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StelliesJolISSUE 3 AUG/SEPT 2011
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2 StelliesJol MAGAZINE 3StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ABOUT ISSUE 1
founder | marketing director
simon davidson
creative director | editor
jeanneke malan
content sourcing director
daniel malan
translator | assistant editor
tessa bezuidenhout
feature writers:
keith hodgskiss
marinette potgieter
denise kotze
matthew mcdonald
luke metelerkamp
matapotamus
leandra haslam
shaakira chohan
irene kim
elizna payne
EDITOR’S BYTE
THE TEAM CONTRIBUTORS
he www.StelliesJol.com website Thas had a make over! Go and check
it out! The feedback thus far has been
great. The up to date posts include
current affairs, student news, events,
fashion articles, and more! You’ll also
still find a directory of popular
restaurants, bars and clubs, with
Google Street Views integration and
all.
Enjoy the third issue of the StelliesJol
MAGAZINE!
COVER
cover model Roxy Louw
photography
AudiA1
CONTACT
magazine@stelliesjol.com
advertising
ads@stelliesjol.com
founder | marketing director
simon@stelliesjol.com
+27 (0) 82 653 9290
creative director | editor
+27 (0) 82 357 4044
enquiries
jeanneke@stelliesjol.com
KEITHHODGSKISS
ELIZNA PAYNE
current affairs
CONTENTS
Protection of Information Bill 04
tech byte
09The + side of GOOGLE+
lekker lag
L a u g h O u t L o u d w i t h G r u h n 12
travel
M o o i e M o s a m b i e k 14
punt. vir punt.
StelliesJol TWEETS 21
Matie’s leaders of tomorrow travel to WASHINGTON DC
student news
24
fashion
STYLE (IN) THE CITY 22
sport
ROXY BURNS: she is on fire! 27
the end of the month of this issue of the magazine.4. Prizes are not transferable, nor can they be converted into cash.5. Prizes are to be collected by winners from the StelliesJol distribution points.
6. Prizes are to be redeemed within the month following the month of this issue of the magazine, unless otherwise stated.7. Winners will be notified in writing on Facebook.
COMPETITION RULES1. Winners will randomly be selected from received entries.2. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.3. All entries must be entered by
Rocking it with ROXY LOUW
celebrity
06
chow
Hussar Grill 18Winter Warmers: RECIPES 20
MARINETTEPOTGIETER
DENISEKOTZE
LUKEMETELERKAMP
SHAAKIRACHOHAN
JOOL: die storie agter die storie 05
sustainability
Tackling Stellenbosch’s Waste Problem10
moet sien flieks
THE BANG BANG CLUB 26
2 StelliesJol MAGAZINE 3StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ABOUT ISSUE 1
founder | marketing director
simon davidson
creative director | editor
jeanneke malan
content sourcing director
daniel malan
translator | assistant editor
tessa bezuidenhout
feature writers:
keith hodgskiss
marinette potgieter
denise kotze
matthew mcdonald
luke metelerkamp
matapotamus
leandra haslam
shaakira chohan
irene kim
elizna payne
EDITOR’S BYTE
THE TEAM CONTRIBUTORS
he www.StelliesJol.com website Thas had a make over! Go and check
it out! The feedback thus far has been
great. The up to date posts include
current affairs, student news, events,
fashion articles, and more! You’ll also
still find a directory of popular
restaurants, bars and clubs, with
Google Street Views integration and
all.
Enjoy the third issue of the StelliesJol
MAGAZINE!
COVER
cover model Roxy Louw
photography
AudiA1
CONTACT
magazine@stelliesjol.com
advertising
ads@stelliesjol.com
founder | marketing director
simon@stelliesjol.com
+27 (0) 82 653 9290
creative director | editor
+27 (0) 82 357 4044
enquiries
jeanneke@stelliesjol.com
KEITHHODGSKISS
ELIZNA PAYNE
current affairs
CONTENTS
Protection of Information Bill 04
tech byte
09The + side of GOOGLE+
lekker lag
L a u g h O u t L o u d w i t h G r u h n 12
travel
M o o i e M o s a m b i e k 14
punt. vir punt.
StelliesJol TWEETS 21
Matie’s leaders of tomorrow travel to WASHINGTON DC
student news
24
fashion
STYLE (IN) THE CITY 22
sport
ROXY BURNS: she is on fire! 27
the end of the month of this issue of the magazine.4. Prizes are not transferable, nor can they be converted into cash.5. Prizes are to be collected by winners from the StelliesJol distribution points.
6. Prizes are to be redeemed within the month following the month of this issue of the magazine, unless otherwise stated.7. Winners will be notified in writing on Facebook.
COMPETITION RULES1. Winners will randomly be selected from received entries.2. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.3. All entries must be entered by
Rocking it with ROXY LOUW
celebrity
06
chow
Hussar Grill 18Winter Warmers: RECIPES 20
MARINETTEPOTGIETER
DENISEKOTZE
LUKEMETELERKAMP
SHAAKIRACHOHAN
JOOL: die storie agter die storie 05
sustainability
Tackling Stellenbosch’s Waste Problem10
moet sien flieks
THE BANG BANG CLUB 26
4 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
CURRENT AFFAIRS WORDS BY KEITH HODGSKISS AKTUEEL DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
Protectionof BillINFORMATION
what it is and how it could plunge South
Africa back into the dark ages
ransparent governance, free expression and a free
press are essential components of democracy. TThey are the means by which all people in South Africa,
especially the vulnerable and poor, can hold our
government to account.
The bill in question, entitled the Protection of
Information Bill, also known as 'The Secrecy Bill', had
its first version introduced to parliament in 2008 to
provide a new statutory framework to provide direction
to those in the government charged with information
protection – a necessity for even the most democratic
of states. A key aim was to substantially reduce the
amount of state information that is protected from
disclosure while providing more effective protection to
information that truly requires safeguarding. The
original bill seemed like a genuine attempt to identify
which information should be classified, who may
classify it and other necessary requirements for the
protection of information so that any other information
can be made available to the public to be able to ensure
government transparency. The major and dramatic
changes that have subsequently been made to that
original 2008 bill which appear in the 2010 bill are
drastic enough to warrant severe encroachment on an
individual's freedom of speech and to be considered
unconstitutional.
Corruption, lack of accountability and service delivery
failure permeates every level of government; at
national level, in all nine provinces and in most
districts. This bill will protect corruption and
unaccountability by granting a wide range of public
officials the right to classify information as secret and
by criminalising whistle-blowing and imposing jail
sentences on those who publish classified information.
The 2010 bill has been revised so substantially that it
has the opposite effect to the 2008 version. Ronnie
Kasrils, the man who was in charge of introducing the
original bill, noted that the 2008 bill included a
classification principle that read: ”the classification of
information is an exceptional measure and should be
used sparingly” and in the 2010 bill the words “should
be used sparingly” have been deleted. There have also
been changes to the way in which information is
declassified and the introduction of mandatory
minimum sentences while the original bill only
provided for very stiff maximum penalties for the more
serious offences and did not impose any minimum
sentences. These minimum penalties could mean a
lengthy jail term for a journalist that is merely reporting
a local government's squandering of taxpayers money.
The ANC has recently proposed significant concessions
on the bill which have been welcomed by all opposing it
in its current form, although it is felt that much still
needs to be done before it can be considered
constitutional and passed. Amongst those critical of
the bill are Archbishop Desmond Tutu, late Kader
Asmal, Ronnie Kasrils and COSATU. The upheaval of
opposition has been immense, with a snowballing
effect beginning from the initial media uproar and
subsequent formation of the Right2Know campaign.
The vast, enterprising and unconstrained network of
new media has enabled education of the bill and its
consequences if passed unaltered and people have
responded by relaying the information in any form at
their disposal.
The belief is that the bill is unconstitutional and
could have disastrous consequences for democracy
should it be passed in its current form.
With proper education and information, people should
at least read more about the bill and its criticisms and
decide what is just, but more importantly to act on it.
There are currently 2 online movements, if you
would like more information visit
http://www.r2k.org.za/ or
http://www.avaaz.org/en/south_africa_
stop_the_secrecy_bill/
JOOL twee hoofelemente wat die besluit
beinvloed het.” Sy meen ook dat dit
nie werklik die tradisionele
beginsels van JOOL is wat afgestel
is nie, maar eerder sekondêre
aktiwiteite wat meer onlangs hulle
verskyning gemaak het. Tot 'n
mate is dit 'n goeie ding dat
aktiwiteite soos Soen-in-die-Laan afgestel is, omdat dit
nie deel uitmaak van die JOOL-tradisie nie. Dit is slegs
'n event wat meer geld gekos het, en het weinig
bygedra tot die liefdadigheidsdoelwit en -beginsel .
Volgens Talitha, primaria van Serruria, word daar 'n
buitensporige bedrag elke jaar aan aktiwiteite soos
Vensters en Vlotte spandeer, wat eerder aan
liefdadigheid geskenk kon word. “Kleiner koshuise het
nie dieselfde begroting as dié van groot koshuise nie,
en as gevolg van die onkoste wat met JOOL gepaard
gaan, het hierdie kleiner koshuise bitter min geld oor
vir liefdadigheid. Die duur JOOL-aktiwiteite neem te
veel van die begroting in beslag, en hierdeur word die
essensiële doel van JOOL, oorskry.”
Alhoewel die besluit om sekere aktiwiteite te kanselleer
aanvanklik omstrede was, en groot opskudding op
kampus veroorsaak het, wil dit tog voorkom asof die
gemeenskap en liefdadigheidsorganisasies 'n beter
voordeel hieruit kan trek, omdat daar heel moontlik
meer finansiele steun en bydraes aan hulle gegee kan
word met die besparing wat teweeg gebring word.
Dit is dalk nou te verstane dat die besluit, alhoewel
ongewild, tog nodig was, en dat die raad slegs die
gemeenskap se beste belange op die hart dra.
Dit was immers die oorspronklike bedoeling van JOOL.
ie dag toe die Studenteraad van die Universiteit DStellenbosch aangekondig het dat verskeie JOOL-
aktiwiteite gekanseleer gaan word, het die emosies
hoog geloop onder studente, en negatiewe kritiek is
van oud-studente gehoor. Maar, wat is die eintlike
storie agter die storie? Wat was die beweegredes vir
so 'n ongewilde besluit? StelliesJol het gaan
ondersoek instel.
“Alhoewel sekere aktiwiteite gekanselleer word, sal
JOOL steeds voortbestaan,” was die eerste woorde van
Lloyd Blake, ondervoorsitter van die studenteraad van
die universiteit. Die besluit om sekere aktiwiteite te
kanselleer was eenparig geneem deur die raad, en
weerspieël die raad se misnoë oor die wyse waarop
JOOL die afgelope paar jaar verloop het.
“In plaas van die feit dat JOOL as 'n
liefdadigheidsfunksie gesien word, word dit nou net 'n
kompetisie tussen koshuise. Die doel van JOOL is om
geld in te samel vir liefdadigheid, maar as daar gekyk
word na insidente soos Eendrag wat die JOOL-
kommittee na die studentehof gesleep het, dien dit as
bewyse dat JOOL nie meer gaan waaroor dit vroeër
jare gegaan het nie.” JOOL is nie meer die onskuldige
pret met die eerstejaars wat op koshusvensters verf
nie. Dit het ontaard in iets heeltemal anders.”
Nie net het die oorspronlike doel van JOOL vervaag nie,
maar is daar ook baie finansiele implikasies wat
hiermee saamgaan. “As gevolg van die groot toename
in kostes om vlotte en trollies te bou, word die primêre
doel van JOOL nie meer verwesenlik nie ,” sê Este Nel,
onder-primaria van Serruria. “Daar het elke jaar 'n
nuwe event bygekom en dit het eenvoudig te duur
geraak om al hierdie aktiwiteite te finansier. 'n
Eenvoudige aktiwiteit soos blikskud het in 'n reuse
reklame veldtog ontaard met massiewe borde,
gedrukte T-hemde en plakkate van plaaslike besighede
wat as borge dien. Met al die bykomende events moes
daar voortdurend nuwe borge gevind word, wat al hoe
moeilker geword het. ”
Este sê ook dat daar konflik ontstaan het tussen die
koshuise, as gevolg van die konstante kompetisie
tydens JOOL. “Geld en konflik tussen die koshuise is die
diestorie
diestorie
AGTE
R
MEER OOR DIE SKRYWER:
Marinette is 'n derdejaarstudent aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch met die oog om my honeursgraad in Joernalistiek te voltooi. Haar ware passie lê opgesluit in musiek en om dit te kan kombineer met joernalistiek, is vir haar 'n droom wat waar geword het. Sy werk alreeds vir amper twee jaar as 'n vermaaklikheidsjoernalis en het al onderhoude gevoer met van die coolste mense in die musiekindustrie, van Van Coke Kartel en Jack Parow tot Goldfish en Die Heuwels Fantasties.
5StelliesJol MAGAZINE
4 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
CURRENT AFFAIRS WORDS BY KEITH HODGSKISS AKTUEEL DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
Protectionof BillINFORMATION
what it is and how it could plunge South
Africa back into the dark ages
ransparent governance, free expression and a free
press are essential components of democracy. TThey are the means by which all people in South Africa,
especially the vulnerable and poor, can hold our
government to account.
The bill in question, entitled the Protection of
Information Bill, also known as 'The Secrecy Bill', had
its first version introduced to parliament in 2008 to
provide a new statutory framework to provide direction
to those in the government charged with information
protection – a necessity for even the most democratic
of states. A key aim was to substantially reduce the
amount of state information that is protected from
disclosure while providing more effective protection to
information that truly requires safeguarding. The
original bill seemed like a genuine attempt to identify
which information should be classified, who may
classify it and other necessary requirements for the
protection of information so that any other information
can be made available to the public to be able to ensure
government transparency. The major and dramatic
changes that have subsequently been made to that
original 2008 bill which appear in the 2010 bill are
drastic enough to warrant severe encroachment on an
individual's freedom of speech and to be considered
unconstitutional.
Corruption, lack of accountability and service delivery
failure permeates every level of government; at
national level, in all nine provinces and in most
districts. This bill will protect corruption and
unaccountability by granting a wide range of public
officials the right to classify information as secret and
by criminalising whistle-blowing and imposing jail
sentences on those who publish classified information.
The 2010 bill has been revised so substantially that it
has the opposite effect to the 2008 version. Ronnie
Kasrils, the man who was in charge of introducing the
original bill, noted that the 2008 bill included a
classification principle that read: ”the classification of
information is an exceptional measure and should be
used sparingly” and in the 2010 bill the words “should
be used sparingly” have been deleted. There have also
been changes to the way in which information is
declassified and the introduction of mandatory
minimum sentences while the original bill only
provided for very stiff maximum penalties for the more
serious offences and did not impose any minimum
sentences. These minimum penalties could mean a
lengthy jail term for a journalist that is merely reporting
a local government's squandering of taxpayers money.
The ANC has recently proposed significant concessions
on the bill which have been welcomed by all opposing it
in its current form, although it is felt that much still
needs to be done before it can be considered
constitutional and passed. Amongst those critical of
the bill are Archbishop Desmond Tutu, late Kader
Asmal, Ronnie Kasrils and COSATU. The upheaval of
opposition has been immense, with a snowballing
effect beginning from the initial media uproar and
subsequent formation of the Right2Know campaign.
The vast, enterprising and unconstrained network of
new media has enabled education of the bill and its
consequences if passed unaltered and people have
responded by relaying the information in any form at
their disposal.
The belief is that the bill is unconstitutional and
could have disastrous consequences for democracy
should it be passed in its current form.
With proper education and information, people should
at least read more about the bill and its criticisms and
decide what is just, but more importantly to act on it.
There are currently 2 online movements, if you
would like more information visit
http://www.r2k.org.za/ or
http://www.avaaz.org/en/south_africa_
stop_the_secrecy_bill/
JOOL twee hoofelemente wat die besluit
beinvloed het.” Sy meen ook dat dit
nie werklik die tradisionele
beginsels van JOOL is wat afgestel
is nie, maar eerder sekondêre
aktiwiteite wat meer onlangs hulle
verskyning gemaak het. Tot 'n
mate is dit 'n goeie ding dat
aktiwiteite soos Soen-in-die-Laan afgestel is, omdat dit
nie deel uitmaak van die JOOL-tradisie nie. Dit is slegs
'n event wat meer geld gekos het, en het weinig
bygedra tot die liefdadigheidsdoelwit en -beginsel .
Volgens Talitha, primaria van Serruria, word daar 'n
buitensporige bedrag elke jaar aan aktiwiteite soos
Vensters en Vlotte spandeer, wat eerder aan
liefdadigheid geskenk kon word. “Kleiner koshuise het
nie dieselfde begroting as dié van groot koshuise nie,
en as gevolg van die onkoste wat met JOOL gepaard
gaan, het hierdie kleiner koshuise bitter min geld oor
vir liefdadigheid. Die duur JOOL-aktiwiteite neem te
veel van die begroting in beslag, en hierdeur word die
essensiële doel van JOOL, oorskry.”
Alhoewel die besluit om sekere aktiwiteite te kanselleer
aanvanklik omstrede was, en groot opskudding op
kampus veroorsaak het, wil dit tog voorkom asof die
gemeenskap en liefdadigheidsorganisasies 'n beter
voordeel hieruit kan trek, omdat daar heel moontlik
meer finansiele steun en bydraes aan hulle gegee kan
word met die besparing wat teweeg gebring word.
Dit is dalk nou te verstane dat die besluit, alhoewel
ongewild, tog nodig was, en dat die raad slegs die
gemeenskap se beste belange op die hart dra.
Dit was immers die oorspronklike bedoeling van JOOL.
ie dag toe die Studenteraad van die Universiteit DStellenbosch aangekondig het dat verskeie JOOL-
aktiwiteite gekanseleer gaan word, het die emosies
hoog geloop onder studente, en negatiewe kritiek is
van oud-studente gehoor. Maar, wat is die eintlike
storie agter die storie? Wat was die beweegredes vir
so 'n ongewilde besluit? StelliesJol het gaan
ondersoek instel.
“Alhoewel sekere aktiwiteite gekanselleer word, sal
JOOL steeds voortbestaan,” was die eerste woorde van
Lloyd Blake, ondervoorsitter van die studenteraad van
die universiteit. Die besluit om sekere aktiwiteite te
kanselleer was eenparig geneem deur die raad, en
weerspieël die raad se misnoë oor die wyse waarop
JOOL die afgelope paar jaar verloop het.
“In plaas van die feit dat JOOL as 'n
liefdadigheidsfunksie gesien word, word dit nou net 'n
kompetisie tussen koshuise. Die doel van JOOL is om
geld in te samel vir liefdadigheid, maar as daar gekyk
word na insidente soos Eendrag wat die JOOL-
kommittee na die studentehof gesleep het, dien dit as
bewyse dat JOOL nie meer gaan waaroor dit vroeër
jare gegaan het nie.” JOOL is nie meer die onskuldige
pret met die eerstejaars wat op koshusvensters verf
nie. Dit het ontaard in iets heeltemal anders.”
Nie net het die oorspronlike doel van JOOL vervaag nie,
maar is daar ook baie finansiele implikasies wat
hiermee saamgaan. “As gevolg van die groot toename
in kostes om vlotte en trollies te bou, word die primêre
doel van JOOL nie meer verwesenlik nie ,” sê Este Nel,
onder-primaria van Serruria. “Daar het elke jaar 'n
nuwe event bygekom en dit het eenvoudig te duur
geraak om al hierdie aktiwiteite te finansier. 'n
Eenvoudige aktiwiteit soos blikskud het in 'n reuse
reklame veldtog ontaard met massiewe borde,
gedrukte T-hemde en plakkate van plaaslike besighede
wat as borge dien. Met al die bykomende events moes
daar voortdurend nuwe borge gevind word, wat al hoe
moeilker geword het. ”
Este sê ook dat daar konflik ontstaan het tussen die
koshuise, as gevolg van die konstante kompetisie
tydens JOOL. “Geld en konflik tussen die koshuise is die
diestorie
diestorie
AGTE
R
MEER OOR DIE SKRYWER:
Marinette is 'n derdejaarstudent aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch met die oog om my honeursgraad in Joernalistiek te voltooi. Haar ware passie lê opgesluit in musiek en om dit te kan kombineer met joernalistiek, is vir haar 'n droom wat waar geword het. Sy werk alreeds vir amper twee jaar as 'n vermaaklikheidsjoernalis en het al onderhoude gevoer met van die coolste mense in die musiekindustrie, van Van Coke Kartel en Jack Parow tot Goldfish en Die Heuwels Fantasties.
5StelliesJol MAGAZINE
urfer-Model-Actress Roxy Louw was born on the
9th of June 1987. She's a very down to earth girl, Shaving achieved hugely throughout her life in the
limelight, and becoming a popular South African icon
and role model for many young people. Though she's
still very young, she has experiences and wisdom of an
“old-soul”. Her father is the famous ex rugby legend
Rob Louw, and her mother studied psychology, giving
her enough books to read to help her develop into the
adult she is, enabling her to cope with the hectic life
she has. She found time in her crazy schedule and
agreed to an interview with Denise Kotze from the
StelliesJol MAGAZINE team:
How did growing up with a famous dad, Rob
Louw, affect your childhood, social life and
transformation into adulthood?
It was difficult growing up as all eyes were on me. I had
to respect my dad's name and make sure I didn't do
anything that he wouldn't approve of.
The kids at school also couldn't understand why my
family was getting so much attention from the media,
which wasn't easy either. It was hard blending in.
But on the positive side, I received honest advice
from the best sportsmen in the world of rugby, cricket
and swimming, as my dad has many friends due to his
amazing nature.
The fact that I had to work twice as hard as other
kids did at sport also made me a toughie for the bigger
world. The day I flew into Brazil for my first surfing trip
in grade 11, 'Rob Louw' wasn't behind my name, and
today I am still on posters throughout Brazil, America
and across other parts of the world. The fighter in me
won. Everything happens for a reason. When you get
knocked down you stand up stronger, because you
know how it feels to be knocked down and you prepare
to avoid the next punch.
You were taking a break from modelling when
you heard that you were announced as the
sexiest girl in the world by FHM at age 22, with
over two million votes. What did that mean to
you and how did that affect your life?
It came as a huge shock, as I had just left my agency
and started my own website www.roxylouw.com
where I started managing myself.
When I got that call in Durban, I was soooo
surprised! It was such an honour! With no one pushing
me and without an agency behind me, I WON with
record votes. Super stoked!
You were in the movie Blue Crush 2 that was
shot locally. How did you find this new
experience and where are you planning to go
with your career in acting?
I live life like I ride the waves. Planning doesn't work as
we never know if that next swell is going to come.
If it comes then great, I'll pack my bags and go, but
if not then I am happy to carry on as is.
I thoroughly enjoyed the set of Blue Crush 2. We
were a huge cast and production team (Universal
Pictures doesn't go small) and it was long hours of
working and waiting in the cold, but I was in such a
working spirit that I didn't even need to rest. I had time
in the day to finish a couple of books and I still enjoyed
a glass of wine with the other actors after we wrapped
up in the evenings. I will definitely do it again, without a
doubt!
What is it like working with a brand like Oakley,
where travelling is part of the job as well as a
huge perk?
I love working with Oakley International! It's HARD
work, but the travelling part is definitely my favourite. I
am blessed that they have taken me to places where
few people have been. I try sponge as much as I can on
my adventures and absorb all the different foods and
cultures.
You are an ambassador for the Audi A1 brand
CELEBRITY ROXY LOUW
7StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ROXYLOUWROCKING it with
surfer turned model I live life like I
ride the waves! ”“
Photograph: AudiA1
urfer-Model-Actress Roxy Louw was born on the
9th of June 1987. She's a very down to earth girl, Shaving achieved hugely throughout her life in the
limelight, and becoming a popular South African icon
and role model for many young people. Though she's
still very young, she has experiences and wisdom of an
“old-soul”. Her father is the famous ex rugby legend
Rob Louw, and her mother studied psychology, giving
her enough books to read to help her develop into the
adult she is, enabling her to cope with the hectic life
she has. She found time in her crazy schedule and
agreed to an interview with Denise Kotze from the
StelliesJol MAGAZINE team:
How did growing up with a famous dad, Rob
Louw, affect your childhood, social life and
transformation into adulthood?
It was difficult growing up as all eyes were on me. I had
to respect my dad's name and make sure I didn't do
anything that he wouldn't approve of.
The kids at school also couldn't understand why my
family was getting so much attention from the media,
which wasn't easy either. It was hard blending in.
But on the positive side, I received honest advice
from the best sportsmen in the world of rugby, cricket
and swimming, as my dad has many friends due to his
amazing nature.
The fact that I had to work twice as hard as other
kids did at sport also made me a toughie for the bigger
world. The day I flew into Brazil for my first surfing trip
in grade 11, 'Rob Louw' wasn't behind my name, and
today I am still on posters throughout Brazil, America
and across other parts of the world. The fighter in me
won. Everything happens for a reason. When you get
knocked down you stand up stronger, because you
know how it feels to be knocked down and you prepare
to avoid the next punch.
You were taking a break from modelling when
you heard that you were announced as the
sexiest girl in the world by FHM at age 22, with
over two million votes. What did that mean to
you and how did that affect your life?
It came as a huge shock, as I had just left my agency
and started my own website www.roxylouw.com
where I started managing myself.
When I got that call in Durban, I was soooo
surprised! It was such an honour! With no one pushing
me and without an agency behind me, I WON with
record votes. Super stoked!
You were in the movie Blue Crush 2 that was
shot locally. How did you find this new
experience and where are you planning to go
with your career in acting?
I live life like I ride the waves. Planning doesn't work as
we never know if that next swell is going to come.
If it comes then great, I'll pack my bags and go, but
if not then I am happy to carry on as is.
I thoroughly enjoyed the set of Blue Crush 2. We
were a huge cast and production team (Universal
Pictures doesn't go small) and it was long hours of
working and waiting in the cold, but I was in such a
working spirit that I didn't even need to rest. I had time
in the day to finish a couple of books and I still enjoyed
a glass of wine with the other actors after we wrapped
up in the evenings. I will definitely do it again, without a
doubt!
What is it like working with a brand like Oakley,
where travelling is part of the job as well as a
huge perk?
I love working with Oakley International! It's HARD
work, but the travelling part is definitely my favourite. I
am blessed that they have taken me to places where
few people have been. I try sponge as much as I can on
my adventures and absorb all the different foods and
cultures.
You are an ambassador for the Audi A1 brand
CELEBRITY ROXY LOUW
7StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ROXYLOUWROCKING it with
surfer turned model I live life like I
ride the waves! ”“
Photograph: AudiA1
TECH BYTE WORDS BY MATTHEW McDONALD
9StelliesJol MAGAZINE
CELEBRITY ROXY LOUW BY DENISE KOTZE
(something making most guys a bit jealous).
How has this experience been for you so far?
AUDI A1 1.6 Turbo Diesel is a dream car! It's a little
black number with a silver lining. In addition to the
sexy S line interior, turbo engine and spunky music
features, it has a stop-start engine, low rolling
resistance tyres and energy recuperation measures
which takes pressure off the engine.
The car is fuel efficient! It just goes and goes and
goes. Fuel consumption is a huge thing for me as I
drive a lot. Fuel is so expensive and the car uses so little
of it! It's great for cost efficient road trips.
Naturally having achieved what you have
during your life, you are a role model for
thousands of people and teens everywhere,
what word of advice can you provide for
aspiring models, actors and surfers?
NEVER GIVE UP! Keep fighting! People give up and
move on too easily. Set a small goal, achieve it and
work your way up your own ranks. You will win.
Do you have any connections with Stellenbosch
University? Would you have liked to have been a
Matie?
I would love to have become a Matie. I think that there
is always time at a later stage.
My dad and mom met on campus. My sister, Misty, is
in hostel at Seruria. My other sister, Shahnee, is in a flat
on campus. My boyfriend is now a Matie and my
brother is at school in Paul Roos.
There is more than just a connection!
MATIE through and through….
8 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ROXY’s favourites: Food: minus the carrot plus extra avocado as a treat...delicious! I drink Kauai’s carrot and beetroot juice with added celery and cucumber every day. I also sip on Cape Kingdom's Buchu Water all day!
Alcohol: I have a weak spot for a good bottle of Merlot…
Destination locally: Stilbaai Destination abroad: Maldives Pastime: Reading and cooking Colour: Blue and pink Animal: Dogs
Makeup Item: I LOVE MAC plumping lip glosses. They leave my lips feeling sexy. I love MAC's liquid foundation, their teddy eyeliner, and their eye shadows. Then, my own Exfoliac Blemished Skin Micellar Cleansing Water: It's a waterless makeup remover that's great for when you're on the run. Your skin feels instantly and gently purified and mattified. It brings the skin back to its natural Ph level. It's distributed through Cipla Med Pro throughout all Dis-Chems and most pharmacies.
Kauai foods - I love the gluten free salmon wrap,
To read the entire interview,
scan the barcode with your
BlackBerry,
or visit www.StelliesJol.com
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Denise is nie die allerdaagse eerste jaar voedselwetenskap student nie. Ek hou van sosiaal verkeer en kan vir 12 ure regdeur in die SS sit en leer as ek nou regtig moet. Sy probeer altyd meer doen as wat verwag word van haar, maar kan terselfdetyd bietjie lui raak.
So what does Google+ bring to the table? Firstly, it
combines all the utility of content sharing with all the
Google desktop applications you need to literally
perform almost every task you would on your PC on the
net. Google+ is all about getting your digital life into
the cloud - the online community of applications, data
and networks that are the very direction in which
modern ICT is heading. No more flash disks,
accessories and bulky software packages clogging your
hard drive, soon you’ll be able to work, share, browse,
store and play online, needing nothing more than an
interface - be it PC, laptop or mobile to access your data
and networks.
Secondly, Google+ offers new ways of controlling the
content you share, and who in your network you share
it with. You arrange your friends, colleagues, family
and followers into ‘circles’ and you can interact with all
or some of your circles at will. Sharing a picture with a
particular circle of friends is as easy as collaborating on
a business proposal with a particular circle of
colleagues, and of course, your interactions can be
undertaken via message, internet phone or video.
Google+ is not going to replace Facebook with its 750
million (and growing) users, nor is it going to overrun
Twitter - where the amount of information tweeted
daily amounts to just over 8000 copies (and growing)
of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. What it is going to do is
offer you a simple, fast and innovative way to work on
the internet and within your private and professional
networks; be it searching for - and sharing content,
communicating with colleagues, friends and family, or
collaborating on projects professionally around the
world.
On the + side, or, why Google+ is not the
new Facebook
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+Matthew McDonald
o, what’s all the hype about Google+? Well, there Sare various ideas playing together at once here.
Some see it as Google’s latest volley in its siege against
the windmills of social media megastardom, currently
occupied by such giants as Facebook, Twitter, and even
Microsoft and it’s MSN community, i.e. the places
where you poke your friends, share your photos and
cool stuff you found on the web, whilst commenting
endlessly on each others’ lives, and yes, Google+ is
that, sort of.
Others view it as the latest twist in Google’s attempts to
win the platform wars, now playing both on your
computer screens and your smarter mobile devices,
the opponents here being Google’s Android, Apple’s
iOS and Microsoft’s mighty Windows empire. The key
concepts in this particular snafu are integration and
sharing across devices and platforms- that means you
want to be able to create a document, image or
whatever file, using your home PC, and be able to
access it on your laptop whilst travelling, as well as on
your mobile, and edit and share it on all these as well.
Apple’s software and hardware products are
particularly good at this - wirelessly syncing iPhones,
iPads and Mac products into the iCloud. Windows is
catching up and Google+ does all this too... kind of.
Talking of clouds, content sharing is another field of
dispute that some consider Google a recent, but
potentially powerful contender in. Very few sites that
have content they want to spread around - from the
most innocent microblogs to the news and
entertainment monoliths sporting all the bells and
whistles- can afford not to offer users and viewers the
facilities to share and refer their content. I’m talking
about those ‘Like’ ‘Tweet’ and ‘Share’ buttons you’ll find
nestled somewhere in the margins of the page, many
of which will now be sporting a ‘+1’ button. That last is
Google’s foray into content sharing- the pages you +1
are visible on your Google profile- and as Google+
develops, so will the facility in pages across the length
and breadth of the web to share your content on
Google+
TECH BYTE WORDS BY MATTHEW McDONALD
9StelliesJol MAGAZINE
CELEBRITY ROXY LOUW BY DENISE KOTZE
(something making most guys a bit jealous).
How has this experience been for you so far?
AUDI A1 1.6 Turbo Diesel is a dream car! It's a little
black number with a silver lining. In addition to the
sexy S line interior, turbo engine and spunky music
features, it has a stop-start engine, low rolling
resistance tyres and energy recuperation measures
which takes pressure off the engine.
The car is fuel efficient! It just goes and goes and
goes. Fuel consumption is a huge thing for me as I
drive a lot. Fuel is so expensive and the car uses so little
of it! It's great for cost efficient road trips.
Naturally having achieved what you have
during your life, you are a role model for
thousands of people and teens everywhere,
what word of advice can you provide for
aspiring models, actors and surfers?
NEVER GIVE UP! Keep fighting! People give up and
move on too easily. Set a small goal, achieve it and
work your way up your own ranks. You will win.
Do you have any connections with Stellenbosch
University? Would you have liked to have been a
Matie?
I would love to have become a Matie. I think that there
is always time at a later stage.
My dad and mom met on campus. My sister, Misty, is
in hostel at Seruria. My other sister, Shahnee, is in a flat
on campus. My boyfriend is now a Matie and my
brother is at school in Paul Roos.
There is more than just a connection!
MATIE through and through….
8 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ROXY’s favourites: Food: minus the carrot plus extra avocado as a treat...delicious! I drink Kauai’s carrot and beetroot juice with added celery and cucumber every day. I also sip on Cape Kingdom's Buchu Water all day!
Alcohol: I have a weak spot for a good bottle of Merlot…
Destination locally: Stilbaai Destination abroad: Maldives Pastime: Reading and cooking Colour: Blue and pink Animal: Dogs
Makeup Item: I LOVE MAC plumping lip glosses. They leave my lips feeling sexy. I love MAC's liquid foundation, their teddy eyeliner, and their eye shadows. Then, my own Exfoliac Blemished Skin Micellar Cleansing Water: It's a waterless makeup remover that's great for when you're on the run. Your skin feels instantly and gently purified and mattified. It brings the skin back to its natural Ph level. It's distributed through Cipla Med Pro throughout all Dis-Chems and most pharmacies.
Kauai foods - I love the gluten free salmon wrap,
To read the entire interview,
scan the barcode with your
BlackBerry,
or visit www.StelliesJol.com
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Denise is nie die allerdaagse eerste jaar voedselwetenskap student nie. Ek hou van sosiaal verkeer en kan vir 12 ure regdeur in die SS sit en leer as ek nou regtig moet. Sy probeer altyd meer doen as wat verwag word van haar, maar kan terselfdetyd bietjie lui raak.
So what does Google+ bring to the table? Firstly, it
combines all the utility of content sharing with all the
Google desktop applications you need to literally
perform almost every task you would on your PC on the
net. Google+ is all about getting your digital life into
the cloud - the online community of applications, data
and networks that are the very direction in which
modern ICT is heading. No more flash disks,
accessories and bulky software packages clogging your
hard drive, soon you’ll be able to work, share, browse,
store and play online, needing nothing more than an
interface - be it PC, laptop or mobile to access your data
and networks.
Secondly, Google+ offers new ways of controlling the
content you share, and who in your network you share
it with. You arrange your friends, colleagues, family
and followers into ‘circles’ and you can interact with all
or some of your circles at will. Sharing a picture with a
particular circle of friends is as easy as collaborating on
a business proposal with a particular circle of
colleagues, and of course, your interactions can be
undertaken via message, internet phone or video.
Google+ is not going to replace Facebook with its 750
million (and growing) users, nor is it going to overrun
Twitter - where the amount of information tweeted
daily amounts to just over 8000 copies (and growing)
of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. What it is going to do is
offer you a simple, fast and innovative way to work on
the internet and within your private and professional
networks; be it searching for - and sharing content,
communicating with colleagues, friends and family, or
collaborating on projects professionally around the
world.
On the + side, or, why Google+ is not the
new Facebook
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+Matthew McDonald
o, what’s all the hype about Google+? Well, there Sare various ideas playing together at once here.
Some see it as Google’s latest volley in its siege against
the windmills of social media megastardom, currently
occupied by such giants as Facebook, Twitter, and even
Microsoft and it’s MSN community, i.e. the places
where you poke your friends, share your photos and
cool stuff you found on the web, whilst commenting
endlessly on each others’ lives, and yes, Google+ is
that, sort of.
Others view it as the latest twist in Google’s attempts to
win the platform wars, now playing both on your
computer screens and your smarter mobile devices,
the opponents here being Google’s Android, Apple’s
iOS and Microsoft’s mighty Windows empire. The key
concepts in this particular snafu are integration and
sharing across devices and platforms- that means you
want to be able to create a document, image or
whatever file, using your home PC, and be able to
access it on your laptop whilst travelling, as well as on
your mobile, and edit and share it on all these as well.
Apple’s software and hardware products are
particularly good at this - wirelessly syncing iPhones,
iPads and Mac products into the iCloud. Windows is
catching up and Google+ does all this too... kind of.
Talking of clouds, content sharing is another field of
dispute that some consider Google a recent, but
potentially powerful contender in. Very few sites that
have content they want to spread around - from the
most innocent microblogs to the news and
entertainment monoliths sporting all the bells and
whistles- can afford not to offer users and viewers the
facilities to share and refer their content. I’m talking
about those ‘Like’ ‘Tweet’ and ‘Share’ buttons you’ll find
nestled somewhere in the margins of the page, many
of which will now be sporting a ‘+1’ button. That last is
Google’s foray into content sharing- the pages you +1
are visible on your Google profile- and as Google+
develops, so will the facility in pages across the length
and breadth of the web to share your content on
Google+
10 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
SUSTAINABILITY WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP SUSTAINABILITY WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP
CHANGES FOR THE
BETTER: TACKLING
STELLENBOSCH’S
WASTE PROBLEM
t's in your house, your class rooms and probably Ieven your car: the packaging, food scraps, beer
bottles and million other day to day items which we
throw away as part of our modern day existence.
But where exactly is away? Where does it all go?!
Well if, like me, you live in Stellenbosch until recently
everything you tossed in your black bag at home,
dumped in a bin outside Mc Donald's or left on your
table at Bohemia was bagged, trucked and dumped
here (see image below). The land fill site just a
stones throw from the centre of town. That was a
shock to me. What came as more of a surprise was to
learn that our landfill site is full and that by
continuing to use it Stellenbosch Municipality will be
contravening the environmental planning
permissions it received to build it. Ooops. As you can
imagine every guest house owner, rate payers
managed. Two years ago for example, used plastic
was trading at a higher price per tonne than grapes.
Yet we continue to throw it away and complain about
unemployment?
So what's being done and where should we be
heading with this issue?
Waste contamination and separation are key issues.
Paper, for example, is easy to recycle but if its soaked
in oil and tomato sauce from the braai scraps that
land on top of it in the dustbin its no longer useable.
Similarly the financial viability of recycling becomes
problematic if too much labour time needs to be put
into separating recyclable waste from non-
recyclables. Think of recycling as waste farming.
You can't really mix Cab Sav, Semillon and Merlot
grapes and expect a good wine. So if they were all
harvested into the same baskets in the vineyard and
had to be separated again before pressing we'd have
bad wine and a lot of farmers going out of business.
So what is Thys doing? The good farmer - He is
taking a close look at what Stellenbosch's waste
streams can yield and trying to adapt those streams
into marketable 'fresh produce'. The key factor
which pertains to us is the issue of waste separation
at the point of disposal to overcome the
contamination problem and make waste farming
viable. This is the logic behind all the double brown
association and wine farmer is falling over
themselves to volunteer a piece of their back yard for
the next mountain of festering, toxic, garbage
(belching methane and permeating the ground
water). Not.
Enter Thys Serfontein: Stellenbosch's new waste
manager. Fresh from his progressive revamp of the
Overberg's municipality waste system he was a
prize catch for the municipality, and a behind the
scenes hero of environmental sanity.
As far as Thys is concerned Stellenbosch has two
options: We can either drastically reduce our waste
stream (think 3Rs here: Reduce, reuse, recycle) and
then pay to truck the highly reduced remainder of
our waste stream to Cape Town's well managed
landfill site 65kms away. Or, we can carry on as we
were and face the reality that every 10-20 years we
are going to have to carve off another large slice of
our town to accommodate yet another rubbish
dump.
In my mind sending anything to landfill is a bit of a
daft idea because in the long run it's economically
inefficient has serious environmental ramifications.
Fortunately Thys agrees. According to him, it would
be far too expensive to truck all our waste to Cape
Town's landfill and besides, most of what we throw
away has a significant commercial value if properly
bins which have appeared in Stellenbosch over the
last few years; one for recyclables and the other for
contaminating non-recyclables. This is a great
initiative which just needs our buy-in. The
municipality is also rolling out separate waste
collection for recyclables and non-recyclables in a
number of the town's suburbs; clear bags for
recyclables and black bags for non recyclables.
Behind the scenes they are also rolling out a number
of other good initiatives such as improved waste
separation and recycling facilities at the landfill for
everything from building rubble to garden waste.
Thys and his team at the municipality are just some
of the many people working towards making
Stellenbosch a greener and more competitive town
going into the future, but they need our buy-in for
their initiatives to excel. For more news on what
Stellenbosch is doing to transform itself into a more
sustainable town watch this space in the next issue.
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Luke Metelerkamp graduated with his masters in Susta inab le Deve lopment P lann ing and Management from Stellenbosch University in 2010. He currently works as a freelance photographer and a research fellow at the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch.
10 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
SUSTAINABILITY WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP SUSTAINABILITY WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP
CHANGES FOR THE
BETTER: TACKLING
STELLENBOSCH’S
WASTE PROBLEM
t's in your house, your class rooms and probably Ieven your car: the packaging, food scraps, beer
bottles and million other day to day items which we
throw away as part of our modern day existence.
But where exactly is away? Where does it all go?!
Well if, like me, you live in Stellenbosch until recently
everything you tossed in your black bag at home,
dumped in a bin outside Mc Donald's or left on your
table at Bohemia was bagged, trucked and dumped
here (see image below). The land fill site just a
stones throw from the centre of town. That was a
shock to me. What came as more of a surprise was to
learn that our landfill site is full and that by
continuing to use it Stellenbosch Municipality will be
contravening the environmental planning
permissions it received to build it. Ooops. As you can
imagine every guest house owner, rate payers
managed. Two years ago for example, used plastic
was trading at a higher price per tonne than grapes.
Yet we continue to throw it away and complain about
unemployment?
So what's being done and where should we be
heading with this issue?
Waste contamination and separation are key issues.
Paper, for example, is easy to recycle but if its soaked
in oil and tomato sauce from the braai scraps that
land on top of it in the dustbin its no longer useable.
Similarly the financial viability of recycling becomes
problematic if too much labour time needs to be put
into separating recyclable waste from non-
recyclables. Think of recycling as waste farming.
You can't really mix Cab Sav, Semillon and Merlot
grapes and expect a good wine. So if they were all
harvested into the same baskets in the vineyard and
had to be separated again before pressing we'd have
bad wine and a lot of farmers going out of business.
So what is Thys doing? The good farmer - He is
taking a close look at what Stellenbosch's waste
streams can yield and trying to adapt those streams
into marketable 'fresh produce'. The key factor
which pertains to us is the issue of waste separation
at the point of disposal to overcome the
contamination problem and make waste farming
viable. This is the logic behind all the double brown
association and wine farmer is falling over
themselves to volunteer a piece of their back yard for
the next mountain of festering, toxic, garbage
(belching methane and permeating the ground
water). Not.
Enter Thys Serfontein: Stellenbosch's new waste
manager. Fresh from his progressive revamp of the
Overberg's municipality waste system he was a
prize catch for the municipality, and a behind the
scenes hero of environmental sanity.
As far as Thys is concerned Stellenbosch has two
options: We can either drastically reduce our waste
stream (think 3Rs here: Reduce, reuse, recycle) and
then pay to truck the highly reduced remainder of
our waste stream to Cape Town's well managed
landfill site 65kms away. Or, we can carry on as we
were and face the reality that every 10-20 years we
are going to have to carve off another large slice of
our town to accommodate yet another rubbish
dump.
In my mind sending anything to landfill is a bit of a
daft idea because in the long run it's economically
inefficient has serious environmental ramifications.
Fortunately Thys agrees. According to him, it would
be far too expensive to truck all our waste to Cape
Town's landfill and besides, most of what we throw
away has a significant commercial value if properly
bins which have appeared in Stellenbosch over the
last few years; one for recyclables and the other for
contaminating non-recyclables. This is a great
initiative which just needs our buy-in. The
municipality is also rolling out separate waste
collection for recyclables and non-recyclables in a
number of the town's suburbs; clear bags for
recyclables and black bags for non recyclables.
Behind the scenes they are also rolling out a number
of other good initiatives such as improved waste
separation and recycling facilities at the landfill for
everything from building rubble to garden waste.
Thys and his team at the municipality are just some
of the many people working towards making
Stellenbosch a greener and more competitive town
going into the future, but they need our buy-in for
their initiatives to excel. For more news on what
Stellenbosch is doing to transform itself into a more
sustainable town watch this space in the next issue.
ARTICLE AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUKE METELERKAMP
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Luke Metelerkamp graduated with his masters in Susta inab le Deve lopment P lann ing and Management from Stellenbosch University in 2010. He currently works as a freelance photographer and a research fellow at the Sustainability Institute in Stellenbosch.
Knowledge is knowing a
tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is
not putting it in a fruit salad.
12 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
LEKKER LAG GRUHN
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ONE-LINERS | ADVERTORIAL
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Evening news is where
they begin with 'Good
evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station...
Women will never be equal
to men until they can walk down
the street with a bald head and a
beer gut, and still think they
are sexy.
Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
”“
JUTA AND COMPANY IS
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THEIR ACQUISITION OF
ATLAS UNITED STORES
(PTY) LTD.
WITH EFFECT 21st JUNE 2011
tlas, the Western Cape niche retailer of textbooks, Astationery and university-branded apparel and
memorabilia was the brainchild of Spiros Mavraganis.
Spiros started his enterprise in 1995 from his father's
garage at the age of 19 with a R7000 loan when he was
a first year B.Bus.Sc. (Marketing) student at the
University of Cape Town.
Equally entrepreneurial, Juta and Company was
started in 1853 in cramped quarters in Wale street as a
book retailer and publisher catering for the student,
education, legal and professional markets and has
since become an iconic South African brand with
national reach having diversified beyond publishing
and retail to include training and learning and
information solutions. Over its long history Juta
Bookshops has remained relevant by responding to
market needs with appropriate stockholding of both
local and international titles, campus and city locations
and, more recently, launching its online store at
and its flagship bookshop in the
heart of Claremont, Cape Town.
Commenting on the acquisition, Lynne Du Toit, CEO of
Juta and Company said “The Atlas stores will fit
seamlessly with our existing infrastructure while
extending our reach in the Western Cape to students
and academics at the key institutions of UNISA,
Stellenbosch and UCT. We look forward to working
collaboratively with these universities to better service
their communities, building on our existing
relationships as a retailer, local academic publisher and
publisher of the scholarly UCT Press imprint. I am
confident that the Atlas acquisition will augment our
established business in the region which already caters
for a multitude of tertiary institutions and schools.”
- Lynne du Toit, Chief Executive Officer
www.jutaonline.co.za
Knowledge is knowing a
tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is
not putting it in a fruit salad.
12 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
LEKKER LAG GRUHN
13StelliesJol MAGAZINE
ONE-LINERS | ADVERTORIAL
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Evening news is where
they begin with 'Good
evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station...
Women will never be equal
to men until they can walk down
the street with a bald head and a
beer gut, and still think they
are sexy.
Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
”“
JUTA AND COMPANY IS
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THEIR ACQUISITION OF
ATLAS UNITED STORES
(PTY) LTD.
WITH EFFECT 21st JUNE 2011
tlas, the Western Cape niche retailer of textbooks, Astationery and university-branded apparel and
memorabilia was the brainchild of Spiros Mavraganis.
Spiros started his enterprise in 1995 from his father's
garage at the age of 19 with a R7000 loan when he was
a first year B.Bus.Sc. (Marketing) student at the
University of Cape Town.
Equally entrepreneurial, Juta and Company was
started in 1853 in cramped quarters in Wale street as a
book retailer and publisher catering for the student,
education, legal and professional markets and has
since become an iconic South African brand with
national reach having diversified beyond publishing
and retail to include training and learning and
information solutions. Over its long history Juta
Bookshops has remained relevant by responding to
market needs with appropriate stockholding of both
local and international titles, campus and city locations
and, more recently, launching its online store at
and its flagship bookshop in the
heart of Claremont, Cape Town.
Commenting on the acquisition, Lynne Du Toit, CEO of
Juta and Company said “The Atlas stores will fit
seamlessly with our existing infrastructure while
extending our reach in the Western Cape to students
and academics at the key institutions of UNISA,
Stellenbosch and UCT. We look forward to working
collaboratively with these universities to better service
their communities, building on our existing
relationships as a retailer, local academic publisher and
publisher of the scholarly UCT Press imprint. I am
confident that the Atlas acquisition will augment our
established business in the region which already caters
for a multitude of tertiary institutions and schools.”
- Lynne du Toit, Chief Executive Officer
www.jutaonline.co.za
REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
ie gedagte wat dadelik by die meeste mense Dopduik wanneer daar van Mosambiek gepraat
word, is gewoonlik een van ou, vervalle geboue, paaie
vol slaggate, armoede wat volop is en oorlaaide busse
met bokke op die dak... Maar, min weet dat hierdie
derdewêreldse land eintlik 'n skatkis vol natuurlike
juwele is. Die ongerepte duine, rye palmbome en
grashutjies wat grens aan 'n potblou see, is eerder die
prentjie wat ek kry.
Mosambiek is bewyse dat 'n tropiese vakansie nie
noodwendig 'n 'arm en been' hoef te kos nie (solank jy
nie op 'n landmyn trap nie). Dit is een van Afrika se
mooiste en kosbaarste skatte, en met die regte
houding, die regte vriende, 'n plaaslike bier in die hand,
Bob Marley in die agtergrond en 'n knippie verbeelding,
sou jy jouself kon oortuig dat jy op 'n strand in Jamaica
is. Beindruk jou meisie met een van die belangrikste
frases wat jy as 'n studente toeris moet onthou:
“deusch cerveja, por favor” ('twee biere, asseblief').
Ja, dit is 'n brandarm land, en dit is hartverskeurend om
die lae lewensgehalte van die mense te sien, maar die
vriendelike glimlaggies van die plaaslike bevolking en
hulle vermoë om die beste van enige situasie te maak,
maak hierdie land net meer ongelooflik vir al sy toeriste
van regoor die wêreld.
Een van Mosambiek se beste eienskappe, is die wye
diversiteit van natuurlike skoonheid wat dit bied. Hier
gaan gekyk word na vyf vakansiebestemmings in die
land en wat hulle so uniek maak, asook hoe om die
bes te van Mosamb iek te e rvaar op 'n
studentebegroting.
Inhaca Eiland is slegs 'n bootrit weg van Die
Mosambiekse hoofstad, Maputo. Hierdie eiland is om
die draai van die gesogte Portugese eilande en is
bekend vir sy spierwit strande en asemrowende riwwe.
Hier is die wêreld jou oester. Groet die dag met 'n vroeë
kayak-sessie en sluit hom af op 'n jetski. Begin die aand
met 'n Tipo Tinto of beleef 'n romantiese somersaand
onder 'n duisend sterre. Lê weg aan die vars seekos en
geniet die essensie van Mosambiek op sy beste. Vir die
boekwurms, is Inhaca ook die tuiste van die Museum
MOSAMBIEKMOOIE
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Discover Mozambique
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REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
ie gedagte wat dadelik by die meeste mense Dopduik wanneer daar van Mosambiek gepraat
word, is gewoonlik een van ou, vervalle geboue, paaie
vol slaggate, armoede wat volop is en oorlaaide busse
met bokke op die dak... Maar, min weet dat hierdie
derdewêreldse land eintlik 'n skatkis vol natuurlike
juwele is. Die ongerepte duine, rye palmbome en
grashutjies wat grens aan 'n potblou see, is eerder die
prentjie wat ek kry.
Mosambiek is bewyse dat 'n tropiese vakansie nie
noodwendig 'n 'arm en been' hoef te kos nie (solank jy
nie op 'n landmyn trap nie). Dit is een van Afrika se
mooiste en kosbaarste skatte, en met die regte
houding, die regte vriende, 'n plaaslike bier in die hand,
Bob Marley in die agtergrond en 'n knippie verbeelding,
sou jy jouself kon oortuig dat jy op 'n strand in Jamaica
is. Beindruk jou meisie met een van die belangrikste
frases wat jy as 'n studente toeris moet onthou:
“deusch cerveja, por favor” ('twee biere, asseblief').
Ja, dit is 'n brandarm land, en dit is hartverskeurend om
die lae lewensgehalte van die mense te sien, maar die
vriendelike glimlaggies van die plaaslike bevolking en
hulle vermoë om die beste van enige situasie te maak,
maak hierdie land net meer ongelooflik vir al sy toeriste
van regoor die wêreld.
Een van Mosambiek se beste eienskappe, is die wye
diversiteit van natuurlike skoonheid wat dit bied. Hier
gaan gekyk word na vyf vakansiebestemmings in die
land en wat hulle so uniek maak, asook hoe om die
bes te van Mosamb iek te e rvaar op 'n
studentebegroting.
Inhaca Eiland is slegs 'n bootrit weg van Die
Mosambiekse hoofstad, Maputo. Hierdie eiland is om
die draai van die gesogte Portugese eilande en is
bekend vir sy spierwit strande en asemrowende riwwe.
Hier is die wêreld jou oester. Groet die dag met 'n vroeë
kayak-sessie en sluit hom af op 'n jetski. Begin die aand
met 'n Tipo Tinto of beleef 'n romantiese somersaand
onder 'n duisend sterre. Lê weg aan die vars seekos en
geniet die essensie van Mosambiek op sy beste. Vir die
boekwurms, is Inhaca ook die tuiste van die Museum
MOSAMBIEKMOOIE
The StelliesJol MAGAZINE Travel Section is proudly sponsored by Student Flights
at student flights we’re full of travel ideas!
get a 10% discount.
This month’s hot offer
plus US295 local payment
includes Hlane Royal National Park, Swaziland, Swazi Traditional Song and Dance, Praia Do Tofu, Bazaruto, Maputo City Tour, Kruger National Park, Moholoholo
Wildlife rehabilitation Center, Panorama Route, Blyde River Canyon. Start and finish JNB.
Discover Mozambique
S hop No. 10 Cluver Markotter Building,
prices may vary with currency fluctuations. Tour only, excludes fights. Prices correct
at time of going to print on 27th July 2011. E & OE.
Student Flights Stellenboschcall 021 887 3071
14 day camping tour from
*
Bird Street, Stellenbosch
get a .10% discount
Present this ad in store &
R9950
Foto: www.DesignMine.co.za
Deur Marinette Potgieter
van Marine Biologie, asook die historiese vuurtoring
en al sy berugte spookstories.
Verblyf op Inhaca kan (glo dit of nie) wel op 'n student
se begroting, bekostig word. Vir die wat so nou en dan
seesand in die tent kan verdra, is kampplek vanaf
ongeveer R150 per persoon besk ikbaar.
Alternatiewelik, is daar akkommodasie in gastehuise
beskikbaar vanaf ongeveer R350 per persoon.
Ongeveer 120 kilometer suid van Maputo, lê Ponta do
Ouro en word volgens www.visitmozambiqe.com as
een van die beste duikplekke gesien en daar is ook talle
duikskole vir dié wat 'n bietjie meer avontuurlustig wil
wees om die onderwaterwêreld te gaan verken. Hier
ervaar 'n mens een van die mooiste verskynsels
waarmee Moeder Natuur spog, met helder kleure en 'n
wye verskeidenheid tropiese seelewe. Die
dolfynuitstappies wat hier beskikbaar is, is 'n gulde
geleentheid om hierdie slim en elegante soogdiere
eerstehands te ervaar.
As jy meer van 'n nagdier is, is Ponta se berugte
strandpartytjies net die plek om uit te hang. Die
Mosambiekers kan dalk nie 'n woord Engels praat nie,
maar as dit kom by beach parties, kan hulle vir Suid-
Afrikaners laat les (in Portugees) opsê. En, vir die wat
die bosveld meer aanloklik vind as die strand, is Ponta
do Ouro gerieflik na aan die Nasionale Olifantpark van
Mosambiek geleë en slegs 16km van die Suid-
Afrikaanse grens aan die suide van Mosambiek.
Noord van Ponta, op die pad na Xai Xai, kom 'n mens af
op selfs nog 'n natuurskoonheid – die lagoon van
Bilene. Hierdie lagoon vorm deel van een die vele
binnelandse mere wat al langs die Mosambiekse
kanaal, voorkom . Dit is 'n ware lushof om in te snorkel,
aangesien daar wynig branders is, maar volop
maritieme lewe. Die lagoon is 8km wyd, 27km lank en
ongeveer 50 m diep. Dit maak aktiwiteite moontlik soos
para-sailing, wind-surfing, watersport en nog vele
meer. Die skoonheid van wilde flaminke wat teen
sonsondergang oor die Uembje lagoon vlieg, bied aan
die besoeker 'n onvergeetlike gesig.
Bilene bied 'n pragtige kampterrein op die rand van die
lagoon en plek is beskikbaar vanaf ongeveer R450 vir
ses mense. Daar is ook chalets beskikbaar vanaf
ongeveer R120 per persoon wat deel. Die
bekostigbaarheid van akkommodasie in Bilene is goeie
nuus vir enige student wat beplan om die meerderheid
van hulle sakgeld op meer belangriker dinge te
spandeer. Soos bier.
Nog verder noord met die hoofpad (EN 1), is die
Inhambane-provinsie. Die goeie toestand van die
nuutopgegradeerde pad, vergemaklik ook die rit vanaf
Xai Xai na Inhambane.Hier het ek my hart verloor en is
my gunsteling deel van die land, veral 'n plekkie met
die naam Praia de Barra, oftewel “die strand van
Barra”. Ongeveer 490km vanaf Maputo, is dit een van
die gewildste dorpies op die Mosambiekse kus en lok
jaarliks honderde toeriste daarheen, veral Suid-
Afrikaners. Die geroeste en vervalle ou geboue, het
hier sy eie bekoring en word gekomplimenteer deur die
geroeste ankers en ou visserskuitjies op die strande.
Met nostalgie dink ek terug aan al die herinneringe wat
ek op Barra ervaar het. Met ongerepte strande, digte
palmboomplantasies, die hemmelsblou oseaan en
grasdakhuisies, is Barra soveel meer as wat dit mag
voorkom. Ou vissermanskuitjies en rondloophonde
(oftewel “beach ninjas”) is al landmerke op die strande
rondom Inhambane en die term “ma' sweetie” word
gesien as 'n voldoende Engelse woordeskat van die
plaaslike kinders wat lekkers bedel by die toeriste.
Enige iemand wat al op Barra se strand vir 'n dag was,
sal weet waarvan ek praat.
Barra voorsien sy toeriste van die beste vermaakliheid
wat die prag en essensie van Mosambiek net méér
beklemtoon, soos perderitte op die strand met
s o n s o p k o m s e n s o n s o n d e r g a n g ,
vierwielmotorfietsroetes deur die die mooiste dele van
Barra en selfs ritte op 'n twaalfmeter seiljag vir
sundowners. Daaglikse ritte na die gesogte Pansy-
eiland en diepseevisvang is ook op die aktiwiteitslys.
Barra het een van die puikste riwwe ter wêreld en is, in
my oë, die duikersmekka van hierdie provinsie. Dit is
enige duiker se droom wat ook aan 'n adrenalien-junkie
sy fix sal besorg. Barra Lodge is een van die mooiste en
bekendste akkomodasiefassiliteite op Barra en bied 'n
wye verskeidenheid, opwindende aktiwiteite aan, soos
duikkursusse, swem met walvishaaie, snorkel, en vele
meer (ek sal weet, ek het al alles gedoen). Die plaaslike
rum, Tipo Tinto, word al hoe meer gewild onder die
besoekers van Barra en die lang, warm dae word
gewoonlik afgekoel met R&R (rum en raspberry).
Binne seisoen kan toersiste ook die aankoms van die
Melody passasierskip gade slaan, wat net buite die
breekwater ankergooi, sodat die passasiers met
rubberbootjies na die strand gebring word vir 'n
daguitstappie in Barra. Teen ongeveer R90 buite
seisoen en R130 binneseisoen vir kampplek reg by die
vuurtoring, is daar geen rede vir enige student om nie
hierdie aktiwiteite van hulle bucket list af te merk nie.
Verder kan studente tot so min as R100 per
persoon betaal om eintlik tussen vier mure
te kan slaap.
Slegs tien minute se ry van Barra, is
Tofo wat meer bekend onder die
surfers is. (Ja, Mosambiek het
golwe...) Een van die must-sees van
hierdie nederige dorpie, is Dino's
Bar. Alhoewel ou oorle Dino jou
ongelukkig nie persoonlik sal kan
bedien nie, kan hy nog steeds
sorg dat jy elke oomblik by sy kroeg geniet.
Die reuk van knoffel en suurlemoen vul die lug om die
kafeetjie op die hoek van die twee stofpaaie in die
middel van die dorpie en jy word gelok om te smul aan
die vangs van die dag (of dit nou vis is of die hoender is
wat jy vroeër voor die kafee gesien het). Diekingsize
van alle kingsize prawns bly altyd 'n versoeking, asook
die regte egte peri-peri hoender, wat selfs vir Hercules
sal laat sweet.
Alhoewel ons nog net die punt van die ysberg beleef
het, kan daar gesê word dat selfs met sy geroeste
karre, afgeskilferde geboue en vervalle
landskap, is Mosambiek nog net 'n
rowwe diamant. Maar, hierdie land
het ongelooflike potensiaal om in
'n edelsteen geslyp te word waar
toeriste hulle harte kan verloor.
So, skink die R&R, pak jou
SPF 100 en Peaceful Sleep
in, stof die Portugese
woordeboek af. Ons
gaan Mosambiek
toe!
The StelliesJol MAGAZINE Travel Section is proudly sponsored by Student Flights *Vir meer inligting oor Mosambiek en akkommodasiepryse, besoek www.visit-mozambique.com, of Student Flights
Foto:
Nicolene Potgieter
REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
van Marine Biologie, asook die historiese vuurtoring
en al sy berugte spookstories.
Verblyf op Inhaca kan (glo dit of nie) wel op 'n student
se begroting, bekostig word. Vir die wat so nou en dan
seesand in die tent kan verdra, is kampplek vanaf
ongeveer R150 per persoon besk ikbaar.
Alternatiewelik, is daar akkommodasie in gastehuise
beskikbaar vanaf ongeveer R350 per persoon.
Ongeveer 120 kilometer suid van Maputo, lê Ponta do
Ouro en word volgens www.visitmozambiqe.com as
een van die beste duikplekke gesien en daar is ook talle
duikskole vir dié wat 'n bietjie meer avontuurlustig wil
wees om die onderwaterwêreld te gaan verken. Hier
ervaar 'n mens een van die mooiste verskynsels
waarmee Moeder Natuur spog, met helder kleure en 'n
wye verskeidenheid tropiese seelewe. Die
dolfynuitstappies wat hier beskikbaar is, is 'n gulde
geleentheid om hierdie slim en elegante soogdiere
eerstehands te ervaar.
As jy meer van 'n nagdier is, is Ponta se berugte
strandpartytjies net die plek om uit te hang. Die
Mosambiekers kan dalk nie 'n woord Engels praat nie,
maar as dit kom by beach parties, kan hulle vir Suid-
Afrikaners laat les (in Portugees) opsê. En, vir die wat
die bosveld meer aanloklik vind as die strand, is Ponta
do Ouro gerieflik na aan die Nasionale Olifantpark van
Mosambiek geleë en slegs 16km van die Suid-
Afrikaanse grens aan die suide van Mosambiek.
Noord van Ponta, op die pad na Xai Xai, kom 'n mens af
op selfs nog 'n natuurskoonheid – die lagoon van
Bilene. Hierdie lagoon vorm deel van een die vele
binnelandse mere wat al langs die Mosambiekse
kanaal, voorkom . Dit is 'n ware lushof om in te snorkel,
aangesien daar wynig branders is, maar volop
maritieme lewe. Die lagoon is 8km wyd, 27km lank en
ongeveer 50 m diep. Dit maak aktiwiteite moontlik soos
para-sailing, wind-surfing, watersport en nog vele
meer. Die skoonheid van wilde flaminke wat teen
sonsondergang oor die Uembje lagoon vlieg, bied aan
die besoeker 'n onvergeetlike gesig.
Bilene bied 'n pragtige kampterrein op die rand van die
lagoon en plek is beskikbaar vanaf ongeveer R450 vir
ses mense. Daar is ook chalets beskikbaar vanaf
ongeveer R120 per persoon wat deel. Die
bekostigbaarheid van akkommodasie in Bilene is goeie
nuus vir enige student wat beplan om die meerderheid
van hulle sakgeld op meer belangriker dinge te
spandeer. Soos bier.
Nog verder noord met die hoofpad (EN 1), is die
Inhambane-provinsie. Die goeie toestand van die
nuutopgegradeerde pad, vergemaklik ook die rit vanaf
Xai Xai na Inhambane.Hier het ek my hart verloor en is
my gunsteling deel van die land, veral 'n plekkie met
die naam Praia de Barra, oftewel “die strand van
Barra”. Ongeveer 490km vanaf Maputo, is dit een van
die gewildste dorpies op die Mosambiekse kus en lok
jaarliks honderde toeriste daarheen, veral Suid-
Afrikaners. Die geroeste en vervalle ou geboue, het
hier sy eie bekoring en word gekomplimenteer deur die
geroeste ankers en ou visserskuitjies op die strande.
Met nostalgie dink ek terug aan al die herinneringe wat
ek op Barra ervaar het. Met ongerepte strande, digte
palmboomplantasies, die hemmelsblou oseaan en
grasdakhuisies, is Barra soveel meer as wat dit mag
voorkom. Ou vissermanskuitjies en rondloophonde
(oftewel “beach ninjas”) is al landmerke op die strande
rondom Inhambane en die term “ma' sweetie” word
gesien as 'n voldoende Engelse woordeskat van die
plaaslike kinders wat lekkers bedel by die toeriste.
Enige iemand wat al op Barra se strand vir 'n dag was,
sal weet waarvan ek praat.
Barra voorsien sy toeriste van die beste vermaakliheid
wat die prag en essensie van Mosambiek net méér
beklemtoon, soos perderitte op die strand met
s o n s o p k o m s e n s o n s o n d e r g a n g ,
vierwielmotorfietsroetes deur die die mooiste dele van
Barra en selfs ritte op 'n twaalfmeter seiljag vir
sundowners. Daaglikse ritte na die gesogte Pansy-
eiland en diepseevisvang is ook op die aktiwiteitslys.
Barra het een van die puikste riwwe ter wêreld en is, in
my oë, die duikersmekka van hierdie provinsie. Dit is
enige duiker se droom wat ook aan 'n adrenalien-junkie
sy fix sal besorg. Barra Lodge is een van die mooiste en
bekendste akkomodasiefassiliteite op Barra en bied 'n
wye verskeidenheid, opwindende aktiwiteite aan, soos
duikkursusse, swem met walvishaaie, snorkel, en vele
meer (ek sal weet, ek het al alles gedoen). Die plaaslike
rum, Tipo Tinto, word al hoe meer gewild onder die
besoekers van Barra en die lang, warm dae word
gewoonlik afgekoel met R&R (rum en raspberry).
Binne seisoen kan toersiste ook die aankoms van die
Melody passasierskip gade slaan, wat net buite die
breekwater ankergooi, sodat die passasiers met
rubberbootjies na die strand gebring word vir 'n
daguitstappie in Barra. Teen ongeveer R90 buite
seisoen en R130 binneseisoen vir kampplek reg by die
vuurtoring, is daar geen rede vir enige student om nie
hierdie aktiwiteite van hulle bucket list af te merk nie.
Verder kan studente tot so min as R100 per
persoon betaal om eintlik tussen vier mure
te kan slaap.
Slegs tien minute se ry van Barra, is
Tofo wat meer bekend onder die
surfers is. (Ja, Mosambiek het
golwe...) Een van die must-sees van
hierdie nederige dorpie, is Dino's
Bar. Alhoewel ou oorle Dino jou
ongelukkig nie persoonlik sal kan
bedien nie, kan hy nog steeds
sorg dat jy elke oomblik by sy kroeg geniet.
Die reuk van knoffel en suurlemoen vul die lug om die
kafeetjie op die hoek van die twee stofpaaie in die
middel van die dorpie en jy word gelok om te smul aan
die vangs van die dag (of dit nou vis is of die hoender is
wat jy vroeër voor die kafee gesien het). Diekingsize
van alle kingsize prawns bly altyd 'n versoeking, asook
die regte egte peri-peri hoender, wat selfs vir Hercules
sal laat sweet.
Alhoewel ons nog net die punt van die ysberg beleef
het, kan daar gesê word dat selfs met sy geroeste
karre, afgeskilferde geboue en vervalle
landskap, is Mosambiek nog net 'n
rowwe diamant. Maar, hierdie land
het ongelooflike potensiaal om in
'n edelsteen geslyp te word waar
toeriste hulle harte kan verloor.
So, skink die R&R, pak jou
SPF 100 en Peaceful Sleep
in, stof die Portugese
woordeboek af. Ons
gaan Mosambiek
toe!
The StelliesJol MAGAZINE Travel Section is proudly sponsored by Student Flights *Vir meer inligting oor Mosambiek en akkommodasiepryse, besoek www.visit-mozambique.com, of Student Flights
Foto:
Nicolene Potgieter
REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER REIS MOSAMBIEK, DEUR MARINETTE POTGIETER
ince opening our doors in the incredibly
beautiful town of Stellenbosch, we have been Scompletely overwhelmed at the wonderful levels of
very loyal support that we have received from you,
the local community of Stellenbosch and
surrounding areas.
Over the last two months we have successfully
gained a truly wonderful and loyal following.
Strangers two months ago have now become well
known regular guests and friends.
To those of you who so regularly keep returning,
we are enormously grateful and look forward to
continually serving you only the very finest South
African beef available. At the end of the day, great
quality meat is what we really understand and our
unique maturing process which takes place in our
own coldrooms on our premises continues to
ensure the best possible quality meal.
We have fielded numerous questions reading our
No Corkage Policy and we are proud to say that
this policy has been an integral part of The Hussar
Grill Groups' philosophy for decades and will never
change. As always, we are delighted to be
able to offer you, our valued guests, the
opportunity to enjoy your own wine with
your meal at no extra cost to you.
From us, Craig, David and Carla, we thank
you again most sincerely and we look
forward to being of continued service to you,
the Student Community of Stellenbosch for
many years to come.
We remain with pleasure and always at your
service,
Craig, David and Carla
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23 Plein Street Stellenbosch | Tel (021) 882 8088 | www.hussargrill.co.za
ince opening our doors in the incredibly
beautiful town of Stellenbosch, we have been Scompletely overwhelmed at the wonderful levels of
very loyal support that we have received from you,
the local community of Stellenbosch and
surrounding areas.
Over the last two months we have successfully
gained a truly wonderful and loyal following.
Strangers two months ago have now become well
known regular guests and friends.
To those of you who so regularly keep returning,
we are enormously grateful and look forward to
continually serving you only the very finest South
African beef available. At the end of the day, great
quality meat is what we really understand and our
unique maturing process which takes place in our
own coldrooms on our premises continues to
ensure the best possible quality meal.
We have fielded numerous questions reading our
No Corkage Policy and we are proud to say that
this policy has been an integral part of The Hussar
Grill Groups' philosophy for decades and will never
change. As always, we are delighted to be
able to offer you, our valued guests, the
opportunity to enjoy your own wine with
your meal at no extra cost to you.
From us, Craig, David and Carla, we thank
you again most sincerely and we look
forward to being of continued service to you,
the Student Community of Stellenbosch for
many years to come.
We remain with pleasure and always at your
service,
Craig, David and Carla
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TECH BYTE BY BOONE
n my case the end of the holidays were heralded by Imy first year neighbour communicating loudly to
his 'bru' in the flat block over the road at sparrow fart
on Sunday morning. After yelling 'Phillip' for about 30
minutes, Phillip was either not back yet, my neighbor
passed out or got bored from the exertion so, finally it
stopped.
So there I was at 7am on Sunday morning, lying in bed
alone, feeling decidedly tearful. The tearfulness was
not due to the lack of someone in my bed (though it
probably contributed to the reason for this solitary
situation) but rather the death of yet another holiday.
Yet again I had not spent my holiday saving orphans,
kayaking the Amazon or even climbing something
more challenging than the steps to Springboks while
drunk. So there I lay, thesis untouched, alone and
quietly wishing that someone kind had clubbed my
neighbor like a Namibian seal pup. Knowing the
contents of my kitchen cupboard and feeling that a
bowl of All Bran would necessitate me joining the 'I
will to die alone with cats' & 'Farmville is my life'
groups on Facebook I went downstairs for breakfast.
500ml Cake flour
20ml Baking Powder
2ml Salt
2 Eggs
250ml Milk
20ml Melted Butter
Strawberry Jam & Whipped Cream
Mix dry ingredients and then add the wet ones
beating until it reaches the consistency of pouring
cream. Heat the strawberry jam with some water to
make syrup without breaking up the whole
strawberries. Fry the crumpets in a med hot pan
(each should be the size of coaster). Make stacks of
5 crumpets with some fruit from the syrup between
the layers and then drench in the hot syrup. Add
whipped cream, ignore your grunting flatmate and
promise yourself a hard week at the gym week.
WINTER WARMERS Strawberry
Irish Winter
CrumpetsBy Matapotamus
By Leandra Haslam
PUNT. VIR PUNT. COMPILED BY SIMON
PUNT
@stelliesjol Tweets
our loyal followers
Norman Engelbrecht (@engel_n)
Red wine at Bohemia on the first day of class. What more can you ask for? #Studentlife #Stellenbosch @StelliesJol
Clayton Wiggill (@ClaytonWiggill)
@stelliesjol #bringbacktollies terrace is too much of a sausage fest
Niel de la Rouviere (@nieldlr)
Picked up @StelliesJol magazine on campus today. Really impressed. Well done
Mia (@alphabet_pony_)
@stelliesjol At Boho! And Mystics sells wine in little juiceboxes. Straw 'n all.
Harry Grier (@har3y_g)
@stelliesjol these 1st years are doing damage on the night life scene! Gr8 humour
Vicky Jankiewicz (@Vicky_JKWICZ)
@stelliesjol nothing beats the comfort of your own laptop,in bed with tea,typing away..right?
Jax Panik (@JaxPanik)
@stelliesjol hopefully real soon. We've been talking bout this a lot lately. Stay tuned........
Raeesa Kamalie (@PrincesaRae)
@stelliesjol haha more like back to the partying..students go bos in 3rd term! #dorpisvol
Shaakira Chohan (@shaakira_chohan)
Having so much fun putting together this fashion piece for @stelliesjol. What a great team and product! ♡
21StelliesJol MAGAZINE
Tweet tell&
CHOW RECIPES CHOW RECIPES
he Irish Winter brings together two of my favorite ways to drink coffee. It is Ta subtle transformation of the classic Irish Coffee recipe by including the
new Kahlua Coffee Cream, one of my favorite enhancements for the average
cup of coffee. The same Irish whiskey, coffee and luscious whipped cream
topping are in this drink, but it is that liqueur that brings a unique creaminess to
the base of the drink.
Ingredients:
• 1 part Kahlúa Coffee Cream
• 1 part Jameson Irish Whiskey
• Freshly brewed coffee
• whipped cream for garnish
Preparation:
1. Combine ingredients in a mug or Irish coffee glass.
2. Stir to combine.
3. Top with whipped cream.
20 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
TECH BYTE BY BOONE
n my case the end of the holidays were heralded by Imy first year neighbour communicating loudly to
his 'bru' in the flat block over the road at sparrow fart
on Sunday morning. After yelling 'Phillip' for about 30
minutes, Phillip was either not back yet, my neighbor
passed out or got bored from the exertion so, finally it
stopped.
So there I was at 7am on Sunday morning, lying in bed
alone, feeling decidedly tearful. The tearfulness was
not due to the lack of someone in my bed (though it
probably contributed to the reason for this solitary
situation) but rather the death of yet another holiday.
Yet again I had not spent my holiday saving orphans,
kayaking the Amazon or even climbing something
more challenging than the steps to Springboks while
drunk. So there I lay, thesis untouched, alone and
quietly wishing that someone kind had clubbed my
neighbor like a Namibian seal pup. Knowing the
contents of my kitchen cupboard and feeling that a
bowl of All Bran would necessitate me joining the 'I
will to die alone with cats' & 'Farmville is my life'
groups on Facebook I went downstairs for breakfast.
500ml Cake flour
20ml Baking Powder
2ml Salt
2 Eggs
250ml Milk
20ml Melted Butter
Strawberry Jam & Whipped Cream
Mix dry ingredients and then add the wet ones
beating until it reaches the consistency of pouring
cream. Heat the strawberry jam with some water to
make syrup without breaking up the whole
strawberries. Fry the crumpets in a med hot pan
(each should be the size of coaster). Make stacks of
5 crumpets with some fruit from the syrup between
the layers and then drench in the hot syrup. Add
whipped cream, ignore your grunting flatmate and
promise yourself a hard week at the gym week.
WINTER WARMERS Strawberry
Irish Winter
CrumpetsBy Matapotamus
By Leandra Haslam
PUNT. VIR PUNT. COMPILED BY SIMON
PUNT
@stelliesjol Tweets
our loyal followers
Norman Engelbrecht (@engel_n)
Red wine at Bohemia on the first day of class. What more can you ask for? #Studentlife #Stellenbosch @StelliesJol
Clayton Wiggill (@ClaytonWiggill)
@stelliesjol #bringbacktollies terrace is too much of a sausage fest
Niel de la Rouviere (@nieldlr)
Picked up @StelliesJol magazine on campus today. Really impressed. Well done
Mia (@alphabet_pony_)
@stelliesjol At Boho! And Mystics sells wine in little juiceboxes. Straw 'n all.
Harry Grier (@har3y_g)
@stelliesjol these 1st years are doing damage on the night life scene! Gr8 humour
Vicky Jankiewicz (@Vicky_JKWICZ)
@stelliesjol nothing beats the comfort of your own laptop,in bed with tea,typing away..right?
Jax Panik (@JaxPanik)
@stelliesjol hopefully real soon. We've been talking bout this a lot lately. Stay tuned........
Raeesa Kamalie (@PrincesaRae)
@stelliesjol haha more like back to the partying..students go bos in 3rd term! #dorpisvol
Shaakira Chohan (@shaakira_chohan)
Having so much fun putting together this fashion piece for @stelliesjol. What a great team and product! ♡
21StelliesJol MAGAZINE
Tweet tell&
CHOW RECIPES CHOW RECIPES
he Irish Winter brings together two of my favorite ways to drink coffee. It is Ta subtle transformation of the classic Irish Coffee recipe by including the
new Kahlua Coffee Cream, one of my favorite enhancements for the average
cup of coffee. The same Irish whiskey, coffee and luscious whipped cream
topping are in this drink, but it is that liqueur that brings a unique creaminess to
the base of the drink.
Ingredients:
• 1 part Kahlúa Coffee Cream
• 1 part Jameson Irish Whiskey
• Freshly brewed coffee
• whipped cream for garnish
Preparation:
1. Combine ingredients in a mug or Irish coffee glass.
2. Stir to combine.
3. Top with whipped cream.
textured scarf
chunky knits
colour blocking
bespoke shades for the harsh winter light
bespoke hat
simple and sensual stripes and neutrals
cropped denim + touch of patent
high waisted jeggings with fabulous zip detail
the essential leather jacket
animal print adds texture
versatile cardigan with attention to detail
STYLE (in) THE CITY by Shaakira ChohanFashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening’ - (Coco Chanel)
FASHION fo(u)rward >>
My inspiration for this project was to capture snapshots of people around the city sporting styles and expressing their individuality, in order to extract the essence of what is trending on our streets during these chily days.I was inspired by people who are creative, exciting, charming, accessible and with a touch of simplicity and wearability.
Here’s what sparked the pages of my Fashionation ...
We love the exciting style of Aqeelah Harron - the talent behind SAFashionBreed (www.fashionbreed.org).
super sexy!
denim +
neutrals
charming hat
the essential boottailored pants
leopard print brings rich detail to a neutral palette touch of vintage
pastel nailstan, tan, tan! some are
braver than others to rock shorts, but what a great mix of denim, neutrals and graphics!
combining rich prints with gold hardware
the essential coat
must have brogues
contrasting romantic embroidery + hard leather + denim
contrasting femininity + flow with structure
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
do[man]8
Shaakira is a Johannesburg based designer passionate about South Africa and its immense beauty and dynamics. An architect by qualifcation, she is also the founder of SOCA design studio which focuses on spatial, fashion and product design as well as photography.She is inspired by difference, motivated by beauty, and driven by faith.
winter swag for guys doesn’t get better than this! ( images courtesy of www.iqfashion.tumblr.com)
'Style is a way of saying who you are without having to speak'
(Rachel Zoe)
must have snood
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FASHION BY SHAAKIRA CHOHANFASHION BY SHAAKIRA CHOHAN
movement
splash of colourshattered nail
tassles.
military inspired jacket
textured scarf
chunky knits
colour blocking
bespoke shades for the harsh winter light
bespoke hat
simple and sensual stripes and neutrals
cropped denim + touch of patent
high waisted jeggings with fabulous zip detail
the essential leather jacket
animal print adds texture
versatile cardigan with attention to detail
STYLE (in) THE CITY by Shaakira ChohanFashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening’ - (Coco Chanel)
FASHION fo(u)rward >>
My inspiration for this project was to capture snapshots of people around the city sporting styles and expressing their individuality, in order to extract the essence of what is trending on our streets during these chily days.I was inspired by people who are creative, exciting, charming, accessible and with a touch of simplicity and wearability.
Here’s what sparked the pages of my Fashionation ...
We love the exciting style of Aqeelah Harron - the talent behind SAFashionBreed (www.fashionbreed.org).
super sexy!
denim +
neutrals
charming hat
the essential boottailored pants
leopard print brings rich detail to a neutral palette touch of vintage
pastel nailstan, tan, tan! some are
braver than others to rock shorts, but what a great mix of denim, neutrals and graphics!
combining rich prints with gold hardware
the essential coat
must have brogues
contrasting romantic embroidery + hard leather + denim
contrasting femininity + flow with structure
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR
do[man]8
Shaakira is a Johannesburg based designer passionate about South Africa and its immense beauty and dynamics. An architect by qualifcation, she is also the founder of SOCA design studio which focuses on spatial, fashion and product design as well as photography.She is inspired by difference, motivated by beauty, and driven by faith.
winter swag for guys doesn’t get better than this! ( images courtesy of www.iqfashion.tumblr.com)
'Style is a way of saying who you are without having to speak'
(Rachel Zoe)
must have snood
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FASHION BY SHAAKIRA CHOHANFASHION BY SHAAKIRA CHOHAN
movement
splash of colourshattered nail
tassles.
military inspired jacket
MOVIES LATEST RELEASES STUDENT NEWS BY IRENE KIM
24 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
Leaders of Tomorrowtravel to WASHINGTON DC
Matie’s
Maties at Capitol Hill (from left to right): Matthew de La Hay, Crystal McIntosh, Dempers Meyer and Irene Kim Photo: Kim Williams
follow the blogs of the Class of 2011 and find more
information at www.sawip.org.
Take the leap - it could be the change of a lifetime.
venues, the SAWIP team finally got into the routine and
excitement of being in Washington DC. Though there
was not a lot of time during the week to explore DC,
sufficient time was given to explore the city of DC, with
a trip to New York City on one of our off weekends.
The experience that I gained on this trip has been
phenomenal. Coming from a musical background, this
experience was one that began as a big step out of my
comfort zone and being able to interact with future
leaders from different walks of life. Highlights of the
trip include visiting the South African ambassador's
residence for a roundtable discussion on
Youth Day, visiting UN Headquarters in New
York, being able to network with great
entrepreneurs, meeting young professionals
at the World Bank, meeting notable
congressmen involved in the Civil Rights
Movement, and these meetings are just a
taste of the full experience. Many discussions
were had outside of the office space, being
able to discuss problems that us as a South
Africans face in our own context. On the
lighter side, I have been able to make friends
with some of the most amazing people that I
have met. The moments we have had
exploring the city of DC, eating too many
Krispy Kremes and Frozen Yogurt, attending
some really awesome gigs and kuiering at
teammates' places - I can say that these are
friends that I have made for life. Even though
we are diverse in so many ways - our common
love for South Africa and changing it has
brought us together.
After a trip of such privilege, the SAWIP team
return to South Africa with the responsibility
of leading the country in the next era. Without
a doubt, I believe that South Africa is in good
hands from seeing the ability and integrity
that my teammates have demonstrated.
SAWIP has given the opportunity for us young
leaders to develop our skills and be invested in
by great leaders of America and South Africa.
Do you see yourself as a future leader of
South Africa? Consider applying for the
SAWIP 2012 class in February 2012. You can
programme follows through a duration of six months.
Five of these weeks are spent in Washington DC doing
summer internships, meeting with DC leaders and
networking.
The process began in February with a gruelling
interview, after which 34 were selected for selection
camp. After a challenging and reflective weekend, the
final 15 were chosen. After the excitement had settled
in, the hard work began. With hectic varsity schedules
in tow, time had to be made for leadership
development evenings and community service. This
was already the first exercise: time management and
using our leadership skills to reach out to the
community. After the first ten weeks of the
programme, the SAWIP team of 2011 finally made way
to Washington DC.
After a day of sitting in an aeroplane, the SAWIP team
finally arrived in DC having to get straight into
internships and a series of networking opportunities.
Through the jet lag and the stress of trying to find our
BY IRENE KIM
outh Africa, a land full of possibility. A land that has Sbeen through much bloodshed to achieve the
freedom that we have today. But the question on the
lips of many citizens is where to from here? How can
one develop the next generation of leaders and where
are they going to come from?
On the 11th of June 2011, four Maties along with 11
other students from UCT and UWC embarked on a trip
to Washington DC that would be an adventure of a
lifetime. Armed with overweight baggage, we checked
into Cape Town International with high expectations.
But yet, we had no idea what to expect!
The opportunity to be able to go to Washington DC
came through a programme called SAWIP. The South
African Washington Internship Programme (SAWIP) is
a leadership programme that focusses on developing
tomorrow's generation of leaders. With the main focus
of the programme being on servant leadership, the
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Irene Kim, born and bred in Stellenbosch, is a classical pianist in training, but is also keen photographer and an avid sprinkler runner. She also considers herself to be a professional napper, with her most impressive feat being able to fall asleep standing up leaning against a pole on the metro in DC. Applying for SAWIP was a complete last minute and accidental decision, but one that she will never forget!
25StelliesJol MAGAZINE
MOVIES LATEST RELEASES STUDENT NEWS BY IRENE KIM
24 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
Leaders of Tomorrowtravel to WASHINGTON DC
Matie’s
Maties at Capitol Hill (from left to right): Matthew de La Hay, Crystal McIntosh, Dempers Meyer and Irene Kim Photo: Kim Williams
follow the blogs of the Class of 2011 and find more
information at www.sawip.org.
Take the leap - it could be the change of a lifetime.
venues, the SAWIP team finally got into the routine and
excitement of being in Washington DC. Though there
was not a lot of time during the week to explore DC,
sufficient time was given to explore the city of DC, with
a trip to New York City on one of our off weekends.
The experience that I gained on this trip has been
phenomenal. Coming from a musical background, this
experience was one that began as a big step out of my
comfort zone and being able to interact with future
leaders from different walks of life. Highlights of the
trip include visiting the South African ambassador's
residence for a roundtable discussion on
Youth Day, visiting UN Headquarters in New
York, being able to network with great
entrepreneurs, meeting young professionals
at the World Bank, meeting notable
congressmen involved in the Civil Rights
Movement, and these meetings are just a
taste of the full experience. Many discussions
were had outside of the office space, being
able to discuss problems that us as a South
Africans face in our own context. On the
lighter side, I have been able to make friends
with some of the most amazing people that I
have met. The moments we have had
exploring the city of DC, eating too many
Krispy Kremes and Frozen Yogurt, attending
some really awesome gigs and kuiering at
teammates' places - I can say that these are
friends that I have made for life. Even though
we are diverse in so many ways - our common
love for South Africa and changing it has
brought us together.
After a trip of such privilege, the SAWIP team
return to South Africa with the responsibility
of leading the country in the next era. Without
a doubt, I believe that South Africa is in good
hands from seeing the ability and integrity
that my teammates have demonstrated.
SAWIP has given the opportunity for us young
leaders to develop our skills and be invested in
by great leaders of America and South Africa.
Do you see yourself as a future leader of
South Africa? Consider applying for the
SAWIP 2012 class in February 2012. You can
programme follows through a duration of six months.
Five of these weeks are spent in Washington DC doing
summer internships, meeting with DC leaders and
networking.
The process began in February with a gruelling
interview, after which 34 were selected for selection
camp. After a challenging and reflective weekend, the
final 15 were chosen. After the excitement had settled
in, the hard work began. With hectic varsity schedules
in tow, time had to be made for leadership
development evenings and community service. This
was already the first exercise: time management and
using our leadership skills to reach out to the
community. After the first ten weeks of the
programme, the SAWIP team of 2011 finally made way
to Washington DC.
After a day of sitting in an aeroplane, the SAWIP team
finally arrived in DC having to get straight into
internships and a series of networking opportunities.
Through the jet lag and the stress of trying to find our
BY IRENE KIM
outh Africa, a land full of possibility. A land that has Sbeen through much bloodshed to achieve the
freedom that we have today. But the question on the
lips of many citizens is where to from here? How can
one develop the next generation of leaders and where
are they going to come from?
On the 11th of June 2011, four Maties along with 11
other students from UCT and UWC embarked on a trip
to Washington DC that would be an adventure of a
lifetime. Armed with overweight baggage, we checked
into Cape Town International with high expectations.
But yet, we had no idea what to expect!
The opportunity to be able to go to Washington DC
came through a programme called SAWIP. The South
African Washington Internship Programme (SAWIP) is
a leadership programme that focusses on developing
tomorrow's generation of leaders. With the main focus
of the programme being on servant leadership, the
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR:
Irene Kim, born and bred in Stellenbosch, is a classical pianist in training, but is also keen photographer and an avid sprinkler runner. She also considers herself to be a professional napper, with her most impressive feat being able to fall asleep standing up leaning against a pole on the metro in DC. Applying for SAWIP was a complete last minute and accidental decision, but one that she will never forget!
25StelliesJol MAGAZINE
SPORT ROXY BURNS, BY ELIZNA PAYNE
27StelliesJol MAGAZINE
MOET SIEN
FLIEKSTHE BANG BANG CLUB (7 out of 10)
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four
combat photographers capturing the final days of
apartheid in South Africa.
WATCH TRAILER NOW
MOVIES LATEST RELEASES
Stellenbosch Kleinwelgevonden2 Bed Flat – R4000
Chrizane 082 417 2487
Kuils River – Stellendale2 Bed T/house – R4000
Danel 079 369 1300Office 021 975 1770
No Finders Fee
No Advertising FeeFree Rental Valuation
Rent Guaranteed Service
TO LET
scan barcode with your Blackberry!
ROXY BURNS...she is on fire!
BY ELIZNA PAYNE
Roxy Burns has touched ground in
Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom,
Wales, Beijing, USA and Holland, all for
the love of her life, cycling. This gifted
cyclist and Stellenbosch local has a long
list of achievements, with the highlight in
2010 when she held the ICU world
number one para-cyclist position for her
performance on the track. She currently
ranks fourth for track and fourth for road
cycling. Elizna Payne from the
Ste l l iesJo l MAGAZINE t eam
interviewed Roxy and this is what she
had to say:
You recently took part in the para-
cycling world championship in
Montichiara, Italy. How was the
experience?
Cold!! It was still winter and icy cold! It
was a great experience; to know you are up against the
best in the world is amazing. And to see how your
training paid off – hopefully!
In my case, I didn't perform as well as I hoped. There
were many factors that may have played a role, the one
was definitely the temperature. I ended up with a
fourth place in the 500m, which is my event. I didn't get
my personal best, which was disappointing, but my
overall position was a good one. In the other race, the
3000m, I ended sixth.
Just to be in another country and culture is always fun,
trying to communicate with the locals who can't speak
any English. These tours, for me, are not only for the
competition but for the whole experience.
What would a typical day in the life of Roxy
Burns look like in preparation for an event like
this?
For this specific event we were training very hard, and
the training would be different each day. I was training
six days a week, normally twice and even up to three
times a day. Training would vary from gym to core
sessions, to on the road bike on the road trainer, to
heavy, heavy track sessions in the Bellville Velodrome.
Tell us about your disability and how it affects
your everyday life.
I have ataxia telangiectasia (AT). It is a progressive
disorder, combining cerebral palsy and muscle
dystrophy. I have a very mild form of AT. The diagnose
SPORT ROXY BURNS, BY ELIZNA PAYNE
27StelliesJol MAGAZINE
MOET SIEN
FLIEKSTHE BANG BANG CLUB (7 out of 10)
A drama based on the true-life experiences of four
combat photographers capturing the final days of
apartheid in South Africa.
WATCH TRAILER NOW
MOVIES LATEST RELEASES
Stellenbosch Kleinwelgevonden2 Bed Flat – R4000
Chrizane 082 417 2487
Kuils River – Stellendale2 Bed T/house – R4000
Danel 079 369 1300Office 021 975 1770
No Finders Fee
No Advertising FeeFree Rental Valuation
Rent Guaranteed Service
TO LET
scan barcode with your Blackberry!
ROXY BURNS...she is on fire!
BY ELIZNA PAYNE
Roxy Burns has touched ground in
Australia, Italy, the United Kingdom,
Wales, Beijing, USA and Holland, all for
the love of her life, cycling. This gifted
cyclist and Stellenbosch local has a long
list of achievements, with the highlight in
2010 when she held the ICU world
number one para-cyclist position for her
performance on the track. She currently
ranks fourth for track and fourth for road
cycling. Elizna Payne from the
Ste l l iesJo l MAGAZINE t eam
interviewed Roxy and this is what she
had to say:
You recently took part in the para-
cycling world championship in
Montichiara, Italy. How was the
experience?
Cold!! It was still winter and icy cold! It
was a great experience; to know you are up against the
best in the world is amazing. And to see how your
training paid off – hopefully!
In my case, I didn't perform as well as I hoped. There
were many factors that may have played a role, the one
was definitely the temperature. I ended up with a
fourth place in the 500m, which is my event. I didn't get
my personal best, which was disappointing, but my
overall position was a good one. In the other race, the
3000m, I ended sixth.
Just to be in another country and culture is always fun,
trying to communicate with the locals who can't speak
any English. These tours, for me, are not only for the
competition but for the whole experience.
What would a typical day in the life of Roxy
Burns look like in preparation for an event like
this?
For this specific event we were training very hard, and
the training would be different each day. I was training
six days a week, normally twice and even up to three
times a day. Training would vary from gym to core
sessions, to on the road bike on the road trainer, to
heavy, heavy track sessions in the Bellville Velodrome.
Tell us about your disability and how it affects
your everyday life.
I have ataxia telangiectasia (AT). It is a progressive
disorder, combining cerebral palsy and muscle
dystrophy. I have a very mild form of AT. The diagnose
SPORT ROXY BURNS, BY ELIZNA PAYNE
28 StelliesJol MAGAZINE
is that a child will be in a wheelchair by teens and not
survive past early twenties.
AT affects my balance and fine motor skills, but luckily
you don't need fine motor skills on the bike. Although I
have to work hard on improving my balance, I am not
too affected by it.
You did a BA degree in sport science. What do
you aim to accomplish with this degree?
Yip, I graduated in March 2011. At the moment, I am
about to start studying a post graduate teaching
course through UNISA, I am really looking forward to
it, I have spent the past six months just training, and
it'll be good to have something else to do. I hope to get
my post grad teaching certificate at the end of next
year and go teach overseas somewhere.
Where do you find inspiration to stay
motivated?
My main motivation is my goal, and that is to win a
medal at London Paralympics in 2012. I know in order
to win a medal I have to get to a certain time, and to get
a certain time you have to train. Also to qualify for
London we have to get points for the country and you
get points by getting good placings at competitions, so
I have to train hard in order to get these positions.
Who is your role model?
Role model… People always ask this, and I always
struggle to answer... I don't really have a role model…
I really admire Oscar Pistorius - for doing so well and
staying such a nice guy. Achmat Hassiem as well, both
these boys are such nice people, and are so good at
what they do.
I hope that I can be as humble as they are, as well as
achieving my goals.
What is your favorite thing about Stellenbosch?
Stellenbosch has always been my home. So I'll always
love Stellenbosch just because I do! =)
But it's such a pretty town close to mountains and the
sea, and the city! I love the nature. The student vibe is
very catching, if you walk on SU campus, you feel like a
student. Stellenbosch has a good community, students
and not. People are friendly and helpful. It's also full of
culture, lots of music and festivals.
Can we expect to see you at the 2012
Paralympic games in London?
Definitely!! Long way to go still, but I'll be there!
I’m just nuts for StelliesJol.com
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is that a child will be in a wheelchair by teens and not
survive past early twenties.
AT affects my balance and fine motor skills, but luckily
you don't need fine motor skills on the bike. Although I
have to work hard on improving my balance, I am not
too affected by it.
You did a BA degree in sport science. What do
you aim to accomplish with this degree?
Yip, I graduated in March 2011. At the moment, I am
about to start studying a post graduate teaching
course through UNISA, I am really looking forward to
it, I have spent the past six months just training, and
it'll be good to have something else to do. I hope to get
my post grad teaching certificate at the end of next
year and go teach overseas somewhere.
Where do you find inspiration to stay
motivated?
My main motivation is my goal, and that is to win a
medal at London Paralympics in 2012. I know in order
to win a medal I have to get to a certain time, and to get
a certain time you have to train. Also to qualify for
London we have to get points for the country and you
get points by getting good placings at competitions, so
I have to train hard in order to get these positions.
Who is your role model?
Role model… People always ask this, and I always
struggle to answer... I don't really have a role model…
I really admire Oscar Pistorius - for doing so well and
staying such a nice guy. Achmat Hassiem as well, both
these boys are such nice people, and are so good at
what they do.
I hope that I can be as humble as they are, as well as
achieving my goals.
What is your favorite thing about Stellenbosch?
Stellenbosch has always been my home. So I'll always
love Stellenbosch just because I do! =)
But it's such a pretty town close to mountains and the
sea, and the city! I love the nature. The student vibe is
very catching, if you walk on SU campus, you feel like a
student. Stellenbosch has a good community, students
and not. People are friendly and helpful. It's also full of
culture, lots of music and festivals.
Can we expect to see you at the 2012
Paralympic games in London?
Definitely!! Long way to go still, but I'll be there!
I’m just nuts for StelliesJol.com
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