Franschhoek Tatler - May 2021

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FRANSCHHOEK’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AND ADVERTISER SINCE 1994 • MAY 2021

Franschhoek Hosts Africa’s Swimming Elite As the most-watched sport at the Olympic Games, and one of South Africa’s top performing codes in the tally of medals, swimming gets relatively little attention from the media outside of an Olympic year.

African swimming as a whole seems to keep an even lower profile outside of the aquatics community, but the sport’s continental federation, Confédération Africaine de Natation (CANA), has been steadily building participation and development among its 54 member countries. Egypt has a particularly strong showing in the sport, with around 175 000 registered participants – compared to 65 000 in South Africa. The federation is headquartered in Johannesburg, and divided into four zones that include continental Africa and island nations like Madagascar, Cape Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles.

This week, Train Camp is bringing swimmers, coaches and officials from 22 of CANA countries to the Maties Swimming pool deck in Stellenbosch – which has become the premier destination for local and international aquatics training camps over the past few years. Maties Swimming Head Coach, Cedric Finch, is excited at the prospect, saying, “We’ve hosted world champions and Olympic medallists from around the world, but to have swimmers from so many countries at one train camp is something special. It gives a real cross-section of where African swimming is right now.”

This CANA train camp brings athletes together from as far afield as Djibouti and Tunisia, and marks the beginning of a close association between the federation and the Cape Winelands. CANA VicePresident and Treasurer-General, Jace Naidoo, said, “Sports tourism in Africa has been focused mainly on the Western Cape, and particularly the Winelands, for quite some time – but it’s largely ad hoc and quite fragmented. Establishing this region as our federation’s primary training camp destination will make the swimming part of that market more structured and predictable. There are great opportunities for long term development as well, and going forward young swimmers from

Maties swimming deck

across the continent will come here to train, attend the local school and develop their swimming careers. It is critically important for athletes to train in a stable environment – with strict protocols to ensure their safety, as well as access to quality education. Stellenbosch University has understood that, and shown real vision to support the South African federation by establishing a national Centre of Excellence facility.”

Franschhoek Tourism is hosting a brief tour of the valley for officials from the camp exploring the area. Train Camp Commercial Manager, Darryn Marshall, explained, “This is a chance to introduce 22 countries – of the 54 we will be bringing to the region – to Franschhoek, and show them the high standard of infrastructure and facilities here. As a destination, it’s among the best in the world.

It’s a great privilege that CANA has accepted our proposal to make this region the custodian of their future athlete development strategy.” The tour will be joined by struggle icon and CANA President, Dr Sam Ramsamy, who added, “African swimming has always had to overcome preconceived ideas, but as a continent we’re beginning to claim our rightful place in the global sport. The Winelands has world-class facilities, world-class expertise – and from here we’ll produce world-class performances.

This is just the beginning – soon the whole world will be talking about what’s coming next for sports tourism in this region.”

Text: Editorial Desk | Image: Train Camp

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2 | May 2021

25m Telecom Mast Alert!

A telecom mast is coming to a Post Office near you – if Telkom gets its way. M and M Commplan (Pty) Ltd have applied on behalf of Telkom to Stellenbosch Municipality for a Consent Use for a 25m telecom mast in the Post Office yard to replace the existing mast you may never have noticed. At 25m, it will be 3 times the maximum permitted height of 8.5m in the Historic Area of Franschhoek and very visible from almost any part of the village.

However, it appears that the Civil Aviation Authority were asked to approve a 36m mast but only allowed a 28m mast.

Why it is needed is something of a mystery. The village already appears to be very well served by the 5 existing telecom masts with their overlapping 1km radii.

Under the heading “Need and Desirability”, the applicant’s Memorandum motivating for this telecom mast claims, without any evidence, explanation or detail, that it will “bring new investment opportunities to the area; that it will “offer residents and the guests a better network connection [and] cater for business executives doing business in the area”; that it will “allow business owners ensure (sic) that the consumers have a better connectivity to the world and also assist in drawing other investments on the surrounding properties to ensure the economic growth for the municipality”.

And that is more or less it.

In 2019, the Municipality adopted a comprehensive Telecommunications Mast Infrastructure Policy (TMI Policy) “to strike a balance between erection of necessary TMI development on the one hand, and the conservation of visual, tourist, traffic safety,

environmental and heritage characteristics on the other hand. The objective of this Policy is to ensure that placement of the TMI … does not detrimentally affect the character of the locality in which it is displayed.”

Irmela Alberts, co-chair of the Franschhoek Heritage & Ratepayers Association (FHRPA) said that the Memorandum looked very much like a cut and paste from other applications without being specifically related to Franschhoek.

She went on to say that as the Memorandum has not shown that this telecom mast is a necessary development, as it will have a very adverse visual impact on the heritage characteristics of Franschhoek’s Historic Area and a detrimental effect on the character of the locality, it will not comply with the TMI Policy and the Municipality must, therefore, refuse approval of the Consent Use application.

According to the Municipal Planning By-law, notice of this application should have been given to “each person whose rights or legitimate expectations may be affected by the approval of the application” but it was only sent to 9 addresses

The proposed mast will be 3 times the height of the Post Office

– twice to two of them! However, Dirkie Uys Street resident Annelize Le Roux has alerted residents, guest house and business owners in the area to this application. The feedback so far is that a 25m telecom mast will have a disastrous daily visual impact on their lives and a large part of the Historic Area, it will destroy their unique sense of place, none of them have any problem with connectivity and it is definitely not wanted or needed. Concerns

have also been expressed at the level of radiation that may be emitted.

Although the closing date for comment given in the notice on the property was 29th April, anyone who might be affected by this telecom mast and wants to object can contact Barry Phillips at barryphillips505@gmail.com Text: Editorial Desk

More Wheelchairs from Space Education Achievement Bread Tags and Bottle Caps Shaun Keyser (Bridge House Prep IT Teacher) is the only teacher in South Africa and one of only thirteen teachers from nine nations outside the US to be chosen as a Teacher Liaison for the Space Foundation.

Bridge House Servest staff was on hand at the handover of the wheelchair to Mavis Vingi

Bridge House’s collaboration with the Bread Tags for Wheelchairs organisation reached another milestone during the recent school holiday when the seventh and eighth wheelchairs obtained in this way were presented to worthy recipients.

The seventh wheelchair was handed to Franschhoek resident Mavis Vingi, who has advanced osteoporosis in both knees. The eighth chair went to Yolanda Petersen from Somerset West, who has no right kneecap and suffers chronic back and hip pain.

If you’ve ever wondered how many bread tags are required to pay for a wheelchair the answer is 200 kg. To put that into perspective, a bread bag holds 1 kg of tags. So, keep eating bread!

In the case of bottle caps, 450 kg of bottle caps is needed for a wheelchair. The difference is down to the fact that they’re made from a different material for which a lower price is paid.

A request from the school though, please do not mix

your tags and caps and make sure no other objects make it into the containers. Odd finds like batteries and toothbrushes are laborious to separate and if missed damage the recycling company’s machinery.

Since Bridge House started collecting tags in 2017 the initiative has grown to such an extent that the school now receives tags from communities all over the country – and even Australia! The seventh wheelchair was obtained through contributions from the Bridge House community and the other was a team effort between collectors in Australia and South Africa. https://breadtagsforwheelchairs.co.za/ Text: Editorial Desk | Image: Bridge House

The Space Foundation, founded in 1983, is a non-profit advocate organisation for the global space ecosystem.

Its teacher liaison programme now includes more than 300 teachers worldwide. The Teacher Shaun Keyser during a visit to Space Camp in 2015.

Liaison programme is funded by Lockheed Martin and the Miller-Wood workshop featuring special guests and speakers.

Foundation.

Commenting on the announcement of the new Each selected class of Teacher Liaisons is called flight of Teacher Liaisons, Shelli Brunswick, Space a “flight” in reference to the teachers’ mission as Foundation’s COO and executive leader of the premier space educators, inclusive of STEM, nonorganization’s Center for Innovation and Education, STEM, and 21st century business and life skills. A said, “Preparation for the next generation space new flight of Teacher Liaisons is selected each year workforce starts with passionate educators, and it’s following a formal application process. New Teacher wonderful to see our Teacher Liaison programme’s Liaisons are selected by a panel of experienced longstanding tradition of promoting exceptional Teacher Liaisons as well as representatives from the instructors now extending to more nations around space industry and the US military. the globe. Congratulations to the new inductees The new flight of Teacher Liaisons will be — these educators are expanding their own honoured at the Teacher Liaison Virtual Workshop knowledge and, in turn, igniting their students’ during Space Foundation’s 36th Space Symposium interest in the space careers of tomorrow.” in August 2021. In addition to the recognition activities, Teacher Liaisons will participate in a Text: Editorial Desk | Image: Bridge House School

May 2021 | 3

Easter Fun to Support Animals Villagers are by now used to seeing Alisha Erasmus leading costumed kids trick or treating along the main road at Halloween.

On 3 April she organised her first Easter Egg Hunt for kids. If you happened to be in the main road that afternoon and were marvelling at the sight of kids dressed as bunnies crossing the road you now know what they were up to!

Ruth McCourt and Annelise Atkins planted the idea with Alisha to arrange something to get more feet into the village to support restaurants, guest houses, retailers and small businesses suffering from the economic downturn.

Alisha says she felt that not only the grownups needed to have fun again and interact with other moms and dads, but the little ones were also hungry to dress up and just be kids, and be silly.

All safety and Covid-19 protocols were followed along the route and chefs and restaurant managers helped to make sure the kids were safe and following the route.

Restaurants donated Easter eggs and treats to the children and other businesses sponsored prizes to give away with golden tickets hidden inside some of the eggs.

The participating restaurants were: Foliage, Oku, TukTuk, Essence, Taki’s, French Connection, Bovine, Elephant & Barrel, Station Pub and Le Bon Vivant.

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WE DELIVER Other sponsors were: Huguenot Fine Chocolates, Anni’s Waffles, Penchant Jewellery, Getrude Jewels, Harck and Heart (Gisela ginger biscuits and treats) and Le Petit Paris Guest House.

The Easter Bunny (aka Alisha) donated all the profit from the event to a local project helping other furry creatures – Annette Phillips’ Hoek Kennels project that turns plastic drums into kennels for township dogs. At R360 per kennel the R10 000 donation means that another 27 canines are now comfy.

For more information or to donate to the project contact Annette on 083 340 3439.

Text: Editorial Desk

Speech Contest for International Museum Day Museums worldwide annually celebrate International Museum Day on 18 May. In the Western Cape museums affiliated with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport celebrate this global event by staging a very popular English speech contest for high school learners.

The topics for the first round and gala speech contest focus on “Museums and the important role they play in our communities.”

Locally the first round will involve grade 10 and 11 learners from Franschhoek High School, Groendal Secondary School and Bridge House School.

The first round will be hosted at the Huguenot Memorial Museum where strict Covid-19 protocols will be in place.

The first, second and third place winners at the first round will receive a floating trophy to keep in their school’s display cases for the year. These

learners also automatically qualify for the online Gala Speech Contest later in the year.

The closing date for entries is 3 May 2021.

The museum’s educational officer, Moniqec Dirkse, can be contacted for copies of the rules, the topics or any other information. Her contact details are: education.hmm@gmail.com | 064 092 5467 | 021 876 2532 Text: Editorial Desk

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4 | May 2021

Franschhoek Wine Valley Focus Pursuing Wellness

Leopard’s Leap

Each day we work towards maximizing our level of health and wellness to live long, full, and healthy lives. The pursuit of health, personal growth, and improved quality of life relies on living a balanced life as well as promoting a holistic approach to health (mind, body and spirit) and not just encourage physical activity.

Our beautiful valley is home to a plethora of wellness offerings. In fact, we are spoilt for choice.

These include spa treatments, wellness retreats, herb gardens, outdoor activities and so much more. May is the perfect time of the year to give your mind and body the healthy boost it needs to get through the colder months.

This month we also celebrate Moms and the significant role that they play in our lives. Not only

do we value the importance mothers play in the family, but also the influence they have in society, and more importantly in our village. Treat mom to a special spa treatment – you’re bound to impress with a pamper session from Babylonstoren or Leeu Estates. Afterwards enjoy some quality time in the tranquillity and beauty that La Cotte’s gardens have to offer or a memorable High Tea at Le Lude. Alternatively breathe in the freshness of the Franschhoek air with a leisurely stroll in Boschendal’s beautifully landscaped gardens.

Please pop into our offices in Huguenot Street if you have any queries, or for more information on what’s happening in and around the valley visit our website at www.franschhoek.org.za or follow us on Instagram at franschhoek_sa.

Culinaria Chenin Blanc 2018 Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Chenin Blanc has a well-defined ripe fruit character, showing aromas of ripe white peach and melon. These aromas are supported by sweet-spice flavours and a vibrant acidity. Elegant oak nuances give this wine its structure and make it a unique food companion. Cellar door price: R 110

Leopard’s Leap Rotisserie Date, almond and rocket quiche

Ingredients: 1 ¾ c flour, plus more for dusting; 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, cubed and chilled; salt to taste; 4 eggs; ½ c double thick cream; ½ c milk; black

pepper; 2 c chopped rocket leaves; 1⁄3 c crushed toasted almonds; 10 pitted dates, finely chopped Method: Place flour, butter, and salt in a bowl; rub together until crumbs form. Add 1 egg and 1 tbsp. ice cold water; stir until dough forms. Knead dough until smooth. Form into a disk, wrap in plastic and chill 1 hour. Roll into a circle; transfer to tart pan, pressing dough into pan. Trim excess and place on a baking sheet; chill for 30 min. Heat oven to 180°C. Prick dough with a fork; Bake blind until slightly firm, about 20 min. Remove paper and beans; bake until crust is light brown. Whisk remaining eggs, cream, milk, rocket, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Stir in almonds and dates. Reduce oven to 165 °C; pour filling into crust. Bake until filling is set, about 20 min. Cool briefly and remove from pan; garnish with rocket and almonds. . ò info@leopardsleap.co.za  021 876 8002

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May 2021 | 5

Cellar Chat Mark Tanner

A Klapotetz is onomatopoeic. It is named after the sound it makes, in this case, the noise that it makes.

What does a Klapotetz do? It scares away birds.

Mind you, if I were a bird I would be scared away by its appearance let alone its noise. A Klapotetz is a wind-driven apparatus with a series of wooden hammers that ‘Klap’ against a wooden sounding board. A witch’s broomstick acts as a weather vane keeping it facing into the wind. They may be found in the vineyards of Sudsteiermark (South Styria), Austria, and neighbouring Western Slovenia. Once upon a time, there was one here in Franschhoek on Dieu Donnè Estate.

During a visit to some Austrian vineyards, I had marvelled at these contraptions seemingly planted at random. I also met with winemakers, restaurateurs and the local Sommeliers’ Guild. The following year, in 1995, Fritz Just, president of the Steiermark Sommellier’s Association, together with two wine colleagues, brought one, in pieces, to Dieu Donnè where it was assembled on the hill that now houses a restaurant. Being exposed to the elements this was a perfect site. The mechanism was rather heavy so it needed a fair wind to activate it. Its melodic sound could be heard over a considerable distance. I wonder if any readers can

remember.

Sadly, after few months, a northerly gale proved too much for the Klapotetz and it literally blew itself to pieces. So, for a while, Dieu Donnè had the appearance of the rolling hills of southern Austria.

Austria’s wines are perhaps lesser-known compared to their neighbours. In fact, Austria is one of the best and least known, winemaking countries in the Old World. Vineyards occur mainly in the east of the country and are planted with some unique cultivars. Blaufrankish, St Laurent and Zweigelt are examples. Austria is perhaps best known for its Grüner Veltliner, a white variety with clean, crisp, slightly spiced overtones that reminds me of a Viognier with a little white pepper. It represents 37% of all plantings in Austria. No heavy reds here but, as so often found, the wines complement the food to perfection.

Vienna is famous for its coffee houses and a visit to the Sacher Hotel for its Sachertorte is a must, and let’s not forget the Weiner Schnitzel. Here pork is king and nearly every part of the pig is eaten. In the winelands, a Buschenschank will provide wines and simple meals, ham, sausage and homemade bread, at any time of day. In the suburbs, this is provided by the Heurigen, an informal inn with trestle tables and great hospitality. How about a Wiener Mousse (Vienna Mousse) or Wachauer Veltlinersuppe (Wachau Veltliner Soup) in which wine, chicken stock and cinnamon are combined with other ingredients and served with puff -pastry ‘stanglen’ (crescents)? I have the recipe.

MRS LÖTTER’S OVEN

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Daily life in the Franschhoek Valley underwent significant changes during the Anglo-Boer War (1899 - 1902). Horses were commandeered, there was a curfew, and a detachment was stationed in the village. While the British soldiers were welcomed by some they were seen as oppressors by others. Open resistance however had serious consequences, so minor victories meant a lot to those opposed to the military presence. One such minor victory involved Mrs Lötter’s oven.

One of the primary tasks of the British soldiers was to ensure the safety of all approaches to Cape Town in case of a Boer rebel attack. Therefore, several Forts were set up in the Franschhoek Mountains to monitor traffic, including one in Assegaaibosch Kloof (this area is still known as Fort’s Neck).

The soldiers stationed at Fort’s Neck would have to cross several farms on their way from their encampment in the village to their post.

Situated in the southernmost corner of the valley the Lötter family’s farm, Boekenhoutskloof, was the last farm to be crossed before heading into the mountains. As such it was also the last chance to commandeer some precious provisions.

Mrs Lötter’s freshly baked bread was apparently regularly commandeered. So much so, that she decided to rather have an oven built in the veld, hidden from the soldiers and some distance away from the farmhouse. This legendary oven provided bread for the household and farm staff and remained undetected by the British throughout the war, which will always be remembered as one of those minor victories.

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6 | May 2021

Join Hands To Save Animals

Let’s care for those who depend on us If only people can learn to embrace their animals with love, care, affection and respect, if adults can show the young in their care to love and care for an animal rather than kicking, hitting or throwing it with stones, sticks and bricks there would be so many more whole and happy people, less violence, less crime and fewer abused, traumatised and suffering animals....

I challenge people today to rather love, hug, embrace and tenderly care for their pets than hurting or scaring it... Set the example if you want a better community‼ Stop turning a blind eye to dog fights‼ Stop ignoring abuse‼ STAND UP AND BE THE CHANGE THAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS‼ BECOME A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS‼

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May 2021 | 7

BEHIND THE WHEEL MAY NEWS

BIKER BITS The Triumph Model P was introduced in 1924 as an entry-level 500 and was Triumph’s first massproduced motorcycle. Early teething problems were quickly overcome and it soon became the UK’s market leader with over 1 000 per week being produced. The bike’s 494 cc four-stroke side-valve engine puts out a mere 3,6 kW. Coupled with a three-speed transmission, the Model P was capable of 80 km/h. It is not the most comfortable bike to ride. The front suspension is a typical druid-fork layout of the time and there is no rear

its lifetime and FMM’s Model P is no exception.

suspension to talk of, the saddle being crucial in

Trouble is, its provenance can get blurred along

absorbing the bumps. The front brake is hardly

the way. The museum’s bike’s engine number

effective, but the sturdy twin-shoe rear drum

dates the machine as a 1926 model but its front

brake makes up for it. One aspect the bike can

‘bow’ brake puts it at 1925. The frame number

boast about is the handlebar, with its well thought

has been worn away… The Model P remained in

out grips and levers.

production until 1927 and FMM’s machine is a

It is natural that a near-100-year-old motorcycle will have received mechanical attention during

fine example of British motorcycling history. It is currently on view in Hall A.

VISITING THE MUSEUM Visiting FMM is by appointment only and

and continually being enforced including the

via online booking. Only electronic payments

compulsory wearing of masks, appropriate

are accepted. The museum is open from

sanitisation, social distancing and no crowding.

10h00 until 17h00 Monday to Friday, and from

For bookings, further details and other

10h00 to 16h00 on Saturday and Sunday.

information as well as signing on for a free

All of the Government’s statutory measures

monthly newsletter, logon to www.fmm.co.za or

regarding attendance at public places in place

phone 021 874 9000 or e-mail fmm.co.za.

Tatler Motoring MICHELE LUPINI

SEXY BMW M235I DEFIES THE ODDS. WE TEST IT. BMW’s 225 kW 450 Nm 2-litre 4-pot 4-Door Coupe Defies the Odds. And History I’ll start by looking back to the 375kW BMW M6 V10 launch at Ascari 15 years ago.

Following a wild, tyre-smoking day on that splendid private Spanish racetrack, we retired to a villa where we dined with the then BMW M boss. I so clearly remember our conversation; “We will never turbocharge our cars,” he declared. “And BMW M cars will always have rear wheel drive.”

Happy on heady Spanish wine, we nodded and smiled in benign agreement…

A Wholly Redundant Conversation None of us realised how rapidly, or how dramatically our conversation would become redundant. Those greedy normally-aspirated engines would very soon become public enemy number one. And that rear wheel drive would be rendered useless on the extreme torque that downsized turbo engines would soon muster.

I went on and quoted my esteemed pal’s normally-aspirated rear-wheel drive mantra. Often.

So it makes me accessory to the lie. On several

counts. I even lived by it. For a bit.

Roll on 15 years and it’s all change. Everything we discussed that night has now become absolutely taboo. Normally aspirated engines are all but dead and rear-wheel drive super saloons are history. And this little number is living proof why.

M235i Delivers Far More It isn’t really a super saloon; in fact this BMW M235i isn’t even a real M car. But it delivers on almost everything that old M6 did. And far more too.

Not quite all-wheel drive either, this front wheeldrive biased automatic takes over from the previous 2 series once-traditional BMW rear-drive.

Drive actually defaults to the front and it will only send fifty percent aft if you break traction. Not that it matters to most people who drive it, but it’s good enough to quash all that old rear drive propaganda.

BMW’s answer to Mercedes-AMG’s CLA 35 the 235i is basically a slammed M135i. It’s a coupé with a twist because it has four doors rather than just two. Delivering 225 kW and 450 Nm in this current flagship 2-litre turbo 4-pot M235i replaces the outgoing M240i’s 250kW and 500Nm six and does an admirable job, coming close to matching the old M240i’s 4.7 second 0-100 in our tests.

An Audi-Inspired Advantage But then the old car had to make up for half a second’s worth of wheelspin. See, an efficient 2 litre turbo just can’t live with a just-as-efficient threelitre turbo. It is rather what BMW borrowed from Audi that makes the difference — and that is all

Back in the mid-1930s when America was in the

front seat is a bench with split backrests to allow

throes of recovering from the Great Depression,

access to the rear where, unusually, there are two

Ford was looking to attract buyers to a lower-priced,

sideways-facing stools, which, combined with the

mid-size luxury car to bridge a gap in its corporate

sloping roofline, is hardly a comfortable place to

model line-up, and the Lincoln Zephyr marque was

be, especially for adults.

the result. But far from being something cobbled

The engine fires up with unruffled ease and the

together from the Ford stable parts bin, the stylish

Zephyr pulls away with the kind of lazy aplomb

Zephyr was something of a trend-setter powered

you would expect from a big V12. Despite the

by a relatively unstressed V12 engine.

basic steering and suspension set-up, the ride is

Introduced in 1935, the design concept is

comfortable ride and the steering only gets heavy

said to have been based on the Pioneer Zephyr

at slow speeds. The tapered bonnet points the

Streamliner train and has some Art Deco appeal.

way ahead and there is a feeling of serenity while

The car’s shape included a low-raked windscreen,

travelling along.

integrated fenders and aerodynamic bodywork

The Zephyr range rejuvenated during WW2,

to create a low drag coefficient. It was the first

after which the car reappeared but badged simply

corporate Ford passenger vehicle to have an all-

as a Lincoln in the wake of Ford’s merging of Lincoln

steel roof, and its monocoque construction was

with its Mercury brand in 1945.

strong yet relatively light.

The Lincoln Zephyr V12 is on display in Hall A.

Under the self-supporting bonnet was a compact 4 380 cc V12 engine that delivered 82 kW at 3 900 r/min. Peak torque of 244 N.m was available on an amazingly flat plateau from 400 to 3 500 r/min. The Zephyr’s top speed was 145 km/h. Initially, the engine gave problems and was improved in 1938.

FMM’s 1939 two-door Coupé is listed in journals as being a six-seater, but is actually a 3+2. The

wheel drive.

This four cylinder also loses out to the old straight six in noise — a poor synthesised effort to try matching the sonorous old track falls a bit flat. But there’s very little else we can criticise this car on. It’s a tad harsh on less than perfect tar roads and you’ll never power slide it like in the old rear drive Two — never mind that M6. But handling is nimble and crisp — at least as good as what we recently called great in the Golf R. The new BMW M235i also has everything you’d expect inside a premium BMW — and for the price, of course. Infotainment is top drawer and compatible with whatever your mobile device may be. This one had quite splendid eight-way power M-Sport seats and all the latest BMW cabin trickery and style bits. Including mood lighting that reminded me a bit of old Darth Vader.

M235i is as Quick as That Old M6 Getting back to that mad M6 I mentioned up top, is perhaps the best way to wrap this one up. Back then, when we tested that newcomer for the first time, it was the first car to ever break the 5-second 0-100 km/h barrier to in our road test programme.

It was a landmark car and that was huge news.

Now scroll down this M235i’s data. You’ll notice that it pretty well matches that M6. Yes, a current M8 will break three seconds to 100 but it costs more than double what this car does. Which shows

just how impressive downsizing has become. Never mind it delivers that same performance using a third of the fuel.

Now that’s progress. And something even young Greta may be proud of…

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Gardening in May NATIE FERREIRA

I often joked in my previous articles how May is the month of maybe’s. This year is no different.

Never in my lifetime has the world been faced with so many uncertainties than now. Navigating through all of that not only stresses us out at the moment but also leads to a constant state of post-traumatic tension. In the natural world, we are in seasonal transition, but we are also faced with a changing climate on a global level. The hobby gardener that disappears into his garden sanctuary to find solace from the turbulent world out there will have to find a way to control these uncertainties.

As we are entering into deep autumn a big uncertainty we have to deal with is the coming of the first winter rains. This year we had some good early rainfall, but this seems to have disappeared and we did not get our historical Easter rains.

With hot and dry conditions prevailing you will have to make some decisions regarding future plantings and water use in the garden. An automated irrigation system in good working order is insurance for your garden investment.

Many of us have neglected our systems during the years of water restrictions and hosepipe bans, but now that the worst of the water crisis is over it is time to look at new ways to effectively irrigate our gardens in summer. Concepts like greywater systems, rainwater harvesting, water purification, wells, boreholes, and water storage tanks became braai time conversation. With that came an explosion in new technologies to enable the hobby and market gardener to efficiently meet their garden’s watering needs.

Get an expert to assist you with this during the winter months when the contractors are not that busy.

The best insurance against adverse weather and disease conditions is to maintain the health of your plants. The best (and many will say only) way to do this is through soil health.

The condition and continuous improvement of the earth beneath his feet should always be in the gardener’s mind. Autumn is a great time to start your own compost pile. A well-maintained compost heap will keep your garden and

household healthy. There are various ways to speed up this process and depending on your level of involvement in the process and budget you can pick any of the commercially available methods. I still prefer an old-fashioned compost pile. Building these might seem like an art, but it is easy to do and watching a few online videos on the subject will teach you the way.

And turning a compost pile provides a welcome unintentional workout.

The place in the garden where true resilience can be built is in the vegetable garden. Striving towards self-sufficiency is a noble pathway and should, to some degree, be on everyone’s mind.

May is a great month to focus on the health of the soil in your productive garden. It is the ideal month to establish a good green manure crop. As diverse a mixture of seed is ideal – you want variety as well as maximum biomass. All this material will be cut down and worked into the soil in early spring in time for your summer plantings. The winter garden can be filled with cabbages, broccoli, carrots, beetroot, potatoes, lettuce, chard, spinach, broad beans and peas. Adding some form of greenhouse space will enable you to grow expensive fruit like cucumbers and tomatoes right through the year.

Walk your garden regularly and keep a pair of secateurs with you. Check for diseases and pests, cut away strange-looking growth, deadhead flowering plants, pick some flowers, eat a carrot, and experience the calming therapy a feeling of abundance can provide. You will have plenty of pruning to do this month – all summer flowering shrubs and perennials need work. The entire garden can do with a well-balanced fertiliser, just not the roses which should be getting ready for their winter’s rest. Plan your summer garden well while walking around the garden – we are entering into the main landscaping and planting season in the Western Cape.

Self-sufficiency always spills over into the kitchen and preserving the abundance of the garden is a great extension of the garden hobby. I love processing and preserving fruits and vegetables. Finding new ways to prepare and consume them also fascinates me. A varied diet is important, and a well-stocked pantry will bring colour to your plate on dull days. This time of the year think guavas, apples, pears, grapes, and pumpkins. Lots of pumpkins.

Happy gardening.

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Pantone Planting The Pantone colours of the year are grey and yellow: grey representing fortitude and yellow symbolising happiness. Together, these colours send a message of positivity, supported by a solid foundation (grey) upon which to build joy (yellow). Cultivate resilience and hope by planting these beauties: Sun in your pocket Yellow canna lily: full sun in beds or containers, bold and bright, frost-sensitive.

Alstromeria (Inca lily): full sun or semi-shade, good cut-flowers, needs winter mulching.

Anigozanthos bush bonanza: full sun or semishade with bright, golden-yellow flowers.

Marigolds: full sun or semi-shade, droughttolerant, attracts butterflies, repels pests.

Sundial yellow portulaca: full sun annual, finetextured foliage, low ground-hugger.

Cape honeysuckle: full sun or semi-shade, attractive ornamental shrub, good for hedges.

Snapdragons: full sun for beds or containers, gorgeous horizontally-growing blooms.

Grey for greatness Senecio cineraria, or silver dust: create contrast with this fine, low-growing sub-shrub.

Senecio Angel Wings: robust in size with an angelic silver/grey sheen, an absolute stunner!

Dichondra silverfalls: drought, frost, and salthardy for full sun spots in beds and pots.

Lamium: grow best in partial/full shade to avoid scorching the leaves of these pretties.

Lavender varieties with grey foliage, Petunias with silver flowers, as well as succulents from the Echeveria family with interesting thick-leaved rosettes.

Salvia lanceolata: hardy and water-wise, this greygreen aromatic shrub is for full sun spots. www.lifeisagarden.co.za

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A Healthy Attitude, Naturally Edmund Lee once wrote ‘Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all; surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.’ This quote came to mind whilst chatting to Colleen Robinson. A wonderfully energetic and self-motivated woman who created her own health and happiness out of an absolute necessity for change.

Rewind to 1995, and a demanding career in the clothing industry, having just had her third son in as many years, Colleen was tired, overweight and lacking time, energy or motivation. With a newborn baby at home, she started a clothing design studio and what was supposed to be a fun part-time job soon turned out to be even more demanding and stressful.

By 1997, she was a walking time bomb, completely burnt out. It’s was then, thanks to a friend’s suggestion, that Colleen hesitantly started a 10-day detox plan. Convinced she lacked the motivation to follow through with the detox, she was amazed by the resulting changes in mental and physical health. A real transition took place and the feeling of lethargy was replaced by clarity and deeper consciousness. With this came a shift in energy, pregnancy weight loss and good things kept happening!

Spurred on by the good feelings, the energy spilt over into her family life too and in 2000, Natural Attitude was born. A company specialising in helping clients reach their healthiest and happiest by making lifestyle changes through diet, exercise, intermittent fasting and more specifically, detox plans.

Colleen’s natural energy and drive come from doing what she loves. She has truly found what makes her ‘tick’ and in so doing, has not worked a day since!

For those feeling bogged down by life’s daily challenges, unsure of where or even how to start, Colleen says that it really is about making small, lasting changes. Just making her bed every morning sets the stage for her day ahead. That, and planning – including her exercise, meals and downtime.

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Getting into the right mindset is half the battle won. Going for a walk in nature, or on the beach.

Water calms her mind and spirit. With a change in mindset, you will realise that alcohol and sugar are expensive in more ways than one. Colleen swears by intermittent fasting which has myriad health benefits for your body – and you will save money!

I asked Colleen what one piece of advice she would like readers to take from reading this article and she advises us to find an accountability partner and together make a list of goals to achieve in 7 days! Keep it simple!

Readers seeking advice, motivation or more information on Colleen’s offering can contact her at info@naturalattitude.co.za. Natural Attitude is a partner of Winelands Events.

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Fleur de Lis News MARIËTTE HUGO

The month of April was one of fun and games for Fleur de Lis residents. With lockdown regulations being lowered, we were able to restart activities for our residents.

Daar is afgeskop met buitemuurse speletjies terwyl die weer nog so lekker warm is. Inwoners in is klein groepies verdeel sodat steeds aan die

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Covidregulasies voldoen word. Daar was verskeie aktiwiteite soos boontjiesakkies gooi, pennetjies vasmaak en Bingo.

Soos die weer koeler raak het die inwoners besluit om liewer binne in die gebou voort te gaan met aktiwiteite soos Bingo, kuns en breiwerk.

The Bible study in Afrikaans and English started again and every week there is a book reader who keeps the residents entertained.

Music therapy has also started to help the residents unwind.

Hospice se tee begin weer van Mei af. Daar is so baie om na uit te sien ten spite van die ongewone tye.

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work background and had limited knowledge of palliative care. They were both mentored by Sr Pam Lewis and were inspired to complete the yearlong Short Course in Palliative Care for Professional and Enrolled Nurses.

The Franschhoek Hospice is unique in the service it provides to the community. We care for patients and their families with life-limiting and life-threatening illnesses. The palliative care sisters are responsible for pain and symptom control.

A holistic (physical, spiritual and psychosocial) approach is what palliative care is about.

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Sr Nadia Boonzaaier and Sr Susan Swanepoel have been part of the Franschhoek Hospice Palliative Care Team for 30 years collectively. Next year Sr Nadia will achieve her 20 year service award with Hospice. Both Sisters came from a private hospital

On 10 April we had a Magical Sunset Concert at Leopard’s Leap with the Girl in the Bubble and CODA Africa musicians Carol, Judy, Zami and Galina. It was a perfect mix of musicians, mountains and venue.

Thank you to Carol Thorns and all involved in putting the concert together. Thanks also to Leopard’s Leap management; Marie Louise, Chef Christiaan and all the staff for their time and professional organisation in making the evening a huge success. Delicious picnic boxes, pizzas with Leopard’s Leap wines and cocktails made the evening an elegant one under the stars.

See more beautiful photos by Anita Olckers on our Facebook page.

Thank you to everyone who supported our event.

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Op 6 Mei sal Frieda van den Heever “Vers en Vrou” ‘n versameling gedigte oor vroue, deur vroue, vir vroue – en vir almal wat rondom en met vroue leef – bespreek tydens die Franschhoek Leeskring se maandelikse byeenkoms.

Lees oor beroepsvroue en huisvroue, verliefde, geliefde en ontnugterde vroue, vroue met kinders en sonder kinders, vroue wat in die kalklig staan en vroue wat deur grense breek. Die digters skryf intens en onbeskroomd oor die liefde en die lewe,

oor die hoogspanning van erotiek, oor die onkant vang van ouderdom en die dood.

In die gedigte klink die ritme van ’n hartklop op, die voetval van leef. Dit neem die leser saam op reis: oor kruine van hartstog en langs paaie van ontnugterings, versugtings, verwensings en verwesenlikings.

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Saturday, 10 April, was a magical night for the Bridge House matrics as they held their Matric Dance at Marlenique Estate. Dressed up in their best finery they got to thoroughly enjoy this rite of passage. Perfect weather and the huge

outdoor venue at Marlenique Estate made for safe socialising and dining, while the impressive indoor venue provided room for dancing. All while following Covid protocols.

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Letters Franschhoek Pass Dear editor, For years now we have lived in a quiet street here in town, close to the Franschhoek pass. It is normally a peaceful and very relaxed part of town and we fell in love with it many years ago. However, this all changes on Sunday mornings....

As early as from 06h00 in the morning, the road up and down the pass changes into a race track!

It sounds like each and every biker and “street car” must do its utmost to drive as fast and loud possible as from the monument up and down the

slope to the Franschhoek Pass Winery. The noise that all produces is horrible!

Even as I write this, Easter Sunday(!), it really is terrible. Where are the traffic police on these Sunday mornings?

Please note I am not a grumpy old man but it is really very unsocial and dangerous too. We even avoid going up the pass ourselves on Sundays for the same reason. We would love to see something change for the best of everyone.

Thanks!

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Commune Olympique is a sports residence for local and international high school students, housed within the historic Franschhoek High School campus. Inspired by old school values of respect, camaraderie and tradition, this hostel provides a secure environment with strict safety protocols for children of the community and star athletes of the future – a retreat from the daily demands of performance, where lifelong friendships are forged.

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street, “only 15% of pedestrians on the Champs Elysées came from Greater Paris.”

Proposed changes include reducing the number of car lanes, doubling the width of sidewalks, adding bike lanes on both sides, doubling the number of trees, replacing hard paving with more rain absorbent materials and adding fountains and street furniture. The rather arid Place de la Concorde will see traffic rerouted or buried and paving stones replaced with shaded lawns.

Public consultation showed that Parisians also want a “more authentic and more French retail offer” that emphasises “French art of living, savoir-faire and gastronomy”.

Now imagine a Franschhoek main road where most heavy goods vehicles have been banned by a weight/length restriction on the Franschhoek Pass, where most roadside parking has been replaced with park & ride areas at the edges of the village, sidewalks have been doubled in width, bike lanes installed, trees and street furniture added and cafés spill onto sidewalks without blocking them. For good measure, the area between the town hall and church has been turned into a public square with tourist facilities including public toilets (gasp!), shaded seating, a chessboard, boules pitches and a tea room. We could even claim to have been inspired by Paris!

“Jusqu’au mois prochain!”

Siegfried Schäfer

Dear Readers, In January this year, the Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo okayed a radical overhaul of the Champs Elysées. The $305 million, 10-year plan dubbed “Re-Enchanting the Champs Elysées” seeks to address several concerns – more about those a bit later. What I found most interesting though is that I couldn’t help thinking that some of the concerns could apply to Franschhoek’s main road too.

Mayor Hidalgo’s plan will see the famous road from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe turned into an “extraordinary garden,” in the process halving the amount of space available for cars, greatly increasing the tree cover and encouraging more small-scale shops.

It turns out that almost a third of Parisians don’t agree with the street’s moniker of “the world’s most beautiful avenue”. “Despite its grand buildings and dramatic vistas, the avenue has been widely criticized in France for being polluted, congested, pricey and — thanks to brand saturation and heavy tourism — even ‘ringarde,’ a term probably best translated as ‘passé’.” A full 71% dismissed the street as ‘touristy’ – a sentiment seemingly shared by the Hotel de Ville that acknowledged the street as “an assembly point for ‘big international chains perceived as antiseptic and scarcely distinguishable’”. It is, of course, also expensive.

Even local French brands such as Louis Vuitton are outside the reach of most locals “making the street feel like a very expensive airport.” Heavy traffic also meant that it wasn’t ideal for café terraces either.

The result was that once you discounted the people who worked Artist’s rendering of the new vision for the Champs Elysées in businesses along the

The interior concept by award-winning designer Paul van der Spuy recalls the history of sport and Franschhoek, without compromising on 21st Century technology or lifestyle experience. The canteen is the heart and hub of campus life – hosting not just students, but also teachers, coaches, officials, medical professionals and parents.

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Financial Matters

way that company spends money. A budget is a roadmap for small businesses, and in the day-today running of a start-up or small enterprise it can often be neglected in favour of making payments if and when they seem necessary.

If you don’t have a budget, make one, and if you have one, take a fresh look at it. Understand what the costs are and where the money is coming from.

Where and how you spend money will show you what’s important to your business and where the fat can be cut. Trimming small amounts from dead areas and focusing that money on the places that deliver returns can make a dramatic difference to the bottom line.

Riley Panko, in a report on budgeting, said, “Businesses of all sizes should create a budget if they don’t want to risk the financial health of their organisation…Businesses may create more challenges for themselves by skipping a budget.

This is because budgeting helps small businesses focus.”

2) Focus on your core customers, and ditch your “barnacle clients” In good times it is a good idea to expand your outlook and try to capture new markets for your products. You have the time to focus on those “barnacle clients” who eat up your time and don’t necessarily deliver the same return for time invested. But in tough times, it’s wise to return

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3 Survival Tips for Your Small Business In 2021 According to the World Bank, the pandemic has taken “a heavy toll of deaths and illness, plunged millions into poverty, and may depress economic activity and incomes for a prolonged period”.

World Bank Group President, David Malpass, explained that while the collapse in global economic activity in 2020 due to the onset of the pandemic, is estimated to have been slightly less severe than previously projected in advanced economies overall, for most emerging market and developing economies, the impact was more acute than expected.

It is under these circumstances that businesses are battling to keep their heads above water. Here are four simple things you can do to help your business survive in 2021.

1) Delve into your budget Now more than ever the small business owner needs to understand their company and the

to key principles and focus on those clients and markets you know work.

At the same time the business owner needs to put the energy that was going into barnacle clients into those who offer returns. Go back to the best clients that you haven’t spoken to in a while, touch base with friends, networks and contacts who you know could benefit from your business, and, in this way, reinvigorate your client base.

Advertising too should start to focus on your core client demographic. Don’t know what that is?

Then it’s time to start going through the data. Start with internal data on past customers, and focus on creating a customer profile. This includes basic demographic information, but also try to map your customer on a deeper level. What are their values?

What are their spending attitudes? What makes them excited and what makes them tick?

All of this will give you a comprehensive picture of what your core customer demographic looks like. While you may want to market as widely as possible to capture as many customers as possible, this focused kind of marketing will be much more effective, especially for small businesses.

3) Advertise concisely Repeated studies are finding that people are increasingly jaded, easily distracted and unwilling to engage with advertising – particularly on social media, an important area for the small business.

This does not, however, mean that you should stop advertising. On the contrary, social media is still one of the most important tools that a modern business owner can utilise with 52% of new brand discovery happening on public social media feeds.

The trick is to be clear, and concise.

According to stats from Instagram, 60% of users report that they have discovered a product on another person’s profile, but this never happens with overly long posts or wordy descriptions.

Gone are the days when people would watch a full YouTube advert. If your brand message isn’t in place before the skip button can be pushed, you should consider the money wasted. And the rules of social media should be applied across the board to all other types of marketing be they newsletters, emails or even phone calls.

Luke Lintz from social media agency Highkey suggests business advertising should: • Lead with the product or service, • Make the offer personal to the customer, • Use only a few key statistics to support the claim • Emphasise return on investment • Stay away from “used car” sales language like “Don’t miss out”.

“The key is personalised honest communication that doesn’t eat up the client’s time,” he explains.

A Vaccine to a Digital Pandemic This year cyber-crime is predicted to result in a global financial loss of more than £4 trillion which represents a 50% increase from 2015. It is particularly small businesses that bear the brunt of this figure, and the majority will likely face permanent closure following a cyberattack.

A robust cybersecurity strategy has therefore become an indispensable investment for a business of any size according to Izak Oosthuizen, managing director at Zhero. Internet Safety. In a context where a growing number of businesses are dependent on the internet robust security should be, in his words, “as habitual as brushing your teeth.”

Born and educated in South Africa, Oosthuizen spent nearly twenty years working in England since he first sought employment in the IT industry. This proved to be an unpredictable and competitive career path at first, however, perseverance eventually rewarded him with the opportunity to Newspaper Advert Franschhoek(PR).pdf 1 establish his own IT company, Zhero, in 2015.

At present, Zhero is ranked in the top 3% of IT support companies operating in the United Kingdom with business ventures in South Africa, Germany and France. Oosthuizen, however, chose Franschhoek as his current base of operations and works remotely from his office with clients and the rest of his team.

While Zhero can be described as a comprehensive IT company offering a plethora of services and solutions, cybersecurity is increasingly taking a central role in what any business needs to operate effectively. “IT support and cybersecurity are inextricable,” says Oosthuizen. “Reputable brands 2019/09/10 09:12 of antivirus software are now the bare minimum

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The research that Oosthuizen makes publicly available on his website as well as booklets distributed by Zhero reveal a world that is unknown to many habitual computer users. Even in the UK where extensive security protocols are mandatory, we learn that 15% of businesses have been locked out of their networks by a hacker. Also, some businesses have taken as long as three months to discover a security breach in their data servers.

Worst is that a hacker who gains illegal access to company data can represent a devastating financial blow. We know ‘ransomware’ which is used by cybercriminals to hold data hostage for large sums of money, but did you know that companies have faced hefty fines for poor cybersecurity when private user information was stolen from their databases?

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Thankfully Ooshuizen is passionate about educating the public on being safe during a time when the internet has become a staple of many business operations. He has written numerous articles and contributed to two books on the avoidance of cyber-attacks namely Adapt and Overcome and Cybersecurity Now, with the latter achieving a bestseller award on Amazon in the business IT literature section.

Oosthuizen offers a few introductory tips for ensuring your safety on the internet. Companies should appoint dedicated cybersecurity personnel who can also train other employees in network safety. Also, be cautious of emails that require the entry of personal details as most companies would never request this information via email.

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FRANSCHHOEK

Discover Franschhoek’s Pristine Mountainland Situated high above the Franschhoek Valley the Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve (established 1983) is part of a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site - the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004) and linked to the UNESCO-designated Boland Biosphere Reserve.

Ever since 1823 mountain springs in the reserve have provided Franschhoek with high quality drinking water. The reserve is known for its spectacular views of the valley, diverse plant and small animal life and well-maintained network of hiking trails. It is also a popular jumping-off point for paragliders and is becoming a favoured destination for trail runners.

The Franschhoek mountainland consists of Table Mountain sandstone that was raised as a mountain range more than 265 million years ago. The present mountain and valley landscape is the result of erosion over the past 140 million years.

Three large peaks dominate the reserve: Perdekop (1575 m), DuToitskop (1418m) and Middagkrans (1029 m). In summer southeasterly winds can form impressive 'cloudfalls' over Middagkrans.

Both summer and winter weather conditions in the reserve can be challenging to the uninitiated - the former being hot and dry and the later wet and cold with occasional snow on the higher ground.

The reserve's flora consists of montane fynbos established on leached acidic sandy soils. Fynbos (the world's smallest and most diverse plant kingdom) is primarily characterised by four types of plants: Proteas, Ericas, Restios (reed-like plants resembling grass) and geophytes (bulbs). www.montrochellehiking.co.za

Day Hiking Permit: R50 per person | Hiking Trails Map: R20 Hiking permits and maps available at: Tourist Information Centre Tel. 021 876 3603 | www.webtickets.co.za Keep the permit with you. | Enter and hike at own risk. | Do not hike alone. | Always put safety first.

14 | May 2021

Book Review

CHARLOTTE VAN ZYL

Snow

with Chris and Alisha Erasmus, previous owners of Foliage restaurant On what date did you open Foliage and on what date did you close it?

14 May 2014 was the soft opening for our landlords Gert Gertzen and Louis Matthee. Our official grand opening was a week or so later. Last day of trade was on Sunday 25 April 2021, 7 years, (happiness).

What was your aim when you started Foliage?

Our aim was to cook local in an inventive way, support local and have fun. We were known for cooking Franschhoek terroir food, homegrown from our own gardens and foraged from surrounding fields and forests.

What has been the best part?

Getting to have fun on our own terms, and to share our passion with our guests.

You have been involved with Franschhoek Risk Management for some time, what has been your part during the Covid pandemic?

Foliage was the centre point for donations and preparing parcels for those in need. Along with local support, chefs and volunteers, it very quickly escalated into a big feeding scheme and distribution centre. We are so proud of the village, and that we got to be a part of helping those in need.

What was Foliage’s path since the start of lockdown?

To survive, to support, and to hustle. We held on very tight to our dream, but financially we just had to let go.

Where and how did the two of you start in the restaurant business?

We are high school sweethearts and started working in cocktail bars together. Thereafter we travelled the world and were very fortunate to be able work together. We worked for Susan Huxter

at Le Quartier Français for over 6 years, so to open a restaurant across the road from her, was such an honour; she has always been our mentor and Franschhoek Mamma.

How long have you been in Franschhoek and are you going to stay?

We moved to Franschhoek in November 2003, and got married two months later. We moved to Cape Town for a year where our son, Liam was born, but decided Franschhoek is and will always be home. You can’t get rid of us yet, we still need to show off more tattoos WE LOVE FRANSCHHOEK. What are you going to do next?

Chris is very excited to start his new adventure with the Small Robertson Hotel and Twee Jonge Gezellen, (owned by Abigail Rands).

How are you as family doing in these trying times?

To have a wonderful 11 year old boy, who is always so extremely positive, has been a blessing and he is our rock and support. My (Alisha’s) mom, who moved to Franschhoek 2 years ago, has been of great help, love and support. As long as we have good wine, we are one happy family.

Groot drakenstein Games club

By John Banville. Publ. Faber and Faber. 336 pages.

Snow. Cold. Endless white fields. Crows cawing in the trees. A great, gaunt country mansion. A broad hallway – time-polished flagstones, a set of antlers on a plaque, dim portraits of ancestors lining the walls. “The body is in the library”, Colonel Osborne said. “Come this way”. Who wouldn’t immediately think of Agatha Christie, whose 1942 novel “The Body in the Library” has lived on through endless adaptations and reworkings for radio, film and television - even as part of a Korean television series, as recently as in 2018?

John Banville is one of Ireland’s (if not Europe’s) most celebrated writers, but also one of its most enigmatic. He won the Booker Prize for “The Sea” in 1966 plus a whole raft of other awards. He has written 17 books under his own name, quite complicated novels exploring the ambiguities of reality and identity.

At the same time, he has tried his hand at writing crime thrillers, turning out four under the pseudonym of Benjamin Black. Set in 1950s Dublin they follow the fortunes of Dr Quirke, a pathologist at the Royal Irish Hospital. Given the success of the quartet, it seems as if his writing career is every bit as complex as the subject matter of his stories.

His latest book, the detective story “Snow” breaks new ground. It is written under his own name and crosses over from his serious side to his more popular one. It starts briskly in the style of classic crime writers like Agatha Christie. A decaying country house in the woods is isolated after a series of devastating snowstorms. A corpse has been found. Where else than in the library? The police arrive and discover that not only is the murder victim a priest, but he has also been castrated after being stabbed to death.

This calls for the introduction, and intervention, of a new John Banfield character, Detective Inspector St. John Strafford (pronounced “Sinjin,” which nobody can get right, which is as bad as everyone calling him “Stafford”). Strafford might not be as curmudgeonly as his predecessor Quirke, but he is similarly burdened by his genteel Protestant background and his hesitant manner. They also share the burden of having to report to their Catholic superiors who always put the interests of the Catholic Church and State above their job of finding a murderer. So Strafford rounds up all the possible suspects that have been in or around the house when the murder was committed, and discovers, as in Christie’s “And Then there were None” that everyone has a motive.

In case we missed the connection, a police

detective, down from Dublin, exclaims, ”Jesus Christ, will you look at this place? Next thing Poirot himself will appear on the scene.” But Strafford is no Poirot or Sherlock Holmes who uses logic to solve the murder. Instead he slowly and, apparently, randomly finds his way around the house and the surrounding woods, always under-equipped to deal with the extreme conditions.

The cast of characters that begins to come into focus is not unfamiliar. The crusty laird of the manor, an ex-military man who keeps himself busy with his horses, the fey second wife who might or might not be on drugs, the precociously sexy daughter of the house, the shy and elusive son studying to be a doctor. And, of course, outside the house the odious, smelly groom, who could have wandered in from D.H Lawrence.

Underlying the murder mystery story are several old scores, familiar from the Benjamin Black books, that Banfield has to settle – the abuse of boys by the Catholic priesthood, especially in correctional institutions, and the power of the Catholic Church to look after its own, whether in the Seminary or Government.

All these threads are woven into the story and influence its course. Finally, the solution to the murder is provided most unconventionally.

The author breaks away from the third-person narration and gives the victim a chance to tell his story retrospectively. From beyond the grave as it were, which provides a clever and surprising twist.

This is not a thriller to run through on our way to find the murderer. A slow amble will give us the chance to enjoy Banville’s beautiful writing, his magnificent, smart phrases and, above all, his superb, luminous descriptions of snow in all its endless varieties.

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Communicators, part of Agora International, assists in

village based. Tel: Darlington Mlandeli 061 772 2572.

the development of public speaking, communication

Email: ddmlandeli@gmail.com

and leadership skills. Once-off joining fee of R200, then

CHAUFFEUR/DRIVER AVAILABLE in Franschhoek.

R65 per meeting, which included a light dinner & tea/

I am an experienced Zimbabwean driver with

coffee. Meetings held as Villa Visaggio outside Paarl.

references. Available to drive you in your car on an

Contact Len van der Walt – 082 579 2994. Booking

hourly or daily basis. Why drive in to Cape Town when

essential.

TRINITY CHURCH: Worship every Sunday at 09h30 at L’Ermitage Chapel, with Holy Communion. Weekday service Thursday at 10h30 at Fleur de Lis. Contact Gavin – 083 799 0726.

PSYCHOLOGIST

UNITING REFORMED CHURCH: Sunday service 09h30. Dr Shaun Burrows. 021 876 2632. Visitors welcome.

Post Office

021 876 2342

Welfare (ACVV)

021 876 2670

SPCA

021 876 4808

GENERAL Alcoholics Anonymous: WED evenings 19:00, Groendal Community Centre, Contact David +27 83 305 5159

Useful Numbers

THE PERFECT PANCAKE PLACE Bel: 073 663 1232

Mlandeli 061 772 2572. Email: ddmlandeli@gmail.com

Bestel: Voor Donderdae, 18h00 @ R8 elk Optel: Vrydae

Tax Shop

vanaf 12h00 by DeWetstraat 7.

ATTORNEYS

PHONE? I can help you. Call Ronelle Pinard 073 646 1687 or email rpinard60@gmail.com JANE

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021 876 4808 CHANGING TO A SALT WATER SYSTEM? Let us advise & quote for you! Call RiaPools: 072 347 5355 FRESH, ORGANIC FARM PRODUCE: Delivered weekly to Franschhoek, including vegetables and fruit in season, chicken, eggs, cheese, honey, etc. Lists of available produce received on Monday, orders placed on Tuesday for Wednesday delivery. A number of Franschhoekers are already receiving weekly deliveries.

To be added to the list contact Sue Norman on 083 321 3442 or suenorman50@outlook.com.

DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT POOL LEAK? Losing water all the time? Let us quote and take care of the problem! Call RiaPools: 072 347 5355

Community Events SPORT FRANSCHHOEK TENNIS CLUB: Social tennis is played at the club on Fridays, Sundays and Public Holidays from 08h00. For more information contact Ross. 078 278 4843.

PARKRUN: Saturdays at Rickety Bridge Wine Estate.

Time: 08h00. Cost: Free. Register at www.parkrun.co.za

CHURCH SERVICES METHODIST CHURCH: Sunday service 10h00. Rev Russell Norman. 021 872 3580 or 082 662 4509.

NG KERK: Sondagdienste 09h30. Geen aanddiens.

Ds Peet Bester. 021 876 2431. Besoekers welkom.New Apostolic Church: Le Roux Street, Groendal. Sundays 09h00, Wednesdays 19h30. Rector: Charles Leibrandt.

ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Groot Drakenstein.

Sunday Services: Holy Communion and Sunday School 10h00. Revd Wilfred Meyer 084 407 1280. Office - 021 874 4008. willowdale@cybersmart.co.za SHOFAR CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Services: 09h00 English service at 7 Lambrechts Street. 18h00 Afrikaanse diens by Franschhoek Rugbyklub, Groendal. Pastor Richard Wade.

083 225 8529. All welcome!

082 812 1476

PUBLIC SERVICES Hospice

021 876 3085

Library

021 808 8406

SCHOOLS Bridge House School

021 874 8100

Franschhoek High School

021 876 2079

Groendal Primary School

021 876 2448

Groendal Secondary School

021 876 2211

Wes-Eind Primary School

021 876 2360

Dalubuhle Primary School

021 876 3957

STORAGE

you can relax and enjoy the ride? Tel: Darlington GETTING STUCK WITH YOUR COMPUTER OR CELL

Danielle Smith

Franschhoek Storage Info Office

021 876 3603

Winelands Experience

021 876 4042

Huguenot Memorial Museum

021 876 2532

TRANSPORT GOODS Gerald Fourie

ACCOUNTANTS 021 876 2676

021 876 2940/082 821 5234

VETERINARY Fhk Animal Clinic (plus surgery)

Susan Charlesworth

021 876 2592/072 402 9469

Emergencies/Weekends

Snipelisky & Killian

083 250 0943/021 876 2084

EMERGENCY NUMBERS

021 876 2504 021 863 3187/082 8089 100

Stb Fire Dept. (Buildings)

BURGLAR ALARMS Pepler Alarms

021 876 2174

TOURIST INFORMATION & SERVICES

021 876 3308

021 808 8888

District Municipality(Bush & veld)

021 887 4446 021 886 9244

CLUBS & ASSOCIATIONS 021 876 3031

Police

Franschhoek Tennis Club

078 278 4843

Eskom

FHK Heritage & Ratepayers Ass.

082 496 8749

Omnipage Farm Watch

021 852 3318

Groot Drakenstein Games Club

021 874 1906

Plaaswag

021 876 2346

080 845 1014

N1, N2 & R300 Emergency number:

021 946 1646

Boland Bridge Club

- Craig Mc Naught: Captain - Lejean Pieterse, Hiring

082 490 0405

10111/021 876 8061 086 003 7566

DENTISTS

Lions

021 876 3775

Dr Schalk du Plessis

Stb Masonic Lodge (Chris)

072 211 9991

DOCTORS

Franschhoek Rotary Club

082 773 9217

Dr Karin Eksteen

Franschhoek Probus Club

021 876 3179

Dr Shelley Hellig

ELECTRICAL

021 876 3070 021 876 4622 021 871 1063

Dr Alexander Heywood

021 876 2474 021 876 2304

Franschhoek Electric

074 313 7829/021 876 3640

Dr Hannes Van der Merwe

Rensburg Electrical

021 876 2120/083 309 2923

Dr Nicolas Els

021 876 2561

Dr Bernard Fisher

021 876 4622

EXCAVATIONS Andrew Schmidt Burger Excavations

021 876 4431/082 972 5755 072 3408518

AUDIOLOGIST Audiologist Tracy-Ann Morris

Franschhoek Pharmacy

021 876 2261

Medicare EMR

Franschhoek Health Club

021 876 3310

MUNICIPALITY

Lighting & Accessories Ria Pools (Franschhoek) Sue’s Gardens

(Ward 1) Clr Frazenburg (DA)

021 808 8490

(Ward 2) Clr Petersen (DA)

082 404 5055

021 876 3640

(Ward 3) Clr Manuel (DA)

074 686 2364

021 876 2612/072 347 5355 083 321 3442

INTERNET ACCESS PostNet

074 363 7744/021 876 4316

028 840 1716

HOUSE & GARDEN Clock Repairs

084 264 0000

EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE

HEALTH & BEAUTY

021 876 3025

(Ward 4) Clr Johnson (DA)

021 808 8019

Municipality (Office Hours)

021 808 8700

Municipality (afternoon only)

021 808 8890

Municipality 24hr Service

021 808 8700

OPTOMETRIST Marelise Bester

021 872 3530

PHYSIOTHERAPY Claire Horn

021 876 4234/082 582 1029

PLUMBERS Franschhoek Plumbing

021 876 3759

OCW

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Learn an internationally practiced technique to help release stress and trauma. Restore vitality & balance and achieve a healthier body & mind.

Local R350; International R800 Copyright: All rights reserved, reproduction in whole or part prohibited.

Views expressed are not necessarily those of the editor. Publication of editorial or advertising matter does not imply endorsement o r warranty in respect of goods or services therin described.

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We use our advanced aerial survey equipment to supply a high quality irrigation design and system.

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Landscaping and maintenance of gardens, all sizes!

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Local expertise, national presence and international audience

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R7 950 000

IDEAL VILLAGE LOCATION This 3 bedroom Cape Victorian style property, within easy walking distance of the village, has great kerb appeal, with mature trees & gardens brimming with white roses and lavender.

Inside the period feel continues with a spacious open plan living/dining area, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and large double garage. Lots of potential and viewing is highly recommended.

Tom Clode 079 955 3114 | Terry-Lee George 082 650 9194

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HOME OF CHARM AND DISTINCTION IN CABRIERE STREET One of Franschhoek’s finest historic homes, set in a quiet, leafy position on Cabriere Street, beautifully renovated to present a classic contemporary finish.The ground level includes a gorgeous open-plan kitchen and dining area, a double volume family lounge, library, media room, two generous bedrooms and a deep covered verandah overlooking the lush north-facing garden with mature trees, lawn and eco pool. Upstairs is a cosy lounge/library, separate adjoining home office and elegant master bedroom suite with lovely garden and mountain views. A separate one bedroom barn-style cottage provides a lucrative revenue stream. Also includes a double garage, off-street parking and separate laundry.

Tom Clode 079 955 3114 | Terry-Lee George 082 650 9194

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R14 950 000

EXCLUSIVE LIVING ON DOMAINE DES ANGES ESTATE This Provencal-style home has been impeccably designed to take advantage of breathtaking views.The high ceilinged downstairs living areas and chef’s kitchen open out to a covered veranda with views of the designer garden with pool, vineyards and mountains. Upstairs are 4 luxurious en-suite bedrooms, the main with dressing room and sun terrace. Also includes wine cellar and double garage.

Tom Clode 079 955 3114 | Terry-Lee George 082 650 9194

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R75 000 000 EXCL VAT

119/121 Park Lane, London, W1 +44 (0)207 079 1515

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LIFESTYLE WINE ESTATE Part of one of the original farms settled by the Huguenots in the late 1600’s this income producing 16 ha Lifestyle Wine Estate is ideally situated a 10 minute walk from Franschhoek village centre.The historic four bedroom Main House with separate two bedroom guest wing boasts some of the finest views in the Franschhoek Valley.

Income is derived from both the acclaimed 6 self-catering cottages, and 100 tonne wine cellar which uses the grapes from the 5.5 hectares of productive vineyards.

The farm also has 2.5 hectares of premium oil producing olive trees.The established infrastructure supports all of the activities on the farm. A series of dams provide a scenic backdrop teeming with birdlife.The farm is a VAT registered entity and is sold as a going concern. Asking price excludes VAT. Tom Clode 079 955 3114 | Terry-Lee George 082 650 9194

23 Huguenot Street, Franschhoek, 7690 +27 (0)21 876 3322

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FIVE BEDROOM VILLAGE HOME WITH HUGE POTENTIAL Set on a large corner plot close to the high street. The house is in very good condition. Little investment needed to bring it up to date.

Tom Clode 079 955 3114 | Terry-Lee George 082 650 9194