Boerewors Express July 2021
The South African Expat Newsletter
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from his long-awaited trip to China. Ina
moved to the Azalea Court Old Age Home in
Stellenbosch and died at age 91 on 20
September 2010 after battling dementia.
Eunice van der Berg followed in her mother’s
footsteps, studying Home Economics. Her
husband is an Economics Professor at the
University of Stellenbosch. They have two
sons, Willem and Servaas, who live in the
USA. Their daughter, Ineke, lives in
Stellenbosch.
This classic self-saucing citrus dessert is from the original edition -
Japie se Gunsteling. He had to test Ina’s recipes, and declared this
his favourite, earning the recipe’s title.
2 eggs
250 ml sugar
62 ml flour
250 ml milk
187 ml orange juice
12,5 ml lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon (finely grated)
25 ml melted butter
Beat the egg yolks well and fold in the sugar.
Add the flour and milk.
Add the juice, zest and melted butter and fold in the whisked egg
white.
Pour the batter into a greased baking dish.
Place the baking dish in a large baking pan filled with about an inch
of hot water.
Bake at 180ºC until golden or for about 45 minutes.
Serve with cream or ice cream.
Champions League. In July 2020, Thembi moved to SD Eibar in
Spain. She completed her one-year contract by the time she got
called to join Atlético.
Known by her soccer nickname Pikinini, she has released her
memoir, Strike a rock, to inspire others. When she is not playing
soccer, travelling, or training she enjoys board games, cooking, and
family/friends time.
A LUCKY RAFFLE TICKET
Darren Wordon (49), an IT consultant originally from
Johannesburg, bought a £25 raffle ticket in an annual charity
fundraiser that won him the £2.5 million first prize house in in a
hamlet just outside Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The fundraiser
was in aid of the Prince’s Trust charity. The newly-built countryside
seven-bedroom house is on 2.3 acres of land and includes a a twobedroom
detached cottage. The family currently live in in a 3-
bedroom home in Bath, and relocated to the UK five years ago. He's
been married to Mandy (48) for 26 years and have two children,
Maddison (20) and Matthew (17).
THEMBI'S SOCCER MOVES
Thembi Kgatlana (26) is a professional soccer player who plays for
the South African national women's team, Banyana Banyana, and
has recently joined the Spanish Primera División club Atlético
Madrid. She grew up playing soccer in the streets of Mohlakeng,
Randfontein.
Her first professional contract was in February 2018 with the
Houston Dash Football Club in Texas. The team included South
Africa teammates Janine Van Wyk and Linda
Motlhalo, and they were coached by former
Banyana Banyana coach Vera Pauw.
Thembi's next move was to Beijing BG
Phoenix in February 2019, she was joined
Linda Motlhalo who also made the move
from Houston to China. In January 2020 she
signed with SL Benfica in Portugal. Prior to
the COVID-19 pandemic, the team reached
the final of the Portuguese Cup and the Taca
da Liga Femenina, as well topping the league
table and qualifying for the UEFA Women's
MURDER IN MANCHESTER
A former South African Navy employee has been arrested in the
UK for his wife's murder. Aubrey Padi (46) from Pretoria, was
arrested in July 2021 in Manchester, after his wife Tamara (43),
also from South Africa, died of multiple stab wounds. He has been
remanded in custody. They lived in Stalybridge. Ambulance
services were called to the house in the early hours of 7 July 2021.
Ambulance staff called the police. Tamara was taken to hospital but
passed away shortly thereafter.
The couple had two girls, aged 15 and 10, who were asleep in the
family home at the time. Tamara was born in Butterworth in the
Eastern Cape and lived in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Aubrey worked
for the South African Navy in Cape Town, where he met Tamara.
They left South Africa in 2004 for Manchester. She studied law and
graduated in 2016. Tanagara Jabu Nala-Hartley, a city councillor in
Oxford who is originally from Durban, helped Tamara with her
legal studies. Tamara worked for the local municipality. About two
years ago the couple started a recruitment company.
This is not the first expat to murder his wife. In August 2018,
Ahmed Seedat (36) confessed to killing his wife Fahima Yusuf (32)
and burying her body in a shallow grave at their home in Perth,
Australia. The couple had two children, ages 2 and 5. The
accountant from Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal then carried on with
a normal life with his children attending school as usual. When his
father-in-law could not reach Fahima for four days, he called the
police to investigate. Seedat was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
This is a newsletter of sorts,
Just a few notes and reports.
I trust you're not easily bored,
On events both here and abroad.
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