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SUNNY SKIES WITH A CHANCE OF CHANGE Famous weatherman Simon Gear did his first public speaking stint at the Tudor Rose Ladies Club in Bedfordview 15 years ago. He returned to the club on Wednesday last week (21 January) to address its members again. Gear, who became a household name as SABC’s well-versed weatherman and is now a director for Kijani Green Energy, confessed that much had changed since he was last at the club. “I have become a father, gone balder – I have also done many, many more public speaking stints, speaking for audiences on TV and radio.” He said three years ago he was asked to speak on 5FM. “Waiting to speak, a young DJ introduced me as ‘the world’s sexiest weatherman’,” he said. “I felt quite pleased by this,” said Gear, but added that it was only when the DJ continued to rave about him and
CLIMATE CHANGE, ACCORDING TO GEAR
Simon Gear addressed the Tudor Rose Ladies Club members on what he considered people’s most common climate-related questions:
IS IT REAL?
“There is no doubt the climate is changing and that humans are responsible; however I believe changes to the climate have been, and will continue to be, ‘creeping’ and not as Hollywood depicts them, with the oceans rising overnight to cover, for
his “American accent,” that he realized she had confused him with blue-eyed hunk, Derek Van Dam, eNCA weatherman. “Someone even SMSed the station stating that she had me confused with Van Dam and I was actually the ‘balding bloke from SABC’.” “The world has also changed since we last met,” Gear continued. He pointed to the increased focus on rhino preservation as one of these changes, and also the growing awareness of issues like climate change. “Climate change has become a big issue in today’s society,” he said. “It is also the centre of much debate and controversy.” Gear said he believed we as people were “pushing right against the environmental envelope,” but the problems were not so big that our immediate attention and positive action could not alleviate potential environmental pitfalls of the future. “We are at critical crossroads,” he said. “If we pay attention now to the environment, we can still save the future.” example New York City, in a moment.” Gear said he believes these creeping changes might eventually culminate in Johannesburg becoming frost-free.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? “I usually tell people, ‘nothing’. Most of the things that will alleviate detrimental effects on the climate, we should be doing anyway. For example, we should be using renewable sources of energy and low carbon fuels anyway, as these benefit the ecosystem and the immediate environment. When you focus on local immediate problems, these will impact the environment on a greater scale.”
ARE THESE BIG STORMS WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE?
“We will know whether they are the result of climate change around 40 years from now when we look at the data. Maybe they are; maybe they aren’t – it is difficult to say without sufficient data collected over time. What I do know is that we are in interesting times. Research has shown that 2014 was the hottest recorded year in thousands of years.”
GREEN SAVVY: Tudor Rose Ladies Club members gather around Simon Gear to have their copies of Going Green, 365 Ways to Save the World signed by the author.
Fatal collision outside Bedfordview shopping mall
Taxi-driver tries to bribe SAPS officer
ON THE SCENE: Paramedics arrive on the scene of the fatal Bedfordview collision.
Heather Djunga heather.djunga@tametimes.co.za One person was left dead after a collision on Tuesday between a vehicle and a shopping mall fence in Bradford Road, Bedfordview. According to ER24 spokesman Pieter Rossouw, the driver of the vehicle was fatally wounded on losing control of the car, causing it to collide with the fence.
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A fire rescue team was deployed to assist in extricating the driver from the vehicle at the scene. The driver was, tragically, deceased by the time paramedics arrived on the scene, but the only passenger fortunately only sustained minor injuries. Rossouw said the cause of the collision was still unknown, and further investigations were underway.
A taxi-driver has been arrested after attempting to bribe a uniformed police officer following a traffic infringement in 17th Avenue Edenvale last Tuesday morning. Edenvale Police Station’s crime prevention officer Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts said he was driving through an intersection in 17th Avenue on his way to work when a taxi skipped a red light and almost collided with a whole stream of cars passing through the intersection. “I followed the man and stopped him. When I told him he was responsible for reckless and negligent driving, he said we should make an arrangement and offered to pay me R200,” said Lieutenant Colonel Roberts. The man has been arrested and charged with reckless and negligent driving and bribery of a police official. Lieutenant Colonel Roberts said this was the second time he had been offered a bribe by a taxi-driver. In a previous case, he was offered R100 to remain silent. DEDICATED: Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts, Edenvale Police Station’s crime prevention officer.
Rape in Bedfordview Heather Djunga heather.djunga@tametimes.co.za A woman was attacked and raped while walking through the Bill Stewart Nature Reserve over the weekend, at around 8.30am on Sunday morning. Bedfordview Residents’ Action Group (RAG) director Gail Diers told the tame TIMES the woman had accessed the path through the reserve at a place where the fence, put up by council, had been stolen on A. G. De Witt Road. Following her ordeal, she ran down Townsend Road, alerting a security official from the SESS Security Company, which is employed by RAG. Security officials patrolled the area but the offender was not found. Diers warns pedestrians from Primrose not to use the reserve as a thoroughfare into Bedfordview and to walk in groups. She said two other rapes occurring on the Sunnyridge side of the reserve had been reported last year.
Police announce arrest successes The Edenvale police, together with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD), made numerous arrests for drug possession and drunken driving in an operation conducted on Friday evening. Edenvale police’s crime prevention officer Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts specified that 18 arrests had been made for drunken driving and one for drug possession on the evening. He said a total of nine people had been arrested by the Edenvale police for drug possession over the past week.
Keep your vehicles secure Edenvale police have warned car owners to be vigilant in keeping their cars secure, especially when they are parked on the streets or outside shopping centres or cluster housing complexes in the area. Lieutenant Colonel Robbie Roberts, Edenvale police’s crime prevention officer, said there had been numerous reports of car break-ins since the start of 2015. He said it appeared Toyotas were being targeted in these crimes and that the Edenvale CBD and parking bays outside the Home Affairs and SARS buildings in Van Riebeeck Avenue, as well as parking areas of centres, were hot spots for car break-ins.
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SALUTE TO AN HONOURABLE MAN
HONOURABLE MEN AND WOMEN: Bedfordview police officials and officials of the Bedfordview Community Policing Forum are pictured with Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fourie.
ESTEEMED: Bedfordview detective officials pose with Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fourie. INSET: DISCIPLINED: Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fourie.
Heather Djunga heather.djunga@tametimes.co.za Dressed in suits and ties and glamorous outfits, the group of distinguished men and women who gathered in the hall of the Bedfordview Methodist Church last Thursday morning hardly resembled the men and women in blue who roll up their sleeves each and every day, putting their hearts – and sometimes lives – on the line to keep the community safe. Bedfordview policing officials
general patrols for the police force in Alberton. Only in 1975 did he move to the detective unit, where he found his niche as a policeman. “I can still remember putting my police uniform on for the first time,” he told the tame TIMES. “Time has gone so quickly!” He said among the highlights of his career were his experiences working for the Child Protection Unit (CPU) on the East Rand and working at the border in the 1970s. While having worked around Gauteng, he
has been stationed in Bedfordview for just nine months. Lieutenant Colonel Fourie has three sons, one of whom has followed in his father’s footsteps and is now working for the police service in Germiston. He said the lesson he wanted to impart to new recruits and to his sons was the importance of discipline in all things. He remained relatively tight-lipped, however, about criminal investigations underway in the Bedfordview area - in testimony to the integrity which has earned him the respect of his colleagues for the past 42 years.
possess multiregenerative potential. They have the potential to replace cell tissue that has been injured, damaged or
or area to activate a healing response. This special “primer” treatment is referred to as Stomal Vascular Fraction therapy and is activated in your body once the area of inflammation and degeneration has been detected by its built-in “signalling and homing mechanism.” Cells are then recruited into the injured joints or tissue to
plasma. This was meticulously prepared by the cell biologist on site and injected back into his injured shoulder. Within minutes of receiving the drip I had a warm tingling sensation in my feet – and, yes – believe it or not – all the cramps, stiffness and pain in my foot disappeared. Brian, who had hurt his finger in his latest
des-troyed by severe illness and chronic degenerative conditions. The benefit of stem cells is that they are able to replicate themselves repeatedly over time by recruiting an entire cascade of regenerative actions in the tissue where they are needed in order to repair and maintain. They can be used to generate healthy and functioning specialized cells which can then replace diseased or dysfunctional cells. The entire goal of stem cell therapy is to introduce healthy cells into the body that will then become integrated with your own cells and start functioning as your own cells in the organ system that requires them. Once harvested from you, (autologous stem cell therapy) they may be used either to help with regeneration of the body holistically or injected into a specific joint
speed up the recovery process. As I mentioned before, we are both into alternative medicine to cure our over50 aches and pains, as well as frequent injuries caused by falling off our bicycles. Brian was still suffering from a shoulder injury and I had severe foot cramping episodes so bad that I had to abandon a cycle race in December - to my great disappointment. On Saturday 17 January we went to visit the South African Stem Cell Institute (SASCI) at the Regenerative Medical Centre in Parys, Free State. Under local anaesthetic, we gladly donated some of our stomach fat. In a very modern and efficient FDA- and GMP-aligned laboratory, on the same premises, a drip was prepared for both of us from our own stem cells. Brian also donated some of his blood to prepare a new regenerative cellbased therapy called PRP or platelet-rich-
cycling accident, had the same sensation in his finger and yes, it is now no longer stiff and tender. As for me, I feel so energized – those of you having Strava can follow me, and see that since Monday I have broken all my records on my usual route! We know that all has not been proven by research yet, and stem cell therapy is still in its experimental phases, mostly because the big pharmaceutical companies are scared to lose out on the chemical-based medicine profits - but we are keen to try out new things and this experience did not disappoint us.
donned their formal wear on 22 January day for an official photo session, to honour Bedfordview detective commander Lieutenant Colonel Johan Fourie. After 42 years working for the police service, he retires at the end of the month and the framed photos will form part of a farewell gift to honour this esteemed policeman. Lieutenant Colonel Fourie told the tame TIMES after graduating from college in 1973, he started his career doing that
KARIN AND BRIAN BLIGNAUT
The latest buzz word for those of us into alternative health is “stem cells.” With our first grandchild on his way, we have read a great deal about the value of preserving the placenta and even the umbilical cord of the newborn so that stem cells can be harvested from them for treatment of any future illnesses or accidents during his lifetime. I spoke to Dr Wian Stander about all the possibilities in this new field of research and he informed me that even adults can now harvest their own stem cells and preserve them for medical purposes and conditions. Adult stem cells are self-renewing cells
Our stem cells are now preserved in a state-of-the-art facility and we can use them at any stage and for whatever reason we need them in future.
I am a Bedfordview resident and take part in gym activities inside the Italian Club. En route there one evening, I noticed a development site where a residential property is being built. My first thought was of the beautiful trees on the property, specifically one huge pepper tree on the site. I became very worried at what would become of the tree and how it would be preserved as the development began and progressed. In October 2014, I sent a message to one of the contact people advertised on the property. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from one of the consultants. He assured me he appreciated my concern and said the tree would not be harmed or destroyed but could not be built around due to its size and roots. I was satisfied with his response and answer but decided to take the matter a little further nevertheless. I decided to approach tame TIMES as they have never failed me before and always made an impression with stories I have sent through. My intention was to ensure passively, via some publicity, that this tree would indeed be saved, taken care of and preserved.
This tree is a beauty to behold as it stands ma-jestically in the field it resides on and so often, developers destroy land with no remorse or thought, simply to pave the way for profit. This world has sadly lost its ability to show compassion and render care to the things that surround us and I have decided not to stand for it. This tree symbolizes years - and maybe even decades - of heritage which in the past set Bedfordview aside from other suburbs. It is a piece of history and trees cannot be replaced quickly or artificially and therefore those left need to be protected and given a voice. I believe that all Bedfordview residents should get involved, as we need to make a united statement against the careless and thoughtless treatment of trees and other earthly things in our community. Kind and warm regards, Angelique Joseph. To support Angelique in her endeavour to protect the pepper tree, contact Angelique.joseph@compairsa.com
Opinion piece by Palesa Yates The week after the shooting of cartoonists at the satirical weekly’s Paris office, Charlie Hebdo sold out, the story made front-page news across the globe and thousands protested, holding posters declaring “Je suis Charlie.” [“I am Charlie.”] The sacking of Baga in Nigeria’s Yobe state a few days earlier, however, attracted comparatively little media interest – although reports claim that 16 villages were attacked, a town was razed to the ground and hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent civilians were mowed down by machine-guns fired from the trucks and armoured vehicles of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. The torching of churches and killing of 10 innocent civilians in Niger during protests against the picture of Mohammed on the latest, post-attack cover of Charlie Hebdo, was also an “in other news” story. As much as freedom of expression is vigorously and vociferously upheld by journalists and media houses – and rightly so – they also have huge responsibilities. Journalists must never confuse their version of the truth with the real thing. They must not allow their low salaries, long hours and cynical worldviews to embitter them into abusing the massive power they wield over the hearts and minds of their readers, viewers and listeners. In life, some have the power to influence the words or actions of others, but reporters actually shape the thoughts and feelings that underly both words and actions. They can make some famous and others invisible; they can start wars and riots or promote peace. They can portray their views as sane and sensible; and others as
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ignorant, bigoted and deluded. They can portray side-shows as main events and main events as side-shows; they can focus on one, biased interview question to present a person or political policy in a negative light. Perhaps this is why formerly mainstream media varieties are now being challenged by social media. Last year’s #bringbackourgirls campaign made headlines because the First Lady of the US and the youngest ever Nobel prize laureate embraced it - not just because 200 schoolgirls who were about to become doctors and lawyers were kidnapped from their boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria last April by a group called Boko Haram (which means “Western education is forbidden”) and reportedly sold into slavery to militants looking for “wives.” Other ways in which the media often fails to portray the pure, unvarnished truth include tailoring their editorial to fit in with their advertisers or the whims and fancies of publishing bosses or, in the case of chequebook reporters, the demands of their masters. Such journalists and editors cannot claim to defend media freedom, because they have already sold it to the highest bidder. There are, however, still investigative journalists who go to the ends of the earth to hunt down the truth – but they pay the price for doing so. According to Mzilikazi wa Afrika in his book Nothing Left to Steal, “On our beautiful continent of Africa there are two kinds of journalists: those who write about missing cats and those who write about missing money. If you write about missing cats, then you are safe but if you write about the missing money there are two scenarios: expect a bullet in your head or to spend your life looking over your shoulder.” [Penguin:2014, p70]
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Jackie Selebi dies Former police commissioner Jackie Selebi passed away on Friday 23 January at the age of 64. Selebi was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment in 2010 for taking bribes from convicted drug dealer Glenn Agliotti. After his failed appeal in 2011, he collapsed at his house and was released on medical parole, after serving only 229 days of his sentence. He was diagnosed with a terminal chronic and progressive medical condition and sent home
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JOZI RIP: The former police commissioner passed away at the age of 64. because the department had limited capacity to provide care for terminally ill patients.
Spraypaint assault appear in court
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Two men charged with the attempted murder of a Malawian man who was spraypainted from head to foot after being beaten, appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate’s Court to apply for bail last Thursday.
A China based South Korean restaurant has offered free meals to its first 50 customers, but only if they are beautiful. (www.rediff.com)
Matthew Menczyk smashed the world record for most piercings in one sitting when he underwent 4 500 piercings in eight hours. He underwent the agonising ordeal to raise money for Directions Youth Services (DYS) which helps youth at risk in Vancouver, Canada. (rediff.com)
A woman from China chopped her husband’s penis off twice - the first time when she found out about his affair and the second time after the doctors successfully re-attached it. She sneaked into the hospital, hacked it off for the second time and threw it out of the window. The police could not find the man’s missing penis. (kplr11.com)
Miss Israel calls for peace in Middle East
SELFIE CAUSES POLITICAL UPROAR: Doron Matalon, Miss Israel, snapped this picture of herself with fellow Miss Universe contestants Miss Lebanon, Miss Slovenia and Miss Japan.
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communication with Miss Israel, who tried several times to take a photo with me. I was having a photo with Miss Japan, Miss Slovenia; suddenly Miss Israel jumped in and took a selfie, and uploaded it on her social media.” Matalon responded: “It doesn’t surprise me, but it still makes me sad. Too bad you cannot put the hostility out of the game, only for three weeks of an experience of a lifetime
that we can meet girls from around the world and also from the neighboring country. I hope for change and I hope for peace between us, and even just for three weeks, just between me and her,” she told NBC News. “We need to remember that we represent the country and the people, not the government and not the political issues.” HELLO GIGGLES
www.funfunnyfacts.com From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Race car for about 30 feet. It takes 3 000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year’s supply of footballs. Kite-flying is a professional sport in Thailand. The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are one in 67 million. Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920. Today’s top fuel dragsters take off with more force than a space shuttle.
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New beginnings Swimming champion for Grade 1s Assumption Convent School recently welcomed in a group of enthusiastic Grade 1 learners who were visibly excited to start “big school.”
DOUBLE DOSE OF ENTHUSIASM: Six-yearold twins Kaylin (left) and Morgan Hutton were thrilled to start school.
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Riccardo Di Domenico, one of St Benedict’s College’s top swimmers, received provincial school swimming colours at the South African Schools Swimming Championships held in December in Pretoria. He did exceptionally well, with the following results: 4 x 100m freestyle relay (gold medal), 100m butterfly (silver medal), 50m butterfly (silver medal), 200m freestyle (bronze medal) and TALENTED: Riccardo Di 400m freestyle (bronze medal). Domenico
St Andrew’s announces school captains St Andrew’s School for Girls in Bedfordview recently announced the new heads of its various cultural, sporting and academic departments.
NEW BEGINNINGS: Mrs Janet Brown (back) and her new Grade 1s could not wait to start learning.
CHAMPION: Jade Buncombe from St Andrew’s School for Girls is the school’s diving captain for the 2015 season.
St Andrew’s champions shine
St Andrew’s School for Girls equestrian champions were honoured at the recent National Equestrian Championships. ACHIEVERS: Gabriella Nel, Caitlin Horn and Tatum Hoffmann from St Andrew’s School for Girls achieved fantastic results at the National Equestrian Championships. Gabriella Nel won the Cosmic Wonder Trophy for levels 4 and 5. Caitlin Horn won the Clahan Trophy for levels 6 and 7. Tatum Hoffmann won the Levitation Trophy for levels 1, 2 and 3.
New beginning for Holy Rosary staff Holy Rosary School management kicked off 2015 with a focus on staff development. Father Hugh Lagan, a clinical psychologist
affiliated with the Saint Luke Institute in the US, visited the school to address its staff, to empower them for the year ahead.
MOTIVATED: Seen here are Sharon Meyer (high school head of department: religion), Mary Fitzpatrick (primary school head of department: religion), guest speaker Father Hugh Lagan, Jacinta Lucas (acting principal), Hilary Gray (acting principal: primary school), and Belinda Damhuis (acting principal: high school).
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The 2015 Pick ‘n Pay Marathon and HalfMarathon, presented by Momentum, will take place from Saheti School, Senderwood, on 8 February, from 6am. 4km and 8km races will take place from the
school on the same day, from 6.15am. Hosted by the Jeppe Quondam Athletics Club, the well-known marathon consists of two laps that encompass Edenvale and Bedfordview. The 8km and 4km races meander through the
Senderwood area. To enter, go online to the Pick n Pay Marathon website on www.pnpmarathon.co.za, or contact info@pnpmarathon.co.za, or call 011 017 2700.
The Germiston Wheelers Cycle Club, established in 1984 by Graham Steyn and Colin Barret, is situated close to Germiston Lake and has been in existence for 30 years. The club organizes rides six days a week, departing from a number of areas. There are
designated ride coordinators to ensure that the various training distances are catered for and that no rider, however inexperienced, is left behind. Germiston Wheelers, along with the Germiston Rotary Club, organizes the annual Carnival City Macsteel National
Classic Cycle Race. The proceeds of this event, which takes place on the fourth Sunday of February every year, go to numerous charities. There are different categories of riders, so if you are really slow or really fast, you will be catered for.
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CARING CYCLISTS: On 17 January, Germiston Wheelers dropped off tea, coffee, sugar, milk, biscuits and other goods at AMCARE.
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Let the games begin! Nail-biting action awaits EFC fans on 21 February when the final reckoning takes place between lightweight champion Leon “Iron Lion” Mynhardt and former champion Don “Magic Man” Madge at Carnival City’s Big Top Arena. They have fought twice before, and on both occasions a controversial win was given to Mynhardt. This first EFC fight night for 2015 will also see Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) megastar Darren Daniel return to the stage to clash with hometown favourite JP Kruger. “We are thrilled to play host to the first EFC fight night of 2015,” said Carnival City marketing manager Michelle Smith. “The question on everybody’s lips is, ‘Will this be the night that the welterweight curse is finally broken?’” The doors to Carnival City’s Big Top Arena open at 4.15pm on 21 February, with the preliminary bouts kicking off at 4.45pm. The main card bouts start at 8pm. Tickets range in price, starting at R225 per person.
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