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Boerewors Express July 2021

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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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