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IT WAS a day steeped in tradition, grandness and opulence that thrust the new monarch front and centre of the global stage. Yet the coronation did more than herald in the era of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: it drove home another rather important fact. A leader is only as good as the people who support him – and the king has in his corner a couple as shiny and valuable as any diamond in the crown placed on his head on 6 May. The day may have belonged to Charles and the woman he’s loved for so long, but it was hard to tear your eyes away from the Prince and Princess of Wales. They brought the wow factor from the second they stepped from their car onto the rain-soaked…

AS HE drove down a deserted dirt road he heard what sounded like a dog barking. The barks got louder as he approached an open patch of land with a trailer and a shack. Then came a startling sight. “There are these people walking around and their eyes are going in different directions, and they are barking at us,” photographer Mark Laita recalls. “And then one guy – you would look at him in the eye or say anything and he would just scream and go running away, and his pants would fall around his ankles, and he would go running off and go and kick a garbage can. This would happen over and over. It was the craziest thing I have ever seen.” That was Mark’s first encounter with the Whittaker family,…

INSIDE HARRY AND MEGHAN’S ‘CRASH’ Sussexes ridiculed after statement THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to divide public opinion after they claimed to have been in a “near-catastrophic” car chase following their recent appearance at the Women of Vision Awards. The duchess was honoured for her commitment to empowering women and girls worldwide. The royals said they were hounded by “a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi” after they left the awards in Manhattan, New York, resulting in a “relentless pursuit” with “multiple near collisions” that lasted more than two hours. Actress and talk-show host Whoopi Goldberg questioned their version, saying the word chase implied that the incident took place at high speed. “If it was possible to have car chases in New York we’d all make it to the theatre on time,” she…

SHOULD I BREAK MY PROMISE TO MY MOTHER? Q I had a carefree childhood until the onslaught of Covid. My father, who had an excellent, high-paying job, died of the disease and my mother also contracted Covid, which has left her with health problems such as often being fatigued, having breathing difficulties and chronic coughing. The result is that my mother is barely hanging on to her job. She often feels so ill she only just makes it to work and back. I have two siblings and I am the middle child. My big brother left home before the pandemic. At that time he was a graduate, so he is now earning money and lives in his own flat. He is not really aware of how the family’s financial situation has deteriorated and my…

FIVE TAKEOUTS FROM TRUMP’S TOWN HALL 1 He repeated his unfounded claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. 2 He defended his supporters who stormed the Capital in the 6 Jan attacks, saying they “were there with love in their heart”. 3 He declined to say whether he would like to see Russia or Ukraine win the war and refused to call Russian president Vladimir Putin a war criminal. 4 He called Vladimir Putin “a smart guy” and repeated his claim that if he was still president, Putin would never have invaded Ukraine. 5 He defended his keeping of top secret and confidential government documents at his Florida estate Mar-a-Lago, which is now the subject of a Justice Department probe. TRUMP’S TOWN HALL DISASTER Critics slam former president’s car crash interview THE cameras had barely stopped…

HOW CAN I MAKE MY STAFF FEEL APPRECIATED? Q I am the CEO of my own company and I’ve been building up my firm for the past 10 years. The Covid years were difficult for us as a team, but my company survived, thanks to my wonderful staff members who stood by me when things got tough. My company was one of the firms that were essential as we produce products for hospitals and health workers. I’ve tried to thank my staff by improving their salaries and working conditions, but I want to do more. How can I let them know how grateful I am that they stood by me and did not abandon the company when the going got rough? They made big sacrifices – we had to cut salaries initially and extend working…

HOMEMAKING guru, cookbook writer extraordinaire, hotshot businesswoman, TV star, ex-jailbird . . . she’s been there, done that and got so many T-shirts you’d think there’d be no room in her wardrobe for anything more. But Martha Stewart is going to have to scooch things up a bit because another achievement has indeed come along – although in this case the keepsake is more bathing costume than T-shirt. At the age of 81 she’s the oldest woman in history to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit magazine – and nobody could be more delighted about it than the octogenarian queen of the kitchen herself. When she was asked to be the cover star of the iconic issue she said yes in a heartbeat, she says. “I don’t think about age very much…

WHICH IS MORE RISKY FOR GERM INTAKE: your cellphone or your toilet seat? The answer: Your phone University of Arizona microbiologists say smartphones have up to 10 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat. The reason: Toilets and bathrooms are naturally associated with germs, which mean they get cleaned frequently, but when last did you give your phone the once-over with an antibacterial wipe? Takeaway: Wash your hands thoroughly after you’ve been to the toilet. UK researchers recently found that one in six cellphones is contaminated with faecal matter – and they blame it on poor hand hygiene in the bathroom. Another team of British scientists found that 11 percent of hands contain enough faecal organisms to rival a dirty toilet bowl. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least…

DIE eerste jare nadat kanker van die rektum by Bertie du Plessis gediagnoseer was, kan hy net met een woord beskryf: “Hel. Dit het fisiek gevoel asof ek in die hel is.” Die een mediese ingryping het op die ander gevolg – operasies, breuke wat in sy maagwand herstel moes word, ’n verstopte kolon wat skoongemaak moes word. Elke keer net ’n tydelike oplossing terwyl die onbeskryflike pyn in sy ingewande voortgeduur het. ’n Mens kan dus so half verstaan dat Bertie ’n punt bereik het waar hy vir enige behandeling sou kans sien, ongeag hoe vreemd. Selfs toe sy dokter met ’n vreemde voorstel na hom kom: om ’n stuk varkvel in sy ingewande oor te plant. Baie mense dink ’n vark is ’n verspotte of selfs onrein dier. Maar Bertie het…

‘William took my Return of the King beer and said he’ll ask his dad if he’s tried it’ As the nation came together at street parties and celebrations up and down the country, the royal family thrilled revellers by dropping in to join some of them for lunch. The Prince and Princess of Wales surprised royal fans enjoying the Coronation Big Lunch in Windsor, while the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh joined celebrations in Surrey. Elsewhere, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie mingled with locals on a village green in Buckinghamshire and the Princess Royal and husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence attended a street party in Swindon. TUCKING IN More than 67,000 Coronation Big Lunch community events took place in all four corners of the UK as the country was encouraged to share food…

Regal glamour reigned as royals from around the globe dressed in their finest to witness the coronation. Kings and Crown Princes arrived in military uniform proudly bearing medals, sashes and orders of chivalry, while Queens and Crown Princesses displayed their fashion prowess in colourful ensembles. Traditionally this ceremony has been seen as a ritual sacred to the monarch and the people, with no crowned heads from other countries present – only protectorate rulers such as Queen Salote of Tonga were at Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation. But setting a modern precedent, a roll call of royalty from far and wide came to honour the King, and the abbey was brimming with friends and relatives from around the world. IN THE PINK Leading the way, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain exuded refinement, with…

DIS dalk net in ’n reeks so uitspattig soos Die Real Housewives van die Wynlande dat ’n mens kan verwag om dít te sien – ’n partytjie om ’n skatryk vrou se egskeiding van ’n jaar tevore te vier. Maar Karen Schwendtke (48) het onderneem om haar hart so wyd soos ’n perdestal oop te gooi; daarom het sy in dié program makietie gehou om die dag toe sy en haar man uitmekaar is – en haar vryheid– te vier. En die partytjie op die wynlandgoed Grande Provence in die Franschhoekvallei was allesbehalwe somber. Daar was ’n koek met ’n man en vrou op wat deur ’n rivier geskei word. Haar mededeelnemer Mariska Thorpe het vir elkeen van die vroue ’n lawwe sonbril gegee met die woorde “2 Sexy 4 My Ex”…

THERE they were on the red carpet, holding hands, sharing loving glances and even stealing a sweet kiss. All very normal behaviour for a madly-in-love celebrity couple – except that whenever Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant get it on in public it triggers shock and outrage. And why? For the simple reason that she has grey hair and many assume she’s older than the John Wick heartthrob. Alexandra is, in fact, eight years younger, but that hasn’t stopped her from being mistaken for his mom, Patricia Taylor (76), and actress Helen Mirren (77). Although Alexandra (50) and Keanu (58) laugh it all off, the reaction to their romance highlights the double standards and sexist attitudes that still exist – especially in age-obsessed Hollywood. It’s become so “normal” for male stars to date women at…

SY WAS gestres en desperaat: ’n ma met drie kinders, vier honde en ’n kat om te voed, met net nooit genoeg geld om die pot die hele maand aan die kook te hou nie. Voeg daarby ’n man wat haar jare lank emosioneel afgekraak het en ’n gesin wat in skuld verdrink het, en haar selfbeeld was op sy allerlaagste. Bonny Snowdon het geweet sy moet iets drasties doen om te oorleef, en toe wend sy haar tot die een ding waaroor sy nog altyd gedroom het: om ’n bestaan uit kuns te maak. Min mense dink hulle sal uit kuns ’n leefbare inkomste kan maak. Wat nog te sê skatryk word. Maar Bonny het nog altyd gehou van teken en het jare tevore ’n kunsskool bygewoon waar haar dosente gesê het sy…

AS JY iemand is wat sukkel om liefde te vind, troos jou hieraan: Selfs ’n skatryk aktrise wat op haar dag ’n model was, kan soms sukkel. Ja, dit het Charlize Theron blykbaar ’n paar jaar gevat om weer iemand te vind wat haar liefhet vir wie sy regtig is. Die aktrise het al vier jaar gelede in die openbaar verklaar dat sy haar “begin oopstel” om weer liefde te vind nadat haar vorige verhoudings op die rotse geloop het. Maar sedert sy so begin rondkyk het, was daar nog nooit weer ’n man aan haar sy nie. Tot nou toe. Foto’s van Charlize (47) saam met ’n lang donkerkopman het onlangs opgeduik waar hulle alte liefies lyk. En die meeste vroue sal saamstem: Dit lyk na ’n man vir wie ’n mens…

BRITISH astronaut John McFall could become the first differently abled astronaut to blast off into space. John lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident in 2000. He recently completed a simulated zero-gravity flight where he experienced weightlessness for the first time. John, an avid athlete, was 19 when his leg was amputated below the knee. After being fitted with prosthetics, he became a paraathlete and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. He went on to become a doctor, but had always wanted to be a space cadet. The 41-year-old from Frimley in Surrey, England was recently selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to join its training programme. He first had to undergo a series of gruelling tests by the ESA to help them understand how…

When Kate Ferdinand first started speaking out about the experience of being part of a blended family, she could never have envisaged how it would grow. Following initial struggles when she became stepmother to ex-footballer husband Rio’s three children, she decided to open up about her feelings in a TV documentary and, most recently, on her own podcast. Her community grew and she is now regarded as a figurehead for others going through the same experience – something she never thought would happen. “I’ve got to be honest: when I started out, I just felt alone. I didn’t know what to do,” Kate tells HELLO! in an exclusive interview. “I thought: ‘I’m just going to share my story,’ and I was overwhelmed – and still am to this day – by everyone’s response…

Deur DANA SNYMAN “Ek dink ons kole is nou reg.” Flip hou sy hand met die palm na onder bokant die braaiplek en laat sak dit stadig tot naby die vuur. Dieper die huis in sing Bok van Blerk. “Oukei, engel!” roep hy. “Ek sit nou die wors op!” Hy beduie na die botteltjie in my hand. “Is jou bier nog orraait?” Ons staan by die braaiplek in sy lapa. Dit is al donker. Die Petzllampie op Flip se voorkop se ligkol wieg heen en weer. Ons het klaar oor rugby gesels, ons is nou by politiek en die land. Hoe ons president ons teleurgestel het. En wat gaan met Eskom gebeur? Makkie, sy vrou, is in die kombuis besig met die pap en die sous, die broodjies en die slaai. Ek is…

Flanked by his two heirs, the King presents the future of the monarchy Proudly flanked by his son and grandson, the King presents the future of the monarchy to the world in the first official photo with his two heirs since he ascended the throne. The powerful image, captured ins ide Buckingham Palace shortly after the coronation at Westminster Abbey, shows His Majesty, 74, in full regalia on his throne, with the Prince of Wales, 40, and Prince George, nine, either side of him. He is dressed in his purple velvet and ermine-caped Robe of Estate with the Imperial State Crown on his head, holding the Sovereign’s Orb and Sceptre with Cross, part of the regalia that had featured in the ceremony earlier in the day. ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS Standing next to him,…

THE five Olympic rings once symbolised the ultimate dream for her, the pinnacle of success, the biggest test of her talent. But the rings she now wears on her left hand mean more to her than any medal she’s won at the greatest sporting spectacle on Earth – because they symbolise the “forever love” she’s found. Simone Biles, whose extraordinary career as a gymnast earned her a record number of medals and a $16-million (R303m) fortune, had longed for a big wedding ceremony since she was a little girl. And what a beautiful fairytale her nuptials turned out to be. Tiny Simone and lofty American footballer Jonathan Owens exchanged vows in a dreamy ceremony at the luxury Nobu Los Cabos hotel in Cabo, Mexico, under a bridal arch entwined with white blooms. The…

Scorching performance and taut dynamics are a given in any car rolled out by BMW’s M Division, but the M2 arguably nails the sweet spot better than any other modern model. Fast, compact and agile, it recaptures the feisty spirit of past Bavarian icons such as the BMW 2002 Turbo and the much-loved E30 M3. It’s no surprise the existing M2 has been the best-selling M model to date, with more than 60 000 examples built and sold during its lifecycle. However, time waits for no man or car, and after six years, the time had come for a generational change. It’s immediately apparent the second-gen M2 is a more grown-up entity than its predecessor. Apart from the fact its dimensions have expanded, the newbie also sports far more divisive styling, which,…

‘I take every day as it comes’ As a proud mother and grandmother, family is never far from Sarah, Duchess of York’s mind – and that was certainly the case when the author and charity campaigner attended a glittering event in Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, last week. Catching up with ¡HOLA! TV at the Fernando Montaño gala at the Colón Theatre, Sarah opened up about becoming a grandmother for the third time, revealing when younger daughter Princess Eugenie’s second child should arrive. “The baby is due by the end of May, I think. So it’s any minute now,” said Sarah, who is also “granny” to Eugenie’s two-year-old son August and Princess Beatrice’s daughter Sienna, one. “I’m probably one of the best grannies ever, the best abuela [Spanish for grandmother] ever, because I think like…

SHE’S always been the kind of person to call a spade a spade – she doesn’t mince her words, throws the f-bomb, just says it like it is. So when she announced it was high time “somebody needs to grow a pair and step up”, it was vintage Charlize Theron. She was tired of being single. Her kids weren’t babies anymore and she was ready to start dating again. So come on guys. “I’m starting to open myself up to perhaps finding the love of my life,” she said. But that was four whole years ago and in that time nobody seemed to grow a pair and step up. Charlize, gorgeous, rich and successful, remained on her own, raising her daughters and hanging out with her mom. But just look what’s happened now. A…

DIT was vroegmiddag, begin Maart, toe hy ’n Uber na sy vriend se huis neem. Nie vir ’n kuier nie, maar om hom te help om vir sy lewe te vlug. Toe hy by die voormalige Eskom-baas André de Ruyter se huis aankom, was dit nie die gesig van sy vriend soos hy hom deur die jare leer ken het nie. André het ’n baard gehad. ’n Pet was laag oor sy kop getrek. Hy was vermom, asof hy verwag gevaar kan enige oomblik op hom toesak. Dít was nadat André se lewe in die voorafgaande weke gaandeweg in ’n spioenasiedrama ontaard het, vertel dié vriend, wat André gehelp het om drie maande gelede uit Suid-Afrika te vlug, vandag eksklusief aan Huisgenoot. Hy het dié hele drama aanskou. ’n Ruk tevore het André…

Prince Harry was still wearing his suit and medals when he arrived at Heathrow As flying visits go, the Duke of Sussex’s whirlwind stopover for the coronation of his father must have been one of the briefest royal round-trips in history. In a journey that spanned two continents, crossed numerous time zones and covered more than 5,000 miles each way, Prince Harry’s whistle-stop stay was planned so that he could return home in time to celebrate another special occasion: his son Prince Archie’s fourth birthday, which fell on 6 May, the same day His Majesty was crowned. His wife the Duchess stayed behind with Archie and 23-month-old Princess Lilibet, so Harry’s solo trip began when he waved his family goodbye at their Montecito mansion on Thursday afternoon. MAD DASH He was driven 100 miles to…

TOE sy weer uit die kamer verskyn, dra Candice Bester ’n pelsjas. “Ja, dis ’n regte een. Dit was my ouma s’n. Ek weet nie watter diertjies dit was nie – ek vra nie vrae daaroor nie.” Sy draai nie doekies om nie, dié lid van Die Real Housewives van die Wynlande. Sy het al vroeg-vroeg in die kykNET-reeks met veral Karen Schwendtke koppe gestamp omdat daar nie Wi-Fi was op dié se wildplaas in die Laeveld nie. En wanneer sy praat oor dít wat in haar binneste aangaan, is sy net so reguit. “Ek was sewe keer swanger en het net een kind,” som Candice (38) jare se seer op. “Om daaroor te praat het my gehelp om perspektief te kry en te besef waardeur my familie is,” vertel sy. “As jy dit vir…

DIS yskoud in Bloemfontein. Die berugte Vrystaatse winter het skielik aangebreek. Toe Huisgenoot die Van Zyl-egpaar in hul huis besoek, staan hul stoele reg voor die kaggel waar Henk van Zyl buk om ’n vuur aan die gang te kry voor hy koffie maak. Daar is seker baie huise in die Rosestad waar die kaggelvuur ook vandag aangesteek is, maar vir die Van Zyls het dié ritueel ’n dieper betekenis. Die kaggel was hul dogter Liezel de Jager se gunstelingplek in haar ouerhuis. Al was dit hoe warm, sou Liezel die kaggel aan die gang kry en daar gaan sit. Nou, elke keer wanneer hulle ’n vuur daar maak, dink Henk en sy vrou, Salomé, aan hul oudste dogter. Maar dié herinnering aan haar gunstelingplek is beslis beter as die ander herinnering – die een…

HELL. That’s the word he uses to describe his struggle with rectal cancer – and it’s easy to see why. Bertie du Plessis has endured a multitude of medical nightmares: dozens of surgeries, several repairs to ruptures in his stomach lining, life-threatening sepsis, a blocked colon – the list goes on and on. And each time he went under the knife it was just a temporary fix, leaving him no closer to relief from the excruciating pain in his gut. He’d reached the point in his ordeal where he was willing to try any treatment – which is why, when his doctors suggested grafting a piece of pigskin to his stomach lining to stop the ruptures, Bertie didn’t think twice. Pigs have similar genetic and physiological traits to humans and are increasingly being…

MET die eerste 15 km agter die rug kry sy ’n steekpyn in haar sy soos nog nooit tevore nie. Maar sy byt vas. En toe sy die eindstreep van die Twee Oseane-halfmarathon oorsteek, is dit asof sy die kruin van haar persoonlike Everest bereik. “Ek het nooit gedink ek sal eendag 21 km ver kan hardloop nie!” deel die skraal blondekop daarna op Facebook. Want Lize de Villiers (22) het sistiese fibrose, die seldsame chroniese toestand wat die longe, pankreas en immuunstelsel aanval. Dokters het destyds gevrees sy sal nie haar tienerjare haal nie. “Nee wat, om met sistiese fibrose saam te leef is nie ’n doodsvonnis nie,” sê sy vandag by haar ouers, Lorette en Hendrik, se huis op Stellenbosch. “Ek wil elke dag voluit lewe.” Dis hoe sy nog altyd…

DIE dag toe sy klein prinsessie se turkoois oë hom in ’n droom besoek, was die dag dat hy dit met sekerheid besef het: Hy gaan pa word. “Ek het gedroom drie van my oorlede familielede staan om die kombuis se eiland in my ouma se huis. Hulle het saamgedrom en na iets gekyk. Op die tafel het hierdie klein dogtertjie gesit, en sy het met haar potblou oë na my gekyk,” vertel die sepiester Clint Brink (42) vandag. Dáárdie droom was nie sommer net iets wat hy soos die slaap uit sy oë en uit sy geheue gevryf het nie. Vandag sit hy en sy vroulief, Steffi van Wyk-Brink (31), ’n fiksheidsmodel en voormalige deelnemer aan Survivor, met ’n klein bondeltjie liefde. En dié nuwe ouers straal behoorlik. “Ná daardie droom het…

Skryf gerus vir my oor jou sake van die hart of moeilike persoonlike kwessies. Ek beantwoord hier vrae en briewe van lesers en gee graag raad. Ek sal nie jou naam bekend maak nie en jou identiteit bly vertroulik. Skryf vir my by: Vra vir Irma, Posbus 1802, Kaapstad 8000 of stuur jou e-pos na vravirirma@gmail.com of SMS Vra vir Irma gevolg deur jou vraag na 36489. SKOONMA EN DIE PYN VAN KINDERLOOSHEID V Ons is al sewe jaar getroud en het in dié tyd alles medies moontlik probeer om ’n babatjie te kry, maar sonder enige sukses. Dit was ’n rowwe tyd en ek voel soos ’n mislukking omdat ek nie vir my man ’n kindjie kan gee nie. My man is wonderlik hieroor en het my nog nooit soos ’n…

HE SEEMED to have the world on a platter – a beautiful family, fame, a job he loved. International awards came his way, he opened cutting-edge restaurants and he was beloved on MasterChef Australia as the frank but fair judge with the worry beads and the thick Scottish brogue. Yet for all the accolades and achievements, what Jock Zonfrillo (46) longed for was a small house in the middle of nowhere with his kids and pets. “Just a simple, uncomplicated life away from everyone,” he said in what would be his final interview. “Not the flashy extravagant lifestyle you’d expect from a TV person.” And it seemed he was going some way towards achieving it, spending time away from the cameras and the kitchen in Rome, Italy, with his second wife, Lauren Fried…

RETINOL, vitamin C and hyaluronic acid – ask any skincare guru which ingredients they swear by and these three would probably be on their lineup. And while they no doubt deserve the hype, there’s a new skin saviour that’s been getting a lot of buzz for its numerous benefits and versatility for almost any skincare concern and skin type – niacinamide. To help us find out more about this star ingredient, including who should be using it and how to incorporate it into your skincare routine, we reached out to skincare expert Tzvia Hermann, founder and co-owner of the local Laser Beautique skincare franchise. WHAT IS NIACINAMIDE? Niacinamide, also called nicotinamide, is a form of vitamin B3 (niacin) found in supplements, skincare products, and food. “Vitamin B3 is an antioxidant which supports many…

The young royal not only ‘rules the roost’, she also takes care of big brother George Grinning broadly, Princess Charlotte is all grown up in these new photographs to mark her eighth birthday. The images include one captured by her mother the Princess of Wales at their home in Windsor, with the young royal in a white smock dress, decorated with tiny blue flowers, leaning back in a wicker chair and smiling into the camera. In the other, taken by photographer Millie Pilkington, the Princess is seen in a meadow of flowers, cuddling the family’s beloved black cocker spaniel Orla. GRANDFATHER’S LOVE Charlotte’s grandfather the King and the Queen were among those sending good wishes, resharing one of the images online with the caption: “Happy 8th birthday to Princess Charlotte,” accompanied by a party popper…

IamDamianAdams Petridish_Mooks Price: R1 094 900 Engine: 3,0-litre, six-cylinder, twin-turbopetrol Transmission: 10-speed automatic Power: 292 kW @5 650 r/min Torque: 583 N.m @3 500 r/min Fuel Index: 13,8 L/100 km CO2 emissions: 262 g/km + Ford listened and gave enthusiasts more tech and twin-turbo V6 power - Opportunities to really express its prowess are limited on the road TESTED PERFORMANCE FORD RANGER RAPTOR 3,0 V6 TWIN-TURBO ECOBOOST DOUBLE CAB 4WD 10AT ACCELERATION (sec) 0–60 3,05 0–80 4,54 0–100 6,46 0–120 9,04 0–140 12,35 OVERTAKING ACCELERATION (sec) 40–60 AT 1,59 60–80 1,65 80–100 1,98 100–120 2,30 120–140 3,16 The box-fresh Ford Ranger Raptor has landed in South Africa and is the kind of car that would happily do that literally. It’s a double-cab performance bakkie boasting the capability of a cross-country motorsport competitor. It’s not a surprise that the outgoing version was used as the official route reconnaissance vehicle for the SA Rally Raid Championship and…

IN THE midst of all the messages that poured in on the day of the coronation there was one that had a rather different tone. This one didn’t congratulate King Charles III or wish him well for the future – instead, it focused on the friendship between the queen and one of her staff members. “Let’s spare a thought for how my best friend Angela Kelly feels today with such mixed emotions and losing her best friend, Her Majesty. How she made the queen laugh was an absolute joy to witness.” The post, by Angela’s friend Stella McLaren, included a photo of Angela and the queen smiling – a poignant picture that spoke volumes about the women’s relationship. Angela worked for the queen for two decades and was her chief dresser and right-hand…

A GROUP of executive MBA students from the US visited Cape Town a week ago and the university where I’d recently studied asked me to be one of the alumni to meet with them and share experiences. I was paired with Ed, who runs an operations division for a power utility in Philadelphia and he was fascinated with loadshedding. They were here in the heart of stage 6 bouts and he couldn’t believe we managed for so many hours without electricity. I had to help him download the ESP app because he couldn’t wrap his head around an alert system like it. Trying to explain the origin of the name was a whole other story! Ed and many of the other Americans also expressed their awe at our resilience. What struck them…

I READ an article in The New York Times today about feeling alive again. There were familiar tips – being mindful, appreciating what you have, doing the things you love. But there was a piece that really struck me. Try to find fascination in everything, author Katherine May advises. It can be in even the littlest things like the reflection of light on a cup of coffee or an interesting bug in your grass or garden. “We’ve told ourselves that everything needs to be so big,” she says. “Actually, we can just breathe out and live quite small lives.” I find it intriguing because so many of us are searching for these big things to help make our existence better, sometimes forgetting a rich life can be made up of millions of small…

I’M WORRIED I’LL DISAPPOINT MY PARENTS Q I completed my BCom degree last year and originally wanted to become a chartered accountant. My parents supported me from the very beginning of my studies and were so excited I was going to have a career in accounting. They paid for my studies and accommodation while I was at university. However, I didn’t enrol for honours this year because after some thought and after doing the initial degree, I realise I do not enjoy this line of work at all. The problem is I am hesitant to tell my parents that I am now considering another career because they made a lot of sacrifices in order to send me to university. I also don’t know what it is I want to do now. I’ve spent all that…

DIE TV-kameras was aan die rol, en die bekende akteur het ingeleun om haar te soen. Maar Efraine van Heerden wou niks weet nie. “Soen is ’n big thing vir my. As ek jou wil soen, sal ek jou sê ek wil jou soen,” het sy destyds in die maatsoekreeks Op my eish! vir Neels van Jaarsveld gesê. Maar toe die groot oomblik vandag aanbreek, hier voor haar naaste vriende en familie, huiwer die donkerkopskoonheid nie ’n oomblik nie. Lank en innig soen sy vir Paul du Toit voor die kansel by die Old Tannery op Wellington, en so wys sy die wêreld dat sy dié prokureur van Stellenbosch wíl soen – nie net vandag nie, vir ewig. Troues is nie vir Efraine ’n nuutjie nie. As grimeerkunstenaar het sy immers al meer…

Skryf gerus vir my oor jou sake van die hart of moeilike persoonlike kwessies. Ek beantwoord hier vrae en briewe van lesers en gee graag raad. Ek sal nie jou naam bekend maak nie en jou identiteit bly vertroulik. Skryf vir my by: Vra vir Irma, Posbus 1802, Kaapstad 8000 of stuur jou e-pos na vravirirma@gmail.com of SMS Vra vir Irma gevolg deur jou vraag na 36489. MOET EK VIR ONS HUISHULP MY SPERM SKENK? V My vrou en ek is langer as drie dekades getroud. Ek is ’n kontakmens, maar sy is nie so erg oor drukkies en soentjies nie. Ons high five of groet mekaar met die hand, selfs wanneer ons nagsê. Ons het drie kinders wat deur middel van in vitro-bevrugting in ons lewe ingekom het. Ons het ’n huishulp/versorger…

IN 1983 when South Africa was in a state of revolt and the apartheid government feared losing its grip, the department of foreign affairs conducted an audit. How famous, they wanted to know, was Nelson Mandela? He had not been seen or heard in the two decades since a court had sentenced him to life imprisonment. But in the years of his absence, the idea of him had grown and grown, turning him into government’s most formidable foe. Just how big was he, they wanted to know. The results of the audit were shocking to its authors. A block of flats in the East End of London had been christened Mandela Heights, they discovered; a room in an art gallery in Glasgow was named the Mandela Room; he had been given the…

HAAR hare is maanligblond gekleur en in perfekte krulle geset. Haar linkerwang het ’n enkele moesie, haar lippe is ’n glansende rooi geverf, en sy praat in ’n hees, sexy stem. Sy is Marilyn Monroe uitgeknip – en dis die grootste kompliment wat enigiemand ooit vir Jasmine Chiswell (29) kan gee. Want in ’n wêreld vol Marilyn Monroe-nabootsers is sy die onbetwiste koningin. Vir haar verteenwoordig die onsterflike Hollywood-sekssimbool ’n tydperk waarin sy wat Jasmine is ook vir altyd wil lewe. Sy dra net 1950’s-uitrustings, en selfs haar huis het eens aan Marilyn behoort. “Ek was nog altyd lief vir Marilyn,” sê Jasmine. “Sy het styl en selfvertroue gehad, en dit is iets wat ek bewonder.” Sy’s ook nie al een nie. Jasmine het 16,5 miljoen volgelinge op haar TikTokprofiel, waar jy kan kyk hoe sy…

NES COKE “Ek is nie altyd skougehalte nie en as ek soggens opstaan, het ek lae bloedsuiker. Dan maak ek vir myself ’n lekker koppie koffie en ek voel sommer klaar beter. Ek sorg dat ek ’n lekker ontbyt eet, want die lewe lyk soveel beter op ’n vol maag. Daar is dinge wat ’n mens nié kan beheer nie, maar neem beheer oor die dinge waaroor jy kan! “Luisteraars verwag Coke as hulle die radio aanskakel, ek kan nie vir hul Fanta gee nie — hulle soek vrolikheid.” “Hallo skat,” roep ’n stem wat soos warm karamel klink vanuit die huis, toe ek een Maandagmiddag aan Amore Bekker se voordeur klop. Dis dieselfde ryk stem wat RSG-luisteraars 20 jaar met inspirerende stories meegevoer het; wat mense op die langpad geselskap gehou het…

CHOUPETTE het ’n probleem. Sy is na meer spogpartytjies genooi as wat haar program toelaat, en haar hanteerders kan nie besluit watter A-lys-geleentheid die beroemdste kat ter wêreld sal laat spin en watter haar sal laat naels wys nie. Jy sien, haar eertydse eienaar is in die nuus. Die modewêreld het reggemaak om die ontslape legendariese ontwerper Karl Lagerfeld, ook bekend as Monsieur Choupette, op vanjaar se Met Gala vroeër vandeesmaand in New York te vereer. In daardie tyd het sy beroemde kat in die jongste uitgawe van Vogue verskyn – in die arms van Naomi Campbell op ’n foto wat deur die ikoniese fotograaf Annie Leibovitz geneem is. Daarbenewens word ’n biografiese rolprent oor Karl beplan met Jared Leto in die hoofrol, en ’n Disney+-reeks, Kaiser Karl, met Daniel Brühl in…

‘I would give half this statuette to my daughter. We did this together, kiddo’Kate Winslet It was a night of glitz, glam and gongs as the stars of the small screen descended upon London’s Royal Festival Hall for the 2023 Bafta Television Awards. But it was extra special for mother-daughter team Kate Wins let and Mia Threapleton as they proved the apple never falls far from the tree. The Oscar winner arrived at the event, which was partnered by P&O Cruises, with 22-year-old Mia, her co-star in TV drama I am Ruth – and paid her a touching tribute when she was named Leading Actress. “I am guaranteed to be the only one of the night to cry,” said a visibly emotional Kate, 47, after kissing husband Edward Abel Smith and stepping on…

Klein Lente Ivy lê rustig in Ma Melissa se arms terwyl haar pa, die gewilde tenoor en eens operasanger Jannie Moolman, skaars sy oë van sy piepklein dogtertjie kan afhou. Lente is tydens ons onderhoud drie weke oud. Stroopsoet, gelukkig, gekoester en volmaak. ’n Prentjie van ’n kind met diepblou oë en ’n bos swart hare. Salig onbewus van die bewondering wat sy uitlok. Nie ’n “ê” kom uit haar mond nie. ’n Mens kan sien die kleinding kraai ná ’n lang wagtyd koning in hul huis op Hartbeespoort. Pa Jannie dra ’n gemaklike kleurryke Josefbroek en Ma Melissa, ’n tandarts van beroep, is informeel en sommer kaalvoet in ’n swart kortbroek en toppie geklee. Reg vir aksie. Die jeugdige Jannie, wat al sy 55ste rit om die son aangepak het, lyk…

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Although King Charles, Queen Camilla and the rest of the royal family took centre stage at the coronation service at Westminster Abbey, many other people were integral to the day. The historic event only came together after a tremendous amount of work was put in behind the scenes, from the military personnel who took part in the processions to the people who organised street closures and those who broadcast the day’s events live to the world. In addition, there were some participants whose involvement in proceedings got the whole country talking. Three people who had a special role to play share their stories. PENNY MORDAUNT She’s both Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Privy Council, but Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt has admitted that she needed a little…

1 ‘DIT WAS NIÉ OOR HOUSEWIVES’ Dis nie oor haar uitlatings dat haar man vroeg aftree as grootbaas by die KWV nie, hou Anita Lloyd van Die Real Housewives van die Wynlande vol Ek het ook nogal daaroor gewonder. Maar ek is bly om te hoor alles wat aangaan pla of skeel haar maar eintlik min. Dit is so tipies Anita, sy het duidelik nie ’n saak met wat mense dink nie. Ek is mal daaroor. MORNÉ Die KWV het mos nou ook al gesê die proses vir haar man om uit te tree, en om vir hom ’n plaasvervanger te kry, het al maande voor die program begin. En sy mag mos met haar man en sy maatskappy spog. ANSIE Ek leef maar my eie lewe. Het nog nooit die waarde van werklikheidstelevisie verstaan nie.…

DUA LIPA Joint fashion venture with Versace Pop star Dua Lipa has joined forces with Donatella Versace to co-design a womenswear collection, which will be released this month. Known as a long-time fan and face of the Versace brand, the Albanian-British star, 27, fronted its autumn/winter campaign in 2021. The new collection, entitled La Vacanza, will debut at an intimate fashion show in Cannes on 23 May and go on sale immediately afterwards. Dua said she was “thrilled” to have worked alongside Donatella on the collection. “She and I have formed such a strong bond over the years, and I’m so grateful for the support I’ve received from her and the whole team since the very beginning of my career,” she said, adding that it has “been a dream”. PRINCE Purple reigns on renamed road Late pop legend…

THE spekboom (Portulacaria afra) is a fast-growing succulent shrub or tree indigenous to South Africa. It can absorb up to 100 times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than a fir tree of the same size. In their natural habitat, each hectare (about one soccer pitch) of spekboom can absorb between 2,9 and 8,6 tons of CO2 a year. The spekboom can undergo photosynthesis in two ways. Photosynthesis is the process by which plants use energy from the sun to transform water from the soil and carbon dioxide from the air into oxygen and glucose (the food to make it grow). The oxygen is released into the atmosphere, which is good for the planet. Spekboom undergoes photosynthesis in these two ways: 1. In cool, moist conditions it’s basically the same as normal plants. It happens during…

Price: R1 094 900 Engine: front-mounted, twin-turbocharged, 3,0-litre, V6 petrol Transmission: 10-speed automatic Power: 292 kW @5 650 r/min Torque: 583 N.m @3 500 r/min 0–100 km/h: N/A Top speed: 187 km/h Fuel consumption: 11,50 L/100 km CO2 emissions: 262 g/km Rivals: Jeep Gladiator, Toyota Hilux GR-S + performance to match throaty V6 soundtrack - limited towing capacity and thirsty *Claimed figures Rudely awoken by a roaring Raptor with its brute V6 tune in Baja mode, the third and final morning in the Namib desert was harsh and cold, a brutal reminder of how unforgiving the barren terrain is. A carpet of morning haze shielded the harsh African sun blooming over the dune horizon and it was time to pack up and make our way from the desert playground to electricity and functional plumbing. It…

One of the most charming images of the day was the arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales in full regalia at the abbey, accompanied by Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, both dressed immaculately for their grandparents’ big day. It was a picture of formality and tradition underpinned by family unity as the couple gave reassuring smiles to their eight-year-old daughter and five-year-old son. The Prince, who was to play a significant role in his father’s ceremony, was dressed in the deep-blue silk velvet Garter robe, under which he wore the ceremonial dress uniform of the Welsh Guards in his capacity as Colonel of the regiment. Kate’s mini-me, Princess Charlotte, had been treated to an Alexander McQueen frock But it was his wife and daughter who drew the most attention, with Kate, as…

HOOR ’n mens haar naam, sien jy ’n gespierde gimnas wat deur die lug tol en die een verstommende flik-flak ná die ander doen, op pad na nóg ’n goue medalje. En Simone Biles het hope van hulle – genoeg vir kenners om te sê sy is waarskynlik die beste gimnas wat daar al ooit was. Maar nou pryk daar iets aan haar linkerhand wat haar veel breër laat glimlag as Olimpiese medaljes – haar trouring. Dis nie besonder spoggerig nie, sommer net ’n eenvoudige pand wat sy aanlyn bestel het. En dis nie asof Simone nie ’n duurder een kon bekostig nie. Haar merkwaardige loopbaan het haar al ’n fortuin van $16 miljoen (sowat 304 miljoen) besorg. Maar dié ringetjie wys dat sy nou met die Amerikaanse voetbalspeler Jonathan Owens getroud…

DUA LIPA Delighted to perform for key workers at the Brits Dua Lipa has welcomed news that this year’s Brit Awards will be held in front of a live audience of 4,000 people at the O2 Arena in London, with 2,500 of the tickets going to key workers in the area. “This has been a long tough year for everyone and I’m delighted the night will honour the key worker heroes who have cared for us so well during that time and continue to do so. They are quite simply an inspiration,” said the 25-year-old award nominee, who will also be performing at the 11 May ceremony. “The Brit awards are always special and this will truly make it a night to remember.” Those attending will have to provide proof of a negative Covid-19…