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SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2024
Media legend calls it a wrap
Colourful Eastern Cape icon Weekend Post hits the streets one last time
END OF AN ERA: Arena Holdings staff from all departments gather to bid farewell to Weekend Post at the media house’s offices at The Atrium in Greenacres this week. This edition is the last of the 76-year-old newspaper that will roll off the press Photograph: FREDLIN ADRIAAN
Guy Rogers
It’s the end of an era as the last
edition of Weekend Post pre-
pares to roll off the press after
nearly 80 years.
The Herald’s sister newspa-
per, Weekend Post was in many
ways the voice of the Eastern
Cape, colourful and diverse, in-
terrogative but leisurely, the
perfect friendly companion to a
Saturday morning coffee.
But times have changed, and
it’s time to call it a wrap.
Rochelle de Kock, editor of
The Herald and Weekend Post,
said it was not easy to say
goodbye to a product she and
her team were passionate
about.
“You always question what
you could have done differently
to keep it going, but ultimately
it comes down to the reading
patterns of consumers.
“Weekend Post has played
an important role in keeping
the residents of Nelson Man-
dela Bay and surrounding re-
gions informed for more than
76 years.
“It was part of the Saturday
morning ritual — waking up to
collect your paper and reading
news and leisure over a cup of
coffee.
“Not having that any more
on a Saturday is going to be an
adjustment.”
She said newspapers were
struggling the world over,
with declining circulation,
the rationalisation of titles and
retrenchments.
“Our organisation has not
been spared from this.
“Trends show more readers
prefer to get their news on digi-
tal platforms, and the reality is
we have had to evolve to ac-
commodate that.
“Saturday newspapers are
struggling everywhere. It’s not
just a problem in SA.”
She said Weekend Post’s
strength had been in its variety.
“It was a family newspaper,
with a little bit of everything
for each member of the family.
“There were some hard-hit-
ting stories, some that were
more in depth, as well as fun,
leisure and helpful content.
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news sent shockwaves around SA, and Weekend Post was one of the first to carry it, since the paper was published on a Saturday then
“We often had personal sto-
ries about people we could re-
late to, or those who inspired
us.
“Sport used to be a big fac-
tor in Weekend Post before we
had news online.
“Many readers talk about
the swap column that was im-
mensely popular in the 1980s
and 1990s.
“With online agencies such
as Gumtree and Marketplace,
the swap column fell away.”
De Kock said the aim with
the new Weekender was to
give readers all the leisure con-
tent that they enjoyed in
Weekend Post — and more.
“It will be inserted in The
Herald on Fridays, which is still
a very popular read among our
audiences.
“The Weekender will include
all the food, wine, travel and
household content our readers
have come to enjoy, but will al-
so include some of the big reads
and interviews with Eastern
Cape movers and shakers.
“We want it to be a treat for
our readers, something extra
that they can read at their
leisure.”
Ryan Megaw, Eastern Cape
general manager of Arena Hold-
ings, which owns Weekend
Post, said for many readers the
purchase of their homes started
from an advert in Weekend
Post. “It has formed part of the
fabric of many people’s lives for
many years, so we are very sad
to say farewell to Weekend
Post.
“It served our community
well through the years, and is
an iconic brand in the minds of
many in Nelson Mandela Bay
and the Eastern Cape.
“But at the same time we
need to embrace change.
“The Weekender which we
are launching is exciting and is
designed to engage our readers
and bring a fresh approach to
the weekend.”
He said Weekend Post’s con-
tent was in greater demand
than ever before.
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“But over the weekend,
many readers are either relax-
ing or on the move, and con-
sume their news online on
their phones.
“Advertisers have also
changed their approach, and
are concentrating their print
advertising during the week
where engagement is high, and
are embracing digital advertis-
ing to a greater degree.
“We need to reposition our-
selves to meet the needs of our
customers.”
He said Arena believed the
Weekender was exactly what
readers would enjoy.
“We believe it will enhance
their weekend experience by
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providing both a relaxing read,
but also exciting things to do
and experience.
“We hope it finds a place in
the hearts of our readers and in
time will become an essential
part of everyone’s weekend.”
Megaw said the Weekender
would be launched on Friday
March 1, as a separate section
of The Herald.
The Weekender website, to
be launched two weeks later,
would differ in approach from
HeraldLIVE, in that it would
present lifestyle-type content
in a fresh and exciting way.
The lineage of Weekend
Post includes the EP Herald
(SA’s oldest newspaper, which
started in 1845) and the PE Ad-
vertiser (1865) and, more re-
cently, Saturday Post (1947)
and Daily Advertiser (1948).
In 1949, British newspaper
proprietor Lord Iliffe acquired
enough shares of EP Newspa-
pers to give him a majority
holding.
He bought the Saturday
Post and combined it and the
Daily Advertiser under the new
title Evening Post, which was
first published in 1950.
Later, the Saturday edition
of the Evening Post became the
Weekend Post — and by Week-
end Post’s 50th anniversary cel-
ebration in April 1997, it had
the largest circulation in the
Eastern Cape.
Circulation figures rocketed
from 34,767 in mid-1994 to
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Sad farewell to our
dear old friend
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oday, with heavy
hearts and a profound
sense of gratitude, we
bid farewell to this
beloved newspaper. Since the
difficult decision was taken,
we have reflected on the lega-
cy of this paper, which has
been a steadfast beacon of
truth, insight and connection
for generations.
In an era where the digital
world dominates the way in
which we consume news, this
newspaper stood as a testa-
ment to the enduring power
of print journalism.
The past 76 years have
been more than just ink on
paper; we have been en-
trenched in the community,
documenting the triumphs
and tribulations of our
society with unwavering
dedication.
For decades, the pages of
our newspaper served as a
mirror to our community, re-
flecting its diverse range of
voices, perspectives and
experiences.
From the front-page head-
lines that captured the pulse
of Nelson Mandela Bay and
surrounding regions, to the
intimate stories tucked away
in the inside pages, we
poured our hearts into each
edition, ensuring that you,
our readers, were always in-
formed, educated and
entertained.
But beyond its role as a
chronicler of events, our
newspaper has been a cata-
lyst for change, sparking con-
versations, challenging as-
sumptions and holding pow-
er to account.
It has been a platform for
debate and a champion of
justice, shining a light on the
injustices.
As we turn the pages of
this final edition, we must ac-
knowledge, and even em-
brace, the reality that the digi-
tal revolution has reshaped
the landscape of journalism.
As we bid farewell to
Weekend Post, we look for-
ward to new beginnings with
LAST GOODBYE: Rochelle de
Kock, editor of The Herald
and Weekend Post
the launch of Weekender, a
lifestyle supplement that will
be inserted in our sister publi-
cation The Herald every Fri-
day from March 1.
Our flagship columnists,
including Gwen Bisseker, Sam
Venter and Elaine King, will
remain with us, finding a new
home in Weekender.
Other columnists such as
Wendy Knowler and Garth
Sampson will be published in
The Herald on Mondays and
Fridays, respectively.
Though your Saturday
mornings may look a little
different without your Week-
end Post, we hope that Week-
ender and your continued
support of The Herald and
HeraldLIVE will be able to fill
that void.
We have spent weeks
preparing for this final edi-
tion, reflecting on some of the
highlights over the years —
the behind-the-scenes thrills
of putting this newspaper to-
gether each week.
This may be the end of
an era, but we hope that it
also serves as a reminder
of the enduring power of
storytelling.
To our readers, we thank
you for your loyalty and sup-
port over the years.
And to the many hands
that have played a role over
the last nearly eight decades
in ensuring Weekend Post
was a force to be reckoned
with, thank you.
We say farewell to our
dear newspaper and cheers to
new beginnings.
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A newsroom that punched above its weight
● ‘SA journalism will be poorer without Weekend Post’
Riaan Marais
Over the decades, Weekend
Post adapted to the changing
times, each era bringing a
newsroom with its own flair
and flavour.
Saturdays of old used to see
three editions published with-
in hours of each other, with
readers embracing award-win-
ning journalism, tongue-in-
cheek writing and a swap col-
umn that had bargain hunters
lining up around the block of
Newspaper House.
Over time, this gave way to
lifestyle pieces, in-depth
investigations and the occa-
sional scandal — all tailored
to the Nelson Mandela Bay
readership.
Former news editor Brett
Adkins said he believed Week-
end Post had done all it could
to keep up with the times, and
its closure was the next logical
step.
“Its time has come and
gone. I never saw a newspaper
morph as much as Weekend
Post had to, to stay relevant.
“Over the years we tried
several approaches to revive it;
some worked while others
didn’t.
“But I believe the longevity
of the publication can be at-
tributed to the people who
worked there and had the pas-
sion to keep it afloat, even in
later years when it started to
suffer an identity crisis and
started to lose its relevance.”
Adkins had several stints
with the publication, but start-
ed working exclusively for
Weekend Post in 1996.
A team of only three re-
porters and a news editor was
behind three separate editions
on a Saturday, and Adkins re-
membered how his way into
the office was barred by hun-
dreds of readers waiting for the
first edition and the popular
swap column and Classifieds.
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KEY ROLE: Former Weekend Post
deputy editor Samantha Smith
“This was before websites
like Gumtree and the Classi-
fieds were exactly that — it was
classified information that saw
people trying to bribe newspa-
per employees to give them the
inside track on things that
would come up for sale,” Ad-
kins said, laughing.
He remembers many of his
own stories, among them
Weekend Post’s coverage of the
September 11 2001 attacks on
the World Trade Centre in New
York.
“It happened on a Tuesday
and our editor, Jeremy Mc-
Cabe, wanted us to find some
kind of local link.
“I interviewed a young fami-
ly and their two daughters,
aged about eight and nine,
who had visited the Trade Cen-
tre just days before the attack.
“Their biggest concern was
the friendly ladies who had
served them ice-cream at the
top of one of the towers. It was
a sweet, heartbreaking story.”
It was enough to win Ad-
kins a Vodacom Journalist of
the Year Award.
The next year the awards
went national, and the paper
continued to rake in the
accolades for outstanding
journalism.
Between 1991 and 2014,
Samantha Smith also held sev-
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LEARNT A LOT: Brian Hayward
went on to start his own business
eral titles at Weekend Post,
ranging from intern to deputy
editor.
She recalls frantically chasing
breaking news stories for the
later editions on a Saturday af-
ternoon, and labouring away
over the “hot press” with type-
setters before the final product
was sent to the printers.
“In 1994, I was one of the
first reporters to cover the bru-
tal murder of a 13-year-old girl
[Ciska du Toit] in her Mount
Pleasant home — allegedly by
intruders.
“It was a secret note thrown
into her coffin at her funeral by
her 16-year-old sister [Amanda
du Toit] that raised suspicion
and ultimately led to the teen’s
arrest and conviction.
“Many of the stories I cov-
ered were traumatic and shock-
ing, but there were also so many
stories of inspiration, hope, hap-
piness, fun and entertainment.
“Weekend Post punched
above its weight, and SA jour-
nalism will be poorer without
it,” Smith said.
Former reporter Brian Hay-
ward learnt the importance of
not just writing stories that
served up facts, but giving read-
ers context, and hopefully en-
lightening and empowering
them.
He started at Weekend Post
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CHASING DEADLINES: Lauren
Cohen won multiple awards
fresh out of university in 2006,
and had worked his way up to
chief reporter by the time he
left in 2016, winning numerous
regional and national awards
along the way.
“One of my more amusing
takeaways from Weekend Post
was never to discount a spouse
or politician with an axe to
grind. It was the source of some
of our top scoops.
“Among the many stories
that come to mind, I remember
the cloak-and-dagger affair of
the contentious Kabuso Re-
port, leaked to me by a politi-
cian in a busy suburban shop-
ping centre parking lot.
“The report accused various
politicians and Bay municipal
employees of mismanage-
ment, and had wide-ranging
ramifications.
“Breaking news was never a
solo affair.
“It was a team effort, from
colleagues to subeditors, news
editors and the big bosses.
“I loved that camaraderie,
and I miss it in our increasingly
siloed, digital world,” Hayward
said.
Working alongside Smith
and Hayward, former Journal-
ist of the Year award winner
Nicky Willemse fondly recalls
travelling to Beaufort West
with photographer Fredlin
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elections, has been de-
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“In terms of Section
2A of the Public Holi-
days Act, I hereby de-
clare May 29 2024 as a
public holiday,” Presi-
dent Cyril Ramaphosa
announced in a govern-
ment gazette yesterday.
He urged South
Africans to head to the
polls in their numbers.
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Adriaan and discovering the
town’s rich history, and a muse-
um in honour of acclaimed
heart surgeon Chris Barnard.
“But our most memorable
story there was about An-
toinette Pienaar, an actress
turned ‘herb queen’.
“We interviewed her and
Oom Johannes Willemse, the
Griqua herbalist who in 2001
healed her from cerebral malar-
ia and who went on to become
her teacher in natural healing.
“We travelled well off the
beaten track to find Antoinette
and Oom Johannes at the foot
of a mountain, where they
lived.
“The trip was not only edu-
cational but filled with warmth,
laughter and incredible
anecdotes.”
Lauren Cohen’s relationship
with Weekend Post started
when her letter to the editor
was published while she was
still in matric.
Boat capsizes off Swartkops mouth
Guy Rogers
Quick-thinking Gqeberha
beachgoers averted a potential
tragedy after a motorboat
flipped near the Swartkops Es-
tuary mouth and one of two
fishermen was washed out to
sea yesterday.
Pretoria visitor Marnitz Jor-
daan, 36, said he and his friend
Ulrich Webber had launched
out the mouth early and head-
ed north up the coastline to-
wards Bluewater Bay Beach.
“It was smooth conditions
and the wind was much lighter
than it became later.
“We were out about an hour
and then we headed back to
the mouth,” Jordaan said.
“We steered in through the
breakers and then suddenly we
hit a sand bank.”
Jordaan said he had hopped
out the boat into the water and
Gqeberha’s weather yesterday at 2pm
FINAL GOODBYE: The Herald and
Weekend Post news editor
Kathryn Kimberley
“Little did I know I would
later spend three years work-
ing at Weekend Post, becoming
deputy chief reporter and win-
ning four Vodacom Journalist
of the Year awards.”
She remembers receiving
updates from police spokes-
people via fax and covering
stories about a haunted house
used a rope to try to pull the
boat off the bank.
“I was in the front and then
Ulrich jumped out as well and
was pushing from the back.
“Next thing a wave came —
not such a big one — and
flipped the boat over.”
Jordaan managed to swim
in a little way, but got too tired
fighting the current, and was
still about 100m offshore.
“I was OK because I could
stand, but I was worried about
Ulrich because he was further
back behind the breakers.
“The current had taken the
boat.”
Bystanders on the beach sig-
nalled to him that they were
getting help, and a little later
emergency response members
arrived and pulled him and
Webber from the sea.
“We lost our phones and
our rods, and all our fishing

in Buckingham Road which re-
peatedly burned down.
“Deadline day was always
stressful.
“What I will never forget is
the excitement and roar of
standing next to the printing
press late on a Friday night to
get a copy of the following
day’s Weekend Post — literally
hot off the press,” Cohen said.
Current news editor
Kathryn Kimberley said it was
bittersweet to be sending the
Weekend Post on its twilight
cruise.
Growing up in Graaff-
Reinet, she remembers how
her father would buy the paper
religiously, and read it back to
front — always starting with
the sport section first.
“And now here I am, the
last news editor of Weekend
Post after a long line of prede-
cessors.”
Before her latest role, Kim-
berley established herself as
equipment, but we’re OK, so
we’re very thankful to everyone.
“Nobody was injured. They
have taken Ulrich to hospital
just for observation, but I think
it is just a bit of shock.”
Gqeberha resident Peter Vin-
cent said he had been fishing off
the shore when the two friends
exited the mouth of the estuary.
“It’s close to spring tide and
at that point the tide was very
low, so the water was coming
hard out the estuary.
“They nearly capsized on the
way out because they took the
wrong line, and when they
came back I could see them on
the outside of the breakers look-
ing for the channel.
“I was concerned, so I
Googled the NSRI to get their
latest number and then called
them.”
By that time the two fisher-
men had run fast onto the sand
Investigation into alleged sexual
assault at Humansdorp school
The Eastern Cape education
department has condemned an
alleged sexual assault at a Hu-
mansdorp high school last
week.
The department said six
pupils were being investigated.
According to reports, a
group of older pupils allegedly
forced several younger boys to
perform sex acts on themselves
while watching pornography
in full view of fellow pupils.
The complainants are aged
between 13 and 14, according
to the police.
A report by the Sarah Baart-
man education district said the
school had been alerted to the
alleged incident by the parents
of one of the complainants.
“All six boys are [subject to
an] internal investigation,” edu-
cation spokesperson Malibong-
Weekend Post
STAYED
COMMITTED:
Former
Weekend Post
news editor
Brett Adkins
recalls some
of his best
moments
during his
years at the
paper
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WERNER HILLS
one of the country’s leading
court reporters.
She said the merging of The
Herald and Weekend Post
newsrooms meant there was
no longer a team dedicated to
work throughout the week on
Weekend Post.
Instead, both publications
became everyone’s priority,
meaning a longer work week.
“But it also meant having
journalists dedicated to court,
crime, politics, health, educa-
tion, and the list goes on, ensur-
ing a larger variety of news.”
For her, Weekend Post al-
ways had a different feel to oth-
er newspapers.
“It is an honour to have led a
joint team of Herald and Week-
end Post reporters over the past
couple of years in ensuring we
put out the best weekend read.
“At the same time, it is heart-
breaking to see a product I am
extremely proud of be put to
bed one last time.”
bank and jumped off the boat.
“Next thing I saw the boat
go over. The one guy was hang-
ing on to it for a while, but
then he got separated.
“Somebody else who had
joined me had binoculars and
said he thought he could still
see the orange of his life jacket,
but we were worried.
“Thank goodness they’re all
right, but you have to respect
the sea.”
Coastal Water Rescue opera-
tions co-ordinator Dirk Eras-
mus said the Bluewater Bay
Lifesaving Club had done the
initial rescue, and the NSRI had
recovered the capsized boat
and towed it into the PE
Harbour.
Before the towing was done,
NSRI rescue swimmer Mawax-
ole Nkumanda swam out and
recovered the wallets and car
keys from the capsized boat.
we Mtima said. “The matter was
also reported to the police.
“All the [alleged] victims are
receiving psychosocial support,
which includes debriefing and
counselling from the depart-
ment’s education social support
services, which was activated on
the same day of receiving the
rapid incident report from the
school.”
Education MEC Fundile
Gade condemned the incident
and called for better security
measures at schools.
Police spokesperson Colonel
Priscilla Naidu said an investiga-
tion was initiated on Thursday.
“There are between five and
six suspects. The alleged inci-
dents occurred some time
last week, but were reported
to the school on Monday.” —
Brandon Nel
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MEDIA
VETERAN:
Mike Holmes
has seen it all
in his
illustrious
career as a
press
photographer
Photograph:
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Capturing history through
their camera lenses
● Photographers past and present recount highlights in the field over several decades
Riaan Marais
A newspaper article is often
only as good as the picture that
accompanies it, and over the
years Weekend Post has boast-
ed a line-up of remarkable
photographers to tell stories in
images.
For more than three
decades, the byline of Mike
Holmes appeared under count-
less pictures of the former
Evening Post and later Week-
end Post.
After playing club rugby in
Italy for a few years, Holmes re-
turned home to Nelson Man-
dela Bay in 1980, where his
photography career began in
the days of black-and-white
pictures and hours in the dark
room developing images.
“Saturdays were always
WICKED DEED: ‘Ripper Rapists’ Frans du Toit, centre, and Theuns
Kruger, right, outside the North End court. They received life sentences
in 1995 for their horrific attack on Alison Botha, and were paroled in
2023. Left, is legendary Bay detective Melvin Humpel, who died of a
heart attack in 2020 Photograph: SALVELIO MEYER
Court cases that rocked the nation
Kathryn Kimberley
Nelson Mandela Bay has over
the years made it onto the na-
tional map for some of the
biggest, most groundbreaking
and heartbreaking court cases
over the years — and Weekend
Post and its sister publication,
The Herald, were there every
step of the way, keeping read-
ers informed.
One of the biggest cases in
recent years was that of
Christopher Panayiotou — the
guy next door who poured his
heart out in front of dozens of
mourners following the horrif-
ic kidnapping and murder of
his wife, Jayde.
It wasn’t long before the ru-
mour mill started and, unfortu-
nately, the pessimists (or real-
ists, let’s face it) were correct.
Panayiotou was arrested for
ordering a hit on this beautiful
young woman, a beloved
teacher and passionate animal
lover.
It was a story every televi-
sion outlet and national publi-
cation wanted a piece of, but it
was a Gqeberha journalist’s
story to tell — and we owned
it.
The trial in the high court
pitted Jayde’s family and
friends, understandably grief-
stricken and betrayed, against
the Panayiotou family, and it
was not long before the
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crazy — three deadlines, sport-
ing events, runners that had to
rush back to the office to hand
in film reels — it was a mad
rush,” Holmes said.
Panayiotous directed their
anger towards the media, who
were made to sit in the court
gallery as somewhat of a buffer
between the two families.
Advocate Terry Price SC led
the charge as Panayiotou’s de-
fence lawyer.
He was a big personality,
had a bit of a temper, but also a
massive heart.
He became integral to most
of the city’s big cases over the
years. It was therefore heart-
breaking to write Price’s obitu-
ary in July 2021.
Panayiotou only admitted
his guilt some years later, when
he testified against the middle-
man, Luthando Siyoni, who had
arranged the hitmen to bundle
Jayde into the boot of a hired
vehicle and later shoot her.
It was a damning video of
ISLAND OUTING: This picture of a Cape Gannet colony and the freshly painted lighthouse on Bird Island was
part of a feature piece in Weekend Post. It won Print of the Year in the Fuji Press Photo Awards in 2000
Photograph: MIKE HOLMES
“Photographers that came af-
ter that really missed a lot. They
don’t have an appreciation for
modern photography like us
old dogs.”
He remembers days of great
political turmoil, covering
events like the Northern Areas
Uprising, and particularly cover-
ing the funeral of a prominent
political figure in Cradock.
“We flew in on a tiny plane,
and as we flew over the town I
saw a sea of people flooding the
streets of the township outside
Cradock.
“I knew we would have to
fight our way in.
“I remember seeing a wom-
an being necklaced by the
angry mob, but we were threat-
ened and forbidden from taking
pictures.
“And just as we fought to get
in, we had to fight our way out.”
A highlight for Holmes was
BIG NAME:
The Herald
and
Weekend
Post news
editor
Kathryn
Kimberley
with
advocate
Gerrie Nel,
who
successfully
prosecuted
Oscar
Pistorius
CLASSIC KILLER: Christopher
Panayiotou is serving a life
sentence for ordering a hit on his
wife Photograph: EUGENE COETZEE
Panayiotou speaking to Siyoni
about this after the fact that
sealed the guilty verdict.
Another big case Price was
involved in before his death
TRIED AND
TESTED:
Salvelio
Meyer, left,
Sam Majela
and B-Jay
Piercey on the
job for The
Herald and
Weekend Post
at the 1995
Rugby World
Cup at the old
Boet Erasmus
Stadium.
Majela died in
2019
photographing former presi-
dent Nelson Mandela on sever-
al occasions, to the point where
Madiba knew him by name.
“During one of his visits to
the Bay, Mandela walked from
Newspaper House to the Opera
House, and the whole way he
held my hand.
“It was a surreal moment,
but also incredibly frustrating
because I couldn’t get my
pictures.
“As we reached the Opera
House he let go of my hand,
and just before he entered he
looked at me and said: ‘Remem-
ber Mr Holmes, no flash’. I will
never forget that day.”
Asked how he felt about
Weekend Post’s closure, Holmes
simply said: “I’m sad. It’s the
end of an era.”
Coming straight out of then-
PE Technikon, Salvelio Meyer
landed a freelancing gig with
was that of rape accused pastor
Timothy Omotoso.
The Nigerian televangelist
and senior pastor of Jesus Do-
minion International has been
in jail awaiting trial since April
2017 for rape, racketeering and
human trafficking.
His court appearances,
though protracted, have been
accompanied with plenty of
camera and action.
Dressed in a shiny suit each
time he takes to the dock,
Omotoso consistently smiles
for the cameras, Bible in hand.
His case has been delayed
for many reasons — repeat bail
applications, bids for acquittal,
and the state prosecutor having
to be replaced, in addition to
the judge being forced to re-
cuse himself due to a conflict of
interest.
Omotoso is accused along
with two other church mem-
bers of trafficking and raping
young women.
Another big case, one that
dates back to 1994, was the
most horrific rape case Nelson
Mandela Bay would likely ever
experience.
Alison Botha’s abduction
and rape left women looking
over their shoulders, afraid to
drive alone at night.
On December 18 1994,
Botha was abducted while
driving home from a night out.
She was raped, stabbed and
Weekend Post that saw him
cover a string of newsworthy
events in the early to mid-90s.
“It was an exciting and eye-
opening experience. There was
camaraderie in the newsroom
and friendships were forged.
“We shot on film and com-
puters were almost nonexistent
in the newsroom,” he said.
Besides taking pictures to ac-
company a series of harrowing
crime stories, Meyer also fondly
remembers happier times cap-
turing visits by prominent fig-
ures and celebrities, such as
Mandela, Queen Elizabeth, Paul
Simon, Cliff Richard and Chris
de Burgh.
A less fortunate experience
for Meyer was getting beaten
up outside court by a drug lord.
“But it was also a time of
great change, and I was privi-
leged to work as a press pho-
tographer during SA’s first
democratic elections in 1994.”
It was also during those days
that he met his wife, Louise
Liebenberg, who would go on
to play a prominent role at
Weekend Post for many years.
Former pictures editor B-Jay
Piercey was sad to hear about
Weekend Post’s fate, but said
she was grateful for the trip
down memory lane it had given
her.
“I photographed five differ-
ent SA presidents, met and
shook hands with the late
Queen of England, sat and had
INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE: Alison
Botha wrote a book about her
horrific rape
nearly disembowelled — but
somehow she managed to
survive.
Her story was well docu-
mented, and in her book, I
Have Life, she refers to one
journalist in particular, former
Weekend Post reporter Brett
Adkins.
While every member of the
media was pushing to inter-
view her, Adkins waited quiet-
ly at the sidelines until she was
ready to speak — and that is
why she probably chose him.
In July last year, we once
again reported on Botha — but
this time it was about her
worst nightmare which had
BIBLICAL PLAGUE: Middelburg farmer CJ Fouche walks through a swarm of locusts that devastated the Karoo
in 2021. This picture was the most recent from Weekend Post to win a regional Vodacom Journalist of the
Year Award Photograph: WERNER HILLS
a smoke with Rodriguez — I
met so many people, good and
bad, whose lives touched mine.
“At the end of the day, news-
paper life has always been
about people, regardless of sta-
tus, wealth or where they are
in their journey.”
She also remembers tales of
ghosts at Newspaper House
and always putting on a brave
face when working in the dark
room late at night.
“But there came a night
when I couldn’t get out of there
fast enough.
“In my haste, as I boarded
the old wooden lift, I dropped
my car and house keys, and
watched in slow motion
how they fell down the side
come to life — her rapists,
Frans du Toit and Theuns
Kruger, who had been sen-
tenced to life in prison, were
paroled.
Three years after the attack
on Botha, a serial killer
emerged in the city.
Stewart Wilken, better
known as “Boetie Boer”, was
regarded as a highly unusual
serial killer, having killed indi-
viduals from two distinct vic-
tim types — female prostitutes
and young boys.
He also killed his own
daughter.
Wilken killed from 1990 un-
til he was arrested in January
Weekend Post
This picture of
a girl walking
past a
colourful
mural near the
Nelson
Mandela Bay
Stadium is one
of many taken
by Herald and
Weekend Post
photographer
FREDLIN
ADRIAAN that
graced the
front page
over the years
TENSE TIMES:
Soldiers patrol
Gqeberha’s
main street,
now Govan
Mbeki Avenue,
shortly after a
riot in 1992
Photograph:
B-JAY PIERCEY
of the lift and straight to the leaving the entire field in dark-
basement. ness,” he said, laughing.
“I was stuck in the big old Back then, Weekend Post
grey square until Otis Elevators was one of the Sunday Times’
could come and rescue first biggest competitors, and he al-
my keys, and then me,” she ways enjoyed seeing Weekend
recalled. Post get the scoop.
Current Herald and Week- “It’s very sad to see a paper
end Post chief photographer like Weekend Post, with such a
Eugene Coetzee remembers the long and rich history, close
mad rush of supplying pictures down,” Coetzee said.
for various Saturday editions as Weekend Post had its share
far back as 1995. of award-winning pictures and
He recalls one Saturday dur- photographers over the years,
ing a 1995 Rugby World Cup and most recently Werner Hills
match at Telkom Park, previ- won the 2021 regional Voda-
ously known as the Boet Eras- com Journalist of the Year
mus Stadium. Award in the photography cat-
“I remember a power failure egory for capturing the devas-
and the lights going out tation caused by locust swarms
halfway through the game, in the Karoo.
DRAGGING
ON: The rape
and human
trafficking
case against
Pastor
Timothy
Omotoso
continues in
Gqeberha
Photograph:
EUGENE
COETZEE
1997, and is now serving seven led about Steenkamp’s injuries
life sentences. will surely stick in our minds
Valentine’s Day has never forever.
been the same for the people of The trial played out with
Gqeberha following the shock two big legal eagles pitted
murder of home-grown model against one another — Barry
Reeva Steenkamp. Roux and Gerrie Nel.
Steenkamp was shot There was even a song writ-
through a bathroom door in ten about Roux.
her then-boyfriend’s home. Pistorius was ultimately
Of course, the case was al- convicted, but has also since
ready huge, but what made it been paroled.
grab international headlines Steenkamp’s parents, Barry
was that the person accused of and June, continued to live in
shooting her was Paralympian Gqeberha, with Barry sadly
Oscar Pistorius. passing away in October 2023.
The image of him vomiting He was 80 and could never
into a red bucket in the Preto- come to terms with his beauti-
ria high court as evidence was ful daughter’s death.
Weekend Post
Fond memories of last separate newsroom
● Small team bonded through camaraderie and fierce rivalry with sister paper The Herald
Tshepiso Mametela
Weekend Post, a riveting end-
of-the-week news and enter-
tainment title punching above
its weight for an unprecedented
eight decades, turns its pages a
final time to mark a notable
end of an era.
Though the memories of the
first editions are securely em-
bedded in history, and the
many creatives behind its
award-winning stories have
moved on in years past, it will
continue to claim a place in
their hearts.
Tracing their footsteps back
to the start of their contribu-
tions to a piece of a storied his-
tory, culminating in the last sep-
arate Weekend Post newsroom
more than 10 years ago, the pa-
per’s former mainstays bid their
adieu.
Featuring at the epicentre of
a colourful run for Weekend
Post has been its sister publica-
tion, The Herald, which rolls
over to 180 years in 2025 since
its first publication.
The two papers were inex-
tricably linked after a news-
room merger under former edi-
tor Heather Robertson in 2012.
Until then, the Weekend
Post newsroom and production
staff occupied a separate part of
the old Newspaper House in
Baakens Street, Central.
Unsurprisingly, there was
fierce rivalry for the best stories.
Among those who wit-
nessed the battle unfold from
the front lines was former
Weekend Post news editor John
Harvey.
“The team was a small one
— an editor, assistant editor,
news editor, three news re-
porters, an East London corre-
spondent and a sports editor,”
Harvey recalled.
The Post also had its own
photographer, Mike Holmes,
and subeditors Helen Crooks
and Liezel Searle.
“We were a close-knit unit
and we always pulled together.
“I saw my role as a ‘player-
Team had time to develop stories with care
Charmain Naidoo was Week-
end Post’s managing editor
from 2006 to 2010, and was in-
strumental in establishing the
MyWeekend leisure supple-
ment which had a great follow-
ing in those years.
“MyWeekend was put to-
gether as a collaborative effort
that included the entire team
— based on the things they
themselves did over the week-
end — that’s why it was so
successful.”
However, Naidoo said it
took her a while to “settle” here
after her arrival in PE in 2005.
East Cape media legend calls it a wrap
Continued from Page 1
38,421 in mid-1996. One of the
happy 50th anniversary wishes
was from then Bay mayor Nce-
ba Faku who applauded Week-
end Post’s stance against racial
injustice and continued watch-
dog role, taking the lead from
its legendary inaugural editor,
John Sutherland.
In 2011, Faku, then no
longer mayor but still regional
leader of the ANC, was quoted
by a number of media houses
as calling for The Herald to be
burned down.
Together with The Herald,
Weekend Post covered this in-
cident and other fraught and
complex political stories
through the decades.
But there was also business,
community wrangles, concerns
and triumphs, and dramatic
court sagas.
One of those that captured
the headlines weekend after
weekend in the late 1990s was
the murder of leading attorney
and rugby personality Merwe
Swart.
In terms of ownership, after
EP Newspapers came Johnnic,
then Times Media, Avusa,
Saturday 24 February 2024
BITTERSWEET REUNION: Some of the Weekend Post team members before the newsroom joined with that of The Herald in 2012 were, from left,
Shaanaaz de Jager Loggenberg (senior reporter), Louise Liebenberg (assistant editor), Liezel Searle (senior subeditor) and John Harvey (news
editor). The four met up at The Herald offices in Greenacres this week Photograph: FREDLIN ADRIAAN
coach’ in that I also contribut-
ed articles to the paper.”
Harvey, after joining the
newsroom’s ranks in 2010 and
enthusiastically carrying out
the de facto dual role for two
years, did not agree with the
decision to merge the two
newsrooms.
“I had worked at both, and
they were different markets.
“The merger happened far
too quickly.”
Editor Jeremy McCabe
courageously marshalled the
troops at the then-indepen-
dent Weekend Post.
“The main challenge was
putting out a quality newspa-
per week after week with a
small team of journalists,” Mc-
Cabe said.
“Long hours and hard work
were a given as the team did its
best to provide readers with a
top-quality product.
“My fondest memories are
bonding with my team, and
the buzz of seeing all our hard
“When I arrived in Port Eliz-
abeth, Rosemary, wife of then
Herald editor Ric Wilson, told
me to prepare myself for ‘The
Wind’,” Naidoo said.
“It will drive you mad, Rose-
mary said, and just when you
think it’s over, the shrill
whooshing will begin again
and have you reaching for the
gin.
“This was my introduction
to this windswept city, and its
newspaper, The Herald, that
had been in existence since
May 1845, and its sister week-
end paper published on Satur-
Times Media again, Tiso Black-
star, and today The Herald and
Weekend Post are owned by
Arena Holdings.
In 2003, Weekend Post was
repositioned from Saturday af-
ternoon to Saturday morning,
in line with the call from read-
ers and advertisers.
The new distribution time
meant retailers had an oppor-
tunity to reach readers before
the weekend shopping was
done.
Afternoon publication
was also an anachronism,
harking back to the days when
there was little or no entertain-
ment, whereas now it was
competing with endless TV
sport and shops open all day
on Saturday.
The Herald and Weekend
Post chief sub editor and for-
mer Weekend Post news edi-
tor, features editor and assis-
tant editor Louise Liebenberg
said this week the demise of a
long-established newspaper
was something to be mourned,
even if a part of it would live on
in a new form.
“I will always be grateful to
Weekend Post for its role in
shaping my media career over
work appear in print. There’s
little to rival the feeling of
seeing the newspaper you
have all been working so hard
on coming off the printing
press.
“The smell of the newsprint
and ink will remain with me
until the end of my days.”
Former senior subeditor
Liezel Searle described her years
at Weekend Post as “some of the
happiest and most fulfilling of
my life”.
“Friday evening deadlines
were always a push,” she said.
“[However], the merger took
away the competitive edge, or
spirit, blurring the lines of [the
two papers’] distinct identities.
“I think we all felt the loss ...
but the news was always excit-
ing. There was never a dull
moment.”
Crooks joined The Herald as
a senior subeditor in 1998. She
later became chief subeditor of
Weekend Post after the then
chief subeditor, Keith Bell, was
day, Weekend Post. This paper
was more my speed, having
spent all my newspaper life
until then on a weekly, The
Sunday Times.”
Naidoo said her team had
covered hard news if there was
a big breaking story on a
Friday.
“But besides these situa-
tions, we had the time to devel-
op investigative stories without
urgent daily deadlines, and to
cover the kind of human inter-
est content that earned Week-
end Post its standing in the re-
gion,” she said.
This may be the
final Weekend
Post, but in my
heart this
wonderful
newspaper will
live forever’
a period of nearly 20 years,”
Liebenberg said.
“I salute the fine editors,
news editors, journalists and
photographers, along with the
dedicated production, sales
and circulation staff, who gave
so much of themselves to a
publication which, at its
height, was the leading week-
end newspaper in the Eastern
Cape.”
Weekend Post and Herald
sales manager Shelly le Roux
said Weekend Post had in the
past been renowned for its
strong classifieds section, but
few alternatives were available
back then.
bell tolls for weekendnpost
promoted to production
editor.
“We were a small team, but
we worked hard, and team
members became as close as
family,” she said.
Barbara Hollands, who, as a
senior reporter, covered the
eastern region from her base in
East London from 2004 to
2014, said: “I am sorry to see
this historical paper fold.
“I was tasked to create con-
tent about compelling court
cases, the political landscape,
entertainment, travel and gen-
eral human interest.
“I covered internationally
relevant courtroom dramas.
“[Among them] was the
Wendy Manthe murder trial,
the case of the shattered moth-
er who killed her daughters,
and David Best, the father who
masterminded the shooting of
his baby while she was in her
mother’s womb.
“Despite working remotely,
I always felt connected to the
TEAMWORK: Charmain Naidoo, right, and former chief sub Helen Crooks
“Weekend Post was a great
publication and served our ad-
vertisers well over the years.
“However, we as the adver-
tising team are very excited
about the new Weekender
and all the opportunities it
presents.
“It’s new and fresh, and will
focus on local relevance in the
trendiest way.”
Former Weekend Post editor
Jeremy McCabe said managing
and editing Weekend Post was
the most rewarding period of
his long career in journalism.
“In our heyday, the paper
was selling more than 36,000
papers every weekend and was
a must-read newspaper in the
Eastern Cape.
“I worked with some amaz-
ingly talented, dedicated jour-
nalists who were committed to
keeping the newspaper’s read-
ers informed.
“A gauge of the professional-
ism of our journalists was high-
lighted by the number of
awards the newspaper received
at the annual Vodacom Jour-
nalist of the Year awards.”
McCabe was on the com-
mittee that formulated and es-
tablished the Journalist of the
ews
news editors and the small but
committed team of reporters.
“Being part of the au-
tonomous Weekend Post team
was a privilege.”
Shaanaaz de Jager Loggen-
berg, Yolande Stander and
Shaun Gillham were also part
of the reporting team.
Louise Liebenberg began
her journey with the Saturday
paper in 2006, first as deputy
news editor, then news and
features editor, and finally as
assistant editor until 2012.
“We were a fantastic little
team, and we got a real kick
out of nailing the best stories
week after week, scooping our
Herald colleagues,” she said.
“Those last few years, before
the newsrooms merged, were
among the most exciting in my
career, even though at times I
felt we were up against a lot.
“Human stories that cap-
tured the imagination and got
everyone talking — that’s what
we did best.”
Year awards in the late
1990s/early 2000s.
“This may be the final
Weekend Post, but in my heart
this wonderful newspaper will
live forever.”
Charmain Naidoo, Week-
end Post managing editor from
2006 to 2010, said Weekend
Post in that period had been an
extraordinary paper not least
because it was run by a team of
extraordinary women.
“Helen Crooks oversaw the
production team with quiet
fierceness, ensuring that dead-
lines were met and copy was
pristine before it went to print.
“Samantha Smith and
Louise Liebenberg handled the
newsdesk with expertise and
the kind of professionalism
that was demanded in the pre-
digital era.
“Not for our reporters the
posing of questions to an inter-
viewee on Instagram or Face-
book; no reaching a contact via
TikTok, or DM-ing someone for
a quote.
“Face to face was what we
did best, and the result was
that Weekend Post was seen to
be an integral part of the then
Port Elizabeth community.”
5
DREAM TEAM:
Editor Jeremy
McCabe,
centre, with
his Weekend
Post news
team from the
early 2000s,
back from left,
journalist
Nosipho Kota,
news editor
Traci Mackie,
reporter Recah
Theodosiou,
subeditor
Hagen Engler
and
photographer
Donna
Watson. Next
to McCabe are
reporters
Samantha
Smith and
Kathy
Sundstrom,
far right. Kota
died in 2019
McCabe magic produced a
winner week after week
Louise Liebenberg was appointed as managing “and the one and only Ric
editor of the paper and later Wilson”.
A holiday coinciding with the deputy editor of The Herald, a “The decline of the newspa-
1995 Rugby World Cup position he held until mid- per, in my view, began when
brought newspaperman Jere- 2009, when he became acting management at head office
my McCabe back to his home editor-in-chief of The Herald, started meddling and trying to
province of the Eastern Cape Weekend Post and six commu- introduce editorial and man-
after several years in New nity newspapers. agement formulas that did not
Zealand, and would spark a re- “In 2010, I was appointed resonate with readers in the
turn to his Weekend Post roots. editor of Weekend Post where I Eastern Cape,” he said.
McCabe said it was a plea- remained until 2012, when I “Readership and circulation
sure and an honour to have was tasked with further devel- declined amid growing online
been a part of the paper at all oping the company’s produc- competition.
levels over the years, including tion hub, which I had been in- “The ability to quickly keep
as editor. strumental in starting in 2009.” up to date on news and sports
McCabe first became in- McCabe believes the reason events on your laptop or cell-
volved with Weekend Post for the paper’s success in its phone became a slow poison
when he was appointed news heyday was that it provided for papers like Weekend Post
editor in about 1983 or 1984. something for everybody. and the Saturday Dispatch.”
He remained in that posi- “It had excellent hard news At a human level, McCabe
tion until 1986, when he was reporting, good political and said his enduring memory of
appointed Sunday Times bu- sport coverage, and the famous Weekend Post was of the tal-
reau chief for the Eastern Cape, swap column and Property ented pool of journalists he
and later deputy news editor of Post section.” had worked with over the
the Sunday Times. Editors he’d worked with years “and who made my job
“In mid-1987, I emigrated to
New Zealand, but returned to
Port Elizabeth on holiday in
included Neville Woudberg such fun”.
1995 to coincide with the Rug-
by World Cup,” McCabe said.
“During that amazing time
of national unity under the The ability to quickly keep up to date
leadership of President Nelson
Mandela, then editor-in-chief
on news and sports events on your
of The Herald and Weekend
Post, Ric Wilson, persuaded me
laptop or cellphone became a slow
to stay on as assistant editor poison for papers like Weekend Post
running Weekend Post.”
Two years later, McCabe and the Saturday Dispatch’
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Events with edge
● Post always at forefront of what was hot and happening, PR and marketing power pair recall
Louise Liebenberg
From cutting-edge designs and
the models that made them
soar, to whimsical weddings
and more, Weekend Post staged
countless successful media
events over the years.
Those were the years of glitz
and glam, of energy and excite-
ment, of edgy models, gorgeous
fashion and showstopping
events that everybody wanted
to be a part of.
Linda Harwood started as
promotions manager at then
Times Media Eastern Cape in
1992, as a fresh-faced 23-year-
old.
The group had The Herald,
Weekend Post, Evening Post
and community newspaper Al-
goa Sun as titles.
“My position was new and
the promotions department
was started to create media
events which could attract
sponsors, as well as generate in-
come via public ticket sales or
advertising-driven event sup-
plements,” Harwood said.
“We started a number of suc-
cessful annual events for Week-
end Post.
“The Weekend Post Bridal
Fair with its hugely popular
Win a Wedding competition
endured for more than 20 years
— Profiles gym owner Helen
Mentzel even married her hus-
band, Colin, onstage at one
Bridal Fair at the glamorous old
Feather Market Centre!”
At its peak, the Bridal Fair at-
tracted nearly 4,000 visitors and
200 exhibitors over three days.
WINNING
BRIDE: Linda
Harwood, left,
joins Olga
Hafner, then
of SFW, as
they bid 1997
Bride of the
Year winner
Amanda
Headbush and
her husband,
Jimmy, bon
voyage on
their prize trip
to the
winelands
world
Netanyahu’s post-war plan for Gaza
● Israel’s proposal to keep security control over Palestinian areas dismissed as doomed to fail
Israeli Prime Minister Ben-
jamin Netanyahu has present-
ed his first official “day after”
plan for the Gaza Strip once the
war there ends, saying Israel
will keep security control over
all Palestinian areas and make
reconstruction of Gaza depen-
dent on its demilitarisation.
The document proposes Is-
rael would maintain security
control over all land west of
Jordan, including the occupied
West Bank and Gaza — territo-
ries where the Palestinians
hope to establish an indepen-
dent state.
It was swiftly dismissed by
Palestinian officials as doomed
to fail.
Netanyahu presented the
plan on Thursday to the securi-
ty cabinet, which could still de-
mand amendments.
It was seen by Reuters
yesterday.
In the long-term goals listed,
Netanayhu rejects the “unilat-
eral recognition” of a Palestini-
an state.
He says a settlement with
the Palestinians will only be
achieved through direct negoti-
ations between the two sides
— without naming who the
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The Weekend Post Bride of
the Year competition invited
newlyweds to send in their
favourite wedding photograph.
Wine fundi Olga Hafner,
first with SFW and then with
Meridian Wines, arranged a
winelands weekend for the
winning couple for many years
— a treat enjoyed by many
well-known, now long-married
couples still living in the Bay.
Then there was the Week-
end Post Faces of the Future
modelling competition, which
launched many a young aspir-
ing model and designer’s ca-
reer, and included a lucrative
modelling contract and an
overseas holiday.
This competition enjoyed a
collaboration with the final-
year Nelson Mandela Universi-
ty design department for years.
Other standout events were
Weekend Post Diwali Queen,
with its rich history in our local
Hindu community headed
then by the late Boya Chetty,
and the popular Shamrocks
football club.
The Weekend Post Show-
time Awards were championed
by the late Bob Eveleigh, who
had a lifetime of knowledge in
theatre and musicals.
“Weekend Post Matric of the
Year; the Weekend Post Mini
Marathon... all were strong,
well-supported events, each
with a wealth of stories.
“But who could forget the
crazy daily and weekly sales-
driven number games called
Scoop and Supacard, when
readers called our office daily
BOTH SIDES: People wave Israeli flags in New York City this week as
protesters hold a rally demanding a ceasefire and an end to Israel’s
attacks on Gaza Photograph: EDUARDO MUNOZ/REUTERS
Palestinian party would be.
In Gaza, Netanyahu outlines
demilitarisation and deradicali-
sation as goals to be achieved
DOING GOOD: Bev Gaia with a pile of entry forms for Weekend Post's
Inkuthazo project, a collaboration with General Motors in 2005
PRIZES GALORE: Faces of the Future winners Anastasia Jenkins, left,
and Ryan Bhana, right, with sponsors, second from left, Trish Difford of
Jet Travel, and Lindsey Rissik of British Airways, in 2002. Jenkins went
on to enjoy a successful international modelling career in the US
with their winning numbers!” phers like Bob Binnell, Ivor
Harwood has wonderful Markman, Mike Holmes, Don-
memories of working closely na Watson, Salvelio Meyer, Eu-
with “absolute professionals — gene Coetzee and others”.
the late Bob and Sally Kerno- “But the most colourful per-
han (passionate journalists), sonality at Weekend Post, and
Kevin Reed (the most flamboy- whom I had the honour of
ant accountant you’d ever working with for many years,
meet), Debbie Derry of La resulting in a lifelong friend-
Femme renown, and so many ship, was Barbara Robertson.
zany and creative photogra- “Her wealth of knowledge
in fashion, design, beauty and
living life to the full is leg-
endary,” Harwood said.
“Barbara lived, worked,
played and wrote with passion
about every event she was in-
volved in.
“Both my daughters adore
her; as I was a working mom
they accompanied me to many
an event, or a visit to the glam-
orous Barbie, whom they
watched with awe when she
ran with them on the grass in
her gorgeous stilettos!”
Bev Gaia, another person
closely associated with the pa-
per’s events over the years, said
Weekend Post was “always at
the forefront of what was hot
and happening”.
“My journey at Weekend
Post spanned 21 years, starting
Netanyahu proposes Israel have a presence on
the Gaza-Egypt border in the south of the
enclave, and co-operates with Egypt and the US
in that area to prevent smuggling attempts,
including at the Rafah crossing
conditions the rehabilitation of
the Gaza Strip, much of which
has been laid to waste by Is-
rael’s offensive, on its complete
demilitarisation.
Netanyahu proposes Israel
have a presence on the Gaza-
Egypt border in the south of
the enclave, and co-operates
with Egypt and the US in that
area to prevent smuggling at-
tempts, including at the Rafah
crossing.
To replace Hamas rule in
Gaza while maintaining public
order, Netanyahu suggests
working with local representa-
tives “who are not affiliated
with terrorist countries or
groups and are not financially
supported by them”.
in the medium term. He does Netanyahu calls for shutting
not elaborate on when the in- down the UN Palestinian
termediary stage would begin refugees agency UNRWA and
or how long it would last, but replacing it with other interna-
in 1994. From advertising sales
representative to features man-
ager, and then moving to circu-
lation, promotions manager,
marketing manager and re-
gional sales manager, I was for-
tunate to work with talented
people and on some incredible
projects.
“I left in 2015 to start my
own marketing company, tak-
ing along with me experience
gained and friendships formed
during the good old Weekend
Post days.”
The Post was an institution
in its heyday, Gaia said.
The editorial content
catered for every member of
the family, and it was an
unashamedly upmarket and
aspirational weekend read.
“Editors I fondly remember
include Jeremy McCabe and
Charmain Naidoo, and editor-
in-chief Jethro Goko.
“The newspaper environ-
ment was vibrant and energet-
ic; there was always something
happening and boundaries
were always being pushed.”
Weekend Post actively
sought to discover and pro-
mote talent in the city, Gaia
said.
For instance, Style Force, a
collaboration between the pa-
per and the now NMU, identi-
fied local modelling talent
while promoting the work of
homegrown student designers.
“This platform showcased
the models and designers,
many of whom featured on in-
ternational stages,” she said.
“Barbara Robertson’s vision
and creativity at these shows
ensured they were the place to
be on the Bay’s social calen-
dar.”
Another promotion Gaia
fondly remembers was Inku-
thazo, a collaboration with
General Motors.
“We identified various pro-
jects where we believed we
could make a difference, and
then invited readers and local
businesses to assist.
“The promotion saw us host
the aged at a Christmas lunch,
we washed and walked dogs,
painted and brightened up an
old age home, collected items
for the needy, took disadvan-
taged children to animal farms,
did a beach and oceanarium
clean up ... and the readers
were actively involved.”
tional aid groups. “The prime
minister’s document of princi-
ples reflects broad public
consensus over the goals of
the war and for replacing
Hamas rule in Gaza with a
civilian alterpative,” a state-
ment by the Prime Minister’s
office said.
The document was dis-
tributed to security cabinet
members to start a discussion
on the issue.
The war was triggered by a
Hamas-led attack on southern
Israel on October 7, in which
1,200 people were killed and
253 taken hostage, according to
Israeli counts.
Vowing to destroy Hamas,
Israel has responded with an
air and ground assault on
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MET SET: Fashion Challenge designer winner Natalie Creed, left, model winner Ziphozakhe Zokufa, centre,
and Weekend Post’s Louise Liebenberg at the then J&B Met in 2010. Zokufa went on to become a Miss SA
Visionary fashion editor
at the centre of it all
Louise Liebenberg
Innovation. Inspiration. Atti-
tude. Barbara Robertson
brought this and more to the
Bay’s buzzing fashion scene
over her decades-long relation-
ship with the city’s papers.
Robertson was closely in-
volved with Weekend Post
from about 1990 to 2013, her
media career having started
part-time at the former Evening
Post when its editor, Neville
Woudberg, established a pro-
motions department with mar-
keting guru Sandi Krige in the
early 1980s.
This paved the way for a
part-time post as fashion editor
for Robertson after her hus-
band, Ian, died in 1987.
“My fashion editor title, for
quite a number of years,
crossed three titles — Evening
Post, Weekend Post and The
Herald’s former La Femme sup-
plement,” Robertson said, re-
calling many a whirlwind an-
nual trip to cover London Fash-
ion Week.
She worked closely with
Linda Harwood and Bev Gaia
for years, a powerful partner-
ship that led to memorable
Weekend Post events such as
Images 2000, The Look, Faces
of the Future, Style Force and
Fashion Challenge — but also
lifelong friendships.
Images 2000 and Faces of
the Future took winners on
shoots around the world, in-
cluding to the fashion capitals
of New York, London, Paris and
blockaded Gaza that has killed
more than 29,400 people, ac-
cording to Palestinian health
authorities.
The offensive has displaced
most of the territory’s popula-
tion and caused widespread
hunger and disease.
The spokesperson for Pales-
tinian President Mahmoud Ab-
bas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said
that Netanyahu’s proposal was
doomed to fail, as were any Is-
raeli plans to change the geo-
graphic and demographic reali-
ties in Gaza.
“If the world is genuinely in-
terested in having security and
stability in the region, it must
end Israel’s occupation of
Palestinian land and recognise
an independent Palestinian
state with Jerusalem as its capi-
tal,” he said.
The war in Gaza has revived
international calls — including
from Israel’s main backer the
US — for the so-called two-
state solution as the ultimate
goal for resolving the decades
long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
— Reuters
STYLE STAKES: Barbara Robertson
Milan, thanks to generous
sponsorships from SAA and
British Airways — with
space for Robertson and a
photographer.
“My best memory from the
New York and Paris prize trips
was being ferried around in a
white stretch limo so the mod-
el could change behind the
tinted glass for various fashion
shoots across the sprawling
cities — real supermodel mo-
ments,” Robertson said.
“Also in New York, I took
[model winner] Richenda
Rosslee to see international su-
permodel agent and legend
Eileen Ford.
“She was quite intimidating
and motioned us to sit beside
her on an imposing sofa.
“I asked her what advice she
would give an up-and-coming
model. Her reply: ‘Change,
change, change.’
“Richenda came back to SA
and cut her trendy brunette
bob into a funky Roxette plat-
inum blonde style. [Editor] Ric
Wilson loved the whole Rox-
China’s ‘dragon’
baby boom may
boost population
More babies are being born in
hospitals across China in the
Year of the Dragon, financial
news outlet Yicai reported, an
increase which could soften
the decline in population this
year and bring cheer to policy-
makers.
The Dragon Chinese zodiac
sign is believed to be particu-
larly auspicious, and data from
hospitals over the Lunar New
Year which began on February
10 showed the number of new-
borns had increased signifi-
cantly, Yicai said.
The newspaper cited a hos-
pital in Wuxi, eastern China,
reporting a 20% increase in the
number of newborns com-
pared with a year ago, while a
hospital in the northwestern
Shaanxi province reported a
72% increase in new births
compared with last year.
Marriage rates in China are
closely tied to birth rates as un-
married mothers are often de-
nied child-raising benefits; last
year, the number of marriage
registrations rose for the first
time in several years, due to a
backlog from the pandemic.
Chinese policymakers are
Weekend Post
ette vibe and Richenda made
the front page with posters all
over town.
“It just so happened that
Roxette was performing in PE
that night and Richenda had a
meet-and-greet with lead
singer Marie Fredriksson.”
Events like Faces and Style
Force launched many a young
designer, among them Thabo
Makhetha, whose use of vi-
brant African prints has seen
her designs featured around
the globe.
“Our first Faces of the Future
model winners were Kwakho
Qongqo and Darren Sacks;
Darren went on to become a
DJ in Miami, and a very suc-
cessful member of the pa-
parazzi in London.
“Kwakho, 25 years on, is still
a top model — you may have
recently seen her in the funky
Execuspecs TV ad, and she has
been catwalk queen at most of
the country’s Fashion Weeks.
“The late Reeva Steenkamp
also remains etched in my
mind as a lovely, quirky, fresh-
faced teenage model… she was
witty, punctual, eager to please,
and very sweet and kind.
“I never saw her as the
blonde glamour girl she is
mostly still portrayed as.”
Robertson described her
Weekend Post years as “the
best of times”: “We worked
hard but we also played hard.
“We all ‘lurved’ our jobs.
“Those years were the very
best of my nearly 30-year
working life.”
worried about the decline in
births in a rapidly ageing popu-
lation, with President Xi Jin-
ping saying last year it was nec-
essary to “actively cultivate a
new culture of marriage and
childbearing” for national
development.
Many young people, how-
ever, are opting to stay single or
put off getting married due to
poor job prospects, record
youth unemployment and
chronically low consumer con-
fidence as growth in the
world’s second largest econo-
my slows.
Demographers say the
“dragon baby” boom will likely
be short-lived as more women
choose to remain childless due
to high childcare costs, as well
as an unwillingness to marry or
put their careers on hold, in a
traditional society where
women are still seen as the
main caregivers and where
gender discrimination remains
rife.
Raising children led to a re-
duction in women’s paid work
hours and wage rates, a study
by a Beijing policy institute
said this week. — Reuters
Weekend Post Saturday 24 February 2024 7

opinion
Closing the book
and asking the
Press has now stopped for last time
There are only two good rea- — we had four editions every deep in the bowels of Newspa- such short notice put the news Swaps? Long before Gumtree

right questions sons for a newspaper editor to

yell “stop the press” — break-
ing news or fixing a bad mis-
Saturday — with a black-and-
white photograph of the new-
lyweds emerging from the
per House in the second base-
ment, and our lifts were not
very reliable, so I raced back
and production team under
pressure, but we had no
choice.
or Marketplace, these pages
would flag items for sale and
bargain hunters would wait
take. church. up four flights of stairs to the Hani’s death was a tragedy eagerly to dive into this sec-
It is never a move to take As a colour pic would call subs room (on the second and, to this day, I sometimes tion.
“The important thing is not to lightly as it involves significant for four new plates — cyan, floor) and beseeched the wonder how SA may have Close to month-end, and
stop questioning. Curiosity has work and expense. magenta, yellow and black — comps to fix Page 1. been if he had been able to before Christmas, demand for
its own reason for existing.” — As a former chief subeditor it was to run in black and They were not at all happy, continue his brilliant career. advertising would rise and
Albert Einstein of Weekend Post, I was faced white so only one plate would and their expletives turned the So much has changed since push the paper up to 32 and
For 500 “That’s the Spirit” with both reasons: the first a need to be replaced, saving air blue while my face turned then, not least the politicians sometimes even 36 broadsheet
columns, I wrestled with reli- blooper and the second a hard time and money. red. in power. pages.
gion, pondered consciousness news event whose impact still Our photographer got the That was trivial, however, Print newspapers around Today it is usually closer to
and navigated the murky wa- resonates today. shot, dashed back to Baakens in comparison to a far more the world have been hit by the 18 pages, with no supplements
ters of philosophy. My first “stop the press” Street and downloaded his im- serious news event on the tsunami of digital publishing. unless you count advertising
In each exploration, I’ve held moment was the marriage of ages. morning of Saturday April 10 Numerous titles have flyers.
one truth close: asking the right
question is half the battle.
That’s Mkhuseli “Khusta” Jack to
Karen Evans in 1990.
The comps quickly slotted
a picture in prime position
1993.
It was the day Chris Hani
Saturday closed and newsroom staff re-
duced to the bare bones.
It has been sad to see
Weekend Post slowly, slowly
This might seem obvious, The Spirit It was a momentous event above the fold, just in time for was assassinated. Insight In the 1990s, however, slip away over the years to the
yet it’s astonishing how often, for the-then city of Port Eliza- the City Sport edition. We heard the news at Weekend Post was the biggest pale shadow of a newspaper it
across cultures and conversa- PETER WOODS beth as Khusta was a struggle So far, so good. Unfortu- about 10.30am and, after dis- GILLIAN MCAINSH regional newspaper, with its has become.
tions, we stumble through life hero, while Karen was the nately, though, I had forgotten cussing with the editor, made own news and subs room, However, it is not alone in
scratching where it doesn’t itch. close, I urge you, dear reader, to daughter of a celebrated to let our works department the decision to stop the press. plus a full-time reporter in East having withered. The writing
Imagine a history book re- cultivate the art of the right bishop. know to update the cyan and Remember, this was before London for the Border edition. has been on the wall for
counting the evolution of the question. What is more, their wed- yellow plates as well as black, widespread internet connec- Our production team decades.
wheel: chapters dedicated to Don’t just seek answers; seek ding was across the colour line so the bold green box printed tivity and instant updates. We worked from 7am to 7pm, lat- Today the writing, such as
the square peg, the wobbly tri- the questions that truly matter. which back then was still rare, directly over the picture of the did not even have cellphones. er if there was breaking news it is, is on your phone, tablet or
angle, the cumbersome rectan- Let curiosity be your compass, and most definitely worthy of happy couple. The printing press had or a late sports game. laptop screen.
gle. and always challenge assump- news coverage. I grabbed the first pages as started to run and each minute The Property Post supple- If you are reading this piece
Hilarious, yes, but also a po- tions. Our first edition carried a they came off the press, saw it ran late would mean fewer ment alone was usually at all, it may well be online
tent metaphor for our human Remember, the most pro- Page 1 backgrounder on the the mistake and groaned. sales. Time was of the essence. dozens of pages thick. and not in print.
tendency to answer the wrong found discoveries often begin wedding and I asked the page If we had let it go, readers But Hani, born and bred in Today we can click online RIP Weekend Post: Journal-
questions with fervour. with a simple, yet well-aimed, compositors, or comps, to may have thought we had sab- the Eastern Cape, was the SA for a virtual house tour but ism has to move with the
Religions, for instance, have “Why?” or “Why not?” place the story in an eye-catch- otaged coverage of the wed- Communist Party secretary- then we relied on print. times, and your time has gone.
often proclaimed the “God of But wait, dear reader, should ing green box. ding, but it was actually just a general and a political figure of Then there was Leisure, an- ● Gillian McAinsh was chief
the Gaps,” confidently filling you trust this final message? The plan was to lead the rookie layout mistake. immense national importance. other weekly supplement. subeditor of Weekend Post in
the unknown with deities and After all, I haven’t revealed next edition of Weekend Post The printing press was Replating the front page at And do you remember the the 1990s
doctrines. its author. Perhaps it’s a sea-
What caused lightning? soned philosopher, a wander-
Zeus’s temper! Why do stars ing mystic, the actual radical
twinkle? Fairies dancing! Rev, or could it be... an artificial
While these answers provid-
ed comfort and structure, they
intelligence?
You see, the very tool I used
cartoon by derrick nesbit Weather will always be
ultimately stifled true under- to write this column, Google’s
standing.
Think of the countless hours
new Gemini AI, embodies the
power of a well-defined ques-
big part of our lives
theologians debated the num- tion. I simply asked it to ex-
ber of angels on a pinhead. plore the importance of asking What a privilege and pleasure
Or the philosophers endless- the right questions, and this it has been to have contributed
ly dissecting the nature of exis- column is its response. in a very small way to Week-
tence without first defining “ex- Granted, my prompt ques- end Post’s long and illustrious
istence” itself. tion was 200 words long, but history.
These are like the man almost everything above, apart Weather has and will al-
searching for his lost keys under from the Palestine sentence, is ways be an integral part of our
the lamppost because “that’s AI generated! lives. Whenever one discusses a
where the light is”. Perhaps, in this digital fu- major weather event, most
He might find a hundred ture, the “That’s the Spirit” con- people will recall exactly
shiny things, but never his keys. versation continues not with a where they were and what
Inquiring minds are essen- single voice, but with a multi- they were doing at the time.
tial, but misdirected inquiries tude, each unique, each driven Others will tell you about
can lead to dogma, conflict and by the same essential human their experiences during the
stagnation. quest: to understand ourselves, event or what they had to do
Right now we can barely
speak to each other about
our world, and the questions
that bind us all.
thereafter.
Over the last two years, the
The
Palestine without trying to
make that complex reality fit
As this chapter closes, may
the right questions continue to
feedback I have received from
readers in this regard has been
Weather
the maps of our opinion and guide us, wherever the exciting phenomenal. Guru
prejudice. digital journey may lead. This has been in the form of
So, as this column, and per- ● Peter Woods was a columnist checking dates in my column’s GARTH SAMPSON
haps this chapter of shared ex- in Weekend Post until November “This week in history” section,
ploration in print, comes to a 2021 to recalling the great floods and 1968 floods was from a reader
droughts that we have experi- who recalled that she and her
enced over the years. husband had indulged a bit too
Weekend Post is a wholly I took the opportunity at much the previous night. They
owned subsidiary of:
times to add my own recollec- awoke the next morning with
The Weekend Post proudly displays the tions of especially the 1981 the empty curry pot, left on the
“FAIR” stamp of the Press Council of South floods. stove, floating past their bed.
Africa, indicating our commitment to adhere PUBLISHERS: Printed at: Novus
to the Code of Ethics for Print and online Print: PE This was around the start of I did not have the chance to
media which prescribes that our reportage is Address: Ivor-Benn Close, William my relationship with my wife touch on the tragic 2006 flood
truthful, accurate and fair. Should you wish to Moffett Expy, Fairview, PE, for The
lodge a complaint about our news coverage, please lodge a complaint on the Herald, 16 Empire Road, Parktown North. Tel: of 36 years, still going strong I where a woman lost her chil-
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enquiries@ombudsman.org.za. Contact the Press Council on 01 484 3612.
Readers like Gregory related her car was washed away at the
how his mother had bought a Riverstone low water bridge,
COPYRIGHT: The copyright in all material in this newspaper and its supplements — particularly material identified by the
symbol © — is expressly reserved. The Editor will consider reasonable requests for the use by others of news reports, but the healthy load of flood-damaged and eventually landed up just
source and author of the report must be clearly attributed. clothing from the local surf past the Kragga Kamma inter-
shop, much to his delight. section bridge.
After the 1981 floods, and Then there are the talks I

Growing apart in a marriage doesn’t just happen every major event thereafter,
many others, including myself,
were all over town taking pic-
tures of the damage caused.
give where readers often pre-
sent me with a pot of petunias
to add to my collection.
Finally, the compliment giv-
Perhaps the biggest reason cou- what your partner needs and conversations. Marriage bore- posed upon us by some myste- time for each other. I have amassed a large col- en by another reader, that I
ples give for divorce these days wants from the marriage, and if dom is underscored by pre- rious outside malevolent force. Living separate lives will lection of these pictures over bring the weather to the people
is, “we grew apart”. And this is it’s reasonable, giving it to dictability and passionate dis- We allow it to happen to us. definitely cause you to grow the years and am always grate- in a way and language that they
often said with somewhat of a them. like of uncertainty. We need to be proactive. We apart. ful for more contributions. understand, will not be lost as
helpless posture as though they This may sound like a sim- It’s that dislike of uncertain- need to set aside regular time There is no way you can Recollection of the 1968 this column moves to its new
couldn’t avoid it. plistic statement, but every ty that makes the couple likely intentionally, to show up in maintain a healthy connection floods brought many a reader spot in The Herald on a Friday.
When you choose to live time yet another couple di- to go to the same restaurants to our marriages and check-in with your partner or spouse coming forward with a copy of Remember “wherever you
selfishly in your marriage, de- vorces because “we have grown eat the same type of food, buy with our spouses. when you are living separate The Herald supplement of the go, always take the weather
veloping your own indepen- apart”, it didn’t just happen. at the same retail stores, and Living together in one home lives. aftermath of the event. One with you”.
dent lifestyle to the neglect of It’s a choice they have made visit the same holiday destina- doesn’t mean you are living the Married couples are intend- such copy is proudly displayed This week in history:
your spouse, you will grow
apart.
(to grow apart), unwittingly or
not.
Mo & tion at around the same time of
year.
same life together.
Just because you share a
ed to function as a team, each
having their own interests and
on the wall of my new office.
Newspaper House in Baak-
2018: Western half of Eastern
Cape sees the start of one of the
And when you don’t “show
up” in your relationship, it will
Furthermore, it doesn’t hap-
pen overnight. It happens over
Phindi They’ve become so loyal
that they automatically trade
home, bills, a mortgage, cars, or
have children together, doesn’t
jobs, yes, but always coming to-
gether as a unit in the end.
ens Street, where Weekend
Post used to be based, was not
worst droughts in history.
Weather safety tips:
die. a period of time. The most common reasons adventure and discovery for mean you have a healthy, hap- Otherwise, what is the point? spared in ‘68 as the basement Be extra careful with out-
Showing up means being It can be the small everyday for growing separately are un- safety and predictability. py and intimate marriage or re- was flooded and the paper door fires during windy condi-
available to your spouse on a decisions you make or that you met expectations, living paral- Go outside the norm of lationship. Everyday life stressors could not go to press at its own tions, as embers from unattend-
consistent basis. stop doing the little things that lel or separate lives, the inabili- your repetitive marriage life. Living separate lives is just Life is full of challenges and building. ed fires can be transported far,
It means being present to communicate appreciation to ty or refusal to accept your Do things differently as a cou- one of the common marriage life’s stresses can put a strain on The funniest memory of the causing secondary fires.
your partner’s experience of your spouse. partner as they are, boredom, ple. problems many couples face in a marriage.
life: what they’re going It can be prioritising other codependency and the way Drive a different route, in- a fast-paced world, and going Big life events such as the
through, what they’re con-
cerned about, and what makes
things — including work — or
people above your spouse.
couples deal with stressors.
Let’s explore some of these:
vite over a new couple outside
your typical social circle, spice
faster all the time.
And though technology
birth of a child, buying a home
or an illness can cause a couple
In Your
them happy. It can be being in perpetual up your sex life ... just do stuff gives us plenty of ways to stay to withdraw from each other Corner
It’s consciously devoting ignorance of your spouse’s love Marriage boredom differently and try new stuff to- connected and keep in touch due to stress.
quality time for just the two of language. You can make your mar- gether. Marriage isn’t boring, more frequently, it appears to This happens because WENDY KNOWLER
you as a couple to connect And it can be focusing on riage very boring. you are. be driving a wedge between spouses often have different Wendy Knowler returns next
emotionally, spiritually, physi- your own interests and recre- This is usually punctuated couples as each attempts to ways of coping with stress. week. In future, find her column in
cally and even mentally. ation instead of developing a with deadening routines, cycli- Developing separate lives keep up with their social net- ● This is Mo & Phindi’s final The Herald every Monday, starting
It means being aware of friendship with your spouse. cal arguments and repetitive Growing apart is not im- work and jobs, leaving little column February 26
8 Saturday 24 February 2024 Weekend Post

this week you’re saying...

Post’s demise will leave huge hole on Saturdays
I am sad to read that Weekend
Post is to be closed.
This ends my association
and that of thousands of other
readers with the Evening Post,
which was closed in 2000.
Weekend Post was the Sat-
urday edition of the Evening
Post.
My association with Week-
end Post goes back to my child-
hood and I have certainly read
almost every edition of the pa-
per for at least 50 years.
My family had the then EP
Herald and Weekend Post de-
livered to our home, and my fa-
ther bought the Evening Post
on his way home from work
every weekday.
When I was old enough to
turn the pages, I would look at
the pictures — copying “read-
ing” like my parents.
From primary school days, I
would read all the newspapers
that came to our home.
It is not surprising, then,
that I became a journalist.
While studying for a BJourn
degree at Rhodes University, I
worked as a student reporter
on the Evening Post in the
1976/1977 summer holiday.
Then I was appointed as a
news reporter on the paper in
February 1978.
In those days, Weekend Post
was an integral part of the
Evening Post.
Reporting staff worked on
Weekend Post articles after the
daily Evening Post deadlines.
When I first worked in the
newsroom, we worked a six-
day week with Saturday morn-
ings dedicated to Weekend
Post.
News reporters were also
required to help take down
sports results when the sports
copy typists were busy — those
were the days of typewriters,
linotype machines and typeset-
ters.
Until about the early 2000s,
Weekend Post was produced
mostly on a Saturday, with the
press running three, then later
four, editions.
City Sport went on sale in
the late afternoon.
Queues of people would
wait outside Newspaper House
to get their hands on the paper
as the big attraction was the
swap column.
You had to put “for what
have you” in your advertise-
ment, but really everyone was
selling their unwanted goods
— from cars to furniture to
wedding dresses — for cash.
Those were long before the
days of easy and free internet
advertising.
There would be four or five
pages of advertisements.
The “smalls” were also pop-
ular for announcing babies’
births, 21sts, engagements,
marriages, deaths and funerals.
In 1980, I moved to the
subediting room and then Sat-
urday was a busy, busy day.
Initially we worked a full
day, from 8.30am to 7 or 8pm,
with a lunch break.
The subeditors, or subs,
handled every kind of article,
copy was printed in a separate
Queues of people pullout supplement and pro-
duced by the features staff.
would wait outside The features were later in-
Newspaper House corporated into the main sec-
to get their hands tion of Weekend Post.
on the paper Another popular feature of
the paper was the property
supplement, listing properties
for sale and show houses.
from news to sports results. Again, internet advertising
The Saturday morning ar- killed that paper advertising.
rangements of subs were In the early 2000s, manage-
changed when an early edition ment decided to do away with
was brought in. on-the-day production of
Most of that edition was Weekend Post and the paper
edited on a Friday, with the last was then produced on a Friday,
couple of news and sports to be sold on a Saturday.
pages being produced before Sadly, I think that was the
the noon deadline. first death knell of Weekend
The news and sports pages Post.
were extensively “replated” be- After the closing of the
tween the early edition and Evening Post, I moved on to
City Sport to include on-the- work on The Herald and later
day news and the popular pic- the production hub that han-
ture page of Saturday events. dled production of a number of
Once the City Sport edition community newspapers as
deadline was over, the subs well as The Herald, Weekend
worked on the big Sport Final Post and Daily Dispatch.
edition. In addition to writing news
School and club sports re- stories for Weekend Post in my
ports and results were very early years of journalism, I also
popular among readers. over the years wrote many
Then the subs worked on a film, theatre, cabaret and book
partial remake of that edition reviews, as well travel articles.
for East London readers, in- I left the production hub in
cluding Border sport and news 2019, but I continue to read
reports. The Herald and Weekend Post.
In the 1980s, I “chief The Post’s demise will leave
subbed” the Weekend Post a huge hole in my Saturdays.
news pages, meaning I was in Perhaps I will keep the fea-
charge of the subs, laying out tures supplement that will be
HIVE OF ACTIVITY: The Evening Post and Weekend Post subs room in the early 1980s. Clockwise, from left around the table, are Evening Post chief the pages and processing the inserted in the Friday Herald to
subeditor Cal Seton-Smith, the late Arthur Geldenhuys, the late Harland Bohler, Keith Dimbleby, the late Stan Gray, Weekend Post chief subeditor stories. read on a Saturday.
Susan Stead, Stephen Rowles and the late Bob Kernohan. The papers then used the mainframe computer Atex operating system In those days, the feature Susan Stead, Mount Croix

Media personality Buli G graced news, arts pages many a time
The end of the Weekend Post
era has brought up so many
memories for me.
There was a time when a
large part of my success in
radio, television, entertainment
and communications was
driven by media exposure, be-
cause it helped to keep me con-
stant in the minds of potential
listeners, viewers and event pa-
trons.
Weekend Post played a piv-
otal role in this.
Weekend Post not only
featured pieces on TV and
radio jobs I had landed (such as
“Bubbly Buli soon to sign off
from Algoa, May 19 2007, or
“Buli G powers way to TV
fame”, July 23 2011), but
the paper highlighted and
profiled many of the events I
LOCAL CELEBRITY: Buli G in one of the many articles had MC’d or performed at, in-
written about her in Weekend Post cluding in its glitzy Event of the
Three editors who made
Week section of old.
this reader feel heard
The paper also printed
weekly TV guides and radio Remarkable occurrences, and Woolhope Secondary School
line-ups that encouraged people, tend to come in threes, pupils who died in a 1998
locals to turn on their TVs to and Weekend Post fits that bill scholar transport accident.
SABC3 every Sunday morning, to a tee. De Kock published numer-
or adjust their dials to listen The newspaper’s three edi- ous letters of mine in Weekend
to me on radio during the tors who swam against the tide Post without doubting their
week. in publishing my writings were authenticity and integrity.
Its photographs were more Ric Wilson, Nwabisa Makunga To summarise my tribute,
colourful and impactful than in and Rochelle de Kock. the newspaper has been a fea-
any daily read, and its stories Wilson put his head on the ture in my life since I was seven
were very much about our block by publishing my justifi- years old or so.
how we live [or aspire to live]. cation in believing that my While I was living at Koyana
My mama keeps every April 1996 True Love magazine Street in Zwide, our babysitter
article I appear in, so I was letter-of-the-month winning took us to a music concert at
lucky to have come across at contribution titled “Be Proud the Sisonke Community Hall,
least 15 of my cuttings from South Africa!” was the inspira- also in Zwide, where she
Weekend Post over the years. tion behind the now popular wrongly and hilariously sang
I will probably make a Proudly South African tag line Brenda Fassie’s Weekend Spe-
wallpaper design for my home PAGE ONE SPOT: Buli G, right, on the front page on May 15 2010, ahead
and resultant institution. cial hit song repeatedly on that
office with these memories of the Fifa World Cup. Buli was then marketing manager of the Nelson
Makunga entertained the Saturday afternoon as “Week-
some day. Mandela Bay Stadium. With her is host city ambassador Miley Ajam
20-plus years overdue Wool- end Post”.
hope Memorial Bridge idea Luyanda Marlon Kama,
Buli G Ngomane, Gqeberha that is in homage to the mostly KwaDwesi

A newspaper for people of the Bay
When I arrived in Port Eliza-
beth just short of 20 years ago, I
was struck by the friendliness
of the people, the little parks in
each suburb with a cafe,
laundromat and small odds-
and-ends shops reminding me
of a small town environment,
with all the larger shopping
centres on the outskirts.
To all intents and purposes,
this has remained as such, and
the name Friendly City is apt
even now.
As an avid newspaper read-
er, I got to know The Herald
and Weekend Post, both of
which soon became my news-
papers of choice.
What I found most endear-
ing was the Weekend Post
columns.
The first one I read was Sam
Venter’s “Vine Time” which
in many ways has had a
positive impact on my family
in that we tried so many
new wines which Sam wrote
about.
Gwen Bisseker’s insightful
knowledge on how to
fix/clean/repair just about any-
thing became our household
encyclopedia.
I remained amazed as to
how Rochelle de Kock and her
team could cram local, national
and international news into
Weekend Post (I’m sure if there
was intergalactic news it
would be included too), along
with extensive sports coverage,
so many regular columnists
and various guest columnists,
puzzles and cartoons, a com-
prehensive entertainment
guide for the week ahead, and
find the time to give the citi-
zens of Nelson Mandela Bay
a voice in “This week you’re
saying ...”
Saturday morning ritual will never be the same
It’s with a heavy heart that I (just a bit earlier, 4.30 to I’ll try to explain to her, but
The letters and WhatsApps must bid adieu to my Saturday 5.30am). I don’t speak Border Collie, and
sent to the newspaper by those early morning companion.
We have social media Yes, we have social media as intelligent as she is, she
who normally would not be Weekend Post has been my and online and online newspapers now, doesn’t speak English either, so
heard, gave them a voice no preferred Saturday morning newspapers now, but but they are NOT the same as we will look at each other mis-
matter how important or mun- read for 30 years ... delivered they are NOT the same holding a newspaper in your erably as we come to terms
dane the subject matter. to my door, come rain or hands. with the demise of Weekend
The citizens of this city are shine. My Saturday morning ritual Post.
invited to be heard, unlike in My dogs over the years household still fast asleep. (I thought sadly of this as I Shock and denial, anger,
the national papers, which (Thamel my Golden Retriever, On Saturdays, I can take my went out to collect the paper bargaining, depression and
mainly publish letters related and now Lucy my Border time reading the morning last Satuday) is going to be for- finally acceptance ... in about
to a current national or inter- Collie) would run out to fetch paper. It’s the start of the ever changed. three months we should be
national topic of interest. it and bring it to me while Weekend! My dog will run out excited- feeling better ... but 30 years is a
Weekend Post has been a I made my coffee and toast. This early morning period ly and there will be nothing long relationship to overcome.
newspaper for the people, of Then it would be back to of 5.15 to 6.30am was my there. Weekend Post, gone but not
the people and by the people bed to read Weekend “quiet time”, my “me-time”... She will be confused, forgotten, RIP.
of Nelson Mandela Bay. Post, while eating my toast and a routine inherited from my searching around the garden Greg Smith, PhD counselling
Gordon Upton sipping on my coffee, my late father who did the same for Weekend Post. psychologist and executive coach

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weekend life
LOOKS IMPOSING: The statue of Hendrik Verwoerd in Orania Photograph: MIKE HOLMES
Explorer series captured life
off the beaten track
Louise Liebenberg
Engaging and sumptuously il-
lustrated travel writing was an
important part of Weekend
Post’s reader offering every Sat-
urday.
Former Weekend Post fea-
tures editor Brett Adkins re-
members the Explorer series of
travel features with much fond-
ness.
“The Explorer series came
about as a result of brainstorm-
ing sessions when Weekend
Post was being totally re-
vamped — and now published
on a Saturday morning as op-
posed to afternoon and
evening — in 2003,” Adkins
said.
“Stephen Haw from the
Sunday Times was brought in
as a consultant for a good few
weeks.
“The idea behind the Ex-
plorer travel pieces was to go
completely off the beaten track
and discover spots to visit,
places to stay, eateries and so
on that weren’t at all well
known, if at all, except by lo-
cals.
“Photographer Mike
Holmes and I did many trips,
including the first one which
was to the Baviaanskloof.
“What struck me the most
— I had never been there —
was this untouched and un-
tamed stretch of wilderness
area that was literally on our
doorstep, with its incredible
sights and hair-raising but
adrenaline-pumping roads (if
you can call them that) and
routes, which Mike’s images
captured perfectly.
“We found the most delight-
ful but isolated guest house at
which to stay, which of course
Catch a dip in the beautiful ocean before the summer evaporates
It’s beyond belief to see winter
clothes in stores, Easter eggs on
the shelves of supermarkets
and face the fact it’s time to say
farewell to another summer.
How did it go so fast?
We need to hang on to and
make the most of the last of the
warm and balmy days on the
Garden Route.
The general opinion is that
this summer hasn’t been as hot
as in previous years.
We didn’t once need the fan
at night this year, compared
with those unbearably still and
humid summer nights I re-
member.
When you are young you
don’t measure your life in sum-
mers, but after more than half a
century of them, I had this
quite depressing thought there
are far fewer summers ahead of
me than the ones I have had.
With this in mind, I am go-
Saturday 24 February 2024
RIDING HIGH: The Explorer vehicle sponsored by Isuzu high up in the Baviaanskloof Photographs: MIKE HOLMES
was the whole idea.
“One that also stands out is
our trip to Orania, a destina-
tion which completely fasci-
nated new Weekend Post edi-
tor Jethro Goko who was de-
termined we should visit and
which turned out, indeed, to be
quite intriguing.
“This was a fiercely yet rela-
tively calmly grounded group-
ing of inhabitants intent on
clinging to a policy of division
ing to make the most of the
paradise of beaches we have
here on the Garden Route, be-
cause what a waste it would be
to live here and not embrace
what is a great gift.
OK, so I will admit it took
me a couple of years here to ac-
cept that sea temperatures are
never going to be like tepid
Asian warm or even KwaZulu-
Natal comfortable.
At its coldest when the east
wind blows, temperatures
drop to way below 20°C (I
have swum in 14°C and it
made my ears ache) and if we
are lucky the sea gets to about
24°C, not a whole lot warmer,
but comfortable enough to en-
joy it.
In recent years, an unusual
activity and fashion has spread
around the world, and is in-
spiring more people to take to
the water irrespective of the
WHAT A VIEW: Doodsklip is a famous Baviaanskloof landmark Photograph: MIKE HOLMES
and derision — seemingly but
also knowingly and steadfastly
oblivious to the changing
world and country around
them.
“We managed to fill three
pages of this ‘other’ world that
appeared impossibly entangled
in its own history.
“I think this is where Mike
and I worked so well as an Ex-
plorer team.
“Having done assignments
People &
Places
in the
Garden
Route
ELAINE KING
cold. Ice swimming, ice
bathing, or what is also called
winter swimming or cold
plunge, is when people dive in-
to literally ice-cold waters and
swim in temperatures close to
freezing point.
If these brave souls can do it,
there is never an excuse not to
hit the surf here.
We are spoilt for choice on
the Garden Route with several
Blue Flag and other beaches on
offer.
Plett has pristine beaches,
together for decades, we could
immediately see the visual and
the story as one — Mike espe-
cially.
“When he discovered that a
statue of former apartheid
prime minister Hendrik Ver-
woerd which overlooked the
town was little more than a
metre high, he took both a
magnificent sunset picture of it
with an imposing imagery, and
then matched it with a sepa-
15km between Keurboom-
strand and the Robberg Penin-
sula, six Blue Flag beaches.
I like Central Beach, where
the Beacon Island Resort is,
which has lifeguards on duty
all year round.
The Wedge beach is where
bodyboarders hang out.
Robberg 5 Beach, also a Blue
Flag beach, is popular for
swimming and bodyboarders.
Sanctuary Beach is good for
walking and swimming, while
among the most scenic in Plett
rate picture of me next to it to
reflect the reality.
“As I stood there, the small
statue quivered in the evening
breeze, and I was reminded of
British PM Harold Macmillan’s
‘winds of change’ speech from
years long gone.”
This, Adkins said, was when
photographer and reporter
worked so well together —
“seeing how the different enti-
ties of images and words so of-
are Witsand and Island beach-
es where you can take a dip at
low tide — and there are oth-
ers.
There are the Sedgefield
beaches, Cola, Myoli, Gericke’s
Point and Swartvlei beach.
One of our favourite dips is
in the rock pools at low tide at
Gericke’s Point.
Near George there’s the fa-
mous Victoria Bay, one of the
region’s most popular beaches
for surfers, but also swimmers.
Herold’s Bay is a safe and
ideal swimming beach for fam-
ilies which is also protected
from the south-easterly wind
by a rocky headland.
There is a calm tidal pool
which is always a little warmer
than the sea, idyllic for
snorkelling.
Not many people seem to
known about Kaaiman’s River
Mouth near George.
STRANGER THAN FICTION: This picture was taken on a trip with reporter Michael Roux at a ghostly
site pointed out by the owners of the Karroo Theatrical Hotel in Steytlerville Photograph: MIKE HOLMES
ten gel ideally into one by tak-
ing in the entire scenario
around them”.
Trips to the former Transkei
followed a similar pattern, he
said.
“It’s so important for any
journalism team of photogra-
pher and writer to look and
understand what the other is
doing and communicate that
information to each other.”
Former news editor John
A tiny car park is located off
the N2 and the beach is ac-
cessed by hiking alongside the
lagoon for about 200 metres.
At the mouth of the
Kaaiman’s River is the sea, but
the estuary is a perfect place to
swim or just float around.
Mossel Bay has five Blue
Flag beaches, so take your pick
from Santos beach, De Bakke
beach, Hartenbos beach, Glen-
tana and Klein Brakrivier
beach.
In Knysna, there’s the Blue
Flag Buffalo Bay, or Buffs as lo-
cals call it, which wins hands
down in my opinion.
You can get a proper swim
in here, though be mindful that
there can be rips.
If you feel like more of a dip,
not a proper swim, then there
are smaller beaches along what
is called the Wild Side at Buffa-
lo Bay, but these beaches tend
Harvey said Explorer trips with
Holmes were among his best
memories.
“Mike’s wry sense of hu-
mour always made life interest-
ing.
“His photographer’s eye was
of huge benefit to me as a writ-
er, because he would spot
things I hadn’t.”
Holmes was very knowl-
edgeable about bird species of
the Eastern Cape, Harvey
to be rougher and are not rec-
ommended for deep swim-
ming.
Brenton-on-Sea also offers a
swimming beach, but it’s trick-
ier here than Buffs and can get
quite rough, I have found.
The best-kept secrets if you
live in Knysna are Leisure Is-
land, where you will find the
Bollard Bay and Green Hole
spots.
Because the water here is
mainly estuarine, it is always
warmer than the sea and also
safe for children.
When the tide is out, you
can walk right out into what
feels like the middle of the es-
tuary and have a shallow swim
with views of the Heads.
At high tide, you can park
anywhere on Leisure Island
and just hop into the estuary,
the perfect place to laze on a
hot day.
9
MONSTER
CRAB: Bevan
Gardner,
dubbed the
‘crab king of
Bushmans
River’, with a
specimen he
caught when
he took the
Explorer team
30km upriver
STILL CRUISING:
The Explorer
team of John
Harvey, left, and
Mike Holmes,
right, on the
Gardners’ boat
the Malachite in
the upper
reaches of the
Bushmans River
in 2010
added: “I learnt about pere-
grine falcons, the ‘twitcher’
community and all the rest.
“And we both enjoyed rug-
by, so Mike would regale me
with tales from his playing
days in Italy.
“Working with ‘Big Mike’
was very cool,” Harvey said.
“We both have a curiosity
about the world around us and
I think that’s why we gelled so
well.”
My very best place to swim
and snorkel is off the Heads at
what is known as the NSRI
beach, because this is where
they station their boats.
It’s a tiny beach, but
whether it’s high or low tide,
conditions here are always
good and when the visibility is
favourable it is worth
snorkelling around the wreck.
During peak season, it’s al-
most impossible to swim at
this NSRI beach because of a
shortage of parking, but now
there’s always space.
If people can swim in Swe-
den, then woe betide us if we
are too lazy to take advantage
of what is on our doorstep on
the Garden Route.
● Catch Elaine King’s People
&Places in the Garden Route
column in the new Weekender
supplement in The Herald every
Friday from March 1.
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weekend life
Bumpy road to adventure
Guy Rogers recalls expeditions of years past and the joys of travelling with kids, from kloofing in Kouga to hot chocolate in the Karoo
Of all the wonderful trips my
boys and I have done, one of
the best was when we went to
Kouga Wilderness, and went
kloofing with the dogs.
Kouga Wilderness is on
Kleinrivier, the remote sixth
generation farm in the Kouga
Mountains north of Joubertina,
which at the time was still
owned by Nico and Melodie
Ferreira.
One of the brilliant things
was you could take your dogs,
so Mbashe and Lily came with
us from PE, squashed in the
back seat of my Vivo between
my two younger boys, Nic and
Jude.
The day of our adventure
we togged up in old wetsuits,
booties and Crocs, examined a
map and then cycled down to
Boskamp where we would ac-
cess the river.
We knew Mbashe could
swim well but were unsure of
Lily, so for the first pool I
propped her on my chest and
breast-stroked across on my
back.
It was exhausting and
turned out to be unnecessary
because thereafter she crossed
the pools herself at speed, slap-
ping her tail from side to side
like a little outboard motor.
Now and then she would
grab a floating log and cling on
tenaciously, looking like a for-
lorn tree frog, but after a word
of encouragement her spirit re-
turned and she pressed on.
Scout hound Mbashe
splashed and crashed ahead,
and for the next three hours
we swam and wormed our
way through a watery maze
between washboard-smooth
A toast to an unforgettable
wine journey with the Post
Eastern Cape people love wine,
and wine people love the East-
ern Cape.
This simple statement is the
key “take-out” for me from just
over 10 years of having the priv-
ilege to write this column for
Weekend Post.
That Eastern Cape people
love wine is easily seen in the
number of long-standing wine
clubs, the ever-growing number
of wine tasting and food pairing
events (hardly a week goes by
without something wine-relat-
ed on the local calendar), also
the growing number of local
wine bars and specialist wine
shops.
The wine producers love us
in turn, because we’re not only
enthusiastic and appreciative of
wine – from value through to
premium level – but we enthu-
siastically buy the stuff too.
Countless wine producers
will tell you that after making a
trip to the Eastern Cape for the
first time to market their wines,
they are blown away by our en-
thusiasm for wine, our knowl-
edge and eagerness to learn
more. And they return again
and again.
Many will tell of selling out
their stock at local wine festi-
vals, wishing they’d packed
more into their boot or trailer,
and being pleasantly surprised
at the volume of orders placed
at tastings and dinner events.
Look at Graaff-Reinet’s Stoep
Tasting Wine Weekend, which
celebrated its 10th anniversary
last year – sold-out tickets most
years and a lengthy waiting list
of wine producers eager to join
the festivities, so much so that
this year it will run over two
weekends in May.
Similarly, its younger sibling
the Great Kenton Wine Festival
has become a highlight on the
local calendar, with wine pro-
ducers queuing up for a spot;
POWER OF FEAR: During a trip to the Karoo National Park near Beaufort West in 2011, senior section ranger
Johan de Klerk explains to the Rogers boys how a kudu, spooked by the presence of a lion, charged through
Doornhoek picnic site —and right through this fence
boulders and Gollum-dark re-
cesses fringed by roots, surely
leguaan lairs, half-submerged
beneath the bank.
The sun was setting by the
time we clambered out and
hiked over the koppie. Thank
goodness my sense of direction
was on point because we came
down above our cabin.
We would fetch our bikes
the next day.
Weary but exultant that
night, with the dogs replete
and collapsed on the veranda,
we ate tuna pasta because it
was too late to braai, and drank
A Vine
Time
SAM VENTER
and the Bay’s own twice-yearly
NEW Wine Show has a similar
“problem” of trying to keep
things intimately uncrowded
while accommodating demand
from producers wanting a slice
of the action.
For this final edition of
Weekend Post, the ask to share
some highlights of 10 years of
A Vine Time proved challeng-
ing, partly because it’s hard to
choose from the many incredi-
ble experiences of travel, wine
tastings and outstanding food,
meeting fascinating people and
learning more about wine, but
also because it would seem a
little bit “braggy” to enumerate
the privileges that come about
through this sideline job of
mine.
But, turning the dilemma on
its head, brought the realisa-
tion this newspaper is recog-
condensed milk tea.
Another trip was to SAN-
Parks’ Ebb and Flow camp in
the Garden Route National
Park.
The boys were still small
but one afternoon we paddled
in two double canoes down
the Touw River all the way to
the edge of Wilderness where
we stowed our boats, and then
went in search of a pizza.
We were barefoot and
bedraggled, but a kind waitress
at an inviting restaurant found
us a spot outside and brought
the boys hot drinks and blan-
nised by the wine industry as
THE platform on which to talk
to the Eastern Cape about wine.
The media releases in my in-
box, the wine samples arriving
on the proverbial doorstep, the
invitations to events and travel
opportunities in the Western
Cape are testimony to that.
Take Cape Wine for instance
– the massive event held every
three years in Cape Town by
Wines of South Africa to market
our industry and its wines to a
global audience of commercial
buyers, sommeliers, critics and
wine journalists.
It was always exclusively for
the international market, no lo-
cal buyers or wine writers invit-
ed, but when they opened the
doors in 2015 to the local wine
media, Weekend Post cracked
the nod.
And that brought about one
of my absolute highlights that I
treasure to this day – a tasting
through six decades of SA pino-
tage with top sommelier Higgo
Jacobs, proving the ageability
and diversity of our wine, from
one of the very few remaining
bottles of 1967 Lanzerac
through to a 2013 Spioenkop.
That tasting, like the entire
experience of this column over
the past decade, was fascinating
and unforgettable.
I am excited to continue the
journey in the new Weekender
– see you next Friday!
WHAT A
HIGHLIGHT:
A tasting
through six
decades of
Pinotage at
Cape Wine
2015
kets to start, and me a glass of
wine, and it was one of the best
pizzas ever.
We paddled back to Ebb
and Flow in the moonlight and
Ben, my oldest boy, made up a
Viking-esque chant which gave
us strength, and which we all
know to this day.
Woven into our family lore
and DNA are the five gates you
have to open and close on the
approach to another Kleinrivi-
er, the mountain sanctuary on
the edge of Groendal.
There is also the particular
iciness of those early morning
Let’s all say cheers to the City Slukker
Some arbitrary date in 1996.
Me: “So, ... er, I had this idea
for a new column ...”
Ed: “About?”
Me: “Well, (hesitantly) pubs
... actually ….”
Ed: “And?”
Me: “We do a lot of reviews
on restaurants, so I was
thinking ...”
Ed: “Of drinking and work-
ing at the same time? Not new,
you know ... (almost fake
yawn).”
Me: “But this would be dif-
ferent. Finding the spots that re-
ally put some effort into their
craft.” (BTW: craft beer was not
a thing yet.)
Ed: “Won’t work. You’ll have
exhausted every bar in PE in six
months.”
Me: “Can I at least try for six
months then?” (shrug of shoul-
ders).
Actually, The Herald editor
Ric Wilson was not that harsh
(but not that keen either) and it
was the then Weekend Post
boss Jeremy McCabe who liked
the idea and ... well, six months
turned into more than 25 years.
And more than a quarter of
a century later, the shadowy fig-
ure known as the City Slukker
still gets stopped in the street
(or at least within 10 metres of
a pub entrance) and slyly asked:
“Aren’t you the guy who …?”
Of course, the former CS ve-
hemently denies it.
“No, you must have me
mixed up with someone else,”
(and quickly hurries on).
After all, he was — like some
superhero, he imagined — sup-
posed to be incognito.
Fighting the injustices of
tepid beer, grubby glasses and
indifferent, unsmiling bar staff:
The Tapman, the Uncapped
Crusader, if you will.
But who was CS fooling?
Word spread quickly, as loose
ones so often do in places like
these, and he was soon
unmasked.
It was, of course, simply a ca-
PIT STOP: The Rogers boys, front from left, Ben, 8, Jude, 4, and Nic, 6, enjoy a mug of hot chocolate with
guides Dave McNaughton, left, and Alroy Pietersen during a drive in Samara Game Reserve, near Graaff-
Reinet, in 2009 Photographs: GUY ROGERS
game drives at Samara near
Graaff-Reinet, looking for scor-
pions with an ultraviolet light
at Sanbona near Montagu, the
magic of the early morning
breakfast fire at Shamwari, the
hot chocolate served through
the hatch in our room at
Kwandwe and the scary beau-
tiful mist enshrouding us as we
scrambled up the last bit to the
top of Cockscomb, highest
peak in the western region of
the Eastern Cape.
One time, the back tyre of
Jude’s bicycle exploded in the
heat at Blouleliesbos.
sual idea that happened to
latch on — an only-too-human
habit to which many who fre-
quent their local will attest —
and the quaffing column took
on a cheerful frothiness of its
own.
The final exit of Weekend
Post from the print media stage
today therefore leaves a bitter-
sweet aftertaste, reminiscent of
many a long-remembered chat
over a zesty lager or delicately
distilled wine: a chance to re-
flect on umpteen days of good
cheer and even greater
company.
Not only in the then PE, but
at watering holes from as far
afield as Mossel Bay to Morgan
Bay, but from an altitude as
high as Tiffindell ski resort, to
as low as the waters of Algoa
Bay aboard the Belafonte and
the valleys of the Langkloof.
Times savoured, but now,
like many a last round, the hour
to sadly ring that final bell.
CS was so often asked: So
which is your favourite
“pozzie”?
It was an impossible ques-
tion to answer.
“Every pub has its own peo-
ple,” CS used to say.
“And they choose it for their
own reasons.”
For the slukker it was sim-
ple. Any humble abode could
compete with a five-star estab-
lishment as long as they had a
four-legged stool in place: ice-
cold beer, clean glasses, value
for money, and friendly service.
If you ticked (or slukked)
those four boxes, you had a
winner.
Which, of course, gave birth
to the Beer Barometer — a rat-
ing out of five beer mugs — and
then later, to the Bog Barome-
ter, inspired by a female col-
league who quite rightly re-
minded CS that while cleaning
and fresh ablutions may not be
a priority for the male species,
ladies’ facilities were often in an
appalling state.
Saturday 24 February 2024
We were in a fix but his big
brothers shepherded him
down the precipitous road to
the old Storms River Bridge
while I ran back to the car and
then raced around to meet
them.
On the Alexandria trail, Ben
devised a thesis to justly govern
the sharing out of food (person
who divides cake takes last),
there were challenging mo-
ments when we couldn’t find
the dune rope ladder, and the
tide was coming in, and Nic set
a little-known record walking
8km across the dunes without
JOLLY GOOD SLUKS: The Pig and Whistle in Bathurst — at 192 years,
the oldest continuously licensed pub in the country which is up for sale
— hosted Oktoberfest revellers several months ago. Flanking Cassidy
Nicholson are the former City Slukker team Dances With Sluks (Charl
Barnard, left) and CS Brett Adkins
And so began a campaign to
ensure that a venue should
strive to achieve a five toilet roll
rating.
Female friends would do
the necessary restroom investi-
gation — and report back.
One pub in particular, after
a series of failed flushes (and
zero scores), eventually re-
vamped its toilets completely.
It may have been coincidental
— CS thinks not.
There were some particular-
ly treasured moments in the
history of CS’s scribblings.
Like the 89-year-old great-
grandmother who called the
Slukker to say how much she
enjoyed his column.
“So you are a regular pub
visitor?” CS asked, with half an
eyebrow (and glass) raised.
“Not at all,” she chuckled.
From CS to ‘Two Dam Fools’ and ‘Pubs of SA’
With CS having left Weekend
Post almost five years ago, his
past Explorer and Slukker ad-
ventures have helped inspire
online projects with similar
themes on YouTube which see
the travelling team of Adkins
and Barnard take to the road.
First, Two Dam Fools was
set in motion, initially concen-
lifting his nose from his book
The Wheel of Time.
At Kuzuku we saw our first
and only bush pig.
He was tucking into a car-
cass, his face a gorgeous, gory
mess as he swung around into
our spotlight, as wild a creature
as I’ve ever seen.
One time we camped at
Hogsback and each morning a
carpet of dew-covered trap-
door spider webs sparkled in
the sunlight, and samango
monkeys were tightrope walk-
ing along the telephone wires.
At the end of that trip, we
“It’s just that I never go to these
places you frequent, so now
you are giving me an insider’s
look at what goes on inside all
of them!”
And then there was the sev-
en-year-old kid who stopped
CS — who of course actually
did have a real job as a reporter
and news editor, and who oc-
casionally wrote film reviews
— in a food shop and blurted
out: “My dad says you have the
best job in the world!”
“Why is that?” a bemused
CS asked.
“Because all you do all day is
sit in pubs, drink, and go and
watch movies.”
From behind the steering
wheel of his car outside, CS
noted the huge grin on the
face of the young messenger’s
father.
trating on holiday travel to
camping, glamping and cabin
sites and resorts in and
around SA’s dams, and which
has since expanded to include
all sorts of family leisure des-
tinations close to home.
Second, Pubs of South
Africa offers fun online visits
to watering holes all over the
Weekend Post
put on my Juluka cassette and
swept down through the plan-
tations to Keiskammahoek
where we found rector Rev
William Fobosi.
I took a photo of him and
his son Siyabonga with a photo
hanging on the wall of Rev
Charles Taberer, who was one
of the first rectors of the mis-
sion and, on my mum’s side,
the great-great-grandfather of
my boys.
Those trips and many more
reminded me of the wonders
of the Eastern Cape and the
surrounding interior, and how
lucky I was to be able to expe-
rience them with my children,
who are grown up now, and
write about it all for Weekend
Post.
They were also a rite of pas-
sage for me and my boys,
whose mum and dad were
parting ways.
They were able to listen in
and learn with me as the park
manager or a guide explained
about a particular species,
spoor, ecosystem or project, in-
gesting wisdom which I hope
will stay with them forever.
In the car we became ex-
perts at audio books and lis-
tened to Roald Dahl’s Fantastic
Mr Fox many times over.
Recently, Mbashe was diag-
nosed with a bad gut tumour,
and last week I had to put him
to sleep.
I miss our beloved dog, and
I will miss Weekend Post.
But I know Bashee will be
in the happy hunting grounds
by now, and I hope Weekender
will pick up where the mother
ship left off, shining a light on
adventure and the joy of family.
So many pubs, so little time.
And so CS was assisted on oc-
casion, by a stand-in like
Arthur Brewster (his real name
of course) as well as his
Slukker-tary-General, Dances
With Sluks, who helped pick
up the slack (or more likely, the
sluk) as they wound their mer-
ry way around the haunts that
have come and gone.
Some are still around — like
Barney’s, Blinking Owl, Brew-
master and The Southender.
Some have changed names,
places and faces — like the old
Tapas Bush (now Ziggy’s), The
Anchor (now Eddie Macs), and
The Duck (still The Duck).
And of course, some legends
are gone for good — Heritage
Bar, Walmer Gardens, Crazy
Zebra, Humerail, the Keg and
Frog (and Fox), Dros, Aviators,
Dockside Debbie’s, Wings, To-
by Joe’s and Einstein’s.
And there are literally
dozens more on a par which
have replaced them.
Which, of course, is life.
Weekend Post, regrettably,
won’t be replaced. But wasn’t it
informative and fun?
A mixture of everything and
something for everyone all in
one place.
Kind of like a pub. And that,
I guess, was CS’s real favourite
after all.
And it will be missed dearly.
So — a Toast to the Post. And a
final “Cheers!” (and then sluks
— don’t forget that part.)
land — from Boksburg and
the Bay, to Bethulie and be-
yond — highlighting their
own particular character,
ambience, thirst-quenchers,
pub grub, live entertainment
and buzz.
● Search for “Charl Barnard”
and “Pubs of South Africa” on
YouTube to view the episodes.
Weekend Post Saturday 24 February 2024 11
Gwen Bisseker’s At Your Service column started in March 1980, and has been running for 44 years.
It could well be one of the longest-running newspaper columns by the same person in the world!
At Your Service will continue its life in the new Weekender supplement to be inserted into The Herald
from next week Friday. Send your questions to Gwen at trevorb@sonicmail.co.za
puzzles, cartoons & gwen
Tips for caring for fish tanks, artificial grass and making own floor polish
Please advise me on how to “demineralised” water in the How can I avoid this Warm water would also and these must be kept open non-oil based one and halve stove and allow the mixture to
get ordinary pencil marks out rinse cycle may help. happening? — JI, East London. worsen the situation. with regular brushing and the proportions to make it cool slightly.
of a beige cotton fabric. — GT, Specialised dishwashers in The main cause of algae You should remove a third cleaning. weaker — such as 1:20 rather Add a quarter cup of methy-
Gqeberha. restaurants are equipped to do growth is fish waste. The more of the water every week and Manufacturer Belgotex says than 1:10. lated spirits and enough paraf-
Reader “JB” came up with a this. I have noted that food you give your fish, the replace it with clean water. its synthetic PVC “grass” is de- fin to give it a creamy consis-
simple solution — remove professional window washers more waste there is. signed to cope with damp con- I would like to try my hand at tency.
them with an ordinary rubber. carry tanks of demineralised Feeding two to three times a I installed artificial grass about ditions if correctly laid. making my own floor polish,
She wrote: “My grandson
was drawing lines in his work-
At Your water in their trucks and pump
this up to rinse the glass after
week should be sufficient.
A water test kit would indi-
a year ago, and now find signs
of a black fungus. How can I
When it comes to removing
the fungus, a representative of
and would appreciate advice.
— MH, Gqeberha.
My son’s new school shorts
are chafing him. How can I
book and when he had fin-
ished I found pencil marks on
Service cleaning. — AD, Gqeeberha.
Thanks for the idea, which
cate the levels of fish waste.
A professional fish breeder
treat this? — LT, Gqeberha.
The top priority when you lay
Synsport, which provides a
wide variety of artificial sur-
You can use left-over soap and
candle wax.
soften this “hard” material? —
DB, Gqeberha.
the cream tablecloth. GWEN BISSEKER readers might like to try. said even if your tank is not in the grass is preparation and faces, suggested a “power hose”. Add a cup of water to 225g Add half a cup of white vinegar
“I picked up his rubber and direct sunlight, even bright drainage. He also mentioned a prod- each of candle ends and soap to the washing machine via the
rubbed the marks and they all I have acquired a 200-litre fish light will have an effect on the It should be laid on a sand uct available online called slivers, put together in a tin. fabric softener dispenser.
disappeared!” through agents. tank, kept indoors and using water’s clarity. bed, for instance, and on a Turfdeo, which is a fungicide Place on the stove and stir Better still, wash the shorts
If you don’t succeed with filtered water. It is beautiful, In a commercial enterprise, slight slope if possible. and disinfectant. until the mixture melts and by hand with a suitable deter-
the rubber, try Super 10, the Regarding your item about but the water tends to become the fish tanks are covered and There are small holes in If you do decide to give a blends. gent to which you had added
all-purpose cleaner available cloudy glassware, using greenish after a few weeks. have a “blue light” system. good quality artificial grass, garden fungicide a try, use a Remove the tin from the half a cup of white vinegar.

puzzles GARFIELD
your
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2.30pm today.
close friend who might make you feel
diminished. Fortunately, this is short-

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day February 24 2024:
lived. Later in the day, opportunities for
travel, publishing, higher education,
medicine or the law will make you feel
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cut off from others. Fortunately, this is
brief. Good news about financial support

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well as teaching.
or gifts and goodies from others will turn
your feelings of self-pity into feeling
lucky. (It’s amazing the changes we
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travel.
SCORPIO
(October 24 - November
22)
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day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-
**** Do not be discouraged
by difficulties with children or a romantic
~~\```~a````` Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-
Difficult
partner who might be critical. Let that go.
Don’t give it fuel. Later in the day, you will
enjoy schmoozing with friends and find
ARIES ways to expand your world in an upbeat,
(March 21 - April 20) optimistic way. Tonight: Cocoon.
ACROSS DOWN
1 Easy-going (6) 1 Repasts (5) HAGAR THE HORRIBLE *** Today is a mixed bag.
Initially, you might feel SAGITTARIUS
4 Percussion instrument (4) 2 Disappointment (3,4) depressed or down on yourself. (November 23 - December
9 Loft (5) 3 Happen (5) However, something will happen that 21)
10 Chilled (7) 5 Liberate (7) makes you see that you can boost your *** You’re highly visible today,
11 Bane (7) 6 Tonic for gin, e.g. (5) earnings. Possibly, you will discover a which means people notice you. The bad
12 Cook’s protection (5) 7 The Ram (5) better paying job. Whatever the case, it’s news is difficulties or increased
8 Handsome Greek youth (6) a mood changer. Tonight: Socialise. responsibilities with family or an older
13 Threaten (6)
13 Harmful (6) relative might discourage you. The good
15 Departs (6) TAURUS news is that work-related travel and
18 Socialist, e.g. (5) 14 Enigmatic (7) (April 21 - May 21) opportunities to enjoy the company of
20 Lace lid (anag.) (7) 16 Bird of prey (7) **** Children might be an co-workers will lift your spirits. Tonight:
23 Sparkle (7) 17 Frighten (5) increased responsibility Relax.
24 Circular (5) 19 Ruffle (5) today. In addition to which, someone
25 Spike (a drink) (4) 21 Mournful song (5) older might rain on your parade. CAPRICORN
26 Abase (6) 22 Funeral Blues poet (5) Fortunately, this is short-lived, because (December 22 - January
you want to socialise and enjoy sports 20)
QUICK events, fun outings, romantic get- **** You might feel worried
togethers and playful activities with today about meeting the approval of a
ACROSS Puccini; 24 Guerrilla; 25 Yacht; 8 Celeb; 14 children. Tonight: You’re admired. group or a situation. Something might
1 Auntie; 4 Pass; 9 Toe; 10 Ale; 26 Tube; 27 Melody. Trident; 16 Lactate; 17
Spare tyre; 11 Stylish; 12 DOWN Thigh; 18 Spell; 19 BLONDIE GEMINI
(May 22 - June 22)
restrict you. This is short-lived. As the day
wears on, you’re ready to party, enjoy
Awake; 13 Utter; 15 1 Artist; 2 Needy; 3 Inspire; Finery; 21 Throb; 23 sports events, expand your world and
Fluke; 20 Hoist; 22 5 Arena; 6 Skylark; 7 Idaho. *** This is a poor day to ask
for permission or approval have fun with children’s activities or
from parents, bosses or authority figures. romantic partners. Tonight: Check your
Nevertheless, this will not get you down. assets.
Instead, you might stay at home and find
1`2`3`4`5`6`7`~ ways to expand your world. Invite friends
and family over to socialise. Tonight:
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(January 21-February 19)
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money worries, especially
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about how something is divided or
shared. Later in the day, these problems
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might get in the way of
will melt away because you will see how
to get support from family and, in turn,
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This will be a short-lived restriction. Quick
give support to family and home. It’s a
mutually beneficial situation. Tonight:
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1 Firm restricted guests (7,7)
8 Not in any way having specialised skill
team championship.
At the first table, a Canadian pair
trump — down one.
At the second table, Karen McCal-
groups, plus an opportunity to enjoy the
company of others in an upbeat, PISCES
(February 20 - March 20)
South dealer. reached four hearts as shown. West’s
two-heart bid indicated spades and a
lum of the US was South. Here West
made only a simple one-spade over-
optimistic way will bring a smile to your
face! Tonight: Check your finances. *** Today you might feel at
East-West vulnerable.
minor and should have forewarned call, so there was nothing to suggest LEO
odds with someone close to
you. They bring you down. Fortunately,
NORTH (July 24 - August 23)
SA75
declarer of the bad break in hearts.
South won the opening spade lead
the terrible trump break. Neverthe-
less, she found a way to limit the de-
*** Initially, you might feel a
something will happen that lifts your
spirits and turn your day around.
1KJ6
2 A 10 8 7 4 3
in her hand, cashed the king of dia- fense to only three tricks.
financial squeeze for some
reason. (Did you give away all your
Opportunities to travel, take a short trip
or meet new people and have exciting
C 10 monds and led a trump to the jack,
West showing out. When East de-
She took the opening spade lead
with dummy’s ace and immediately
money?) Fortunately, later today, you
might see ways to boost your income or
conversations will change your day!
Tonight: Happy privacy.
WEST
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clined to win the trick, declarer led the club ten to West’s jack. McCal-
find a better paying job. You can definitely
increase your assets in some way now or Born today:
1— 1 A 10 8 7 5
cashed the diamond ace and then lost
the ten of clubs to West’s jack.
lum won the spade return, cashed the
diamond king, ruffed a club, cashed
in the future. Tonight: Warm connections.
Actor Daniel Kaluuya
VIRGO
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(1989), WWE wrestler Shinsuke
Nakamura (1980), boxer Floyd
dummy’s ace, whereupon South club was then ruffed with the heart **** Today you might feel
SOUTH ruffed a diamond, ruffed a club low king. East overruffed with the ace — discouraged by a partner or Mayweather Jr (1977).
DOWN SK3
1 Lengthy split in schoolwork? (4,8) and led one of dummy’s good dia- discarding would not have helped —
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reported (5)
9 Church made by graduate with quartz (8)
11 On vacation, dance with Conservative
speaker who might get plastered? (9)
12 Diocese to make sure about (3,2)
13 Means of escape secured by adventurer
(4)
14 Mrs Simpson maybe allowed to return
message (8)
17 Second marine upset with year in college
(8)
19 Wind up good person before work (4)
23 Egg-shaped container found in empty
office (5)
24 Impressive building: see around it! (9)
25 Dispensed with current measure for gas
(8)
26 Famous Dickensian dance? (5)
27 Rugby player confused ref with right
move for three-quarters, say (6,8)
3 Attempt to include fancy wad that’s
cheap and showy (6)
4 Be up in time for talk (6)
5 One watches old boy, somebody in court
(8)
6 Angrily lets rip, welcoming answer in
column (8)
7 Greek character getting easy to
understand type of energy (7)
10 Magazine complains too violently (12)
15 Profoundly involved but not up to one’s
neck (4,4)
16 Type of critic having no standing? (8)
18 More interesting, but not to vegetarians,
perhaps (7)
20 Limits to public transport? (7)
21 Places reversed — soldiers in a daze (6)
22 Digestive spasm following fizz (6)
sudoku
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hearts, and declarer overruffed with dummy’s jack.
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the nine. South then ruffed a club McCallum ruffed a diamond at
The bidding:
South West North East with dummy’s king, but East over- trick 10 and then led her last club, the
11 21 2S 3S ruffed with the ace and returned the king. East, down to the 10-8-7 of
41 trump eight to declarer’s queen. trump, was forced to ruff her part-
Opening lead — four of spades. At this point, two tricks remained ner’s trick and lead a heart to declar-
This deal occurred in the playoffs to to be played, and South had to lose er’s Q-9, handing South the last two
both of them — one to West’s high tricks and the contract.
determine the North American repre-
sentative to the 1989 world women’s club and the other to East’s high (c)2023 King Features Syndicate Inc.
target
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shown here? Each letter
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may be used once only Previous Saturday’s

CRYPTIC
ACROSS
1 Iota; 3 Field; 6 Safe; 8
Funeral director; 9 Rabbit;
10 Reckless; 11 Anecdote;
13 Moaned; 15 Thames;
17 Contempt; 19
Agnostic; 21 Antler; 22
Labour-intensive; 23
Edge; 24 Nitre; 25 Beat.
DOWN
1 Informant; 2 Tenable; 3
Fractious; 4 Endorse; 5
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arts & entertainment

To all the artists who enlivened this paper, take a bow!
Devon Koen
Weekend Post became a stage
for the arts over the years,
showcasing home-grown tal-
ent, international actors and
singing sensations, renowned
theatre performances and be-
hind-the-scenes drama.
Often granted exclusive ac-
cess to the lights, cameras and
action, arts writers not only get
to meet their idols, but mingle
with them.
In the world of journalism,
entertainment reporting is the
Ritz.
Former Weekend Post news
editor, reporter and arts fundi
Brett Adkins has a plethora of
highlights and memories to re-
flect on.
From sit-down interviews
with critically acclaimed actor
Richard E Grant, to chuckles
with funnyman Marc Lottering,
Adkins said working the arts
beat for Weekend Post had al-
lowed him to explore his cre-
ativity, unlike at a daily
publication.
“There’ve been some incred-
ible highlights, not only for the
obvious reasons such as review-
ing shows, but being able to get
the behind-the-scenes scoop.
BAY GREATS:
Winston Ntshona,
Athol Fugard and
John Kani at the
Opera House
Photograph: MIKE
HOLMES
“Writing arts and entertain-
ment pieces for Weekend Post
allowed the writer to sit down
and actually tell the full story,”
Adkins said.
He recalls hours spent on a
farm in the middle of the Karoo
as he interviewed Grant, who
has appeared in more than 80
films and television pro-
grammes, including Withnail
and I, Jack and Sarah, L.A. Story,
Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The
Hound of the Baskervilles, Gos-
ford Park and The Iron Lady.
The Swazi-English actor and
presenter had been in SA film-
ing The Story of an African
Farm in 2004.
Adkins also interviewed
world-famous actress Alice
Krige, who would return to
Gqeberha to visit her parents
in Seaview.
Krige’s break came when
she starred as the Gilbert & Sul-
livan singer Sybil Gordon in the
British historical film, Chariots
of Fire, and as Eva Galli/Alma
Mobley in the American super-
natural horror film, Ghost Story.
Pieter-Dirk Uys was another
household name whom Ad-
kins got to sit down with, and,
as luck would have it, on the eve
of Charlize Theron receiving her
first Oscar for her role in Mon-
ster, Adkins had spoken to now
late SA film critic Barry Ronge,
who predicted her win.
That article made it to the
front page of Weekend Post the
day before Theron received her
statuette.
“It was so nice to see that ar-
ticle on the front page.
“If she had not won it would
have been quite the damper,”
Adkins said, chuckling.
Adkins, who previously
worked at Evening Post, was
over the years joined by a
number of reporters on the en-
tertainment beat.
A regular byline in Weekend
Post was that of the late Bob
Eveleigh — a giant on the local
theatre scene.
Eveleigh, who died in Jan-
uary last year, possessed a
wealth of knowledge of all
things arts and theatre.
The former editor of The
Herald’s weekly supplement La
Femme and former chief sub
editor of Weekend Post, Gillian
McAinsh, continues to make a
name for herself in the local
WHAT A LEGEND: Rodriguez
on stage at the Nelson
Mandela Bay Stadium
Photograph: DAILY DISPATCH
entertainment industry. For
more than a decade her byline
featured in almost every edi-
tion of Weekend Post, with re-
views and interviews most re-
porters would have scratched
each other’s eyes out to do.
In more recent years, I, too,
was entrusted with exploring
the arts through my writing.
It is not often that a news-
paper journalist gets to be in
front of the camera, so a high-
light was being photographed
with theatre stalwarts Athol
Fugard, Winston Ntshona and
John Kani at the unveiling of a
SUCCESS STORY: Zolani Mahola,
previously of Freshlyground, was
a favourite to interview and
remains proud of her Bay roots
stained-glass mural dedicated
to them at the revamped Opera
House in November 2015.
SA funnyman Rob van Vuu-
ren also graced the front page
of Weekend Post when I took
him on an artist’s walkabout at
the National Arts Festival in
Makhanda one year.
He was a delight to get to
know and had plenty to muse
about.
The National Arts Festival,
now in its 50th year, was al-
ways a feast to cover. For 11
days of the year, it was some-
thing we lived and breathed.
Another artist who featured
regularly on a Saturday was
Gqeberha-born singer Zolani
Mahola of Freshlyground fame
— one of my favourite stars to
interview.
Attending the sold-out, one-
night only performance of US
singer Rodriguez was another
highlight, as was seeing crooner
Josh Groban live outside the
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
One cannot exclude the
Bay’s theatre industry, and all
the wonderful experiences and
enormous talents it has deliv-
ered over the years.
Robin Williams and Rose
Cowpar are two of the standout
names when it comes to the
staging of exceptional local
productions.
Over the years, Weekend
Post covered many internation-
al gigs hosted in Nelson Man-
dela Bay.
From performances by
French-Canadian diva Celine
Dion, to UK Idols winner Will
Young, 1980s favourite Belinda
Carlisle and countless others,
there was much to enjoy.
As the final curtain falls on
Weekend Post, to all the artists
who made this weekend read
one to enjoy, take a bow!

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horse racing
HOLLYWOODBETS KENILWORTH (SATURDAY) Rivals to be Green With Envy
RACECOURSE: Turf. Summer course 2800m in circumference with 11 11 1K8 3K10 6K11 SWEETIE DARLING 2Bf G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 57.5 TOP EARNER: RIO QUERARI (R2 277 662) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: FUTURE VARIETY
600m run-in. Winter course 2700m with 450m run-in. Races up to 12 12 3K12 GOLDEN DESTINY 2Bc D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60 (88%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: SILVER FALCON.
1200m testing straight course (1200m races are occasionally run 13 13 4K8 1K10 5K11 LION RAMPART* 2Bc V H Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60 BETTING: 5-4 THUNDERSTRUCK; 11-2 FUTURE VARIETY; 6-1 BEREAVE; 8-1 RIO QUER-
round the turn, starting on the Summer course and ending on the Same Trainer: (1 & 4 & 11); (6 & 13); (7 & 10). ARI, SURJAY; 10-1 COSMIC HIGHWAY, SILVER FALCON; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
Winter course); beyond 1200m anti-clockwise round turn. DRAW: Low- TOP EARNER: LITTLE BALLERINA (R781 250) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: BANFF (100%) SELECTIONS:
numbers draws slightly preferred all races. Wet going can impact on COMPUTAFORM:..........9-1-3-2 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 9-4-3-10
draw in races down the straight. APPRENTICES (Allowances): W HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: LION RAMPART.
BETTING: 3-1 ROMAN AGENT; 4-1 ONE STRIPE; 5-1 WINDS OF CHANGE; 8-1 SYM- HERALD TIPS: ..............9-10-3-2 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 5-9-2-4
Bambiso, M P Njengele, B Nkunzi, M Sigenu, B Thwalani. PHONY IN WHITE, BANFF, LION RAMPART; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
FIELDS: Runners in following order: Number; Draw; Last 3 runs in SELECTIONS: 16:15 – SplashOut CAPE DERBY (Grade 1) TURF (turn)
order of finishing position, racecourse, distance with most recent run
on right (if underscored, race followed absence of 60 days or more); COMPUTAFORM:..........10-9-8-6 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 9-6-10-13 8 R1,500,000 2000m
Name; Headgear; Age; Colour; Sex; Trainer; Jockey; Weight. RACE- HERALD TIPS: ..............10-13-9-6 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 9-10-6-11
1 1 3K18 4K14 0K16 WILLIE JOHN 3Bc B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60
COURSE ABBREVIATIONS: B - Vaal Classic; b - barrier trial; D - Dur- 2 2 9K18 1K18 3K18 HARAJUKU 3Grc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 60
banville; E - Fairview Polytrack; F - Fairview; G - Greyville; N - Greyville 13:50 – CAPE TURF CLUB CAPE B STAKES TURF (turn)
Polytrack; K - Kenilworth (new); W - Kenilworth (old); R - Randjiesfon- 4 R155,000 1400m 3 3 2K12 7K16 2K16 COASTAL COMMANDER 3Bg V H Marshall . . . . B Fayd’Herbe 60
4 4 1K16 1K18 9K16 BEACH BOMB 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .A Domeyer 57.5
tein; S - Scottsville; P - Scottsville Inside; T - Turffontein (standside);
J - Turffontein (inside); V - Vaal (inside & outside); X - Overseas; Y 1 1 1D16 1K16 5K18 MAGIC VERSE 3Bc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 57 5 5 6K12 1K14 8K18 ORIENTAL CHARM 3Bc B Crawford . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 60
- Flamingo Park; Z - Zimbabwe. Headgear: *=Blinkers; !=Pacifiers; 2 2 4P15 6D12 6K16 CHEEKY LADDIE 4Grg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . A Andrews 57 6 6 3K16 4K16 1K18 GREEN WITH ENVY 3Bc D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60
#=Blinkers/Pacifiers; ‡=Visor; §=Cheek Pieces; ^=Hood; %=Blinkers/ 3 3 1D16 1K16 4K14 POMODORO’S JET 5Bg B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 58.5 7 7 1K16 3K16 0K16 HLUHLUWE 3Bc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 60
Compression Hood; >=Cheekpieces/Compression Hood; &=Pacifiers / 4 4 1D12 7K12 5K14 CAFE CULTURE 4Bg L V Woodruff . . . . . . . . . . . B Fayd’Herbe 61.5 8 8 2D14 2K16 1K16 RAPIDASH 3Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 60
Compression Hood; $=Cheekpieces/Pacifiers; <=Earmuffs. 5 5 1K14 1K14 8K14 INNAMORARE 4Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 58.5 9 9 4K14 4K14 5K16 INFRARED 3Chc B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 60
TAB BETS ON THIS RACE MEETING = ALL RACES: Win, Place, 6 6 2K12 0K12 3K14 USA’S HOPE 4Chg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 60 Same Trainer: (1 & 5 & 9); (2 & 7 & 8).
Swinger, Exacta, Trifecta, Quartet, Rolling Double (Races 1-2; 2-3; 7 7 2P14 2K14 0K14 BEYONDTHEBOUNDARY 5Bg P B Muscutt . . . . . . .D Muscutt 57 TOP EARNER: RAPIDASH (R5 148 575) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: BEACH BOMB (71%)
8 8 7D18 9K16 6K14 WICCAN WARRIOR 4Bg G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . . . C Orffer 60 BETTING: 15-10 GREEN WITH ENVY; 3-1 HLUHLUWE; 7-2 BEACH BOMB; 11-2 RAPI-
3-4 etc) and Pick 3 (Races 1-3; 2-4; 3-5 etc) AND Bipot (RACES DASH; 10-1 COASTAL COMMANDER; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
2-7), Place Accumulator (RACES 3-9), Pick 6 (RACES 4-9), 9 9 1K14 8K14 5K12 CHARLIE CROKER 4Bg C Bass-Robinson . . . . . R Danielson 61.5 SELECTIONS:
Jackpot (RACES 5-8; 7-10) All bets R1 unit; minimum bet in TABs 10 10 6K12 5K16 1K14 BIG UNIT 3Bc B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 52.5
R6 except SWINGER minimum bet R2. EACHWAY bet of R3 Win COMPUTAFORM:..........6-4-8-7 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 6-4-7-8
11 11 5D12 1K14 4K14 SOLOMONS SEAL 3Bg A E Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 57 HERALD TIPS: ..............4-6-7-3 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 6-5-8-9
and R3 Place, as well as 3-horse EXACTA or TRIFECTA Box or 12 12 7K14 9K14 4F14 SUN DAZED 5Bg C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 58.5
4-horse SWINGER Box for R6 total cost can be taken. Minimum
13 13 0D14 8K14 7K12 STEADFAST 3Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 51 16:50 – CAPE RACING CLASS 4 (F & M) TURF (straight)
bet online R1. TAB PICK 6 Rule: If first-timer wins, first horse to
finish of those to have run before also qualifies. TAB PLACE Rules: 14 14 7K14 2K14 2K14 FIBONACCI 3Bg V H Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 55.5 9 R135,000 1200m
Less than 6 runners no Place betting; 6-7 runners payouts FIRST, Same Trainer: (1 & 5 & 13); (2 & 6); (3 & 10); (9 & 12).
SECOND; 8-15 runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD; 16 or more TOP EARNER: CHARLIE CROKER (R406 700) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: MAGIC VERSE 1 1 1G12 7K16 PRITTI VICTORY 3Chf G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60
runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. Fractional betting: (80%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS OFF: CAFE CULTURE. 2 2 1K10 2K11 DAME OF TRIX 3Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 58
Trifecta, Quartet, Bipot, PA, Pick 6, Jackpot. ALL TO COME (WIN BETTING: 9-4 POMODORO’S JET; 6-1 CAFE CULTURE; 7-1 INNAMORARE; 8-1 MAGIC 3 3 0D14 6K12 5K14 TICKET TO VEGAS 3Chf R Maingard . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 57
or PLACE) any 2 or more races. 4Racing TAB Betting form: VERSE, FIBONACCI; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. 4 4 6D14 7D14 0K16 GREEN VALKYRIE 3Bf G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 56
mark WEST CAPE oval. Gold Circle: mark WCP oval. TV: Races SELECTIONS: 5 5 1G14 5K12 0K14 RANI OF JHANSI 3Bf G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Orffer 57
1-10 RACING 240 (ch 240 DStv); Races 1-10 GLOBAL RACING 1 COMPUTAFORM:..........3-5-4-6 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 3-4-1-5 6 6 4D14 2K12 8K12 MIA’S HARPER^< 3Grf D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 59.5
(in TABs & live stream www.4racing.tv) HERALD TIPS: ..............3-1-6-4 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 3-5-9-7
7 7 1K12 3K11 7K12 TRES CHIC* 3Bf J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 57.5
8 8 5D14 8K16 1K12 NORDIC QUEST 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . . .A Domeyer 61
12:05 – Hollywoodbets MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE TURF 14:25 – PONGRACZ JET MASTER STAKES (Listed) TURF (turn)
1 (straight) R150,000 1200m
5 R250,000 1600m
9 9 0K16 9K16 8K12 WINTER FROLIC 3Bf P Botha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Steyn 54.5
10 10 3E12 7E10 8K14 BAUBLES AND BEADS 4Bf L Gila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Mjoka 60
1 1 1W16 9D20 0D18 SOMERSET MAUGHAM 6Bg J S Snaith . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 54 11 11 0K14 2K11 3K12 GIMMETHEWALTZ 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . M Winnaar 59.5
1 1 RHYDIAN 2Bc D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60
12 12 1D12 0D14 4K12 GIRL LIKE US< 3Chf P D Reeves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Ashby 60.5 Green With Envy is enjoying the increase in distance and will be hard to beat in the Grade 1
2 2 2K11 ZANTHAR 2Chc M/A Azzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Fourie 60 2 2 5D18 7K18 8K18 BARATHEON 5Bg P Botha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Steyn 51
3 3 0D12 5K14 0K14 CAPTAIN FONTANE 6Bg V H Marshall . . . . . . . . B Fayd’Herbe 60 13 13 6D14 0K14 2K12 PINEAPPLEMINTGREEN 3Bf A E Sands . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 59 SplashOut Cape Derby over 2 000m at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth today. Picture: Wayne Marks
3 3 6K11 LONELY AS A CLOUD 2Bc C Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 60
4 4 1G12 4K12 6K14 QUASIFORSURE 5Bg P B Muscutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60 14 14 9D12 4K12 5K12 DOUBLE DREAM* 5Bm V H Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . .O Noach 58
4 4 4K10 4K10 3K11 UN BEL DI 2Bc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 60
5 5 8K10 GIMMETHEGOODLIFE 2Bc G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . K Matsunyane 60 5 5 1D18 4K18 1F16 GOLD POKER GAME 4Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . .G Wright 54.5 15 15 0K16 4K14 3K14 RED MOON RISING* 3Bf J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 57.5 THERE has been a view ex- off against Hluhluwe and fourth, beaten just over two
6 6 0D16 2K16 2K14 FUTURE PRINCE 5Bg B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 51 16 16 3K10 3K12 1K12 GREAT CAT 4Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 58 pressed by a number of pun- Green With Envy, who finished
6 6 FRENCH FLAME 2Bg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . A Andrews 60
17 17 4D12 7K10 1K14 NILE THE BOSS 3Bf A N Marcus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 57
lengths.
7 7 A BIT CHILLY 2Bc D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C Bantam 60 7 7 6K16 3K16 8K20 ROYAL AUSSIE 4Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 60
8 8 6D14 8D24 7K18 RUNAWAY SONG 5Bg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . A Andrews 60 Same Trainer: (1 & 5); (2 & 16); (7 & 15); (8 & 11). dits that the leading three- third and fourth respectively That is why he looked a near
8 8 4K11 WORLDLY 2Chc G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 60 TOP EARNER: GREAT CAT (R217 012) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: DAME OF TRIX (100%)
9 9 9K10 EL CAPITAN 2Bc G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Danielson 60 9 9 0D14 3D18 0K18 PONTE PIETRA 4Bg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 54 year-old fillies are better than in the Cape Guineas. certainty when going up to
HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: TRES CHIC; DOUBLE DREAM; RED MOON
10 10 6K10 SHOWGIRL 2Bf P B Muscutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 57.5 Same Trainer: (1 & 7); (8 & 9).
RISING. the top colts. Candice Bass-Robinson’s 1 800m in the Grade 3 Politician
TOP EARNER: ROYAL AUSSIE (R5 665 112) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: PONTE PIETRA (80%)
11 11 0K10 MAURITIUS KESTREL 2Bc B Crawford . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 60 BETTING: 9-4 ROYAL AUSSIE; 4-1 QUASIFORSURE; 9-2 FUTURE PRINCE; 5-1 PONTE BETTING: 9-2 DAME OF TRIX; 6-1 MIA’S HARPER, NORDIC QUEST; 8-1 PRITTI VIC- It is difficult to make com- charge has not only won Stakes even though he carried
12 12 ISIVIVANE 2Bc P B Muscutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 60 TORY, PINEAPPLEMINTGREEN; 10-1 GIRL LIKE US; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
PIETRA; 7-1 CAPTAIN FONTANE; 8-1 BARATHEON; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
SELECTIONS: parisons but while the likes against her own age group but joint top weight. He won that
13 13 2K10 2K12 TALK TO THE MASTER 2Bc V H Marshall . . . . . B Fayd’Herbe 60 SELECTIONS:
14 14 9K10 TORRES 2Bc V H Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O Noach 60 COMPUTAFORM:..........7-4-5-3 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 7-6-4-9 COMPUTAFORM:..........2-13-8-14 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 12-8-13-2 of Gimme A Nother and Beach got the better of last season’s impressively and there is no
15 15 0K12 BOMBERS IN THE SKY 2Bc G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 60 HERALD TIPS: ..............1-7-6-3 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 9-2-7-6 HERALD TIPS: ..............7-2-8-1 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 2-14-11-7 Bomb have been outstanding, Equus Horse Of The Year Prin- question Dean Kannemeyer’s
Same Trainer: (1 & 6 & 7); (5 & 9); (8 & 15); (10 & 12); (13 & 14). 17:30 – KHAYA STABLES WORK RIDERS AND JOCKEYS none of the colts or geldings cess Calla to win the Paddock charge will be even better over
TOP EARNER: TALK TO THE MASTER (R278 500) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: ZANTHAR 15:00 – SplashOut PRIX DU CAP (Grade 3) TURF (turn)
(100%) 6 R250,000 1400m
10 CHAMPIONSHIP MAIDEN PLATE TURF (straight) R200,000 has really dominated the Clas- Stakes and that was no mean an additional 200m.
BETTING: 9-4 TALK TO THE MASTER; 7-2 UN BEL DI; 9-2 ZANTHAR; 7-1 WORLDLY; 12-1 1200m sic scene. feat. This son of Gimmethegreen-
AND UPWARDS OTHERS. 1 1 2K18 3K18 0K16 HAPPY CHANCE 4Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 59 1 1 2D14 2D14 2K12 SPEED RACER 3Bg B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 62.5
SELECTIONS: It is difficult to assess how The beautifully bred daugh- light looks well ahead of the
2 2 2D10 4K10 1K12 OCTOBER MORN 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . .A Domeyer 57.5 2 2 3D14 9K12 2K12 NOON DAY GUN* 3Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . M P Njengele 60
COMPUTAFORM:..........4-13-2-8 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 13-2-4-10 3 3 4K11 8K12 5K12 MISS MARGUERITE 4Bf P Steyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 59 3 3 GIFT OF GRACE 3Bg G W Ennion . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 62.5
runners such as Sandringham ter Lancaster Bomber and the handicapper over this sort of
HERALD TIPS: ..............4-13-2-8 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 4-13-11-2 Summit and Main Defender superb Beach Beauty, howev- distance and should give Craig
4 4 2K10 4K12 4K12 SHANTASTIC 4Bf D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60 4 4 SCIMITAR 3Chg P B Muscutt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Sigenu 60
12:40 – SCHWEPPES CAPE FILLIES CLASSIC (Listed) TURF 5 5 0K10 0K12 1K12 RIPPLE EFFECT 3Bf G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 55.5 5 5 3W16 3K12 0K18 APPROACH SHOT 3Bg P Botha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Orffer 62.5 would have performed against er, did blot her copybook last Zackey another Grade 1 suc-
2 (turn) R250,000 1800m 6 6 3K16 0K12 2K16 RASCOVA 3Bf G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 57.5
7 7 1K16 8K18 6K12 ENEMY TERRITORY (IRE) 4Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . .G Wright 58.5
6 6 5D14 3D12 8K12 OTIS THE BRAVE< 4Bg P D Reeves . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 62.5 the likes of Hluhluwe and time with a lacklustre perfor- cess. He could be a banker for
7 7 2S12 5K12 WISSA’S ON FIRE 3Bc G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . . . B Thwalani 60
1 1 3D14 4K14 1K14 SUMMER LILY 3Bf J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 60 8 8 0K16 0K12 3K16 DOUBLE GRAND SLAM 3Bf J S Snaith . . . . . . G van Niekerk 55.5 8 8 0K12 AZZURRI 3Bc L V Woodruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Nkunzi 60 Grade 1 Guineas winner Snow mance in the Grade 1 Majorca smaller punters in the carryo-
2 2 4D16 3K16 1K16 RAINBOW LORIKEET 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . .A Domeyer 60 9 9 4K16 6K12 4K16 GOLDEN HOSTESS* 4Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . A Andrews 60 9 9 3N12 6G14 4P16 CHAMPONELLE 3Bg L V Woodruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 62.5 Pilot, the concern is that eve- Stakes over 1 600m when un- ver Pick 6, which is likely to
3 3 1K20 7K20 8K18 FAMILY POWER* 3Chf G W Ennion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Orffer 60 10 10 2D14 6K16 0K12 DISTANT WINTER 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . R Danielson 56.5 10 10 7K12 3K12 9K12 THE US OF A* 3Bc P P Kruyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W Bambiso 60 ry three-year-old Classic has placed behind Princess Calla. reach R3 million.
4 4 3D16 1K16 3K16 CALLMEGETRIX* 3Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 60 11 11 5D14 4K16 7K12 MRS GERIATRIX 3Chf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 58.5 Same Trainer: (8 & 9).
5 5 1D16 2K16 4K18 FATAL GEM 3Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 60 12 12 1G16 2K12 7K16 ASIYE PHAMBILI 4Bf G van Zyl (Jnr) . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 59 TOP EARNER: SPEED RACER (R146 850) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: SPEED RACER (88%) been won by a different horse. The vet could detect noth- Just a short head in front of
6 6 1D16 4K16 2K16 PRINCESS IZZY 3Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 60 13 13 7D14 8K16 5K11 CALA MURETTA* 3Bf H/M Crawford/Rix . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 57.5 HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: THE US OF A. On the other hand, Beach ing obvious so hopefully it was him came Hluhluwe and it will
7 7 1D20 2D20 1K18 EPIKLEROS 3Bf J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 60 Same Trainer: (1 & 7); (2 & 9 & 10); (5 & 6). BETTING: 5-4 SPEED RACER; 6-1 NOON DAY GUN; 7-1 THE US OF A; 8-1 WISSA’S ON Bomb has performed superbly just one of those inexplicable take a special performance
Same Trainer: (1 & 7); (2 & 4); (5 & 6). TOP EARNER: MRS GERIATRIX (R1 273 875) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: ASIYE PHAMBILI FIRE; 10-1 CHAMPONELLE; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS.
TOP EARNER: CALLMEGETRIX (R237 925) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: CALLMEGETRIX (71%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: CALA MURETTA. SELECTIONS: in all but one of her feature performances that one can from Justin Snaith’s charge to
(86%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: FAMILY POWER. BETTING: 7-2 OCTOBER MORN; 4-1 MRS GERIATRIX; 8-1 RASCOVA, DOUBLE GRAND COMPUTAFORM:..........1-7-10-2 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-2-7-9 races while Gimme A Nother put a line through. She does get the better of Green With
BETTING: 28-10 FATAL GEM; 33-10 SUMMER LILY; 9-2 RAINBOW LORIKEET, SLAM; 10-1 GOLDEN HOSTESS, ASIYE PHAMBILI; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. HERALD TIPS: ..............1-7-2-4 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 1-2-7-10
SELECTIONS: remains unbeaten in four come into the race as the best Envy this time.
CALLMEGETRIX; 5-1 PRINCESS IZZY; 11-2 EPIKLEROS; 10-1 FAMILY POWER
SELECTIONS: COMPUTAFORM:..........11-6-8-2 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-11-6-2 SUGGESTED PERMS & BEST BETS starts. It’s just a pity that she weighted runner by at least Also run at the meeting is
COMPUTAFORM:..........1-5-2-6 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 5-2-1-6 HERALD TIPS: ..............2-5-11-1 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 12-7-9-5 could not get to Cape Town 5.5kg and on paper that makes the Grade 2 Khaya Stables Dia-
HERALD TIPS: ..............1-3-5-2 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 5-6-1-2 BIPOT - R80: Leg 1 (Race 2) = 10, 13; Leg 2 = 1, 3, 4, 5, 6; Leg 3 = 1, 7; Leg 4
15:35 – KHAYA STABLES DIADEM STAKES (Grade 2) TURF
= 2, 5; Leg 5 = 9; Leg 6 = 4, 6; owing to travel restrictions. her the runner to beat. dem Stakes over 1 200m and
13:15 – CITY OF CAPE TOWN CAPE OF GOOD HOPE NURSERY 7 (straight) R600,000 1200m But for the first time, we do But she does face a fast- this should provide bettors
3 (Grade 3) TURF (straight) R1,000,000 1200m
P/A - R48: Leg 1 (Race 3) = 10; Leg 2 = 1, 3, 6; Leg 3 = 1, 7; Leg 4 = 2, 5; Leg
5 = 9; Leg 6 = 4, 6; Leg 7 = 2, 7; have a top filly taking on some improving colt in Green With with another banker as Thun-
1 1 4K11 6K10 4K10 RIO QUERARI 7Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 59
1 1 3K10 6K10 4K12 COMMANDING 2Chc G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 60 2 2 2K11 3K12 6K10 SURJAY 5Bg B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 59 PICK 6 - R1152: Leg 1 (Race 4) = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Leg 2 = 1, 3, 6, 7; Leg 3 = 1, 2, of the best colts in today’s Envy. The more I watch a re- derstruck will take a power
2 2 1K12 SYMPHONY IN WHITE 2Bf C Bass-Robinson . . . . .A Domeyer 57.5 3 3 3K11 4K10 3K10 BEREAVE 6Bg A N Marcus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Orffer 60 5, 11; Leg 4 = 9; Leg 5 = 4, 6, 7; Leg 6 = 1, 2, 7, 8; Grade 1 SplashOut Cape Derby play of the Cape Guineas, the of beating. He has been in top
3 3 CAPTAIN NACHO 2Bc L Gila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Mjoka 60 4 4 3D16 1K12 7K16 COSMIC HIGHWAY 5Bg D Kannemeyer . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60 over 2 000m at Hollywoodbets form in the Cape so far with
4 4 1K10 4K10 0K11 WHISTLE THE TUNE 2Bf G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . L Mxothwa 57.5 JACKPOT 1 - R48: Leg 1 (Race 5) = 1, 3, 6, 7; Leg 2 = 1, 2, 5, 11; Leg 3 = 9; more I lament on his bad for-
5 5 8K18 0K18 9K20 WATERBERRY LANE 5Bg R Maingard . . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 59
5 5 7K10 1K12 LITTLE BALLERINA 2Bf C Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G Wright 57.5 6 6 0K11 4K14 9K10 WE’RE JAMMING 4Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . J P v’d Merwe 59
Leg 4 = 4, 6, 7; Kenilworth. tune. He already had a wide two wins and a close second in
6 6 5K10 1K12 ONE STRIPE 2Bc V H Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B Fayd’Herbe 60 7 7 2K12 0K16 4K12 COUNTDOWN 4Bg G S Kotzen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 59 JACKPOT 2 - R12: Leg 1 (Race 7) = 9; Leg 2 = 4, 6, 7; Leg 3 = 1, 2, 7, 8; Beach Bomb, winner of two draw to start with and was his three races. He is probably
7 7 5K8 1K10 3K12 HANDSOME PRINCE 2Bc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . .D Muscutt 60 8 8 4D12 7K12 3K14 SILVER FALCON* 5Bg J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 59 Leg 4 = 1; Grade 1 races – the Cape Fil- then taken out at the start. He at his best over this distance
8 8 1K10 BANFF 2Bc A E Sands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S Veale 60 9 9 1K11 1K10 2K10 THUNDERSTRUCK* 4Bc S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 59
9 9 2K11 WINDS OF CHANGE 2Bc M/A Azzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 60 BEST BET: Race 7 = 9 Thunderstruck BEST VALUE: Race 9 = 7 Tres lies Guineas and the Paddock turned into the straight at the and Richard Fourie riding for
10 10 1K12 2K12 2K10 FUTURE VARIETY 3Chg C Bass-Robinson . . . . . . M Winnaar 56
10 10 2K10 1K10 1K11 ROMAN AGENT 2Grc J S Snaith . . . . . . . . . . . G van Niekerk 60 Same Trainer: (1 & 6 & 8). Chic BEST SWINGER: Race 1 = 4x13 Stakes - over 1 600m and back of the field but made up Sean Tarry is a formidable
1 800m respectfully, will face ground hand over fist to run combination. – 4RACING

TURFFONTEIN STANDSIDE (SUNDAY) FAIRVIEW TURF RESULTS (FRIDAY)

RACECOURSE: Turf. 2700m oval track. Races up to 1160m straight 6 1 4T10 STARS AND BRA’S 2Bf F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 60 6 7 4T14 3B12 3J14 RICHARD THE FIRST* 3Bg F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . .M K Katjedi 52 FAIRVIEW RACE 1 3RD: 7 Aerial View (S Naidoo). 4TH: Pick 3: Dividend: R126.30 Winning
course; beyond 1160m clockwise round turn with 800m run-in. Track 7 4 3T11 TOO LATE MY MATE 2Bf A G Laird . . . . . . . . . D De Gouveia 60 7 3 1B12 1T11 2T11 ONE FELL SWOOP 3Bf A P Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . .K A Brewer 51.5 WELCOME TO NELSON MANDELA 2 Unyielding (R Fourie). Numbers: leg 1: 11. leg 2: 7. leg
rises 12m from 1600m to 800m marks, making it most testing circuit in 8 6 WORLD OF ALICE 2Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 60 8 1 5J14 4T10 2B12 CALLMEWHENUNEEDME 3Bf S T Pettigrew . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 51.5 BAY MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE TAB Win: R5.10. Places: R1.60; 3: 1.
SA. DRAW: Low-number draws favoured over 1400m and to a lesser Same Trainer: (4 & 5). 1200m R72 000 R1.80; R6.70. Swingers: 4-11 BiPot: Net Pool: R199140.27 Tickets:
extent 1600m. APPRENTICES (Allowances): M K Katjedi, T Mayhew 9 9 9V12 8B16 4T11 HALBERDIER* 3Bg B B Ruiters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J R Syster 50
TOP EARNER: INTRO (R21 250) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: LADY OF TIBET (100%) Same Trainer: None. 1ST: 10 Silvonian (C Zackey). 2ND: R3.50; 7-11 R15.90; 4-7 R15.80. 6405.42. Dividend: R31.00 Winning
(4.0), N Nastili (4.0). BETTING: 7-2 MOTHER CITY, TOO LATE MY MATE; 4-1 INTRO; 6-1 STARS AND BRA’S; 6 Gorgeous Klein (L Mxothwa). Exacta: 11-4 R18.10. Trifecta: 11-4-7
FIELDS: Runners in following order: Number; Draw; Last 3 runs in TOP EARNER: LUCKY LAD (R900 000) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: LUCKY LAD (80%) HEAD- Numbers: leg 1: 6,10. leg 2: 1,8. leg
7-1 LADY OF TIBET, QUEEN OF LOVE; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. GEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: RICHARD THE FIRST; HALBERDIER. NO ALUMITES: 3RD: 5 Global State (M Yeni). 4TH: 9 R414.10. Quartet: 11-4-7-2 R1965.00. 3: 1,3,4. leg 4: 4,11. leg 5: 7,8. leg
order of finishing position, racecourse, distance with most recent run SELECTIONS:
on right (if underscored, race followed absence of 60 days or more); ZIYASHA (al’front). My Best Shot (R Fourie). Tote Favourite: 2 Unyielding. 6: 1,8.
COMPUTAFORM:..........7-3-1-6 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 3-1-7-5 BETTING: 12-10 LUCKY LAD; 9-2 ZIYASHA, CULLINAN BLUE, ONE FELL SWOOP; 12-1 TAB Win: R1.90. Places: R1.00; Scratched: Nil.
Name; Headgear; Age; Colour; Sex; Trainer; Jockey; Weight. RACE- HERALD TIPS: ..............7-5-3-2 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 7-3-6-1
COURSE ABBREVIATIONS: B - Vaal Classic; b - barrier trial; D - Dur- AND UPWARDS OTHERS. R1.40; R3.40. Swingers: 6-10 R1.30; Winner: 5 Gr m Time Thief (AUS) FAIRVIEW RACE 7
banville; E - Fairview Polytrack; F - Fairview; G - Greyville; N - Greyville SELECTIONS: 5-10 R3.30; 5-6 R5.60. Exacta: 10-6 - Figure Of Grey (AUS). Owned by: LADY'S PENDANT (Listed) 1200m
Polytrack; K - Kenilworth (new); W - Kenilworth (old); R - Randjiesfon- 14:00 – TAB BAUHINIA HANDICAP TURF (straight) R150,000 COMPUTAFORM:..........1-2-4-7 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-2-7-3 R4.30. Trifecta: 10-6-5 R17.90. Mr Dennis Armstrong & Miss K
tein; S - Scottsville; P - Scottsville Inside; T - Turffontein (standside); 4 1000m HERALD TIPS: ..............2-1-8-7 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 8-5-6-7 Quartet: 10-6-5-9 R57.60. Mitchley. Trained by: K Mitchley.
R150 000
1ST: 10 Three Rocks (R Fourie).
J - Turffontein (inside); V - Vaal (inside & outside); X - Overseas; Y Tote Favourite: 10 Silvonian. Won by: 1.75; 0.5; 1.5; Time: 97.54 2ND: 7 Esther (X Ndlovu (carded)).
- Flamingo Park; Z - Zimbabwe. Headgear: *=Blinkers; !=Pacifiers; 1 4 1J10 1T10 1T10 GOLDEN SICKLE 3Bf A P Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 62.5 Scratched: Nil. sec. 3RD: 11 Golden Pacific (M Yeni).
#=Blinkers/Pacifiers; ‡=Visor; §=Cheek Pieces; ^=Hood; %=Blinkers/ 2 2 1B10 2T10 1T11 TROPPO VELOCE 3Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Khumalo 58.5 16:20 – RACING240 FOR RACING. FOR YOU MR 68 HANDICAP Winner: 2 Ch c Horizon - Miracle
Compression Hood; >=Cheekpieces/Compression Hood; &=Pacifiers / 3 1 9T11 8T10 8J12 FLOWERBOMB^ 4Bf C Spies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Maujean 58 8 TURF (straight) R85,000 1160m Play (IRE). Owned by: YDJ Trading
Then came: 10 Metar.6 Twice
To Heaven.5 Lady Tiptree.1
4TH: 12 Summer Odyssey (C
Maujean).
Compression Hood; $=Cheekpieces/Pacifiers; <=Earmuffs. 4 3 8T10 3T11 4T11 MYTHICAL DREAM 4Bf J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 52 (Pty) Ltd (Nom:Yavonqa de Jonge). Chroniclesofnania.3 Mel's
1 9 6B10 7V12 4B12 LIL MISS MONEYBAGS 4Bf R Klaasen . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 62 TAB Win: R1.90. Places: R1.40;
5 5 3B10 6T10 0T11 ON CUE* 5Bm P F Matchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 52 Trained by: G D Smith. Princess.8 Kabon Kapi.9 Desert R3.40; R1.30. Swingers: 7-10 R5.60;
TAB BETS ON THIS RACE MEETING = ALL RACES: Win, Place, Same Trainer: None. 2 7 8B12 9V10 0B14 SUPER AGRA* 6Bg C J Lensley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Mayhew 61.5
Swinger, Exacta, Trifecta, Quartet, Rolling Double (Races 1-2; 2-3; Won by: 2.25; 0.25; 1.25; Time: Rose. 10-11 R2.00; 7-11 R7.00. Exacta:
TOP EARNER: GOLDEN SICKLE (R575 538) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: GOLDEN SICKLE 3 2 3B12 6J14 1T11 VAN MEIJEL* 4Bg S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60.5 68.65 sec. Double: Dividend: R29.50 Winning
3-4 etc) and Pick 3 (Races 1-3; 2-4; 3-5 etc) AND Bipot (RACES 4 1 8B12 4B14 3N14 GOLDEN ASPEN 5Bm C Spies . . . . . . . . . . . . . M V’Rensburg 60 10-7 R20.20. Trifecta: 10-7-11
2-7), Place Accumulator (RACES 3-9), Pick 6 (RACES 4-9), (82%) Then came: 8 Mister Speaker.3 Numbers: leg 1: 4. leg 2: 11.
BETTING: 7-10 GOLDEN SICKLE; 2-1 TROPPO VELOCE; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. 5 4 4B14 4B14 0T11 WRITTEN IN STONE 8Bg B Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N Klink 55 R74.60. Quartet: 10-7-11-12 R770.70.
Jackpot (RACES 5-8; 6-9) All bets R1 unit; minimum bet in TABs Deco Var.7 King's Sailor.2 Cool Pick 3: Dividend: R97.80 Winning Tote Favourite: 10 Three Rocks.
SELECTIONS: 6 6 4B12 6T11 1J12 TWICE AS WILD* 5Bm G J Maroun . . . . . . . . . .SCRATCHED 54.5
R6 except SWINGER minimum bet R2. EACHWAY bet of R3 Win Cat.1 Brad Bown.4 Global Chief. Numbers: leg 1: 1. leg 2: 4. leg 3: Scratched: Nil.
and R3 Place, as well as 3-horse EXACTA or TRIFECTA Box or COMPUTAFORM:..........1-2-3-4 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-2-3-5 7 8 3N14 7G12 4N14 CAN’T CATCH ME 4Bf B Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . .K A Brewer 54
HERALD TIPS: ..............1-2-4-3 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 1-2-3-5 11. Winner: 3 Ch f Heavenly Blue (AUS)
4-horse SWINGER Box for R6 total cost can be taken. Minimum 8 10 8B14 6B10 2J10 RED CARPET GIRL 5Bm F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . . . . J R Syster 53.5 FAIRVIEW RACE 2
bet online R1. TAB PICK 6 Rule: If first-timer wins, first horse to - Rockie Bright (GB). Owned by:
9 5 8B12 0B12 0J14 BLUE WATERS 4Bf J A Visser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 52 RACEHORSE OWNERS FAIRVIEW RACE 5 ASSM Racing Syndicate (Nom: Mr
finish of those to have run before also qualifies. TAB PLACE Rules: 14:35 – PLAY SOCCER 6, 10 AND 13 FM 74 HANDICAP (F & M)
Less than 6 runners no Place betting; 6-7 runners payouts FIRST, 5 TURF (turn) R85,000 1400m
10 3 9V12 0V14 0J15 BRIDGE OF SPIES 8Bg D C Pretorius . . . . . . . . . . . . N Nastili 52
Same Trainer: (5 & 7).
ASSOCIATION OPEN MAIDEN (F &
M) 1400m R66 000
RACING240 FOR RACING. FOR YOU
PINNACLE STAKES 1800m R100
A Chadha). Trained by: A C Greeff.
SECOND; 8-15 runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD; 16 or more TOP EARNER: GOLDEN ASPEN (R552 375) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: VAN MEIJEL (50%) Won by: 1; 1.25; 0.25; Time: 67.01
1 3 0T14 7J12 7J14 LOLLAPALOOZA* 5Bm J A Visser . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Schwarz 61.5 1ST: 1 Sea Of Tears (K J Lihaba). 000 sec.
runners FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH. Fractional betting: HEADGEAR CHANGE: CHEEK PIECES OFF: CAN’T CATCH ME.
Trifecta, Quartet, Bipot, PA, Pick 6, Jackpot. ALL TO COME (WIN 2 6 2V17 7B12 1B14 PRINCESS ILARIA 4Bf F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . . . . . S Khumalo 61.5 2ND: 8 My True Love (R Fourie). 1ST: 7 Peace In Our World (K J Then came: 1 Gimme's Lassie.3
BETTING: 5-2 VAN MEIJEL; 7-2 GOLDEN ASPEN; 6-1 LIL MISS MONEYBAGS, RED 3RD: 4 Winning Grace (D B Lihaba). 2ND: 8 Brenden James
or PLACE) any 2 or more races. 4Racing TAB Betting form: 3 2 0B10 1T11 4S12 WESTERN WISHES 4Bf L Karriem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 61 CARPET GIRL; 8-1 WRITTEN IN STONE, CAN’T CATCH ME; 10-1 TWICE AS WILD; 12-1 Sister Light.4 Chere For Me.9
mark TURF oval. Gold Circle: mark GTG oval. TV: Races 1-9 4 1 3J14 1J16 8V16 HEART PEAKS 3Bf R R Sage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 60 Geerthsen). 4TH: 6 Hat's Miracle (D (M Yeni). 3RD: 12 Light Without (K Rose For Trippi.6 La Pura Vida.8
AND UPWARDS OTHERS. Ashby). Minnie). 4TH: 5 Jaeger Moon (S
RACING 240 (ch 240 DStv); Races 1-9 GLOBAL RACING 1 (in 5 4 5T16 0T16 0V16 QUE CEU AZUL* 4Bf J A Soma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Maujean 59.5 SELECTIONS: European Summer.5 Bonnaroo.2
TABs & live stream www.4racing.tv) COMPUTAFORM:..........1-3-4-8 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-4-3-8 TAB Win: R1.90. Places: R1.20; Naidoo). Pinnacle.
6 7 4V12 1T11 0T11 HILLARY STEP 3Bf D N Stenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Mayhew 58
HERALD TIPS: ..............8-1-3-4 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 8-6-7-1 R1.30; R1.50. Swingers: 1-8 R1.50; TAB Win: R10.80. Places: R3.40; Double: Dividend: R2.90 Winning
7 11 8J14 0J20 0V16 WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE 5Bm T Zackey . . . . D De Gouveia 58 1-4 R2.60; 4-8 R3.40. Exacta: 1-8 R2.30; R11.50. Swingers: 7-8 Numbers: leg 1: 1. leg 2: 10.
12:15 – 4RACING WELCOMES YOU MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE 8 5 6B12 5B12 7B14 MISS SHAIVI 3Bf S T Pettigrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 56
1 TURF (straight) R100,000 1000m 9 8 4V10 7J10 7B10 EMPRESS GAME* 4Bf F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 55.5
16:55 – NEXT TURFFONTEIN RACEMEETING THURSDAY 29
R5.80. Trifecta: 1-8-4 R19.50.
Quartet: 1-8-4-6 R135.00.
R11.30; 7-12 R54.20; 8-12 R38.40.
Exacta: 7-8 R110.70. Trifecta:
Pick 3: Dividend: R36.90 Winning
10 10 6J18 4J16 8B20 PRINCESS AZARIAH§ 3Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 54 Numbers: leg 1: 7. leg 2: 1. leg 3:
1 3 2T10 CYMRIC 2Bc J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 60 11 9 8V16 5V17 8B15 SOLO DIVA^ 4Bf T Zackey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M K Katjedi 52 9 FEBRUARY FM 86 HANDICAP (F & M) TURF (straight) R110,000 Tote Favourite: 1 Sea Of Tears.
Scratched: Nil.
7-8-12 R3152.10. Quartet: 7-8-12-5
R70533.80.
10.
2 1 GEAR SHIFT 2Bc W H Marwing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Khumalo 60 Same Trainer: (2 & 9); (7 & 11). 1000m Jackpot: Net Pool: R220389.49
Winner: 4 B f Crusade (USA) Tote Favourite: 1 Grazinginthegrass.
3 2 I BELONG 2Bc R R Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 60 TOP EARNER: LOLLAPALOOZA (R307 625) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: HEART PEAKS (50%) 1 8 3B12 1B12 6T11 THERE SHE GOES 5Bm W H Marwing . . . . . . . . . . . N Nastili 60 Tickets: 692.03. Dividend: R318.40
- Flowers Of Spring. Owned Scratched: Nil.
4 5 LEGEND OF ARTHUR 2Bc S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60 HEADGEAR CHANGE: CHEEK PIECES ON: PRINCESS AZARIAH. 2 3 0V10 2T10 2B10 VIRGINIA BEACH 3Bf A P Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 59 Winning Numbers: leg 1: 11. leg 2:
by: Messrs L A Marques & S D Winner: 5 B g Ideal World (USA) -
5 6 MOUNT PINATUBO 2Grc J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . ............... 60 BETTING: 5-2 PRINCESS ILARIA, WESTERN WISHES; 6-1 HEART PEAKS; 8-1 LOL- 3 6 4P14 9N14 4V12 NATIONAL STAR* 4Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 58 7. leg 3: 1. leg 4: 10.
LAPALOOZA; 10-1 MISS SHAIVI; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. Osborne. Trained by: K Mitchley. Our Lady Peace. Owned by: Messrs
6 4 SPY STORY 2Bc S J Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Schwarz 60 4 12 1B10 2V10 9T10 WHITE HILLS 3Bf R R Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S Khumalo 57 Won by: 1.25; 0.75; 0.5; Time: 85.83 T P Zackey, L de Lange, J M T
7 7 8T8 IGNITETHELIGHT 2Bf J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . . . ............... 57.5 SELECTIONS: FAIRVIEW RACE 8
COMPUTAFORM:..........3-2-1-8 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 3-1-2-4 5 1 1T11 3T11 5J12 VIRGIN RIVER 4Bf A G Laird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D De Gouveia 57 sec. Fourie, D C Burroughs, Mrs S M
Same Trainer: (1 & 5 & 7). 6 7 3B10 1B12 1B10 NETTLETON*< 4Chf J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 56.5 Then came: 7 Nairobi.9 Botha & Future Racing Syndicate NEXT FAIRVIEW RACEMEETING
TOP EARNER: CYMRIC (R27 000) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: CYMRIC (100%) HERALD TIPS: ..............2-4-3-9 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 9-3-8-4 FRIDAY 1 MARCH MR 96 HANDICAP
BETTING: NO FORECAST AVAILABLE 7 5 4B12 3B12 2J12 WOMEN OF FAME 3Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 55.5 Countessofthestars.5 Azimuth.3 (Nom: Mr A Gopaul). Trained by: G
Keenonkelly.2 Kamaria. D Smith. 1200m R98 000
SELECTIONS: 15:10 – SA CLASSIC 2 MARCH FOR BOOKINGS CALL 011 681 8 11 3V12 1T11 3B14 WORK OF TIME 3Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 55.5
COMPUTAFORM:..........1-4-2-3 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 1-4-5-2 6 1796 MIDDLE STAKES TURF (turn) R135,000 1400m 9 4 1V10 1B10 8T11 HAPPY ANALIA 3Bf C J Lensley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 55 Double: Dividend: R4.70 Winning
Numbers: leg 1: 10. leg 2: 1.
Won by: 0.25; 0.5; 0.5; Time: 109.79 1ST: 9 The Winter Lake (M Yeni).
2ND: 1 Smorgasbord (K J Lihaba).
HERALD TIPS: ..............4-1-6-2 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 1-2-3-4 10 2 3T11 1J10 0T11 ARTICUNO< 3Chf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M K Katjedi 54.5 sec.
Then came: 10 Sequoia.1 3RD: 3 Teatro (K Minnie). 4TH: 7
1 7 6T10 2B14 0J14 WINTER STORIES 6Bg F P Habib . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Mayhew 62 11 10 5B10 3B12 2T11 LAW OF SUCCESS* 4Bf P F Matchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 53
FAIRVIEW RACE 3 Grazinginthegrass.3 Zatara Whatever Next (R Fourie).
12:50 – TAKE A BET WINA NUMBA NUMBA MAIDEN JUVENILE 2 5 8T14 4B16 1J14 LAGUNA VERDE* 4Bg M N Houdalakis . . . . . . . . . . C Zackey 62 12 9 0V10 4B10 4J10 WINGS OF NIKE 5Bm S M Naidoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Maujean 53
2 PLATE (Fillies) TURF (straight) R100,000 1000m 3 4 3B12 1T14 5T14 TEXAS RED 4Chg R Klaasen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 62 Same Trainer: (3 & 7); (8 & 10). PLAY SOCCER 6, 10 AND 13
MAIDEN PLATE 1400m R70 000
Magic.11 Spin Doctor.2 Cherry
Ano.14 Magical Midlands.9 Find Me
TAB Win: R3.50. Places: R1.50;
R1.80; R3.80. Swingers: 1-9 R3.20;
4 1 6J20 7B18 7J20 FLASHY APACHE* 5Bg T Zackey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Schwarz 60 TOP EARNER: THERE SHE GOES (R367 688) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: WORK OF TIME
1 8 FALCON HILL 2Bf R R Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Mayhew 60 1ST: 4 Destiny's Angel (M Yeni). Unafraid.15 My Boy Reecey.4 Hold 3-9 R7.80; 1-3 R7.30. Exacta: 9-1
5 11 1B16 1T16 1P14 CELESTIAL CITY* 5Bh S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 58 (100%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS ON: LAW OF SUCCESS.
BETTING: 6-1 THERE SHE GOES, NETTLETON, WOMEN OF FAME, WORK OF TIME; 8-1 2ND: 3 Run For Me (L Mxothwa). My Hand.6 Fight Song.13 Wildest R15.60. Trifecta: 9-1-3 R125.20.
2 7 4B10 GAELIC DANCER 2Bf R Klaasen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 60 6 6 2V1475 3T14 7T16 FUNKY MUSIC* 6Bg P F Matchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N Nastili 58
VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGIN RIVER, LAW OF SUCCESS; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. 3RD: 2 War Sword (C Maujean). Dreams. Quartet: 9-1-3-7 R298.70.
3 1 6T8 5B10 3B10 GOLDEN CHANDELIER 2Chf A P Peter . . . . . . . . . . . C Habib 60 7 2 5J20 2B24 9T11 TOP SAIL 4Bg P F Matchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 58
SELECTIONS: 4TH: 6 Come On You Spurs (D Double: Dividend: R65.10 Winning Tote Favourite: 7 Whatever Next.
4 3 3T8 2T11 KINDRED HEART< 2Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 60 8 10 3T14 4V1475 8T16 BRAVE VIKING 4Bg J A Soma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Maujean 56 Scratched: 4 Acorn.
5 5 TIPPERARY 2Bf P F Matchett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P Mxoli 60 COMPUTAFORM:..........1-7-8-2 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 2-5-6-8 Ashby). Numbers: leg 1: 11. leg 2: 7.
9 8 2T14 1J12 1T11 MID WINTER WIND 3Bg S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 54 HERALD TIPS: ..............2-1-7-11 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 11-1-6-9 Winner: 3 B g What A Winter -
6 4 5T10 VALIEVA 2Bf F Bronkhorst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C Maujean 60 TAB Win: R3.30. Places: R1.10; Pick 3: Dividend: R277.40 Winning
10 3 4J18 2J20 8T20 TOTAL SURRENDER 4Bg M N Houdalakis . . . M V’Rensburg 54 R1.00; R1.20. Swingers: 3-4 R1.00; Maureen De Lago (AUS). Owned
7 6 VARVARA 2Bf S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 60 Numbers: leg 1: 4. leg 2: 11. leg
11 9 7B16 5V20 2B16 BOB’S YOUR UNCLE* 4Bg M N Houdalakis . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 54 2-4 R1.80; 2-3 R1.40. Exacta: 4-3 3: 7. by: Messrs B J Fegen, H Adams & G
8 2 WINNING BEAUTY 2Bf W H Marwing . . . . . . . . . . . S Khumalo 60 Same Trainer: (2 & 10 & 11); (5 & 9); (6 & 7). SUGGESTED PERMS & BEST BETS D Smith. Trained by: G D Smith.
Same Trainer: None. TOP EARNER: WINTER STORIES (R993 875) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: MID WINTER WIND R5.80. Trifecta: 4-3-2 R10.70.
Quartet: 4-3-2-6 R23.30. FAIRVIEW RACE 6 Won by: 1.25; 1.25; 0.5; Time: 67.28
TOP EARNER: KINDRED HEART (R30 000) BEST % RUNS 1ST 3: KINDRED HEART (100%) HEADGEAR CHANGE: BLINKERS OFF: BRAVE VIKING. BIPOT - R48: Leg 1 (Race 2) = 4; Leg 2 = 3, 5, 7; Leg 3 = 1; Leg 4 = 2, sec.
(100%) BETTING: 5-2 MID WINTER WIND; 4-1 CELESTIAL CITY; 6-1 BOB’S YOUR UNCLE; 3, 4, 9; Leg 5 = 5; Leg 6 = 1, 2, 7, 8; Tote Favourite: 3 Run For Me. IBHAYI STAKES (Listed) 1400m
BETTING: 2-1 GAELIC DANCER, KINDRED HEART; 7-2 VARVARA; 9-2 GOLDEN CHAN- 10-1 LAGUNA VERDE, FUNKY MUSIC, BRAVE VIKING, TOTAL SURRENDER; 12-1 AND Scratched: 1 Battle Of Kursk. R175 000 Then came: 10 Tuscan Gold.5
DELIER; 12-1 AND UPWARDS OTHERS. UPWARDS OTHERS. P/A - R72: Leg 1 (Race 3) = 5, 7; Leg 2 = 1; Leg 3 = 2, 4; Leg 4 = 5; Winner: 4 B g Master Of My Fate - 1ST: 1 Fairy Knight (R Fourie). 2ND: Greenlighttoheaven.6 Captain
SELECTIONS: SELECTIONS: Leg 5 = 1, 2, 8; Leg 6 = 1, 3, 8; Leg 7 = 1, 2; Chasing Angels. Owned by: Messrs 8 Trip To Maputo (G Wright). 3RD: Casanova.2 Castletown.11 Caitlyns
COMPUTAFORM:..........4-2-3-7 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 4-2-3-8 COMPUTAFORM:..........9-11-5-2 RACING EXPRESS: ..... 3-9-5-11 C P Murphy, Traven Moodley, Mr D 4 Waz Wouter (M Yeni). 4TH: 2 Boy.8 Renaissance Man.
HERALD TIPS: ..............4-3-5-2 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 4-3-6-2 HERALD TIPS: ..............5-9-8-11 HERALD RATINGS: ..... 2-9-5-11 PICK 6 - R960: Leg 1 (Race 4) = 1, 2; Leg 2 = 2, 3, 4, 6, 9; Leg 3 = 5, 9; M & Mrs L J Johnson, Mr F Toweel Ubisika (L Mxothwa). Double: Dividend: R9.40 Winning
Leg 4 = 1, 2, 7, 8; Leg 5 = 1, 3, 4, 8; Leg 6 = 1, 2, 7; & Mrs C N Karlovic & Smith Super TAB Win: R1.40. Places: R1.00; Numbers: leg 1: 10. leg 2: 9.
13:25 – WWW.TAB4RACING.COM MAIDEN JUVENILE PLATE 15:45 – BETWAY NATIONAL CURRENCY SPRINT (Grade 3) Syndicate (Nom: Dean Smith). R1.30; R1.80. Swingers: 1-8 R2.00; Pick 3: Dividend: R22.20 Winning
3 (Fillies) TURF (turn) R100,000 1400m 7 TURF (straight) R250,000 1100m
JACKPOT 1 - R160: Leg 1 (Race 5) = 2, 3, 4, 6, 9; Leg 2 = 5, 9; Leg 3
= 1, 2, 7, 8; Leg 4 = 1, 3, 4, 8; Trained by: G D Smith. 1-4 R2.30; 4-8 R3.90. Exacta: 1-8 Numbers: leg 1: 1. leg 2: 10. leg
Won by: 5.5; 1; 8.25; Time: 84.74 R5.20. Trifecta: 1-8-4 R20.40. 3: 9.
1 8 7B10 5T11 2T10 INTRO 2Bf S J Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R Fourie 60 1 5 1T11 1S12 0G16 LUCKY LAD 3Bc S G Tarry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Fourie 60 JACKPOT 2 - R96: Leg 1 (Race 6) = 5, 9; Leg 2 = 1, 2, 7, 8; Leg 3 sec. Quartet: 1-8-4-2 R42.20. Jackpot: Net Pool: R191540.87
2 3 3T11 LADY OF TIBET 2Bf A Ndzilana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M K Katjedi 60 2 6 4T10 3T10 1T10 ZIYASHA* 3Bg C Binda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 60 = 1, 3, 4, 8; Leg 4 = 1, 2, 7; Then came: 5 Seethebadge.9 Top Tote Favourite: 1 Fairy Knight. Tickets: 649.04. Dividend: R295.10
3 7 4B10 MOTHER CITY* 2Chf C J Lensley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Yeni 60 3 2 3T10 2T10 4T10 CLIFF HANGER 3Bg J J van Vuuren . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 58 Dollar.8 Smart View.7 Signor Scratched: Nil. Winning Numbers: leg 1: 7. leg 2: 1.
4 5 OLIVIA’S WAY 2Bf R R Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T Mayhew 60 4 8 1T11 1T11 3T11 CULLINAN BLUE 3Bf B Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . K Matsunyane 55.5 BEST BET: Race 2 = 4 Kindred Heart BEST VALUE: Race 8 = 8 Vangelo. Winner: 3 B g Global View (USA) leg 3: 10. leg 4: 9.
5 2 QUEEN OF LOVE 2Bf R R Magner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G Lerena 60 5 4 4B14 9T14 3T11 WYZEACT^ 3Chg C Spies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R Munger 54 Red Carpet Girl BEST SWINGER: Race 6 = 5x9 Double: Dividend: R14.10 Winning - Fairy Queen. Owned by: Pine Pick 6: Net Pool: R580110.75
Numbers: leg 1: 1. leg 2: 4. Lodge Stud & Halo Stables T/A Halo Tickets: 54.73. Dividend: R10598.50
Pick 3: Dividend: R34.40 Winning Syndicate (Nom: Mr A C Greeff). Winning Numbers: leg 1: 4. leg 2:
Numbers: leg 1: 10. leg 2: 1. leg Trained by: A C Greeff. 11. leg 3: 7. leg 4: 1. leg 5: 10. leg
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3: 4. Won by: 4.25; 0.75; 0.5; Time: 84.10 6: 9.
WHILST REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE THE ACCURACY AND QUALITY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION, NONE OF AVUSA, 4RACING, TAB AND THEIR AGENTS WARRANTS
sec. Place Accumulator: Net Pool:
THAT THIS PUBLICATION IS ERROR FREE. NEITHER DO ANY OF THE PARTIES ACCEPT LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES, DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE IN THE FUTURE OR INCONVENIENCE THAT MAY ARISE AS A RESULT FAIRVIEW RACE 4 Then came: 7 Legal Thriller.6 R331580.07 Tickets: 9579.20.
OF THE USE OF THIS PUBLICATION OR ANY RELIANCE PLACED ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS PUBLICATION EITHER DIRECTLY, INDIRECTLY OR OTHERWISE. UNAVOIDABLY, INFORMATION PUBLISHED MAY CHANGE WWW.SOCCER6.CO.ZA FM 82 Makhachev.3 Empire Blue.5 Global Dividend: R34.60 Winning
AFTER PUBLICATION. THE ONUS IS ON USERS OF THIS PRODUCT TO ENSURE THEY ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH OFFICIAL RACECARD CHANGES, UPDATES, CORRECTIONS AND SO ON BEFORE BETTING. HANDICAP (F & M) 1600m R90 500 Force. Numbers: leg 1: 1,4,8. leg 2: 1,2,3,4.
TEL: 011 681 1738 1ST: 11 Silvery Blue (K J Lihaba). Double: Dividend: R19.60 Winning leg 3: 4,7,11. leg 4: 7,8,12. leg 5:
2ND: 4 Treasure Hunt (L Mxothwa). Numbers: leg 1: 7. leg 2: 1. 1,4,8. leg 6: 7,10,11. leg 7: 1,3,9.
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sport

Testing conditions loom

for Runified City 50km
● Top French athlete Guillaume Ruel returns with eye on win
With windy Gqeberha weather
expected for the final count-
down to race day, the elite field
assembled for the fourth edi-
tion of the Runified City 50km
tomorrow need to be ready to
test their mettle.
The top three athletes
spearheading the elite field
starting at Pollok Beach will be
French runner Guillaume Ruel,
KwaZulu-Natal’s Nkosikhona
Mhlakwana and Lesotho’s
Lebello Mopenyane.
Mopenyane, of Maxed Elite
Lesotho, led the Two Oceans
last year and was caught only
in the final 5km to finish fifth.
Mhlakwana just missed a
top-10 finish at the 2021 Ned-
bank Runified Breaking Barri-
ers 50km race, and the Holly-
wood Athletic Club top runner
is now returning to the new-
look race, now known as the
Runified City 50km.
He will feel positive that he
can make amends and upgrade
his 11th place to a podium
finish.
Mhlakwana, a Comrades
gold medallist from 2022 who
has since claimed two consecu-
tive top-three finishes at the
Totalsports Two Oceans
Marathon in 2022 and last
year, says he is prepared.
“The target remains to fin-
ish inside the top 10,” Mhla-
kwana said.
“I understand the route as I
have run there before so I don’t
think it will be a problem.
“The approach is to concen-
trate on my race without wor-
rying about other athletes.
That’s the main goal.”
Ruel, who finished the 2022
Runified 50km in his personal
best time of 2:47, achieving
both national and European
records, has now improved his
marathon time to 2:14 and is
extremely strong and fast, so an
exciting finish between him
and Mhlakwana could unfold.
Maxed Elite Lesotho’s Jobo
Khotane will be competing in
his debut ultra marathon.
He is a fast half marathoner
and has had multiple top-10
TOP RUN: Guilliame Ruel (No 15), who finished last year’s Runified 50km in a personal best time of 2:47, is returning to tackle it again tomorrow Photograph: TOBIAS GINSBERG
finishes in the tough Soweto
Marathon.
Pule Sibeko, from Maxed
KZN, is also a good ultra run-
ner having finished in the top
10 in last year’s Two Oceans
56km.
Another strong contender,
Mahlomola Sekhonyana, who
finished fourth the last time
the Comrades went up to
Pietermaritzburg in 2019, is
looking at this event as prepa-
ration for another Comrades
top 10 finish.
On the local front, strong
athlete Luyanda Tschangana,
running for Ikhamva Athletics
Club, finished in 2:52:28 in
2023.
“My preparations are on
track and going well and I will
be ready for the 50km this
weekend,” Tschangana said.
“I’m injury-free and hoping
that on Sunday I will improve
on my time of 2:52 or at least
run under 2:50.”
Top Ikhamva club athletes
Melikhaya Frans, Thabang
Mosiako and Simon Sibeko
will be pacesetters until the
15km, 25km and 32km marks
respectively.
In the women’s race, Ned-
bank running club athletes
Galaletsang Mekgoe and Kelly
van Vliet will be the ones to
watch.
This will be Galaletsang’s
third consecutive Runified
50km.
She finished the 2022 edi-
tion seventh in 3:30:24 and last
year managed sixth in 3:33:23.
Van Vliet is fit and ready to
go and will have the local
crowd behind her.
In 2022, her ultra-debut,
Van Vliet was seventh overall
and was the fourth SA woman
in a time of 3:30.
Another strong contender is
Loveness Madziva, who runs
for KZN’s Hollywood Athletics
Club.
She finished seventh at Two
Oceans in 2019 and 10th in last
year, after the birth of her
child.
She won the Prince Mango-
suthu Buthelezi 52km in 2019
and 2021.
And no stranger to Gqeber-
ha, she won the NMB1 City
Marathon last year. The event
is organised by EP Athletics in
partnership with the Nelson
Mandela Bay municipality.
Collection of race numbers
and late entries will be avail-
able today from the Marine
Hotel between 9am and 8pm.
Race number collection will
also be available at the same
venue from 4-5.15am on race
day for the 50km, and 5.15-
6.30am for the 10km.
No late entries will be taken
on race day. — EPA LOC
SCORING SENSATION: Manchester City’s Erling Braut Haaland is on
target against Brentford Photograph: LEE SMITH/REUTERS
Man City, Arsenal
ready to pounce
With leaders Liverpool other- match winning streak in all
wise engaged this weekend, competitions and altered the
Manchester City and Arsenal odds ever so slightly in the race.
have the chance to close the But a hard-fought victory
gap in what is becoming the over Brentford in midweek
closest English Premier League courtesy of Erling Haaland’s
soccer title race for years. goal got them back on track
Jurgen Klopp’s side hit back and Pep Guardiola’s side will
to beat Luton Town on be expected to dispatch
Wednesday and stretch their Bournemouth.
lead to four points as they look Arsenal’s sensational start to
ahead to tomorrow’s League 2024 suffered a bump on
Cup final against Chelsea. Wednesday as they lost 1-0 to
Champions City, who like Porto in their Champions
Arsenal have played 25 games League last-16 clash.
to Liverpool’s 26, head to Mikel Arteta’s side can ill af-
Bournemouth today before Ar- ford any hangover from that
senal then try to settle some game as they host Newcastle.
scores with Newcastle United. The last time the two sides
Liverpool have 60 points to met Arteta was left seething
City’s 56 and Arsenal’s 55, with about the match officials after a
all three sides knowing that the 1-0 defeat on Tyneside in
margins for error are minimal. November — describing them
City’s draw with Chelsea as “embarrassing and a dis-
last weekend snapped an 11- grace”. — Reuters
Tuskers stand firm in face of
Warriors’ massive innings
Amir Chetty When stumps were drawn
on another shortened day, the
AET Tuskers captain Michael home side were still 350 runs
Erlank hit a boundary off the fi- behind the Warriors first in-
nal ball of the day to bring up a nings deficit, with six wickets
half century and see his side to in hand after 54 overs.
the close of play on 167/4 on Erlank was unbeaten on 52
day three of their 4-Day Series off 91 balls, including 10
cricket clash against the Dafa- boundaries.
bet Warriors yesterday. The Warriors declared with
Just more than a session an overnight of 517/3 after bad
was lost on the third morning light disrupted large parts of
as bad light and a wet outfield the day and brought a prema-
resulted in the start of play be- ture end to day two proceed-
ing delayed by more than 2½ ings at the Pietermaritzburg
hours. Oval on Thursday.
64 - Sami Valimaki (FIN)
results 65 - David Lipsky, Henrik Norlander (SWE),
Cristobal Del Solar (CHI), MJ Daffue (SA)

Rugby’s ‘new season’ a learning Emotional Davidse CRICKET 66 - Andrew Novak, Cameron Champ,
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curve for players, fans — Bok legend in a share of the lead

The increasingly fluid nature of
modern rugby, as it moves
from the United Rugby Cham-
pionship one weekend to the
Six Nations the next and then
back to the Champions Cup, is
taking some getting used to for
players, coaches and fans.
But Springbok legend Jean
de Villiers says it does have its
benefits.
With the global rugby calen-
dar now packed with domestic
and international competitions
running concurrently, De Vil-
liers says it is requiring an ad-
justment on behalf of the SA
teams, in particular.
“I think South Africans are
still getting used to the new
season of rugby.
“When I used to play, Super
Rugby started in early Febru-
ary, then June-July was incom-
ing tours, then it was Tri-Na-
tions/Currie Cup and then it
was the end-of-year tour.
“Now, from a player and
supporter point of view, it’s
vastly different,” De Villiers
said.
“The breaks that come in
the season for other competi-
tions is something we in the
southern hemisphere are still
adjusting to.
“We’re used to participating
in one competition, finishing
that up and then moving on to
the next one.
“So there is an entirely new
level of rugby education re-
quired for the supporters in
particular.”
But De Villiers also sees a
benefit for the SA game over
the next five years.
“Our coaches have a vastly
different role to play.
“They need to manage
squads and map out far further
than previously in terms of the
balance of getting results and
resting key players.
“They’re now working
on a 12-month spreadsheet
JEAN DE VILLIERS
rather than competition by
competition.
“I also believe it will lead to
our players becoming far more
aware of their own careers and
managing themselves to the
best of their abilities.
“With a global season like
this, you run the risk as a
sporting code of burning out
your main asset, which is the
players.
“But we’re seeing deeper
squads being developed and
coaches approaching player
management with a height-
ened focus because it’s in all of
our interests to have our best
players competing regularly.”
De Villiers said he was also
enjoying the mix that a Six Na-
tions amid the URC season
brought to the game.
“In a way, these competi-
tions now being intertwined as
they are is creating a nice mix.
“For example, one weekend
we see players in the United
Rugby Championship who are
on the fringes of national selec-
tion, and then a week later you
watch the Welsh team.
“It’s like constant trials in
between an international sea-
son, which is great.” — Michael
Vlismas Media
An emotional Keenan Davidse
has dealt with the loss of two
people he was close to and said
it has fuelled the golf he has
played to claim a share of the
lead going into the weekend of
the NMB Championship at the
Humewood Golf Club.
Davidse signed for a second
round of 66 yesterday to share
the lead with Swede Bjorn
Akesson on 14 under par.
Akesson signed for a second
round of 67.
They are one stroke clear of
Northern Ireland’s Jonathan
Caldwell following his 65,
while South Africa’s Jaco
Prinsloo, England’s Lee Slattery
and Frenchman Martin Couvra
are all on 12 under par.
Davidse played solid golf
yesterday without dropping
any shots but said it had been
an emotional week for him.
“I’m quite emotional this
week. My coach, Arnold
Mentz, passed away two days
ago and my aunt who I was
very close to also passed away.
“I have two special angels
looking over me this week and
that’s my motivation.
“I’ve been struggling and I’m
just using that as fuel at the
moment,” he said.
He also took advantage of a
favourable draw as the benign
conditions continued at
Humewood.
“Humewood is known for
its wind and it can get brutal
out here so if the wind does
come on the weekend it will be
interesting. But you can’t pre-
dict anything here.”
Yet it is precisely the unpre-
dictability of links golf that
Davidse enjoys.
“Links golf is tough and you
need a little bit of luck,” he said
of his chip-in for birdie on the
eighth. “But I enjoy it.
“I like hitting it low in the
wind. I enjoy the creativity.
“You can hit a few off-shots
and get lucky with the slopes.”
— Michael Vlismas
ENGLAND (1st inn) Zak Crawley b Akash Deep
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Ben Duckett c Dhruv Chand Jurel b Akash Deep
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ollie Pope lbw Akash Deep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Joe Root not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Jonny Bairstow lbw Ravichandran Ashwin . . 38
Ben Stokes lbw Ravindra Jadeja . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ben Foakes c Ravindra Jadeja b Mohammed
Siraj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tom Hartley b Mohammed Siraj . . . . . . . . . 13
Ollie Robinson not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Extras (1b 6lb 4nb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Total (for seven, 90 overs) . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fall of wickets: 1-47 Duckett, 2-47 Pope, 3-57
Crawley, 4-109 Bairstow, 5-112 Stokes, 6-225
Foakes, 7-245 Hartley
Bowling: Mohammed Siraj 13-3-60-2 Akash
Deep 17-0-70-3 Ravindra Jadeja 27-7-55-1
Ravichandran Ashwin 22-1-83-1 Kuldeep Yadav
10-3-21-0 Yashasvi Jaiswal 1-0-6-0
CSA Four-Day Series
Tuskers v Warriors
Pietermaritzburg, day 3
WARRIORS (1st inn) 517/3 dec
TUSKERS (1st inn)
Yaseen Valli lbw Renaldo Meyer . . . . . . . . . . 4
Jonty Rapulana lbw Siya Simetu . . . . . . . . . 32
Cameron Shekleton b Siya Plaatjie . . . . . . . 49
Michael Erlank not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Daelen Fynn c Patrick Kruger b Rudi Second 17
Malcolm Nofal not out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Extras 0b 5lb 3nb 0pen 0w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Total (4 wkts, 54 overs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fall of wickets: 1-13 Valli, 2-69 Rapulana, 3-
119 Shekleton, 4-146 Fynn
Bowling: Beyers Swanepoel 12 4 31 0 Renaldo
Meyer 10 1 31 1 3nb Siya Simetu 17 3 60 1 Siya
Plaatjie 8 1 26 1 Rudi Second 6 3 6 1 Patrick
Kruger 1 0 8 0
GOLF
Mexico Open
Round one (US unless noted, par-71
63 - Erik van Rooyen (SA)
Jorge Campillo (ESP), Nico Echavarria (COL),
Alvaro Ortiz (MEX), a-Santiago De la Fuente
(MEX)
SOCCER
Europa League
Knockout round play-off, second legs
Rennes (FRA) 3 AC Milan (ITA) 2. AC Milan win
5-3 on aggregate
Toulouse (FRA) 0 Benfica (POR) 0. Benfica win
2-1 on aggregate
Freiburg (GER) 3 Lens (FRA) 2 aet. Freiburg win
3-2 on aggregate
Qarabag (AZE) 2 Braga (POR) 3 aet. Qarabag win
6-5 on aggregate
Marseille (FRA) 3 Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1.
Marseille win 5-3 on aggregate
Roma (ITA) 1 Feyenoord (NED) 1 aet. 2-2 on
aggregate; Roma win 4-2 on penalties
Sparta Prague (CZE) 4 Galatasaray (TUR) 1.
Sparta Prague win 6-4 on aggregate
Sporting (POR) 1 Young Boys (SUI) 1. Sporting
win 4-2 on aggregate
Italian Serie A
Torino 0 Lazio 2
TENNIS
ATP Qatar Open
Quarterfinals
Jakub Mensik (CZE) bt Andrey Rublev (RUS x1)
6-4, 7-6 (8/6) Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Ugo
Humbert (FRA x3) 6-2, 6-4 Alexei Popyrin (AUS)
bt Alexander Bublik (KAZ x4) 6-4, 6-4 Karen
Khachanov (RUS x2) bt Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 3-
0 - retired
WTA Dubai Open
Quarterfinals
Iga Swiatek (POL x1) bt Zheng Qinwen (CHN x6)
6-3, 6-2 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) bt Elena Rybakina
(KAZ x4) – walkover Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE x7) 2-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-
2 Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) bt Coco Gauff (US x3)
2-6 6-4 6-2 Jasmine Paolini (ITA) beat 4-Elena
Rybakina (KAZ) (Walkover) Sorana Cirstea (ROU)
beat 7-Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 2-6 7-6 6-2

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after an incredible innings
● Must-have publication was there for sports fans, covering everything from bowls results to dazzlng cricket highlights
KEEPING YOU INFORMED: Weekend Post sports
columnists in the 1980s were, from left, Stan
Terblanche, Kepler Wessels and George Byron

George Byron

Two standout events that made

banner front-page headlines in
the Sport Final edition of the
Weekend Post during the 1980s
were cricket’s “Currie Cup
Match of the Century” and an
unforgettable clash that would
go down in SA cricket history
as “The Humdinger”.
Both occasions sprang to
mind when the sad news came
through that Weekend Post
would be playing its final in-
nings with today’s publication.
A few years back, before
technology provided sports fol-
lowers with endless ways to
obtain information, Weekend
Post was a must-have publica-
tion for sports fans in the East-
ern Cape.
Weekend Post’s exit, after an
entertaining innings played
over many seasons, will come
as a punch to the gut for loyal
readers.
Back in the day, sports nuts
used to wait outside cafes until
8pm or later on Saturdays for
express delivery vans to deliver
the latest news hot off the press
in the Sport Final edition.
In its final years, Weekend
Post was produced on a Friday
and available in shops early on
a Saturday morning.
Before that, it was produced
on Saturdays and there were
four different editions — early
edition, city sport edition,
sport final edition and Border
edition — catering for the
needs of most sports fans.
The early edition would be
sold at St George’s Park to
cricket fans watching Eastern
Province playing provincial
Currie Cup cricket.
The city sport edition car-
ried scores until about 5pm
and the sport final edition con-
tained the close-of-play scores.
Apart from live reports,
there were sports columns by
brilliant sports editor James
Hattle and former Springbok
MARVELLOUS WIN: Master batsman Graeme Pollock, in action here against the West Indians, hit 43 for an SA team in the ‘Humdinger’ one-day game against a rebel Australian team at St
George’s Park in 1987 Photograph: WESSEL OOSTHUIZEN/GALLO IMAGES
fast bowler Peter Pollock who
offered readers expert views.
Later, Hattle’s popular col-
umn was replaced by one writ-
ten by new sports editor Stan
Terblanche.
Terblanche, a former EP rug-
by player and coach, wrote
many exclusive reports for
Weekend Post readers.
Horse racing fans read Dou-
glas N Fox’s column for his hot
tips and news, and Peter Clarke
entertained sports lovers with
his views on various pertinent
issues.
Versatile EP cricket and rug-
by star Gavin Cowley also
wrote a weekly article which
took readers behind the scenes.
Later, Proteas cricket cap-
tain Kepler Wessels wrote a
weekly piece and yours truly
had a soccer column which lat-
er morphed into a general
“Sports View” column.
The Weekend Post sports
section at Baakens Street was
always a hive of activity with
an army of part-time stringers
phoning in their club cricket,
rugby and soccer stories to
dictate typists on Saturday
afternoons.
They would phone in re-
ports for the city sport edition
and then update them later for
the sport final edition.
In the days before laptops,
the correspondents had to find
a “tickey box” at sports clubs
to file their reports to a copy
typist.
With all the calls coming in
at about the same time, a pool
of five or six copy typists was
needed to handle the traffic.
One of the toughest deci-
sions the editor had to make
was whether the city sport edi-
tion would be held back to ac-
commodate the result of a late-
ending cricket match.
Normally the deadline was
about 5pm, but it could be
stretched if it looked as though
a match could conclude.
There was such an occasion
when an SA Invitation team
played a rebel Australian team
SAYS IT ALL: Weekend Post’s front page pays tribute to Philip Amm’s
brilliant Currie Cup final double century in 1989
at St George’s Park in 1987.
It was my good fortune to
be covering the match for
Weekend Post from the old
wooden press box at the Duck-
pond Stand at St George’s Park.
Batting first, SA made 316
for six off 50 overs, thanks to
fine contributions from Jimmy
Cook (70), Roy Pienaar (74), Pe-
ter Kirsten (87) and Graeme
Pollock (43).
When the deadline for the
city sport edition arrived at
about 5pm, it looked as though
the Aussies, on 302 for five,
would canter to an easy victory
and a report along those lines
was dictated to the copy typist.
It appeared that Kepler
Wessels (who was playing for
Australia at that stage of his ca-
reer) had taken his team to the
brink of victory with a sensa-
tional knock of 122.
But Clive Rice turned the
game on its head and Aussie
wickets started to fall like
ninepins.
As each wicket fell, it be-
came clear that never-say-die
Rice, against all the odds, was
going to pull the game out of
the fire for SA.
There was pandemonium
in the packed stadium when
the final wicket fell and Rice
ended with the fine figures of
5/50.
Not surprisingly, the editor
decided to hold back the city
sport edition as Australia tum-
bled to 310 all out, allowing
SA to run out narrow six-run
winners.
The match would later go
down in the annals of SA crick-
et history as “The Humdinger”.
Another big story which
made Weekend Post front page
news was when EP won the
Currie Cup cricket title for the
first time in 1989. The match
was also part of SA cricket’s
centenary celebrations.
On the Saturday of EP’s final
against Transvaal, opening
batsman Philip Amm (214) and
Kenny McEwan (191) put EP in
control of the game with bril-
liant innings.
A Weekend Post sub-editor
came up with the apt front-
page banner headline of
“AMM-AZING 200”.
Now it’s time for Weekend
Post’s final innings after a dis-
tinguished knock which kept
readers entertained for many
memorable years.
Farewell old friend, it’s time
for the Final Post!

Madiba magic
A stroll down memory lane
Stan Terblanche
The decision by Arena Hold-
ings to close down the Week-
end Post will come as a shock
to many — especially “old-
timers” like me.
However, those in control of
the publication are fully aware
of the current circumstances
and they had no other option.
All I can say is that the 37
years I worked for the compa-
ny were fantastic.
The efforts of all those in-
volved with the publication of
Weekend Post during my time
were quite phenomenal.
Each Saturday the building
was a hive of activity with
members of the various depart-
ments on their toes to ensure
success in the production of a
highly successful newspaper.
What made it even more
special for the readers was that
it covered all sporting codes
played on a Saturday across the
entire Eastern Cape.
It was an incredible
operation.
Having said that, it is impor-
tant to add that success can on-
ly really be achieved through
teamwork and that is why I
was so fortunate in that my
colleagues throughout my ca-
reer were simply fantastic.
In this historic picture, President Nelson Mandela shares a If I asked them to go the ex-
triumphant moment with late Proteas captain Hansie Cronje at St tra mile in difficult circum-
George’s Park in 1996 after SA beat England in their one-day stances, they would not
international series Photograph: SALVELIO MEYER hesitate.
cricket history
captain Sean Fitzpatrick. This
led to huge repercussions in
the Bok camp.
It all boiled over after the fi-
nal Test when SA Rugby presi-
dent Louis Luyt announced the
sacking of both coach Ian
McIntosh and manager Jannie
Engelbrecht.
Regarding my sporting
background, I was fortunate
enough to captain a highly tal-
ented Pearson rugby team.
Then I went on to captain
Olympics and Eastern
Province.
Unfortunately, a concussion
ended my career at the age of
27.
At the time, I thought it was
RUGBY LEGENDS: In this picture from 2014, former Weekend Post the end of the world for me.
sports editor Stan Terblanche, right, met up with Springboks, from left, However, along came the
Danie Gerber, Garth Wright and Anton Barnard at the former Boet opportunity to coach the EP se-
Erasmus Stadium. Terblanche coached the three Bok stars during his nior side.
time as Eastern Province coach Photograph: EUGENE COETZEE Believe it or not, I enjoyed
coaching more than playing
It was only a pleasure work- My career started by cover- the game.
ing with the people I did, and I ing schoolboy rugby on a part- On top of this, I was still
have many happy memories. time basis and from there it able to write about the game I
Just getting into the news- progressed into a full-time loved so much for many years
paper world was a fairytale sto- occupation. to come.
ry for me. In the end, the highlight of The best part about com-
I still remember to this day my career was being sent by bining journalism and sport is
the efforts of two special peo- Times Media to cover the the many different people you
ple in getting me into the Springbok tour of New meet — and you simply can’t
sports writing business. Zealand in 1994. forget them.
They were my geography It was certainly an eventful The Weekend Post will be
teacher at Pearson High, occasion. missed.
Charles Roux, and newspaper- Sparks flew early on the ● Stan Terblanche was the
man Les Barnes, who worked tour when Bok prop Johan le sports editor of Weekend Post
for the Oosterlig and Die Burg- Roux was cited and sent home and The Herald at various
er. Both remain my heroes. for biting the ear of All Blacks stages of his career The Sport Final edition back page carrying the famous ‘Humdinger’ report