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Chris Chameleon

a musician for all seasons

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AWSUM Celebrity Interview With only his guitar and breathtaking, unusal voice gymnastics, Chris Chameleon takes his listerners on a journey to places of musical magic and wonderment.

AWSUM News chatted to him about his music and other things close to his heart.

Q You have released the long-awaited album jy en ek en ek en jy earlier this year, for which you composed all the music yourself. What was the inspiration for this album? What was different about your process in creating this album?

A The theme of love has always interested me. I like the timelessness of love.

Things said about love 3 000 years ago could be as true today. Where I wrote about love on my previous albums, it was about an experience here with someone, and there with someone else. On jy en ek en ek en jy all the songs are about one person only: my beloved, whom I’ve met in 2011. In this sense this album is unique in my repertoire because it has been fully inspired by one person only. The process was unusal, because I wrote the texts within a week or so as free verse, in 2012, just to express my feelings at the time (feelings that I have to admit are burning as brightly now as then!). Because it’s all free verse – almost prose – the composition of it is not always logical. When I started, the process was very enjoyable, and I carried on with the project. One will realise upon listening to the songs how often I played with phrasing to shape the texts in a light song form.

Q Jy and Daniella Deysel, the poet with whom you recorded the album Posduif in June 2014, make a lovely couple. What is your love story?

Q What do you enjoy doing in your free time (when you are not gardening)?

A We met each other in 2011 and it was love at first sight. We are still deeply in love, to the extent that we have to keep ourselves in check when with other people for the sake of propriety (chuckle).

A I take walks in nature, do research (about anything – everything interests me), enjoy the company of my loved ones, and believe it if you will, make music.

Q What inspires you creatively and personally? Who are ‘your people’?

A I am not sure that anything specifically inspires me. Inspiration does not work like that for me – it is not a fountain from which you can just drink (otherwise I would have pitched my tent there!). Inspiration is for me something that tackles me at the strangest times, and then one must do what you can with it. My type of person is someone with integrity, of whom a beautiful heart is visible in the eyes, and who doesn’t mosey along in the right lane!

Q Most of the music on jy en ek en ek en jy are love poems. You are also well known for your compositions of the poems of iconic Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker. What is your relationship with the enigma that is Ingrid?

A I have, like most of my Afrikaans peers, been introduced to Jonker’s work at school. A poem here, in at the one ear and out at the other. But in 2003 I saw a striking documentary about her life while I was on tour in the Netherlands. I was immediately grabbed by the intensity and honesty of her work. It was only two years later that 7de Laan asked me to compose a poem – any poem – of any Afrikaans poet of my choice for one of their programmes.

The single song became two, and shortly after a whole album, which then became my first Afrikaans release. Her work is extraordinarily musical, which has an irresistible appeal for a musician.

Q You are a great proponent and practitioner of gardening and growing your own veggies. What are you busy with at the moment? What is your biggest gardening pleasure?

A My nasturtiums, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and beetroot are starting to come up, so my main gardening function at the moment is to pray for a good rain season.

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Q Why Chameleon?

A We all adapt to our environment. We are not the same person with your beloved as you are with your boss, your colleagues and your staff. This is not hypocritical – it is rather that our immediate environment highlights different aspects of ourselves. And in that regard we are like chameleons: the environment determines our hue. I identify with this characteristic since 1988 and have decided to make it my own.

Q What was your journey to become a professional musician? Have you been a musician since childhood?

A I’ve always been musical, but only started playing an instrument (guitar) in matric, which made it possible to capture my own compositions. I am not sure how good I am at music, but if you knew how bad I was in so many other things, you will hope I stick with music.

Q What is your message for our learners about life, love, and how to achieve success?

A Success is only two things: love and happiness. A whole lot of other things are sold under the banner of success, but that is just nonsense. If you are going to link your idea of success to money, fame, acknowledgement, you are setting yourself up for huge disappointment, because even the brightest starts eventually fade. I have talked to and worked with people who have achieved the highest pinnacles in the entertainment industry, and have noticed an emptiness by many who were there during that time, and with those who have achieved the highest and started to fade, there is sometimes worry and even bitterness. No one will always be the cat’s whiskers for ever. It is great while it lasts, but I would suggest that you do not let it define you. Animals and children, rather than kings, will give you the best indication of your worth.

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Let’s Cook!

This is my favourite time of the year: the lemons on my trees are turning bright yellow and I just love getting my hands onto them.

Lemon Pickles INGREDIENTS • 10 very ripe unwaxed lemons • 3 tsp salt • ½ tsp ground turmeric • ¼ tsp ground fennel seed • 2 ½ tsp chilli powder • ½ tsp ground cumin • 1 ½ cups caster sugar

I can’t remember when last I took a day off to do whatever I wanted to do, a day where I never looked at an email or answered my phone ... haaaaaaaaaaaaaa well that will never happen, but I did take a half day off to do just that. I signed up for a magazine readers’ day of pure spoiling and pampering in Franschhoek. After a delicious lunch, my pampering began with a full body massage, facial, pedicure and an Indian head massage. You can’t believe how hungry a girl feels after all that pampering. Now we all know that Franschhoek has a lot to offer on the food front and I have had many delicious meals there, but never have I had a curry there. Imagine my surprise when I bumped into an old chef friend at a lovely Indian restaurant in the village. When she discovered I was in the restaurant, she did what we chefs do for each other: take the agony out of deciding what to eat from a menu so enticing we can’t choose, she did the ordering for us. One of the condiments that I really enjoyed with my poppadums was the lemon pickles, and here is my twist on them.

This is the perfect time to make them, as lemons are in season, so make a few jars and give them to your friends as gifts.

METHOD • Place the lemons into a large saucepan with 4 cups of water and boil gently till the skins are just soft, remove from the saucepan with a slotted spoon and let them cool.

• Cut the lemons into quarters over a large boil so that you can catch any juices escaping from them.

• Place the lemons into the bowl with the juices and scatter over the salt, turmeric, ground fennel, chilli powder and ground cumin, give it a stir to coat the lemons, leave them to macerate for 12 minutes.

• Stir in the caster sugar and stir till the sugar dissolves.

• Spoon into well sterilized jars with tight fitting lids, store in the fridge and use within three months.

• You can start using the pickle after three days.

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BRYANSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 7061263 (e) newsletter@bryanstonprimary.co.za Culture Colours awards Bryanston Primary was proud to award Culture Colours blazers to the following pupils, who have recently performed exceptionally well in Eisteddfod.

FRONT: Akira Hargovan, Jesse Julies, Tshedza Mamanyuha, Lucia Rosetti Busa, Megan Hunt. BACK: Gareth Rigden, Matthew Lomas, Luke Adamczyk, Andile Shozi, Obakeng Sibeko.

Tickey Afternoon Tickey Afternoon began in the early sixties when South Africa still used the monetary system of pounds, shillings and pence.

The Grade 7s organised this mini-fĂŞte and each stall charged a tickey to participate in their events.

The idea behind the day was to enable the Grade 7s to give the school a gift by which they could be remembered and also to give something back to the school as a special thank you for all that had been done for them during their years here.

Tickey Afternoon is no longer simply a fundraising event. It is an educational exercise in cooperation, compromise, planning, how to run meetings, note taking and basic economic skills.

Organising their own activities encourages learners to use their own ideas and initiative.

Contributions by individuals and companies have also ensured the success of this tradition. Our Grade 7 learners will have food stalls, games and lots more available to the public on the day.

CRAIGHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 788 7223/4 (e) gazette@craighallprimary.co.za Soccer star in the making When you have a dream and you know that in order to achieve this dream you need to work hard and give your all, you can indeed reach it. Congratulations Aidan Wasserman for reaching the first step of your dream! Aidan has been selected to attend the Arsenal soccer trials in London in 2018. Such an honour and we are so proud of him!!

Grade 7 Spirit of Adventure Tour It was an early but exciting start for the Grade 7s going on tour to Spirit of Adventure, where they are taught the role of the leader in a team, the skills involved, and the confidence to apply them.

Cross Country Congratulations to Dillon Sheppard and Laura Slowe who have made it through to Cross Country Districts. A fantastic achievement!!

LAERSKOOL FONTAINEBLEAU (t) 011 791 6160/1 (e) skool@fontainebleau.co.za Laerskool Fontainebleau hou Kaskardag op 30 Junie 2017

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LAERSKOOL LOUW GELDENHUYS (t) 011 782 5442 (e) pos@llg.co.za D10 Landloopkampioenskappe Baie geluk aan Kimberley Swanepoel (Graad 7), Nicholas Els (Graad 7) en Morne Steyn (Graad 5) wat opgeneem is in die D10-span.

Kimberley en Morne het verder gekwalifiseer om Gauteng te verteenwoordig by die Provinsiale kampioenskappe op 2 September.

Baie geluk, julle!

Kimberley Swanepoel, Meneer Martin Bensch, Morne Steyn en Nicholas Els.

RANDPARK PRIMARY SCHOOL (t) 011 793 7434 (e) info@randparkprimary.co.za Rand Park Primary enjoyed Red Nose Day Red Nose Day was a day filled with loads of fun and laughter. The learners of Rand Park Primary all did their part to help child welfare by purchasing a red nose!

NORTHCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL

(t) 011 476 1544 (e) info@northcliffhigh.co.za

Grade Top 20 Achievers Congratulations to our Top 20 Students per Grade for Term 2 – we are incredibly proud of all your hard work! Here are the top scorers per grade: GRADE 12 Keri-Ann Tanton 5th: 80% GRADE 9 Fallon Pretorius 1st: 92% Matthew Simon 7th: 79% Jessica Bull 1st: 89% Relashini Munsamy 2nd: 91% Chanelle Uys 7th: 79% Preveshan Munsamy 1st: 89% Christopher Conroy 3rd: 90% Nadia Murray 7th: 79% Tessa Hoy 3rd: 88% Nicholas Levendis 3rd: 90% Tiago Smith 7th: 79% Mikaela de Ponte 4th: 87% Uthmaan Bhyat 5th: 83% Darren Bouttell 11th: 78% Miché Smith 4th: 87% Keon Roohani 5th: 83% Jordan Powell 11th: 78% Raiden Adams 4th: 87% Dylan Phillips 7th: 82% Mohammad Ghadimi 11th: 78% Jessica-Anne Miller 7th: 85% Je-Me Kruger-Baartjes 8th: 80% Daniella Fletcher 11th: 78% Paige Taylor 7th: 85% Amanda Ahamefule 8th: 80% Elektra Schreuders 7th: 85% GRADE 10 Chamell Moss 8th: 80% ABOVE Grade 12 Top 20 Ashlynn Wilkins 1st: 88% GRADE 8 Hannah Foster 11th: 79% Thashil Naidoo 2nd: 87% Polia Gizdova 1st: 89% Meg Hammond 11th: 79% Devesh Jeaven 3rd: 86% Shaylin Soomar 2nd: 87% Philippa Thompson 11th: 79% Dhiyan Ramsingh 4th: 83% Amy Botes 2nd: 87% Sharon Adegoke 11th: 79% Shayleigh Murray 5th: 82% Grant Booysen 2nd: 87% GRADE 11 Trevarn Govender 5th: 82% Cassandra Hanmer 2nd: 87% Kayla Surujhlal 1st: 85% Kirsten Sydow 5th: 82% Laurie Ann Shaw 6th: 86% Danielle Obisie-Orlu 2nd: 84% Diyanté Pietersen 8th: 81% Simone Fletcher 7th: 85% Christopher Rawlings 3rd: 83% Megan Shannon 8th: 81% Keira van Niekerk 7th: 85% Stephanie McCreadie 4th: 81% Aaliyaan Waja 8th: 81% Landen Viljoen 7th: 85% Luke Wessels 5th: 80%

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BELOW Grade 11 Top 20

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KING EDWARD VII PREPARATORY SCHOOL (t) 011 648 1000 (e) bbennet@keps.co.za K.E.P.S. Choir

Cross country

Our K.E.P.S. Choir sang the National Anthem at a conference at the Gordon Institute of Business Science on 26 August. Our boys sang together with the K.E.S. Choir.

Congratulations to all boys who ran in the annual InterHouse cross country event. Yet again, we experienced a very successful day. Anderson House were crowned winners.

Squash rankings Congratulations to our King Edward VII School SA Squash representatives and their new rankings for 2017: SA Squash Ranking: • U/14 M Buthulezi (ranked 3rd in SA) • U/16 J van der Wath (ranked 7th in SA) • U/16 A Zitha (ranked 2nd in SA)

Football Our U13A football side played in the U13 Discovery Football Cup final against King David Linksfield.

We unfortunately did not raise the winner’s trophy, but commend our boys on their commitment and spirit.

Andrew Jackson (Vice-Captain) and Andrew Davis (Captain).

Top junior speakers The Junior speakers at the InterHouse Best Speaker Competition 2017 showed great promise for the future and delivered sincere and meaningful speeches.

The results were as follows: • Best Speaker: Waseem Dadabhay-Hill • Proxime Accessit: Jonathan Bekker-Hofmeyr

Top senior speakers The Senior Inter-House Best Speaker Competition 2017 once again delivered some quality entertainment and thoughtprovoking ideas.

The results were as follows: • Best Speaker: Devon FullerDavis • Proxime Accessit: Faranani Lishivha-Anderson

Devon Fuller-Davis

Faranani Lishivha-Anderson

Waseem Dadabhay-Hill and Jonathan Bekker-Hofmeyr.

PARKTOWN BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL (t) 011 642 4531/2 (e) info@parktownboys.com Best speakers

Exciting start to rowing season

PHOTOGRAPHS Barry van Niekerk

Rowing season is off to an exciting start as the boys get to know one another and have their first practice session with U14’s coach Reece Lenting.

Well done to Declan Gibbon for winning Senior Best Speaker 2017. Second place went to Andrew Boyley and joint third went to Gabriel Matthews and Che Carpede.

Declan Gibbon and Mr de Wilzem.

Rugby

New boarding house

A very proud moment as Nkosikhona Masuku takes to the field in the green and gold, in the SA Schools game vs Wales.

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The roof wetting of the hostel finally took place on 10 of August, and as someone said, “We didn’t have it this good when we were at school”. Complete with a games room and beautiful finishes, this boarding house is up there with the best.

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HOËRSKOOL RANDBURG (t) 011 782 6226 (e) sport@hsrandburg.co.za

FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL (t) 011 465 1104/07 (e) fourways@4ways.co.za League interhigh final A league interhigh final took place on 23 August. Winners of the U17 relay were Andrea Popara, Shaylee Krumples, Tamarin Nel and Amber Ritchie.

Volleyball Pupils participated in a volleyball tournament from 18 to 20 August.

Limpopo Molife: MVP U19.

Results as follows: • U14A Bronze medal • U16A Silver medal

Samantha Kemp: best blocker U16.

• U19B Lost in Bronze medal match • U19A Silver medal

VCayla Goncalves: best blocker U19.

Sarah Shabalala: best setter U19.

Andrea Popara, Shaylee Krumples, Tamarin Nel and Amber Ritchie.

HOËRSKOOL LINDEN (t) 011 888 1433/4 (e) linden@linden.co.za Mnr. en Mej. Linden Vanjaar se Mnr. en Mej. Linden was weer eens ‘n skouspel waaroor mense nie uitgepraat kan raak nie. Baie geluk aan Cara Prinsloo en Shae Hiepner, wat vir die volgende jaar die kroon sal dra.

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ST PETER’S BOYS PREP SCHOOL (t) 011 705 3423 (e) reception@stpeters.co.za

ST PETER’S GIRLS PREP SCHOOL (t) 011 367 6631 (e) girlsreception@stpeters.co.za

Year of the Woman event St Peter’s Prep Schools hosted the Year of the Woman event on 3 August 2017 as a culmination of the Diversity Committee’s dedication of 2017 being the Year of the Woman. A plaque was unveiled and blessed to mark the celebration of women’s achievements. The plaque’s inscription Wathinta Abafazi, Wathintha Imbokodo translates into You strike a woman, you strike a rock.

A brief overview of the Women’s March on 9 August 1956 was shared with the children with an explanation of National Women’s Day celebrated annually on 9 August.

After a light breakfast and a special service for women, Mama Gcina Mhlophe addressed parents and Grade 5, 6 and 7 boys and girls. Mama Gcina is a poet, playwright, author, international consultant, keynote speaker and a renowned story-

teller. She cleverly wove ‘her South African story’ as a woman and inspired the many St Peter’s women, staff and children to strike their own path. She focused on resilience, bouncing back from adversity, believing in self, building self-confidence, persevering, promoting our heritage, being optimistic and taking on leadership roles in our country.

This was an ideal opportunity for women to reflect on their lives, to never feel guilty about self-care, and never to feel inferior or second-guess themselves. There were moments when tears were shed, but the celebration of women’s achievements, positive inspiration and singing attracted rapturous applause. This was a heartfelt occasion of showing appreciation for the women in our lives and creating harmony and the solid feeling of love and friendship so characteristic of St Peter’s.

ST PETER’S COLLEGE (t) 011 807 5315 (e) info@stpeterscollege.co.za St Peter’s College equestrian team take the trophy Congratulations to Mrs Delport and the St Peter’s College riders on winning the SANESA Central Category C High Schools.

Categories are divided according to the number of riders and rider–horse combinations. St Peter’s College falls into the C Category as we have a 23 horse–rider

Captains Chanel Thomas and Andrew Thomas with Mrs Delport.

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combination.

We competed against school such as St Stithians, Midstream in the C Category and our goal is to grow our equestrian team even more to enable us to move up a category.