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Beautiful beach sunrises, winter holiday getaways and any excuse to indulge in coffee and wine spoils … these are just some of the things we're celebrating in the month of July!

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BALLITO • UMHLANGA<br />

HOT PROPERTIES<br />

16-PAGE PROPERTY FOCUS<br />

Smash it!<br />

We tried something<br />

different this month<br />

ECR’s Vic Naidoo<br />

is a passionate<br />

traveller<br />

great kids’ books<br />

(with giveaways!)<br />

Little reads<br />

3<br />

BREATHE...<br />

your way to a healthier, less stressed life<br />

SHOPPING, PEOPLE AND LIFESTYLE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD<br />

JULY 20<strong>21</strong>


THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS<br />

AS THEY SEEM...<br />

NOW OPEN | CINEMA LEVEL<br />

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contents<br />

GET IT<br />

Wish List<br />

Editorial<br />

Phone 032 946 0276<br />

Email leah@getitnc.co.za<br />

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Distribution<br />

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Get It <strong>Ballito</strong> • <strong>Umhl</strong>anga is distributed<br />

free of charge in <strong>Ballito</strong>, Salt Rock, <strong>Umhl</strong>ali,<br />

Umdloti, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga Rocks, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga<br />

Ridge and Gateway<br />

Published by The North Coast Courier<br />

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employees or their families. Get It Magazine<br />

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and need to collect their prizes from Get it <strong>Ballito</strong><br />

branch within 10 days or they will be forfeited.<br />

Prize winners’ names are published on our<br />

Facebook page monthly.<br />

Cover: Kate Arnott<br />

Shot by: Chris Allan Photo, 083 441 3144,<br />

www.chrisallanphoto.co.za<br />

Makeup: Volenti Laurentina, @volentim, 0835532700<br />

6 Soaking up the sunshine in all the right ways this <strong>July</strong><br />

People<br />

10 ECR radio deejay Vic Naidoo shares his passion for travel<br />

12 We met professional adventurer Gaven Sinclair<br />

16 Just breathe ... Salt Rock yoga instructor and nutritionist Kate Arnott<br />

tells us how something so simple can be life-changing<br />

18 Meet the Miss <strong>Ballito</strong> top 10 finalists<br />

22 SA champion athlete Lauren Cannon is teaching busy moms<br />

to love exercise ... in her garden!<br />

food<br />

24 Meet <strong>Ballito</strong> ‘food fundi’s’ Jason and Melanie<br />

26 Food review: we tried the perfect chicken at Bird & Co <strong>Umhl</strong>anga!<br />

29 Three must-have cook books<br />

property<br />

34 A <strong>Ballito</strong> architect shortlisted for an international design award<br />

36 Hot properties ... if you’re in the market you have to check these out<br />

38 Get gardening with these vibrant winter florals<br />

41 Thinking about retirement? Read this ...<br />

34 Contemporary coastal luxury in Umdloti<br />

47 Small changes can make a big difference<br />

kids<br />

50 Meet young musical prodigy Ethan<br />

53 Three wonderful kids books - with giveaways<br />

55 WIN! A Melissa & Doug hamper worth over R3000<br />

travel & adventure<br />

58 We tried our hand at a few new fun and exciting things ...<br />

62 A gem in the city of Cape Town<br />

JULY 20<strong>21</strong><br />

9958 copies distributed (January - March 20<strong>21</strong>)<br />

Photo: Chris Allan Photo<br />

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the occasional bush buck visit can be enjoyed from the patio.<br />

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This beautifully presented home has many benefits: motorised blinds,<br />

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WITH GORGEOUS VIEWS!<br />

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A hot date!<br />

Wonderful winter fun this <strong>July</strong> ...<br />

If you have a date for the Get It diary page, email the info at least a month in advance to leah@getitnc.co.za<br />

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Just when you thought winter in<br />

Durban couldn’t get any better!<br />

There’s real snow in the heart of <strong>Umhl</strong>anga,<br />

every day! It’s go, go, go at Gateway during<br />

the winter holidays. At Snow Wonderland<br />

there’s a snow pit for free play. Experience<br />

the fun whilst you build a snowman or<br />

make a snow angel. Feel the thrill of sailing<br />

down the slopes on a tube. There are three<br />

rides to choose from and one just for the<br />

kiddies. Keep an eye on the kids from<br />

the coffee shop and seating area. It costs<br />

R95 for 45 minutes all access and R50 for<br />

spectators and group bookings, combo<br />

packages are available. Details: 031 566<br />

2010<br />

23<br />

Imagine watching a beautiful<br />

Shakespeare production in an open<br />

air theatre, under the moonlight ... well now<br />

you can! We were thrilled to hear about<br />

Kickstart’s enchanting new rendition of<br />

the famous comedy, A Midsummer Night’s<br />

Dream, which is being presented in the<br />

magical, moonlit Botanic Gardens from 23<br />

<strong>July</strong> to 1 August. A classic tale of mistaken<br />

lovers, mischievous fairies and hilariously<br />

muddled amateur actors, the show is<br />

promised to be classy, classic, naughty<br />

and loads of fun! Take along a cushion and<br />

blanket to keep you warm! Details: Tickets<br />

are R150 (R120 for kids between 8 and 12,<br />

no under 8’s allows). Book your tickets via<br />

Computicket<br />

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It may be a little chillier in the mornings, but that doesn’t mean<br />

that you can’t still be active – and have fun at the same time! Why<br />

not join the Traderoot Active monthly charity run, in collaboration<br />

with the Dolphin Coast Striders and Salt Rock Coffee, for a<br />

#GetActive 5km or 10km run? The run takes place on the first<br />

Sunday of every month and starts at 7am at Salt Rock Coffee. You<br />

can bring your friends and family and make a morning of it - and<br />

there is a free coffee or water for all participants! The monthly event<br />

is organised by Traderoot Active, an impact investment project,<br />

that encourages participation in sporting events and activities and<br />

raises funds for recognised organisations that support and sustain<br />

sports development and children’s education. Details: www.<br />

traderootactive.org, FB: @Traderoot.Active, IG @traderoot_active<br />

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Book club<br />

Winter … bed, book and red wine weather!<br />

Finding love, hope and joy in even the darkest moments. In Lucy Diamond’s The Promise,<br />

a young man whose brother has just died is on a mission … a project to help pick up the<br />

pieces and support his grieving sister-in-law Zoe, plus her young children. This is his promise<br />

– to ensure his family’s happiness, and to try and live up to the man his brother was. But<br />

tying up loose ends brings a shocking secret to light, and calls into question everything he<br />

knew about his older brother, and he’s faced with an ultimatum – should he tell the truth<br />

and risk his family’s fragile happiness, or will his brother’s secrets end up becoming his<br />

own? Pan Macmillan. • Oh dear. Get the tissues out. Pippo and Clara by Diana Rosie is set<br />

in Italy in 1938. Mussolini is in power, and war isn’t far off. Clara and Pippo are children, their<br />

family new to the city. One morning, their mamma goes missing, and 10-year-old Clara<br />

needs to find her. She doesn’t know which way to turn. A little later, her younger brother<br />

goes out, looking for his mum and sister. Clara’s turned one way, he turns the other. And<br />

so their lives are changed forever. In a country torn apart by war, siblings are divided by<br />

fate. But there’s an invisible bond that connects us to those we love, no matter which<br />

way we turn. A chilly weekend, a fireplace and soft sofa and a copy of this heart-warming<br />

novel … heaven. Mantle • Not Dark Yet is Peter Robinson’s latest Alan Banks crime novel,<br />

which opens with a gruesome double murder at a property developer’s luxury home.<br />

With a clear link to the notoriously vicious Albanian mafia, it should be an open-and-shut<br />

case for Superintendent Banks and his team. But when they find a cache of spy-cam videos<br />

in the house, the investigation pivots to the rape of a young girl, and the murders are cast<br />

in an entirely different light. Hodder and Stoughton.<br />

Middelvlei Wines winemaker Tinnie Momberg describes this Free-Run<br />

Pinotage 2019 as a wine with complex flavours of raspberries, mulberries and<br />

elegant oak spices, adding that the gentle tannins are perfectly balanced by the<br />

fruit weight with creamy vanilla flavours that linger on the palate. It’s lovely with<br />

a braai, and you’ll find it for R150 a bottle from middelvlei.co.za<br />

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Vic Naidoo<br />

Weekdays 13:00 – 16:00 PM<br />

Looking for a lunch time bestie?<br />

Vic promises to turn your work day into a party with<br />

30mins of non-stop music every hour.<br />

He’s honest, real, friendly and will keep you in check<br />

with what’s hot and what’s not in the world we live in.<br />

Tune in via ecr.co.za, the ECR App and DStv 836


Wish list<br />

We’ve got sunshine on a rainy day …<br />

We do understand how completely nerdy<br />

it is to put a kitchen gadget on our wish<br />

list *hangs head in shame*. But strewth …<br />

this Cilio lemon squeezer is life-changing.<br />

We bought one and we’re now adding<br />

fresh lemon juice to absolutely everything!<br />

R259 from yuppiechef.com<br />

Compiled by: KYM ARGO<br />

There are few things better than the scent<br />

of Italy to cheer up a Winter day. This Acqua<br />

di Parma scented candle will illuminate<br />

your home with radiant brightness and<br />

the unmistakably Italian scent of Luce di<br />

Colonia. A harmonious blend of citrus<br />

essences, you’ll find it at woolworths.co.za<br />

for R1199.<br />

Escape to paradise …<br />

There is simply no better place to soak up<br />

the sunshine than Umngazi Hotel & Spa.<br />

Located on the Wild Coast in the Eastern<br />

Cape, this unique beach resort is the perfect<br />

escape for anyone looking to get away, relax,<br />

refresh and reconnect. We are big fans of<br />

this idyllic playground … and it’s perfect for<br />

families and couples. Every day offers a new<br />

adventure in this beautiful piece of paradise.<br />

Enjoy a guided hike or explore the trails<br />

at your leisure (bring your trail shoes), and<br />

book a treatment at the tranquil Umngazi<br />

Spa. There are also kayaks, SUPs, fishing and<br />

afternoon river cruises to add to your list of<br />

holiday memories. The rate includes three<br />

meals a day and there are 9 beautiful suites<br />

at the hotel, all of which have access to the<br />

Emlonyeni private lounge and pool deck.<br />

Also, look out for their ‘out of season’ promos<br />

and packages. Details: requests@umngazi.<br />

co.za, 047 564 1115/6/8/9.<br />

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Have you ever – EVER – seen a more colourful, stylish, desirable<br />

coat? We’re obsessed! This Ibizawome coat is all our dreams<br />

come true, in one psychedelic package. It’s padded, loose-fitting,<br />

long (below the knee), with a hood and trekking drawstrings<br />

for adjustment, as well as gathered cuffs, so that not a drop of<br />

cold can pass through. It’s designed by Miranda Makaroff for<br />

Desigual, and once we’ve got our chilly hands on it we may<br />

never. take. it. off. R6080 from desi-sa.co.za<br />

New in SA is the exceptional Scandinavian range<br />

NUORI, with 100 percent natural ingredients. This<br />

Supreme Polishing Treatment effectively removes<br />

impurities, gently sloughs away dead<br />

skin cells, buffs and infuses<br />

skin with highly nourishing<br />

ingredients. R1100, and only<br />

available online at the desirable<br />

beauty and skincare platform Asrai<br />

Skin (loads of great brands, check it<br />

out) Details: sraiskin.com<br />

Natural beauty<br />

No one likes dry, flaky, winter skin,<br />

right? We’ve found a lovely, natural<br />

range of products that will help you<br />

(and your skin) through these drier<br />

times. Wellness Warehouse’s<br />

natural beauty range is locally<br />

made with one hundred percent<br />

natural ingredients that will gently<br />

cleanse, soothe and spoil your skin.<br />

The Wellness Daily Facial Cleanser,<br />

Wellness Hand & Body Wash and<br />

Wellness Hand & Body Lotion will<br />

all leaving your skin feeling supple<br />

and hydrated. They are suitable for<br />

the whole body and are wonderfully<br />

fragrant with notes of sandalwood<br />

and tangerine. What better way<br />

to care for your skin this winter?<br />

Wellness Warehouse is situated<br />

at La Lucia Mall and the <strong>Ballito</strong><br />

Junction Regional Mall or: www.<br />

wellnesswarehouse.com<br />

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Youth Day vibes<br />

A little bit of live music by local musician Dave Starke, along with some<br />

great food and a cold beverage were the order of the day at The Market<br />

at Lifestyle Centre <strong>Ballito</strong> on Youth Day. There are so many wonderful<br />

eateries to choose from that you can rest assured when you visit The<br />

Market that all members of the family will be kept happy!<br />

Dave Starke<br />

Zillah Matthee and<br />

Uzziel Lutchman<br />

Summer Message, Chad Message, Stacy Shea,<br />

Kevin Shea, Roxann Message and Jagger Message


Traveller<br />

extraordinaire<br />

Using travel as a form of self-discovery, Vic Naidoo likes to roam the globe. Restricted<br />

by lockdown (for now), he revives his wanderlust by sharing his adventures with us.<br />

Text: BRONWYN FORBES-HARDINGE Photo: PENNY KATZ PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

resh, unapologetic<br />

and inclusive, he’s<br />

the guy who brings<br />

his honest brand<br />

of humour to your<br />

airwaves between 1pm<br />

and 4pm weekdays. As<br />

a presenter on KZN’s<br />

No.1 Hit Music Station,<br />

East Coast Radio, Vic Naidoo is living<br />

his dream. The only thing that’s<br />

missing right now though is the<br />

freedom to travel – something he is<br />

incredibly passionate about and finds<br />

solace in.<br />

“I absolutely love it! I learn so much<br />

about me whenever I travel and I<br />

come back home more connected<br />

to myself.”<br />

If it wasn’t for the pandemic, Vic<br />

would’ve been prepping and<br />

packing for a trip to Greece or Spain<br />

this year. They are at the top of his<br />

bucket list, followed closely by Bali,<br />

New York and India, which is another<br />

mission he’s got lined up.<br />

“I’ve been lucky enough to have<br />

travelled to many places around<br />

the world, with London, the South<br />

of France and Monaco (because I’m<br />

obsessed with Princess Charlene)<br />

being my favourites so far.<br />

The biggest cultural shock I<br />

experienced while travelling was<br />

how well public transport works in<br />

Europe! We could learn a lot. I also<br />

often like to travel overseas around<br />

my birthday – to avoid birthday calls<br />

LOL! And since my mom and I share<br />

the same birthday, I am dying to treat<br />

her to a trip to India for our birthday.”<br />

Reflecting on some of his travel<br />

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experiences, Vic recalls his first trip to<br />

Germany as being pretty horrendous.<br />

“I landed in Munich and needed<br />

to find my way to my hotel from<br />

the airport, but people were not<br />

very friendly and I struggled to find<br />

anyone who could speak English.<br />

I hopped from one train to the<br />

next, holding my breath, until well<br />

after midnight when I eventually<br />

got off and walked to a little shop<br />

where I found someone who could<br />

understand and guide me in the<br />

right direction. That was the day I<br />

learnt to read a map!”<br />

On a trip to Thailand with his family<br />

Vic says he had a little too much to<br />

drink on the first night and tripped<br />

and broke his ankle. “For the next 10<br />

days, I was stuck in my hotel room<br />

watching Netflix, while everybody<br />

else got to enjoy the island! Lesson<br />

learnt!”<br />

By far the most enlightening<br />

experience Vic says he has had was in<br />

Paris. “I was going through a breakup,<br />

and took myself off to the Champ de<br />

Mars - the huge green park behind<br />

The Eiffel tower – where I treated<br />

myself to cheese and wine. I spent<br />

most of the day staring at the tower<br />

and eventually woke up to the fact<br />

that life is too short to be sad about<br />

anyone. That changed everything for<br />

me.”<br />

Being more of a romantic and less<br />

of an adrenalin adventurer, Vic loves<br />

anything with history and says a visit<br />

to the Vatican is a must for every first<br />

time visitor to Rome. “The Vatican<br />

Museum and St Peters in Vatican City<br />

are two star attractions steeped in<br />

history and beautiful architecture<br />

that has been so well preserved over<br />

I absolutely love it! I learn so much about<br />

me whenever I travel and I come back<br />

home more connected to myself.<br />

time. This really was a spiritual experience for me.<br />

“Something hair-raising and fascinating at the same time was the four days I<br />

spent in Amsterdam. I can ride a bicycle, but learning to ride one along some<br />

of busiest streets in the world, minding buses and trains and trams on route, is<br />

a completely different ball game.”<br />

As for the best views he has ever seen, Vic says it has to be Monaco for the sea<br />

and its magnificent sunsets. “Monaco Harbour with all its mega yachts...Monte<br />

Carlo Casino, an iconic landmark that was made to be photographed...it is<br />

simply stunning, and of course there’s the royal palace perched above it all!”<br />

When it comes to food, he says, “the best food I ever ate on my travels was a<br />

pea soup I had in Austria. I’m not sure if it was the soup or the cold that made it<br />

so delicious!”<br />

And as for an experience no visitor to France should ever forego, Vic says the<br />

magic of Paris’ most legendary cabarets, The Moulin Rouge is a must.<br />

“It was the end of my holiday, I was on the last of my spending money and the<br />

show cost the equivalent of abut R3 000 at the time, but I didn’t know if I’d ever<br />

return and I didn’t want to regret not going, so I did. The show was excellent,<br />

costumes breathtaking, dancers gorgeous and the acts in-between really great.<br />

This is something that should be done at least once in a person’s life. It was<br />

worth every cent.”<br />

Locally, Mpumalanga is one of Vic’s most loved South African travel<br />

destinations. Otherwise known as the ‘Place where the Sun Rises’, he says<br />

people are drawn to the province by its magnificent scenery, fauna and flora,<br />

and the fascinating remnants of the 1870 gold-rush era.<br />

Being the travel enthusiast he is, Vic’s home is a shrine to all of his wayfaring<br />

adventures. Lots of colour, loads of quirks and plenty of character.<br />

“There’s something to capture your eye in every corner. Comfort is the most<br />

important thing to me and I’ve filled my home with picture frames and<br />

mementos (crockery, TV blankets and art) from some of my favourite travel<br />

destinations to remind me of my journeys.”<br />

The items Vic cannot travel without are his travel wallet to hold his passport,<br />

money and tickets, a good sunblock and a comfortable pair of sneakers.<br />

He’s admittedly not brilliant when it comes to saving, but says he lives<br />

vicariously with the belief that if you want something that much, you will<br />

always make a plan, and that he does!<br />

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Extreme adventurer<br />

He’s slept on beaches, in garages and even in drain pipes. He has cycled from Cape<br />

Town to Cairo and run 4000km across Southern Africa … and now he’s bringing his<br />

insane sense of adventure and desire to help others to the North Coast.<br />

Text: Leah Shone<br />

Some people are born with adrenalin<br />

coursing through their veins and<br />

adventure surging through their soul.<br />

Gaven Sinclair is one such human.<br />

A professional adventurer, 48-year-old<br />

Gaven has made it his life’s mission to<br />

help others by embarking on exciting<br />

challenges that allow him to chase<br />

that constant ‘adrenalin high’ that he<br />

says never goes away.<br />

His latest challenge, set to take place<br />

in October, will see him and <strong>Ballito</strong> All<br />

Saints Catholic Church pastor, Father<br />

Stephen Tully, doing a 1000km beach<br />

walk from Mozambique to <strong>Ballito</strong> to<br />

raise funds for the Napier Centre for<br />

Healing.<br />

Gaven was born in Johannesburg<br />

and spent his youth taking part in<br />

BMX and motocross races and doing<br />

just about every sport he could. “I got<br />

my first bicycle and my first taste of<br />

freedom when I was 4-years-old. From<br />

then on, my parents always supported<br />

my sporty, adventurous spirit.”<br />

After completing his business<br />

management studies and trying his<br />

hand in the corporate world, Gaven<br />

soon realised it wasn’t the right path<br />

for him. “I never liked to conform and<br />

I just didn’t fit in. At school I suffered<br />

with dyslexia and ADD and it was<br />

very hard. I’m really glad to see how much more awareness there is nowadays in<br />

schools around kids who are different and that they are being taught how to be<br />

self-sufficient entrepreneurs.”<br />

It was in 2015 that Gaven decided he needed a massive shift in his life. Having<br />

always felt a strong connection to Egypt, he decided to ride his bicycle<br />

from Cape Town to Cairo while raising funds for a charity organisation. The<br />

organisation he chose was Missing Children SA and it took him nine months to<br />

complete the trip.<br />

“I’ve always been addicted to adrenalin and endorphins – I chase that feeling<br />

every day of my life. I love bending the ‘fear metre’ and pushing myself beyond<br />

my own perceived limits.”<br />

In true Gaven style, he decided not to train for the adventure (and says his<br />

buttocks were very sore for the first week). He also decided not to go the<br />

traditional route, but rather to make his way up along the East Coast of Africa.<br />

He travelled through Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan and<br />

finally, Egypt. “I had lots of media following me along the way, which was great<br />

for the tourism in each of the areas and I met the most fascinating people. I<br />

would say ninety-nine percent of the trip was amazing … but there were one or<br />

two occasions where I had to pedal for my life,” Gaven laughs.<br />

He did the entire trip completely alone. “I don’t think it’s a real challenge if<br />

you have a support vehicle with you. I wanted to do it completely solo and<br />

somehow, I just believed everything would work out okay. I believe in never<br />

allowing the fear of the unknown to paralyse you.”<br />

Gaven’s trip certainly was an adventure and one that, he says, he managed to<br />

complete because of the kindness and support of the people around him. “I<br />

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Gaven ran 4000km across<br />

Southern Africa in 2016<br />

never felt lonely and there was always someone to talk to.<br />

It was humbling on so many levels. I slept everywhere –<br />

from hotels to drain pipes and camp sites to garages - and<br />

I always managed to find something to eat.”<br />

After returning home for a short six months, Gaven was<br />

ready for his next adventure. Representing the same<br />

charity organisation, he set out to run 4000km across<br />

Southern Africa.<br />

He started his run in St Lucia, running north towards<br />

Mozambique. He went across to Botswana, Namibia and<br />

down the West Coast of SA, finishing the trip in Cape<br />

Town.<br />

“It wasn’t easy and I really had to listen to my body. I would<br />

sometimes run up to 40km in one day and I had to carry a<br />

10kg backpack with me (mostly for water) at times. Gaven<br />

says he ate lots of spinach and lots of beans and always<br />

managed to find a Coca-Cola!<br />

In the past few years Gaven has embarked on other<br />

challenges, like swimming from an island called Iles de<br />

Mozambique to Mozambique mainland in 2019 and<br />

running 388km along the beach in Mozambique in 2020.<br />

“I just need to do these things all the time,” he says.<br />

Although Covid brought with it some challenges for<br />

Gaven, he has now returned to South Africa and started<br />

his own adventure company called Get Lost Adventures,<br />

which sees him taking individuals, groups and corporates<br />

on adventures. He is also a motivational speaker and life<br />

coach.<br />

He is also gathering momentum for his fundraising walk<br />

in October in aid of the Napier Centre for Healing. The<br />

centre for recovering drug addicts aims to support and<br />

reintegrate addicts back into society.<br />

Asked about his future goals, Gaven says he has many<br />

adventures still to tackle … and he would like to star in a<br />

reality show one day! “So many people have helped me<br />

get to where I am and achieve what I have and I’m really<br />

open to trying anything. I believe everyone should chase<br />

their dreams, no matter how wacky they are!” One day<br />

in the future though, Gaven says, he would like to build<br />

himself a bamboo treehouse and live a quiet, secluded,<br />

simple life.<br />

Details: IG: @gavensinclairadventures, FB: @gaven.sinclair


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Text: Leah Shone | Photograph: Chris Allan Photo | Hair and makeup: Volenti Laurentina<br />

Being truly healthy is about more<br />

than just losing weight or being<br />

able to run or cycle for hours on<br />

end. It’s about having a strong<br />

immune system and following<br />

a balanced, sustainable lifestyle.<br />

And, according to Kate, it all starts<br />

with knowing how to breathe<br />

correctly.<br />

“I truly believe that stress is the<br />

root cause of almost all health<br />

ailments. Stress directly affects<br />

our gut and poor gut health<br />

leads to all other illnesses. Being<br />

aware of and able to control your<br />

breathing is the very best way to<br />

manage your stress.”<br />

After hearing a little about her<br />

childhood and upbringing, it’s<br />

Just breathe<br />

Good health starts with simply knowing how<br />

to breathe correctly, says Salt Rock nutritionist,<br />

lifestyle coach and yoga practitioner Kate Arnott.<br />

She shares her knowledge and some useful<br />

advice for sustainable, holistic health.<br />

not hard to understand why the<br />

lovely, petite Kate is as passionate<br />

about health and the natural<br />

environment as she is.<br />

“My brother, sister and I were<br />

brought up in a mud house<br />

(also known as wattle and<br />

daub), designed and built by<br />

our mother, in the Midlands.<br />

All of our holidays were spent<br />

camping in the bush in rural<br />

parts of Botswana, Mozambique,<br />

Zimbabwe and South Africa. We<br />

were also always treated with<br />

natural, alternative medication<br />

and I’ve actually never been on an<br />

antibiotic for being sick. I think it<br />

can be hard for parents to remain<br />

true to their beliefs these days,<br />

but my mom did. I definitely got<br />

my passion for health and my<br />

connection to nature from her,”<br />

says Kate.<br />

After attending boarding school<br />

in Hilton, Kate moved to Cape<br />

Town where she did an honours<br />

degree in nutrition science. Her<br />

special interest (and her thesis)<br />

was on stress management and<br />

gut health and the link between<br />

the two. “It was quite a new<br />

concept at the time, but I think<br />

people have a much better<br />

understanding of it these days.”<br />

Although she was always very<br />

active growing up, competing in<br />

multiple Dusi canoe marathons<br />

and doing lots of trail running,<br />

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Kate only discovered the benefits<br />

of yoga a little later in life. “I found<br />

yoga to be one of the best forms of<br />

exercise to still give me a really good<br />

workout while also allowing me to<br />

enjoy the profound benefits it has<br />

on stress management.” She is now<br />

an advanced yoga instructor, having<br />

done over 500 hours of teacher<br />

training, and has been teaching for<br />

over four years.<br />

After her studies, Kate found<br />

herself back in the bush, working<br />

as a massage therapist and yoga<br />

instructor at both Phinda and<br />

Londolozi Game Reserves for a<br />

year. Then she moved to <strong>Ballito</strong><br />

where she took up a job working at<br />

a health shop. “I knew I wanted to<br />

be in nature and felt a strong pull<br />

towards the ocean. I loved working<br />

with Judy at Lifestyle Health and<br />

learnt an incredible amount.”<br />

Now Kate runs her own nutrition<br />

and yoga practice, incorporating<br />

her knowledge and experience with<br />

her passion for ancient philosophies<br />

and alternative healthcare. During<br />

her yoga classes, Kate puts a lot of<br />

emphasis on correct breathing. “I<br />

cue every breath and my focus is on<br />

helping people manage their stress<br />

through their breath awareness. It<br />

sounds so simple – all you have to<br />

do is breathe – but it is truly such<br />

a profound healing modality. It<br />

improves your immune system and<br />

helps with inflammation, gut health,<br />

chronic pain and your mental state.”<br />

Very often, Kate says, we try to<br />

overcomplicate things and rush<br />

through life to get to our goals. The<br />

key to living a healthy, balanced life<br />

though is learning to slow down<br />

and appreciate more. I think how we<br />

breathe is how we do life. There are<br />

so many lessons that you can take<br />

off the yoga mat and into everyday<br />

life.”<br />

When it comes to nutrition, Kate<br />

also says we can use our food as<br />

medicine, but if we are in a chronic<br />

state of stress, we won’t extract the<br />

nutrients we need from the food<br />

we eat. “I believe in eating a wellrounded<br />

diet and don’t believe in<br />

extreme dieting. There is a time and<br />

place for supplements and vitamins,<br />

but I believe that if you eat for the<br />

environment, and your body is in<br />

balance, you’ll get the nutrients you<br />

need from your food.”<br />

Kate, who is also a qualified Neurolinguistic<br />

programming (NLP)<br />

practitioner, offers packages for her<br />

clients, which can include just the<br />

nutrition side, nutrition and yoga or<br />

just yoga. She offers private, group<br />

and online yoga classes.<br />

“My goal is to identify where the<br />

stress is coming from in your life<br />

and the impact it’s having on your<br />

health. Then I use different protocols<br />

to ‘clean up’ the body, detox and<br />

minimise stress.”<br />

Details: www.katearnott.com, @<br />

nutritional_alchemy, @kate_arnott_<br />

Kate’s tips for improving<br />

health and managing<br />

your stress:<br />

1. Awareness: Be aware of<br />

how you talk to yourself and<br />

whether your thoughts are<br />

positive are negative. Find<br />

things to appreciate around<br />

you all the times – especially in<br />

moments of negativity (it could<br />

be a flower or a sunset ... just<br />

something small to be thankful<br />

for). The more we practice<br />

doing this, the more we elevate<br />

our state of being and we’ll<br />

naturally make better choices<br />

to match that greater state.<br />

2. Learn to breathe. Be aware<br />

of your breaths and find a<br />

trainer (yoga, pilates or any<br />

fitness trainer) who is breathfocussed<br />

and will help you.<br />

You will eventually carry those<br />

breathing techniques into your<br />

daily life, even when you’re not<br />

exercising.<br />

3. Start slowly. Just take one<br />

step, and one goal, at a time.<br />

We all want to get to our goals<br />

quickly and often our approach<br />

is extreme and not sustainable.<br />

Small, daily changes will<br />

ultimately lead to a sustainable<br />

lifestyle.<br />

4. Get into nature. Nature<br />

is so healing in itself and we<br />

need to realise that the more<br />

we support the environment,<br />

the more it will support us. Eat<br />

for the environment – wellbalanced,<br />

quality-based diet.<br />

Use the produce to make<br />

simple food and don’t get<br />

caught up with fancy recipes<br />

and meals. Simplify.<br />

5. Laugh and have fun. Don’t<br />

become too serious about<br />

your health and over think<br />

everything! Don’t take life too<br />

seriously. Learn a few simple,<br />

good practices and implement<br />

them slowly.<br />

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<strong>Ballito</strong> beauties<br />

The young lady who walks away with the title of Miss <strong>Ballito</strong> 20<strong>21</strong> will need to have more<br />

than just a pretty face. We found out more about the pageant and this year’s top 10 finalists.<br />

During the next stage of the pageant,<br />

the girls will go through an induction<br />

and mentor programme where they<br />

will participate in workshops and be<br />

taught a number of life skills, from life<br />

coaching to goal setting to advice on<br />

healthy living and exercise.<br />

Each contestant has to find two<br />

financial sponsors (all proceeds go<br />

towards Zimbali Rotary and The North<br />

Coast Courier Orphan Fund) and they<br />

have to come up with and implement<br />

their sustainable, community-based<br />

project. There will be a cocktail<br />

evening on 15 <strong>July</strong> at The Marigold in<br />

<strong>Ballito</strong>, followed by the final crowning<br />

evening on 6 August at the Simbithi<br />

Country Club. Members of the public<br />

can buy tickets to either of these<br />

events. There is also a prize for the<br />

contestant who gets the most votes<br />

on social media.<br />

Photos: STUDIO 8 PHOTOGRAPHY & HELEN MILLAR PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

A desire to make a difference, being confident and goal-driven and having a<br />

strong passion for community are amongst the criteria that will be considered<br />

when the judges hand over the crown and title of Miss <strong>Ballito</strong> on the crowning<br />

evening next month.<br />

The Miss <strong>Ballito</strong> pageant is the biggest fundraising event of the year for Zimbali<br />

Rotary. The contestants not only raise money for the charity organisation<br />

by securing financial sponsors, but they are also required to start their own<br />

sustainable, community-based projects. “Their chosen project is one of the<br />

biggest parts of the judging criteria,” says pageant coordinator Heidie Smith. “The<br />

girls are not only judged on how pretty they look on the crowning evening.”<br />

The initial, interview round has already taken place and Heidie says the judges<br />

chose their top 10 finalists after meeting each entrant individually. This year’s<br />

judges are North Coast Courier publisher and founder Bruce Stephenson,<br />

Enterprise Ilembe acting CEO Cheryl Peters, actress and artist Hannah Grobler,<br />

entrepreneur Ann van Jaarsveld and KwaDukuza head lifeguard, international<br />

surfing judge and surfing SA vice president Bongani Xulu.<br />

“The top 10 finalists were chosen based on how they presented themselves, their<br />

confidence, their goals and passions and their interest in and desire to help the<br />

community.”<br />

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The finalist’s in their outfits sponsored by Lezar Trendi<br />

Gear. Swimwear was sponsored by Beach & Beyond<br />

Details: For more information or tickets<br />

to the cocktail or crowning evening,<br />

or to become a sponsor for one of<br />

the contestants, contact Heidie on:<br />

missballito.rotaryzimbali@gmail.com<br />

Meet the girls<br />

Julie Blevin<br />

(17, matric at Durban Girls College)<br />

“I love the beach, fun and sunshine!”


Candice Doorasamy<br />

(18, matric at North Coast Agricultural<br />

College) “I am young, brave, unique<br />

and beautiful.”<br />

Senalia Hardew<br />

(20, Marketing Management student)<br />

“I am a creative, authentic and<br />

ambitious woman.”<br />

Samkelisiwe Cele<br />

(18, modelling teacher)<br />

“I am full of potential and enthusiastic<br />

in all my endeavours.”<br />

Sibahle Makhanya<br />

(<strong>21</strong>, marketing management student)<br />

“I am always looking for the positive in<br />

all situations and love sport.”<br />

Jessica-Lee Marcus<br />

(<strong>21</strong>, studying accounting for<br />

hospitality managers and graphic<br />

design) “I like to make at least one<br />

person smile every day and show<br />

kindness to everybody.”<br />

Catelyn Weston<br />

(23, administrator at Salt Rock Coffee<br />

and studying fitness and coaching) “I<br />

am passionate about nature, wildlife,<br />

fitness and self-improvement.”<br />

Malindi Swanepoel<br />

(<strong>21</strong>, office administrator at an<br />

engineering company and studying<br />

Business Management) “I’m fearless<br />

when it comes to life and careless<br />

when it comes to people’s thoughts<br />

about me.”<br />

Cikizwa Vilakazi<br />

(20, film directing and screenwriting<br />

student) “I am a creative go-getter<br />

who many describe as an intelligent<br />

and disciplined lady with a vibrant<br />

soul.”<br />

MEGAN LANE<br />

(19, qualified slimming therapist at<br />

The Firm) “I love dancing in the rain<br />

and smiling at strangers.”<br />

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Text: Leah Shone | Photographs: Adam Christoforos, True North Creative<br />

Getting fit … in the garden!<br />

Raise your hand if you’re<br />

a busy, exhausted, unfit<br />

mom who is a little (or<br />

maybe a lot?) intimidated<br />

by the traditional gym<br />

environment? If your hand<br />

is up, then you are exactly<br />

the kind of woman South<br />

African champion athlete<br />

Lauren Cannon wants in<br />

her garden gym.<br />

Mount Edgecombe mother of two<br />

Lauren has gone from being a highperformance<br />

athlete, doing hours<br />

of training every day, to teaching<br />

women who hate exercise just how<br />

amazing the feeling of endorphins<br />

really is and just how much it lifts<br />

your spirit and mental state. And she’s<br />

doing it from her garden!<br />

Lauren was first featured in the Get<br />

It magazine in 2019 when, just six<br />

months after undergoing major foot<br />

surgery and being told that she may<br />

never compete again, she not only<br />

finished first in the KZN Olympic<br />

distance champs, but won the 70.3<br />

Durban Ironman as well.<br />

Lauren loves a challenge and has<br />

learned to weather them well. She<br />

gave birth to her two daughters,<br />

Scarlett and Stella, just 19 months<br />

apart (in 2015 and 2016) and, despite<br />

being told by her doctor that she<br />

would never be able to run more than<br />

5km after her foot surgery, she set<br />

her sights on achieving her goals and<br />

reached them.<br />

But now (like for many of us) her life<br />

has taken a slightly different turn.<br />

Lauren has given up competitive<br />

racing for the time being and has<br />

started a small, intimate personal gym<br />

called Fitness Garden in her garden.<br />

And she absolutely loves it. “It has<br />

been the most incredible transition<br />

and my cup has never been this full.”<br />

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Lauren’s aim was to create a gym that offers not only a Covid-friendly<br />

environment, but also a more ‘chilled’ approach to gym. “I believe in working hard<br />

at the gym, but didn’t want to create an environment where people would be<br />

embarrassed about their bodies, fitness abilities or strength.”<br />

During her classes, Lauren says she does absolutely everything with her clients.<br />

She has six identical stations and everyone does the same exercises but with<br />

different weights. “My biggest goal is to show unfit, busy moms the power of<br />

endorphins. There is no better feeling than setting goals and achieving them<br />

– whether they be weight loss, fitness and strength or just enjoying the rush of<br />

endorphins you get after a good one-hour workout.”<br />

Lauren has learned a number of lessons on her journey from professional,<br />

competitive athlete to a females-only gym trainer and has also seen changes in<br />

her own body. “I’ve learnt that looking thin and lean doesn’t mean you are strong<br />

and fit. When I am my strongest and winning events my body is very different to<br />

what it is today. It is very ‘block like’ and, in fact I look much bigger than I look at


the moment. I usually train a minimum of four hours<br />

a day and honestly didn’t look that great in a bikini!<br />

Now doing gym I am much leaner; I hardly do any<br />

cardio, use very light weights and am able to control<br />

my eating as I am not over-exerting myself with<br />

cardio.”<br />

Probably one of the things that stands out most for<br />

Lauren, she says, is how intimidated many women<br />

are by gyms. “They worry that they are not fit<br />

enough, they don’t have the right kit and are very<br />

self-conscious. Those are the people I love getting<br />

in my hands! There is no greater gift for me than to<br />

show them the power of an endorphin-rush!”<br />

While training is an important part of being fit and<br />

healthy and reaching your goals, Lauren admits that<br />

eighty-five to ninety percent of what our bodies<br />

look like starts in the kitchen, which is why she works<br />

closely with a dietician from Johannesburg named<br />

Michelle Hawksworth. “I am not a qualified dietician<br />

(although I have done many many fad diets to keep<br />

myself thin) and I believe this side of the program<br />

needs to be out-sourced. Michelle is amazing.”<br />

Lauren’s biggest focus at Fitness Garden, is ensuring<br />

that her gym is a safe haven for women to come<br />

together - and a happy place for working hard and<br />

having a friendly chat (only after class though!). The<br />

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Fabulous food fundi’s<br />

To know Jason and Melanie is to love them! Bubbly, interesting and always up for a<br />

chat, the <strong>Ballito</strong> couple started their restaurant-owning journey 10 years ago and have<br />

won awards and the hearts and loyalties of both their patrons and staff along the way.<br />

“It could be just a toasted cheese<br />

sandwich. Or, if it’s made with beautiful,<br />

home-baked bread and filled with<br />

locally-sourced, excellent quality cheeses<br />

... it could be a glorious toasted cheese<br />

sandwich!”<br />

Jason Powell is passionate about food.<br />

More than that though, he is passionate<br />

about educating others about good<br />

food. “It doesn’t have to be complicated<br />

or intimidating. It just has to be<br />

made properly with the best possible<br />

ingredients,” says the 41-year old father of<br />

two.<br />

Jason and his wife, Melanie Reeder-Powell,<br />

are the owners and founders of Food<br />

Fundi at Sugar Rush Park, which opened<br />

during lockdown last year. They also own<br />

the Ocean Basket in <strong>Ballito</strong>, which they<br />

opened four years ago.<br />

Born in the Lowveld, Jason has always<br />

been a foodie at heart. After completing<br />

a Bcom degree, he set about pursuing<br />

his dream of becoming a chef. Jason<br />

trained at Prue Leith culinary school in<br />

Pretoria, before heading off to start his<br />

work experience in high-end lodges<br />

around southern Africa. One of his first<br />

Food Fundi owners and<br />

founders Melanie and Jason<br />

Text: Leah Shone | Photographs: Chris Allan Photo<br />

There is loads of space to enjoy your meal outdoors. (Pick up<br />

one of their picnic boxes and find a spot under the trees!)<br />

placements was at a five-star lodge on<br />

a secluded island off of Mozambique<br />

called Vamizi. Jason’s highlight, while<br />

working as the head chef at this<br />

exclusive lodge, was being able to<br />

cook for the late Nelson Mandela<br />

and Graca Machel, who stayed at the<br />

lodge for two weeks.<br />

There were also massive challenges<br />

though, as the island was extremely<br />

remote and even water had to<br />

be brought in on dhows. “It was a<br />

great learning curve. I had to make<br />

everything from scratch, I had to<br />

forage and figure things out. If I<br />

wanted bread, I baked it, if I wanted<br />

veggies, I had to grow them.”<br />

After that Jason got a job as the head<br />

chef at a top hunting and fishing<br />

lodge situated on a fjord on the west<br />

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coast of Norway. When Jason returned to South Africa for a wedding in 2007 he<br />

met the woman who would one day become his wife.<br />

Originally from Umtata, Melanie is a qualified and highly experienced magazine<br />

journalist and published author. When they met, Mel was living in Johannesburg,<br />

working as the beauty editor at a top national magazine. “I loved the lifestyle I<br />

was leading in Johannesburg and I loved my job, but I had started to feel like I<br />

needed something different.”<br />

Melanie studied English Literature at Rhodes university and did a post-graduate<br />

degree in Publishing at Wits. After working on some of the biggest magazine<br />

titles in the country, she was commissioned by Penguin Random House SA<br />

to the write the biography of a fascinating KZN-based sangoma named Elliot<br />

Ndlovu, called A Sangoma’s Story.<br />

Jason and Mel got married in 2009 and decided to move to Nelspruit the<br />

following year. “We wanted a fresh start and had heard that there may be<br />

catering opportunities in the Lowveld.”<br />

They opened their first Food Fundi – a coffee shop and deli - with just four tables<br />

in April 2011. It didn’t take long for the cafe and the catering side of the business<br />

to grow.<br />

“People loved our recipes and our approach to food. We make everything, from<br />

the bread to the brownies and the chutneys and relishes, from scratch – and we<br />

still use most of those original recipes today,” says Jason.<br />

The business grew steadily and after a few years, it had transformed into a<br />

140-seater restaurant. They opened a second cafe at the private hospital, where<br />

they were also doing the catering for all the staff and patients. Jason and Mel<br />

lived in Nelspruit for seven years, during which time they had their two children,<br />

Georgina and Samuel.<br />

When an opportunity presented itself – in the form of opening a new Ocean<br />

Basket franchise in <strong>Ballito</strong> in 2017 - Mel and Jason decided to give it a go. At the<br />

time, they were struggling with both children being constantly ill and in and out<br />

of hospital. Their doctor, who wasn’t able to diagnose the kids, suggested they<br />

simply try moving to a different area.<br />

“We really liked the Ocean Basket franchise and the family-owned business’ ethos<br />

resonated with us. It’s an authentic brand and one we knew we could get on<br />

board with,” says Jason. While they have faced massive challenges (like massive<br />

damage from a raging storm in 2019<br />

and lockdown in 2020), their Ocean<br />

Basket branch has done exceptionally<br />

well and is now considered one of the<br />

restaurant chain’s flagship stores.<br />

During lockdown, the Sugar Rush Park<br />

shareholders asked Mel and Jason<br />

to take over the restaurant. “We were<br />

keen for another opportunity and<br />

it just made sense. People want to<br />

spend time in an outdoor, healthy,<br />

fresh-air environment.” They decided<br />

to open another Food Fundi.<br />

Having revived their timeless, tried<br />

and tested (and loved) recipes, the<br />

couple have successfully run the<br />

restaurant for just over a year – and it<br />

continues to grow from strength to<br />

strength.<br />

Almost everything is made from<br />

scratch. “What I can’t make, I will<br />

source as locally as possible,” says<br />

Jason. The deli side of the business is<br />

also growing and Jason has his own<br />

smoker on site, where he smokes<br />

olives and even cauliflower! He makes<br />

atchar and pestos and they sell<br />

ready-to-go picnic boxes, filled with<br />

beautiful cheeses, parma ham and<br />

homemade relishes!<br />

Investing in their staff is one of Mel<br />

and Jason’s top priorities and they<br />

have spent a lot of time working hard<br />

to fine-tune the service and systems<br />

in place at the restaurant. “We believe<br />

in serving simple, tasty food. We make<br />

sure we get the basics right and don’t<br />

overcomplicate things.”<br />

Details: Food Fundi Cafe, Sugar Rush<br />

Park, 087 460 0302, www.foodfundi.<br />

co.za<br />

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estaurant Review<br />

Perfect chicken & pizza!<br />

Delicious chicken and the some of the tastiest wood-fired pizzas we’ve ever had …<br />

the Get It girls were invited for lunch at <strong>Umhl</strong>anga’s yummiest new spot!<br />

Text: Leah Shone<br />

Perched on the corner in <strong>Umhl</strong>anga’s<br />

bustling village centre, the newly<br />

opened Bird & Co store is a great spot<br />

to sit back with a glass of wine or cold<br />

beer and enjoy a delicious meal. We<br />

know, because we tried it!<br />

Owners and long-time Durban<br />

restaurateurs, Derryck Myers and Alan<br />

Lazarus (who also happen to own<br />

the Butcher Boys in the same street)<br />

invited the Get It girls to experience<br />

a selection of tasty treats from their<br />

menu and Alan sat down for a quick<br />

chat with us while we were there.<br />

“I’ve been in the restaurant industry<br />

for 50 years and I’ve never served food<br />

like this. It’s freshly prepared, tasty<br />

and easy going,” says the <strong>Umhl</strong>anga<br />

franchise co-owner.<br />

With six branches around the country,<br />

four of which are in KZN, the trendy<br />

Bird & Co brand has become popular<br />

on the North Coast. The <strong>Umhl</strong>anga<br />

branch offers the same, absolutely<br />

to-die-for favourites that the <strong>Ballito</strong><br />

store first introduced to our palates.<br />

They also recently just took home the<br />

title of KZN’s best Peri-Peri chicken,<br />

bestowed upon them by the well-known Facebook group, GBN (Good, Bad &<br />

Nasty).<br />

The secret, Alan says, is in the quality of the ingredients ... and those absolutely<br />

delicious sauces! “We don’t skimp on anything and the quality of our ingredients<br />

is very important to us.”<br />

After being served our drinks, our team lunch started off with a few slices of<br />

pizza. We ordered the Capri (mozzarella, bacon, feta, caramelised onion, avo and<br />

rocket) and the Bird & Co (mozzarella, peri mayo, chicken, chorizo, caramelised<br />

onion and rocket). Both of these wood-fired oven pizzas were crisp, fresh and full<br />

of flavour … and paired perfectly with an ice-cold glass of white wine!<br />

Chicken, of course, is the hero of the menu at Bird & Co and Alan took the liberty<br />

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of ordering us a smorgasbord of dishes to share. We tried<br />

the deboned chilli-peri chicken, the deboned chicken<br />

thighs on a skewer, chicken wings and the crumbed<br />

chicken strips! Sides included the yummiest lime<br />

coleslaw, fries and rice. Everything was super tasty and<br />

the braver of us even took advantage of the ‘extra hot’<br />

chilli sauce we had on the side!<br />

What blew us away more than anything was the<br />

incredible value for money of each of these dishes. At just<br />

R110, the scrumptious half deboned chicken with a side<br />

is an absolute steal, as is the chicken burger and chips for<br />

just R65 and the three deboned thighs for just R85.<br />

There are veggie options for the non-chicken eaters, such<br />

as the halloumi wrap or halloumi burger and there are<br />

salads for those looking for something on the healthier<br />

side.<br />

Something else we love about Bird & Co is its affiliation<br />

with our favourite locally-made ice cream brand, Scoop.<br />

Bird & Co <strong>Umhl</strong>anga is the only branch to have a whole<br />

Scoop freezer in the store – so you can enjoy a yummy<br />

scoop or two (or take a tub home) after your meal!<br />

Having been in the Durban restaurant industry for so<br />

many years, Alan says it’s been wonderful to have had<br />

such great support since they opened this store three<br />

months ago. “It is such a great product and, after chatting<br />

to each customer, I know I can always walk away feeling<br />

confident and proud of the food we are serving.”<br />

Details: Bird & Co <strong>Umhl</strong>anga, Shop 14A Lighthouse Quarter,<br />

Chartwell Drive, <strong>Umhl</strong>anga Rocks, 060 746 4874, 087 092<br />

57<strong>21</strong>, umhlanga@birdandco.info<br />

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Scoop Ice Cream ... so you<br />

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take a tub home!<br />

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Text: Leah Shone | Photographs: sam basson, precision photography<br />

It was their design of this modern, eco-friendly<br />

home that lead to a <strong>Ballito</strong>-based architectural<br />

firm recently being shortlisted for an International<br />

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“Every site has a has an essence. A story it wants to tell and a way it wants to be<br />

treated. This site was no different.” Gerhard Architect founder Gerhard Breedt<br />

loves what he does.<br />

He started his company 16 years ago in office which, he says, was so small<br />

that he had to meet clients in the coffee shop across the road! Now his firm<br />

is receiving acknowledgement on an international platform and he is being<br />

recognised for his environmentally-aware, integrated approach to design. We<br />

chatted to him about this incredible Mount Richmore Estate home.<br />

What prompted you to enter this particular property into the<br />

awards? We were actually contacted and asked if we would consider entering<br />

this home in two categories (Luxury Residence - Global Award and Project Value<br />

of 1 - 2.5million Pounds) after a social media post. The fact that the property was<br />

picked up on an international platform and recognised was what prompted us<br />

to pursue the nomination to the next level.<br />

Tell us about this home and the client’s brief to you when you<br />

set out to design this home? This is a permanent family home, but the<br />

owners wanted it to have the feel of a holiday home where one can ‘escape’<br />

to from day-to-day stresses and routine. Our goal was to design a modern but<br />

timeless home with clean design lines, floating planes and integrated, eco-friendly<br />

elements and timberworks. We focussed on creating open plan living areas,<br />

a sense of ‘arrival’ and integrating the sea and forest views. There are four bedrooms<br />

(all en-suite) and an open plan living (kitchen, dining, lounge) area, all of<br />

which seamlessly lead out to the large outside veranda. There is a private study/<br />

office space, a second lounge and balconies off of all the bedrooms. There is<br />

also a massive lap pool and we maximized the beautiful ocean and inland bush<br />

views, while still ensuring privacy.<br />

How did the location and the look and feel of the estate influence<br />

the design? The site has beautiful sea views, as well views of a stunning<br />

forest greenbelt. We wanted it to feel as though you were in the forest when you<br />

enter through the double-volume foyer with floating bridge, which we staggered<br />

slightly to maximise the sea views. Every estate has an ethos and code to<br />

create a ‘standard’ to be upheld. The Mount Richmore Estate architectural code<br />

allows for quite a modern, coastal interpretation and expressiveness.<br />

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How did you achieve the<br />

almost seamless indoor/<br />

outdoor flow of the home?<br />

Integrated inside-outside living was<br />

a non-negotiable directive from the<br />

clients. Large sliding glass panels that<br />

‘disappear’ and a lot of large glass<br />

elements on the view sides blur the<br />

lines between the inside and outside<br />

to a large extent. It also helped greatly<br />

that there was no level change between<br />

the inside and outside.<br />

What are some of your favourite<br />

design elements of<br />

this home? We love the design as a<br />

whole and how every element plays<br />

its part. We do, however, feel that a<br />

home must have a sense of arrival<br />

and just love the entrance detail, from<br />

when you open the massive doors<br />

and then just experience the forest<br />

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Vibrant<br />

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We’re planting …Verbena ‘Firehouse’ for vibrant Winter and Spring colour on<br />

the patio and in the garden. It is a spreading verbena, up to 55cm, that works<br />

well as a filler in mixed containers and baskets, as well as a ground cover in<br />

gardens. Start it in a pot for colour on a warm, sunny patio that is protected<br />

from frost. As a garden plant, it needs frost protection and if planted now will<br />

provide Spring into Summer colour. It tolerates heat, grows in ordinary garden<br />

soil that drains well and likes regular, but not excessive watering. Its wide range<br />

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Even when fully grown, it is compact<br />

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This is a good plant for a beginner, as it<br />

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Garden tasks for <strong>July</strong><br />

• Prune bush roses from 20 <strong>July</strong> to the first week in August.<br />

Cut back bushes by one-third, removing<br />

dead wood and old stems, criss-crossing and weak growth.<br />

Enrich the soil after pruning with compost, fertilise and<br />

water well.<br />

• In dry areas, water the compost heap once a month to<br />

keep it active.<br />

• Fertilise pansies, violas, petunias, and primulas to keep<br />

them flowering.<br />

• Water veggies once a week and feed once a month with a<br />

liquid fertiliser.<br />

• Cover tender plants with frost cloth if very cold weather is<br />

predicted.<br />

• Water vegetables and herbs in containers twice a week.<br />

• Continue to protect conifers from the Italian cypress<br />

aphid with an organic insecticide or use insecticide<br />

granules sprinkled around the base of the conifer.<br />

Veggie of the month<br />

There is nothing sweeter than eating garden peas from<br />

the pod. ‘Tom Thumb’ is a dwarf bush<br />

pea from RAW seeds that is<br />

fun for the kids to plant in<br />

containers or small spaces.<br />

Plants grow 30cm high and<br />

10cm wide, which means<br />

that you can plant them<br />

10cm apart along a mini<br />

trellis. Pods are best when<br />

harvested young, within 50<br />

days from germination. The<br />

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Tips for garden peas<br />

• Grow in full sun. • Plant in<br />

fertile, compost-enriched soil<br />

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Retirement planning …<br />

an important checklist<br />

A well-planned retirement is key to the comfortable, secure and stress-free life you<br />

envisage. By giving it a great deal of thought ahead of time, fine-tuning your needs<br />

and wants, and exploring the numerous options out there, you’ll be perfectly placed to<br />

find the perfect solution.<br />

For many, retirement is a somewhat daunting concept. The secret is in playing an<br />

active role in the planning – recognising this chapter of life as a reality, viewing it<br />

positively, and celebrating the opportunities it presents. It goes without saying that<br />

financial planning is the most important factor and talking to your financial planner is<br />

a crucial step when looking into the future. It’s not only about the rental or purchase<br />

of a retirement unit or home, living expenses, covering of levies, rates and utilities, but<br />

also factoring in the unknown – any potential health or care expenses. Once you have<br />

a clear picture of your financial situation, you’ll want to compile a personal checklist of<br />

non-negotiable and ‘nice-to-have’ elements. You might want to choose a retirement<br />

village close to where you live now – near friends and familiar places – you’ll certainly<br />

want to be near family. Geoff Perkins of Collins Residential, the developers of Mount<br />

Edgecombe Retirement Village, shares a quick checklist to assist with getting the<br />

planning process started:<br />

• Consider your family: being near them or at least near to an airport is important to<br />

consider.<br />

• Hobbies and like-minded communities: being surrounded by a community who share<br />

common interests and values greatly enhances quality of life. If the idea of neighbourly<br />

activities and events such as gardening, walking or group exercise has appeal, then<br />

planning to settle in a community-orientated estate should be factored in.<br />

• If wanderlust is important: a secure, lock-up-and-go is the ideal solution.<br />

• Pets: For many, finding a pet-friendly retirement solution is at the top of the list.<br />

• Do you enjoy socialising? A retirement community can offer wonderful socialising<br />

opportunities, companionship and ways to meet new people.<br />

• For the active: golf, tennis, a gym. For many, staying fit and active is non-negotiable, so<br />

ensure your estate shortlist gives you access to these facilities.<br />

• Do you bird watch, hike or walk? Similarly, you’d want to live on an eco-estate or near<br />

safe ‘wild’ areas with trails or boardwalks. The North Coast offers a range of estates that<br />

are based on this principle.<br />

• Health matters: whether or not you have existing health care concerns, the option of<br />

having access to a full-service health care facility should be a careful consideration.<br />

• Security is a reality: most villages and estates have good security, but think about your<br />

latter years - panic buttons and response services should be jotted down.<br />

• Facilities: If you don’t drive or have a<br />

car, plan to retire in an estate where<br />

regular trips to local shopping centres<br />

and outings could be important to you.<br />

Similarly, a clubhouse, hairdresser or a<br />

coffee shop on site could be beneficial.<br />

• Family fundamentals: visitor’s parking,<br />

whether you can comfortably entertain<br />

and even planning to ensure your<br />

grandchildren/ friends are able to stay<br />

overnight is often overlooked, so be sure<br />

to add this important item to the list.<br />

You will definitely have a host of<br />

questions and considerations that<br />

pertain specifically to your particular<br />

lifestyle, Geoff says. “Jot them down.<br />

All that information helps you build a<br />

picture of where you’d like to be, and<br />

what facilities you need when the time<br />

arrives. We have invested an enormous<br />

amount of research and thought into<br />

our design and facilities. Understanding<br />

what retirees are looking forward to,<br />

we’ve worked hard to establish an estate<br />

in which the community itself plays<br />

an active role in establishing activities,<br />

clubs and the like. Retirement can<br />

really be a wonderful time of life, full of<br />

opportunities and fewer responsibilities.”<br />

Details: Mount Edgecombe Retirement<br />

Estate: www.merv.co.za, Dave: 083<br />

4561897<br />

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classy coastal escape<br />

This exquisite, recently updated Umdloti beach home is the epitome of all that is<br />

wonderful about North Coast living and holidaying. Just take a peek inside …<br />

Text: Leah Shone | Photographs: Chris Allan Photo<br />

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From the elegant, stylish décor to the<br />

prime location and flowing indoor<br />

and outdoor living areas, there is<br />

simply nothing not to love about<br />

this home. It is contemporary coastal<br />

design at its best.<br />

Having recently been bought for<br />

holiday rental purposes, the fivebedroom<br />

beachfront property was<br />

touched up and made ‘holiday ready’<br />

by KZN interior design guru, Lee<br />

Moon of Lee Moon Interior Design.<br />

“The previous owner has such<br />

impeccable taste that we really<br />

haven’t had to change a lot,” says<br />

Lee. “She left a lot of the furniture<br />

and décor behind and we simply<br />

‘filled the gaps’ where she had taken<br />

meaningful pieces with her.”<br />

Having been in the interior design<br />

industry for over 30 years, Lee says<br />

it is very important to her to get to<br />

know her clients and understand<br />

their needs before embarking on any<br />

project. She leans towards timeless,<br />

classic furniture pieces, which can<br />

be accentuated with trendy, soft<br />

furnishings.<br />

The kitchen has a lovely, social seating<br />

area with large glass doors that open<br />

up onto the sea-facing patio<br />

There are five bedrooms. Three are<br />

downstairs and an elevator takes you up<br />

to the second floor where the other two<br />

bedrooms and living areas are situated.<br />

Because the home is being used<br />

predominantly for holiday rental<br />

purposes, the new owners wanted to<br />

depersonalise the interior and give it<br />

more of a classic, holiday look and feel.<br />

Mostly, this just meant changing the<br />

odd wallpaper, adding a few soft<br />

furnishings and accessories and lots<br />

of greenery. The kitchen, however, did<br />

get a full revamp.<br />

“We opened the kitchen up and<br />

created a wonderful, social seating<br />

area around the island. The large,<br />

open-shelved pantry is the perfect<br />

place to store all the crockery, cutlery<br />

and table décor, making it easy for<br />

holidaymakers to find what they need.”<br />

The kitchen, lounge and master<br />

bedroom all open up onto the most<br />

exquisite verandah with 180-degree<br />

sea views. Stylishly decorated in the<br />

classic ‘Ralph Lauren blue and white’,<br />

the furniture and décor in this space<br />

fits its location perfectly.<br />

Lee moved the shelving unit that<br />

was in the kitchen and turned it into<br />

a beautiful feature in the living area<br />

between the lounge and dining room.<br />

This is something, she says, she has<br />

become synonymous with. “A a strong<br />

part of my décor ethos and one of my<br />

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strengths is using what clients already<br />

have in new and interesting ways.”<br />

The home has five bedrooms, all<br />

of which are en-suite and each is<br />

uniquely and stylishly decorated.<br />

Three are situated on the ground<br />

floor and the two others, including<br />

the impressive main bedroom, are<br />

upstairs. There is also an elevator,<br />

making this a wheelchair-friendly<br />

home.<br />

The open plan lounge and dining<br />

room lead onto a beautiful courtyard<br />

and swimming pool, where the<br />

owners have created a ‘mini beach’,<br />

complete with beach sand and tall<br />

palm trees.<br />

It’s not hard to imagine perching<br />

yourself on one of the built-in<br />

wooden benches with a cocktail in<br />

hand or curling up with a book in<br />

the swinging chair that hangs in the<br />

stunning, roofed terrace leading off<br />

the bar. This home definitely has all<br />

the right holiday feels and is available<br />

for holiday rental through Luxury<br />

Coastal Escapes.<br />

The home offers wonderful outside<br />

spaces both in the front (sea-facing)<br />

and the back of the house<br />

Details: www.leemooninteriors.<br />

co.za, info@leemoon.co.za. Book a<br />

stay: Luxury Coastal Escapes: www.<br />

luxurycoastalescapes.com, bookings@<br />

luxurycoastalescapes.com<br />

This downstairs bedroom opens up onto the<br />

swimming pool and wonderful ‘mini beach area’<br />

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Small change<br />

big difference<br />

Promotion<br />

Nothing says ‘new beginnings’ quite like a little refurb in your home or garden. Whether<br />

you’re getting your space ready for the holidays (either for yourself or for holiday rental)<br />

or just feel like doing a little ‘sprucing up’, here are a couple of great ideas …<br />

Homestead Décor<br />

Winter is well and truly here now. Are you<br />

looking for a way to warm up your home that’s<br />

both stylish and practical? Nothing warms a<br />

space up (both literally and figuratively) quite<br />

like a beautiful, little rug. A well-chosen rug<br />

can completely change the aesthetic of a room<br />

and, just like a good pair of shoes complete an<br />

outfit, so too does a rug complete a room! If<br />

you can’t quite convince your other half, why<br />

not pop into Homestead Décor and get one on<br />

appro … they’ll soon change their mind! Details:<br />

Homestead Décor, <strong>Umhl</strong>ali Old Main Road,<br />

www.homestead-decor.co.za<br />

Dandelion Design<br />

If you feel like there is something<br />

missing in a space, or want to bring<br />

a pop of life into a room, why not<br />

add a wallpaper? There are a number<br />

of wallpapers on the market that<br />

are affordable, wipeable and even<br />

sometimes, reusable! Wallpapers can<br />

be customised to the tones, hues and<br />

design style you love! Let the Dandelion<br />

Design team help you find the right one<br />

for your space. Details:<br />

www.dandelionsa.co.za, Caryn:<br />

072 7077016 or Kath: 072 8258418.<br />

Afri Fencing Plus<br />

Looking for something new, fresh and a little different?<br />

Why not install a beautiful new white picket fence, or<br />

replace that rusty old balustrade or gate? Afri Fencing<br />

Plus are North Coast-based fabricators and installers of<br />

Fendeck PVC Products. They fabricate, supply and install<br />

various PVC fencing designs, including balustrading,<br />

post & rail fencing, gates and many other outdoor<br />

products in various sizes to suite your individual<br />

requirements. They have a wide range of strong,<br />

durable and UV-resistant products, perfect to spruce up<br />

your garden and/or pool area and add a classy look to<br />

your outdoor space. Details: atholkitchen@gmail.com,<br />

082 800 7199, www.pvcbuildingproducts.co.za<br />

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Kids<br />

This month we’re...<br />

meeting an inspiring, young<br />

musical maestro and reviewing<br />

some wonderful new kids’ reads!<br />

winter<br />

spoils<br />

WIN<br />

a toy hamper<br />

worth R3000


Text: Bronwyn forbes-hardinge | Photo: Patrick Royal<br />

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Young musical<br />

prodigy<br />

A young Durban North musician is making waves in the music industry with a song he<br />

wrote and produced during lockdown aimed at helping people focus on the positive.<br />

As his young fingers work the<br />

fretboard and he strums his Ibanez<br />

electric guitar, Ethan Briggeman is a<br />

quiet, ‘no drama’ performer. But still<br />

waters run deep.<br />

The 12-year-old musician attracted a<br />

great deal of attention after writing<br />

and recording his inspiring song,<br />

titled ‘Change Your Mind’, during the<br />

Covid lockdown. The song focusses<br />

on optimism for the future and sees<br />

Ethan on lead vocals and rap, as he<br />

delivers some impressive electric<br />

guitar work. “Like most kids, I had a<br />

toy guitar when I was very young,<br />

but I think my parents must have<br />

seen something more in me than<br />

just a little kid jamming, because they<br />

bought me my first acoustic guitar<br />

when I was just five years old.”<br />

At the age of nine, a family member<br />

gave Ethan his first electric guitar<br />

and from there things just took off!<br />

“I am really passionate about playing<br />

guitar and grateful to be part of a<br />

family of musicians who are also my<br />

biggest supporters. My sister, Emily,<br />

plays the keyboard very well and<br />

my dad, Edwin, plays the trumpet<br />

as a hobby. He was in a cover band<br />

in the Netherlands called Zenith of<br />

Zeal for a few years until he moved<br />

to South Africa. He also played in a<br />

Glenn Miller-style big band before<br />

conducting that band and he still<br />

plays for fun now and then. My mom,<br />

Eloise, is our organiser and greatest<br />

support when my dad, sister and I<br />

sometimes perform as the Briggeman<br />

Band.”<br />

In 2018 Ethan started weekly lessons<br />

at Destiny Music Academy (DMA) in La<br />

The first song I mastered on guitar was<br />

Apache by The Shadows. It’s uploaded to my<br />

YouTube channel along with a number of<br />

other covers I have enjoyed trying my hand at.<br />

Lucia. That same year, he played his electric guitar at a solo jam and was part of a<br />

band in the show, ‘The Greatest Show’, where he played electric guitar and sang<br />

a duet. The Grade 7 Reddam House <strong>Umhl</strong>anga learner was also recently asked to<br />

sing an inspiring song for their junior executive induction ceremony and he sang<br />

Hall of Fame by The Script.<br />

“The first song I mastered on guitar was Apache by The Shadows. It’s uploaded to<br />

my YouTube channel (which was launched in <strong>July</strong> last year) along with a number<br />

of other covers I have enjoyed trying my hand at. I really enjoy music that’s catchy<br />

or funky to play like the music from the Beetles. I’m a huge Lenny Kravitz fan<br />

because he does a variety of songs and his technical ability with solos is amazing<br />

and inspiring, so naturally when it comes to the ultimate guitar I’d like to own…<br />

it’s a Gibson Les Paul… because Lenny has one!”<br />

Speaking of inspiration, during the first lockdown Ethan desperately wanted to<br />

inspire the world and encourage people to focus on a brighter future. He began<br />

to play around on the keyboard (yes he can do that too!) and his guitar and<br />

composed the tune to the song he titled Change Your Mind.<br />

“It took only a few hours to match the words with the music, but two months to<br />

fine-tune the song before it premiered on his YouTube channel in December last<br />

year.<br />

The video was choreographed and edited by Patrick Royal and features<br />

appearances by Ethan’s family and a few close friends.<br />

Apart from becoming a successful song writer, singer and guitar player, Ethan,<br />

who has more than just musical talents, would like to be an Olympic champion<br />

for track and field athletics and a successful businessman to show people that<br />

hard work does pay off.<br />

The cross country champ, who belongs to Aspire Athletics, has competed in the<br />

Tinman Triathlon Series Mini and is a two-time SA Judo gold medallist. A big feat<br />

for a little kid!<br />

Change Your Mind is available for download on various platforms and the promo<br />

video can be viewed on Ethan’s YouTube channel: Ethan Briggeman. He can be<br />

followed on FB: @EthanHBriggeman and IG: @ethan.briggeman<br />

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Little reads<br />

Looking for some great books to motivate reading? Here<br />

are a handful of fabulous kiddies reads (with giveaways)<br />

written by local authors that will open the doorway to<br />

turning your little one into a voracious reader.<br />

My Family of Superheroes<br />

“Every child, irrespective of gender or<br />

race, will find themselves in situations<br />

that test their self-confidence and<br />

courage,” says author Zinhle T.<br />

Matthews. “Wouldn’t it be amazing<br />

if they had a fool-proof, lifelong tool<br />

to use in these circumstances? A<br />

potent mantra which could lift them<br />

above self-doubt and fear into a<br />

position of power, well equipped<br />

to take on the world – and win!” Her<br />

beautifully illustrated book, My Family<br />

of Superheroes, focuses on how<br />

positive phrases can help children<br />

realise their inner strength and<br />

potential. It tells the story of Precious<br />

who, inspired by her mother, uses<br />

positive affirmation to overcome her<br />

insecurities and doubts. The book is<br />

available at Amazon, Ethnikids, Book<br />

Circle Capital and other selected<br />

bookstores and is set to be translated<br />

into various languages, and to be<br />

converted into an audio book.<br />

Details: FB: Zinhle Superheroes IG: @<br />

myfamilyofsuperheroes<br />

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Luna Learns About Viruses<br />

Learning about the coronavirus and<br />

coping with lockdown has been<br />

overwhelming for us all, especially<br />

children. With this in mind, Hillcrest<br />

mother of two, Shareez Bagaria,<br />

used her spare time to write about<br />

viruses, as she educated her curious<br />

children Luna (4) and Shay (11). Her<br />

handwritten notes have been turned<br />

into an exciting book titled, Luna<br />

Learns About Viruses. Aimed at the<br />

foundation phase age group, the<br />

book is written in a simple rhyming<br />

style, is easy to read and remember<br />

and is designed to be both a teacher’s<br />

aid and a parental guide. The book’s<br />

big, bold, beautiful illustrations are<br />

the artwork of Shareez’s niece, Gianna<br />

Naidoo. The book is also being<br />

printed in isiZulu. It can be bought<br />

online at www.madeindurban.co.za<br />

for R175 and delivery is free across<br />

South Africa.<br />

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Gone Little Cat<br />

Gone Little Cat is Blythedale author,<br />

Gustav Preller’s fifth book. But it’s<br />

his first for children. Aimed at 10 to<br />

15-year-olds, the book (which tells<br />

the story of a highly-pedigreed,<br />

pampered cat who gets lost in a<br />

forest and has to learn to live in the<br />

wild) has been very well received by<br />

both children and adults who’ve been<br />

the storytellers to little ones. All the<br />

animals in the story have names and<br />

personalities. They all talk and the<br />

dialogue is great! Their very existence<br />

is threatened by powerful predators<br />

... humans … and the animals<br />

embark on a fateful course of action.<br />

While the environmental theme of<br />

deforestation is contemporary and<br />

relevant, Gone Little Cat is also about<br />

growing up, understanding that one<br />

doesn’t have to be the same to be<br />

friends and, through courage and<br />

resilience, finding one’s self in a world<br />

that contains both good and bad.<br />

It’s beautifully illustrated by a Kenyan<br />

artist, David Wachania, the book is<br />

available at all <strong>Ballito</strong> book stores and<br />

most book stores nationwide for R195.<br />

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There was a time, not so long<br />

ago, when childhood offered<br />

the space and freedom for<br />

children to explore their world.<br />

To be curious, creative and bold.<br />

To just be. Today, our overscheduled<br />

and overstimulated<br />

children are using their<br />

imaginations less than ever and,<br />

for this reason, we have fallen<br />

in love with educational toy<br />

brand, Melissa & Doug. Since<br />

it’s founding, more than 30<br />

years ago, the people behind<br />

the Melissa & Doug brand have<br />

been committed to making<br />

products that inspire openended<br />

thinking, encourage kids<br />

to see new possibilities and<br />

offer countless ways to play. It’s<br />

all part of a bigger vision to take<br />

back childhood. From classic,<br />

wooden toys to crafts, pretend<br />

play and games, Melissa &<br />

Doug products provide a launch<br />

pad to ignite imagination and a<br />

sense of wonder in all children<br />

so they can discover themselves,<br />

their passions and their<br />

purpose. For more information<br />

visit @atoyforyou on Facebook.<br />

Treat<br />

<strong>July</strong><br />

A world of playtime possibilities<br />

WIN! We’re giving away a fabulous Melissa & Doug hamper loaded with<br />

the following items: Magnetic Matching Picture Game (R330), Suspend<br />

(R300), Sea Life Scissor Skills (R125), Mosaic Sticker Pad - Safari Animals<br />

(R125), Play, Draw, Create - Farm Fun (R295), Fun Activity Pad - Under the<br />

Sea (R125), Poke-A-Dot: Old MacDonald (R250), Water Wow - Adventure<br />

Deluxe (R180), Super Smile Dentist Play Set (R525), Innovation Academy -<br />

Planetary Orbiter (R380), Scratch Art Deluxe Party Pack (R330) and Cutting<br />

Food Box (R395). Enter on our social media platforms (@GetItMagNC)<br />

where you see this post!<br />

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GET IT DIRECTORY<br />

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• Assisted Living for adults of all ages<br />

• Care of the Aged and the Infirm<br />

• Frail Care<br />

• Alzheimer and Dementia Care<br />

• Palliative Care<br />

• Step down/post Hospitalisation Care<br />

• 24-hour Nursing<br />

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Smashing & painting!<br />

Sometimes you just need to let go and have a little creative, expressive fun! This month<br />

the Get It girls were invited to try out two awesome North Coast experiences … and<br />

we can’t wait to go back!<br />

Text: Leah Shone<br />

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The Get It girls excitedly getting<br />

ready to smash some stuff up!<br />

Such a great way to<br />

let go of frustrations!<br />

Smash It<br />

What is it? Everyone’s had that moment … you know the one where all you<br />

want to do is just let loose and smash something!? Well now you can - in a safe,<br />

controlled and super fun environment! The Smash It smash room (and splash<br />

room!) is owned by two <strong>Ballito</strong> moms who came across the unique concept<br />

while on holiday in Clarens. They had so much fun that they decided to start up<br />

something similar <strong>Ballito</strong>!<br />

How it works: On arrival you decide if you’re either going to ‘smash it’ in<br />

the smash room or ‘splash it’ in the splash room! Or do both! The smash room<br />

is basically a safe, enclosed area where you can ‘go wild’ and smash up empty<br />

bottles, old, unfixable appliances, unwanted crockery and pretty much anything<br />

your heart desires! Safety comes first, of course, so before you enter the smash<br />

room, the team help you gear up from head to toe with gum boots and full<br />

protective wear. Then you just have to walk in, pick your weapon (a cricket or<br />

baseball bat maybe...?) and start smashing! The music gets turned up loud and<br />

for 10 minutes and you can literally let all your frustrations go! The UV paint<br />

splash room is a little more ‘timid’, but no less fun! After putting on your goggles<br />

The splash room is just as much fun,<br />

with awesome UV paint, loud music<br />

and space to just ‘let loose’!<br />

and protective poncho you enter the<br />

room which is covered from floor to<br />

ceiling in luminous paint. Each person<br />

is given a canvas, paints and brushes.<br />

Again, the music gets turned up and<br />

you can let your crazy, creative juices<br />

flow … even painting your friends if<br />

you like!<br />

Get It girls’ verdict: Yes, yes,<br />

yes we will be back! The smash room<br />

was a massive hit – and frustrations<br />

were definitely released! One or two<br />

of us actually preferred the splash<br />

room even more though – especially<br />

when we started flinging paint at one<br />

another! We had so many laughs and<br />

the entire evening was loads of fun<br />

and just great food for the soul!<br />

Details: Smash It, Sandra Road, <strong>Ballito</strong>,<br />

bookings@smash-it.co.za, 082 261 3425,<br />

@smashitballito<br />

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Get It girls’ verdict: We had such<br />

a great time. We sipped lattes and<br />

laughed as we let our creativity flow.<br />

Choosing a ceramic to paint proved<br />

hard for one or two of us (we wanted<br />

to do them all!) and committing to a<br />

design and colours felt a bit scary for<br />

the less naturally ‘artistic’ members of<br />

the team. But, once we got into it, all<br />

nerves disappeared and we just let go<br />

and had fun! It was like therapy! We<br />

collected our fired pieces a few days<br />

later … and we were all delighted.<br />

We will most certainly be back to do<br />

more!<br />

Details: The Pottery, Lifestyle Centre<br />

<strong>Ballito</strong>, info@thepottery.co.za,<br />

0874600346, @thepotterygallery-ballito<br />

The Pottery<br />

What is it? If you haven’t yet visited<br />

The Pottery at the Lifestyle Centre<br />

<strong>Ballito</strong>, then it’s time you did. The Pottery<br />

is a beautiful, arty space that is all about<br />

unique items, creativity and good<br />

coffee! A pottery store with a difference,<br />

The Pottery is both a retail space and a<br />

spot where you can choose a ceramic,<br />

grab a brush and paint your own plate,<br />

bowl or ornament to take home.<br />

How it works: It’s hard not to feel<br />

inspired in this gorgeous, alfresco space.<br />

You can’t help but want to pick up a<br />

brush and just go for it! The process is<br />

easy: simply select an item from the<br />

shelves (they have a wonderful range<br />

of side and dinner plates, mugs, bowls,<br />

platters and little trinkets to choose<br />

from), take a seat, order a delicious<br />

beverage from the menu and get<br />

painting! The Pottery staff (who are all<br />

incredibly helpful) will bring you a box<br />

of paints, brushes and stencils and then<br />

you just have to decide on your design<br />

and get creative! After your work of art<br />

has been completed, you hand it over<br />

to be fired in the kilns (this takes a few<br />

days) and then return to collect your<br />

masterpiece!<br />

We loved choosing and<br />

painting our ceramics together<br />

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PONDO BEACH CAMPS<br />

If you’re seeking that elusive reconnection with<br />

nature in one of South Africa’s most exquisite<br />

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Camps, positioned along Pondoland’s pristine<br />

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each consist of 12 en-suite units, communal<br />

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Details: bookings@pondobeachcamps.co.za,<br />

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HARTFORD HOUSE HOTEL<br />

The newly-renovated Hartford<br />

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as a host of activities including<br />

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cycling and exploratory walks.<br />

Details: 033 263 1081,<br />

info@hartford.co.za<br />

(Photo credit): Hilary O’Leary<br />

KOSI MOUTH LODGE & CAMP<br />

Utshwayelo Kosi Mouth Lodge & Camp is situated<br />

at the entrance to the Isimangaliso Wetland Park<br />

and Kosi Bay Mouth, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />

It takes its name from the 700-year-old fish kraals,<br />

celebrating the traditions and culture of the Thonga<br />

people and is a wonderful community partnership<br />

project of skills sharing and purposeful living. Kosi<br />

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every pocket, from camping to glamping in their<br />

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or enjoy bed and breakfast, half or full board. Details:<br />

Utshwayelo Kosi Mouth Lodge & Camp, 082 909 3113,<br />

info@kosimouth.co.za, www.kosimouth.co.za<br />

MTHEMBU LODGE<br />

Situated within the mFulaWozi Wilderness<br />

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Discover ... a gem in the city<br />

A Cape escape is always a treat. And even more so when you choose a city-chic hotel.<br />

We’ve just spent a week in Cape Town<br />

… and struggle to understand why<br />

anyone would want to travel abroad<br />

when there’s such an incredible<br />

destination right here in our own<br />

country. It’s a spot that – no matter<br />

how many times you visit – simply<br />

never gets stale.<br />

The basics stay the same … ‘the<br />

mountain’ (only ever said with that<br />

iconic Capetonian drawl), the buzz<br />

along the Camps Bay restaurant<br />

strip, the icy sea only fools and<br />

born-locals enjoy (then again, maybe<br />

we should take a lesson from them<br />

… a 15-minute cold-water swim<br />

apparently has massive health<br />

benefits – from increasing your<br />

metabolism, helping with circulation,<br />

relieving stress, enhancing your<br />

mood, boosting your immune system<br />

and helping you to sleep better).<br />

But once you’ve done the 15 minutes<br />

of hell in the cold water, the cable car,<br />

tried tandem paragliding off Signal<br />

Hill and Lion’s Head, and kayaked<br />

along the coastline looking for<br />

dolphins, there’s always something<br />

new to discover and explore. And it’s<br />

one of the only major cities – if not<br />

the only city – in SA where staying<br />

in the centre of town is not only safe<br />

but also massively desirable. This is<br />

why we booked into, and loved, The<br />

Onyx Hotel.<br />

This cosmopolitan blend of hotel<br />

and residential accommodation sits<br />

proudly on Heerengracht Street, Cape<br />

Town’s oldest thoroughfare, and with<br />

its bold, architectural features and<br />

resemblance to the rare, striking black<br />

sapphire, it’s a real gem … offering<br />

a chic city on par with apartment<br />

offerings around the globe but infused<br />

with authentic South African vibrancy<br />

and authenticity.<br />

What’s there to love? What’s not to?<br />

The rooms are large, spacious and<br />

edgy … with everything you need<br />

to make your stay as enjoyable as<br />

possible. The location is spot on …<br />

it’s on Cape Town’s Foreshore, so<br />

right in the hub of the city’s dynamic<br />

urban lifestyle. There are bright lights<br />

and city vibes, great restaurants on<br />

every corner and bustling bars. Not<br />

that you have to leave the hotel to<br />

find a place to play. The hotel’s YU<br />

Restaurant and Bar on the 4th floor<br />

mixes up Insta-ready cocktails – the<br />

Africa Rising City of Gold cocktail with<br />

its candyfloss and sexy molten gold<br />

surface is particularly photogenic.<br />

Sexy city living … a blend of hotel<br />

and apartments to suit all lifestyles.<br />

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You’re in Cape Town … a mountain<br />

view is non-negotiable!<br />

Don’t venture any further for dinner either<br />

… there’s an exotic menu of Asian-style<br />

tapas served with a side of a fabulous<br />

cityscape view.<br />

The hedonistic traveller looking for some<br />

pampering can book an hour or so in the<br />

Sanctuary Spa at The Onyx. Ask, when<br />

you’re there, which packages are on<br />

special … they’re always a treat (and a<br />

well-priced one). Book a massage, order<br />

a bottle of bubbly … and, after your<br />

treatment, relax at the indoor-outdoor<br />

heated pool. Bliss.<br />

For out-of-towners wanting to explore<br />

more of the wine and brandy options<br />

in the winelands, The Onyx’s concierge<br />

team has teamed up with Ilios Tours<br />

and can create individualised day-trip<br />

itineraries. Think a fascinating visit to Van<br />

Ryn’s Distillery in Stellenbosch, KWV’s<br />

House of Fire in Paarl and Oude Molen<br />

Distillery in the Elgin Valley, or a wine<br />

tasting and lunch at the many heritage<br />

wine estates that the Cape has to offer,<br />

including Simonsig.<br />

If a Cape break appeals, The Onyx always<br />

has winter packages and promotions<br />

worth exploring … and the hotel works<br />

equally well for business and leisure<br />

travellers, for singles, couples and families.<br />

Details: Visit newmarkhotels.com, email<br />

reservations@newmarkhotels.com or<br />

call 0<strong>21</strong>-427-5900.<br />

The Onyx honestly has<br />

everything you need<br />

for the perfect stay …<br />

business or leisure.<br />

Compiled by: KYM ARGO<br />

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Spoil<br />

<strong>July</strong><br />

A pair of stylish<br />

Rvlri watches<br />

Rvlri. Derived from the French word ‘reveler’,<br />

which the dictionary describes as lively<br />

festivities. What better name<br />

then, if you believe that a watch<br />

doesn’t only tell the time, but also<br />

speaks of memories and moments.<br />

Important ones. The exact time you said<br />

I do. And had your wedding dance. Or<br />

first met your firstborn. Another reason to<br />

celebrate … Rvlri offers accessible luxury<br />

with their timepieces, which they boast<br />

embody fine craftsmanship, attention to<br />

detail and superb quality, built on a legacy<br />

of watchmaking expertise. For more details on<br />

where you can find these stylish watches, visit<br />

rvlri.co.za. More revelry and celebrations … we’re giving<br />

away a matching pair of Rvlri watches. To stand in line to win, simply<br />

visit @GetItMagNC on Facebook, and follow the prompts timeously (see<br />

what we did there!). Entries close <strong>July</strong> 23. Details: rvlri.co.za<br />

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