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Second edition!     Howick entrepreneurs launch a Business Park    RSTAFF REPORTER                     as “Action Asphalt.” ln 2004 they   Consort             esidents of Howick have  subdivided the property and             clearly decided that     built eight small sheds which       Andrews Auto Mechanical             the time has arrived to  were rented out. This year their         Ache Enterprises  expand the facilities offered in a  town, which once had only a rub-    son, Larry Kendall, decided to      Engineering Solutions  ber factory as its major industry.  provide further facilities on the   The Little French Shop                                      premises for several entrepre-    Known as the Kendall Business     neurs seeking facilities for their  Cactus & Co  Park and located along the Main     businesses.  Road joining Merrivale to How-                                          Eco Woodcraft  ick the new business park has         Larry Kendall’s faith in the  twelve fully rented sheds occu-     future has been rewarded with               The Herbal Company           C ongratulations to our new  pied by both manufacturing and      the support of the following          Next year the Kendall’s “Ac-                  Honourable Mayor, Christopher  service enterprises.                businesses using the facilities     tion Asphalt” operation will be                   Pappas (above).                                      provided:                           celebrating 30 years in a business     It is fantastic to see that the Democratic    The property at 5 Main Road,                                          specialising in Asphalt Paving       process is finally being adhered to. After all  was purchased by Des and Judith                 Action Asphalt          and Concrete.                        the inaugural drama, the reaction of you  Kendall in 1981 from where they                                                                              and your party have been proof that finally,  operated their business known       Natal CV Joints                     Views of the Kendall business park.  uMngeni municipality will be law abiding                                                                                                               and the uMngeni district will be a better                                                                                                               place for all residence.                                                                                                                 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waZulu-Natal has been the             hub of change throughout    K history, and again on the    1st of November 2021, uMngeni is  the centre of the change we need!  DA has, for the first time in histo-  ry, won a municipality in KZN and  already the positive changes are  evident with Chris Pappas leading as  our new Mayor.      On 5 August 1962, on the main  Durban-Johannesburg road, now be-  tween Howick and Lidgetton West,  Nelson Mandela was arrested. In De-  cember 1996, Nelson Mandela was  awarded “The Freedom of Howick”.    Howick boasts of many tourist  attractions, but one that is most rele-  vant to the changes we are now expe-  riencing is the monument of Nelson  Mandela. The Howick area played  a part in shaping his life. I believe  Nelson Mandela would be pleased  with the choice of the people to put                          victorious voters  a home grown hero at the helm to  restore Howick to what it once was,  and to improve the lives of all.                                           C.T. DINNIS  Our newly appointed Mayor, Chris to see the transparency of our new rubbing off on others as a municipal It was the choice of the people of  Pappas, has wasted no time going leader who is constantly sharing on vehicle was spotted on a SUNDAY in uMngeni to have change and it is  out to the communities in person social media what the DA is actually Merrivale with the driver collecting wonderful to see that you are deliv-  and the areas which are in desperate doing for uMngeni. Not to mention rubbish on the side of the road!                           ering on what the people need.  need of change. It has been fantastic that his incredible work ethic is now                                             MKTV Community Building                Moses no longer uses a stick to free his people, but rather a camera.    MC.T. DINNIS  KTV, Moses Kilozo Tel- community and to bring young and they are in a position of power. Now, however, very inspiring!! His videos                evision is shining a light old together.                                      thanks to MKTV, people starting at can be found on YouTube and Face-                 on the positive aspects                                                      the bottom can get their name out     book with a few having been sold to  of uMngeni and the people who re-          Moses was only 25 years old when                 there for all the right reasons!      the SABC and 261 DSTV. One of his  side there. With so many communi-        he came to SA from the war-torn                                                          current projects is an NPO, teaching  ty development programs underway,        Congo. What he endured as a                          On arriving in SA, Moses was the    and training others in a “school”  it was time to talk to the owner and     youngster has shaped who he is to-                 refugee spokesperson in KZN. In       environment of the film industry  founder, Moses.                          day, his Christian beliefs and passion             2015 he won an award for social       to help reduce unemployment. If                                           for uplifting humanity. One of his                 cohesion advocacy nation building.    anyone would like to contribute to    Moses is known as the community        current projects is “Screen uMn-                   Until 2018 when the project ended,    this NPO, the needs include com-  whistle blower. He describes many        geni” which is to profile community                he was involved with Duzi uMngeni     puters, lighting, mikes, WiFi and  in the community with the hand ges-      champions and help them get the                    conservation trust.                   transport. Please contact Moses on  tures, “Don’t hear, don’t speak, don’t   recognition they need and deserve.                                                       0728849158.  see,” and has taken it upon himself      Too often in SA people only become                   His plans going forward are simply  to use his camera to educate the         famous for the wrong reasons, unless               too many to mention here. 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Midlands consumers turning from electricity to Gas    WSTAFF REPORTER                        inconveniences that accompany it.        tive to electricity, solar or other                  ith no foreseeable       Ellen Mitchell of AA Gas in            energy sources. Propane, Liquid                  improvements en-                                                Petroleum or “Domestic Gas” is                  visaged with South     Howick predicts that this trend will     considered an excellent alternative  Africa’s unreliable national electri-  continue gathering momentum as           to other energy sources. With a  cal power grid, LP Gas is receiv-      customers realise that it is not diffi-  lower Carbon Footprint than coal-  ing popular support among both         cult to move away completely from        based electricity power plants, LP  domestic and commercial opera-         electricity to gas as the main power     GAS generates far fewer carbon  tives in the Midlands of KZN. This     source. She adds that residents are      emissions, and is a considerable  development is likely to take place    now beginning to realise that there      contributor to reducing the green-  right across South Africa.             is this smart alternative energy         house effects.                       LP GAS to our heating power require-    Sales and installations of gas       source to the ongoing embarrass-                                              ments is undoubtedly the smart deci-  water heaters, stoves and hearths      ment of “loadshedding.”                  The national power grid is un- sion.  are likely to soar as more and                                                  reliable and, with no foreseeable  more people turn completely from         Ellen advises consumers to             improvements to this untenable sit-    AA Gas has serviced the Greater  electricity loadshedding and all the   consider LP GAS as the alterna-          uation envisaged, introducing total  Midlands area of KZN for the past 30                                                                                                                       years and has developed a reputation                                                                                                                       for exceptional service, professional                                                                                                                       advice and customer satisfaction.                                                                                                                           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Unlike electricity,                                                                                                                       LP Gas has a distinct odour that is                                                                                                                       instantly detectable if it ever becomes                                                                                                                       necessary to shut off the Gas Cylinders.                                                                                                                           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In order to complete the divorce                                                                                                                       from ESKOM calls for the purchase of                                                                                                                       a suitable inverter to supply electricity                                                                                                                       from a battery to the television set.                                                                                                                           According to Giovanni Fardella of                                                                                                                       Giovision there are several ways to ob-                                                                                                                       tain a steady electrical supply. In most                                                                                                                       houses electricity has to power washing                                                                                                                       machines and vacuum cleaners and it                                                                                                                       is possible to plan equipment that can                                                                                                                       supply sufficient electricity to drive all                                                                                                                       such equipment in the home.                                                                                                                           What’s more, solar panels can trap                                                                                                                       the sunshine and charge the batteries.                                                                                                                       Apart from the cost of the equipment                                                                                                                       the sun and solar panels provide free                                                                                                                       electricity and that is quite a bonus!                                                                                                                          Quote of the month:                                                                                                                           When a family member or friend                                                                                                                       arrives at your home in a bad                                                                                                                       mood:                                                                                                                           “Take your bad attitude outside,                                                                                                                       wash it until it’s clean and fluffy,                                                                                                                       and come back in when your atti-                                                                                                                       tude smells nice.”                                                                                    TREND SETTERS, TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2021		  Page 3
SASSA Howick Mistreating the Elderly and Disabled    “AC.T. DINNIS  s you are aware,       The staff are rude and dismiss-    too late as everyone was already                 I’m in a wheel-      ive!                                 soaked.                 chair, have been  since 2013. I was retrenched in       You are made to feel worthless       Even after the above complaint  2019 and only now have decided      and insignificant!                   was sent to the Manager by a  to apply for my SASSA DISABIL-                                           senior DA official the lady who  ITY GRANT. What I would like          It’s one thing being disabled      assisted Mandy refused to ad-  to bring to your attention is the   and having to rely on a govern-      dress her and would only speak  way the SASSA office is run and     ment grant, but it’s a completely    in Zulu to Mandy’s husband.  how people are treated.             different story being treated like                                      a second class citizen!                “I, along with everyone else in    There’s absolutely no communi-                                         this building, deserve to be treat-  cation or direction or assistance     Something really needs to be       ed with decency and respect. Not  in what to do or where to go.       done about the level of service,     because I am white, not because                                      the way people are treated and       I am black or Indian, not because    They insist on only speaking      the efficiency of the staff.         I am disabled, but because I am  Zulu.                                                                    human!”                                        I really hope that something    They elderly and disabled are     can be done to improve things.         As uMngeni moves into a new  treated with utter disregard and                                         era under the leadership of the  no respect.                           Kind regards Mandy.”               DA, we all need to play our part                                        This was sent to the DA while      in improving the morale of our    The disabled are just left to     Mandy was waiting in line in the     community. This starts with  fend for themselves and expected    rain with many others.               how we treat one another. To  to wait in extremely long lines       The DA responded immedi-           the members and staff of SAS-  for hours on end. No one in a       ately, but unfortunately SASSA       SA, your duty is to help those in  wheelchair is given any prefer-     does not fall under the control of   need. Please do your work with  ence whatsoever. The youngsters     uMngeni Municipality. They did,      empathy and kindness towards  waiting for the R350 grant seem     however, contact the Manager of      those in need, bearing in mind  to take priority over the elderly   SASSA with the grievances.           that, without them, your jobs  and disabled.                         The elderly and disabled were      would be redundant. Treat those                                      only allowed into the build-         who essentially keep you em-    It started raining today and      ing when it turned from heavy        ployed with dignity and respect!  everyone was left to sit and stand  drizzle to a downpour. 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DRAKONDALE Students reach for the stars                                                                                                      C.T. DINNIS                                                                                                                untu Manda is a bubbly, fun                                                                 her schooling she plans to continue                                                                                                                student with her goals set                                                                  with her modelling career and be-                                                                                                                                                                                                            come a beauty therapist. She describes                                                                                                      L high. At the age of 17 she is                                                                                                      thinking seriously about her future ‘the walk’ as the most exciting part                                                                                                      and the best stepping stone towards of modelling. When asked why she                                                                                                      achieving a scholarship to a top Uni- wanted to become a beauty therapist,                                                                                                      versity in London is in music and arts she responded, “Beauty comes from                                                                                                      as she wants to study choreography. within and I would like to help others                                                                                                                                                                                                            wear their internal beauty externally                                                                                                        Her two passions are hockey and                                                                     too.”                                                                                                      the cello and this is evident as she                                                                                                      excels in both. As she only picked up Charlie Mlotshwa is yet another one                                                                                                      the cello a year ago, when I gave her a of Drakondale’s students who have                                                                                                      5 minutes heads up before playing for achieved phenomenally! At the age                                                                                                      me, I was astounded by the level she of 13, Charlie won KZN cross coun-                                                                                                      has reached in such a short space of try championships. Having started                                                                                                      time. With 2 hours of training 4 times his training a mere 3 years ago, his                                                                                                      a week, I’m sure her scholarship won’t average time for 4kms is an impres-                                                                                                      be far away.                                                                                          sive 13:25 minutes and his 10km is 38                                                                                                      Mieke van der Merwe has excelled minutes!                                                                                                      in modelling. She was 1st runner up He then took part in the SA cross                                                                                                      in Miss Teen Universe on the 21st                                                                     country championships on the 21st                                                                                                      of March 2021 and then on the 18th                                                                    of September 2021 where he achieved       Mieke van der Merwe winning                                                                                                      of September 2021 won Miss Teen                                                                       21st place. With him achieving so               Miss Teen Universe.                                                                                                        International SA. 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Jasper’s  WC.T. DINNIS                ith an old time West-                ern feel, touch of class                and a hint of modern  style, Jasper’s is bringing something  new to Howick and the Midlands.  Not to worry if you’re not located in  the Midlands, Jasper’s is also online,  Jaspers.co.za, so you can enjoy all  their wares with the exception of the  use of the barber, Steve.    When Scott Peek, one of Howick’s  young entrepreneurs, took his first  step of turning his dream into a  reality, the slogan, “Not just a pipe  dream” was plastered over the win-  dows of the old barber shop while  the team got to work renovating. Jas-  per’s screams the ultimate man cave, The team, made up of young en-             a tobacconist and barber shop. They Follow them on Facebook to find  but there is something for everyone. thusiasm, worked around the clock          have a variety of novelty items for la- out more about their cigar and whis-  Howick has its first tobacconist set to bring Howic something new and           dies as well, books for all ages, CBD key events. Not to mention special  in the prime location of 56 on Main exciting.                                   and health products and above all, occasion fun boxes, including bridal  Road.                                                                           great service.                       packages and grooming for grooms.                                          Jasper’s is so much more than just                               Xtra Awesome  XC.T. DINNIS              tra Merrivale, a patrol       The community funds Xtra Mer-         Howick, Ubuntu (MVH) and the              group headed up by Nev-     rivale, with some businesses even       Howick CPF.              ille Cusens, Bruce Rud-     sponsoring a “week’s wages” per  ling, Nicole de Fleuriot and René       month to the Xtra Verge project.          “On the security side, we would  Stokes, was started in April 2020 by    Merri-Mow sponsors the equip-           like to thank the CPF, of which we  Neville during the level 5 lockdown     ment for the Verge Master, the only     recently became a Sub – Forum,  due to the rising crime in Merrivale.   person to receive a wage from Xtra      KSS, Red Alert, National, B-Secure,                                          Merrivale. The Verge Master trav-       SSS and recently Mi7. 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World ... Meet BlueDot                                            Thembelani Mkhize                                                   f there’s one thing I know     to your everyday fashion,” said         from a less fortunate background                                                   it’s that I’m terrible at      Sphiwe during an interview.             I knew I couldn’t afford what                                                                                  “This is fashion brand that caters      others had, so I decided to start                                            I dressing myself up. I lack          for everyone, from street wear, my own thing. That’s where Blue-                                            that element they call fashion                                            sense, but one person who does sports, formal and smart casual.” Dot was created,” says Mtshali.                                            is the local young entrepreneur,                                              “At first the brand was just for me  Top: a local model showing off BlueDot    Sphiwe Mtshali and his label/           The BlueDot clothing team is          but when people started gravi-                      fashion.              Crew BlueDot.                         a big family, but at the forefront      tating towards it, I started selling                                                                                  of this fashion hustle is Sphiwe        caps then moved to t-shirts,  Above: Sphiwe Mtshali and his team at a     I met Sphiwe about a year ago       Mtshali (founder and designer),         hoodies and sweaters.”  photoshoot, showing off their designs of  and one thing that stood out was                                            his colourful, flamboyant sense of      Hlukanisani Zuma (marketing             Apart from their main hustle           everyday, stylish clothing.      fashion. Together with his team       and photography),                       Sphiwe and the gang believe it’s                                            of photographers and musicians                                                important to have an income that                                            they run a close knit crew that         Linda Zuma (social networking         supports it. They have regular                                            dabbles in all forms of art and       and sales). “We have a circle of        day jobs at retailers that help                                            business from fashion to music        friends who are always willing          them fund their BlueDot. He                                            and photography to videography.       to help,” says Mtshali during a         thinks of life as a glass half full                                                                                  photoshoot.                             and says he still has a long way                                              Sphiwe BWest Mtshali founder                                                to go to reach the pinnacle of his                                            of BlueDot.                             Sphiwe says what inspired him         career.                                                                                  to start a journey in fashion was                                              “BlueDot is a clothing brand        the fact that every time they had         Contact Sphiwe to liven up                                            that isn’t only about connecting      civvies day at school he’d feel         your wardrobe on +27 61 772                                            the dots in fashion but also add-     as if he was left out because he        5321                                            ing a touch of class and elegance     couldn’t afford to wear expensive                                                                                  brands like his friends. “Coming        Discussing key leadership                                                           Celebrity Trivia  Dilemmas in south Africa today                                                                                  Betty White   Questions posed by Prof Jonathan Jansen - senior                               turning 100   Professor of Education at the University of Stellenbosch.    Knowing the difference...                                                       years old    1. Between right and wrong - The dependent on knowing the “emotional            T he world renowned icon  moral compass of leadership is seri- infrastructure” of your company;                      who has stolen the hearts  ously off-mark; your money versus how well do you use your emotions                        of millions, Betty White,  someone else’s money; hiring your or emotional insight to guide your            born on the 17th January 1922,  family members; how strong is your actions?                                     celebrates her 100th birthday in  moral compass as a leader?                                                      January 2022! Her entertainment                                          6. Between social justice and           career spans over 9 decades,  2. Between passing and excelling - transformation - Bringing in                 starting in 1930, as well as the first  The biggest threat to our future is not others but as the new demographics      woman to produce a sitcom (Life  the delivery of textbooks or replacing (quotas) rather than the changing of     with Elizabeth), which contribut-  pit latrines with decent toilets. What minds. What do you do to embed a         ed to her being named honorary  really threatens our future is the insti- sense of transformation within your   Mayor of Hollywood.  tutionalisation of mediocrity in school organisation?  and society. From the top down, we  are content to pass, not to excel.        7. Between saying and doing - The     With her television career span-                                          most powerful case for change lead-     ning over 8 decades, White has  3. Between position and influence ership is still exemplary leadership;  - Leaders who lack influence tend       the power of the exemplar; what story   worked longer in that medium  to resort to harsh, authoritarian       about leadership does your life tell    than anyone else in the television      anything less than a smile. Her  measures to make their presence felt; others?                                   industry, earning her a Guinness        quick, normally naughty, sense  lacking confidence and voice, those                                             World Record in 2018. White             of humour has been a magnet  without influence can be a danger       He left us with this quote ...          has received 8 Emmy Awards,             which has attracted most of the                                                                                  3 American Comedy Awards, 3             world, with some of her most  to the organisation; do you have        “When she transformed into a            Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a       famous quotes being a little too                                                                                  Grammy Award. She has a star on         naughty to publish here, but at  demonstrable influence as a leader? butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of    the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and         the age of 99yrs, it is great to                                          her beauty, but of her weirdness. They  is a 1985 Television Hall of Fame       see her more spunky than ever    4. Between tolerance and embrace      wanted her to change back into what     inductee.                               before.  - Too much of our social and educa-     she always had been. But she had  tional relationships in post-apartheid  wings.”                                   Betty White is well known               “Get at least 8 hours of beau-  SA are based on a crude notion of                                               for her love for animals and her        ty sleep, 9 if you’re ugly.” This  tolerance; behind our high walls;         -Dean Jackson                         cheery personality. It is difficult     is just one of the many quirky                                                                                  to find a picture of White wearing      quotes that make us all love and  dropping-off good things versus em-                                                                                     adore Betty White.  bracing good people; at arm’s length;  how could and should schools make  the shift?                                                                                      Email [email protected]    5. Between emotions and cognition                                             to place your advert and get the exposure your  - Emotionless leaders are often out  of touch with the real feelings and                                             business needs to grow.  ambitions of their followers; new ways  of knowing in leadership is crucially     Professor Jonathan Jansen TREND SETTERS, TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2021		                                                                                                                                  Page 9
The twelve short stories collected in this book are all      An                                                                                               The polluted, overcrowded earth, one and a half centuries from now, is dying.            SECRET   y to read. Most of them build up to an unexpected           Airtight                                                                                       Benny de Vos discovers as a twelve-year-old that he was born in this future time         MISSION   ist in the tail’. Apart from this, however, readers will    Alibi                                                                                          and has been sent back by his scientist father in a time bubble, to undertake a  d that these stories have very little in common, as a                                                                                                       critical Mission to Save Planet Earth.                                                      IN THE  de spectrum of themes has been incorporated.                POLHIOCMEICDIDEEPACARSTEMPFEiILeNEteTr van Eeden                                                                                                                                        CEDERBERG  Some of the stories are light hearted reading, whilst                                                                                                         Benny’s father has given him a unique thought-waving power as well as a list of  hers display a large degree of sensitivity and will invoke                                                                                                  evils that he must eradicate in order to ensure the future of the planet. The evils on  me melancholy. Pure fantasy, with a tongue in cheek                                                                                                         the list all concern man’s destruction of nature.  proach, will certainly cause a few laughs. Even a subtle  ost seeking revenge for his untimely departure from                                                                                                           But Benny is still in junior school and the Mission seems to be a daunting task.    makes its appearance. The title story has extortion                                                                                                       Using his thought power in the present-day environment, where he lives as a foster  d other crimes as its theme. A step in time is miles                                                                                                        child in the Cederberg mountains north of Cape Town, he secretly strives to fight  moved from anything Stephen Hawking had in mind -                                                                                                           these evils. He is helped by his foster cousin, Emma, and his friend, Donovan, who    time machine really possible?                                                                                                                             is struggling to come to terms with the deaths of his father and sister, killed in a  Throughout this collection, however, the author                                                                                                             taxi war on the Cape flats.  s made an utmost effort to provide his readers with   oyable reading.                                                                                                                                                However, in every step of his Mission, Benny unintentionally wreaks local                                                                                                                                                              havoc. In the end he hasn’t saved the planet but has managed to save other things                                                                                                                                                              which are of importance in his own small world.                                                                                                                                                                    The climax is where he discovers the legendary San painting, the Dancers,                                                                                                                                                              lost for many centuries. The simple values of the San people of Africa, who lived                                                                                                                                                              in complete harmony with nature, are what Benny ultimately acknowledges, and                                                                                                                                                              makes his own.                                                                                                                                                                  Jill Morsbach is a South African author,                                                                                                                                                              living in Cape Town, who writes for children                                                                                                                                                              and adults. Her work comprises novels, short                                                                                                                                                              stories and plays. She has won the national                                                                                                                                                              Nova short story competition for fantasy and                                                                                                                                                              science fiction.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jill Morsbach                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Book Corner                                                                                                                  African Paradise - BY JILL MORSBACH                                                                                                                IC.T. Dinnis                                                                                                                       can only equate African Par-                                                                                                   tour of northern Africa. So that     war many years before.                                                                                                                       adise to the movie Blood Dia-                                                                                                  no prejudice can be perceived, the     This adventure takes them                                                                                                                       mond. Rough, raw, brilliant,                                                                                                   tribal gang violence takes place in                                                                                                                necessary.                                                                                                                            the fictional town of Horus.         through many countries where                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           they meet different people from                                                                                                                                            When it comes to tribal gang                                                                              The rituals described in African mysterious backgrounds and                                                                                                                                            wars, it is an area that piques an                                                                        Paradise are fictitious, but do re- confirms to all of us that things are                                                                                                                                            unspoken interest. We have a desire flect a hard truth, shedding light on rarely what they seem.                                                                                                                                            to know ‘why and what’ without                                                                            how many people are forced to live                                                                                                                                            knowing or seeing the gruesome                                                                            according to the customs of the ge-    I would highly recommend                                                                                                                                            truth.                                                                                                    ographical area that they are born   African Paradise, not only for the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in and the perils of that region.    excellent writing but, as with Blood                                                                                                                                              Jill Morsbach has eloquently                                                                                                                 Diamond, it sheds light on a world                                                                                                                                            ticked all these boxes, blending fact Kim, a single mother, and her                                                                            you want to glimpse but should                                                                                                                                            and fiction, hence the comparison son, Gregory, go in search of his never actually physically enter.                                                                                                                                            to Blood Diamond. A brilliantly father knowing only the town he                                                                                                                                            written novel that takes you on a was heading towards during the                                                                                                                                              Three children’s books - BY JOHN TUNGAY                                                                                                                                            TC.T. Dinnis                                                                                                                                                        he Last Rhino is an                                                                           at iMfolozi so the game rangers are and to halt the poachers who are                                                                                                                                                        exciting story featuring                                                                      particularly keen to protect it and killing the rhinos and cutting off                                                                                                                                                        the 12-year-old Ndlovu                                                                        its calf.                            their horn.                                                                                                                                            twins, Ruth and Rudi,whose father                                                                                                                                            is the Chief Ranger at the iMfolozi                                                                         The twins are in for a big sur-      Thanks to the bubble car, the                                                                                                                                            Game Reserve in Zululand.                                                                                 prise when they learn that an        twins find themselves, together                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      elderly family relative of the       with their father and the professor,                                                                                                                                            The twins return home from                                                                                Ndlovu’s, who has just retired       in an adventure that takes them                                                                                                                                            school for the summer holidays from the NASA Space Agency in to Hong Kong and Beijing in their                                                                                                                                            and soon find themselves involved the United States, has come to live quest to halt the crushing of the                                                                                                                                            in the war against poachers who within the iMfolozi Game reserve rhino horn and its sale at high                                                                                                                                            are killing rhinos for their horn, and has built a unique bubble car prices in its powder form.                                                                                                                                            which fetches astronomical prices                                                                         in his underground laboratory.  Available from Jasper’s in Howick,                                                                                                        in the Far East.                                                                                          Professor Nyembezi has developed       There is hardly a dull moment in  Bookworms in Somerset West and                                                                                                                                                                                                                      the properties of anti-magnetism     this fast-moving narrative, with a  online from www.hallypark.co.za                                                                                                             There are square-lipped white                                                                           for the bubble car’s swift propul-   surprise ending that makes ex-                                                                                                                                            rhinos (the grazers) and black rhi-                                                                       sion.                                citing reading for young people,                                                                                                                                            nos (who are browsers, living on                                                                                                               particularly those aged between 9                                                                                                                                            the green leaves of trees and nu-                                                                         The twins befriend the elderly and 14.                                                                                                                                            merous other edible plants). There professor who is called upon to                                                                                                                                            is only one black rhino remaining help protect the last of the rhinos                                                                   Another exciting adventure in the life of the twins, Ruth and Rudi.        Robot Pioneers                                                                                                                                 www.hallypark.co.za                                                              Accompanied by their grandfather, Professor Nyembezi, they fly to              John Tungay                                                                                                                                    Online bookstore.                                                              America to resolve problems with the robots he designed for the new                                                              Station on Mars.                                                                   To resolve the problem of controlling the robotic team, the Professor                                                              visits Silicon Valley to obtain special silicon chips to improve the                                                              brain box of each robot. Then the Professor takes the twins to visit the                                                              incredible Walt Disney World and the adjacent Kennedy Space Centre                                                              with the massive space rockets on display. The twins don space suits and                                                              are allowed to sit at the controls of the Space Shuttle.                                                                   Ruth and Rudi want to establish a miniature railway track inside the                                                              iMfolozi Game Reserve but this led to their Game Ranger father, Mike,                                                              getting an angry rebuff from the Head Office of the KwaZulu-Natal                                                              Parks Board.                                                                   The twins then decide on an alternative site for the miniature steam                                                              railway on land adjacent to their Drakondale School of the Arts and the                                                              Parks Board officials are amazed when the Professor announces that the                                                              railway line is being set up inside what is going to be the world’s largest                                                              aviary. The bird-wire structure will be raised by the Professor’s anti-                                                              magnetic units.                                                                   The Professor causes gasps of amazement after he equips a redundant                                                              Boeing 707 to fly supported by two of his anti-magnetic units bolted                                                              beneath its wings. This act causes a sensation because it signals an                                                              eventual end to Jet aircraft engines that spew spent fossil fuels across the                                                              sky causing serious global warning.                                                                                                                                                    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DINNIS                               hristina is one of the        Christina is the proud owner of                               most authentic, eccen-      a warped sense of humour, and it                               tric and unique sci-fi/     shows in her writing – and also                    fantasy/horror writers to originate typically in ordinary conversation!                    from South Africa.                     She writes in the science-fiction/                                                           fantasy/horror genres, and has                      This is not just because of the      already published 29 titles in three                    characters or settings she creates,    series, and others. Aside from                    or the unique situations she ima-      writing, Christina also edits on a                    gines, but also because of her life    freelance basis, paints, dabbles in                    experiences, her unusual outlook       photography and music.                    on life and the strange and often                    wacky things she notices in the        Christina has a lot of diverse                    world around her and, of course, interests and life experience to                    her quirky sense of humour!            draw upon in her writing, includ-                                                           ing having been a soldier with  Christina Engela    In her fiction, she creates believ-  the South African Army and the                    able characters, and spins gripping    director of two LGBT rights advo-                    tales that transport her readers       cacy groups among other things.          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DINNIS                                                                      advertising and graphic design.                                 epression and anxi-       to choose health food from a take         Contact John on 033 330 7535 or                                 ety have become so        out when there is so much yummy                                 common in our world       comfort food which is normally                082 739 9087 for news and                    today. This is largely due to the cheaper.                                                    advertising.                    daily stress we are faced with and                    the food that we eat. When your          Studies have shown that ex-            Changing the way                    body is under stress, your brain       ercise with music is one of the             news is told!                    registers this and orders a differ-    most effective ways of combating                    ent chemical cocktail to be pro-       depression. Not only does it help                    duced in your body to help you.        to alleviate the stress that is build-                    Everyone has heard the story of a      ing up, but it actively encourages                    woman so pumped with adrena-           the brain to stop overproducing                    line that she was able to lift a car   stress chemicals and rather to start                    off her child.                         producing happy chemicals like                                                           endorphins.                      This amount of adrenaline                    pumping through you is not nor-          Many people are put off by the                    mal, nor healthy, but necessary in     idea of exercise, but there are                    extreme circumstances. When you        so many forms! Dance classes,                    are under prolonged stress, the        walking, swimming, riding a                    chemical imbalance in your body        bike or a horse, yoga classes. Not                    becomes the norm and there is          everything needs to be a mara-                    no room for the happy chemicals        thon or an hour in the gym lifting                    which combat depression.               weights. In Howick for example,                                                           even joining a group like Love                    When we are on the go all              Howick for their clean up days is                    the time, fast foods become the a form of exercise and team/com-                    standard and this too can add to munity building all wrapped into                    our internal imbalance. But let’s be one.                    honest, how many of us are going                                                             TREND SETTERS, TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2021		  Page 11
Top left: Arrival of the first train at Bottom middle: Howick station.    Pub’s End - worth visiting                                                     the Howick station.                    Top right: Opening of the Railway                                                                                   Bottom left: The Castle Hotel was from Durban to Pietermaritzburg,    STAFF REPORTER                                                                 a popular venue for visitors to December 1880, the arrival of the first    The Pub’s End food and beverage                                                                                           Howick.                               train.  restaurant remains open every day      can also phone us on 076 940 3537       many have seen as she sits beside  of the week and provides a Sunday      and order take-aways from our           the fire on cold winter nights.        Our monthly  roast with a 3-course meal for only    extensive menu – including fish &  R 65.                                  chips and a choice of eight different     The Tracks-end railway station        TAILPIECE                                         Pizzas.                                 was erected in the 1880’s and Mid-    “Such is the popularity of the res-                                          lands’ residents can be proud of the   T he son of a butcher had  taurant that the team employs three      Pub’s End also has a famous pub       fact that after 140 years the railway             great difficulty in deal-  chefs in the kitchen to cope with      with the widest variety of Brandies,    station still stands as a place well              ing with fractions in his  the pressure of orders at certain      Whiskies, Gins and Vodka – all at a     worth supporting.                      arithmetic lessons.  times of the day,” says “TJ” Janse     maximum price of R30.  van Rensberg, one of the team that                                                                                      “Now let us suppose,” said the  has kept the Pub’s End a popular         A great atmosphere                                                           teacher, “that a customer came to  place to meet for so many years.         We take pride in the atmosphere                                              your father to buy five kilograms                                         at Pubs End, which features live                                               of meat, and that your father had     All-day breakfasts                  music on Friday evenings from 6                                                only four in the shop to sell. What    We also provide all-day-             till 10 p.m., 8 television screens and                                         would he do?”  breakfasts all day long, every         a “projection wall” to screen rugby  day of the week – also for only        games.                                                                           “Keep his hand on the meat  R65. Such is our service that you        Pub’s End also has a ghost which                                             while he was weighing it!” was the                                                                                                                        youngster’s reply.                          MENU                                                                  PIZZA MENU                                                                                 Chicken & Mushroom                              R95  250g Fillet           R90              3 Lamb Chops R90  200g Rump             R60              300g Rump R90                           (Grilled Chicken & Mushroom)  500g T-Bone Steak     R90              Add Sauce R15.00  Add Chips or Salad    R15.00                                                   Hawaiian                                        R95                        All Day Breakfast R65                                      (Ham & Pineapple)    2 Eggs, 2 Pork Sausages, Grilled Tomato with Toast or Chips                    Cajun Pizza                                     R95                 Battered Hake and Chips R85                                       (Grilled Chicken with Cajun spice, Salsa garnish with                                                                                 spring onion)                                  Add Salad R20                          Beef Curry and Rice R70                                  Butternut Feta Pizza                            R95                     Chicken Schnitzel R65                                         (Roasted Butternut with Feta and green Pepper)    Topped with Mushroom Sauce and Cheese with Vegetables or Chips                          Chicken Strips and Chips        R65                      Pork Pizza                                      R95                 Double Chicken Strips and Chips R90                               (Grilled Bacon and Pork sausages)                          Jumbo Burger     R55                                     BBQ Pizza                                       R95    Add Chips    R15                       Add Sauce R20                           (Grilled beef with BBQ sauce, garnished with spring                                                                                 onion)  Pork Banger, Mash, Gravy and Vegetables R65    Toasted Sandwiches            R40      Sauces R20                              Margarita Pizza                                 R85    Chicken & Mayonnaise                   Curry Gravy                             (Mozzarella cheese & Extras)                                         Pepper Sauce  Bacon & Egg                            Cheese Sauce                                         Mushroom Sauce  Add Chips    R15                                                               Focaccia                                        R65                                                                                   (Garlic, Olive oil & Herbs)    Page 12	 TREND SETTERS, TUESDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2021
                                
                                
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