Splash Magazine - May 2018

Your FREE Lifestyle Magazine May 2018 Issue 95

Porky Artist

PigCasso

Find out why we want your

W H A L E

M E D I A Advertising agency | Media house Overberg Branch & Head Office Editor: Peter van Schaik peter@splashmag.co.za Copy-Editors: Kathleen Botha, & Hanneke van Schaik Design: Brenda Smal SPLASH Office Tel: 074 717 2582

SPLASH YOUR BUSINESS! To advertise with us email splash@splashmag.co.za Address: Gateway Centre, Hermanus, 7200 Postal Address: Private Bag X15, Suite 43, Gateway Centre, Hermanus, 7200

CONTENTS COMMUNITY & ART

EDITOR

Peter van Schaik

P4 Hélène Truter - MAY you

always keep your sense of humour.

P5 The Humble Sock.

P6 Introducing Annette.

P7 PigCasso.

Some socks are loners.

They can't live in pairs.

- Wendy Cope Hi Splash Readers All I'm going to say this month is...

WE WANT YOUR ODD SOCKS! FIND OUT WHY ON PAGE 5...

BODY P8

P9

Peter

Refine - It’s a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life...

The Bigger Picture.

Cover Art: PigCasso

HOME P10 The journey of the Khoikoi & San. P14 Dawie Snyman - Rugby en sy rolspelers.

e-BOOK GUIDE

To inquire about staying aloft in ‘Pigcasso’s Quarters’ at Farm Sanctuary SA in or to schedule an appointment to visit OINK Gallery or for any additional inquiries:

Some articles and all ads in this publication is interactvie. Click on articles to view videos or click on ads to go to the advertisers website or to send them an email directly from this e-Book.

VIDEO

E-MAIL

WEBSITE

oink@pigcasso.org 061 499 5006 www.pigcasso.org

Your FREE Lifestyle Magazine

Your FREE Lifestyle magazine

March 2018 Issue 94

January 2018 Issue 93

Caledon Artist Carol Mangiagalli

January 2018 / issue 93

Hermanus Artist Terry Kobus

March 2018 / issue 94

Previous issues of Splash available online at

www.splashmag.co.za

Follow us on Twitter and like our Facebook page

Read Splash on-line on your tablet or pc splashmag.co.za or visit our Facebook page

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter on our website splashmag.co.za or visit our Facebook page

Tune in on fridays 16:30 for the Splash tripple play, on Whale Coast 96FM

Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher or S P L A S H Magazine. Copyright © - Whale Splash Media CC - All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied by any form or means without prior permission of the publisher. The Publisher or S P L A S H Magazine are not responsible for any unsolicited material.

HERMANUS

Annabelle Hermanus offers a timeless selection of unique furniture and décor pieces beautifully crafted to inspire.

We are the Overstrands newest décor shop in the Whale Coast Mall offering you the best in quality Home Décor.

Whether you need to buy quality pieces for your home or just a special gift to spoil yourself, you will find a charming selection to choose from at AnnaBelle.

Shop G14, Whale Coast Mall, Hermanus @Annabelle_Decor

@AnnabelleDecorshop

062 620 9792

info@annabellehermanus.co.za

@annabellehermanus

www.annabellehermanus.co.za

@Annabelle Hermanus

May...

Drop-off point at

you always keep your sense of humour

I

f you’re a local, you will know that April is the best month in Hermanus. Glorious wind-free days. Not too hot, not too cold, just perfect, like Goldilocks’ porridge. I have no idea what May will be like. The world has become even more unpredictable than a teenager’s moods and I’m not just talking about our erratic weather patterns. I watch my daily dose of the BBC and CNN like a soapie addict. Surely Donald Trump has to run out of wars, people to fire, smutty girlfriends, and lamp poles to pee against. But no, this is a long running soap and we’re gonna get much more of the same… Same plots, different enemies, more lovers… Tomorrow’s lover will be yesterday’s enemy. Wow. Almost sounds like one of those affirmative statements that you can post on your wall. Almost. But not quite.

Even Hermanus saw its own turbulence. Ons het groot geskrik! Almal het mekaar opgewerk op Social Media. Die toeriste het weggebly.

Besighede het geld verloor. Werkers het pay verloor. Dit was nie lekker nie. Nou is dinge weer kalm. Ek hoop regtig net dat die beloftes wat gemaak is, waar gaan word. Want anders was daar net verloorders. Selfs ou Sannie Sonstraal (dis nou ek) het vir ‘n wyle in Daaina Donderwolk

verander. Ek’s ook maar net mens en dis hoeka nou daai tyd wat die hormone hop-scotch speel.

Vra maar vir my dierbare Percy. Hy moes lelik bontstaan. Vir almal wat ek sommer goedsmoeds uitgevreet het, vra ek nederig om verskoning. In die ou dae het Mamma/Ouma met ‘n nat lappie op die kop in ‘n donker kamer gaan lê – sommer vir ‘n jaar of wat – tot sy beter gevoel het. Maar vandag is ons mos bevryde vrouens en daar’s nie ruskans nie. So jy moet maar so in die hardloop ‘n handvol pille sluk en hoop die norsheid waai oor.

Maar soos altyd lig my swaar gemoed die oomblik wat ek by Amulet inloop. Salige musiek en net mooi mooi mooi waar jy kyk. Ek het net gister weer vars nuwe klere ingekry; trots SuidAfrikaans. Mooi, elegant… en bekostigbaar!

Laat ek julle net weer herhinner – ons kan tot by 3xxxl aan jou verskaf. Vra net en ons reël dit.

I’m also pleased to announce that due to public demand we’re now specialising in birthday cards for the elderly. And if you want I can ask my in-house designer to come up with a card for a 100-year-old. The cards are unique, original and only available at Amulet. Ons werk ook aan ‘n Afrikaanse reeks.

A few positive/wicked thoughts to get you

Hélène Truter

through the slightly cooler month of May… May … the pharmaceutical companies finally realise that any medication for the slightly more mature person needs to be printed in BIG BOLD letters. What’s the point of eye medication if you can’t read the instructions on the container, not even with a magnifying glass? I was so desperate the other day that I put on a pair of reading glasses over my bifocals… needless to say life was one big blur. I then realised - much to my shamethat my glasses actually just needed a good clean.

I was convinced I was growing cataracts!

May … the Cape region experience a wonderful rainy season. Even if it means that with our current leaky roof and windows at home we could have an indoor splash pool. Some of my Gauteng friends have been complaining about power cuts, moaning that they had no hot water.

I gently reminded them that some areas in the Cape have no water. Never mind hot, mild or even lukewarm. Puts things into perspective.

May … the idiots who share ridiculous lies on Facebook/WhatsApp get a big fat cramp in those nosey little fingers that are doing the talking and causing panic amongst the other idiots who actually believe that Mark Zuckerburg is closing Facebook tomorrow at noon unless you send all

your contacts to a specific email address… Ja right… and I have once again won the EU Lottery of three trillion Russian Roubles. All I need to do is send Mister Smith in Nigeria 500 dollar.

May … you have a wonderful Mother’s day. May you spoil your mother this May. May … cell phone manufacturers come up with phones with keypads for normal fingertips.

These days it takes me so long to correct my WhatsApps I might as well just walk right over to the recipient and deliver the message in person. Instead of sending them a ‘Goid Kuck’ message. I kid you not!

May … you donate your socks for a good cause.

Details available in Splash.

May … today be better than yesterday.

May … you tell that special person how special he/she is to you. Do it now.

May … you be lucky enough to find that Percy’s carrot cake is in stock today.

And as I look out my window I see it has just started raining…

May … our positive thoughts gather momentum and bring us all joy and happiness this year…

May I see you soon in my happy place

X X X

The Humble Sock!

Imagine going to school without socks or going to bed with cold feet…trying to keep warm, but your feet are frozen all day and all night.

Odd Socks came about one day whilst driving home from the airport and being cold all day from not wearing socks. An advertisement for a charity collecting blankets came on the radio and so the idea of Odd Socks was born. Deciding to go big with the idea, we immediately spread the word via Facebook and Twitter to get the ball rolling. The response was incredible!

We all have loads of single socks lying around at home. Odd Socks will take them off your ‘hands’ and pair them up for charity! We’re collecting clean single socks (and pairs) to donate to those less fortunate who don’t have anything to keep their feet warm this winter.

It’s been 5 years since we last collected socks to warm a couple of cold toes in Cape Town and now it’s time to start this drive up again and see if we can make the winter a little shorter and more comfortable for a few people. This year we’ve decided to focus on the Onrus/ Hermanus area with the help of a few generous friends, and I cannot wait to see the outcome.

Taken for granted, often missing its partner or forgotten on Sock Island!

Collection will be through April and May. We are hoping to distribute the socks in June. It’s a short drive this time around (with winter upon us), but I’m sure you’ve got a few single socks at home, that missed the trip to sock island. Old, new, plain, stripy, spotty or patterned or even perfectly matched pairs, Odd Socks wants your Odd Socks! We are collecting all shapes and sizes for the next 2 months so that we can distribute these as soon as possible.

How does it work? All you need to do is collect your single/odd socks and send us a message on our Facebook group and we will try to arrange collection. You are also more than welcome to drop your socks at our friends at Whale Coast FM as well as the Splash! Magazine office.

For more information please contact Antoinette at gottalovesocks@gmail. com or Peter at splash@splashmag.co.za

Spread the word, empty your drawers and keep an eye on Facebook!

W H A L E

M E D I A Magazine |Printing | Design | Media | Radio Drop-off point at Whale Coast FM and SPLASH Media offices on top of Gateway SPAR.

Businesses!, get involved and become a dropp-off point for the Odd Socks drive.

All drop-off points mentioned on Social Media and Whale Coast FM. Contact us now on 074 717 2582 or splash@splashmag.co.za SPLASH 5

Annette

What a huge privilege to introduce myself today! Hermanus will always hold a special place in my heart and I will definitely always consider it home. The saying does go that home is where the heart is. Well, seeing as your heart goes wherever you do, home is just there where you choose it to be. That is just my humble opinion.

I am a self-proclaimed city slicker. Although I don’t like the traffic, it does not faze me. The hustle and bustle of the busyness is as much part of me as my A type personality. My energy and drive comes from what I see, feel and experience around me every day. I am spoilt for choice when it comes to shopping centres, wine farms and events. No destination in Cape Town is too far. I heard that Capetonians are the worst drivers. Can’t say I agree (or disagree). Maybe we are just always on our way to somewhere exciting and in a hurry to get there! Please forgive our poor driving manners and sometimes offensive language. We are products of our busy highways and traffic jams.

So yes, I live in Cape Town, more precisely the Northern Suburbs. Originally from Hermanus I took the step more than 12 years ago to start a new journey. And what a roller coaster ride it has been! It took just about that long to find my reason, my why. Every step of the way formed and sculptured me to who I am today.

My piece of wisdom? I must admit I stole it from a very dynamic young lady I interviewed a few weeks ago. “If something is really meant to be, it will not pass you

by.” Thank you, Marciel Hopkins that is fast becoming my motto. When things don’t go my way, or as planned, this saying kind of lifts my spirits and let my positive nature re-surface. Being positive is something I deliberately choose, every day, even several times a day. Oh yes, that cliché is in fact true. Your attitude determines the outcome. Robin Banks mastered this and I will be the one hanging on his lips during a seminar.

I write, do freelance radio work and own a small coffee shop in Somerset West. The less fortunate; be that seniors, kids or animals; is something that lies close to my heart. I run projects and fundraisers and you will most definitely hear me talk about the Hanna Foundation, I am a proud ambassador.

Life as it happens, that is what I will be sharing with you. Inspiration is all around us, every day, from the moment we open our eyes right until we lay down at night to sleep. The homeless person on the street has just as much of a story as the next person. We all need a reason, purpose; I call it my why, in life. Mine is fed by every day happenings and the people I meet up with during my day. This is what I will be telling you about. No every day is the same, some more exciting than others, none less significant. You have thousands of yesterdays, your tomorrow is unknown, but today, today makes another yesterday. Make it count.

Introduction greetings.

Approved by all major insurance companies

PANEL BEATING & SPRAYPAINTING Factory Approved / Endorsed for ALL UNDER WARRANTY REPAIRS

NOW also KIA and Renault approved

Tel: 028 313 2162 customer satisfaction - our top priority Te l : 0 2 8 3 1 3 2 1 6 2

|

3 Y e a r s o f C u s t om e r S a t i s f a c t i o n - O u r t o p p r i o r i t y

Drop-off point

OINK A pig can’t fly, but one such pig can paint! Pigcasso, the half a ton of talent prodigy who has been taking the art world by storm since releasing her signature abstract expressionist collection last year –has now become the first of the non-human kind to host her own art exhibition – OINK – which opened at the Clock Tower Square in the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on the 19th January 2018. The catchy pink pop-up container concept displays Pigcasso’s artworks that command a price tag anywhere between $300

to $4000 with the proceeds benefiting Farm Sanctuary SA – an NPO that aims to cultivate a sustainable food production system that reduces its detrimental effects to the planet.

Mahatma Gandhi’s Great Grand daughter Uma Mathes was the special guest of honor.

OINK is currently exhibiting outside TRUTH coffee in Buitengracht Street in De Waterkant (CT CBD) and will then sail to Germany as part of an extended European Tour.

Pigcasso was rescued from a typical industrialized hog farm in the Western Cape by Joanne Lefson in 2016. When Lefson noticed that Pigcasso had a knack for the paint brushes that were left by the builders she decided to

‘By informing consumers about the dire effects of the industry on the planet through our art, we hope to inspire consumers to make more informed choices in order to create a sustainable planet for generations to come’ says Lefson.

nurture the interest and thus developed Pigcasso’s artistic career. The artworks represent a collaboration of human and pig, Joanne selecting the colours and themes with Pigcasso doing all the physical brushwork. A secondary selection of artwork includes Pigcasso painting singular lines in black with Joanne adding a spontaneous line to complete the form.

And besides a better planet, what else is on the agenda for Pigcasso? Another Kilo of caramel coated popcorn - and a painting to hang in the Musée d'Orsay one day. Hog heaven!

The creative duo aims to inspire consumers to think more consciously about the food they eat – and to highlight the catastrophic effects that factory farming is having on the environment. Animal agriculture is now the leading cause of climate change while one third of the worlds fresh water supply is taken by the industry.

To visit Pigcasso at and her OINK gallery at Farm Sanctuary SA in Franschhoek kindly contact 084 735 3303. To learn more about Farm Sanctuary SA visit www.farmsanctuarysa.org PIGCASSO’s artworks can be viewed and purchased online at www. pigcasso.myshopify.com

.

Hermanus

.

.

.

.

.

FABRICS BEDDING HABERDASHERY CARPETS CLOTHING GIFTS HOMEWARE

Contact us to order your

Personalised Rubber Stamps.

We offer a 24 hour service.

Tel: 028 313 0003

Drop-off point

Drop-off point

Fax: 028 313 0008

22 Arum Street, Hermanus Industria. hermanus@officenational.co.za www.officenational.co.za

Like

us on

book

Face

62 Main Road, Hermanus | Tel: 028 312 3265 | Fax: 028 312 1636 | hfshop@mweb.co.za

SPLASH 7

IT’S A NEW DAWN, IT’S A NEW DAY, IT’S A NEW LIFE …

So what’s hip and happening in the land of Aesthetic Medicine? This weekend at a congress in Dubai we learnt a lot about new trends in aesthetic medicine.

It's a new dawn.

It's a new day.

It's a new life.

and I'm feeling good.

-Michael Buble

A comparison was made with injecting dermal fillers into men versus women. We know that more men today are seeking dermal fillers. One reason is to masculinise their jawline and brow as they age, but another important reason that men are seeking aesthetic treatments, is because their beautiful wives are ageing more slowly and graciously (thanks to aesthetic medicine) and the man is aging at a normal rate. So the aesthetic ageing discrepancy is becoming a bigger and bigger. The third reason is that we are working longer and longer before retiring so the job market is a more pressured environment in which men in their sixties are competing for jobs with men in their thirties. One needs to look mature and wise in the boardroom, but not old. The difference is key to remaining influential.

The key to treating a male face is to avoid beautifying the face. It is necessary to accentuate geometric lines, such as strengthening the jawline and chiselling the chin area. One wants to avoid over injecting cheeks and lips. Botox is, in Europe and USA, well accepted as a treatment for men to avoid frown lines and crow’s feet. Some men also experience deep grooves under the eyes and this is easily remedied by dermal fillers. As simple as abracadabra we “vanish” the undereye bags.

Laser skin treatments remains very important in men. For removing the fine red veins around the nose, redness in cheeks as well as brown spots, we would use IPL (superficial laser). An even skin tone is

Follow us on:

Refine Anti-Ageing Clinic and

@Refine_Clinic

Tel: 028 316 1532 / Email: info@refine.co.za / www.refineclinic.co.za / Hemel & Aarde Craft Village, Hermanus, 7200

an important aspect to anti-aging treatments. True rejuvenation relies on using deep collagen stimulating laser, also known as fractionated laser (fraxel). More men are using skin treatments on a daily basis and this has become very specialised. A good skin therapist at Refine would be able to advise on skin care needs.

A neck rejuvenation is also becoming increasingly more popular. As we age we lose a lot of volume in the neck and the skin begins to sag. We need to analyse the difference in width of the cheeks versus the neck. One should not look like a lollipop face with a lollypop-stick neck. Soft watery filler placed thru the skin with the Vital Skinboosting Injector or with a blunt cannula (fine tube); can plump the skin on the neck, rehydrate and get rid of horizontal neck lines. Vertical neck lines, better known as a turkey neck, is caused by a thin muscle in the neck which develops vertical cables/cords over years. The treatment is simple. A little Botox placed along the vertical lines relaxes this muscle and lifts and softens the neck. This is also known as the Nefertiti lift after the Queen of Ancient Egypt, who was blessed with a beautiful sleek long neck.

Also interesting and novel is the fact that dermal fillers not only recontour and rejuvenate the aging face; but the HA in these fillers actually mops up free radicals (toxins) in the skin, stretches fibroblasts (builder cells), which then stimulates collagen formation. The collagen lasts for many years. This is the reason that women and men who regularly use dermal fillers show improvement in the quality and radiance of the skin. Even if filler is placed deep in the face.

Medical Rhinoplasty or “nose-jobs” done with filler, in the right hands is simple, quick and highly effective for correcting a wide nose, hooked nose, down turned nose tip or wide nostrils.

Not new but becoming more readily available are the medical indications of Botox. Jaw grinding is very common in this day and age. Not only does an overactive jaw muscle (masseter), distort our beauty and give us masculine chipmunk cheeks; but medically the constant grinding destroys our teeth and leads to jaw pain and joint damage.

Treating this is a simple set of 3-5 injections directly into the jaw muscle. It’s painless and akin to the feeling of dry needling or acupuncture. The results are felt within a week and continues to work up to 8-9 months because the jaw muscle is so large and takes time to regain full strength again. Certain medical aids will pay for this Botox if you have been diagnosed with jaw grinding (bruxism). This is usually diagnosed by your dentist.

We are also doing more Botox for Migraine treatments. It is a very effective option if you suffer from Migraines frequently. Or if your migraines do not respond to traditional medications such a Voltaren injections or Maxalt wafers. The results are also long lasting. We inject the Botox into the various muscles around the forehead area (temporal, forehead and frown), as well as back of neck and down towards shoulders.

Did you know that prolific sweating from armpits, hands, feet or scalp is more frequent than we think? This phenomenon which we call Hyperhidrosis medically, is remedied by Botox injections into the affected area. This is also a long-lasting result and one could have it done once a year before summer.

In summary, aesthetic treatments are becoming more and more popular in both men and women.

We can expect this trend to rise further. And look forward to more advances in this exciting and ever developing field of medicine.

Tel: 0283164122 / Email: info@emettmed.co.za

■ L a s e r S k i n R e j u v e n a t i o n ■ C h e m i c a l P e e l s ■ L a s e r Ve i n / H a i r R e m o v a l ■ B o t o x ™ ■ Dermal Fillers ■ Sclerotherapy ■ Diathermy ■ Permanent Make-up ■ Carboxytherapy SPLASH

8

The Bigger Picture Candice Dorman has built a noticeable platform since 2015 in the hope to launch her initiative THE BIGGER PICTURE: A Humanitarian Effort.

Her initiative THE BIGGER PICTURE: A Humanitarian Effort has formed a charitable alignment with THE BIG ISSUE in support of vendors with the support of Good Hope fm in terms of broadcasting.

Her inspiration for THE BIGGER PICTURE: A Humanitarian Effort was largely based on having raised over one million rand as 1 of 12 Executives for Reach Out & Give, supporting Kayamandi, a township in Stellenbosch, as well as introducing the LIVE BELOW THE LINE CHALLENGE to South Africa. She is also a graduate of Stellenbosch University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Humanities.

In terms of The Big Issue and her humanitarian efforts Candice has been successful thus far. < Fynbos Estate has offered vendors a complimentary stay (to the value of R12 000) < Honey Fashions & Accessories has offered vendors mother/daughter gift sets < Romy from Romy Paull Yoga has offered monthly yoga classes to the vendors at a community hall that is paid for and sponsored by Maria from Shakti Shanti

SPLASH

< Reydiant has also offered a mother/baby pampering hamper to a vendor with a newborn baby < The Stillness Manor & Spa in the Constantia Valley has offered a complimentary spa day to a vendor who has suffered from cancer < Oggi Activewear has offered bathing costumes to vendors with children < Coran Venter has offered monthly makeovers to female vendors showing promise She can only begin to imagine what could be done given more consciousness, opportunity and support during the course of 2018. A reminder that her humanitarian efforts are non profit in nature.

What adds more intrigue to her humanitarian photographs is that they are recognised

by Jasin Boland. Jasin Boland is one of Hollywood's most sought after photographers and has worked intimately with Charlize Theron and many other celebrities. Please refer to www.jasinboland.com As a published photographer and recognised humanitarian in South Africa Candice can proudly say that she has worked alongside Longevity Magazine, Truworths, Woolworths, Identity, Clothing, Elle Magazine, Tretchikoff, Elizabeth Arden, Jilliana&Co Organic Clothing & Operation Smile.

8

LONDON TRAINED BEAUTY THERAPIST FACIALS Sh'Zen stockist.

WAXING GEL NAILS ACRYLIC NAILS SHELLAC NAILS NELE NATURALE BIOSCULPTURE SILK & FIBRE NATURAL EYELASH EXTENSIONS THERAPEUTIC MASSAGES REFLEXOLOGY

Candice has also graciously added past Miss South Africa Beauty pageant winners to my portfolio such as Nicole Flint, Amy Kleinhans, former cancer survivor Wilma van der Bijl and South Africa's most beautiful including Amor Vittone, Lee-Ann Liebenberg, Vanessa Carrreira, Elana Afrika,Terry Pheto from Tsotsi fame & Michael Mol. She was seemingly an over-achiever as a young girl Home-coming princess, Class Captain, Prefect, Best Supporting Actress and Director of the 1 Act Plays. Candice has also studied Fashion Photography at Orms Cape Town School of Photography Candice would also like one particular image titled BENEATH THE COPPER SUN inspired by the Johnny Clegg song Scatterlings of Africa to be distributed throughout SPAR nationwide. To date Observatory SPAR is on board. The idea is to print the image on fridge magnets. She would also like my image BENEATH THE COPPER SUN to be recognised by Johnny Clegg.

Her vision is to collect corporate sponsorships and auction her images to build and sustain a homeless shelter as she knows that this is an obtainable dream. She would also like to create a vendor trust in the name of these vendors so that they can reach their dreams.

A foundation for her humanitarian efforts is to create awareness for these vendors that are forgotten and unnoticed and she would like that to change. She feels that it is her purpose to make these vendors, especially women feel cared for, empowered and loved.

Candice's Godmothers sister Alta van Heerden has also recently been announced as Principal of the International Confederations of Principals (ICP) within South Africa and she will help Candice in terms of guidance given on schooling and education in South Africa.

Candice's Grandfather is also a former South African Springbok and has recently been given the Lifetime Achievement award for his contribution towards boxing in South Africa and she would like to make him proud.

Should you wish to purchase Candice's artwork please contact her at candicedorman31@gmail.com

pamper me NAIL & BEAUTY SALON

FILLS CLUSTER EYELASH EXTENSIONS BROW TINT EYELASH TINT BASIC MANICURE BASIC PEDICURE GEL PEDICURE

Lashes Spray tan Microblading Ombrè brows 123 Tattoo Removal Permanent make-up Contact Ria 082 925 6957

After

Before SPLASHâ&#x20AC;&#x192;9

The journey of the Khoikoi & San verse present day lack of acknowledgement & sustainability of traditions Introduction of the nomadic tribesmen The aspect of lack of tribal recognition remains a consistent global phenomenon that has opened portals of horrendous embarrassment for Governments.

‘Man’ and I refer to this as a ‘universal term’ has been given godly custodian of the earth, and above all to safeguard culture and traditions as a heritage of our past, thus an educational tool to assess the future. If one relates to the recent findings that the cradle of mankind has inherent roots in Southern Africa, then we as citizens of a land that have seen so much evil, yet transformed and still in that process, must take cognisance of our nomadic tribes that roamed the coastland and hinterland of Southern Africa. When the white settlers arrived in the mid-17th century the whole country was inhabited by 3 different groups - the hunter-gatherers (San), the pastoralists (Khoikhoi) and the farmers (BaNtu). (The Khoikhoi clan up the West coast of Namaqualand were The Nama and as much as another 31 other clans existed) At first, the San co-existed peacefully with the Nguni (sub-language group of the BaNtu) who speak Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi and Ndebele).

They intermarried with the San incorporating the distinctive Clicks of the San, present to this very day but rarely heard amongst the original Khoikhoi.

The Khoikhoi (Jurisdiction & Culture) The Khoikhoi is one such tribe divided into 32 clans that historically dates back 20.000 years or possibly far older. Often referred to as The Khoisan, a derogatory term more in the sense of ‘ignorance’, as it refers to the (Khoikhoi blending with The San) who in turn also suffered from the derogatory Dutch term ‘Bushmen’ which means ‘outlaw’? Firstly let me reiterate that the Khoikhoi were pastoralists, arguably vegetarian, other than fishermen and advanced Herbalists, later farming with goats, sheep and cattle. They were not warfaring tribesmen and warmly welcomed the first Dutch Settlers in the Cape; sadly the reciprocation was not prevalent. The SPLASH

10

Khoikhoi’s pastoral culture and language group originated in the northern area of modern Botswana while down in the Cape they were referred to as Hottentots, often thought to be derogatory but actually means ‘stuttering’. This particular group reached the Cape 2000 years ago and their first confrontation was the BaNtu forcing them to move into the more arid areas of the hinterland or extreme coastline.

Threats and extinction Contrary to our South African history The Khoikhoi first encountered European explorers and Chinese merchants in the year 1400 where they were exposed to Smallpox. Years later the remainder were apostatised by the German Moravian Church and used as farmworkers, their first station Genadendal in 1738. At this point all their social barriers were broken and many married European settlers which resulted in the Griquas, commonly known as Basters.

Some Khoi were even recruited into the Cape Colony cavalry as marksmen for the frontier wars, known to be of the finest. By the 1800’s discriminatory laws on land ownership resulted in the creation of the Kat Rivier Khoi settlement, a fertile area on the Eastern frontier. The cynical move was to promote a buffer but attracted Xhosa tribesmen.

Harsher laws resulted in the Khoi joining Xhosa rebels. The Dutch Settlers initially clashed with the Khoikhoi and San inhabitants over land and cattle resulting in a form of ethnic cleansing when KhoiSan leader Chief Autshumato was jailed on Robben Island in the 17th century and the Click language was forbidden. During this time KhoiSan leader Chief Autshumato miraculously escaped and swam to the mainland, commemorated on Freedom Day by a group of boatmen who rowed from Bloubergstrand to the former prison island and back. For almost the entire nineteenth century, numerous leaders of The Xhosa, Khoi, Gcaleka in the Eastern Cape, the Korana in Northern Cape, and the Hlubi in Natal, were banished to the Island at different times. They constructed and lived in crude

structures in their traditional style to the north of the bay, geographically separated from the village in the southeast.

The Saartjie Baartman controversy No greater illumination exists than the exhibiting of Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (1790 –1815 who was subjected to life in human zoo due to her large buttocks (steatopygia) , displayed under the name Hottentot Venus – ("Hottentot" now considered an offensive term, although derived from the Dutch word for "stammer" or "stutter "due to their staccato pronunciations that characterize the Khoikhoi language; these components of the Khoikhoi language were considered strange and "bestial" to Dutch colonizers) Baartman eventually lived in poverty as a prostitute and alcoholic and died in Paris of an undetermined inflammatory disease in Dec 1815. After her death, Cuvier dissected her body, and then displayed her remains.

For more than a century and a half, visitors to the Museum of Man in Paris could view her brain, skeleton and genitalia until she was buried. Her exhibition in London, years after the passing of the Slave Trade Act 1807, created a scandal. An abolitionist benevolent society the African Association conducted a campaign for her release.

Present day Khoikoi enigma The word KhoiSan is largely an enigma to the average white and black South Africans as little education has been given to the public, other than rural findings of cave paintings or the commonly known KhoiSan stone with the hole in the middle that is often seen on a Karoo porch or in a display cabinet. The stone itself remains a mystery with many logical explanations, some believe that the hole reflects a spiritual portal into the dream world, a similarity to the Australian Aborigines, others believe a child was given the stone at a young age and had to carry it with him while the small hole was a lifetime of drilling for fire sparks, while others believed you drilled for water through it and sucked it out with a reed

straw. A more logical idea was that loose grass was put into the hole and a fire stick was used in the hole to roll until friction started a flame. The hole was to eliminate wind and confine heat. Some even believe that the stones were always there, just picked up by the Khoikhoi as hammers to knock their wooden Kraal poles into the ground. A recent rock painting depicted sticks put through the hole as a club which may have been used to ward off wild animals or even hostile tribes, but very contrary to their nature. If one travels to Cape Town one is often met with the joyfulness of say the flower sellers in Adderley Street or the tongue in cheek hardy fisherman of the two oceans, Atlantic and Indian. It is here that you will meet the humbleness and spiritual nectar of the Khoikhoi; often their features still reflect that proud San bone structure and an ancient gaze in

– Shiloh Noone their eyes. When asked about their past many will reply, ‘Ons is Harry’s se mense’ (we are Harry’s people) Harry being the chief of the Strandlopers whose kilt farmed fish up and down our coastlands, many of their ancient stone catchment areas still stand as a reminder of an ancient era, while nestled in the surrounding dunes, often Midden (Abalone shell dumps) where they broke their shells to eat or even gathered around a fire in thanks to the almighty above. Be it as it may the Khoikhoi and San are probably the closest living human beings in transient nature and looks to that of ancient man and while we dig around in caves, God has placed a living soul right within our living environment.

(The Khoikoi ancient transhumance practises are still practised today but only at the Richtersveld, now a ‘Unesco World’ heritage. They still revere the moon and pray to the sky

deity ‘Tsui’goab’ that controls thunder and rain. So where did it all go wrong, and I say this in all essence of truth that the stories of the Khoikhoi been subjected to barbaric animalistic treatment are not just well proven, but up to 1948 were documented that the tribal Khoikhoi were nothing short of wild animals. The esteemed Jan Van Riebeeck, a past criminal that landed in the Cape in 1652 initially started off trading with them in cattle, but as time passed the Khoikhoi were taken in as servant slaves and merged into the growing throng of Indonesian slaves that had arrived in Cape Town to assist in farming and provide wives and lovers for the Dutch farmers.

Heritage land to be redistributed to the Clans In a recent radio interview with Chief Khoisan Fred which took place on 6th March 2016, I was told that the present issues regarding land distribution point to the Moravian Church who have never really bought the land, but were given admission as missionaries to not only bring Christianity to the Khoikhoi, but also assist them in farming methods to attain sustainability. However with the Apartheid umbrella the goodwill and brotherhood of the Moravian Church seems to have

wavered under a more profitable enterprise of leasing out the land to white farmers which they have never really recanted of. I have personally perused a legal letter from the Moravian Church threatening the KhoiSan chief.

This particular issue is now already in legal proceedings and assisted by the UN. The present focus is on the Karwyderkraal farm in the Hemel & Aarde valley Hermanus, an area rich in wine farms and a global tourist area due to the whale watching of Southern Right Whales from the Antarctica and famed Shark Diving.

Chief KhoisanFred felt that a traditional Khoikhoi village where tourist could visit would not only bring in sustainable income but a first as a cultural village and tourist highlight for the Overberg, notwithstanding a portion of the grape profits to a work force already qualified in that calibre, having been born on the farm and worked in the fields to this present day. Myself Shiloh Noone as a regional radio presenter and the curator of the Matshana Museum based in the area, I have taken it upon myself to assist in the plight of the Khoikhoi, in this particular jurisdiction by illuminating their dreams, aspirations and inherent right to their land that was wrongfully taken away from them

all those years ago, brought to fulfilment.

The presiding challenges and weakness of the Clans

genes had little resistance to alcohol effect. The same effect existed amongst the Australian Aborigines and tribal Native Americans.

It is with sadness and justifiable anger that at this present moment parliament does not accept the Khoikhoi, even though presented on our national flag and acknowledged by the United Nations. Numerous marches to Parliament have only exasperated a situation that now seems almost impossible with present Parliament in disarray over more macro elements that threaten the very existence of the country. To add to the confusion the Khoikhoi tribes are not united, thus to quote an old Western saying ‘Too many chiefs emerging’. In all seriousness the above statement is closer to the truth as once acknowledged, the thirty two Chiefs would all have to receive some form of parliamentary salary according to legislation. Quote Patricia De Lille – ‘the coloured people are a confused people’, in response Chief Fred Meyer feels she is embarrassed about her own Khoikoi heritage. In all fairness I think the honourable DE Lille was referring to the divided status of the clans and urging them to unite under one Chief whilst the present status quo leans to opportunist scenarios, a similar situation when Ethiopian Jews were airlifted back to Jerusalem during a civil war.

The San (Nomadic tribesman from Kalahari & Northern territories)

Khoikhoi Tribal Structure crumbling

The San Shaman (medicine men) would harness a sacred animal’s soul by putting paint to a rock with the animal’s blood mixed with red ochre (Haematite) and yellow ochre from Limonite, this would open spiritual portals.

(Nearly all of the rock paintings had underlying spiritual themes) Their most spiritual animal was the Eland whilst they engaged in 4 rituals, (1) a boy’s first kill, (2) girl’s puberty, (3) marriage, and (4) trance dance. The San are incredible trackers and eat almost everything and extremely Eco, using every part of the animal, even cracking the bones to suck out the marrow. Their knowledge of roots, bulbs and herbs are extraordinary. The San make use of over 100 edible species of plant. While the men hunt, the women, who are experts in foraging for edible mushrooms, bulbs, berries and melons, gathered for the family. Children stay at home to be watched over by those older people remaining in camp. During their campfire gatherings stories and songs was the order of the day whilst often a hunter would rise and mimic an Eland or the hunt of the day, a carbon copy of the Native American tribes or Amazonian Forest People. On a lighter and more romantic note and this may sound ‘cupid stupid’, we all

Contact with Nguni and SothoTswana farmers is also depicted in the San rock art, reflecting cattle and sheep as well as of people with shields and spears.

Unfortunately, hunter-gatherers could not live permanently alongside a settled community and thus problems arose. When the San fought against the BaNtu, they were at a huge disadvantage not only in numbers but also in lack of weapons. With the Europeans, they were at an even greater disadvantage against horses and firearms. In this period, the number of San was greatly reduced. They fought to the death and preferred death to capture where they would be forced into slavery? Sadly the present merging of Khoikhoi into modern society has been tragic and more in the lowest social order due to poverty, lack of training skills and alcoholism.

Let it be said of the latter that back in the time of the Dutch settlers’, existent up to 1994 and in some areas even later, Khoikhoi farm labourers were often paid with jugs of alcohol or part of. This resulted in generations of Khoikhoi being addicted to alcohol, while even more destabilising their inherent

To the North the Kalahari San, collectively known as Basarwa (those who don’t rear cattle) were Hunters & gatherers and comprised of 13 clans, the oldest of the Nomadic tribes.

Notably The San also suffered from the derogatory Dutch term ‘Bushmen’ which means ‘outlaw’. The historical roots of the San go back to Botswana’s Tsodilo Hills , rich in stone tools and rock art paintings, dating back thousands of years. (Tools dating back to 44,000 BCE were discovered at a Border Cave in KwaZulu-Natal) The early San belief system would holistically revere the moon but the Kalahari San worshiped their supreme creator being ‘Cagn’ who created the world and often appeared as a ‘Praying Mantis’. (They also communicated with the deceased) The San also paid homage to ‘Tsui’goab’, a sky deity that controlled thunder and rain.

(Tsui’goab was in constant battle with a devil called Gunab, whom also assumed caused death and sickness) The omnipotent God was !Xu where the souls of the dead went to, he also bestowed magic powers on the Shaman .

know about the little man with the bow that shoots the arrow of love, but I wonder if Wikipedia should be reminded of where it actually started. For the last 15000 years or so when a San (Bushman) admires a woman, he has a very small bow and shoots a little arrow into her buttocks, if she pulls the arrow out, she ain't interested in him, (what a bummer) but if she leaves it in, 'it’s a definitive yes', and you thought it was all hoodoo love stories?

Hunting Hunting is done by the entire tribe of men and the man whose arrow killed the animal has the right to distribute the meat to the tribe members. However, plant foods, gathered by the womenfolk, are not shared but eaten by the woman's immediate family. The method of hunting is largely bow and arrow using larvae from a small beetle or snake venom as a numbing poison. The most poisonous carrier is the Ngwa, a red caterpillar; the poison is neuro toxic, thus doesn’t infect the entire animal. When catching small animals such as hare, guinea fowl, or Duiker, traps made of twisted gut or fibre from plants. The hunter waits patiently behind the hole until the animal is caught and once firmly pinned down, is hit on the head with a Kerrie (club).

Global Illumination of the San During the early eighties, The San were strongly illuminated by the late Lourens Van Dr Post and dare I say Prince Charles.

My hesitation, although justifiable is balanced by a permit I hold in my hand issued by the British colony of Bechuanaland in 1936 that gives permission for a hunter to shoot two Oryx (or as we know Gemsbok) , 1 Springbok and two Bushmen? (I do believe the same permits were issued in Australia up to about 1967 while South Africa still under colonial rule in 1948 withdrew those permits) Ironically a nation that was responsible for slaughtering over 10.000 NamaSan from 1904 to 1907 was The German South West Africa. More than half of the total NamaSan population, perished. This was the single greatest massacre ever witnessed by the Khoikhoi people. It is with great gladness that up to 2015 the numbers of the San have grown up to about 70,000 whilst most have simulated into Western society, a throng of at least 600 still roam and hunt, this may seem small, but in the seventies the numbers amounted to 25.000 in total with a mere 200 that were still roaming and hunting in the more arid areas of the Kalahari and Namib.

SPLASH 11

A further global San illumination can be attributed the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy, written and directed

by Jamie Uys. Yet even when the whole world laughed at this small San hunter that found a coke bottle that fell from the heavens, a trait of derogatory disdain hovered incessantly over the length and breadth of a film that admittedly exposed many San home truths. I think back to a San farmer N!xau that acted in the film cackling away in the Click language that caught the world asunder.

That very ‘Click’ language has now infiltrated into one of the largest tribes of South Africa, The Xhosa, although even they only added three clicks to their syncopation, yet in the remnant of the Khoikhoi, lost to this present day. I say thank heavens for the song ‘’Qongqothwane’’ or better known as ‘The Click Song’ (many click consonants in it) which Miriam Makeba globalised in the seventies, a small but mighty legacy that in some ways educated the world.

Dare I say it, ‘’The Click song’’ means ‘Knock Knock Beetle’ and I don’t mean John Lennon, but if you have ever sat on a porch in Africa under the stars those clicking beetles are your nocturnal companions on a starry

SPLASH

12

night, an experience that will stay with you till eternity. (Notably the San claim to have sung songs before they actually spoke or had a language. They speak of a God of music that was flung to the earth by a greater God and now roams the earth to and fro looking for souls to possess, an uncanny similarity to that of the Judaic Christian history?

(Personal Journals) The San expedition, 1979 Kalahari Desert Unlike so many ‘Ethnical Schools of thought’ who preferably study the San from countless books, I undertook to try and live with them in 1979, a naïve choice in the making. Other than my experience as a nature conservation officer and my bush warfare history, I was yet to find a more trying experience than expected. With the help of George Swanson, a well-known American mineralogist I was taken by landrover into a remote area of the red dunes where a San encampment had emerged overnight by two geologists, Baxter Brown and Hugh Jenner Clarke. Little was said by the Kings English Geologist as he dropped me off in 44 degrees of blinding heat with not a tree in sight , his last remark ‘are you sure about this’. I just wandered

into their circle and plonked myself down. The following 6 aspects were noted as I travelled with them.

1) Firstly the San never sleep, but more in a trance with their eyes partially open and you can never hear them breathing or snoring, in fact silent as a lamb.

2) Walking in the veldt and staggered bush, birds would normally stop singing as you approached, but with the San the birds kept singing.

(Also noticed that the Spitting Cobra (Rinkhaels) does not raise its head as the Bushman approaches , but retreats) 3) The women have flaps over their vagina and the men have a permanent erection most of their life. (Consider the prospects of what that particular root or bulb can do for mankind) 4) Another noticeable trait of the San was their ability to become one with their surroundings, a characteristic first noticed during the Angolan War where San were forced to be trackers. In one particular instant a San stood exactly 6 ft from me but I could not see him until he moved. It was not just good camouflage, but more like a mystical transformation into

oneness with nature. (Shape shifting) (Aborigines have a similar nuance) 5) The San also apologise to elephants when cracking the dry river bed and sucking water out of it. Even more bravely they approach the elephant within two feet and the elephant remains motionless as he cackles away. This was recorded in the ‘Gods Must be Crazy’ but witnessed by myself before the launch of the movie.

6) During their trance dances and chanting my forehead experienced a strange but pleasant hazy pulling feeling and then I seemed to lift and swirl, only to awaken the next morning. (Please note I was not smoking any herb or subjected to any Shaman touching me) My time with the San was a tough sunburnt 5 months in 1979 and rescued by a Rio Tinto helicopter thanks to George Swanson after a strange paralysis overtook my legs. (I recovered almost immediately after being airlifted out of the Kalahari and the doctors could find no cause, (During this time the revered Lourens Van Der Post visited me at the Springbok clinic where nuns were tending to me, quizzing me about my

experiences ) Looking back, I’d like to think that those last remaining 600 nomadic San still roam the red dunes of the Kalahari and will increase over time while sadly many have degraded into the lower segment of western civilisation as alcoholics, so like the Native American tribes that have little inherent resistance against alcohol. During the Angolan War of the seventies the San were forcibly used as trackers and bribed with hats, coca cola peaks and cheap shiny jewellery. The San were particularly vulnerable to landmine atrocities and many fell victims, the records of those according to military files never existed. The environmental irony of the San is that they are the most advanced organic farmers and herbalists with an acute knowledge of the earth and could be utilised in a more sustainable manner in a country like South Africa where drought has recently wreaked havoc. The proof of this statement is the present day existence of hundreds of peaceful vegetarian Rastafarians that live in the hills of Table mountain and are continually hounded by the police , notably they are also very much part of the Khoikhoi heritage.

?

CHECKLIST FOR THE SALABILITY OF YOUR PROPERTY

Did you know

Pricing Presentation of your property Troublesome accessibility

Drop-off point

Poor quality photo’s/marketing content

028-316 3657 hermanus@realnet.co.za www.realnethermanus.co.za Contact us for a FREE salability report on your property.

20 Mimosa Street Hermanus POLE DEPOT Saint Street POLEAll DEPOT Bredasdorp 20 Mmosa street, 20 Mmosa street,Hermanus Hermanus All AllSaint Saint Street, Bredasdorp @Street, PoleBredasdorp Depot POLES & &&LATHS LATHS •••POLES (CCA) POLES LATHS(CCA) (CCA) BRAAIHOUT •••WENDAY WENDY HOUSES HOUSES WENDAY HOUSES GARDEN GOODIES •••GARDEN GOODIES GARDEN GOODIES STABLE BEDDING •••STABLE BEDDING STABLE BEDDING WENDY HOUSES •••BRAAIHOUT BRAAIHOUT Cell: Cell:082 082895 8955949 5949 082 082893 8937965 7965 E-mail: E-mail:timberlog@telkomsa.net timberlog@telkomsa.net Tel/Fax: Tel/Fax:028 028384 3841587 1587

RUDI’S RUDI’STIMBER TIMBERCONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION

•• TIMBERFRAME TIMBERFRAMEBUILDINGS BUILDINGS •• NUTEC HOUSES NUTEC HOUSES ● DECKS •• FENCING ● DECKS FENCING(Laths/Timber) ● •• CARPORTS CARPORTS ● VERANDAS VERANDAS ● DECKS •• GARDEN TACHED STRUCTURES GARDENROOFS STRUCTURES CONTACT: CONTACT: RudiCONTACT: le Grange Rudi leleGrange Rudi Grange Cell: 079 734 6998 Cell: 079 timberlog@telkomsa.net Cell: 079734 7346998 6998 timberlog@telkomsa.net www.xplorio.com/gansbaai/rtc timberlog@telkomsa.net

Visit our showroom at FREE QUOTES / SHOWROOM 028 312 3214

Visit our showroom at the Mink Business Park, Cnr Mimosa & Steenbras Str, Hermanus Industrial the Mink Business Park, Cnr Mimosa & Cnr Mimosa & Aluminium Awnings Steenbras Street, Steenbras Street, and Canopies Hermanus Industria.

Hermanus Industria.

Free Quotes • Tel: (028) 312 3214 Cell: 082 654 8589

Décor Shutters and Blinds

AWNINGS

Drop-off point

Aluminium Awnings and Canopies

Free Quotes

• Tel: (028) 312 3214 Cell: 082 654 8589

Canvas Canopies and Awnings

Décor Shutters BLINDSand Blinds SHUTTERS

Canvas Canopies and Awnings SPLASH 13

R

BY

EN SY ROLSPELERS Ons is weereens in ’n baie opwindende deel van die rugbyseisoen. Kompetisies is besig om na die einde van uitspeel-rondtes te beweeg en die internasionale seisoen is op hande. Almal spekuleer in afwagting vir die aankondiging van die Springbok span en die nasionale wedstryde wat volg.

Dit laat my onmiddellik dink aan waar ons ’n jaar gelede was en hoe die een jaar in die volgende inbeweeg sonder dat daar groot waterskeidings-veranderinge plaasvind. Dit is maar siklusse gebeure van gebeurtenisse. Jaar in en jaar uit vir alle betrokke partye.

Onwillekeurig bedink ek toe al die betrokke partye en die rol wat hulle in die pakkie van spel ontwikkeling vertolk. Hulle proaktiewe bydrae tot die groter filosofiese belang van die spel in die groter gemeenskap waarin ons lewe en waarde toevoeg — hoop ek. Ek gaan probeer om die pakket uitmekaar te haal van begin tot waar ons vandag staan. Die hoofdoel daarvan is eintlik om by ’n punt uit te kom dat ons kan sê waarheen is rugby in die toekoms op pad heen…

Die eerste rolspelers is die spel self en die spelers wat die behoefte het om die spel te speel. Sou alles verdwyn wat hierna genoem word, sal die spel nog altyd gespeel word. Die spelers het die behoefte om dit te speel. Oorspronklik is die oerspel, wat deur ewolusie ontwikkel het tot waar dit vandag is, ontwikkel uit ’n behoefte van spelers om teen opponente mee te ding en dit dan ook volgens spesifieke reëls van die dag soos bepaal, gespeel. Die reëls is deur die twee spanne se kapteins neergelê en die res is geskiedenis.

Dit bring my by die tweede rolspelers wat die skeidsregters is. Oorspronklik het elke kaptein se span sy eie skeidsregter gehad. Vandaar die Stellenbosse eksperiment met twee skeidsregters op een veld in een en dieselfde wedstryd, wat toevallig wonderlik werk! Ongelukkig het die skeidsregters in ’n kultus ontwikkel wat geen verantwoordelikheid teenoor enige iemand in die rugby wêreld het nie. Hoewel die SA skeidsregters ’n subkomitee van die SARU volgens grondwet is, maak hulle net soos hulle goeddink. Ook op internasionale vlak geld presies dieselfde orde. Die grootste probleem op die vlak is dat die skeidsregters meer van die spel af weet as die administrateurs. Die administrateurs kan dus geen leiding aan die skeidsregters gee nie. Dit het egter verreikende gevolge vir die spel en die ontwikkeling (of nie) van die spel.

Neem bv. die nuwe reëlings wat die IRR deur middel van sy skeidsregter-gurus aangekondig het tov die doodvat reël. ’n Doodvat op die grond plus nog een speler is ’n losskrum.

Om die bal terug te wen van die aanvallende span af, word nou nog ‘n moeiliker saak. Die draer van die bal moet ’n

SPLASH 14

geleentheid kry om die bal te plaas na die doodvat en dit gee net genoeg tyd vir sy spanmaats om oor die bal te kom spesifiek as hulle weet dat die draer van die bal kontak gaan speel. Wat is die effektiewe voordeel van die aanvallende span met die bal dan? Met die hersirkulasie van die bal wat nou alledaags in rugby is, sirkuleer goed-afgerigte spanne nou besit tot so veel as dertig keer. Sou afrigters nog groter binneagterspelers kies wat effektief die gedeelte van die spel beter kan beheer kan die bal tot so veel as 100 keer gehersirkuleer word met minimale risiko van besit-verlies. Ek sal bv. op die aanval, my skakels sowel as senters vervang met spelers soos Dwayne Vermeulen en nooit die bal skop of aangee nie.

Dus verseker ek die hersirkulasie van die bal en as ek eers die bal het, behou ek die bal vir die res van die helfte van spel wat nog volg. Daar sal baie meer speeltyd in die spel sal wees, iets wat gepromoveer word in die argumente ten gunste van so ’n reël, maar baie minder om te sien. Geen skrums en geen lynstane nie. Dit kan groot negatiewe gevolge vir die spel inhou. Net vir interessantheid sal ek my skoppers op die vleuel sit en hulle slegs inbring as ek hulle nodig het. Opponente kan nie punte verwerf as ek besit het nie. Tragies die gevolg vir die spel.

Die derde rolspelers is die administrateurs en hulle verantwoordelikheid in die nuwe professionele era het eksponensieel toegeneem en dit tot so ’n mate dat die toekomstige ontwikkeling van die spel eintlik vierkantig voor hulle deur geplaas kan word. Hulle opleiding om dit te kan doen vanweë die diverse uitdagings vanuit ’n holistiese perspektief tot die spel gesien is te bevraagteken. Sou u dink dat ek so bietjie aggressief is, kom ons lys net ’n paar voorbeelde van die studievelde wat die administrateur onder die knie moet hê om effektief te kan bestuur.

Die spel self, die reëls van die spel, die ontwikkeling van spelers deur middel van die spel en afrigting, hoe ’n speler leer om iets te doen per posisie spesifiek of in die algemeen.

Die sielkunde van die spelers en personeel. Die administrasie van die spel. Die finansies van die spel. Die regstegniese beginsels wat met al die bg. scenarios te make het. Die sosioen maatskaplike behoeftes van die deelnemers aan die spel ens. As jou kennis van die werklikhede van die elemente in die spel in gebreke is, is jy as administrateur op dun ys. Leen jy dan nog jou ore uit aan raadgewers word die risiko’s net eksponensieel groter.

Die vierde rolspeler het gekom met die toetrede van televisie tot die promosie van die spel en vandag ook die finansiering van die spel, (en glo my hulle hou die spel op die oomblik

– Dawie Snyman finansieel aan die gang) het die speelveld drasties verander.

Hulle dikteer hoe kompetisies daaruit sien en wanneer en hoe dit gespeel moet word. Ek is ook daarvan oortuig dat hulle ’n baie groot inset op die ontwikkeling van die spel tov die reëls en aanbieding van die spel aan die kliënte het en dikteer.

Rugby is in kort totaal afhanklik van die TV base se behoeftes en is totaal deur hulle gekaap. Dit is ’n jammerlike posisie om in te wees as jy nie meer jou eie bestemming kan bepaal nie.

Dit bring my by die vyfde rolspeler – die kliënte van die spel – wat die toeskouers is. Ja, die voortbestaan van die spel is nie onder druk nie. Die spel sal altyd gespeel word, maar die ontwikkeling van die spel as ’n waardige kompetisie tot ander sportsoorte is onder druk. Toeskouers moet deur die hekke kom en wedstryde ‘in real time’ sien. Dit skep die atmosfeer en entoesiasme. Soos Dr Craven dit gestel het – ’n VOLKSFEES. Die eerste stap in die verkeerde rigting wat die kliënte gee is dat hulle nie meer wedstryde bywoon nie. Die tweede stap is dat hulle nie meer na die TV kyk nie. Hulle sal so ’n loertjie maak, maar die belangstelling is regtig nie meer daar nie. Dit is voorwaar ’n baie gevaarlike plek om te wees as dit die stand van sake van ons rugby is of word. Rugby is vandag baie naby daaraan. Toeskouers het geen belang of baie min belang in die wedstryde in ander lande. Nog te meer so as hulle spanne teen mekaar speel. Sou daar ’n SA span teen hulle speel, word dit maar ’n streeks- belangstelling in SA. Byvoorbeeld, die Bulls teen die Blues is nie regtig iets waarna ek wil kyk nie.

Hierdie vyf rolspelers is interaktief afhanklik van en aanmekaar gekoppel vir die optimale ontwikkeling van die spel. Kry hulle dit reg, gaan dit goed. As dit nie so is nie, beweeg die spel in die verkeerde rigting. Hoe herstel ’n mens die sake as dit nie goed gaan nie? Dit is ’n baie belangrike vraag.

Die antwoord is kompleks. Behoeftes van die kliënte moet aangespreek word. Objektiewe navorsing moet in hierdie verband gedoen word. Ernstige vrae moet gevra word en interne kompetisies in SA wat die verbeelding aangryp moet in ere herstel word. Vrye markkragte moet gestimuleer word sodat die organisasies wat dit reg doen, wins maak en die voordeel van hulle winste kan geniet. Geen professionele lisensies moet vir sekere unies gegee word en ander nie.

Enige span wat sy weg oopsien om professioneel te kan meeding, moet dit kan doen. Net die beste sal in elk geval op die einde bo uitkom. Miskien kan ons volgende artikel juis oor so ’n model handel.

Geniet die komende internasionale seisoen.

W H A L E

M E D I A Magazine |Printing | Design | Media | Radio

STAY TUNED TO 91.4 FM FOR MORE INFO ON ODD SOCKS.

Drop-off point at Whale Coast FM and SPLASH Media offices on top of Gateway SPAR.

INSTALLATIONS BY

The Installer®

solid loor HARDWOOD

FLOORING

•

• BLINDS • AWNINGS • TRAXDOR • FLOORING & DECKING • DUSTLESS FLOOR SANDING • CARPETS • VINYL • SCREENS • CLEARVISTA SHUTTERS

CUSTOM STYLE SOLUTIONS

Phone: 028 313 1839 | Mobile: 082 952 6900 | Fax: 086 547 9780 | Showroom Unit 9 Whale Park, 2 Argon Road, Hermanus Business Park E-mail: theinstaller@telkomsa.net | www.theinstaller.co.za

THE AVENUES, SANDBAAI

ONRUS CLOSE, VERMONT Sole Mandate

R1 275 000

R1 995 000

Sole Mandate

Ref No HMS 04/01

SUNNY APARTMENT LIFESTYLE

This well designed property, offers private front and back gardens. Lounge, dining room and kitchen down stairs and 3 double bedrooms upstairs. Walking distance to Curro school.

Large 2 bedroom apartment (103 M2), 2 full bathrooms (both with bath and shower).

Open plan lounge and kitchen. Built-in braai.

Walking distance to shops. Mountain views.

PETER GREYLING 082 928 3321

HERMANUS BEACH CLUB

HEMEL EN AARDE ESTATE R2 975 000

CINDY ROWE 079 453 1696

R850 000

Drop-off point

Ref No HMS 04/03

www.coastlineflooring.co.za eurika@coastlineflooring.co.za

Ref No HMS 04/02

A CUT ABOVE THE REST

Sole Mandate

Ref No HMS 04/04

YOUR OWN HOLIDAY APARTMENT

CONVENIENCE ON YOUR DOORSTEP

Unfurnished, top floor apartment, in the middle row of the complex. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom.

Excellent complex leisure facilities. 3 km from the Hermanus CBD. 24 hour security.

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom family or holiday home. Estate has a clubhouse, tennis and squash courts, gym, pool, and walking trails.

All offers from R2,9M will be presented.

ALTA BESTER 076 837 7571

PETER GREYLING 082 928 3321

www.rawson.co.za/hermanus

WE HAVE A WIDE SELECTION OF PROPERTIES IN ALL AREAS (FROM VERMONT TO VOËLKLIP) CALL OUR ALL HOURS NUMBER 028 313 1870

SPLASH 15

Drop-off point at