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Edenvale twins Baby Angelic and Baby Sunshine Legodi believe they were born for a purpose and they are holding fast to their faith as they climb the ladder of success as talented gospel artists. The twins, who are 15 years of age, are learners at Edenvale High School. “We were born premature and our mom, Glory, has always told us we were spared because God has a plan for us on earth, which is bigger than ourselves,” explained Baby Angelic. Baby Angelic, the “big sister” of the duo, was recently awarded a R50 000 bursary by the B4 Empowerment Trust to join a holiday training initiative by AMTC (Actors, Models and Teachers for Christ) in Orlando in the US. She explained that this award followed her performance at the South African Talent Championships (SATCH) where she won two platinum medals for acting, and four gold and two platinum medals for singing. Equally talented Sister Baby Sunshine won three silver medals for acting, and three for modelling. Baby Angelic said she hoped her experience in Orlando would open up the right doors with the relevant
producers and that she would return home with a music contract. “I want to be a global superstar and make a difference, using my influence to spread the gospel,” she said. Baby Sunshine is equally ambitious, dreaming of being a pilot after school. She explained her mother had been an air hostess when they were younger and she believed a passion for flying was in their blood. The sisters told the tame TIMES they honed their talent for acting and singing by modelling onscreen preachers and singers on Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) on DSTV, something they have been doing since they were five years old. “One of my favourite passages in scripture is Matthew 25 which asks when the Master comes, will His servants have done good and used the gifts He gave them for His glory?” said Baby Angelic. Glory Legodi hope to travel to Orlando in the US with the twins but needs sponsorship for this to be possible. Corporates or residents able to assist with sponsorship can contact Glory Legodi on glorylegodi@gmail.com.
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The Rusty Lady Bistro in Kensington was a sea of pink at a recent Breast Cancer Awareness Breakfast hosted by the Manny de Freitas Foundation (MdFF). Over 50 ladies dressed in pink supported the charity event, held to promote awareness in the community that cancer can touch any woman, irrespective of age. Breast cancer survivor Debbie Galanis addressed everyone with
An unexpected ending to my week changed the content of my editor’s note. By Friday afternoon last week, most of the paper was complete, with the exception of the editor’s note. I was still busy with it when I left to go down to my car for a few minutes during the lunch break. Opening the car door, I didn’t realise anything was different. I even sat down in the driver’s seat and began the process of fumbling around to find the right key before I noticed something wasn’t right. A small black piece of plastic was lying on the floor by my feet. “Strange,” I thought. “How did this break?” It was only when I saw wire sticking out from behind the steering wheel, that the realisation that someone had tried to break into my car hit me. Thankfully, the person trying to steal my car had been disturbed before they succeeded in “hot wiring” my car and fleeing with it. It takes a woman to understand fully the “horror” of the next part of my story. As it were, my thoughts turned to my handbag, which had been in the car, under the passenger seat. The bag was gone! There were only a few significant items in the bag, like my ID book, but the real treasures in it were of a more personal nature: my son’s spare dummy (or “mummy,” as he calls it), my favourite shade of lipstick, my hairbrush, with a few loose strands of my hair still in it. It also had one of my son’s Spiderman shoes in it. There is a whole story behind how just one shoe ended up in the bag, but stories like these are what give a woman’s bag so much intrigue and personal value – to her, if not to anyone else. Returning to the office, I didn’t get a chance to revisit the editor’s note until much later, at which stage I decided to change the whole thing. My initial focus had been the racing pigeon and its journey across the sky. What had impressed me so much during about racing pigeons (see page 12) was the notion that the winning pigeons were those birds with home in their hearts. If a bird truly loves its nest, it will have the determination and will to make the journey of hundreds of kilometres back home. Ordinary citizens have done great things because what has been in their hearts has been greater than their fears. This paper is filled with them: Leanne Hunt, who overcame the odds, and despite being declared legally blind, went on to become an esteemed author; Caroline Houghton, who braved a male-dominated corporate environment to save the family business from going under (see page 4). Unfortunately my bag isn’t a homing pigeon and won’t grow wings and fly back home to me but my prayer is that someone will find it and return it to me. I’m counting on the thief’s blindness to the treasure he is holding in his hands to act in my favour. I should imagine by now he has opened the bag and seeing what he perceives as halfused lipsticks and crumpled tissues, thrown it into the veld or alongside a road somewhere. It takes the heart to understand why one nest, isn’t the same as another – or how one bag can be unique in all the world.
CHAMPIONS: Breast cancer survivor, Debbie Galanis and Manny de Freitas Foundation CEO, Jeanette de Freitas.
her emotional and life-changing story of victory over cancer. Galanis has overcome cancer not once, but twice. The Foundation’s CEO Jeanette de Freitas explained breast cancer was not only a physical condition but also affected a woman’s womanhood and femininity. “Breast cancer is a very intimate and difficult condition for any woman,” she said.
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Heather Djunga heather.djunga@tametimes.co.za Linksfield resident Leanne Hunt lives by the words, “We walk by faith and not by sight.” Despite being declared legally blind, Hunt has gone on to become the esteemed author of Jozi Gold, and has almost completed her second book. She addressed members of the Edenvale Writers 2000 Club at their November meeting. Partially sighted, Hunt explained the deterioration of her eyesight began after being diagnosed with Stargardt’s disease, a form of macular degeneration, at just 17 years of age. “This resulted in me spending a lot of time on my own, devising ways of coping with ordinary tasks and battling the giants of self-pity and depression,” she said. She said with determination and support from the special people in her life, she managed to step up and out of the pit of depression, and she now lives a full and satisfying life. In addition to being a novelist, she is an English Honours graduate and the mother of two daughters. She is also an avid actress and has taken part in productions of EADS (Edenvale Acting and Drama Society). She said she put a lot of herself and her experiences into the Jozi Gold narrative and characters. “There is a lot of myself in the main character, Jeannie. She has a tendency to become too complacent and content with her comfortable lifestyle. What she doesn’t realise is that she has stopped growing and, as a result, is missing out on many things that could enrich her life.” She said one of the main reasons she would encourage others to read her book was that it held an important life lesson: “If you see yourself as a victim, you will feel helpless and unhappy. If you see yourself as a responsible agent who can direct your life by the choices you make, you will feel empowered and enthusiastic about the future.” She said writing as a partially sighted person had its challenges. “Writing Jozi Gold, I was aware that I couldn’t describe things in visual terms as other authors do. Rather than view this as a problem, I chose to appeal to the readers’ other senses instead. This meant PHENOMENAL: Linksfield resident and author Leanne Hunt focusing on characteristics like the sound of a tissue dropping into The next meeting of Writers 2000 will be the a bin, or the smell of a roast lamb cooking in an oven.” year-end meeting and AGM of the group and will “I’ve always loved the verse that says, ‘We walk by faith and not by take place in the Inyoni Creek Clubhouse, Rand sight,” as it puts me, a visually-impaired person, on a level playing Aid Complex, corner of Wordsworth field with everyone else. I remain firm in the belief that life as a and Modderfontein Roads, journey is far more a matter of trust and hope than it is of lines in the Lyndhurst on 29 November. road and signposts along the way.” For more information, contact 082 223 9353, or Hunt’s book retails at R150. For more information, contact leehunt@ 011 615 0305. absamail.co.za.
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Tragedy ends with double arrest
Crime
Community tip-off leads to local arrest
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A man underwent a four-hour kidnapping ordeal on Monday evening last week, before losing his life at the hands of two armed assailants (ages 33 and 37) near a shopping centre in Bedfordview. Prompt reaction by local officials from the Bedfordview Police Station, however, led to the arrest of both suspects the following day, less than 24 hours after the crime occurred. One of the suspects was identified as a security site manager from Doornfontein. Bedfordview Police Station corporate communications officer Sergeant Mduduzi Nhlabathi said the man was found dead in his car in a parking area, having been shot in the upper body.
A man was arrested in the Avenues in Edenvale by Edenvale police after a tip-off from a concerned resident who noticed him “wandering” about in the neighbourhood. Edenvale’s crime prevention officer Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts said the man was wanted for drug and house robbery offences. He said he was due to appear in the Edenvale Magistrate’s Court the following week. He said the successful arrest was an illustration of how the community’s cooperation was paramount in keeping crime in check.
He said he was a Centurion resident who travelled to Isando each day to work and was kidnapped from his workplace at around 4pm. He said an undisclosed amount of money had been transferred from the deceased’s account into one of the suspect’s accounts, before he was fatally wounded. No valuables were taken from the victim’s vehicle or body. Sergeant Nhlabathi said detectives followed closely on the trail of the suspects the following day and made a successful arrest in the late afternoon. The men, one a security professional and the other unemployed, will soon appear in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on charges of murder, kidnapping and extortion.
Know your sector vehicle numbers: Residents are urged to report all suspicious vehicles, people and activities to their sector police vehicles. Residents living in the Avenues from Horwood Street to Hendrik Potgieter Street fall under the Sector 1 precinct. The Edenvale Hospital and the Sizwe Hospital areas are also in this sector. The Sector 1 vehicle contact numbers are 071 675 6840 and 071 675 6841. Residents in Greenstone, Eastleigh, Illiondale, De Klerk’s Hof and the part of the Avenues from Hendrik Potgieter Street to Aitken Road, fall under Sector 2. The Sector 2 vehicle contact numbers are 071 675 6842 and 071 675 6843. Residents in Isandovale, Harmela, Highway Gardens, Edenglen or Hurleyvale fall under Sector 3. The Sector 3 vehicle contact numbers are 071 675 6844 and 071 675 6845.
Valuation role open to objections Residents have until 28 November to lodge their objections regarding the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s third supplementary valuation roll for the financial years 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2017. Any owner of property, or other person who so desires, should lodge an objection with the municipal manager in respect of any matter reflected in, or omitted from, the valuation roll before 28 November. The objection must be in relation to a specific individual property and not against the valuation roll as such. The valuation roll can be viewed at your local municipal office Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 15:30. In addition, the valuation roll is available at http://www.ekurhuleni.
gov.za/valuation/supplementary-roll-2014-v3. You can obtain the form for the lodging of an objection from your municipal offices or download it from http://www. ekurhuleni.gov.za/yourservices/council-tax/property-taxobjections. The completed objection forms must be returned by hand to the municipal office where your account is held. The Ekurhuleni municipality also asks that when residents submit an objection, they bring along their Section 49 notice, as this will expedite the submission process. No form of electronic submission will be accepted. The closing date for objections is 15:30 on Friday 28 November 2014. No late objections will be accepted.
No honour among thieves
A man was arrested by the Edenvale police after being abandoned by his group of assailants who were attempting to steal a motor vehicle in Eastleigh at around 3am on Friday last week. Edenvale Police Station’s crime prevention officer Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts said police had spotted a car towing a Kombi in the early morning hours of Friday. “The men saw the police and cut the towing rope between the car and stolen vehicle, before speeding off into the distance. The man in the Kombi failed to get away in time and was arrested,” he said. He said the police pursued the suspects’ car and were shot at. The suspects eventually escaped, but investigations are continuing. The man has appeared in the Germiston Magistrate’s Court on charges of theft of a motor vehicle.
Tracker service for rape victims
Victims of rape and sexual abuse can now find prompt help accessing cellphone technology. The Tears Foundation (Transform Education about Rape and Sexual Abuse) and Cellfind have teamed up to provide more efficient call centre services for victims. Founded by Mara Glennie, Tears aims to be a one-stop port of call for information about all aspects of rape and sexual abuse. It exists to to facilitate better care, support and positive outcomes for rape and sexual abuse victims nationwide. Tears provides a fully comprehensive network of services correlated to rape and sexual abuse: medical, medicolegal, legal and psychological services are provided by the foundation. Wireless application service provider, Cellfind, was
chosen as Tears’s technology partner because of its location-based service (LBS) capabilities. LBS technology will dramatically enhance the current system which will help to connect South African rape and sexual abuse victims with emergency support faster when they contact the organization for help. Glennie said, “When rape victims contact us for help, they are usually in a state of shock and want to find support as soon as possible. Cellfind’s technology will play a valuable role by helping us to provide faster assistance to rape victims when they need it.” Since its inception one year ago, Tears has had 7 878 distressed callers.” TEARS HELP LINE NUMBER: *120*7355#
Domestic workers, elderly called to be vigilant
Criminals are targeting domestic workers and senior citizens in house robberies as they are perceived to be soft targets. Edenvale Police Station’s crime prevention officer Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts said the police would be setting up formalised training workshops focusing on crime prevention for domestic workers, but advises residents to work together with their domestic workers in keeping their properties secure. “For example, when you hear a sound on your property or perceive anything suspicious, instead of going to investigate by yourself, rather call the sector police vehicle in your area.” (See sector police numbers in article above).
Protect your staff during a robbery A robbery of a business can leave employees traumatised, injured or, in the worst-case scenario, dead. “Injuries or death during an attack are a business-owner’s worst nightmare,” Grant Dunnington, CEO of SBV Services said. “By their very nature, robberies are terrifying and unpredictable and, while no-one knows exactly what will happen when violence is aimed at your business, it’s crucial that your employees are empowered to reduce the chances of people being killed. Beyond cash management
solutions, at SBV Services we believe in protecting human life and strive to empower the business community with knowledge about how to save lives when under attack.” Preparing your employees for a robbery sounds easier said than done, but it is possible. The first step is to ensure that all employees have been taught how to use all of the security features at a business’s premises. While this is done as a preventative measure, it is imperative that the training does not create a sense of unease or panic.
During a robbery, employees should remember the following: • Stay calm. Resistance could provoke the attackers into becoming aggressive, which could only result in tragedy; • Should your employees need to move around in response to the attackers’ instructions, they must vocalize every action while keeping their hands in open sight. If they tell the robbers exactly what they are about to do, the robbers will not think they are being unco-operative; • Stay alert. Mentally recording everything you can about the robbers – their races, ages, clothing, eye colour or distinct features such as tattoos and piercings, as
well as everything they touch (should they not be wearing gloves), will help to catch the perpetrators after the event; • When the robbers are about to leave or are leaving, do not look them in the eye or try to run after them; • As soon as they leave, ensure that everyone at the premises is safe; go into a secure location or lock up the premises to call the police – just in case the robbers come back; • Ask everyone who witnessed the incident to stay put until the police arrive and have taken statements; • While waiting for the police, leave the crime scene exactly as it was left by the robbers.
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Children wander Brazil streets while drug mule mom in prison
It has emerged that the Department of Social Development suspects the two South African boys stranded in Brazil were left on their own for almost a year. The two young brothers were found wandering the streets of Sao Paulo, after their mother was arrested for drug trafficking in Portugal. The brothers, aged seven and 13, landed in South Africa on 6 November. They have been put in a place of safety. This comes after the relative who had been identified by the mother to foster them declined due to other commitments. Social workers are now screening other family members to identify possible foster parents. The boys were taken to a hotel where they will meet Minister Bathabile Dlamini. In the past six years, 18 South African children have been repatriated from foreign countries. Source: www.ewn.co.za.
"ANC wants media control"
The South African press is facing huge pressure from the ANC, which wants “total control” of the media, Naspers chairman Ton Vosloo told the Cape Town Press Club last week. “Government and the ANC, through its national democratic revolution, wants total control,” he said. SA’s government has been regularly criticised in recent years for attacks on the press, particularly after pushing the Secrecy Bill through Parliament. It has yet to be signed into law but would make many aspects of investigative journalism a crime. The party, meanwhile, has repeatedly called on SA’s media to racially transform their ownership. Source: www.bizcommunity.com
Kuruman pupils to repeat grades More than 15 000 pupils, from Grade R to Grade 11 in a school in Kuruman, will have to repeat their grades next year, the Department of Basic Education says.
South Africa’s looming disaster As load shedding strikes and we bemoan the country’s power woes, there is an even bigger concern on the horizon. Reports say problems could arise if government does not spend 100 times more to secure our water supply.
No more knot-tying for scouts It’s been a proud tradition since Baden-Powell first wore the woggle 107 years ago, but the Scouting movement says its leaders no longer need to know how to tie knots. Bosses say modern recruits are too busy earning badges in public relations, circus skills and IT to bother mastering knot-tying. The Boy Scout “Bible”, Scouting for Boys (published 1915), included a whole section called Saving Lives with Knots, even using an example of three people who died at Niagara Falls who could have been saved if the rescue line dangling from a bridge had been tied properly. “A life may depend on a knot being tied properly,” Baden-Powell wrote in the book. Former Scarborough Scout and bestselling children’s author GP Taylor said: “Scouting changed my life and I found the knot-tying and woodland craft side of it fascinating. We should be getting tough on what Boy Scouts are taught – and tying knots is a very important part of that. It is something we have taken from the past and preserved for the future. That’s important and part of our heritage. This just shows what a pathetic society we are becoming. Baden-Powell will be spinning in his grave. He would be outraged by this.” Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Hundreds of journos killed in 10 years A grim toll of 370 journalists have been murdered over the past 10 years in direct retaliation for doing their job. Alarmingly, 90% of their killers have not been brought to justice, according to statistics from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). In its report, The road to justice: breaking the cycle of impunity in the killing of journalists, the CPJ argues that governments need to do much more to catch the killers. Source: www.theguardian.com
Spider lives in Katie Melua’s ear for a week Katie Melua has found a spider living in her ear. Posting a picture of the spider on her Instagram account, she wrote: ‘’So I had a rustling in my ear for a week and went to the doctor to have it checked out this morning. THIS little fella is what they found!’’
She explained: ‘’Basically, I used these old in-ear monitors to block out sound on a flight. The little spider must have been in them and crawled inside my ear and stayed there for the week. It was no hassle at all, apart from the occasional shuffling noises...’’ *www.channel24.co.za
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Fishing Fishing is the biggest participant sport in the world.
There are 318 979 564 000 ways of playing the first four turns in a game of chess.
MASKED: The lucky rhino. (Photo by AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israeli mask saves hurt rhino’s vision RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — Israeli specialists are easing the suffering of a two-ton rhinoceros with a chronic eye infection by creating a “nofly zone” with a custom-made mask. Neta Gueta of the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan helped design the mask that stops flies from laying eggs in the eye of the rhino, named Tanda. Gueta said Tanda sometimes grew so frustrated with the infection, she rubbed her eye on rough tree bark, only exacerbating the problem. She credits the see-through mask with saving Tanda’s vision, after years of failed conventional therapy. She said the idea came
from a device used for horses suffering from a similar condition. The mask is made from special netting built from special technology against insects so that files can’t lay their eggs inside. “They can stand on the netting but they can’t lay their eggs," explained Gueta. Fitting Tanda with the device posed multiple challenges, mainly because of her size, but Gueta thinks the rhino has ended up liking the new mask. “At the end of the day I saw that she was cooperating entirely and she understands that this is for her good." Source: http://bigstory.ap.org/
Nose malfunction Can your nose differentiate between rose, mint and orange? A new study has suggested that, for older adults, being unable to identify smells could indicate mortality within five years. But before you panic, the reports emphasize bad colds, allergies and sinus problems, can all affect your sense of smell. [Medicalnewstoday.com]
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Phobia definition for the week: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – the fear of long words. Ironic!!!!!!! [www.smosh.com]
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“Wake up and smell the wild onion in your garden” By Michael Ryan of Ryan Nurseries
It has taken me years to come to grips with the fact that this undercover weed needs to be brought to the attention of the keen average gardener. We all know that this plant Allium Triquetrum - commonly known as Wild Onion - has quietly but surely crept into some little area in most of our beautiful gardens and is now manifesting itself into a worldwide problem. This bulbous plant is part of the chives, onion, shallot and garlic family which is endemic to many parts of the world from Asia and North America, to most parts of Europe and Australasia. One of the most troublesome problems caused by Allium is the fact that there is no known herbicide, to my knowledge, that can effectively kill the plant, the main bulb and the bulblets, due to the fact that the leaf has a waxy grey film which none of the available herbicides seem to be able to penetrate. In our own personal trials we have been able to agitate the foliage with a hard broom and sprayed the herbicide with an active ingredient of Glyphsate 360gm/litre which has had a superficial knockdown effect, but in this process the bulblets have detached themselves from the main plant and have continued to grow. A single Allium bulb can, in fact, carry as many as one hundred and fifty bulblets, and the main bulb has also been known to sucker as part of its reproduction. With all this subterranean multiplication going on we have not noticed yet what is happening above the ground. On maturity your wild onion has produced one or two pretty creamy coloured flower heads very similar to that of edible garlic plants and contained within the sepals there are another 150 to 200 seeds developing (which sounds like a horror movie). Most gardeners will take a spade and dig out the large flower and promptly throw it on the compost heap and continue to
use the spade or fork to aerate the soil. By doing this they will have picked up the bulblets from the first plant dug out and will now be distributing them into other parts of the garden. Over and above this error, the gardener will have dug out the flower heads, which will ripen prematurely and seed themselves quite easily on the compost heap - they have been known to germinate in concrete and brick paving. Allium Triquetrum is also distributed on the commercial market by unscrupulous or uninformed nurserymen who in turn sell it to supermarket chains or retail nurseries that do not check their incoming stock carefully and from there they go to the unsuspecting gardener who waters, cultures and feeds them to grow another garden infested with wild onion. On our own wild onion travels we have found that a number of qualified horticulturists and long standing nurserymen are not familiar with either the serious effect of these weeds or the control thereof. Many branches of the large retail outlets do not have qualified staff to spot these weeds in their current deliveries and hence the weed is being marketed at an alarming rate throughout our country. The only real way to rid a garden of Allium Triquetrum is to remove the soil physically to a depth of 500m, carefully ensuring that none of the bulblets or seeds have been left behind. We have not done comprehensive trials, but have also found that 500mm of soil on top of the bulb will have a smothering effect. In closing I would like to express my personal concern on this matter and I hope I have brought a little more awareness to discerning gardeners’ lives. For more information, call Michael Ryan of Ryan Nurseries on 011 455 1632 or email him on ryanur@intekom.co.za.
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Sasonah Lodge Care Centre Charity Golf Day – 11 November Sasonah Lodge Care Centre will be hosting a Charity Golf Day in support of cancer and Alzheimer’s. Date: 11 November Time: 10:30am. Place: Germiston Country Club Please join us and help generate funds. and support for Sasonah Lodge Care Centre. For more information or if you would like to sponsor a hole or play on the day, contact Colleen on 082 336 6174 or Melanie on 072 436 6207. Lusito Golf Day – 12 November Lusito’s Annual Golf Day 2014 will be held at Modderfontein Golf Club on Wednesday, 12 November. Tee-off will start at 11:30am. The cost for a four-ball is R3000. This includes 18 holes of golf, golfer’s shirt and cap and a prize-giving dinner. The competition format will be four-ball alliances (two scores to count). If you do not have four players, you can still
Community carol service – 29 November The I Love Kensington Association (ILKA) is hosting a community carol service at Jeppe High School for Boys on 29 November. Visitors can bring blankets, chairs and a picnic basket. Date: 29 November. Time: 7pm. Place: Jeppe High School for Boys. For more information, contact Sue on 082 499 4958.
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Into the future READY: Matric learners from St Benedict’s College in Bedfordview prepare for their future.
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FESTIVE: Learners at St Andrew’s School for Girls recently supported the Santa Shoebox Project which distributes festive season gifts to thousands of underprivileged children in South Africa and Namibia. Here, learners display the Santa Shoeboxes collected by the school.
CHAMPIONS: Holy Rosary High School’s 1st Open Squad won gold at the recent Gauteng Rowing Championships at Roodeplaat Dam. Seen here are Natalie Russell, Lauren Soll, Savannah Stewart, Courtney Kan and Tyler Venske.
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The making of a champion He said race training begins around April. “The first flight towards home is around 20km and we build up a distance from there, until pigeons are covering distances of up to 800km. Each bird is given an identity tag and an electronic ring which allows for its exact finishing time to be recorded, down to the smallest decibel.” He explained the process: The birds are driven out in a special truck, with holding enclosures stacked side by side on the back of the vehicle. When the signal is given, a lever is pulled and the birds are all released from their enclosures at the same time.
PASSIONATE: Richard Wedderburn at his pigeon training loft
Heather Djunga heather.djunga@tametimes.co.za The same two qualities that make a human a champion, separate a winning racing pigeon from the rest: the head and the heart. Pigeon racing enthusiast and member of the Edenvale Racing Pigeon Club, Richard Wedderburn explained to tame TIMES that the sport of pigeon racing is about training champions, and winning pigeons are those with sense in their heads and home in their hearts. Despite recent media criticism of pigeon racing, Wedderburn insists the sport is completely ethical. “Each racing enthusiast has given the pigeons in his care a home, where they are given food and shelter from the elements.” He explained it was their love for their nests which compelled them hundreds of kilometres across the sky. Wedderburn is not ashamed to boast of his collection of pedigree pigeons, which he explains are a family inheritance. He comes from a line of pigeon racing enthusiasts, having been bitten by the bug at just six years of age. “The adrenalin of seeing your
pigeon return home is second to none. This is not just a sport. It is a 24/7 job. These are not your garden variety pigeons. Each day you must put in the necessary time and effort to hone your birds into superb athletes.” Wedderburn has a pigeon loft at his Lyndhurst home, where he keeps over 100 birds. “I care for them like my own children,” he said. He said at this time of the year, from June until December, special attention is given to the inoculation of the birds, and to their health and medication. This is also the time when eggs are hatched and fledglings are reared. “I have around 60 babies in my care,” he said.
At some events, this means thousands upon thousands of pigeons taking to the sky, in a cloud of feathers and fury. He encourages residents to become involved in this addictive sport. “Belonging to a club like the Edenvale Racing Pigeon Club not only allows you to partake in regular race events, but it provides a warm environment where you can meet people and make good friends. Every one of my good friends is a ‘pigeon guy’. Other guys play golf - we race pigeons.” For more information, visit www. pigeonuniverse.co.za or www.trpf.co.za
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