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Retired Makhanda entomologist Brian “Bugs” Wilmot is preserving a slice of Settler heritage with his light-hearted new book, LA Lore iii True Blue. Recording the wisdom and wit of local farming personalities in quirky Eastern Cape lingo, LA Lore by Wilmot and Quentin Hogg carries stories and anecdotes from the “boets” and “swaers” of the …
Retired Makhanda entomologist Brian “Bugs” Wilmot is preserving a slice of Settler heritage with his light-hearted new book, LA Lore iii True Blue.
Recording the wisdom and wit of local farming personalities in quirky Eastern Cape lingo, LA Lore by Wilmot and Quentin Hogg carries stories and anecdotes from the “boets” and “swaers” of the Lower Albany district…
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A stash of firearms and ammunition was found in a dam near Oudtshoorn. The ammo was discovered during a routine dam inspection by a municipal worker. More ammunition and also weapons were found when the water level dropped. A stash of firearms and ammunition was discovered at the Raubenheimer Dam near Oudtshoorn following a routine …
A stash of firearms and ammunition was discovered at the Raubenheimer Dam near Oudtshoorn following a routine inspection by a municipal worker.
Police spokesperson Malcolm Poje said the municipal worker reported the discovery and when he returned on Thursday, water levels had dropped and more ammunition was visible in the dam better known as a picturesque fishing spot.
A team of experienced investigators, the K9 unit, police divers and Crime Intelligence members were sent to the deep, rocky dam in the Little Karoo and the firearms, firearms parts, and ammunition were recovered from the water.
Some of the items’ patina suggested it had been in the water for a while, said Poje.
The items they found included:
Poje said Garden Route district commissioner, Major General Oswald Reddy, visited the scene in person and had “nothing but praise” for those involved in the find and for the retrieving of the cache from the water.
“Investigation into this discovery continues and is expected that more ammunition could be retrieved,” said Poje.
Police are appealing for help in tracing the person who dumped the items. Information can be passed on in confidence to the Oudtshoorn police at 044 203 9000 or Crime Stop at 0860 10111 or via the MySAPS app.
The 2020 Auditor-General report indicated that 83% of municipalities in the Eastern Cape are facing significant cash flow restraints and the expenses of 38% of municipalities exceed their revenue. Twenty-four of the 39 municipalities in the province are unable to pay creditors within the 30-day legislated period. Fourteen local municipalities out of the 39 municipalities in …
The financial crisis at the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) in the Eastern Cape is just the tip of the iceberg because 24 of 39 municipalities in the province are standing on the edge of a fiscal cliff, the DA has warned.
According to the 2020 Auditor-General (AG) report, 83% of municipalities in the Eastern Cape are facing significant cash flow restraints and the expenses of 38% of municipalities exceeded their revenue.
On Thursday, the DA wrote a letter to Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha asking him to establish a specialised task team to evaluate the financial sustainability of all the municipalities in the Eastern Cape and to carry out a complete re-estimation of which municipalities were in distress so that the necessary measures could be taken to save failing municipalities.
This was in light of the announcement made by the ADM that it was in financial difficulty, so much so that it could not afford to pay its workers’ salaries for four months.
READ HERE | Broke Amathole District Municipality hired 900 employees who were ‘not needed’
During a DA press conference on Thursday under the theme “Unpacking total collapse of Eastern Cape municipalities”, DA MPL Vicky Knoetze warned that urgent intervention was necessary to prevent many municipalities from collapsing, like the ADM.
The party painted a picture to show that most municipalities were deep in debt, bankrupt and unable to provide services.
The municipalities are so broke, they are struggling to pay Eskom for bulk electricity and collectively owe it in excess of R1 billion.
The biggest culprits that owe Eskom money are:
Knoetze said some municipalities’ financial statuses were partly due to bloated organograms which led to an unaffordable salary bill.
READ | No pay for workers for 4 months, says bankrupt Eastern Cape municipality
Knoetze said this was caused by the ANC’s policy of cadre deployment which led to jobs for pals. She said the policy was wreaking havoc across municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
“It is turning government into a glorified employment agency and it is protecting a small employed elite at the expense of delivering services to millions of people in this province,” said Knoetze.
DA provincial leader Nqaba Bhanga launched a scathing attack on the provincial government leadership.
“The premier and the MEC of Cogta are folding their arms, watching a match that they are supposed to be playing in. The ANC government and Eastern Cape government cannot be trusted to handle the affairs of the province.”
The party revealed that 14 local municipalities out of the 39 municipalities in the Eastern Cape were in “serious financial distress” and that they were unable to provide services.
The municipalities are:
Bhanga said alarming levels of fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounted to an accumulated figure of R11 billion. He added that about 69% of the municipal debt in the province was irrecoverable.
The revenue collection rate at all municipalities was dismal, at only 84.5%, against the National Treasury benchmark of 95%.
Bhanga said:
Bhanga said had the DA not taken control of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in Port Elizabeth, it might have been one of the 14 municipalities in distress.
“More than a third of municipalities in the province have been allowed to degenerate into a state of complete bankruptcy such as the example of [the] Amathole District Municipality, [which] will be unable to pay their staff, councillors [and] creditors for February, April, May, June. If this is not a crisis, I don’t know what a disaster is,” exclaimed Bhanga.
ALSO READ | No money to pay workers: EFF wants administrator to take over bankrupt Amathole municipality
Knoetze also revealed that 24 of the 39 municipalities in the province were unable to pay creditors within the 30-day legislated period.
Called for a response to the DA’s statements, Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and provincial government spokesperson Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha accused the party of spreading misinformation.
“What Nqaba Bhanga is saying, he is peddling misinformation and is ignorant of the responsibility that councillors and officials have in running the affairs of municipalities.”
He said:
Asked if he received the DA’s letter, MEC Xolile Nqatha said he had.
“I have received letters from MPL Knoetze which were always municipal specific. I have not received the general one calling for [an] assessment.
“Even if received, it is work we are doing through the Provincial Treasurer as we have [a memorandum of understanding] between the two departments, as it relates to supporting municipalities in the province.
“The work I’m doing is with the municipalities and communities not in the media where the DA has a permanent seat,” Nqatha said.
ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayithobi had not responded to questions at the time of writing. His comment would be added once received.
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The 2020 Auditor-General report indicated that 83% of municipalities in the Eastern Cape are facing significant cash flow restraints and the expenses of 38% of municipalities exceed their revenue. Twenty-four of the 39 municipalities in the province are unable to pay creditors within the 30-day legislated period. Fourteen local municipalities out of the 39 municipalities in …
The financial crisis at the Amathole District Municipality (ADM) in the Eastern Cape is just the tip of the iceberg because 24 of 39 municipalities in the province are standing on the edge of a fiscal cliff, the DA has warned.
According to the 2020 Auditor-General (AG) report, 83% of municipalities in the Eastern Cape are facing significant cash flow restraints and the expenses of 38% of municipalities exceeded their revenue.
On Thursday, the DA wrote a letter to Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha asking him to establish a specialised task team to evaluate the financial sustainability of all the municipalities in the Eastern Cape and to carry out a complete re-estimation of which municipalities were in distress so that the necessary measures could be taken to save failing municipalities.
This was in light of the announcement made by the ADM that it was in financial difficulty, so much so that it could not afford to pay its workers’ salaries for four months.
READ HERE | Broke Amathole District Municipality hired 900 employees who were ‘not needed’
During a DA press conference on Thursday under the theme “Unpacking total collapse of Eastern Cape municipalities”, DA MPL Vicky Knoetze warned that urgent intervention was necessary to prevent many municipalities from collapsing, like the ADM.
The party painted a picture to show that most municipalities were deep in debt, bankrupt and unable to provide services.
The municipalities are so broke, they are struggling to pay Eskom for bulk electricity and collectively owe it in excess of R1 billion.
The biggest culprits that owe Eskom money are:
Knoetze said some municipalities’ financial statuses were partly due to bloated organograms which led to an unaffordable salary bill.
READ | No pay for workers for 4 months, says bankrupt Eastern Cape municipality
Knoetze said this was caused by the ANC’s policy of cadre deployment which led to jobs for pals. She said the policy was wreaking havoc across municipalities in the Eastern Cape.
“It is turning government into a glorified employment agency and it is protecting a small employed elite at the expense of delivering services to millions of people in this province,” said Knoetze.
DA provincial leader Nqaba Bhanga launched a scathing attack on the provincial government leadership.
“The premier and the MEC of Cogta are folding their arms, watching a match that they are supposed to be playing in. The ANC government and Eastern Cape government cannot be trusted to handle the affairs of the province.”
The party revealed that 14 local municipalities out of the 39 municipalities in the Eastern Cape were in “serious financial distress” and that they were unable to provide services.
The municipalities are:
Bhanga said alarming levels of fruitless and wasteful expenditure amounted to an accumulated figure of R11 billion. He added that about 69% of the municipal debt in the province was irrecoverable.
The revenue collection rate at all municipalities was dismal, at only 84.5%, against the National Treasury benchmark of 95%.
Bhanga said:
Bhanga said had the DA not taken control of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in Port Elizabeth, it might have been one of the 14 municipalities in distress.
“More than a third of municipalities in the province have been allowed to degenerate into a state of complete bankruptcy such as the example of [the] Amathole District Municipality, [which] will be unable to pay their staff, councillors [and] creditors for February, April, May, June. If this is not a crisis, I don’t know what a disaster is,” exclaimed Bhanga.
ALSO READ | No money to pay workers: EFF wants administrator to take over bankrupt Amathole municipality
Knoetze also revealed that 24 of the 39 municipalities in the province were unable to pay creditors within the 30-day legislated period.
Called for a response to the DA’s statements, Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and provincial government spokesperson Mvusiwekhaya Sicwetsha accused the party of spreading misinformation.
“What Nqaba Bhanga is saying, he is peddling misinformation and is ignorant of the responsibility that councillors and officials have in running the affairs of municipalities.”
He said:
Asked if he received the DA’s letter, MEC Xolile Nqatha said he had.
“I have received letters from MPL Knoetze which were always municipal specific. I have not received the general one calling for [an] assessment.
“Even if received, it is work we are doing through the Provincial Treasurer as we have [a memorandum of understanding] between the two departments, as it relates to supporting municipalities in the province.
“The work I’m doing is with the municipalities and communities not in the media where the DA has a permanent seat,” Nqatha said.
ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayithobi had not responded to questions at the time of writing. His comment would be added once received.
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To outsiders the Karoo may look like a dense landscape with scatterings of people who dare to make a life of it.
But for those who call it home, the semi-desert natural region of South Africa is an oasis with its cloudless skies that sometimes reveals its gems to those who are patient enough to hang around for long.
New kykNET series ’Karoobewoners’ hopes to uncover the magic of the Karoo. After all, it’s a place that inspires poets and artists, and a place that visitor return to again and again.
’Karoobewoners’ shares personal stories about a place that appears to have remain unchanged over the years.
There will be visits to some of the Karoo’s lifelong inhabitants, and its newer residents. Viewers can find out more about the loves, passions and everyday existence of these people in the arid, wide open spaces of the Karoo.
The series kicks off in Montagu where Petrus and Liana are living the dream, raising their family at Kogman Keisie. Jacques and Hein share how they have lovingly restored a 1854 Cape Dutch house.
In the second programme, viewers are given a look inside the Magpie Collective in Barrydale where artists have a passion for the environment and restoration.
Rosheen Kriegler swapped the buzz of the big city for a more peaceful existence on a farm outside Calitzdorp. We learn more about her experiences in the third programme, before stopping over in Zoar to meet tour guide and storyteller, Alistair Reizenberg, who shares his love of language and history with us.
Other episodes in the series will feature the world-renowned ceramic artist, Hylton Nel, the Prince Albert Reeldancers, Lizzy Snoek and her traditional food, as well as a couple who have transformed an abandoned house into an oasis for artists.
South Africans seem to have an immense capacity for change; for spotting its opportunities and embracing fresh ways of thinking and being,“ said BrightRock’s deputy CEO, Suzanne Stevens.
The financial services company is the producer and partner to the series.
“Karoobewoners showcases the stories of some of its diverse people, who are doing new and interesting things. It explores their journeys, their ability to adapt to change, why they’ve made the Karoo their home, and even how some of them have achieved global recognition from the apparent stillness and desolation of the Karoo. We hope viewers will find their stories as compelling and inspiring as we do,” concluded Stevens.
’Karoobewoners’ airs from January 5, 2021 at 9pm on kykNET (DStv-channel 144)
Police have arrested a suspected drug dealer for travelling on a taxi with 160kg of dagga. The suspect had six bags of dagga, worth about R320,000, concealed in tog bags and stashed in the taxi trailer, police said in a statement on Saturday. He was undone by a police vehicle checkpoint outside Beaufort West in …
Police have arrested a suspected drug dealer for travelling on a taxi with 160kg of dagga.
The suspect had six bags of dagga, worth about R320,000, concealed in tog bags and stashed in the taxi trailer, police said in a statement on Saturday. He was undone by a police vehicle checkpoint outside Beaufort West in the Karoo.
Police said the suspect would appear in the Beaufort West magistrate’s court on Monday on drug dealing charges.
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Two sisters who attended Stellenbosch University have died from COVID-19 less than a week apart. Samantha Stander (27) died on December 27 and her sister, Bridget Stander (19) died on January 2. Samantha was diagnosed with COVID-19 on December 21 and hospitalised in her hometown of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. Bridget was diagnosed with …
Two sisters who attended Stellenbosch University have died from COVID-19 less than a week apart.
Samantha Stander (27) died on December 27 and her sister, Bridget Stander (19) died on January 2.
Samantha was diagnosed with COVID-19 on December 21 and hospitalised in her hometown of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. Bridget was diagnosed with COVID-19 and developed pneumonia in late December 2020, according to Union High School where she was a learner.
“Bridget, who commenced her studies towards a BCom (Financial Accounting) degree at the University of Stellenbosch at the start of 2020, was spending the December holidays with her family in her hometown of Cradock when she took ill,” Union High School said.
Ashleigh, Bridget and Samantha’s sister, said that Samantha shared her ventilator with Bridget in the state hospital as there was only one available which they got from a family friend, according to Netwerk24.
However when Samantha’s condition deteriorated, doctors tried to relocate her to the hospital in Port Elizabeth, but there were no beds available and she had to be transferred to Bloemfontein instead. Samantha died in the ambulance on the way.
Bridget was later hospitalised at St George’s Hospital in Port Elizabeth.
Samantha and Ashleigh both completed their Medical degrees at the University of Stellenbosch in 2020. “Now, every time I write ‘Dr Stander’ it will be for her,” Ashleigh said.
Picture: Facebook/Union High School
One of the country’s poorest municipalities is planning to outsource the provision of electricity and water services at a cost of R735m, the Western Cape government said on Monday. However, the province is mounting a legal challenge to stop the Kannaland municipality in the central Karoo from “incurring massive liabilities that it simply cannot afford”, …
One of the country’s poorest municipalities is planning to outsource the provision of electricity and water services at a cost of R735m, the Western Cape government said on Monday.
However, the province is mounting a legal challenge to stop the Kannaland municipality in the central Karoo from “incurring massive liabilities that it simply cannot afford”, the provincial government said.
“There are ongoing efforts to push through a contract with a private entity for the provision of electricity and water services and infrastructure at a cost of hundreds of millions of rand that would bind the municipality for more than 25 years,” said Anton Bredell, Western Cape minister for local government, environmental affairs and development planning.
“This when the national and provincial treasuries have advised the municipality that they have not followed due process nor ensured the process followed was fair, transparent, competitive and cost-effective,” Bredell said.
“It appears the project will come at a cost of R735m, which is clearly not affordable when the municipality’s entire available operating budget for 2020/21 is R174m,” he said.
Fort Calata’s son Lukhanyo says they NPA has not told them why they are not prosecuting the Cradock Four case. The family of the Cradock Four are demanding that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecute those behind the murders of their loved ones. In June 1985, apartheid security forces brutally murdered anti-apartheid activists, Matthew Goniwe, …
Fort Calata’s son Lukhanyo says they NPA has not told them why they are not prosecuting the Cradock Four case.
The family of the Cradock Four are demanding that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecute those behind the murders of their loved ones.
In June 1985, apartheid security forces brutally murdered anti-apartheid activists, Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli near Port Elizabeth.
The 1994 Zietsman Inquest confirmed the Security Branch had carried out the killings. and in 1998, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) disclosed the identities of the suspects and recommended they be prosecuted.
To date, no one has been prosecuted for the murders of the Cradock Four.
Joanne Joseph speaks to the son of Fort Calata, Lukhanyo Calata, about the progress of the case.
The NPA has given us no reason, they have never said anything. They have completely ignored this case and they have completely ignored us hoping we would go away.
Lukhanyo Calata, Son of Fort Calata
The reason why we have been left to pursue this case and to push is because the NPA has not given us a reason why they have failed to prosecute thus far.
Lukhanyo Calata, Son of Fort Calata
Calata says the only thing they know is that former National Director of Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli had received political pressure about TRC cases.
Based on Vusi Pikoli and what he told us, we know there was political pressure from the ANC and the ANC government not to prosecute TRC cases.
Lukhanyo Calata, Son of Fort Calata
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One of the country’s poorest municipalities is planning to outsource the provision of electricity and water services at a cost of R735m, the Western Cape government said on Monday. However, the province is mounting a legal challenge to stop the Kannaland municipality in the central Karoo from “incurring massive liabilities that it simply cannot afford”, …
One of the country’s poorest municipalities is planning to outsource the provision of electricity and water services at a cost of R735m, the Western Cape government said on Monday.
However, the province is mounting a legal challenge to stop the Kannaland municipality in the central Karoo from “incurring massive liabilities that it simply cannot afford”, the provincial government said.
“There are ongoing efforts to push through a contract with a private entity for the provision of electricity and water services and infrastructure at a cost of hundreds of millions of rand that would bind the municipality for more than 25 years,” said Anton Bredell, Western Cape minister for local government, environmental affairs and development planning.
“This when the national and provincial treasuries have advised the municipality that they have not followed due process nor ensured the process followed was fair, transparent, competitive and cost-effective,” Bredell said.
“It appears the project will come at a cost of R735m, which is clearly not affordable when the municipality’s entire available operating budget for 2020/21 is R174m,” he said.
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A team of investigators has been assembled to probe the discovery of an arms cache recovered by police from the Raubenheimer Dam, outside Oudtshoorn, in the Little Karoo, over the past two days, Western Cape police said. “Members attached to the Attaqua K9, police divers and Crime Intelligence were dispatched to the scene where the …
A team of investigators has been assembled to probe the discovery of an arms cache recovered by police from the Raubenheimer Dam, outside Oudtshoorn, in the Little Karoo, over the past two days, Western Cape police said.
“Members attached to the Attaqua K9, police divers and Crime Intelligence were dispatched to the scene where the cache of firearms, firearm parts as well as ammunition were recovered from the water,” police said.
They said the investigation into the find was continuing and it was expected that more ammunition could be retrieved.
No further details were immediately available.
“We appeal to the any person that could assist to trace the person responsible for dumping these items to please come forward. All information will be treated with utmost confidentiality and any person with information may contact the Oudtshoorn Police at 044 2039000 or Crime Stop at 08600 10111. Information could also be shared on the MySAPS app,” police said.
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Ottneil Baartman is the latest from the Klein Karoo region that’s starting to churn out quick bowlers He’s a steady operator who’s moved from the Knights to the Dolphins From a depth building perspective, he’s become part of SA’s fast-bowling rebuilding project. If the South-Western Districts and Oudtshoorn have been firmly looked at as Ostrich …
If the South-Western Districts and Oudtshoorn have been firmly looked at as Ostrich and Cango Caves country, this may need to change a bit, especially with the pacemen the region is unobtrusively producing.
While Glenton Stuurman unfortunately having to cool his heels for the better part of the home international summer before injury got in the way, there’s the small consolation of his slightly younger homeboy Ottneil Emile Graham Baartman breaking into the Test squad for the Pakistan tour later this month.
Should the 27-year-old be fortunate enough to get a crack into the match-day 11 for the first Test in Karachi on January 26, which looks unlikely considering how the Test bowling attack fared in the Sri Lanka series despite the glaring lack of Test experience, he will have completed a round six years of first-class cricket since he made his bow for SWD against North-West in Potchefstroom.
Like most debuts, he was unremarkable, returning match figures of 1-107 in 29 overs in a high scoring draw.
However, it’s been the bulk of the work he’s done at the Knights and the Dolphins as a highly calibrated opening fast medium bowler that’s caught the eye of the selectors.
While squads have to be justifiably big to combat Covid-19 outbreaks as bio-secure environments and isolation periods on arrival means the jetting in and out of players becomes a problem, it also affords fringe players an opportunity to gel with senior squad members.
Fast bowling and its mechanics are intensive and impactful on the body, meaning the opportunity for play can always be created by injury.
The ongoing Test series between India and Australia is just one example, with the former burning through its fast bowling resources with one more match to play in what has become an engrossing series.
Back to Baartman, 28 First-Class matches over five years doesn’t sound like a lot, but he has featured regularly in franchise matches.
His last outing was the Covid-19 curtailed Titans/Dolphins game at SuperSport Park where he took 1/56 in 15 overs.
One profitable season for him was the 2018/19 campaign where he collected 17 scalps at 22.76 in five matches for the Knights
82 wickets at 26.84 with an economy rate of 3.18 speak of an ability to attack and defend assuredly.
It’s a necessity on the sub-continent; especially against a Pakistan side who’s batting misfired badly in New Zealand.
Mount Maunganui and Christchurch are moons and mountains apart from Karachi and Rawalpindi and it’s still winter in Pakistan.
It’s a time where fast bowling can, for some stretches of the game, still have a say.
Pakistan’s batting group was shorn of Babar Azam’s batting talents, but with less bounce and lateral movement, they become a different breed at home where inexperienced fast bowlers become cannon-fodder.
The depth-building in South African fast-bowling is continuing at good speed and once South Africa A get an opportunity to play, the competition for places will be very healthy.
Players like Baartman, who give their all week in and out for their franchises, will be the biggest winners of these tour experiences.
Pulled venison pies with a hot water pastry crust. (Photo: Tony Jackman) January is tight for many of us, and turning frozen leftovers into pies is an easy and cheap way to transform forgotten leftovers into a family meal. This madly easy pastry topping will work for almost any savoury pie. That early salary payment …
Pulled venison pies with a hot water pastry crust. (Photo: Tony Jackman)
That early salary payment many people receive in mid-December is such a boon at the time, but the high CoC (Cost of Christmas) soon puts paid to that heady swirl of indulgence. Come early to mid-January, the next payday seems an aeon away. For those who have a freezer into which leftovers get tucked away in bakkies for a rainy day, now might be the time to see what’s in there and can go into a pie this January.
In our household, it’s often leftover curry that gets frozen for a later day, and curry, if boneless (or if you remove the bones), makes a great pie filling; whether mutton, lamb or chicken. The leftovers of a meaty potjie are also good for a pie, as is leftover roast chicken meat or the meat of any roast joint, whether pork, beef or lamb.
The trick is to revive whatever it is by making a suitable stock or sauce to bring it back to life and ensure that your pie filling is not dry. And to have a recipe to hand for a quick and fuss-free pie crust.
With this in mind this week, I investigated the freezer and found in it the remains of Oom Johan’s rhebuck (ribbok) leg which he brought over the road one day in late winter. I had slow-cooked it in a big pot in vegetable stock with various aromatics, and the leftovers, with a fair bit of said stock, were then frozen. On thawing it I discovered that the meat was just like soft pulled pork and there was so much stock left that it was far from too dry for use in a pie.
However, I took it a stage further, as I had to hand the tougher bits of some other venison from which I decided to make a fresh venison stock. Into a pot went these venison bits, with celery, carrots, onion, leeks, peppercorns, star anise, and juniper berries, which I reduced down to a shadow of its former self.
I added a glass of merlot (which I also happened to have to hand) along with 3 Tbsp of sweet soy sauce (or kecap manis) and salt and pepper. Once this was reduced to a nice syrupy sauce and seasoned with salt and pepper, it was ready for the pie.
The thawed venison meat from the formerly frozen ribbok leg only had to be pulled apart into slivers by hand and kept aside ready to go into a pie.
I poured the new sauce over the shredded venison meat in the pie dish, and put homemade hot water pastry over it, folding it over at the edges and crimping them with my fingers. A quick brushing of egg wash, a hole prodded at the centre with a blunt knife, and the pie was ready for the oven.
So, you can follow this method, more or less, for pretty much any leftovers you might have, and adapting your stock/sauce to fit whatever your meat is. For chicken you might prefer white wine instead of merlot, for pork something a little sweeter; for beef, red wine; for venison perhaps a muscadel, port or sherry. For chicken you might want to replace the juniper berries with fresh herbs such as thyme or rosemary, for beef you might fry up some bacon bits to go in; for lamb, oregano thyme and mint, and of course garlic in everything.
The complete pie needs a 220? oven for between 25 and 35 minutes or until golden brown. If you use pastry underneath the filling, prick the base many times with a fork before adding the filling. In my version shown here, there was no pastry underneath.
Whatever your filling is, here’s a recipe for a strong and crunchy pastry with rich colour and pleasing texture. It’s super easy and comes to me from my Cradock friend Lani Lombard, who knows a thing or two about pie crusts.
Hot Water Pie Crust
1 cup/250 ml water
250 g salted butter
4 cups plain flour
Melt the butter and water together in a pot and simmer until all the butter has melted and it reaches boiling point. Put the flour into a bowl, make a well, and pour the hot water into it. Stir quickly with a silicone spatula or wooden spoon, just to combine the liquid and flour. Then mix it with clean hands, while it is hot, to form a nice smooth, pliable dough. It does not need salt. (When the hot water mixes with the flour it will cool quickly so that you won’t burn your hands.)
It’s ready to use or you can cover it with cling film and refrigerate for use later. DM/TGIFood
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A fairly cool to warm Thursday is expected, says the South African Weather Service, with impact-based rain leading to localised flooding expected in Limpopo. Impact-based warning Yellow (Level 2) warning for heavy rainfall leading to localised flooding of formal and informal roads or settlements, low-lying areas and bridges and difficult driving conditions is expected over …
A fairly cool to warm Thursday is expected, says the South African Weather Service, with impact-based rain leading to localised flooding expected in Limpopo.
Impact-based warning
Yellow (Level 2) warning for heavy rainfall leading to localised flooding of formal and informal roads or settlements, low-lying areas and bridges and difficult driving conditions is expected over the western and south-western parts of Limpopo.
The weather in your province
Gauteng will be cloudy and cool to warm with widespread showers and thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index is low.
Mpumalanga will be cloudy and cool with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the west.
In Limpopo, it will be cloudy and warm with scattered showers and thundershowers, but widespread in the west and south.
The North West will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, but scattered in the east.
Conditions in the Free State will be partly cloudy and warm to hot with isolated showers and thundershowers, except in the west. Scattered showers and thundershowers are expected in the north-east.
In the Northern Cape, it will be fine in the south at first, otherwise partly cloudy and warm to hot, but very hot in the north, becoming fine in the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly.
The Western Cape will be cloudy over the Overberg District in the morning, otherwise fine and warm to hot, but very hot over the Little and Central Karoo where it will become partly cloudy in the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-easterly, but strong along the West Coast in the afternoon.
The expected UVB sunburn index is extreme.
The western half of the Eastern Cape will be partly cloudy in places in the morning, otherwise fine and hot.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-easterly.
In the eastern half of the Eastern Cape, it will be cloudy along the coast, otherwise partly cloudy and warm, but fine and hot in the west with fog patches south of the escarpment in the morning.
Isolated showers and thundershowers can be expected along the eastern escarpment in the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-easterly, freshening from late morning.
KwaZulu-Natal can expect morning fog over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool, but warm in places in the north. Isolated showers and thundershowers are expected in the south-western and western parts.
The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh south-westerly, becoming easterly north-easterly in the south in the afternoon
The expected UVB sunburn index is very high.
Click here to see the specific forecast for your city over the next few days.
– Compiled by Kamva Somdyala
January 04 2020 – 21:11 SA passes 30,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, with 434 in just one day SA passed another grim Covid-19 milestone on Monday night as the death toll from the respiratory illness passed 30,000. Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement that 434 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, …
SA passes 30,000 confirmed Covid-19 deaths, with 434 in just one day
SA passed another grim Covid-19 milestone on Monday night as the death toll from the respiratory illness passed 30,000.
Health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said in a statement that 434 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the national death toll to 30,011.
Of the newly recorded deaths, 157 were in the Western Cape, 133 were in the Eastern Cape, 71 in KwaZulu-Natal, 36 in Gauteng, 25 in the North West, seven in Limpopo and two in the Free State.
By Travel Reporter 11h ago Share this article: ShareTweetShareShareShareEmailShare To outsiders the Karoo may look like a dense landscape with scatterings of people who dare to make a life of it. But for those who call it home, the semi-desert natural region of South Africa is an oasis with its cloudless skies that sometimes reveals …
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To outsiders the Karoo may look like a dense landscape with scatterings of people who dare to make a life of it.
But for those who call it home, the semi-desert natural region of South Africa is an oasis with its cloudless skies that sometimes reveals its gems to those who are patient enough to hang around for long.
New kykNET series ’Karoobewoners’ hopes to uncover the magic of the Karoo. After all, it’s a place that inspires poets and artists, and a place that visitor return to again and again.
’Karoobewoners’ shares personal stories about a place that appears to have remain unchanged over the years.
There will be visits to some of the Karoo’s lifelong inhabitants, and its newer residents. Viewers can find out more about the loves, passions and everyday existence of these people in the arid, wide open spaces of the Karoo.
The series kicks off in Montagu where Petrus and Liana are living the dream, raising their family at Kogman Keisie. Jacques and Hein share how they have lovingly restored a 1854 Cape Dutch house.
In the second programme, viewers are given a look inside the Magpie Collective in Barrydale where artists have a passion for the environment and restoration.
Rosheen Kriegler swapped the buzz of the big city for a more peaceful existence on a farm outside Calitzdorp. We learn more about her experiences in the third programme, before stopping over in Zoar to meet tour guide and storyteller, Alistair Reizenberg, who shares his love of language and history with us.
Other episodes in the series will feature the world-renowned ceramic artist, Hylton Nel, the Prince Albert Reeldancers, Lizzy Snoek and her traditional food, as well as a couple who have transformed an abandoned house into an oasis for artists.
South Africans seem to have an immense capacity for change; for spotting its opportunities and embracing fresh ways of thinking and being,“ said BrightRock’s deputy CEO, Suzanne Stevens.
The financial services company is the producer and partner to the series.
“Karoobewoners showcases the stories of some of its diverse people, who are doing new and interesting things. It explores their journeys, their ability to adapt to change, why they’ve made the Karoo their home, and even how some of them have achieved global recognition from the apparent stillness and desolation of the Karoo. We hope viewers will find their stories as compelling and inspiring as we do,” concluded Stevens.
’Karoobewoners’ airs from January 5, 2021 at 9pm on kykNET (DStv-channel 144)
January 04 2020 – 08:15 ‘There is a lot of fighting behind the scenes’: Zweli Mkhize on race to secure Covid-19 vaccines Government’s plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines will see recipients getting the jab at work, through outreach programmes and general practitioners and at vaccination centres. The department of health outlined its vaccine rollout …
Government’s plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines will see recipients getting the jab at work, through outreach programmes and general practitioners and at vaccination centres.
The department of health outlined its vaccine rollout strategy in a briefing on Sunday evening, explaining government was targeting 67% of the population in its strategy to establish herd immunity.
Director-general of health Dr Anban Pillay said phase one of the vaccine rollout, covering front line health workers, would see recipients vaccinated at workplaces.