Life & Style Vol 16 Issue 20

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09 - 23 October 2019

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DÉCOR: SUMMER ENTERTAINING HACKS

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FOOD & DRINK: MAC MILK, ANYONE?

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WIN! DELISH SISTERS’ NEW COOKBOOK

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BALLITO TO UMHLANGA

BALLITO FLAVOUR

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Y family are all major foodies – my grandmother on my mother’s side lovingly cooked and baked her entire adult life for her five children, and to this day we all still make her recipes to celebrate special occasions.

Her easy one-dish cheese soufflé (served with a crispy green salad and splashes of Tabasco) is a summer holiday staple, while her cheesecake was so famous among our family friends that my uncle’s best friend wrote a lengthy ode to it, complete with rhyming couplets!

My family go to great lengths to keep their palates happy – they’ve risked smuggling a particularly delicious Spanish tomato into the country so they could grow it at home, and stashed suspicious looking dried Italian basil in their carry-on. It’s a wonder there’s been no jail time quite frankly.

12 October: Coffee Catch Up Like many families, Assagay Coffee Farm is hosting a tour of their mealtimes hold special farm, plus a coffee tasting for R95 per person. memories for me. The scent Learn the complex process of coffee farming of a bubbling pot of gran’s paprika-heavy prawn Creole and manufacturing, guided by farmer Rick can take me right back to James, who has over 25 years’ experience.

Sunday lunches, always Since they’re currently harvesting, you can served with a fresh baguette also experience the coffee picking firstfrom her favourite bakery. hand and watch as the beans get processed.

Good food can truly bind people together, which is Booking is essential and you can pay on the why I’m delighted to see that day with cash, card or Zapper. Tour starts at Ballito is fast becoming a 12:30. WhatsApp or call 084 432 6345 or email foodie destination. info@assagaycoffeefarm.co.za One uncle, who resides in the Cape, discovered 13 October: Get Moving with Hi-Tec Taylor’s Butchery at the We Move Active is launching a partnership Ballito Junction on a recent with Hi-Tec, who in turn is launching their visit declaring it better than new women’s range with a trail run, yoga with any butchery the Cape had to offer, while the pistachio Helen Garner and a meditation session with squares at Cumin and Penny Slein. Get to Crawford North Coast Coriander at The Market and School at 7am. Email jo@wemoveactive.co.za Yoli’s sourdough keep him for more info. coming back for more.

Some months ago, we 13 October: Beach Ramble covered Erica Platter’s new Join the Durban Ramblers Hiking Club for cookbook – she’s the other a beach hike from Ballito to Salt Rock. You half of the legendary John Platter wine connoisseur can return via the same route or through the suburbs, with optional lunch/drinks afterwards. Non-members to book with hike leader Margie Forbes on 073 437 6915. The hike is Grade 2-3 and +/-15km.

What to do

19 October: Ditties with Dewald Dippenaar Katmandu restaurant at the Ballito Lifestyle Centre will play host to singer Dewald Dippenaar. Join them from 7pm. For more information, head to musiekunlimited.com

30-31 October: The Fair with Flair

Hooray! The Christmas Country Fair will once again be held at the beautiful Collisheen Estate. Expect high quality, uniquely South African and handcrafted merchandise offered by vendors from across the country. It really is a great event to stock up on gorgeous gifts, and what’s more, the Fair is a charitable exercise and supports local initiatives, from feeding schemes to schools and pensioners.

For more information, contact Michelle Blake on michelle@thechristmasfairfund.co.za.

October 31: Happy Halloween

Are you brave enough to make it to the other side or will you freeze in terror? Get ready to crawl, run, and hurl yourself through a frightening Maze of Monsters at Concha Café in Ballito. R20 per entry and proceeds go to Sables Creatures. The event takes place from 6pm-10pm.

November 2-3: Gear Up

Head to Holla Trails at Sugar Rush Park for a weekend of mountain bike skills training. It’s all about taking your hobby to the next level, with accredited coaches.

Book at masteringmtbskills.com. Holla Trails members can use the discount code hollamember1. The cost is R750 per person per day or R1 500 for both days. Day one will be split into women and men’s specific clinics and day two will be combined.

Have an event you want to shout about?

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brand, and a proudly local Simbithi resident. Erica is a vehemently outspoken advocate for this region’s culinary prowess, and her book, Durban Curry: Up to Date shines a light on the many establishments here that offer top class KZN cuisine.

This month, we were delighted to see local foodie celebs, The Delish Sisters, launch their new cookbook, Delish Sisters: Tasty Food Made with Love (R300, Struik) on page nine. Kate and Rebecca Lund are certainly doing their bit to place the North Coast firmly on the foodie map.

We hope you enjoy the delicious recipe we’ve selected to share with you, and just for you dear readers, we’ve got two copies of their book to give away. Competition entry details are on page nine or head to our Facebook page. It’s a great gift idea to bank for Christmas, which is fast approaching.

If that’s not enough to satisfy your foodie yearnings, head to page eight to peruse our new regular food and drink’s page, with news snippets from our favourite local haunts. We discuss this page at great length in the office, from the macadamia nut milk at Salt Rock Coffee (have you been to their new-look shop on Ocean Drive at the Salt Rock Centre?) to the Portuguese rosé selection at Beira Alta. We’ll be curating a list of our favourite things to eat and drink each month.

Continuing with our foodie theme, Allen Petrie has some great ideas on easy entertaining hacks on page five, while we gear up for the silly season.

Since life is all about balance, we also asked Dr Rosie Carey, our resident medical doctor and fitness fundi to kick off her new series on fitness, and (sounds self-explanatory) but it’s good to hear the science behind why exercising can be literally, lifesaving. (Just like my granny’s cheesecake!)

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Kitchen tiles are having a real moment.

Say goodbye to neutral subway tiles, and hello to the new splashbacks and feature walls that are incorporating pops of contrasting colour, and playing with various shapes. Think hexagons, sea-shell shapes, and vibrant colour palettes to bring life to a traditionally sterile space.

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1. Watch your thoughts – they become your words.

2. Correct your mistakes.

3. Let go of every mental habit that holds you back.

4. Get out of your head by walking.

5. Let yourself feel things.

6. Whenever you are in a negative frame of mind, think of ten things you are grateful for.

7. Practise letting go of feeling not good enough.

8. Accept what you can’t change; change what you can.

9. React constructively.

10. Help make the world safe for children.

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Harcourts Dolphin Coast’s Dennis Scott offers some expert security tips as we head into the busier summer season.

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ITH the busy festive season quickly approaching, many of us find ourselves in a frenzy of preparation. It is important to remember that this exciting time is also when burglaries and break-ins peak.

Having a home security system is an effective defence, however additional precautionary methods are always encouraged to provide protection. Follow these basic steps to ensure that this year’s holiday season is a joyous and safe one for you and your loved ones: 1. Secure all doors and windows. Keep all doors and windows closed and locked. For sliding glass doors, place a piece of plywood on the track to prevent access.

2. Don’t keep valuable possessions in places with high visibility. This only attracts burglars to your home.

3. Light up your house. Use exterior lighting and motion sensors. The extra lighting will make it more difficult for burglars to intrude without being seen.

4. Clear all entrances. Keep all shrubs and plants trimmed away from entrances. Although they may be pretty, they serve as a hiding place.

5. Use your alarm. Make sure your alarm system is properly installed and programmed. Also, make sure the security system warning sign is visible.

Studies show burglars are less likely to break into a home with a security system.

6. Stop the mail and newspapers. Nothing screams ‘you’re gone’ like a pile of mail and newspapers outside of your house. Have the mail and newspapers stopped while you are gone so people don’t know you’re out of town.

7. Let there be light. Darkness on the inside suggests a house is not occupied. Use timers to light parts of your house while you are gone to give the appearance that someone is there.

8. Notify the neighbours. Letting

your neighbours know when you will be gone will give your house extra protection and allow them to report anything suspicious.

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KNOCK ON WOOD

We love a homegrown success story, and it doesn’t get more feel-good than Kelly and Lane Allan of Macsharp Timbers, partners in both life and business. To think it all started with a jolly jumper and the coy exchange of a single bar of chocolate.

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orn-and-bred Port Shepstone locals Kelly and Lane Allan first met while Kelly was working at a crèche. It was 2001, and Lane, already a professional cabinet maker operating in the area, had popped into her place of work to install a jolly jumper for the little ones. Kelly then dropped off a chocolate at his work as a ‘thank you’ (quite possibly with a glint in her eye), and three months later they were engaged.

Their marriage followed a year after that.

The couple are now the proud parents of two boys, aged 15 and 12, but only one seems to prefer tinkering with the toolbox in the garage, just like dad.

Kelly, also a creative at heart, had pursued her studies in interior design while still working at the créche, so a career in décor wasn’t that far off track for her. When the opportunity arose to acquire Macsharp Timbers, an existing entity established in 1984, it made perfect sense for the couple with Lane’s

cabinet making and carpentry skills, team contributed to the shop fittings and Kelly’s interest in interiors. from ICU platforms, linen cupboards, Kelly and Lane officially bought the nurse’s stations and reception counters business in 2015 with 10 staff and a to high-end cabinetry. They have also 450 square meter factory. worked on the police Today, they have over station, as well as San 30 staff and over 1 000 Lameer Hotel. square meters of bustling “Our services are factory space. so diverse,” explains Joinery, shop-fitting, Kelly. kitchens, built-in “We do small-scale cupboards, and bespoke projects but there are furniture are all a part no limits really. We of the package, and the have designated teams company has overseen for both.” major projects from Kelly now finds private hospitals to herself both managing Kelly Allan with husband Lane, & smaller scale domestic the financial side of sons Clark & Kent. installations. the business, and Some particular career balancing it out with highlights have been the creative aspects the construction of Hibiscus Private of painting and applying techniques to Hospital, as well as Shelly Beach their woodwork.

Hospital, for which Kelly and Lane’s “It’s actually quite common for us to

come in and copy furniture in a home for new buyers!” adds Kelly, while explaining that their factory can custom make pretty much anything to spec.

Their team is completed by a logistics section, sales team, as well as designers, and their two showrooms, one in Port Shepstone at HQ and now one in Ballito at The Quarter Boutique Shopping Centre, complete the package.

Their eye-catching modern designs and quality craftsmanship are a testament to the company’s dedication to their jobs, and their sincerity and family ethos resonates with both the South Coast and North Coast markets.

It’s easy to see how it all started with the sweetest of love stories.

Visit macsharptimbers.co.za, call 032 648 0042 or email lifestyle@macsharptimbers.co.za.

Find their Ballito showroom at The Quarter Boutique Shopping Centre.

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PR guru and woman-about-town Glenda Thompson has her finger on the pulse of the North Coast social scene. Here’s what’s been happening in our neck of the woods.

SHARING THEIR STORIES The 2019 annual fundraiser for the Umhlanga Women Achievers, that many of our local businesswomen belong to, was a fantastic success.

Money raised at the event went to the Open Door Crisis Centre, an incredible organisation that was founded by the amazing Thora Mansfield in 1997 to help abused women and vulnerable children and to help put a stop to human trafficking in South Africa.

Speakers at the event included Thora, Keri Miller from ECR and an old Ballito resident and now a mover and shaker in the KZN community, Wendy Richards, who was launching her autobiography, “Her Mother’s Betrayal,” her heart-breaking story of abandonment and abuse.

She is proof that there is life after heart break, and spends time motivating and inspiring people to climb out of their own personal pain.

Sue Davidson, Thora Mansfield &

Wendy Richards OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE Heritage Day seems to really bring out the best in people, with everyone proudly showcasing their own fantastically vibrant traditional outfits – or showing off the gear from our diverse range of cultures in this wonderful patch of heaven.

We whipped around Ballito on the 24th, checking out the outfits on display and my first prize went to these two lovely Zulu ladies from Leather Gallery, Nomzamo Zulu and Sphumelele Mzoneli who decided to show support and showcase the traditional gear from the Indian and Venda cultures.

Celebrating Diverse Heritages, Namzama Zulu And Sphumelele Mzoneli

SALSA REVISITED Loved a recent visit to Salsa who are under new management!

The food and the vibe were right on track and took me back to a wonderful time spent in South America a while ago. We need to support these awesome local restaurants during the off season.

They all deserve a good healthy boost to keep them growing and thriving!

Christos & Tracy Konahos from Salsa with their team Jj Nel, Nothile Mtshali & Lesley Nyathi

CULTURE AT ASHTON As the sport and sport facilities have grown and flourished at Ashton, the cultural aspect of school life has made a tremendous impact this year too.

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TUDENTS have shone in every sphere of music, dance, dramatic arts and art. Special mention must be made of the students who have excelled.

Tasmika Nurbadh received an invitation to perform at the International ARTS Convention in the USA. Where she had the opportunity to display her acting abilities to industry professionals such as Disney, Sony and Nickelodeon. Caitlynn Fomison competed in the World Lyrical Dance Federation Championships placing 7th in Lyrical U16 solo as well as the Jazz Solo. She also had the opportunity to dance on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre.

The Drakensberg Boys Choir performed at Ashton, and these very talented boys thrilled the audience with their vibrant concert. The Ashton Choirs then joined the ‘Drakkies’ for a mass choir event – choreographed by the conductor of the Drakensberg Boys Choir, Bernard Kruger.

The Cultural Showcase featured the winners of a variety of categories in the disciplines of art, dance, drama and music. The highlight was the Cultural Tour, performing at Umhlali Preparatory, Westbrook Retirement Village, Galleria Mall and finally for the Ashton Intersen Phase.

Once again the Rotary Choir Festival, which has become an annual event anticipated by many at Ashton and the surrounding school, was a great success.

This year, more choirs took to the stage

and performed to a capacity Grace Hall.

The evening ended with over 450 students on stage participating in the two mass choir items. This community fundraising initiative for Rotary was once again very successful and the proceeds of the evening is used by Rotary to import medical equipment for the disabled.

The best way to learn is to visit cultural events beyond the Dolphin Coast borders.

The Form 2 Subject Drama class enjoyed the One Spirit Performance at the iZulu Theatre, Sibaya Casino. The Form 4 Art, Drama and Music students enjoyed a cultural day out at the Hilton Arts’ Festival.

Also performing at the Ballito Junction Schools Expo were Rufaro, Aeryn, Keaton, Simone and the small string ensemble.

The Ashton Ten Year Celebration by the Intersen Phase students highlighted the depth and enormous talent being nurtured and encouraged at Ashton. Every student participated in the performance of the evening, and the colour, variety and musical and dance abilities left the audience in awe. The Foundation Phase are looking forward to their colourful performance ‘Whisked Away’ which will be held in the Grace Hall. Once again, the Westbrook Retirement Village residents will be treated to a wonderful morning of song and dance as they are guests of the Grade 1 – 3 Phase @ Ashton.

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HE 67th Christmas Country Fair is taking place at Collisheen Estate on October 30th and 31st.

This has become the most anticipated Christmas shopping event on the North Coast. The Christmas Fair Fund volunteers work extremely hard to ensure that everything on sale here is wonderful, from the food and beverages to the huge array of gift items and bespoke crafts carefully sourced from top producers.

This year 88FM will be broadcasting live from the Fair giving you a chance to send wishes and dedications to loved ones and friends to add to the festivities.

There’s plenty of secure parking, wonderful tea gardens and so much to tempt you to spend some money - all in support of some of the worthiest charities on the North Coast.

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The festive season is almost here, and with it comes more summer entertaining as we prep for the influx of holiday makers, Air B&B customers and family. Décor and DIY expert Allen Petrie has creative ways to dress your home, table or entertainment area that won’t break the bank.

HEAVY METAL Living where we do means our outdoor fixtures and furnishings take a real beating from the elements, especially the metal work. We asked the experts at Jack’s Paint & Hardware in Ballito for a step-by-step guide on how to maintain and treat your outside metal.

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scouring pad and galvanised iron cleaner.

Rinse. Apply two coats of Panache anticorrosive metal primer, then two coats Panache Roof acrylic, water based Polyglo or Panache water based, or solvent based High gloss enamel.

5. Fading – Sand the surface with a scouring 1. New – If the surface is not primed, pad and sugar soap solution, rinse. Apply one sand surface with scouring pad or coat Panache Universal undercoat followed by sandpaper. Rinse with clean water. two coats Panache Roof acrylic, Water based Apply one coat Panache AntiPolyglo or Panache water based, or solvent corrosive metal primer (Apply two based high gloss enamel. coats since we’re in a coastal area.)

6. Chalking - Sand the surface with a scouring Apply one coat Panache Universal pad and sugar soap solution, rinse. Apply one undercoat. Apply two coats Panache coat Panache Universal undercoat, followed by Roof acrylic, Water based Polyglo or Panache water-based, or solvent based two coats Panache Roof acrylic, water based Polyglo or Panache water-based or solvent high-gloss enamel. based high gloss enamel.

2. Previously painted and sound – Sand surface with scouring pad and All products are available from Jack’s Paint & liquid sugar soap solution. Rinse.

Hardware at Zimbali Wedge, Ballito. Call 032 940 0620.

Visit jackspaint.co.za Apply one coat Panache Universal undercoat. Apply two coats Panache Roof acrylic, Water-based Polyglo or Panache water based, or solvent based high gloss enamel.

3. Flaking – Apply paint stripper to all areas that are still adhering. Remove all paint. Degrease the surface with a scouring pad and galvanised iron cleaner. Rinse; apply one coat Panache Anti-corrosive metal primer (two coats for coastal areas). Apply one coat Panache Universal undercoat, followed by two coats Panache Roof acrylic, water based Polyglo or Panache water based, or solvent based high gloss enamel.

4. Rust – Sand the surface with a HEN doing exterior metal work, there are a lot of elements to consider. Here we look at six different substrates finishes when doing exterior metal:

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DDING your own style to your home has never been easier. ‘Home styling’ has become a decorative catchphrase lately and it is based on the idea that a style revamp does not mean that you have to go out and buy all new décor.

Reusing or repurposing (it’s not entirely the same thing) are ways to adapt what you have to create a new look for a space. Re-covering cushions can make a couch look new. Sawing a coffee table in half and creating floating shelves with the two halves is a really creative way to repurpose items to great effect. Recently, I saw an old outdoor bench, turned upside down and mounted on the wall as a shelf and it looked incredible.

Reversable rugs are a great idea if you’d like to change a room’s feel on a whim. It’s easy to flip a rug over and voilà!

Tableware for your dining table and entertainment area are mostly small items that make a big difference.

Glassware, like the range from Ngwenya Glass in Swaziland, can be a focal point for any table. The quirky, beautifully designed range lifts any table and adds a touch of class to any occasion. All made from recycled glass, the range is as stunning as it is eco-friendly.

Tablecloths and runners are another way to dress your table for entertaining.

Simple fabric can transform a tabletop and create a very specific look and feel for any occasion. Serving boards and platters encourage sharing of food, which leads to bonding with your guests in a way that plated food will not achieve. Tapas is perfect for North Coast summers and lends itself to the relaxed lifestyle that we’re famous for.

Greenery, both large and small, is a simple way to create a space with a natural feel even if you’re limited to a small area. Vertical gardens are popular, easy to maintain and very practical.

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And if you’re not blessed with green fingers, synthetic plants are so realistic these days that it’s almost impossible to know they’re not real.

TOP TIPS FOR ENTERTAINING AND DÉCOR FOR YOUR TABLE • Give people room – there’s nothing worse than crunching people together. A general rule of thumb is 600mm per person at the table with 100mm in between for elbow room.

• Benches are great for big occasions – kids love them and you can easily seat more people this way.

• Make sure your tables are properly sealed with a good finish or even a hydrophobic treatment to combat wine stains and the occasional spill.

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Kwadukuza beach manager ‘Seaweed’ Steve Honneysett asks, “where are our whales?” after a disappointing season of whale watching.

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HAT has changed the migration route of our whales this year along the KZN North Coast?

I had even prepared a space for them on my morning radio slot on 88FM, Radio Life & Style, with the intention of reporting the best sightings to the listeners so that their show could be enjoyed by everyone but this year, for reasons unknown to us, they skipped the North Coast of KZN. I recall last year sitting on the hill top at Sheffield Beach with binoculars in hand observing up to 20 animals frolicking out in the ocean all across the coastline. It was a magnificent sight, with some breaching and some lifting their tails high out of the water as they communicated with each other. It was truly a sight to see.

This year as normal we prepared ourselves for the season by getting our boats ready, just in case one was to get caught up in a shark net. We work closely with the KZN Sharks Board assisting them if required to cut a whale loose from a net, which happens from time to time even with whale pinging devices attached to all the net installations.

Early August we expect to see the first arrivals that then increase as the month progresses but this year a few arrived close inshore and then all went quiet, which is when we started investigating.

Local ski boat fishermen who were some distance offshore reported many sightings, but all were moving south and not inshore as normal.

So what is it that has changed their migration pattern coming in from the southern Arctic to the northern shores of

KZN, then moving south into the Cape waters before their long swim back to the Arctic?

The greatest shoal on earth passes the KZN coast in June and July and with it follows every size fish and fish species all hoping to get their share of the bounty, but this year we had sightings of killer whales – or orcas as they are commonly referred to – in our warm waters, which is rare.

So did this deter the whales from hanging out along our coast line, or could it have been the methods used by the oil companies to test the ocean floor for oil wells in the northern KZN waters that has kept them away?

If it was the presence of orcas, then I am sure whales will stay clear, especially if they intend to calve as a baby whale will not stand a chance against a pack of orcas.

The equipment that is used to search for oil deposits under the sea floor (I am told) interferes with the whale’s navigation system so I am sure that could be a reason for them moving on.

Whatever the reason, it has resulted in a quiet whale season with a few rare sightings and, for me, nothing to report about on the radio.

Hermanus has had its usual whale festivities and the Eastern Cape has been alive with activity so let’s hope that there has been no permanent damage caused and they return next year.

I can’t help thinking if the same thing is happening to other species like the turtles. Time will tell.

Seaweed Steve presents the Daily Surf & Weather Report on 88FM Ballito.

ANY people in these parts have a big snake story to tell. One of our advertisers, Hanno Schubel recently went viral on social media with a video of an encounter with a huge python on a trip to Mozambique. Dr Rosie Carey, our resident medical expert on 88FM came across a seriously big python on a Holla Trails ride earlier this year and my dear friend Alec Mackay and his lovely wife Silvia actually lost one of their Beagles to a python in Seaward Estate.

Still, a snake always gets a reaction and while most of the team was really cool with it, one of our number was deeply fearful and would have no doubt preferred for the creature to be instantly executed rather than being encouraged to proceed in peace into the surrounding shrubbery.

Her reaction is sadly not uncommon. Ignorance and superstition triggers fear.

But these creatures really deserve to be protected. They play a vital role in the natural ecosystem that we are so expertly busy destroying.

Our visitor, as it transpires, was a Natal Green Snake and if you are resident in these parts, you will probably encounter one sooner or later.

So, I thought you might like to know a little more about them and their close relative, the Spotted Bush Snake, also found here.

Both snakes look alike but the Natal Green lacks the black speckled markings of the Bush Snake.

This often causes people to mistake them for juvenile Green

I was rescued by my friend, David Rattray. We had some marvellous snake stories to tell, like the tale of the gigantic Black Necked Spitting Cobra that we captured as kids on a school camp at Rustenburg Kloof and kept in our tent until we brought it back to school in the bus where the headmaster and his cohorts were waiting for us! Now, that was a snake…

On our last fishing trip together before his untimely passing, we came upon a pair of Black Mambas in midengagement on a very remote stretch of the mighty Umzinyathi River.

They were bigger than any mamba either of us had ever seen and clearly upset at having been disturbed in their intimacy. They came at us and then disappeared into the dense riverine bush that we had to make our way through to escape. Those were snakes…

The thin green visitor that visited us at the L&S HQ last week was not even vaguely in the same league.

Mambas but these are much longer and thicker and seldom encountered beyond the coastal forest.

Like the Spotted Bush Snake, the Natal Green loves feeding on geckos which is why you sometimes find them inside homes looking for their favourite food.

Neither of these snakes has fangs or venom so they are harmless to people and pets.

They do have quite a few sharp little teeth though, so it’s not a great idea to try to handle them.

People are generally afraid of snakes. Snakes have had really bad press over the ages. But they keep things in balance in the natural order and where there is balance, there is harmony. Please don’t kill them.

When we were living in the bush in Northern KZN on the Fugitives’ Drift Game Reserve, I was trapped in the gloom of a windowless traditional Zulu beehive style hut when an angry injured python came between me and the very low doorway. Every move I made towards freedom was met by a warning hiss and a lunging strike and I think I aged visibly in what seemed like an eternity before

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STEP BACK into LIFE Anyone who has experienced the difficulties of recuperating after a traumatic accident or illness will know that your recovery involves so much more than just the physical aspects. Nurture Ballito is proud to be the very first integrated, holistic physical rehabilitation hospital in Ballito.

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URTURE HEALTH is part of an extended group of rehabilitation facilities, that were born out of the passion and heartfelt motivations of its founders and shareholders, who saw the need for holistic rehabilitation hospitals in South Africa that offered a new level of care and consideration for its patients and their families.

Embarking on your journey to recovery can be daunting, and Nurture Health are committed to navigating their patients through the complex and challenging process.

Based on international standards and values, the Nurture Health group opened its first hospital in Port Elizabeth and is part of a national network of 13 facilities across South Africa that have grown out of the sheer need for their services.

The group is founded on the premise that recovery is multifaceted, and involves so much more than just a physical journey.

The aim is to restore dignity, maintain respect, and return individuals as far as possible to the life they once had.

The group hopes to shift paradigms and change the language we use to address disabilities and illnesses. Instead of telling patients what they can no longer do, Nurture Ballito would prefer to tell them what they can achieve in their new circumstances, encouraging their own development and progress physically and emotionally.

Nurture Health prides itself on sourcing only the most highly skilled staff to join their teams, and Nurture Ballito Rehabilitation Hospital is no different. The staff component includes an on-site general practitioner, nursing staff,

Returning to life at home and in the community can be a real challenge when illness or injury leaves you with temporary or permanent impairment and disability.

QASA COO Raven Benny, Nurture Ballito Hospital Manager Pamela Groenewald, and ex QASA CEO Ari Seirlis.

The team at Nurture Ballito are here to help you. Our interdisciplinary staff of highly qualified medical professionals, tailor unique treatment plans centred around your needs and focus on achieving your highest level of functioning and independence.

Coupled with our nurturing environment and extensive range of rehabilitation services, we aim to guide you through the complexity and confusion and ultimately see you re-adjust and thrive in your new reality.

We believe that everyone deserves to feel their best. +27 (0)32 648 0015 ballito@nurturehealth.net Ingenuity Park, 3 Nandi Mthembu Drive, Ballito, 4420.

and specialists including physiotherapists and occupational therapists, speech therapists, clinical psychologists, dietitians and social workers.

Post-acute services include palliative care, geriatric assessment and care, family support and care, plus an isolation ward for hospitalacquired infections such as MRSA and CRE. Physical trauma patients will have access to the holistic services, whether they have suffered a stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, joint replacement surgeries, amputations, or generalised weakness from extended hospital stays.

Nurture Ballito also supports the rehabilitation of neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, as well as ‘end-of-life’ specialised facilities and emotional and medical support structures for both the patient and their families.

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Salt Rock rejoice – you finally have your very own Chinese restaurant and takeaway, an essential staple of any town! Oriental Taste is situated in the Sage Centre and offers great quality Chinese dishes and sushi that are surprisingly affordable. The menu is classic Chinese, from chop suey, wontons and chow mein, to fried rice dishes, kung pao and egg foo young.

They even retail White Rabbits to complete the experience.

Check their Facebook page for their weekly specials (they are real costs savers, especially on the sushi) but their normal menu pricing is still excellent value for money.

Visit Oriental Taste, Sage Centre, 1 Old Fort Road, Salt Rock.

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EASY AS 1, 2, 3... * Place your order online at www.foodmatters.co.za * Pay via EFT, Zapper or cash when you collect. *Collect from their kitchen at Unit 9 Monza Park, 2 Garlicke Drive, Ballito. They are open most week days from 7am to 3pm but please do give them a call on 032 946 3173 before you collect to check that they are open.

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Millennials are dictating the rise and fall of many an industry, and thanks to their passion for a splash of pink, rosé wine is on the rise. The upward spike began in 2017 with a 53-percent jump in sales, and the trend continues. Spring is the perfect time to introduce some rosé into your repertoire, so we asked Ricardo Guimaraes, co-owner of Beira Alta, Ballito’s favourite Portuguese restaurant, for his tasting notes and top choices of rosé for spring 2019: 1. Sunkissed Rosé by Lady Loch Wine Co. “A sweet and juicy rose with undertones of strawberry, rosewater and Turkish delight revealing a seductively soft and fruity finish. Our best-selling rose by far served ice cold.”

2. Petit Rosé, Ken Forrester “A more mature and dry rosé compared to the Sunkissed. Hand harvested in a sustainable manner and carefully blended to achieve refreshing strawberry/cherry undertones.”

3. Lancers Rosé by Jose Maria da Fonseca wines (Azeitao, Portugal) “Flavours of a Portuguese summer. Crisp medium bodied with a refreshing fruity finish. Best chilled and enjoyed on a hot balmy afternoon with some good company and even better seafood.”

TOP OF THE SCOTCH The Macallan, a revered whisky producer in the Speyside region of the Scottish Highlands, set a record in 2015 when a six-litre Lalique crystal decanter of the distillery’s ‘M’ single-malt scotch sold at auction in Hong Kong for $631,850. Six litres is the equivalent of eight regular bottles, so the price came out to $78,981 per bottle. That was a bargain compared to some of the prices The Macallan is charging today. The next most expensive Macallan, the Lalique VI 65-Year-Old Single Malt, goes for $83,073.

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Each year, around eight million metric tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans.

Countries and cities that have shown the most progressive policies when it comes to banning single-use plastic drinking straws, bags and other plastic items include: • Taiwan • Kenya (particularly plastic bags) • The UK • Zimbabwe (particularly polystyrene containers) • Canada • Australia • Rwanda (an outright ban since 2008 already) • Hamburg • France With the plastics and packaging industries employing about 60 000 people in South Africa, government have been slow to take any legislated action here. Sigh… catch up SA.

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Rebecca and Kate Lund have been dreaming up vibrant, healthy yet hearty dishes since their first café at The Litchi Orchard in Salt Rock. Now catering fulltime, they’ve also recently launched their very first cookbook to spread the foodie love.

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HERE’S something exceptionally ‘North Coast’ about sisters Rebecca and Kate Lund’s food. It’s fresh, colourful, and the perfect combination of health and decadence.

We selected a recipe from their new cookbook, Delish Sisters: Tasty Food Made with Love (Struik, R300), just for our Life & Style readers! It’s light, perfect for spring, and pretty as a picture.

AUBERGINE ROLLS “Our aubergine rolls can be served as a side to a meal or as a snack or canapé at a party. They are beautiful to look at and the indulgent sun-dried tomato cream cheese with the fresh bursts of the little pomegranate rubies is a winning combination … even if we say so ourselves!”

Makes 20 to 24 rolls 2 tubs (230g each) plain cream cheese 80g sun-dried tomatoes Salt and black pepper 2 large aubergines, mandolined or thinly sliced lengthways (we find we get 10 to 12 good slices out of a large aubergine) Rubies of 1 fresh pomegranate 30g fresh basil 1 tub (125g) shop-bought or homemade basil pesto

Make the pesto first if you’re going the homemade route. Blitz the basil, garlic, olive oil and almonds together and then stir in the Parmesan. Stir in the lemon juice, season to taste, then set aside.

In a blender, pulse the cream cheese and sun-dried tomatoes together with some salt and pepper until well combined. Pop this mixture into a bowl and into the fridge.

Pan-fry the thinly sliced Homemade basil pesto aubergines until golden, but 125g fresh basil not too crisp as you’ll need 2 cloves garlic them to be easy to roll.

200ml (¾cup) extra-virgin Place one heaped olive oil teaspoon of sun-dried 125ml (½ cup) roasted tomato cream cheese onto almonds one end of each golden 125ml (½ cup) grated pan-fried aubergine slice.

Parmesan Stud the cream cheese Juice of 1 lemon with pomegranate rubies Salt and black pepper and roll up.

Line up the aubergine rolls on a platter and top each witha teaspoon of We’re giving away two copies of Delish basil pesto, fresh basil and Sisters: Tasty Food Made with Love. To enter, simply a few more pomegranate rubies. ‘like’ our Facebook page @ballitolifeandstyle and post

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A MUSICAL MIND Shomon Daniel is a lovely anomaly. She’s a bohemian at heart, a musician and a composer, studied opera in South Korea and spent a year at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Foregoing the allure of big record label deals, she’s returned to teaching in Ballito. Life & Style sat down with her to chat about her life and loves.

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hen we first called to schedule an interview with musician Shomon Daniel, she answered the phone rather breathlessly, excusing the chaos in the background by explaining she’s busy hoisting her electric piano into the back of a truck to transport to the Drakensburg. She was heading to the White Mountain Festival, an annual acoustic gathering of musicians where she’s performed several times before. This time, she hopped on stage as the guest of another artist.

She’s found the balance these days between performances, teaching, song writing, and shooting the breeze at her home in Mount Moreland.

She split her childhood between the majesty of the Garden Route, and the Dolphin Coast, where she’s now settled

down to commit to her teaching. Five years ago, teaching took its toll on her when she began to lose her voice. She took a sabbatical and cruised Australia in a van, spending her time between underground poetry recitals, art exhibitions and performances; exploring a magical mosaic of art and culture.

Music for her is multi-faceted; “it’s healing, powerful, soulful,” explains Shomon.

“I always believed that I could reach the most people from the stage, but I’ve realised that with teaching I can reach someone on an entirely different level.”

Her grandfather bought her her first piano at three years old, and she’s been writing songs since she was five.

In addition, Shomon plays guitar, the ukulele, percussion, and of course, her voice is a major part of her repertoire.

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FAST FACTS • Interestingly, Shomon admits she doesn’t often listen to music,

but when she does, it’s likely Tori Amos, Anouk, Heather Nova, the compositions of Rachmaninov, Morcheeba, Portishead, and Chris Chameleon. “And if I ever do listen to the radio, it really is only 88FM Radio Life & Style!” she laughs.

• Her own compositions can come to her while she’s driving and she’ll

quickly pull over to write something down, or they can take three years to develop, like her song ‘Mona Lisa’.

•Her music has been described as “emotive, spiritual, theatrical, political ballads”.

•Her greatest motivation is God. Her spirituality is very important to her.

She adds that children, nature, and her music (in no particular order) complete her biggest passions in life.

Find her on Facebook Sho Music School, on Instagram @ShoMusicSchoolSA or email shomusicschoolsa@gmail.com

South Korea, where she studied opera, performed at state functions and taught English. It’s a place that still holds a lot of pull for her, but she admits that KZN is home. She also attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, where the likes of John

Meyer attended; she’s released three albums on her own steam, performs festivals and private gigs, and opens for some of SA’s most popular bands from Goldfish to Wendy Oldfield, and is about to tour with Crimson House.

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Regular exercise (usually recognised as just 150-minutes of moderate intensity or 75-minutes of high intensity activity per week) can decrease your risk of heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke. I have had patients who have stopped their chronic blood pressure medication by following a consistent exercise regime. It’s incredibly empowering to realise that by choosing to exercise you can not only prevent cardiovascular disease, but actually reverse it. No matter how unfit you are, it is never too late to start.

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“It’s incredibly empowering to realise that by choosing to exercise you can not only prevent cardiovascular disease, but actually reverse it.” damage) to the organs that need it. This effect is independent of the weight loss effect of exercising, which means that even if you aren’t losing weight while exercising, you are still getting the benefit of blood sugar control. If you can catch diabetes in the pre-diabetes or insulin resistance phase, it can be reversible with a strict exercise regime.

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Weight-bearing exercise is one of the most effective ways to prevent or delay the onset of osteoporosis.

Too often, exercise is seen as some sort of punishment or as a means of assuaging guilt after eating or drinking too much. Seeing exercise through that paradigm doesn’t leave much scope for enjoyment. It’s far better to focus on the positives. Imagine the effects that exercise can have on your health now and in the future and use that to motivate yourself. Even five minutes of exercise is better than nothing, and no matter how unfit you are, you will benefit from incorporating more activity into your lifestyle. Remember that if you have serious health issues, you should get the all-clear from your doctor before you start on an exercise program. Keep an eye out for my next article, in which I will give you some advice on starting an exercise program.

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