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September 2018
Spring:
Time to tidy up in the garden
All About Bees
Hayfever:
Pollen might not be the problem
Travel:
Lake Panic – Jewel of the Kruger Park
Published in close co-operation with the Fourways Gardens Home Owners Association
The location, the style, the feeling you get when you walk through the front door - every aspect of your
home should be a reflection of who you are, where you’ve been, and the life you aspire to live. This
extraordinary 6 bedroom, 4 bathroom home in Fourways Gardens is for the extended family. To schedule
a private viewing, contact your Fourways Gardens Specialist on 011 469-4950.
Web Ref 2949468
Fourways Gardens Specialist
Contact us on 011 469 4950 | dainfernoffice@sothebysrealty.co.za
Shop 11 Dainfern Square, Broadacres Drive, Dainfern
Each office is independently owned and operated.
CONTENTS
September 2018
03 From the General Manager
04 Security
06 Monthly Draw
09 FWG Activity Providers
10 FWG Gardening Club
12 Turfnet – Time to Tidy
up the Garden
16 Delicious Festival
30 Travel: Lake Panic –
Jewel of the Kruger
National Park
38 Pollen
38
40 Classifieds
44 Bees
3
Cover photograph: Derek Campbell
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
Estate Office 011 465 7731
(operating hours 08h00 - 16h00 Mon to Fri)
info@fwg.co.za
Estate Security 24/7 011 465 5465/66
Main Control Room
Emergency and 011 467 1400
Medical Response 011 444 2237
Netcare 911 082 911
Council Service 011 375 5555
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and Enquiries:
Clubhouse 011 465 0937
In case of emergency:
Douglasdale Police Station 011 699 1300
ER 24 Emergency 084 124
Police/ Flying squad 10111
Life Hospital 011 875 1000
Eskom 086 003 7566
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City Power 011 375 5555
Joburg Water 011 375 5555
Water/Sanitation/ 011 375 5555
Sewer problems
Fraud & Corruption Hotline 0800 002 587
JHB Metro Police 011 490 1600
Fire and Ambulance 10177
Fourways Gardens
Kyle Ebben (Sales) 082 483 5861 • pamgolding.co.za/kyle-ebben
Tracey-Lee Savage (Rentals) 083 654 2729 • pamgolding.co.za/traceylee-savage
FOR SALE FOR SALE
New Release
Ref# FW1387868 Ref# FW1392178
4 Bedrooms / 3 Bathrooms R5.5 million 4 Bedrooms / 4.5 Bathrooms R4.995 million
FOR SALE TO LET TO LET
Ref# FW1375040 Ref# FYL1385506 Ref# FYL1377843
5 Bedrooms / 5.5 Bathrooms R4.2 million 6 Bedrooms / 6.5 Bathrooms R50 000 pm 6 Bedrooms / 4 Bathrooms R47 500 pm
TO LET TO LET TO LET
Furnished
Cottage
Ref# FYL1390062 Ref# FYL1375727 Ref# FYL1393163
5 Bedrooms / 3.5 Bathrooms R45 000 pm 4 Bedrooms / 2.5 Bathrooms R28 000 pm 1 Bedrooms / 1 Bathrooms R13 000 pm
Fourways Office 011 467 4119
pamgolding.co.za/fourways
FWG Mag - 8 up - August 2018.indd 1 2018/08/17 14:15
Estate News
M E S S AG E F R O M T H E G E N E R A L M A N AG E R
Spring is in the air and it is estate can differ property, resulting in a higher selling
greatly, depending price. Is this not an incentive for owners
time to get our gardens and on the erf size, to invest in a well-established and
verges looking beautiful! position within maintained garden and street verge?
the estate itself,
According to a recent press release, the size of the Beautiful and well maintained gardens
properties located in security estates are dwelling and the have a positive effect on all residents,
valued at about three times more than finishes, and very as well as visitors coming into the
normal freehold property. Estate living importantly, the estate.
in South Africa is definitely on the rise, Gary Haynes state of the garden.
not only because of the heightened level Now let us take a look at Fourways
of security offered, but also because Studies have shown that well Gardens
estates of the lifestyle elements such as established and maintained verges, The verges on Camdeboo Road from
dams, and parks and gardens. gardens, common areas and parks, the top of Phase 1 to the bottom of
can add value to your property. In Phase 2, are the window to our Estate.
House prices are generally higher in fact, parks, gardens and open green It is imperative that residents living
gated communities than in surrounding area are one of the most important on Camdeboo Road ensure that their
‘open’ suburbs, because buyers know selling points in a lifestyle estate such verges are well maintained as per our
they are also investing in a lifestyle, as as Fourways Gardens, for potential Conduct Rules, and an advertisement
well as for security. Security is incidentally buyers. A sophisticated landscape for Fourways Gardens. As you are all
one of the driving factors influencing design which includes varying sizes, aware, in terms of the Conduct Rules, it
purchases in estates. That being said, types and colour of plants can become is the owners’ responsibility to maintain
the price of properties within the same a major factor in adding value to your the sidewalk Continued on page 5
Thank you, Turfnet!
The Fourways Gardens Estate Magazine focuses on the Fourways Gardens Residential Estate. The magazine is distributed to all residents at the guardhouses.
The magazine is co-ordinated and published by Estates in Africa (Pty) Ltd on behalf of Fourways Gardens Homeowners Association. The opinions of workers and personnel of
Estates in Africa (Pty) Ltd do not necessarily reflect those of the HOA of the Fourways Gardens Residential Estate.
PUBLISHER: Nico Maritz nico@eiapublishing.co.za SALES MANAGER: Martin Fourie 072 835 8405 martin@eiapublishing.co.za
EDITOR: Kathy Thersby 082 446 8456 kathy@eiapublishing.co.za ADVERTISING SALES: Jeff Malan jeffm@nowmedia.co.za 079 369 9121
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR: Anna Sawa, eiaads@nowmedia.co.za DESIGN: Diane van Noort, d2vn@mweb.co.za
EIA PUBLISHING OFFICE: Tel: 011 327 4062 Fax: 011 327 4094
32 Fricker Road, Illovo, Johannesburg
www.eiapublishing.co.za
Fourways Gardens • 3 • September 2018
14:15
Security
Fourways Gardens
Estate - Security
starts at home
Security:
Officer of the Month – July 2018
Tumelo Sello It’s an awesome feeling living in a place
where security is one of the last things you
need to worry about. When you turn to the
left or right at the big traffic circle – you think
goodness what a relief, I’m home safe!
When one lives in a gated community, one tends to forget about
one’s own personal security – specifically relating to your personal
space and those you invite into your home.
A few tips for Personal Security:
• Ensure that all persons employed by you in your home have been
SAPS cleared and have all the correct documentation. They must
be registered onto the biometric system for your property.
• Contractors conducting work or providing a quotation for work to be
undertaken at your home must have the correct documentation.
Only use reputable companies with references. Also, ensure that
you are aware of the number of persons coming to your home at
all times and that they are under constant supervision.
• Have an alarm or panic system installed at your home. In the
event of an emergency, a radio signal from your alarm or panic
system goes to the on-site Control Room much quicker than a
phone call. Remember to test this system on a regular basis.
• Know what is happening in and around your home. With the
world of technology moving at an ever-increasing pace, one
can remotely monitor what is happening on your property from
anywhere in the world.
• Ensure that when leaving your home, all doors and gates are
locked.
• Do not leave vehicles unlocked for a passer-by to be tempted.
• Do not leave garage doors unlocked or wide open for any passer-
by to be tempted.
• When giving items to your employees such as furniture,
Stay in touch equipment, crockery etc., ensure that you provide them with a
letter/pass-out form for them to exit the Estate with the items.
We look forward to suggestions and (The Permit Office will also call you to confirm this.)
recommendations via the General • Ensure that your childminder/nanny knows how to use the alarm
or panic system.
Manager, Gary Haynes, which we will
• Ensure that your children’s whereabouts are known to you at all
address accordingly. times.
Fourways Gardens • 4 • September 2018
Estate News
M E S S A G E F R O M T H E G E N E R A L M A N AG E R
Continued on page 5 area between the road surface
and his property. The state of a number of the street
verges are affecting the general appearance of the
entire estate. Call Us
For Sale R8.300 MILLION
Surrounding estates in our area have beautiful verges
that are well maintained by property owners. Please
take this spring opportunity to beautify, compost,
improve, repair irrigation and plant, as this is the perfect
time of the year for these improvements. Let us restore
Fourways Gardens Residential Estate to being the best
estate in our area, and to achieve this, we need your
assistance.
The HOA and Board are doing their part in upgrading our
For Sale R5.900 MILLION For Sale R4.350 MILLION
roads, parks, common gardens and landscaping. It is
imperative that we continue to improve and upgrade the
appearance of Fourways Gardens Residential Estate.
Next month we will be publishing photos in our
magazine of the verges of other estates in the
Fourways area, and comparing to the current state
of those in Fourways Gardens. This will be an For Sale R6.500 MIL / For Rent R50 000 pm
interesting comparison, as it will give us an accurate
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reflection of how Fourways Gardens compares to
these estates. There are some beautiful verges in
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our Estate, but unfortunately it takes only a few
rotten apples to spoil the whole basket. RE
Planned maintenance for the Phase 2 dam area:
• Cutting back and removing phragmites (reeds) to open
For Sale R2.999 MILLION
up the overflow at the dam.
• We will be spraying environmentally friendly herbicides
to control all noxious weeds (parrot weed) and reeds
(yellow iris)
• We are building a raft to maintain the dam, by controlling
noxious reeds and weeds on an ongoing basis
The aim of this project is to rehabilitate our dam on an
ongoing basis to improve the general appearance of the
area.
For Sale R5.900 MIL / For Rent R42 000 pm For Sale R4.495 MIL / For Rent R36 000 pm
I wish to extend a huge thank you to Turfnet for
their contribution in beautifying our Estate! The
main traffic circle at the security gates, is looking
spectacular! Their hard work and commitment is
showing throughout the estate.
I would also like to thank the residents that have Sales and rentals specialists • (011) 469 4070 • www.gcr.co.za
volunteered their time to serve on sub-committees to
assist us in achieving the results we have to date.
I hope all residents will enjoy the warmer weather and
the upcoming events that go with that.
Kind regards,
Gary
Gaye Glenda Sue
083 601 1593 072 186 0600 082 452 0086
gaye@gcr.co.za (Candidate Agent) sue@gcr.co.za
glenda@gcr.co.za
Fourways Gardens • 5 • September 2018
Estate News
Monthly Draw – 27 July
The draw results were as follows:
• Kiddie’s prize: Matt Eickhaus - 9 Raintree
• Second prize: Brenda Dwyer - 61 Buffalo Thorn
• First prize: John Lamprey - 10 Crab Apple
• Main draw was a roll-over: Martyn Evers, 8 Flame Street, but was not at the Draw.
This means R8000 for the end of August!
Rules for the Monthly Draw: Our cash prize is for homeowners Remember, you have
Anyone in attendance stands a only and all owners in good standing
chance to win one of the lucky are automatically entered into the
to be there to win!
draw prizes. Simply complete your draw. You have to be in attendance The Monthly Draw takes place on
details on an entry form and you on the night to claim your prize. If not, the last Friday of every month in
can win one of three beautiful lucky Century 21 will donate another R1,000 the Clubhouse at 19h00!
draw prizes. that rolls over to the next month!
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Fourways Gardens • 6 • September 2018
Global Leaders in Real Estate
FOR SALE FOR SALE
SOLE MANDATE SOLE MANDATE
R4 995 000 Web Ref: 21DN-2920 R3 395 000 Web Ref: 21DN-2721
Spacious interior featuring a formal and informal lounge plus a private entertainers room Hidden away behind a north facing walled 1129m2 stand, lies this inviting family home
with built-in wooden bar and TV lounge Formal dining room opening onto the patio.g surrounded by a beautiful mature garden oozing tranquillity and harmony. The large
Japanese styled garden courtyard off the study. A covered patio overlooks the large sparkling entrance hall sets the tone for an elegant home and lead to the lounge with a wood
pool surrounded by wooden decking, set in a spacious private and walled garden. Modern burning fireplace with a dining room adjacent to the kitchen. The home comprises three
fitted kitchen with breakfast nook including high-gloss fitted cabinets and granite work tops; spacious bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The kitchen lead off to a private sunny courtyard.
space for a double-door fridge and a separate scullery. Upstairs rumpus room, home office North facing terrace overlooking the garden. Sash windows throughout the home. Separate
or gym. A separate wing hosts the spacious 4th guest bedroom with Victorian en-suite bath- laundry room. Double automated garage and ample secure off street parking for guests.
room. All family bedrooms are on the same level and the master en-suite bedroom has a
sliding door opening onto the exterior. Large 3rd bedroom or optional granny flat, complete
with kitchenette and en-suite bathroom. Double garaging, and off street parking for guests.
FOR SALE FOR SALE
R7 490 000 Web Ref: 21DN-2810 R4 499 000 Web Ref: 21DN-2656
Set on a magnificent 2250sqm stand. The main house includes 4 luxury bedrooms and 3 Spacious contemporary family home with lots to offer. Included are 3 bedrooms and
bathrooms. The sumptuous master suite boasts a full bathroom and a cherry wood dressing a study or 4th bedroom, plus 3 bathrooms (MES). The master bedroom has a walk-in
room with built-in wardrobe. Generous sized open-plan reception rooms with dining room wardrobe and full bathroom plus access to a north facing balcony offering views of the
onto a courtyard, large reception room with fireplace and a solid wood fitted bar. Indoor/ surrounds. 3 Reception rooms consisting of a double volume lounge with sliders leading to
outdoor patio with built-in gas braai has stacking doors overlooking the pool. Private TV the covered patio overlooking the large pool and mature garden; dining room adjacent
lounge. Guest cloakroom. Beautiful eat-in, wood fitted kitchen with granite tops plus pantry to the solid wood built-in bar and a family lounge with sliding doors offering access to the
and scullery. Study or children’s playroom. The large cottage is separate from the main garden. Modern eat-in kitchen with plenty of cupboard space with granite tops; double
house. Staff accommodation and 3 automated garages. eye-level oven and a gas hob with overhead extractor fan and a separate scullery. Deluxe
staff accommodation with kitchenette. Double automated garage with direct access to the
home and ample off-street parking for guests. 5
If you are considering selling or renting your property contact Century 21 Lifestyle Team for a qualified
evaluation. We welcome your call and will be pleased to discuss your property needs at any time.
Our experienced team will provide you with the best professional service!
Tania Heurtaux 082 550 2222 Joep Rijntjes 083 462 2756
Tel: 011 460 1599 I Email: lifestyle@century21.co.za I www.century21.co.za
Estate News
Monthly Draw – 27 July
Fourways Gardens • 8 • September 2018Estate News
FWG ACTIVITY PROVIDERS
TIME MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
08:00 Outdoor Outdoor Fitness Classes Outdoor Fitness Classes
Fitness Classes (8:00-10:00) (8:00-10:00)
08:30 Pilates - Tracey Pilates - Tracey
(8:00-10:00) Rhona Williams Rhona Williams
(8:30-9:30) (8:30-9:30)
09:00 Rhona Williams Yoga - Wendy 083 600 1868 083 600 1868
082 894 6096 082 894 6096
083 600 1868 (9-10:15)
09:30 011 465 7155
10:00 083 400 6211
Nunu’s and Nannies
10:30 (10:00-12:00)
Nunu’s and Nannies
11:00 Vanjee Smith 079 1800 330
(10:30 - 12:30)
vanjeeleigh@gmail.com
11:30 Vanjee Smith 079 1800 330
vanjeeleigh@gmail.com
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00 Helen O'Grady Ballet (15h00-15h30)
Drama Nicky Ridley 072 238 8063
15h30 Jazz Academy nickyridley33@gmail.com Yogabats (15:30-16:30)
(15:45-16:45) (15:00-18:00) Boxing lessons Desley White
16:00
Debbie 082 425 6098 Kerry Holbrook (16:00-17:00) 011 465 1939 /
083 410 2940 084 465 1939
Sean
16:30 Goju-Ryu www. 076 854 8650 Goju-Ryu
(16:30-19:30) dramaafrica. (16:30-19:30)
17:00 Flamenco Dance (17:00-18:00) Stef and com Stef and Boxing lessons
Cristina 076 521 8750 Roberta Roberta (17:00-18:00)
17:30 Sean 076 854 8650
083 384 3026 / 083 384 3026 /
18:00 Yoga (18-19:15) 083 309 5352 FWG Running FOR HOA 083 309 5352 FWG Running
Wendy 011 465 7155 / Club AND AGM Club
18:30 secretary@ secretary@
083 400 6211 MEETINGS
frra.co.za frra.co.za
19:00
Mandy Mandy
19:30 083 462 2725 083 462 2725
20:00
Clubhouse Phase 2 Outside Phase 2 Tennis Gazebo
All fees and times to be confirmed with the activity provider concerned.
Fourways Gardens • 9 • September 2018❁I
FWG Gardening Club
FOURWAYS GARDENS GARDENING CLUB
an Leo, owner of LAWN CARE PLUS
(Lawn2Lawn) came to share some
secrets to achieving a fabulous, enviable
lawn. Ian and his teams have been
serving clients in Fourways Gardens and
Dainfern for 16 years, so is very familiar
with the type of soil environment we have
here which typically is acidic.
Lawns need to be watered once a week
in winter and three times per week
in summer, hopefully with harvested
rainwater or grey water.
BY FRANCESCA BEATTIE
There are many different types of lawn but
KIKUYU and LM are the most common.
Ian prefers KIKUYU. Now is the time to
prepare your lawn for spring and summer.
Ian shared with us the most important four
actions to take:
1. SCARIFY: The lawn has a build-up
of dead thatch from winter and previous
summer mowing which must be lifted and
removed as it stops water, oxygen and
nutrients from getting to the root zone.
Verticutting/de-thatching is a service
that Lawn Care offers – lawnmowers set
at lowest level are what most of us do,
however it is not ideal.
2. AERATION: While Ian’s teams use
specific machines, a garden fork used
over the lawn to lift the turf will help. Spike
rollers are the old-fashioned way and not
ideal as they compact the lawn rather
than aerate it.
COMMON LAWN PROBLEMS:
3. FERTILISE: Ian recommends a 5:1:5
1. BROWN PATCHES: if they start as a sun per day. An appropriate lawn type
or organic fertiliser. Spread at a rate of a
small circle which gradually increases in would need to be planted in the affected
handful per square metre (approx. 40g)
size it could be fungus which will need area.
on to DRY lawn and water in straight
organic fungicide and to be sprayed once
away. Do not put fertiliser on a wet lawn.
per week for three weeks. Could also be 4. PESTS: Spongy lawn results from
LAN is to be avoided as it burns the lawn.
dog urine – one member’s recommended attacks by mole crickets. Other harmful
Fertilise every three months.
treatment for this is to irrigate early in the insects i.e. lawn caterpillar and termites
morning. also cause havoc to a lawn. If serious
4. LAWN DRESSING: Optional – its
infestation, definitely call in a lawn
function is to level the lawn and provide
2. CLOVER OR CREEPING SORREL: specialist. Slight problems can be dealt
nutrients. Vital to source this from a
This is a real problem and it is easier to with organic insecticide. Dead tufts of
reliable supplier as cheap lawn dressing
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call in the professionals like Ian. In severe grass around flower beds can be caused
can infest your lawn with weeds. Lawn
cases, the lawn needs to be killed off and by rats. Again best to call in a specialist.
dressing consists of 50% each, topsoil
replanted.
and compost and is heat treated to kill
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bacteria and weeds. One cubic metre will
3. SHADE FROM TREES OR
cover approx. 100m.sq. If buying by the
BUILDINGS: This is KIKUYU’S biggest
bag, 33 bags equals one cube.
problem as it needs 4 to 5 hours of direct
Fourways Gardens • 10 • September 2018YOUR RESIDENT
Property Specialist!
“I have been living and selling property
in Fourways Gardens for 14 years!
Your asset is important to me.”
Francesca Beattie
DEAR RESIDENTS – PRIME SELLING PERIOD HAS STARTED
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING! I HAVE NEW QUALIFIED
BUYERS LOOKING FOR THEIR DREAM HOMES!
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FRANCESCA Beattie
proper tiesEstate News
Time to tidy up the garden
It is that time of the year.
September is when we are
getting ready for spring.
For those lovely bright and
colourful gardens we need to
start now, compost, mulch,
lawndressing and fertilizer is
what we need for our lawns
our flower beds and potted
plants.
Compost, Why
Top Ranking Contour Compost Benefits
Organic, supply microbes and organic matters
mulch and Contour
to the ground, helps retain moisture in the soil,
nutrient holding capacity, improves soil structure,
Fertilizer Compost?
create potting soil, feed your lawn, buffer pH and
temperatures.
It is time to think about composting,
planting, making pretty and tooling up.
A little help and encouragement such Lawn care tips to revive tired lawn
as layer of mulch and organic fertilizer • Let your lawn breath
will not go amiss and is a perfect way to • Eliminate weeds and test your lawns health
prepare garden for the burst of growth • Scarify
and activity that will erupt throughout the
• Topdress
spring months. Use our organic fertilizer
to boost your garden in the early spring. • Water your lawn
Contact Turfnet to purchase your • Feed your grass
Compost, Mulch and Organic Fertilizer. • Put the bounce back in your step, and your lawn
Fourways Gardens • 12 • September 2018Estate News
PRUNING
Pruning is essential for healthy
growth as it encourages shrubs to
produce more blossoms. Amateur
gardeners are often put off pruning
because they don’t understand why
its necessary and how its done. Once
you understand that pruning allows
you to shape and strengthen shrubs
and trees, you’ll be keen to perform
this task on an annual basis.
GOOD TO KNOW
TIPS FOR PRUNING If you’re pruning a variety of plants, disinfect your tools with
vinegar to prevent the risk of cross- infection.
Before you begin, consider what shape you’d like your shrubs
to take. This is very much like giving your plants a haircut, so
you should start off conservatively, trimming off a little at a time.
• Remove damaged branches, as well as straggly
stems.
• Cut away any branches that cross over or rub
against each other
• Follow the stem back to their origin the cut away
neatly. Cutaway stem growing out from large
branches or trunk of the shrub or tree. The idea is
to thin out the plant for more growth and to allow
more light to reach the new growth.
• Trim to the desired shape to give your plant a
strong structure on which to base future growth.
• Apply plant sealer to the cut edges to prevent the
risk of infection of disease.
Contact us for your
Mulch and Organic
Fertilizer orders
For more information on how to be eco-friendly, contact Turfnet on:
Tel no: (011) 464-5088 Mobile no: 073 935 9754 Fax no: 086 768 7838
Email: Jerida@mweb.co.za Website: www.turfgreen.co.za
Address: School rd, Diepsloot 2189 (plot 17) Johannesburg, South Africa
Fourways Gardens • 13 • September 2018Lifestyle
REUBEN RIFFEL BRINGS HIS
CULINARY GENIUS TO JOZI
Vodacom presents the DStv Delicious International Food &
Music Festival, in association with Visa, Coca-Cola, Heineken,
Diageo, Proudly South African, Gauteng Tourism Authority,
Flight Centre, Gautrain, Jeep, Generosity Water, and Kaya FM.
Be ready for an all-star music and dance line-up, coupled
with gastronomic delights. Bring the whole family.
T
he DStv Delicious International
Food and Music Festival will
once again bring international
singing and dance sensations
and masters of culinary excellence
together at a two-day fest taking place at
the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 22 and
23 September 2018.
The sixth edition of the festival is
expected to again attract an estimated
40 000 visitors. Festival Director, Lloyd
Cornwall says that it has become THE
Springtime outdoor music attraction in
Johannesburg, and has also become
a firm calendar favourite with foodies,
where great culinary creatives share
their passions at the Delicious Mile: the
festival’s Gourmet Street-Food Market.
This year, festivalgoers can expect an
even bigger and better gastronomic
experience at this extensive market.
Along the way, they can also visit the
Coca-Cola Taste of the City, which will
boast 10 pop-up restos that will serve up
their flagship dishes.
In addition, patrons can enjoy a delectable
multi-course meal perfectly curated by
celebrated South African chef, restaurant
owner and TV personality, Reuben Riffel,
who is returning to the festival this year.
His long-table restaurant, brought to you
by Coca-Cola, includes a cash bar where
restaurant ticket holders can complement
their meal with the perfect wines and
beverages that will bring out the flavour Reuben Riffel
profiles of the ingredients in the dishes.
Fourways Gardens • 16 • September 2018Lifestyle
Erykah Badu
The main music stage will be headlined by neo-soul icon,
Erykah Badu; New Zealand’s young soul singer and multi-
instrumentalist, Jordan Rakei; the incredible experimental
cross-genre outfit, Jazzanova; and the British acid jazz
band, D-Influence. The power of women will be celebrated
with the Womandla stage line-up as its main stage offering. Simphiwe Dana
Lira will bring her unique fusion of pop, soul, and R&B sound
her combination of jazz, Afro-soul, and traditional music will
to the main stage; while Simphiwe Dana, who is known for
bring her heart and soul to the fore alongside her musical
sisters.
Grammy Award winner Louie Vega leads the star-studded
Vodacom Dance Arena hosted by Oskido and Kaya FM. New
York born DJ Todd Terry and South African dance demi-gods,
DJ Christos, Vinny Da Vinci, DJ Oskido, DJ Fresh and Greg
Maloka complete the music and dance line-up. The stage will
open at 2pm on both days.
Music and food lovers can be part of the experience by
buying Delicious GA Passes that start at R650 each. [The
Delicious Early Bird GA Pass is R550 per person per day or
R1000 per person for a weekend pass (Saturday & Sunday)].
Tickets for the Vodacom Kids Zone, for children between the
ages of 3 - 13, are R280 per child.
Tickets for the Delicious Lounge in association with Tanqueray
and Johnnie Walker are R1450 per person per day. And
tickets for Reuben Riffel’s Long-Table Restaurant are R750
per person per sitting, either Lunch or Dinner - please note
this package can only be purchased in conjunction with a
Festival Access Pass.
Lira For more information visit www.deliciousfestival.com
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Dainfern College Grade 7 and Grade 12 students celebrating Round Square’s 52nd Birthday
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018 has offered staff and Dainfern College has an active student York as part of the Round Square exchange
students at Dainfern College key exchange programme in place and this programme. It really was the experience of
international exposure through the year has already welcomed six incoming a lifetime. I enjoyed the best of both worlds,
Round Square network. Dainfern students from the USA, Peru, Columbia as I got to stay at a boarding school as well
College is a proudly Round Square and Singapore who each spent a number as with a host family on the weekends.
School and actively participates in every of weeks at the school and enjoyed the Hackley School has very different subjects
aspect of the Round Square IDEALS of beauty of Johannesburg and South compared to Dainfern College. While I was
International understanding, Democracy, Africa. In addition to this, students there I was lucky enough to take Advanced
Environmentalism, Adventure, Leadership from the College went on exchange to Forestry Ecology Research, which was a
and Service through global networking, Germany, Australia and the USA where very practical working subject, and I often got
student tours and exchanges, building they had the most incredible experiences to go outside with the class to do research.
relationships and caring for the community and personal growth. I was invited to the Prom which was a great
and environment. The College aims to experience. I met so many new friends and
produce leaders of calibre who will make a Kyra Killops, a Grade 10 student at Dainfern made many long-lasting friendships. Going
positive contribution to society, both locally College, comments: “From 18 April to 4 June on exchange really took me out of my comfort
and globally. this year I attended Hackley School in New zone and made me more independent.”
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The Euro Express tour group in Amsterdam
Through the Round Square regional and
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Dainfern College students at the Junior Round
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academic curriculum. Framework Workshop in Jordan College in Peru
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Nurturing a love of learning
There is a trend in traditional schooling models 1. What curriculum do we use?
that sees children’s love of learning diminish We use the National Curriculum as a framework. We teach children using
the more they are exposed to standardised a constructivist approach which allows children to learn in a natural way.
learning models. By the time they reach From there we branch out and deliver the curriculum with a great deal more
the higher grades at school, they often hate substance and purpose.
learning and schooling, and their natural love
of learning is lost. School becomes a boring,
ritualistic system that can create anxiety, fear 2. What is constructivism?
and depression. Constructivist teaching is based on the belief that learning occurs as
children are actively involved in the learning process. Constructivist
Broadacres Academy is creating a learning teaching involves the design of learning experiences that allow children to
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WORDS: JAMES CLARKE
PICTURES: MARY BROADLEY
LAKE PANIC
– JEWEL OF KRUGER PARK
Malachite Kingfisher
Impala The southerly arm of Lake Panic.
T
It is South Africa’s most ens of thousands of pictures of brown-hooded kingfisher successfully
wetland birds published across fishing, (neither of us had seen this
famous bird hide and, in the world in magazines and bird fishing before, believing they were
my estimation, the most books were taken there. insectivores); a jacana, a darter, an
unidentified martin, a grey heron, and
rewarding hide in Kruger We were there (again) in August. It was cattle egret. For the first time that I recall
National Park – Lake Panic. It noon and still winter – the worst possible there were no thickknees on the nearby
time of day for birding and the worst time bank. We then moved to face south
would rate highly among the of year too because 18% of our bird and saw coot, jacanas, moorhens, the
world’s best. species were still wintering in the north. inevitable black crake, pied kingfisher,
masked weaver, white-throated swallow
We first faced east in the L-shaped hide’s and fish eagle flying towards us at “zero
interior looking along the long arm of feet”.
the lake. In one casual sweep we saw
a green heron, a malachite kingfisher A truly massive crocodile lay on the
(almost within touching distance); a beach – was it the man-killer that killed
Fourways Gardens • 30 • September 2018Estate News
Elephant outing to Lake Panic. Picture courtesy: Glenn Havemann
Lazy afternoon on Lake Panic‘s beach
Cautious bushbuck checking for crocodiles Hippos, Like riverside boulders - but noisier.
somebody upstream four years ago at then saw how deep Lake Panic is. The old friend, Kenneth Newman, whom I’d
Skukuza Golf Club? adults waded in almost up to the roots of known from his days as a commercial
their tails. Then came a baby of few days artist. Sappi, who sponsored the hide,
Near the bend a pod of maybe 25 tightly old, still hairy and wobbly on its feet, had asked us to do an assessment of it.
clustered hippo, with not a centimetre and I wondered how it would manage to
between them, looked like an outcrop of cross. No problem. It scrambled up the Ken was, by then, Africa’s best-selling
huge boulders. mountainous rump of its mother to cling author of bird books including Birds of
with its front feet, while an aunt supported the Kruger National Park first published
A variety of mammals come to the dam. the baby’s rear with her trunk. in 1987. Noticing the book was 10 years
There’s usually bushbuck. Friends old I asked Ken, during the flight, if, in
recently saw a leopard. We saw hyena Lake Panic is a photographer’s dream … those 10 years, any new species had
and impala. even without a telephoto lens. Waders been added to Kruger Park’s list. He
walk around 2 metres away. Goliath said, “Surprisingly, no”.
About five years ago I watched a herd of herons come close as do night herons.
about 20 elephants materialise out of the We drove through Kruger Gate straight
dense vegetation 70 metres away and In 1997 I flew down to Nelspruit with an to the hide just 7km short of Skukuza.
Fourways Gardens • 31 • September 2018Estate News
It was empty.
Ken was facing east where a dead tree
protrudes from the water a few metres
way when he suddenly exclaimed, “Good
Lord! Good Lord!”
I asked what he’d seen. He said, “An
hour ago you asked if any bird had been
seen that was not in my book. Take a
look at that!”
A pair of grey waxbills. They’d been
suspected in the park but never
confirmed for they are often seen further
east in Mozambique and in KwaZulu.
Why the name: Lake Panic? There are
several stories but the true one dates Jacana
back to 1975 when the earthen dam
wall was completed across Mafunyana
Creek, a kilometre or so from the club.
The creek’s name commemorates Louis
Steyn, warden of Kruger Park from 1953
to 1961 whose Shangaan nickname
was Mafunyana – Shangaan for “one
who eats with gusto”. The wall had just
been completed and the dam was filling
nicely when the mother of all tropical
thunder storms dumped several million
tons of water into the catchment and the
river rose within minutes to a height that
alarmed everybody – especially those
behind the project who were certain the
dam would burst. The panic could have
been measured on the Richter Scale.
But the dam held. Squacco Heron Grey Heron
FOOTNOTE: Talking of birding hotspots, Return Africa’s Pafuri Camp were 2018 BBD begins.
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We were three including a superb guide,
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The winning team, I seem to recall, saw about
180.
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SUSTAINABILITY has to be this decade’s buzz word. And with
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for reducing their personal load on our limited resources. But
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has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons and left many pet
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o how, exactly, do our pets fit into billions of tonnes of animal protein per processes and packaging required for
the sustainability debate? What year. And animal-based products are these items have far reaching effects.
are our basic responsibilities the most energy-sapping agricultural • Pets need medications and other
as pet parents, to ensure that ingredients to produce. With more pet products like shampoos and parasite
our pets, and our habits as their care- parents demanding higher-quality, control to ensure they enjoy the peak
givers, don’t place undue pressure on the “human grade” meat products to feed health and wellness they deserve.
environment? to their furkids, in order to improve their Hence, the pharmaceutical industry is
health and well-being, our animals are also heavily represented by companies
What is sustainability? now in direct competition with humans for producing all manner of lotions and
Sustainability is a vast subject, but a very food. potions for animals. More chemical waste
useful definition is “meeting the needs of • The billion pets also excrete an estimated and high-energy manufacture processes.
the present, without compromising the quarter of a billion kilos of poop each day! • And what about the impact of domestic
needs of the future”. Where does it all land up? animals on the finely balanced wildlife
• Besides food, the pet industry is populations around us? A UK study
Why are our furballs in the firing line? massive (and growing), producing toys, showed that British cats with access to
• There are currently in excess of a billion accessories, treats, clothing, gadgets, the outdoors were responsible for hunting
pet dogs and cats on the planet. Eating etc. on a grand scale. The manufacturing more than 200 million small animals
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in a year! If your felonious feline has energy to sustain, using fish products industry trade expo, Interzoo, in Munich
a penchant for a specific species and from sustainable marine sources, and attended a talk on sustainability in
is an avid hunter, that local population and packaging the finished product in the pet industry. The speaker, a highly-
doesn’t stand a chance. Certain pet dogs, recyclable or bio-degradable materials. recognised expert in the field, believes
particularly hunting breeds, are also that the only truly sensible and sustainable
players in the carnage. And, of course, The ingredients are worth a great deal of protein source for the pet industry to
untold numbers of starving strays and thought too. Some feel that pets should be utilize is insect protein…. And a number of
feral animals have to kill to survive. fed lower quality diets that make use of all companies are currently working on insect
the off-cuts rejected in the manufacture of diets for pets. Bugs are packed with all
So what’s the answer? No pets? human foods. While there is much sense the amino acids our pets require for health
One respondent to a “no holds barred” in this argument in terms of sustainability, and well-being and they’re certainly a very
article on pets and sustainability printed we know that dogs and cats thrive and sustainable commodity. Watch this space.
in the US Guardian stated, “You’ll prise enjoy increased longevity when fed
my GSD out of my cold, dead hands”. premium-quality diets. There is also the • Waste Disposal
Pets are our family and there is no more counter-argument that pets who eat good You may think that disposing of your dog’s
sense in telling pet parents to stop keeping food absorb more and excrete less. We poop in a bio-degradable poop-bag is a
pets, than there is in saying that parents of feel there’s a good balance here. A top- responsible environmental decision but
human children should give these up too, quality, animal-based product doesn’t have even bio-degradable bags can take over
due to their impact on the environment. to exclude grains or other carbohydrates, 10 years to break down! While scooping
We would, in any case, make the greatest although the “Grain Free” trend is currently up after your pooch on a walk is an
environmental impact if we all gave up growing in the pet-care industry. Much hygienic and often mandatory practice,
our vehicles. But, there are a few areas research has, in fact, proven that dogs and most bags used aren’t degradable and all
that each of us can consider, and adapt cats very seldom have problems digesting that doggy-doo ends up immortalized in
to suit our lifestyles, that can dramatically grains (as many humans do); grains can plastic in a landfill. It’s not a great idea to
affect the pressure that the pet population form a very useful part of a balanced diet flush pet poop either, as it’s too nitrogen-
worldwide places on our planet. for them, and can contribute valuable rich for our wet ecosystems. Pet poop is
proteins, too, when combined with other best composted. But take care not to use
• Check out the manufacturers meat-based proteins. Grain production, in it on your veggie garden, as it contains E
Before choosing the brand or type of food turn, is gentler on the environment. Also Coli and other harmful bacteria.
you wish to feed your pet, research the look at the sustainability of the particular
manufacture processes employed by the meat protein sources in your chosen pet Environmentally conscious cat parents
supplier, their commitment to responsible food brand. Beef production, for example, should avoid clumping kitty-litter at
environmental practices and the type of has the heaviest impact on our planet, all costs. Clay is strip-mined, which is
packaging they utilize. This applies too, while chicken is relatively light. Also an incredibly harmful practice for the
to Raw and Meat-Based Diets (RMBDs), beware of products made from “exotic” environment and the clumping material,
which tend to use a lot of packaging for game products like bison, wild boar, etc. sodium bentonite, acts like expanding
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environmental policies in place. These foods now containing these ingredients? construction sector) and may clog up
manufacturers continually strive to reduce your fur-child’s insides as he grooms.
their burden on precious resources, for A final interesting thought on the pet food The silica dust contained in other
example, by using grey water wherever debate: Twisted Whiskers management absorbable litter can coat cats’ lungs.
possible, building plants that require less recently visited the world’s largest pet- Choose environmentally-friendly litters
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