image: Celeste Cilliers Photography.<br />
floral patterns, but because she also<br />
loves to get her hands dirty.<br />
‘I have green fingers, so I unwind by<br />
taking a walk through the garden or<br />
even doing a bit of gardening. I share<br />
my garden and home with my Bengal<br />
kitten and handsome hubby. After a<br />
year of married life, I can say that it<br />
is not what I expected at all, but I<br />
enjoy every second of sharing my life<br />
with him.’<br />
Her husband says she looks like Nigella<br />
Lawson and ironically, she is just as<br />
good a cook ... ‘I love hosting people<br />
in our home. We make enough food<br />
for an army and it’s usually Pinterestinspired<br />
meals. Our friends and family<br />
usually come and stay over for a whole<br />
weekend because they don’t want to<br />
miss out on any of the food.’<br />
Shené might be down to earth, but<br />
she adds a bit of sparkle to everyone’s<br />
day, especially her clients. A lot of<br />
Snippets:<br />
What is #1 on your bucket<br />
list? A month-long vacation<br />
without my phone.<br />
What is your biggest fear?<br />
Dying without leaving<br />
a legacy.<br />
What is the biggest life<br />
lesson you’ve learned?<br />
Always be kind because<br />
you don’t know what<br />
people are going through.<br />
Who do you want to design<br />
an outfit for? The iconic<br />
and fabulous Nataniël …<br />
people have specific career goals but<br />
Shené just wants to do what she loves<br />
and help people through it. She says<br />
that her career is an extension of her<br />
personality and as long as she can<br />
keep on creating beautiful dresses for<br />
special women, she’ll be happy.<br />
‘Yes, creating dresses for my favourite<br />
celebrities would be exciting but<br />
being a designer is much more than<br />
that. I work with a lot of women and<br />
they share a lot with me. Self-esteem<br />
plays a big role in any woman’s life<br />
and I believe that the world would<br />
be a better place if we all gave<br />
ourselves a break. For me, success is<br />
building relationships with my clients,<br />
contributing to their special days and<br />
helping them build their self-esteem<br />
by just being a friend to them.’<br />
Details: www.shenevyvercouture.com<br />
or follow her on Facebook, 'Shené<br />
Vyver Couture'.<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 15
Owning it!<br />
Weltevreden Park’s Kevin Britz is not only the voice behind the iconic Steve from the 'Beep<br />
Bank’ advert, he is also a formidable businessman. This behavioural, performance and<br />
wellness coach from Business by Design shares his tips for surviving the festive season.<br />
Image: RESONATE PHOTOGRAPHY.<br />
How did you start a successful business<br />
using your skills as a telemarketer,<br />
singer/songwriter, voice-over artist,<br />
and neurolinguistic programmer?<br />
Since I can remember, I’ve wanted to<br />
help people but instinctively knew that<br />
I needed to help myself before helping<br />
anyone else. Having been on stage<br />
for most of my life and learning about<br />
neurolinguistic programming in my<br />
20s and again in my 30s, I wanted to<br />
share useful information and a version<br />
of what I believed worked for me. With<br />
all my experience in voice, sales and<br />
neurolinguistic programming, I created<br />
a product and sold it on Gumtree to<br />
my very first client at Nedbank. Today, I<br />
train, coach and facilitate training and<br />
leadership programmes.<br />
What did you want to be when you<br />
grew up? I wanted to become a doctor<br />
or Michael Jackson. Both options<br />
seemed quite lucrative and fun, but I<br />
didn’t do either. I’m glad my choices<br />
changed as I got older.<br />
Steve from 'Beep Bank' is one of SA's<br />
most iconic radio ads. Are there any<br />
similarities between you and Steve?<br />
I think the only similarity between<br />
Steve and me is persistence. Damn ...<br />
he was persistent. I find that in business<br />
it comes with the territory, as an<br />
unspoken rule. Other than that, Steve<br />
and I are completely different. I’m also<br />
quite the recluse and love my own<br />
time, quiet time and nature.<br />
What is your inspiration for helping<br />
others achieve greatness? Being a dad<br />
is my inspiration. I wouldn't be the<br />
man I strive to be if it wasn't for my<br />
daughter. Being a parent often carries<br />
quite the juxtaposition in life. It can<br />
be completely unforgiving, and the<br />
greatest moment of your life, all at the<br />
same time.<br />
Is hypnotherapy like we see it in the<br />
movies? Umm… No! People have<br />
a hugely misguided notion of what<br />
hypnosis is. Hypnosis is to a large<br />
degree a guided learning state. It also<br />
allows you to connect more specifically<br />
to the subconscious that drives 95<br />
per cent of our lives. Neurolinguistic<br />
programming practitioners use<br />
hypnosis to learn, guide and elicit<br />
information, always with the aim<br />
I’m quite<br />
the recluse<br />
and love my<br />
own time<br />
of helping individuals understand<br />
behaviour and themselves more<br />
specifically. Hypnosis is a great way<br />
to relieve stress, deal with emotional<br />
states and help people practically.<br />
What was the last gift you gave<br />
someone? I gave my fiancé a birthday<br />
cake. He’d never received a cake for<br />
his birthday before, so I decided to<br />
wake him up with a cake, while singing<br />
'Happy Birthday'. Naked.<br />
Tell us more about your love for beer,<br />
travel, and music … I have been<br />
fortunate enough to travel to a few<br />
countries in the last two years and my<br />
love for beer stems from travelling. I<br />
love experiencing new cultures and<br />
the history of a country, and beer just<br />
happened to be one of the major<br />
ones I brought home with me. My<br />
love for music stems from a very early<br />
age when I had asthma. I was put on a<br />
ventilator at night when I was younger<br />
and my mother didn’t know how to<br />
keep me occupied at 2am. She would<br />
give me headphones and let me play<br />
all the LPs we owned, like the Bee Gees<br />
and Elvis, while she lay on the floor<br />
next to me sleeping. I think this may be<br />
the reason I love music so much – and<br />
my mom was my hero.<br />
What three things would you not be<br />
able to live without when stranded on<br />
an island? My daughter, my cellphone<br />
(with signal ...) and an asthma pump – I<br />
would be the worst Survivor candidate.<br />
What’s the most interesting thing<br />
you’ve ever read? Law of Success by<br />
Napoleon Hill. He writes about 'the<br />
ether'. The ether being about the<br />
spaces in between the spaces, which<br />
we human beings can’t see.<br />
Pick a song title that best reflects the<br />
story of your life … I am the One and<br />
Only by Chesney Hawkes.<br />
If you could have any superpower,<br />
what would it be and why? I would<br />
love to have the power of flying. I don’t<br />
like traffic and travelling would be<br />
such a joy!<br />
Reading on the beach, wandering<br />
around an art museum or scuba<br />
diving? I love art museums near a<br />
beach in Hawaii. Options are key!<br />
If you could be a slogan on a T-shirt<br />
– what would it say? 595 ... The 5–95<br />
rule (spend 5 per cent of your time<br />
planning, and 95 per cent of your<br />
time doing).<br />
Details: 084 414 1852, kevin@<br />
businessbydesign.co.za or www.<br />
businessbydesign.co.za.<br />
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Clear e r<br />
your clutter:<br />
Nothing feels els as<br />
good as getting i g rid of<br />
things that you u haven’t<br />
used in six months. So many<br />
people won’t have anything<br />
to share and you could give<br />
something you don’t<br />
use to someone who<br />
might need ed it.<br />
Surviving the <strong>Jan</strong>uary blues<br />
Inherently, we compare <strong>Jan</strong>uary to gloomy, dull and boring Monday mornings<br />
filled with meetings that could have just been an email, and concentrate on the<br />
slightly overweight and underpaid moments of <strong>Jan</strong>uary. We've been taught to<br />
not have enough. To not be happy enough, to be hard on ourselves for every<br />
misdemeanour during the past holiday. Take a moment and stop doing this!<br />
A great way to get through <strong>Jan</strong>uary is:<br />
Bargain hunt: Plan how you are going to stick to a budget and take some<br />
time to find bargains in your local area.<br />
Carpool: If you work with someone who lives nearby, why not carpool. It<br />
just saves money and it’s good for the environment ...<br />
Connect: Join a group that inspires you in some small way and not<br />
something that meets misery head-on. Remember, misery loves company.<br />
Ideally, a parkrun would be best because it will not only help you deal with<br />
the extra weight and empty wallet – it will also connect you with people.<br />
Coping with the holiday season<br />
We tend to miss the people who are not with<br />
us any more, we stress about the money<br />
we don’t have for things we can’t buy and<br />
invariably it’s a challenge for many.<br />
Stay connected: A challenge we face in<br />
the world today is connecting to people<br />
around us. Family and friends seem close<br />
on Facebook but yet so very far away.<br />
Take some time, schedule a catch-up or go<br />
for a family walk. Connecting is good for<br />
the soul.<br />
Keep to a routine: Very often we tend to<br />
fall into debilitating habits like eating too<br />
much or too much sleeping. Check your<br />
daily habits and stick to them.<br />
In-laws: Just the thought of having your<br />
in-laws spend Christmas with you this<br />
holiday season may send some people<br />
over the edge, but this year, just let it be.<br />
Take a step back, watch and listen. Some<br />
studies show that listening enables more<br />
communication than talking, since we can<br />
hear faster than we speak. So, when the<br />
mother-in-law criticises your parenting<br />
skills or how much weight you’ve gained<br />
since she last saw you ... just listen.<br />
If you are alone this Christmas<br />
• Create a feelings journal and take some<br />
time to write down everything you feel<br />
every day. Just pay attention to yourself<br />
and pay attention to what you pay<br />
attention to. Thoughts create things and<br />
the more you take the time to think and<br />
contemplate and understand, the more<br />
you build self-awareness.<br />
• Set a timer for five minutes and<br />
complain. Scream, shout and complain as<br />
much as you want, but only for those five<br />
minutes and then laugh at how well you<br />
complained. This works for crying too.<br />
• It will come as no surprise that people<br />
don’t know what they want, because they<br />
never took the time to plan how to get<br />
it. Give yourself options for how to get to<br />
where you want to go. The more options<br />
you have to choose from, the more routes<br />
you have to get there.<br />
• Laugh, laugh and laugh some more ...<br />
Laughter affects our bodies and brains in<br />
ways we can’t even begin to understand.<br />
Some research shows that when your<br />
body is in a certain state, it functions from<br />
that same state – it’s almost impossible<br />
for your brain to connect happiness and<br />
laughter to the state of anger, fear or<br />
panic. So go to a comedy show, watch<br />
some YouTube or find every possible<br />
opportunity to laugh.<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 17
Sparkling eyes ... we’re besotted with<br />
this Clarins Eyeshadow ... and admit<br />
this season we’re wearing it day<br />
and night. Because ... holiday!<br />
R355 from Woolworths.<br />
Silver or gold? One of each please! Essence Shine Last and Go gel varnish<br />
in a sparkling silver (shade 28) or glam gold (shade 40), R29,95 each from<br />
Dis-Chem • Four AMAZING shimmery shades in this Sorbet Eye to Eye<br />
Smoky Jo eyeshadow quad. R179,95 from Sorbet salons or sorbet.co.za.<br />
A touch of midnight blue always attracts<br />
(the right kind of ) attention. Try NYX<br />
Chromatic Lip Gloss in Midnight Chaos<br />
(R179,99 from Clicks), and Mavala Crayon<br />
Lumiere Eye Shadow in Bleu Saphir (R187<br />
from Dis-Chem).<br />
We’re wearing just one<br />
fragrance this festive<br />
season ... and it’s Azzaro<br />
Wanted Girl. A Floral<br />
Oriental Gourmand,<br />
it’s massively desirable.<br />
From R940 at your local<br />
fragrance store.<br />
Compiled by: KYM ARGO. Photographer: MEGAN BRETT<br />
TheraVine Face Relaxant<br />
Ampoules are great for reducing the<br />
appearance of wrinkles, especially<br />
those on the forehead and around<br />
the eyes. Each ampoule contains<br />
a ready-to-use dose. Simply twist,<br />
squeeze, apply and bye-bye lines!<br />
R872 from theravine.co.za.<br />
Perfect party-ready looks need great prep. We’re fans of this Vichy trio ... Aqualia<br />
Thermal Dynamic Hydration Pot Light Cream (R395), LiftActiv Supreme<br />
Serum 10 (R575) and Mineral 89, a daily booster which fortifies and plumps<br />
(R450). All from Clicks and Dis-Chem.<br />
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Three of the six pretty party shades in NYX Ultimate Edit<br />
eye palette, R240 from Clicks.<br />
When the stars<br />
come out to play<br />
Midnight skies and twinkling stars ... we’re in the mood to<br />
party. And this festive season we’re going g to shine!<br />
Catrice<br />
Precious<br />
Pigments<br />
Loose<br />
Eyeshadow<br />
in shade 60,<br />
R79,95 from<br />
Dis-Chem.<br />
Malva Mini Nail Colour in Austin ... a lovely shiny silver. R87 from Dis-Chem and Woolworths • Wrinkles. Firmness. Radiance.<br />
Dark Circles. Puffiness. Tick, tick and tick. All sorted with Filorga NCEF-Reverse Eyes, a supreme, multi-correction eye cream<br />
that really does work. Beautifully! R1 115 from Edgars and Clicks • Exuviance Triple Microdermabrasion Face Polish really is<br />
a game-changer in the realm of exfoliators ... it’s by far one of the best we’ve ever tried. This face scrub polishes your skin to<br />
a gorgeous, silky softness ... pores and dark spots are visibly reduced. LOVE! R995 from dermastore.co.za • For gorgeous hair ...<br />
Biosense Spoil Super Powerful Oil, R280 from splush.co.za/brand/biosense.<br />
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Gucci Bloom Acqua Di Fiori Eau de<br />
Toilette (50ml), R1 485, Edgars.<br />
SoyLites Energise Maxi-Lite (200ml)<br />
with Peppermint, Eucalyptus, Geranium<br />
& Ginger, R200, www.soylites.co.za.<br />
Bordallo Pinheiro Leaves Banana Leaf<br />
Platter, R1 299, Yuppiechef.com.<br />
Winging It book,<br />
R240, Jacana.<br />
Tropical leaves<br />
phone case, R199<br />
from heycasey.co.za<br />
HOLIDAY<br />
GIFT GUIDE<br />
Last minute stocking stuffers!<br />
Jin Gin<br />
olive and<br />
honey<br />
gin, R399,<br />
Pick n Pay<br />
Liquor.<br />
Pelican Menagerie luxury<br />
cushion cover, R550,<br />
www.macaroon.com.<br />
Livie small<br />
structured leather<br />
cross-body bag,<br />
R1 399, Poetry.<br />
Sorbet Tranquil Green Tea Body<br />
Souffle (250ml), R99, Clicks.<br />
22 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
The SWEET life<br />
Diepsloot's Tichaona Phillimon Mugwambani has come a long way in his culinary career.<br />
He chats about his dream job and humble beginnings in Zimbabwe.<br />
Text & main image: JACO-MARI HAASBROEK. Food images: RIALIEN FURSTENBERG.<br />
His love for all things<br />
sweet started at a<br />
young age as he<br />
grew up with a<br />
mother who baked<br />
and decorated<br />
cakes and made<br />
desserts almost<br />
daily. Now he is a qualified pâtissier at<br />
Dolci Café – a quaint traditional Italian<br />
restaurant in the city.<br />
'I've always had a sweet tooth and<br />
even before I went to school, I knew<br />
I wanted to create immaculate desserts<br />
because it was a prominent part<br />
of my childhood. One of my most<br />
memorable experiences as a child was<br />
eating my mother's amazing red<br />
velvet cheesecake.'<br />
When we say he had humble<br />
beginnings, we mean it. After high<br />
school, he worked for a construction<br />
company for about a year. When<br />
he moved from Zimbabwe to<br />
Johannesburg, he started as a sculleryhand<br />
in a hotel in Fourways and<br />
never thought that he would one day<br />
become a pastry chef ...<br />
'I was just a scullery-hand but showed<br />
great interest in food, especially<br />
desserts, and I started to help out<br />
in the kitchen after I'd washed all<br />
the dishes. I was later promoted to<br />
assistant baker. All my dreams were<br />
starting to come true.'<br />
After three years as an assistant baker,<br />
he joined Dolci Café. He has been<br />
part of their team of brilliant chefs for<br />
the last two years while completing a<br />
diploma in patisserie at the HTA School<br />
of Culinary Art.<br />
'Working with cakes, pastries, and<br />
desserts is the best part of my job<br />
because I get to play around and<br />
create something new that tastes<br />
wonderful. I can work on my own and<br />
experiment until I have perfected a<br />
new recipe. A lot of the special desserts<br />
on the menu are my own creations.'<br />
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Short & sweet:<br />
Your favourite cuisine ... Italian - I love pasta!<br />
The secret to being a successful pastry chef ... patience, loads of it.<br />
Team player or lone wolf ... I’m definitely a team player.<br />
Your favourite dessert ... cream horns.<br />
Your friends would describe you as ... always happy.<br />
Your favourite ingredient to work with ... icing sugar.
While he is a master at creating and<br />
baking delicious desserts, he also<br />
has a knack for making them look<br />
almost too good to eat. He prides<br />
himself on being creative and<br />
having an eye for detail. He loves to<br />
play around with the plating and<br />
presentation of his desserts.<br />
At 30, he is not only an<br />
accomplished pastry chef but a<br />
family man as well ...<br />
'I have a lovely wife and three very<br />
cute daughters. Our twins are<br />
four years old and the youngest is<br />
nine months old. I spend my free<br />
time with my family or watching<br />
soccer. I've been a part of the<br />
Diepsloot community for three<br />
years and by now, everyone in my<br />
neighbourhood asks me for desserts<br />
or cakes because of my job.'<br />
He appears to be a very reserved<br />
person but he gets very enthusiastic<br />
when he talks about his job – that's<br />
when he gets just as vibrant as the<br />
buzzing café he works at.<br />
'Being a pastry chef is my dream job<br />
and I would tell anyone who wants<br />
to follow this career path to do it.<br />
It's best to do it professionally and<br />
get the qualifications, even if it takes<br />
time. A pastry chef should have a<br />
lot of patience because it takes a lot<br />
of trial and error before a recipe is<br />
perfect, but it is worth it in the end.'<br />
Phillimon says that his culinary<br />
journey is far from over.<br />
'I'm qualified but that doesn't mean<br />
that I know everything. I'm always<br />
learning from other chefs. I'm always<br />
trying to learn and create more.'<br />
Try these sweet delights made by Phillimon:<br />
Cream cheese apple coffee cake<br />
Cake ingredients:<br />
125ml butter, softened; 125ml brown<br />
sugar; 60ml white sugar; 1 egg; 60ml<br />
vegetable oil; 2,5ml vanilla; 375ml flour;<br />
2,5ml bicarbonate of soda; 2,5ml baking<br />
powder; 1,25ml salt; 5ml cinnamon;<br />
375ml finely chopped apples.<br />
Cream cheese layer ingredients:<br />
230g cream cheese; 5ml vanilla; 45ml<br />
white sugar.<br />
Streusel ingredients:<br />
180ml white sugar; 60ml brown sugar;<br />
125ml flour; 5ml cinnamon; 2,5ml<br />
baking powder; 0,5ml salt; 90ml<br />
cold butter.<br />
To make:<br />
Preheat oven to 180 °C/ 350 °F and<br />
grease a 20 x 20cm square pan.<br />
Combine the butter and sugars for the<br />
cake and mix until fluffy. Add the egg,<br />
oil and vanilla, and mix until combined.<br />
Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda,<br />
baking powder, salt and cinnamon<br />
and stir into the butter mixture until<br />
combined. Stir in the apples and spread<br />
into the square pan.<br />
For the cream cheese layer, mix the<br />
cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and<br />
spread over the cake batter in the pan.<br />
Combine all the streusel ingredients<br />
using your hands or a pastry blender<br />
until well combined. Sprinkle over the<br />
cream cheese mixture.<br />
Bake for 45 minutes or until the<br />
topping is browned.<br />
Serve with a scoop of ice cream.<br />
Amarula crème brûlée<br />
Ingredients:<br />
10 egg yolks; 250g sugar; 1 litre fresh cream; 1 shot Amarula.<br />
To make:<br />
Heat the cream in a medium saucepan just until bubbles<br />
form around the edge.<br />
In the meantime, whisk the egg yolks, Amarula and sugar<br />
by hand until pale in colour. Very gradually, lightly whisk in<br />
the hot cream. Skim off any surface bubbles.<br />
Strain into small heatproof dishes, wider than they are<br />
deep. Place in a roasting pan or baking dish with enough<br />
hot water to come halfway up the sides of the dishes.<br />
Bake at 160°C for 30 minutes or until a tester inserted in the<br />
centre comes out clean. Cool, then chill well.<br />
Before serving, sift about a tablespoon of castor sugar over<br />
each custard. Place in a roasting pan filled with ice, then<br />
slide under a hot grill until the sugar melts and caramelises.<br />
Alternatively, use a blowtorch to melt and brown the sugar.<br />
DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong> Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> 25
FESTIVE<br />
FEAST<br />
If ever there was a time to drink, eat and be<br />
merry, it’s now. And on the menu? A feast of<br />
baked cheese, glazed ham, stuffed mushrooms,<br />
butter cookies and chocolate tart.<br />
Baked cranberry<br />
Camembert<br />
You’ll need: 100g frozen cranberries;<br />
150g Staffords cranberry jelly; 1tsp<br />
chilli flakes; one 250g wheel of<br />
Camembert or Brie cheese; 50g<br />
walnuts; 3 sprigs rosemary<br />
To make: Preheat oven to 180˚C. In a<br />
small saucepan combine the frozen<br />
cranberries, 100g Staffords cranberry<br />
jelly and chilli flakes. Cook over low<br />
heat until the cranberries are soft<br />
and the sauce has thickened slightly,<br />
about 5 min. Set aside.<br />
On a baking tray, score the wheel<br />
of cheese in a 2cm by 2cm pattern.<br />
In the grooves insert the rosemary<br />
leaves ... do this evenly throughout<br />
the wheel. Spread 50g of Staffords<br />
cranberry jelly evenly over top of<br />
the wheel. Tie a piece of kitchen<br />
twine around the outside of the<br />
wheel to prevent it breaking apart<br />
too early. Sprinkle the walnuts<br />
around the wheel.<br />
Bake for 8 to 10 min or until it has<br />
become soft in the middle. This will<br />
vary depending on the age of the<br />
cheese. Remove from oven and<br />
place on a serving dish. Spoon over<br />
some of the cranberry chilli sauce<br />
and place the rest in a dish to serve<br />
on the side. Sprinkle with toasted<br />
walnuts and more fresh rosemary<br />
if desired.<br />
Serve immediately with crusty sliced<br />
bread like sourdough or baguette.<br />
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Honey mustard glazed ham<br />
You’ll need: 3kg leg of ham, trimmed and<br />
skin removed; 250ml smooth orange<br />
marmalade; 60ml Staffords honey; 125ml<br />
orange juice; 45 ml Staffords Dijon<br />
mustard; cloves for studding; sage<br />
for garnish<br />
To make: Preheat oven to 180˚C. In a<br />
saucepan combine the marmalade, honey,<br />
orange juice and mustard. Cook over<br />
low heat until the glaze has thickened<br />
slightly – about five to seven minutes. Set<br />
aside but do not allow to cool completely.<br />
If needed reheat over low heat for one<br />
to two min. Score the trimmed leg of<br />
ham into a 2cm diamond pattern. Push<br />
a single clove Into the centre of each<br />
diamond. Only stud the top of the ham,<br />
or whichever side you’ll be presenting.<br />
Place on a rack above a lined baking<br />
sheet. Generously brush ham with glaze<br />
and place on the lowest rack of the oven.<br />
Every 10 min remove the ham from the<br />
oven, rotate and brush on more glaze.<br />
Repeat this until ham is golden brown,<br />
about 40 to 60 minutes, depending on<br />
the oven. If the top begins to brown too<br />
quickly, loosely place a piece of tinfoil over<br />
top. Once cooked, remove from oven and<br />
allow to cool slightly. Sprinkle with sea salt<br />
flakes and serve on a large dish (sliced or<br />
whole) and garnish with fresh sage.<br />
Cinnamon sugar holiday<br />
tree with cinnamon sugar<br />
butter cookies<br />
For the tree you’ll need: Staffords<br />
cinnamon sugar shaker; 2 rolls storebought<br />
puff pastry<br />
For the cookies you’ll need: 500ml flour;<br />
2,5ml baking powder; 2,5ml salt; 170g<br />
butter, softened; 200g sugar; 1 large<br />
egg; 2,5ml vanilla; Staffords cinnamon<br />
sugar shaker<br />
To make: Preheat oven to 180˚C. For the<br />
cookies: Whisk together flour, baking<br />
powder, and salt in a small bowl. Beat<br />
together butter and sugar in a large<br />
bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg<br />
and vanilla until smooth. Add flour<br />
mixture and mix until just combined.<br />
Wrap dough in clingwrap and chill in<br />
the fridge for 2 hours. When chilled,<br />
roll dough into ½ cm thick sheet, cut<br />
out star-shaped cookies and place on a<br />
lined and greased baking sheet. Brush<br />
tops of the cookies with melted butter<br />
and sprinkle generously with Staffords<br />
cinnamon sugar. Bake cookies at 180˚C<br />
for 12 to 15 min or until the edges<br />
begin to brown. Remove from oven and<br />
transfer onto a cooling rack.<br />
For the tree: On a lined baking tray spread out one roll of puff pastry.<br />
Generously sprinkle Staffords cinnamon sugar in a generally tree-shaped<br />
area. Roll out the second piece of puff pastry and place over the first piece<br />
of puff pastry. Press down gently to bond the two pieces. Cover with plastic<br />
wrap and place in fridge for 20 minutes. When pastry is chilled, return tray<br />
to working surface (do not remove from the lined tray). Cut out tree shape<br />
with special attention to the trunk, which should be wider at the bottom<br />
than the top. Cut the sides of the tree to form branches every 2cm, with a<br />
1cm gap between each branch. Remove pastry from the 1cm wide gaps to<br />
allow pastry to expand slightly. Do not cut all the way to the top, allow<br />
2–3cm of flat pastry at the top. Twist each branch as many times as you<br />
can, depending on the length of each branch.<br />
Brush 'trunk' of the tree and areas not twisted with melted butter and<br />
sprinkle those areas with Staffords cinnamon sugar. Bake the tree at 220˚C<br />
for about 20–25 minutes or until the pastry has fully 'puffed' and turned<br />
golden brown. Once baked, remove from oven and serve with star cookies<br />
placed as baubles along the branches and top of the tree.<br />
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Big brown mushrooms stuffed<br />
with artichokes<br />
You’ll need: 6 large brown mushrooms; 2 large<br />
shallots, sliced; 4 cloves garlic, finely diced;<br />
200g baby spinach; 125ml crème fraîche; 1<br />
x 400g tin Staffords artichoke hearts; 500ml<br />
cooked wild rice; olive oil; salt; freshly ground<br />
black pepper; pinch of cayenne pepper; 18<br />
balls bocconcini mozzarella<br />
To make: Preheat oven to 180˚C. Line a baking<br />
sheet with baking paper. Remove core from<br />
mushrooms and place mushrooms on<br />
baking sheet.<br />
Sauté shallots in a drizzle of olive oil until soft.<br />
Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add baby<br />
spinach and cook until wilted. Add crème<br />
fraîche and stir well. Drain artichoke hearts and<br />
slice into chunks. Add artichokes to the pan<br />
and season well with salt, pepper and cayenne<br />
pepper. Stir through the wild rice and remove<br />
from heat.<br />
Fill each mushroom with a few generous<br />
spoonfuls of the filling. Top each mushroom<br />
with 3 torn bocconcini balls.<br />
Bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes until<br />
the cheese is melted and golden and the<br />
mushrooms are cooked through.<br />
Chocolate raspberry tart<br />
You’ll need: Chocolate pastry – 170g cake flour; 50g icing sugar;<br />
60ml cocoa powder; 2ml salt; 100g cold butter, cubed; 1 egg<br />
yolk; 60ml water. Filling – 200g raspberries; 500ml cream; 60g<br />
castor sugar; 100g Staffords milk choc discs; 150g Staffords dark<br />
choc discs; 5ml Staffords vanilla extract with seeds; 3 eggs, lightly<br />
whisked; 10ml cocoa powder, for dusting<br />
To make: For the chocolate pastry, sift the flour, cocoa powder and<br />
icing sugar into a mixing bowl and add salt. Add cold butter and<br />
work into the flour, using your fingertips, until mixture resembles<br />
breadcrumbs. Beat egg yolk with water, add to the flour mixture<br />
and mix until dough comes together. Turn out onto a lightly<br />
floured surface and knead briefly until smooth. Wrap in clingfilm<br />
and place in the fridge for 20 minutes. Then roll the pastry out on<br />
a lightly flour-dusted surface and line a 25cm loose-bottomed tart<br />
tin. Chill in the fridge for 20 minutes. Preheat oven to 190°C. Blind<br />
bake the pastry case for 12–15 minutes. Remove from oven and<br />
allow to cool.<br />
To make the filling, reduce the oven temperature to 160°C. Reserve<br />
a third of the raspberries for decoration and use remainder to line<br />
the baked tart case. Place the cream and sugar in a pan and gently<br />
bring to the boil. Stir until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat,<br />
add milk choc discs, dark choc discs and vanilla extract with seeds<br />
and stir until smooth. Allow to cool for five minutes, then stir in the<br />
eggs. Transfer the tart case to a baking sheet and pour chocolate<br />
filling over raspberries. Bake the tart for 25 to 35 minutes, or until<br />
the filling is cooked but still slightly wobbly in the middle. Allow<br />
to cool at room temperature until set. <strong>Dec</strong>orate with remaining<br />
raspberries and a dusting of cocoa powder round the edges.<br />
For more holiday recipes, visit<br />
getitmagazine.co.za/joburg-west<br />
Festive cooking – gosh, any cooking – is easier (and tastier) when you use the condiments, baking and specialty products<br />
from the Staffords range. From baking to braaiing, going fancy or keeping it simple, there’s a Staffords product that will<br />
add a little extra punch. You’ll find them at your local supermarket.<br />
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SAVE<br />
R600<br />
SAVE<br />
R200
The much-loved coffee and chocolate<br />
notes of the Original Diemersfontein<br />
Pinotage make it a wine worth<br />
savouring … although a great partner<br />
to rich lamb casseroles and gentle<br />
Malay curries, the best companion<br />
for this wine is a rich, decadent<br />
chocolate dessert. Try it with a Molten<br />
chocolate lava cake or Chocolate<br />
Pecan brownie … absolute heaven!<br />
You’ll find it online for R127. Details:<br />
diemersfontein.co.za.<br />
We’re<br />
having a little love<br />
affair with rosé wines at the<br />
moment, and have fallen head<br />
over heels with Gabriëlskloof’s of’s<br />
Rosebud Rosé. This dry, light and<br />
deliciously moreish Provençal-style<br />
rosé has equal amounts of Syrah<br />
and Viognier, and is described as<br />
the ‘little darling’ of Gabriëlskloof’s s<br />
Estate Range. It’s lovely to drink<br />
by itself, but also pairs well with<br />
light dishes. Buy it online for<br />
about R80 a bottle. Details:<br />
www.gabrielskloof.co.za.<br />
Low alcohol.<br />
Low calories.<br />
Great taste.<br />
What’s not to<br />
love? The just<br />
released Tokara<br />
Sauvignon Blanc<br />
<strong>2019</strong> is all heady<br />
notes of passion<br />
fruit and guava<br />
and cooler notes<br />
of lemongrass<br />
and green<br />
melon, and is<br />
the perfect<br />
Sauvignon<br />
Blanc for a<br />
hot summer’s<br />
day. Drink on<br />
its own, or<br />
with grilled<br />
chicken, fish<br />
and fresh<br />
oysters.<br />
About R90<br />
a bottle.<br />
V ino<br />
FOR DAYS<br />
We’re sipping on these wines all summer long!<br />
WIN!<br />
A hamper of<br />
the four wines, plus<br />
a lovely yoga mat. To<br />
enter, simply visit our Get<br />
It Joburg <strong>West</strong> Facebook<br />
page, follow us, and like<br />
the Robertson post.<br />
Entries close 17<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
This summer we’re being sensible. We’re still celebrating<br />
everything summer has to offer with lovely wines, but<br />
we’re choosing those with lighter alcohol levels<br />
and fewer calories. Without, obviously,<br />
sacrificing quality or taste. First on our list<br />
to try is the Robertson Winery Light<br />
Cultivar range, which is showing off<br />
great new design, too. With about 9 per<br />
cent alcohol instead of the average 12<br />
or 13 per cent, there’s a Sauvignon<br />
Blanc <strong>2019</strong> (refreshing, dry, zesty,<br />
about R55), a Chenin Blanc <strong>2019</strong><br />
(off-dry, all yellow apple, pear and<br />
floral notes, about R55); a Pinotage<br />
Rosé (a beautiful pale coral off-dry<br />
rosé), and a Merlot (think ripe<br />
plum and sweet black cherry<br />
flavours). All between R50 and<br />
R55. Details: robertsonwinery.co.za<br />
or join the Robertson community<br />
on Facebook, Instagram and<br />
Twitter @RobertsonWinery.<br />
30 Get It Joburg <strong>West</strong> DEC/JAN <strong>2019</strong> - <strong>2020</strong>
TOP TABLE<br />
Venue: CRADLE VALLEY, WWW.CRADLEVALLEY.CO.ZA.<br />
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This year, curb the urge to use those same old red and green holiday decorations.<br />
Krugersdorp's decor guru, Tasha Schoeman shares a few jolly good tips for setting the<br />
ultimate festive table.<br />
G<br />
rowing up with the love of making things pretty, Tasha dove into the<br />
events industry very early in her life. Doing everything from flowers<br />
to photography and event decor, she has made a name for herself.<br />
‘Doing flowers will always be my first love. I always say that flowers<br />
chose me, and I never chose to work with flowers – it’s what I was<br />
born to do. Besides that, I’m also obsessed with helping women look<br />
and feel beautiful at my boutique and shop.’<br />
At 32, she is also the owner of Hoppy Hearts & Hartz-verloren in Krugersdorp<br />
North and co-owner of Events Inspirations in Muldersdrift. In between all of<br />
her business ventures and events, she still finds time to be the perfect hostess<br />
and hosts unforgettable dinner parties ... Tasha is a people person and enjoys<br />
spending time with friends and family who are welcome to put their hair in a bun<br />
and kick off their shoes as soon as they enter the Schoeman residence.<br />
‘We’re a close family and do almost everything together. While I set the table, my<br />
hubby does the cooking ... No matter what, there should always be a balance<br />
in your life. It’s counter-productive to overwork yourself, so you need a balance<br />
between work, family and relaxing. That’s what I’ll be doing this festive season.’<br />
Details: Hoppy Hearts on 079 313 5638 and Event Inspirations on 011 668 3113.<br />
Tasha Schoeman<br />
Lifehacks for a festive<br />
dinner party:<br />
• Don’t worry about matching<br />
tableware. You don’t have to go<br />
out and buy brand new cutlery<br />
and drink ware – just mix and<br />
match what you have until you<br />
find the perfect combination.<br />
• Create different spaces like<br />
a picnic area, the dinner table<br />
and comfy couches where your<br />
guests can mingle.<br />
• Use plants and flowers from your<br />
garden as centrepieces.<br />
• Adding some candlelight will<br />
automatically help your guests<br />
relax and set the mood.<br />
• Make sure there are both<br />
alcoholic and non-alcoholic<br />
beverages available.<br />
• You don’t have to stick to green,<br />
red and gold during the festive<br />
season either – go with any colour<br />
scheme you want.<br />
• Move your dinner party outside<br />
– it gives you and your guests the<br />
opportunity to get some fresh air<br />
while enjoying great company<br />
and a starry sky.<br />
• Don’t worry about assigned<br />
seating and let everyone sit<br />
where they feel comfortable.<br />
• Keep the kids entertained with<br />
some healthy snacks like cheese<br />
and fruit, and fun board games.<br />
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Celebrate<br />
with this fruity<br />
summer cocktail:<br />
You’ll need: 2l Sprite; 250ml<br />
pineapple juice; 1 sachet Sweeto<br />
Raspberry; 250ml ginger ale,<br />
seasonal fruits; fresh mint.<br />
To make: Mix together and<br />
serve ice cold.<br />
Say it with cheese:<br />
Choose one of each type of cheese<br />
Soft cheese: Mozzarella or Brie<br />
Semi-soft: Stilton or Gouda<br />
Hard cheese: aged Cheddar<br />
or Parmesan<br />
Semi-hard: Manchego<br />
or Sage Derby<br />
Add fresh bread<br />
and crackers, fresh<br />
seasonal fruits,<br />
dips and spreads,<br />
salted nuts,<br />
biltong, droëwors<br />
and cold meats.<br />
Spend some time with your guests instead<br />
of spending the whole evening preparing<br />
dessert in the kitchen. A classic ice cream<br />
and fresh fruit will do just as well.<br />
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LIVING IN COLOUR<br />
Colouring-in is not just for children anymore as chalk paint has changed the way crafters<br />
do, well, everything! Nadine Vosloo, the brains behind Tjhoko Paint in Randfontein,<br />
shares a few easy DIY projects you can try at home this holiday.<br />
Text: JACO-MARI HAASBROEK. Image: HANNERI DE WET.<br />
WIN!<br />
You could be<br />
the lucky winner<br />
of a hamper of Tjhoko<br />
Paint’s three new colours<br />
in 500ml quantity. Visit<br />
our website at www.<br />
getitmagazine.co.za/<br />
joburg-west/ to<br />
enter.<br />
She is very creative and<br />
also a people person, says<br />
the vibrant Nadine. She<br />
combined her love of the<br />
two and came up with<br />
Tjhoko Paint – a proudly<br />
South African chalk paint<br />
with its own story.<br />
‘I’ve always been creative<br />
but I have come a long way to be<br />
where I am today. I used to be an<br />
interior designer before I studied<br />
psychology to understand my husband<br />
better. That didn’t work, haha … so I<br />
tried being a stay-at-home mom and<br />
later ended up in the education sector<br />
where I got to use my creativity a lot in<br />
the classroom. When the opportunity<br />
to start Tjhoko Paint crossed my path, I<br />
found my true calling.’<br />
The product is like a child to her.<br />
She even calls herself Mama Tjhoko,<br />
although her official job title is Creative<br />
Director. When she’s not busy with a<br />
project or coming up with new<br />
creative concepts, she spends time<br />
with her husband, two teenagers, and<br />
three dogs.<br />
The 39-year-old Nadine gets excited<br />
easily over small things and says that<br />
her friends would describe her as being<br />
grateful and positive.<br />
‘Inspiring yourself is very important.<br />
If everything around you is beautiful,<br />
even the worst days can be better<br />
and brighter. Painting is one of my<br />
hobbies and I like to relax by creating<br />
a masterpiece on a canvas. I really love<br />
what I do and I will never get tired of it.<br />
There have been so many highlights in<br />
my career but my proudest moment<br />
was when I realised that Tjhoko makes<br />
a difference in people’s lives. ’<br />
Tjhoko Paint has been manufactured<br />
by Paint Master since 2017, and what<br />
makes it different is that it can be<br />
used on almost any surface, it’s safe<br />
for children and pets, and you only<br />
have to seal the product when used in<br />
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the bathroom, kitchen and outdoors.<br />
What makes Tjhoko even more special<br />
is that it’s packaged by hand, and<br />
because every employee is unique<br />
and makes such a big contribution to<br />
the company, each one has a colour<br />
named after him or her.<br />
‘Tjhoko originated from a vision to<br />
establish a job-creation programme as<br />
well as an empowerment programme.<br />
Our story is one of success, starting<br />
with a team of two in 2017 and<br />
building it up to be an immaculate<br />
business with 300 distributors in South<br />
Africa and even as far as Botswana,<br />
Namibia, Zimbabwe and New Zealand.’<br />
Their product and projects have been<br />
featured in Via!, kykNET, Home Channel<br />
as well as Home and Ideas magazines.<br />
‘I attribute our success to involving<br />
everyone actively. It’s a family business.<br />
My husband, my brother and his wife,<br />
and my other sister-in-law are all part<br />
of the team. Those who aren’t family<br />
are very close friends.’<br />
She is extremely excited about the<br />
future. Tjhoko will be launching three<br />
new colours as well as a texture paint,<br />
wallpaper, and a material range.<br />
‘We will be doing a step-by-step<br />
makeover of a property in the North<br />
<strong>West</strong> on our YouTube channel in<br />
<strong>2020</strong>. We want to show how different<br />
spaces can be transformed upward<br />
with a bit of paint, we want to inspire<br />
people and send the message that you<br />
can do a lot with very little money. In<br />
between everything, I’m also writing<br />
a book about the people behind the<br />
names of our colours.’<br />
Details: 011 708 3166 or follow her on<br />
Facebook, ‘Tjhoko Paint’<br />
PROJECTS TO TRY AT HOME THIS HOLIDAY<br />
Chalk-painting your picnic theme<br />
You will need:<br />
tree rounds (stepping stones), available at nurseries; a stencil in<br />
the design of your choice; Stencil of Paris; paint scraper (50mm<br />
wide); Tjhoko Paint (<strong>Jan</strong>e’s Jade, Simon Says and Cloud White);<br />
paintbrush (50mm wide); Antique Brown Glaze; mutton cloth<br />
the size of a tea towel<br />
Method:<br />
Place the stencil on top of the tree round. Apply some of the<br />
Stencil of Paris evenly over the stencil with the paint scraper.<br />
Remove the stencil while the paste is still wet (take care not to<br />
smudge the paste) and rinse the stencil with water.<br />
Wait about two hours for the Stencil of Paris to dry completely,<br />
then paint it with the Tjhoko Paint colour of your choice. We<br />
painted some of the tree rounds with <strong>Jan</strong>e’s Jade and others<br />
with Simon Says.<br />
Allow at least four hours to dry.<br />
Stir the Antique Brown Glaze well and pour 100ml into another<br />
container; dilute with 30ml water. Carefully apply the glaze over<br />
the paint with a paintbrush.<br />
Wipe off with a damp cloth immediately until you’re satisfied<br />
with the weathered effect.<br />
Wait about 30 minutes, then apply Cloud White paint over the<br />
Antique Brown Glaze. Use a dry brush (wet just the tip of the<br />
brush with a tiny bit of paint) to brush lightly over the glaze.<br />
As seen in Tuis/ Home. Photos by ER Lombard.<br />
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Tips for using chalk paint<br />
for the first time:<br />
• Trust yourself and don’t be<br />
scared to try something. We are<br />
all creative and we just need a<br />
bit of inspiration.<br />
• Play with colours – go bright<br />
and bold.<br />
• Make sure the surface is clean<br />
and oil-free before you start to<br />
paint. Thinners does the job<br />
every time.<br />
• Make sure you use a goodquality<br />
brush that doesn’t lose<br />
any hairs while you paint.<br />
• There is little to no prepping<br />
necessary. Chalk paint sticks to<br />
just about any surface without<br />
any problems.<br />
• Chalk paint gives a very rustic<br />
feel and that means that you<br />
don’t have to be a pro to use it.<br />
You don’t have to worry about<br />
getting even layers of paint or<br />
the perfect technique if you’re<br />
a beginner.<br />
• You can distress any piece of<br />
furniture with light sanding.<br />
• Create a two-tone distressed<br />
look by painting two colours<br />
over each other, followed by<br />
sanding the top layer.<br />
• Use wax to seal the product<br />
if necessary, or just to<br />
create texture.<br />
• You can use chalk paint on<br />
just about everything, including<br />
exterior walls, garden furniture,<br />
metal, concrete, matte plastic,<br />
terracotta, indoor walls, wooden<br />
floors, tiles, wood furniture and<br />
couches (yes, you can paint on<br />
damp material with chalk paint!).<br />
• You can paint one piece of<br />
furniture or focus wall, or you<br />
can transform an entire room<br />
with chalk paint.<br />
• Start with something old,<br />
cheap and insignificant – don’t<br />
start with a set of drawers that<br />
has been in your family for<br />
generations. Take it easy and<br />
start off with something simple<br />
until you feel confident enough<br />
to move onto more significant<br />
pieces of furniture.<br />
• Stencilling can be tricky, so<br />
don’t use this technique on your<br />
first try.<br />
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Transform your kitchen<br />
You will need:<br />
Tjhoko Paint (Sherif's Stone, Olivia's Pale), Glaze Clear; sponge roller (160mm);<br />
embellishments; Alcolin Super Glue; paintbrush (50mm wide); artist's brush;<br />
damp cloth; wax.<br />
Method:<br />
Clean the cabinets with a rag dipped in paint thinners and allow to dry<br />
completely – wait at least 20 minutes.<br />
Mask off any sections you don’t want to paint.<br />
Apply the base colour paint with a sponge roller, making sure the paint is evenly<br />
distributed; wait another 20 minutes before applying the second coat.<br />
Paint the embellishments you wish to apply in the same colour; allow them to<br />
dry completely and then position them using Alcolin Super Glue.<br />
Wait for the glue to dry and apply an accent colour to small sections of the<br />
embellishments with an artist’s brush. Using a damp cloth, wipe with circular<br />
movements over the painted areas to blend the paint on the embellishment<br />
with that of the cupboard door.<br />
Wait about four hours after you’ve painted before sealing the cupboard with wax.<br />
As seen in Tuis/ Home. Photos by ER Lombard.
Chalk-painting your inspiration space<br />
Jazzing up a room is as easy as one, two, three! By adding a<br />
bit of colour to a wall or making your own rustic furniture,<br />
you can transform any area into an inspiration space.<br />
The wall: Paint the wall using Simon Says, a stimulating<br />
mustard-yellow colour.<br />
Drawers for shelves: Paint each drawer a different<br />
colour (Nade, Karema, Cloud White, True Blue, Sherif’s<br />
Stone); Stencil patterns on drawers using Stencil of<br />
Paris (it can be painted over when it’s dry); Create a<br />
‘distressed’ look for the drawers by painting them in<br />
Cloud White and sanding them.<br />
Table: Use an old door as a tabletop.<br />
Paint the door using Simon Says and True Blue;<br />
Afterward, lightly sand it to allow the yellow to show<br />
through here and there, and to create a weathered<br />
effect; Use two old crates to support the tabletop;<br />
Whitewash the crates with a mixture of equal amounts<br />
of Antique Brown Glaze and Vinia Stone rubbed on with<br />
a damp cloth.<br />
Chair: Make a seat from an old petrol drum by cutting it<br />
in half, adding wheels and painting the drum in Karema;<br />
Cover a cushion in a natural, woven, cream-coloured<br />
fabric and paint it with Nade, True Blue, and Karema,<br />
creating the stripes with masking tape.<br />
Lighting:<br />
Convert a few baskets into lampshades and paint them<br />
different shades of blues.<br />
As seen in Idees/Ideas. Photo’s by Hanneri de Wet.<br />
Bathroom revamp<br />
You will need:<br />
Tjhoko Paint (Lorain’s Cream, Coral Stone, Cloud White,<br />
Comfort’s Blue, Elvis Mix; masking tape; stencil paint roller;<br />
paintbrush (50mm wide); Stencil of Paris; paint scraper.<br />
Method:<br />
Paint the wall with the base colour (Lorain’s Cream). Apply<br />
two coats of paint; wait for the first layer to dry completely<br />
before applying the second layer (about 30–40 minutes<br />
between coats). Then leave overnight before doing the<br />
stenciling, as the masking tape used for keeping the<br />
stencils in place might pull off the fresh paint.<br />
Paint the squares with your first stencil – the stencil has<br />
square cut-outs that create the tile effect. Position the<br />
stencil with masking tape. Using a sponge roller, paint<br />
the squares with the Coral Stone. The roller must not be<br />
dripping wet, and the paint must be spread evenly over<br />
the roller.<br />
When the squares are dry, take a dry 50mm paintbrush<br />
or a stencil brush and apply a dry-brush technique in<br />
Cloud White to each alternate square. Wait until dry, then<br />
remove the stencil. Repeat across the entire wall until every<br />
alternate square is painted a lighter background colour.<br />
Position the patterned stencil with masking tape on the<br />
exact spot where the ‘squares’ stencil was placed.<br />
Tip: Make small pencil marks at the end of step 2 so that<br />
you know where the second stencil must be placed.<br />
Using a stencil brush, apply Comfort’s Blue to each<br />
alternate square (those with the Cloud White background).<br />
Mix 5ml Elvis Mix with a pot of Stencil of Paris. This paint will<br />
tint the Stencil of Paris to a soft beige.<br />
Using a paint scraper, spread the Stencil of Paris evenly over<br />
all the open squares painted with Coral Stone in step 1. Lift<br />
the stencil carefully from left to right after each application.<br />
Make sure the stencil is clean before repeating the pattern<br />
(rinse it in lukewarm water and dry well) across the entire<br />
wall. The Stencil of Paris takes 2–3 hours to dry completely.<br />
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Holiday<br />
gardening<br />
We’ve put together our top garden tasks<br />
and tips for <strong>Dec</strong>ember and <strong>Jan</strong>uary.<br />
Garden<br />
tasks:<br />
• Water early morning or<br />
late afternoon, to minimise<br />
evaporation • Lightly mulch beds<br />
to keep plant roots cool and moist<br />
for longer • In hot, dry weather,<br />
don’t cut the lawn too low. Leaving<br />
it longer shades the roots • Trim off<br />
dead flowers to encourage new<br />
flowers • Fertilise annuals and<br />
perennials with an organic<br />
granular fertiliser in<br />
mid-<strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
Best for patio and indoors:<br />
Impatiens ‘Clockwork’ is a pot-impatiens (Impatiens hawkerii) with a wide colour range,<br />
including the two-tone Pink Star and Orange Stripe. Great for instant colour indoors and<br />
in pots or hanging baskets on the patio. Plants have the ideal compact growth (25cm<br />
high and 30cm wide) for pots. Plant in a good-quality potting mix, with a controlledrelease<br />
fertiliser. Indoors, the best position is bright light. Keep soil moist but not<br />
waterlogged. For patios, place in a position with morning sun or dappled sunshine.<br />
Water pots once a day in midsummer and feed with a liquid fertiliser once a month.<br />
Details: www.ballstraathof.co.za.<br />
Who grows there?<br />
Candide is an app on<br />
what gardeners will find<br />
inspiration and knowledge<br />
about all things gardeningrelated.<br />
You’ll find places<br />
to visit, information about<br />
plants, problems, 'how to'<br />
guides and pictures from the<br />
community, sharing what’s<br />
going on in their gardens.<br />
Candide is free for download<br />
in the Google Play Store and<br />
Apple’s App Store. Details:<br />
www.candidegardening.com.<br />
Get your children to<br />
Garden World for an<br />
exciting Christmas<br />
workshop on 8<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember at 11am.<br />
They will paint their own<br />
Christmas pot, plant and<br />
decorate a Christmas<br />
tree, and make cookies<br />
to take home! Cost:<br />
R190 per child, which<br />
includes a goodie bag,<br />
everything needed to<br />
create the Christmas<br />
trees (pot, paint, tree, soil<br />
and decorations) as well<br />
as the Christmas cookies.<br />
Booking essential with<br />
Corné or Magriet on 011<br />
957 2545 or magriet@<br />
gardenworld.co.za.<br />
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We’re planting …<br />
Hot pink, fiery fuchsia, sizzling orange and<br />
knockout yellow are the colours of the samba,<br />
the rumba and Portulaca Nano, a heatloving<br />
groundcover that is always covered<br />
with flowers. Although not indigenous, it is<br />
extremely drought and heat tolerant, and<br />
able to keep flowering through times of low<br />
rainfall. Plants do best in full sun and grow in<br />
ordinary garden soil. The flowers open early in<br />
the morning, creating a ball of colour well into<br />
the evening. It is an easy to care for summer<br />
annual that will perform as a perennial in frostfree<br />
areas. Use it as a garden groundcover<br />
or on pavements, in hanging baskets and<br />
window boxes and as a ‘spiller’ in mixed<br />
containers. Details: www.ballstraathof.co.za.<br />
Pencil in your diary!<br />
04 DECEMBER<br />
How to create a security<br />
hedge with hardy shrubs<br />
at Random Harvest<br />
Indigenous Nursery from<br />
10.30am to 12 noon. The<br />
talk will be about the<br />
many hardy indigenous<br />
shrub species you can<br />
use to create a security<br />
hedge and the spacing<br />
and positioning to create<br />
the most effective,<br />
impenetrable barrier to<br />
your property. Cost: Free<br />
of charge – just support<br />
the nursery or tea garden<br />
during your visit. What<br />
to bring: A notebook and<br />
pen, your questions on<br />
the topic, and a friend!<br />
Details: 011 957 5354,<br />
www.randomharvest.<br />
co.za, or visit them at<br />
Plot 57, Kontiki Road,<br />
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Keith Kirsten and horticulture<br />
are inseparable. Happily, his<br />
best-known book, Gardening<br />
with Keith Kirsten, fully revised<br />
and updated, has just hit the<br />
shelves … perfectly timed for<br />
Christmas. This fourth edition<br />
has more info on indigenous<br />
species, locally bred hybrids<br />
and waterwise plants. In addition<br />
to sections on garden<br />
design, maintenance, as well as<br />
dealing with pests and diseases,<br />
the bulk of the book consists of<br />
directories with comprehensive<br />
details about growing more<br />
than 2 000 plants (trees, shrubs,<br />
creepers ... you name it). It’s the<br />
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enthusiast, or you could treat<br />
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THE SPIRIT OF BALI<br />
If you love eating spicy food, singing karaoke, getting to know colourful cultures<br />
and smoking Shishas (hubbly bubblies), Bali is the perfect holiday spot for you. Our<br />
journo, Jaco-Mari Haasbroek chats about her experience during their honeymoon.<br />
We booked our holiday through Thompsons for Travel<br />
(www.thompsonstravel.co.za) and our package included return<br />
flights, four nights accommodation at Fontana Hotel in Kuta and<br />
another four nights at Pertiwi Resort and Spa in Ubud, as well as<br />
transfers to and from the airport, hotel and resort. The deal came<br />
to R26 000 for me and Francois. We spent about R10 000 on<br />
food, activities, and souvenirs and I have to say that we enjoyed<br />
ourselves to the fullest and we were quite spendy ...<br />
Text & images: JACO-MARI HAASBROEK.<br />
The view of the green rice fields<br />
near Ubud left us speechless.<br />
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Bali is a breathtakingly beautiful Indonesian island<br />
with colourful streets, a very interesting culture and<br />
loads to do. Kuta and Ubud are the tourist hot spots<br />
so that's where we stayed. While Kuta is close to<br />
the bustling Legian Beach, Ubud is close to scenic<br />
waterfalls and rice fields. We stayed in the lively Fontana Hotel<br />
during our stay in Kuta and got the chance to relax at the<br />
tranquil Pertiwi Resort and Spa in Ubud.<br />
I have to warn you that when you first visit Bali, the traffic will<br />
be something to get used to because they don't really follow<br />
road rules. You can count the traffic lights on the island on<br />
your fingers and there are no road signs. As long the drivers<br />
keep more or less to the left side of the road and allow other<br />
road users to turn in front of them, they are good to go.<br />
There are probably 20 scooters for every car on the road,<br />
which makes the roads very crowded but their system works<br />
somehow – just don't attempt to drive there yourself. The<br />
taxis are very easy to flag down and they are relatively cheap<br />
but it is lovely to walk around and visit local restaurants and<br />
shops on your way.<br />
As you dodge the cars and scooters on the roads, you should<br />
also be careful not to step on daily offerings. Businesses and<br />
households give daily offerings and sometimes even put<br />
them on the sidewalk. The offerings usually consist of flowers,<br />
incense and whatever they have to offer that day (you can<br />
expect to see everything from sweets to food and even<br />
cigarettes). It is disrespectful to walk over these daily offerings<br />
while the incense is still burning, so you should always watch
where you walk.<br />
If all the walking sounds tiring, I have<br />
good news for you! Almost every<br />
second building in Bali is a restaurant,<br />
bar or coffee shop ... We drank plenty<br />
of coffee and beer and ate loads of<br />
spicy foods while in Bali ... The popular<br />
Kopi Luwak coffee is produced in<br />
Bali – coffee beans are fed to a Luwak<br />
monkey and the coffee beans that<br />
come out in their excrement are used<br />
to make some of the most expensive<br />
coffee in the world (we didn’t have the<br />
guts to try it though).<br />
Bali has quite a few locally produced<br />
beers, of which the refreshing Bintang<br />
was our favourite. Most pubs have live<br />
bands or karaoke nights, so you will be<br />
entertained every step of the way. The<br />
more traditional Balinese meals consist<br />
mostly of fruit, noodles and spicy meat<br />
sosaties and are regularly served in BBQ<br />
buffet style. You can also rent a Shisha<br />
to enjoy with your food and drinks at<br />
most restaurants.<br />
Although many families vacation in<br />
Bali, it's ideal for a group of friends or a<br />
couple, because the busy nightlife will<br />
make you want to stay up ’til dawn. If<br />
you thought New York was the city that<br />
never sleeps, you were wrong. At 3am,<br />
we still found many restaurants, bars,<br />
and even coffee shops open, which<br />
makes Bali the best destination for barhopping<br />
without worrying about the<br />
last round.<br />
You can also relax and unwind at one<br />
of the countless Balinese spas ... Most<br />
hotels and resorts have their own spas<br />
but you can also pop into a spa on<br />
your way to dinner for a quick massage.<br />
The pool area at the Pertiwi Resort<br />
and Spa in Ubud was the perfect<br />
spot to cool off in the heat.<br />
I suggest you visit<br />
the Australian –<br />
owned Billy’s Bar<br />
and Restaurant in<br />
Kuta for cocktails<br />
with a kick and<br />
shooters with<br />
quite questionable<br />
names – the staff<br />
are a treat and the<br />
drinks are out of<br />
the world. And if<br />
you find yourself<br />
in Ubud, please<br />
try a bowl of<br />
fruity, chocolaty<br />
goodness at the<br />
vegan-friendly<br />
Acai Queen.<br />
If your hubby, like mine, won’t ever set<br />
foot in a spa, he can grab a beer while<br />
you get pampered but there are loads<br />
of spas that offer couples massages.<br />
More good news ... Bali is very cheap.<br />
Everything costs more or less the same<br />
as it would cost in South Africa, but you<br />
feel like a big spender because R50 in<br />
Indonesian Rupiah is about Rp50 000.<br />
The island is also known for its exquisite<br />
architecture. Most traditional buildings<br />
have a lot of open space and attention<br />
to detail.<br />
There are also a lot of traditional<br />
temples all over but tourists should<br />
wear appropriate attire to enter. We<br />
booked a few of the many tours<br />
available during which our tour guides<br />
shared a bit of their rich history while<br />
showing us the island's pride and joy.<br />
Using the GetYourGuide app to book<br />
your tours is seamless and affordable.<br />
We went on the Tulamben: USAT<br />
Liberty Shipwreck Full-Day Snorkeling<br />
Trip and Ubud: Jungle Swing Private<br />
Tour, which included seeing the<br />
TukadCepung Falls, visiting the<br />
Pengelipuran Village – one of the<br />
cleanest and most traditional villages in<br />
the world, swinging on a jungle swing,<br />
and visiting bamboo forests as well as<br />
coffee and rice fields. We paid R800<br />
and R1 300 per person respectively for<br />
the tours, which included pick-up and<br />
drop-off (so we didn’t have to worry<br />
about transport) as well as sight-seeing<br />
and activities. It was interesting to get<br />
to know the culture straight from our<br />
Balinese tour guides while we spent<br />
the whole day with them.<br />
There is so much to do and see that<br />
we fell in love with the island all over<br />
again every day. More highlights of our<br />
honeymoon in Bali include swimming<br />
in the blue sea and relaxing on the<br />
white beaches of Legian and Sanur,<br />
getting a sunkissed tan, looking at<br />
the volcanoes (from a safe distance)<br />
and visiting the feisty monkeys of the<br />
Sacred Monkey Forest.<br />
I can testify that Bali has it all ...<br />
Relaxation, luxury, drinks, and activities<br />
to keep you entertained from the<br />
moment you arrive until you board<br />
your plane back home.<br />
Details for your stay in Kuta: www.<br />
phmcollection.com/fontanabali<br />
Details for your stay in Ubud: www.<br />
pertiwiresort.com.<br />
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Seventy reasons to enjoy<br />
Roodeberg this festive season<br />
Roodeberg, the legendary red blend<br />
that has been bringing friends together<br />
since 1949, celebrates its 70th anniversary<br />
this year. A true South African original<br />
that’s stood the test of time, the wine was<br />
developed by a pioneer of the SA wine<br />
industry, Dr Charles Niehaus, and was<br />
one of our country’s biggest export wine<br />
brands. It wasn’t until 2004 that it became<br />
readily available to us here at home ...<br />
and for a long while, locals could only get<br />
their hands on a bottle through a wine<br />
farming acquaintance with a KWV quota.<br />
The stories go that bartering sought-after<br />
test match tickets, biltong and the like in<br />
return for a bottle or two was a common<br />
occurrence. For many, Roodeberg still<br />
conjures up fond memories of people,<br />
places and occasions, and of sharing<br />
special life-changing moments with family<br />
and friends, often with rare vintages<br />
squirrelled away. Catch all the action of<br />
Roodeberg’s 70th anniversary year by<br />
joining the Roodeberg community on<br />
Facebook or follow @Roodeberg_Wine on<br />
Instagram and Twitter. For one incredibly<br />
lucky reader, this party season is about to<br />
get a whole lot more festive. To celebrate<br />
Roodeberg’s 70th birthday, we’re giving<br />
away 70 bottles (nope, that’s not a typo).<br />
One reader, 70 bottles. One amazingly<br />
happy festive season. To stand a chance<br />
of winning, simply visit our Get It National<br />
Facebook page, follow us, and like the<br />
Roodeberg Spoil post. We’ll be drawing<br />
the prize early ... so get your entries in<br />
before <strong>Dec</strong>ember 15. Cheers!<br />
Spoil<br />
Festive<br />
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