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(Continued from page 9)kortes en langes, skrales en maeres, mooies en minder mooies, blouoë, groen oë en grou oë, rokers en stokers ens. (Rokers onder dieskoner geslag nie welkom – sigarette te duur). Ons kom van oor dielengte en breedte van die land. Vervoer is daar genoeg. Ons beskikoor een van die luukse ’49-modelle en een help-my-trap.Also in 1958 two brothers under the codename Rock en Roll wrote:Ons is albei brandarm en skreeulelik. Die melk in die emmer raaksuur as ons by die koeikraal verbyloop. Ons stel belang inmotorfietse en alle ander brullende gedoentes, behalwe leeus. Onsrook pyp en drink soos visse koffie en tee. Hoe lyk dit, is daarmiskien nooientjies wat ons wil hervorm? Ons hoop van harte so.In the 1950s, Ou Jonas wrote: Ek isse ou Jonas, ek isse nie bang.Ekke weeg one-fifty enne is twenty-one. My oge hy’s blou, isselank vyf voet tien. En is binne ’n bar nog nooit gesien. Wie hette dieguts, wie hette die lyf. Wie siene die kans om vir Jonas te skryf?*Weetbix: Weetabix*Lemon Cream biscuits: OreoLemon.*Jungle Oats: Quaker Oats andadd butter and some sugar.*Kingklip: Chilean sea bass.Halibut also good.*Citro Soda: look in Indianshops too. AZO. Oregano oil gelcaps. D-Mannose powder. Uralpowder. *Cystoplus powder.Picot Sal De Uvas Antacid.*Arbonne Liquid Sunshine selftanner: doesn't smellhorrible.* Golden Syrup: known ascane sugar syrup.*Hunters Gold: StrongbowApple Cider.*Savanna Dry: Crispin Cider.Cartoonist: Fred MoutonWHAT CAN I USE?Moving to another country and leaving your usual products behindcan take some hit and miss replacement sagas in your new country.When buying from a SA shop is not your option, here are somesuggestions that might work for you. Search online to find in yourarea, if available. Also check out British, Mexican, Indian, Asiangrocery shops. Let me know of any other suggestions.*Delicata squash tastes like gem squash.*Jaffle irons on Amazon: look for Toas-Tite Long Handled PocketSandwich Grill.*Graham Crackers Honey are good for tart / cheesecake crumbbase.*Creme Soda: look for the blue Frostie Blue Cream, or PakolaCream Soda.YogiSip: LALA yougurt smootie.*Paracetamol: look for acetaminophen.*Cadac gas bottle for your potjie:Martin R65 Propane Burner.*Tennis biscuits: Cuetara RecocoFlavored Cookies, often in the Mexicanfood aisle. Little Dutch Maid CoconutBar Cookies are similar.* Brown Onion oup powder: LiptonRecipe Secrets Onion.*Boudoir Lady Finger biscuits: GoyaLady Fingers.*Top Deck chocolate slab: WonkaChocolate Waterfall Bar.*Bread: in the USA (no to WonderBread) rather buy it from properbakeries.*Custard powder: Maizena vanilla flavour.*Schweppes Dry Lemon: Cock & Bull Bitter Lemon.BUSH TELEGRAPHBirths, Marriages, Engagements, Deaths, Promotions, Relocations,Graduations… let us knowYvonne Pope Sintes born 8 Sep 1930 in Pretoria; died 16 Aug2021. She was the eldest of three daughters. Her mother, Iris (neeKyle), was a teacher, and her father, Marcel van de Hoek, was theoverseas manager of the South African Citrus Exchange. The familymoved from Pretoria to Purley, Surrey. In 1940 the family, withoutMarcel, moved back to Pretoria and, later, Cape Town. In PretoriaYvonne was educated at St Mary’s Diocesan School and in CapeTown at a state school. Back in Britain in 1946 she attendedCommonwealth Lodge School in Purley. Following her parents'divorce in 1947, her mother moved the family back to South Africa,(Continued on page 11)Boerewors Express ● September 2021 10
(Continued from page 10)where Yvonne spent a year at Rhodes University, before returningto the UK.On a Swedish holiday in the late 1940s, she took her first passengerflights. She eventually got a flight attendant job with ScottishAirlines and then with the British Overseas Airways Corporation. In1952 she took her first flying lesson. After four months she receivedher private pilot’s licence, and in 1958 a commercial licence.She married Eric Pope, a flying instructor, in 1953. He died of acerebral haemorrhage the day after the birth of their second son,Chris, in 1955. Yvonne worked in Exeter as an instructor, beforetraining as an air traffic controller with the Ministry of Aviation atHurn Airport, Bournemouth. She become one of the two firstBritish female flight controllers. In 1966 she began her flying careerwith Morton Air Services. On 14 Feb 1970, she became Britain’sfirst female jet airline pilot, as co-pilot on a Dan-Air De HavillandComet 4 to Las Palmas. In 1974 she captained an Avro 748 flyingGatwick-Bristol-Beauvais-Gatwick with the first all-female crew.She retired in 1980.In 1966 she met Miguel Sintes in Menorca and they were married in1970. After her retirement, they settled on the island. Miguel died in1999 and Yvonne moved back to the UK.Her son John died last year. She is survived by her other son Chris,a granddaughter, Samantha, and grandson, Lewis, and two greatgrandchildren.Her autobiography, Trailblazer in Flight, waspublished in 2013.Reinette Wilhelmina Uys born 1929 in Uitenhage, the daughter ofDavid Schalk Weidemann and Maryna Adriana McKay. She diedon 25 Jan 2021 in Youngstown. Ohio. She had 11 siblings, Estellevan Jaarsveldt is her only surviving sibling. Her father worked forSA Railways in Uitenhage. She married Johannes M. Uys in 1952,and they moved to the US in 1955. They lived first in Boston andPittsburgh. In 1960, they moved to Youngstown, where, except forfive years in Chicago. They had four children. Johannes worked inthe steel industry. They raised their family in Boardman Townshipand spent their later years on the North Side of Youngstown.Reinette was active in the Youngstown community and was amember of the board of directors of Stambaugh Auditorium. Shewas a runnerand won her age group in the Youngstown Peace Race.She was a member of Youngstown Country Club, where sheenjoyed tennis and swimming. Reinette did volunteer work at ParkVista retirement home, as well as with Planned Parenthood, whereshe was chair of the Mahoning Valley Chapter.Her son, David, died in 1978. She is survived by her children, EricUys, J. Peter Brinker Uys of Atlanta, and Tina and Peter Bedell ofChicago; her grandchildren, David and Caroline; and belovedfamily friend, Charles T. Wingo of Atlanta, as well as 32 nieces andnephews and their children in South Africa, England, Scotland,Wales, Australia, the US, Canada, the Netherlands, Oman, NewZealand and Zimbabwe.John Parkin born 1958, died on 23 Aug 2021. He had long battledcancer. After training as a photographer in the South African AirForce, he worked for the Sunday Express newspaper inJohannesburg, and in the mid-1980s began taking photos for TheAssociated Press. He was known for helping other journalists out ofdifficult situations. He moved to the UK in 1995, where he coverednews events, including the funeral of Princess Diana, and used hisexpertise in information technology to work as a video journalist.He is survived by two daughters, Emily and Francesca, and agrandson, Isaac.Nelia Scheeres (24) born 1997 the daughter of Dr Jan Jacobus(Jaco) Scheeres and Madine. She died on 16 Aug 2021 in a collisionwith a truck near Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland, while driving home forlunch during her first day of an 18-week internship. She was amedical student starting her third year at the University ofLimerick's Medical School and lived in Castletroy, Limerick andBarrie, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from St. Joan of ArcCatholic High School in Barrie in 2015. She studied biomedicalscience from 2015 to 2019 at the University of Guelph, where shereceived a bachelor of science with honours. In 2019, she started afour-year programme at the the University of Limerick.She is survived by her parents, her twin brother Ian, and her sister,Christie who is also a medical student at the University of Limerick,as well as her grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, extendedrelatives in South Africa, Holland and the US.DID YOU KNOW?Recently released data from the UK’s Home Office for 2020:A total of 125,173 work visas were approved by December 2020.Of these, 4,012 were granted to South Africans.506,644 visitor visas were approved by December 2020. Of these,17,288 were granted to South Africans.There were 40,255 family visas granted. Of these, 1,497 weregranted to South Africans.Data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, as of March2021:South Africa has an estimated 229,000 people currently living in theUK, with over 53,000 in London alone. It is the ninth country withthe largest overseas population in the UK. India (847,000), Poland(746,000) and Pakistan (519,000) are the top three.The London borough of Wandsworth is the borough with thehighest number of South Africans (estimated 6,000), while Mertonreported approximately 3,000 and Lambeth, Kingston andRichmond each reported around 2,000.There are around 13 South African shops in south west Londonalone, selling a variety of South African groceries and food.Beyoncé Knowles-Carter became the first Black woman to wear theiconic Tiffany Diamond. It's been worn by four women so far: thefirst was Mary Whitehouse (wife of American diplomat EdwinSheldon Whitehouse) in 1957; in 1961 it was re-set in JeanSchlumberger’s Ribbon Rosette necklace, worn by Audrey Hepburnin publicity photos for the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s; the stone wasreset for Tiffany's 175th anniversary and later worn by Lady Gagato the 91st annual Academy Awards; Beyoncé in 2021.The Tiffany Diamond is one of the world’s largest and finest yellowdiamonds. Discovered in the Kimberley diamond mines in 1877, the287.42-carat rough stone was acquired the following year byfounder Charles Lewis Tiffany for $18,000. The rough stone wastaken to Paris, where Tiffany’s chief gemologist, Dr. GeorgeFrederick Kunz, supervised the cutting of the diamond into acushion-shape brilliant weighing 128.54 carats with 82 facets (24more facets than the traditional 58-facet brilliant cut). The TiffanyDiamond was the highlight of Tiffany’s exhibits at the 1893World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and the 1939–40World’s Fair in New York City. Later appearances included the2006 “Bejewelled by Tiffany” exhibition at Somerset House inLondon, and an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museumof Natural History. In one of its rare appearances in Tiffany’s FifthAvenue windows, the diamond was placed in the hands of a goldwire angel for a holiday display by Tiffany window designer GeneMoore.Boerewors Express was first published in May 1998 as an e-mail newsletter. InSeptember 1999, it became a print newletter. In July 2004 it moved to an onlineblog until September 2013, after which it lay dormant. It's finally back as an onlinenewsletter now and looking to grow bigger than before.This is not your usual South African expat publication - no politics, hate, or countrybashing - this newsletter is to discover, connect, inspire and grow South Africanexpat communities, Here we share the stories of the South African diaspora.Boerewors Express - The South African Expat NewsletterDISCOVER • CONNECT • INSPIRE • GROW© Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.Email: BoereworsXpress@gmail.comOnline: https://www.yumpu.com/user/BoereworsExpressFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoereworsXpressBoerewors Express ● September 2021 11
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