CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>South Africa | Chessalee</title> <link rel="pingback" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php" /> <script type="text/javascript"> WebFontConfig = {"google":{"families":["Libre+Baskerville:r,i,b,bi:latin,latin-ext","Cherry+Swash:r:latin,latin-ext"]},"api_url":"https:\/\/fonts-api.wp.com\/css"}; (function() { var wf = document.createElement('script'); wf.src = 'https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/custom-fonts/js/webfont.js'; wf.type = 'text/javascript'; wf.async = 'true'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(wf, s); })(); </script><style id="jetpack-custom-fonts-css">.wf-active #header h1{font-family:"Cherry Swash",sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400}.wf-active body{font-family:"Libre Baskerville",serif}.wf-active #navigation{font-family:"Libre Baskerville",serif}.wf-active #content h1, .wf-active h2, .wf-active h3, .wf-active h4, .wf-active h5, .wf-active h6{font-family:"Cherry Swash",sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:400}.wf-active #header h2{font-weight:400;font-family:"Cherry Swash",sans-serif;font-style:normal}.wf-active #content h3{font-weight:400;font-style:normal}.wf-active #content h4{font-style:normal;font-weight:400}.wf-active #content h5{font-style:normal;font-weight:400}.wf-active #content .post h2{font-weight:400;font-style:normal}.wf-active li.sidebox h2{font-weight:400;font-style:normal}.wf-active .post h4{font-weight:400;font-family:"Cherry Swash",sans-serif;font-style:normal}.wf-active .post h4 em{font-style:normal;font-weight:400}</style> <meta name='robots' content='max-image-preview:large' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s1.wp.com' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s2.wp.com' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Chessalee » Feed" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Chessalee » Comments Feed" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/comments/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Chessalee » South Africa Tag Feed" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/feed/" /> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ function addLoadEvent(func) { var oldonload = window.onload; if (typeof window.onload != 'function') { window.onload = func; } else { window.onload = function () { oldonload(); func(); } } } /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/s2.wp.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?m=1719498190i&ver=6.7.2-RC1-59780"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(i,n){var o,s,e;function c(e){try{var t={supportTests:e,timestamp:(new Date).valueOf()};sessionStorage.setItem(o,JSON.stringify(t))}catch(e){}}function p(e,t,n){e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(t,0,0);var t=new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data),r=(e.clearRect(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height),e.fillText(n,0,0),new Uint32Array(e.getImageData(0,0,e.canvas.width,e.canvas.height).data));return t.every(function(e,t){return e===r[t]})}function u(e,t,n){switch(t){case"flag":return n(e,"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!n(e,"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!n(e,"\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!n(e,"\ud83d\udc26\u200d\u2b1b","\ud83d\udc26\u200b\u2b1b")}return!1}function f(e,t,n){var r="undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?new OffscreenCanvas(300,150):i.createElement("canvas"),a=r.getContext("2d",{willReadFrequently:!0}),o=(a.textBaseline="top",a.font="600 32px Arial",{});return e.forEach(function(e){o[e]=t(a,e,n)}),o}function t(e){var t=i.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=!0,i.head.appendChild(t)}"undefined"!=typeof Promise&&(o="wpEmojiSettingsSupports",s=["flag","emoji"],n.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},e=new Promise(function(e){i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",e,{once:!0})}),new Promise(function(t){var n=function(){try{var e=JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem(o));if("object"==typeof e&&"number"==typeof e.timestamp&&(new Date).valueOf()<e.timestamp+604800&&"object"==typeof e.supportTests)return e.supportTests}catch(e){}return null}();if(!n){if("undefined"!=typeof Worker&&"undefined"!=typeof OffscreenCanvas&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&URL.createObjectURL&&"undefined"!=typeof Blob)try{var e="postMessage("+f.toString()+"("+[JSON.stringify(s),u.toString(),p.toString()].join(",")+"));",r=new Blob([e],{type:"text/javascript"}),a=new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(r),{name:"wpTestEmojiSupports"});return void(a.onmessage=function(e){c(n=e.data),a.terminate(),t(n)})}catch(e){}c(n=f(s,u,p))}t(n)}).then(function(e){for(var t in e)n.supports[t]=e[t],n.supports.everything=n.supports.everything&&n.supports[t],"flag"!==t&&(n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&n.supports[t]);n.supports.everythingExceptFlag=n.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!n.supports.flag,n.DOMReady=!1,n.readyCallback=function(){n.DOMReady=!0}}).then(function(){return e}).then(function(){var e;n.supports.everything||(n.readyCallback(),(e=n.source||{}).concatemoji?t(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(t(e.twemoji),t(e.wpemoji)))}))}((window,document),window._wpemojiSettings); /* ]]> */ </script> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-1' href='https://s2.wp.com/_static/??-eJx9jMEKwjAQRH/IuC1F6kX8ljSucZtsNiQbpH9vC1bEg5eBN8wbeGbjJCkmhSmKNzk2T6kC2xJQKXkz2QKu/jTHtTnAl8zto86o2brwZmCRLW4tYgVKd0qkaKorEuPOy7+/fQP6QF4/cpuAqeoSRcImXvnSj8PYd+fuNMwvSB1PAw==&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='wp-emoji-styles-inline-css'> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-2-1' href='https://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJydzEEOwiAQheELCVNso90YzwKUEOoIZGao4fZWN+66cPny8v3wqsqXLCELVGwxZYbY9ukCxf2hANt50IM24FrCBRwW/1CYHFnqwNIxaM98gsPQVzGsQar9cNtLExUpLf8myErKkX/8/ryZ6zjP08WMZn0DL6xPzg==&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='wp-block-library-inline-css'> .has-text-align-justify { text-align:justify; } .has-text-align-justify{text-align:justify;} </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-4-1' href='https://s2.wp.com/_static/??-eJzTLy/QzcxLzilNSS3WzyrWz01NyUxMzUnNTc0rQeEU5CRWphbp5qSmJyZX6uVm5uklFxfr6OPTDpRD5sM02efaGpoZmFkYGRuZGmQBAHPvL0Y=&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='jetpack-sharing-buttons-style-inline-css'> .jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list{display:flex;flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:0;list-style-type:none;margin:5px;padding:0}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-small-icon-size{font-size:12px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-normal-icon-size{font-size:16px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-large-icon-size{font-size:24px}.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-huge-icon-size{font-size:36px}@media print{.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list{display:none!important}}.editor-styles-wrapper .wp-block-jetpack-sharing-buttons{gap:0;padding-inline-start:0}ul.jetpack-sharing-buttons__services-list.has-background{padding:1.25em 2.375em} </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-6-1' href='https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/plugins/coblocks/2.18.1-simple-rev.4/dist/coblocks-style.css?m=1681832297i&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='classic-theme-styles-inline-css'> /*! This file is auto-generated */ .wp-block-button__link{color:#fff;background-color:#32373c;border-radius:9999px;box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;padding:calc(.667em + 2px) calc(1.333em + 2px);font-size:1.125em}.wp-block-file__button{background:#32373c;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-8-1' href='https://s1.wp.com/_static/??/wp-content/mu-plugins/core-compat/wp-mediaelement.css,/wp-content/mu-plugins/wpcom-bbpress-premium-themes.css?m=1432920480j&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='global-styles-inline-css'> :root{--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--square: 1;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--4-3: 4/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-4: 3/4;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--3-2: 3/2;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--2-3: 2/3;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--16-9: 16/9;--wp--preset--aspect-ratio--9-16: 9/16;--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--font-family--albert-sans: 'Albert Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--alegreya: Alegreya, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--arvo: Arvo, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--bodoni-moda: 'Bodoni Moda', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--bricolage-grotesque: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--cabin: Cabin, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--chivo: Chivo, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--commissioner: Commissioner, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--cormorant: Cormorant, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--courier-prime: 'Courier Prime', monospace;--wp--preset--font-family--crimson-pro: 'Crimson Pro', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--dm-mono: 'DM Mono', monospace;--wp--preset--font-family--dm-sans: 'DM Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--dm-serif-display: 'DM Serif Display', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--domine: Domine, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--eb-garamond: 'EB Garamond', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--epilogue: Epilogue, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--fahkwang: Fahkwang, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--figtree: Figtree, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--fira-sans: 'Fira Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--fjalla-one: 'Fjalla One', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--fraunces: Fraunces, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--gabarito: Gabarito, system-ui;--wp--preset--font-family--ibm-plex-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;--wp--preset--font-family--ibm-plex-sans: 'IBM Plex Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--ibarra-real-nova: 'Ibarra Real Nova', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--instrument-serif: 'Instrument Serif', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--inter: Inter, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--josefin-sans: 'Josefin Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--jost: Jost, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--libre-baskerville: 'Libre Baskerville', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--libre-franklin: 'Libre Franklin', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--literata: Literata, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--lora: Lora, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--merriweather: Merriweather, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--montserrat: Montserrat, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--newsreader: Newsreader, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--noto-sans-mono: 'Noto Sans Mono', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--nunito: Nunito, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--open-sans: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--overpass: Overpass, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--pt-serif: 'PT Serif', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--petrona: Petrona, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--piazzolla: Piazzolla, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--playfair-display: 'Playfair Display', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--plus-jakarta-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--poppins: Poppins, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--raleway: Raleway, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--roboto: Roboto, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--roboto-slab: 'Roboto Slab', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--rubik: Rubik, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--rufina: Rufina, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--sora: Sora, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--source-sans-3: 'Source Sans 3', sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--source-serif-4: 'Source Serif 4', serif;--wp--preset--font-family--space-mono: 'Space Mono', monospace;--wp--preset--font-family--syne: Syne, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--texturina: Texturina, serif;--wp--preset--font-family--urbanist: Urbanist, sans-serif;--wp--preset--font-family--work-sans: 'Work Sans', sans-serif;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}:where(.is-layout-grid){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}.is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}.is-layout-flex > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}body .is-layout-grid{display: grid;}.is-layout-grid > :is(*, div){margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;}.has-albert-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--albert-sans) !important;}.has-alegreya-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--alegreya) !important;}.has-arvo-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--arvo) !important;}.has-bodoni-moda-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--bodoni-moda) !important;}.has-bricolage-grotesque-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--bricolage-grotesque) !important;}.has-cabin-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--cabin) !important;}.has-chivo-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--chivo) !important;}.has-commissioner-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--commissioner) !important;}.has-cormorant-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--cormorant) !important;}.has-courier-prime-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--courier-prime) !important;}.has-crimson-pro-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--crimson-pro) !important;}.has-dm-mono-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--dm-mono) !important;}.has-dm-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--dm-sans) !important;}.has-dm-serif-display-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--dm-serif-display) !important;}.has-domine-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--domine) !important;}.has-eb-garamond-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--eb-garamond) !important;}.has-epilogue-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--epilogue) !important;}.has-fahkwang-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--fahkwang) !important;}.has-figtree-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--figtree) !important;}.has-fira-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--fira-sans) !important;}.has-fjalla-one-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--fjalla-one) !important;}.has-fraunces-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--fraunces) !important;}.has-gabarito-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--gabarito) !important;}.has-ibm-plex-mono-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--ibm-plex-mono) !important;}.has-ibm-plex-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--ibm-plex-sans) !important;}.has-ibarra-real-nova-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--ibarra-real-nova) !important;}.has-instrument-serif-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--instrument-serif) !important;}.has-inter-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--inter) !important;}.has-josefin-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--josefin-sans) !important;}.has-jost-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--jost) !important;}.has-libre-baskerville-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--libre-baskerville) !important;}.has-libre-franklin-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--libre-franklin) !important;}.has-literata-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--literata) !important;}.has-lora-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--lora) !important;}.has-merriweather-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--merriweather) !important;}.has-montserrat-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--montserrat) !important;}.has-newsreader-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--newsreader) !important;}.has-noto-sans-mono-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--noto-sans-mono) !important;}.has-nunito-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--nunito) !important;}.has-open-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--open-sans) !important;}.has-overpass-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--overpass) !important;}.has-pt-serif-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--pt-serif) !important;}.has-petrona-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--petrona) !important;}.has-piazzolla-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--piazzolla) !important;}.has-playfair-display-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--playfair-display) !important;}.has-plus-jakarta-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--plus-jakarta-sans) !important;}.has-poppins-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--poppins) !important;}.has-raleway-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--raleway) !important;}.has-roboto-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--roboto) !important;}.has-roboto-slab-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--roboto-slab) !important;}.has-rubik-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--rubik) !important;}.has-rufina-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--rufina) !important;}.has-sora-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--sora) !important;}.has-source-sans-3-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--source-sans-3) !important;}.has-source-serif-4-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--source-serif-4) !important;}.has-space-mono-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--space-mono) !important;}.has-syne-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--syne) !important;}.has-texturina-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--texturina) !important;}.has-urbanist-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--urbanist) !important;}.has-work-sans-font-family{font-family: var(--wp--preset--font-family--work-sans) !important;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-grid){gap: 2em;} :root :where(.wp-block-pullquote){font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} :where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-flex){gap: 1.25em;}:where(.wp-block-post-template.is-layout-grid){gap: 1.25em;} </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-10-1' href='https://s1.wp.com/wp-content/themes/pub/mistylook/style.css?m=1440110593i&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='akismet-widget-style-inline-css'> .a-stats { --akismet-color-mid-green: #357b49; --akismet-color-white: #fff; --akismet-color-light-grey: #f6f7f7; max-width: 350px; width: auto; } .a-stats * { all: unset; box-sizing: border-box; } .a-stats strong { font-weight: 600; } .a-stats a.a-stats__link, .a-stats a.a-stats__link:visited, .a-stats a.a-stats__link:active { background: var(--akismet-color-mid-green); border: none; box-shadow: none; border-radius: 8px; color: var(--akismet-color-white); cursor: pointer; display: block; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen-Sans', 'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; padding: 12px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease; } /* Extra specificity to deal with TwentyTwentyOne focus style */ .widget .a-stats a.a-stats__link:focus { background: var(--akismet-color-mid-green); color: var(--akismet-color-white); text-decoration: none; } .a-stats a.a-stats__link:hover { filter: brightness(110%); box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06), 0 0 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16); } .a-stats .count { color: var(--akismet-color-white); display: block; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.4; padding: 0 13px; white-space: nowrap; } </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-12-1' href='https://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJzTLy/QTc7PK0nNK9HPLdUtyClNz8wr1i9KTcrJTwcy0/WTi5G5ekCujj52Temp+bo5+cmJJZn5eSgc3bScxMwikFb7XFtDE1NLExMLc0OTLACohS2q&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='print-css-13-1' href='https://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/global-print/global-print.css?m=1465851035i&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='print' /> <style id='jetpack-global-styles-frontend-style-inline-css'> :root { --font-headings: unset; --font-base: unset; --font-headings-default: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif; --font-base-default: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;} </style> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-16-1' href='https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/h4/global.css?m=1420737423i&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type="text/javascript" id="wpcom-actionbar-placeholder-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var actionbardata = {"siteID":"2198811","postID":"0","siteURL":"http:\/\/chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com","xhrURL":"https:\/\/chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"d08fda9c36","isLoggedIn":"","statusMessage":"","subsEmailDefault":"instantly","proxyScriptUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/js\/wpcom-proxy-request.js?ver=20211021","i18n":{"followedText":"New posts from this site will now appear in your <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/reader\">Reader<\/a>","foldBar":"Collapse this bar","unfoldBar":"Expand this bar","shortLinkCopied":"Shortlink copied to clipboard."}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="jetpack-mu-wpcom-settings-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var JETPACK_MU_WPCOM_SETTINGS = {"assetsUrl":"https:\/\/s1.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/jetpack-mu-wpcom-plugin\/moon\/jetpack_vendor\/automattic\/jetpack-mu-wpcom\/src\/build\/"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script crossorigin='anonymous' type='text/javascript' src='https://s1.wp.com/wp-content/js/rlt-proxy.js?m=1720530689i'></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="rlt-proxy-js-after"> /* <![CDATA[ */ rltInitialize( {"token":null,"iframeOrigins":["https:\/\/widgets.wp.com"]} ); /* ]]> */ </script> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress.com" />  <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:title" content="South Africa – Chessalee" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Chessalee" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=200" /> <meta property="og:image:width" content="200" /> <meta property="og:image:height" content="200" /> <meta property="og:image:alt" content="" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="249643311490" />  <link rel='openid.server' href='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/?openidserver=1' /> <link rel='openid.delegate' href='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/' /> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Chessalee" /> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://s1.wp.com/opensearch.xml" title="WordPress.com" /> <style id="wpcom-hotfix-masterbar-style"> @media screen and (min-width: 783px) { #wpadminbar .quicklinks li#wp-admin-bar-my-account.with-avatar > a img { margin-top: 5px; } } </style> <style type="text/css"> .recentcomments a { display: inline !important; padding: 0 !important; margin: 0 !important; } table.recentcommentsavatartop img.avatar, table.recentcommentsavatarend img.avatar { border: 0px; margin: 0; } table.recentcommentsavatartop a, table.recentcommentsavatarend a { border: 0px !important; background-color: transparent !important; } td.recentcommentsavatarend, td.recentcommentsavatartop { padding: 0px 0px 1px 0px; margin: 0px; } td.recentcommentstextend { border: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 2px 10px; } .rtl td.recentcommentstextend { padding: 0px 10px 2px 0px; } td.recentcommentstexttop { border: none; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; } .rtl td.recentcommentstexttop { padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; } </style> <meta name="description" content="Posts about South Africa written by Nikita" /> <style type="text/css"> #header h1 a, #header h2 { color: #265E15 !important; } #headerimage { background: url('https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/chessalee1x0.jpg') no-repeat; height: 200px; } </style> <link rel="icon" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=32" sizes="32x32" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=192" sizes="192x192" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=180" /> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=270" /> </head> <body id="section-index" class="archive tag tag-south-africa tag-6231 customizer-styles-applied jetpack-reblog-enabled has-marketing-bar has-marketing-bar-theme-mistylook"> <div id="navigation" class="clearfix"> <div class="menu"> <ul> <li ><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" title="Home">Home</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-5120"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/blog/">About</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-7360"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/afrikaanse-digters-en-gedigte/">Afrikaanse gedigte poems</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-12342"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/chess-and-benefits-etc/">Chess and the benefits</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-19384"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/links/">Links</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-1583"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/gedigte-poems/">My own poems – eie gedigte</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-11397"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/sa-history/">SA History</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-9487"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/resepte-south-african-recipes/">South African Recipes</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" title="Chessalee">Chessalee</a></h1> <h2>Anything and Everything plus some Chess…"Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess"–George Koltanowski</h2> </div> <div id="feedarea"> <dl> <dt>Feeds:</dt> <dd><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/feed/">Posts</a></dd> <dd><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/comments/feed/">Comments</a></dd> </dl> </div> <div id="headerimage"> </div> <div id="content"> <div id="content-main"> <h2 class="pagetitle">Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’</h2> <div class="post-17896 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-anglo-boer-war-2 category-chrissiesmeer category-highveld category-lake-district category-ton-sanders tag-anglo-boer-war tag-chrissiesmeer tag-lake-district tag-lakes tag-south-africa" id="post-17896"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Chrissiesmeer – the Lake District of South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/anglo-boer-war-2/" rel="category tag">Anglo Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chrissiesmeer/" rel="category tag">Chrissiesmeer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/highveld/" rel="category tag">Highveld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/lake-district/" rel="category tag">Lake District</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ton-sanders/" rel="category tag">Ton Sanders</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anglo-boer-war/" rel="tag">Anglo-Boer-war</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chrissiesmeer/" rel="tag">Chrissiesmeer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lake-district/" rel="tag">Lake District</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lakes/" rel="tag">Lakes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 04/08/2020| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/#comments">12 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <h1><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17906" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg" data-orig-size="996,737" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="TON SANDERS Chrissiesmeer" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17906" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=500&h=370" alt="" width="500" height="370" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg?w=768 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-chrissiesmeer.jpg 996w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></h1> Ton Sanders, resident in Chrissiesmeer is an authority on the area and a published author on both Lake Chrissie and the Anglo Boer War which focuses on the Battle of Chrissiesmeer which took place on 6 February 1901. Make sure you watch the video – there is a little connection to Scotland – a little legend about this town. This is what the article is about from a SA family magazine. Images above and below: <a href="http://gmssocialmediaservices.blogspot.com/2015/01/wildflowers-and-bird-watching.html" rel="nofollow">http://gmssocialmediaservices.blogspot.com/2015/01/wildflowers-and-bird-watching.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17908" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/flamingo-sunset-banner/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg" data-orig-size="900,273" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="FLAMINGO SUNSET BANNER" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17908" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=500&h=152" alt="" width="500" height="152" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg?w=768 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/flamingo-sunset-banner.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <h4>I got more interested in Chrissiesmeer after a post on a FB group. Years ago, a radioprogram, about small villages in South Africa, actually got me interested, but I never got to find out more about this place – it was placed on my memory-list. It was only after this post on FB, that I started asking questions and realised some people do know more about this place and they were willing to share.</h4> <h4>After a few references and my old friend Google, I found all of this you can read in this entry! I copied the news articles because previously, I’ve found that some articles ‘disappear’ from sites over time and I end up with broken links to posts. I did though, linked to one or two gorgeous sites for you to read more and to enjoy the actual beauty of this amazing village in South Africa. Do make sure you visit the two links, you will not regret it. One news article below is in Afrikaans, the rest is in English.</h4> <h4>Chrissiesmeer is named after the former President Marthinus Pretorius’ daughter, Christina. It was established in 1860 as a trading post. Chrissiesmeer is a delightful gem located in the lake district of South Africa, with more than 270 lakes and pans in a 20km radius. </h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17913" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/chrissiesmeer-huis/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg" data-orig-size="1440,811" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Chrissiesmeer huis" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17913" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=500&h=282" alt="" width="500" height="282" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-huis.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <h4>On the site of airbnb, <a href="https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/35597695?_set_bev_on_new_domain=1596569199_ZDZhMzE0OTI2YmQx&source_impression_id=p3_1596569507_Qe%2FDFIRwl%2FFbkMCO"> HERE</a> you can view more pictures of the above historic house, which you can rent for a nice holiday! (The link will not open in a new window).</h4> <h4>Read on this next link more about this area called: South Africa’s Lake District. You will find some amazing pictures and an interesting read about this small village. eagerjourneys.com/chrissiesmeer/</h4> <img data-attachment-id="17988" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/chrissiesmeer-blomme/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg" data-orig-size="784,960" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Chrissiesmeer blomme" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17988" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg?w=500" alt="Chrissiesmeer blomme" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg 784w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg?w=490&h=600 490w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-blomme.jpg?w=768&h=940 768w" sizes="(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/roOysXzIido?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Interessante stukkie geskiedenis. <h1 class="entry-title">Chrissie en die professor</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <h4><time class="entry-date" datetime="2017-03-02T07:55:50+02:00">March 2, 2017</time></h4> <h4 class="entry-excerpt">Bekende skrywer en inwoner van Chrissiesmeer, prof. Ton Sanders, is onlangs deur Mpumalanga Hoëveld Toerisme vereer vir sy bydrae tot die literêre bewaring van Mpumalanga, Chrissiesmeer en omliggende gebiede se geskiedenis.</h4> <h4><time class="entry-date" datetime="2017-03-02T07:55:50+02:00"> [images from the site: highvelder]</time></h4> </div> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17898" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg" data-orig-size="800,533" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Chrissiesmeer Ton Sanders" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17898" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=402&h=268" alt="" width="402" height="268" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=402 402w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg?w=768 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-ton-sanders.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px" /></a></div> <div></div> <h4>Prof. Sanders is van Nederlandse afkoms en het in 1963 as 22-jarige in diens van die Nederlandse Bank (vandag bekend as Nedbank) Suid-Afika toe gekom.</h4> <h4></h4> <div> <h4>In 1968 het hy die akademiese wêreld betree waar hy aan die regsfakulteit van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika (Unisa) verbonde was. Later jare het hy ook hofverslae vir Swaziland gedoen en het gereeld vanaf Pretoria via Carolina na Mbabane gereis. So het hy op ‘n dag op pad terug van Swaziland besluit om sy roete te verander en deur Chrissiesmeer gereis.</h4> <h4>Dié dorpie het sy hart gesteel en hy het besluit om daar ‘n blyplek aan te skaf sodat hy naweke uit die stad kon wegbreek. Dis toe dat hy in 1989 die ou tronkie wat slegs uit twee selle bestaan het vir R2 500 van die buitestedelike administrasie gekoop het.</h4> <h4>Ná sy aftrede in 2002 het hy permanent na Chrissiesmeer verhuis, die tronk verkoop en die gewese Barclays Bank sy nuwe tuiste gemaak.</h4> <h4>Hy het nog altyd in geskiedenis, argeologie en antropologie belang gestel en het begin om die gebied te verken en die ryk geskiedenis van Chrissiesmeer na te vors. In 2012 is sy eerste boek: “Chrissie is her name. The story of Lake Chrissie/Chrissiesmeer,” gepubliseer.</h4> <h4>Dié boek is gevolg deur “Lake Chrissie’s Bushman Past” in 2013. Die volgende jaar het sy boek “Lake Chrissie / Chrissiesmeer and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902″ die lig gesien.</h4> <h4>Verlede jaar het hy twee boeke gepubliseer, die eerste “Carolina’s Ancient Sites. Fiction, Facts and Mysteries” en later “The Village at the Great Lake. Lake Chrissie / Chrissiesmeer / KwaChibikhulu”. Sy liefde vir Chrissiesmeer en omgewing skyn duidelik deur in sy boeke en hoewel hy nog nie ‘n nuwe boek beplan nie, sal nog stories oor die distrik verwelkom word. [Author of article: journalist Erika Nel]</h4> <h4>Link: highvelder.co.za/46427/chrissie-en-die-professor/</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17919" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/chrissiesmeer-abo/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg" data-orig-size="952,801" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Chrissiesmeer ABO" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17919" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=423&h=356" alt="" width="423" height="356" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=423 423w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=846 846w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/chrissiesmeer-abo.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px" /></a> <h4>Another article on the site of the highvelder dated 23rd March 2016. This article by: Gerald Young.</h4> <h3>Another book, the fourth by Prof Ton Sanders, the adopted son of Chrissiesmeer, has been published.</h3> <h4>This time round Ton has captured the history and fascinating stories of the town of Carolina in a book titled “Carolina’s Ancient Sites – Fiction, Fact and Mysteries,” and it promises to be just as popular as his previous books on the history of Chrissiesmeer (Lake Chrissie) and the town’s indelible connection to the Anglo-Boer War.</h4> <h4>The book traces the history and unearths a treasure trove of archaeological sites in and around Carolina that yield fascinating stories of the town that have hitherto been left buried or untold.</h4> <h4>Supported by a wealth of monochrome photographs which cleverly lend themselves to creating an ancient and historical “feel” to the publication, the reader is transported back in time to the late Stone Age and Iron Age and on through a historical journey of the Indian influence, the Shamanistic era of Bushmen rock paintings and the little known Koni petroglyphs in the Caroliina district.</h4> <h4>Along the way, one invariably finds oneself quietly exclaiming: “That’s interesting,” or “I didn’t know that!” Backed by intensive and meticulous research, Ton is not afraid to disagree with theories and speculations of other historians, which makes for more interesting and fascinating reading.</h4> <h4>All in all, this is another “must have” for any historian and those interested in the rich history of Carolina and the Southern African region. Copies of the book are available at the Highvelder offices at R120 per copy.</h4> <h4><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17903" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/ton-sanders/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg" data-orig-size="900,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Ton Sanders" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17903" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=369&h=246" alt="" width="369" height="246" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=369 369w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=738 738w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px" /></a></h4> The author of the book, Lake Chrissie and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1903, Ton Sanders. <h2 class="entry-title">Prof writes third book on Chrissie</h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <h4 class="entry-excerpt">The first of Ton’s three books on Chrissiesmeer documented the history of the town (Chrissie is her name) and the second explored the history of the Bushmen of the area.</h4> <h4><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-04-16T09:59:12+02:00">April 16, 2014</time></h4> </div> <div> <h4>Lake Chrissie and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1903 is new on the shelf and the third book by Prof Ton Sanders on the history of Chrissiesmeer.</h4> <h4>A labour of love is the only way one can describe the latest book written by this resident of Chrissiesmeer who unashamedly declares his love for the town also known as Lake Chrissie.</h4> <h4>Born in the Netherlands in 1941, Ton came to South Africa in 1963 and followed a career as a law teacher and researcher. After retiring in 2002, he settled in Chrissiesmeer and so began an intense love affair with the town, its people and its history. He has since established himself as a true son of Lake Chrissie, pursuing a passion for documenting the rich and eventful history of this quaint town.</h4> <h4>The first of Ton’s three books on Chrissiesmeer documented the history of the town (Chrissie is her name) and the second explored the history of the Bushmen of the area.</h4> <h4>Although there are many books and essays describing the Anglo-Boer War, Ton has succeeded in capturing and condensing a plethora of information and anecdotes concerning Chrissiesmeer and the war without neglecting important and relevant facts or diluting the spellbinding charm that the town still holds today. As can be seen in the bibliography section of the book, Ton has waded through piles of references and works in an effort to capture and summarise the events that unfolded all those years ago. The many illustrations that adorn the pages do justice to this fascinating account that is a must-have for any history lover’s book collection.</h4> <h4>From before the Great Trek to the Anglo-Boer War when Lake Chrissie was known as the Bothwell Trading Post, through to the effect the war, particularly the Battle of Lake Chrissie, had on the town, on to the rich Scottish history and through to the New South Africa that resulted from aspects of the Anglo-Boer War, this book, originally intended as a coffee table book to be digested in more than one session, has evolved into a can’t-put-it-down goldmine of history, heritage and spellbinding reading.</h4> <h4>Copies of the book at R130 each can be obtained from the Highvelder offices in Murray Street, tel. 017 811 2221 or the Matotoland Eco-Tourism Association at tel. 082 640 5650 (email: jean.justcountry@gmail.com)</h4> </div> </div>   <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17910" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/ton-sanders-and-terry/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg" data-orig-size="480,360" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"Gerald Young","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1445257056","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"320","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Ton Sanders and Terry" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg?w=480" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg?w=480" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17910" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg?w=380&h=285" alt="" width="380" height="285" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg?w=380&h=285 380w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ton-sanders-and-terry.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px" /></a> Prof Ton Sanders and Mr Terry Tsujii show the book “Paradise in the world – Chrissiesmeer in South Africa” written by Terry. <h2 class="entry-title">Terry honours a promise</h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <h4><time class="entry-date" datetime="2015-10-26T12:59:50+02:00">October 26, 2015</time></h4> <h4 class="entry-excerpt">Last year, the Highvelder reported on Terry’s visit to Chrissiesmeer and Ermelo and at the time he promised to bring a copy of his book on his next visit. This week he made good on his promise.</h4> <h4></h4> </div> <div> <h4>The Highvelder was privileged this week to receive a visit from Mr Teruyuki Tsujii, a 65-year-old retired teacher from Tokyo, Japan.</h4> <h4>He kept a promise he made during a visit last year to bring a copy of a book he wrote in Japanese, reflecting the history and people of Chrissiesmeer.</h4> <h4>His book, Paradise in the world – Chrissiesmeer in South Africa, was born of his desire to share the rich history of the town and the role it played in the Anglo-Boer War with his fellow countrymen, who, he says, generally do not know much else about South Africa other than Johannesburg and Cape Town.</h4> <h4>Terry, as he is known by his “Western” name, has become a firm friend of Chrissiesmeer since befriending Prof Anton (Ton) Sanders, a resident of Chrissie who has written three books on this quaint town, steeped in history.</h4> <h4>The two gentlemen who have been friends for more than 30 years, met while Ton was a lecturer at the University of South Africa (Unisa) and Terry was studying through correspondence. 15 years ago, Ton, who had since retired, invited Terry to visit him at Chrissiesmeer and his fascination with the town’s history was spawned.</h4> <h4>Regular visits soon followed and were reciprocated by Ton who visited Terry in his home country.</h4> <h4>Last year, the Highvelder reported on Terry’s visit to Chrissiesmeer and Ermelo and at the time he promised to bring a copy of his book on his next visit. This week he made good on his promise.</h4> <h4>He has also made copies of the Highvelder’s report on his visit and these are displayed in shops of his friends in Tokyo. “Now, Ermelo and the Highvelder are also my friends,” he said.</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="17915" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/terry-tsujii/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg" data-orig-size="719,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"Gerald Young","camera":"Canon EOS REBEL T3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1413804158","copyright":"","focal_length":"21","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Terry Tsujii" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17915" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg?w=500&h=334" alt="" width="500" height="334" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/terry-tsujii.jpg 719w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <h4>In this photo: Ton Sanders and Terry met in 2014. Image: the highvelder</h4> <h4>A book about Chrissiesmeer, its people and history, written in Japanese – why?</h4> <h4>This is the obvious question one asks when meeting the sprightly 64-year-old, ever-smiling Teruyuki Tsujii, a resident of Tokyo, Japan.</h4> <h4>Terry, his “Western” name, started a love affair with Chrissiesmeer as a result of a 30-year-old friendship with Prof Ton Sanders , a resident of Chrissiesmeer.</h4> <h4>The two first met through correspondence, when Terry, a high school teacher, was studying through correspondence at the University of South Africa where Prof Ton was a lecturer at the time.</h4> <h4>Ton retired to Chrissiesmeer after becoming fascinated by the town and has since written three books about its history. Over the years, the friendship continued and when Ton invited Terry to Chrissiesmeer for a visit 14 years ago, the fascination rubbed off on Terry and the proverbial writing was on the wall.</h4> <h4>Terry became so interested in the rich history of Lake Chrissie and the role the town played in the Anglo-Boer War that he felt compelled to share the story with his fellow Japanese.</h4> <h4>“The Japanese people generally don’t know anything more about South Africa than Johannesburg and Cape Town. There is so much more to South Africa and Chrissiesmeer with its quietness and slow pace of life is just one example. Unlike South Africa, especially the smaller towns, life in Japan life is extremely fast paced. In Chrissie one can relax and find oneself again and recover from the rat race,” Terry explained.</h4> <h4>5 000 copies of Terry’s book, titled “Paradise in the World – Chrissiesmeer in South Africa” have been printed and the book is selling extremely well in Japan.</h4> <h4>“It has been accepted very well by the Japanese people and their knowledge of South Africa, especially with regard to Chrissiesmeer, has been expanded,” he said.</h4> <h4>Another book by Terry, “How to live”, is in the offing and was inspired by life in the quaint town of Chrissiesmeer.</h4> <h4>“I want to teach people how to live a more relaxed life. Still work hard and be productive, but learn to relax as well.”</h4> <h4>Terry is a man that lives by this philosophy, a fact that became evident during his interview with the Highvelder.</h4> <h4>Still smiling, he related how an amount of R20 000 was stolen from his baggage at the OR Tambo Airport shortly after his arrival.</h4> <h4>“I had just exchanged Japanese Yen for SA Rand and waited inside the terminal building where I thought it would be safer. When I checked again, the money was gone. This will, however, not make me negative. The smiles and hospitality that I receive and experience from South Africans more than makes up for the loss of the money,” he said.</h4> <h4>He will be going back to Japan on Monday. “But I will be back again soon,” he said.</h4> <h4>In the early 1990s, Terry expressed his feelings for Chrissiesmeer on a sandstone pillar at the entrance gate to the Old Jail. The intriguing Japanese characters mean: “To Chrissie, with love.” Chrissiesmeer and South Africa is indeed honoured to have a friend like Terry.</h4> </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/chrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chrissiesmeer – the Lake District of South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-16720 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-apartheid category-apartheid-and-south-africa category-chess category-history-south-africa category-south-africa tag-apartheid tag-apartheid-and-south-africa tag-apartheid-history tag-apartheid-truth tag-britain tag-britain-and-apartheid tag-history-about-apartheid tag-south-africa" id="post-16720"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/britains-bastard-child/" rel="bookmark">Britain’s bastard child</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/apartheid/" rel="category tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/apartheid-and-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Apartheid and South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-south-africa/" rel="category tag">History South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid/" rel="tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid-and-south-africa/" rel="tag">Apartheid and South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid-history/" rel="tag">Apartheid history</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid-truth/" rel="tag">Apartheid truth</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/britain/" rel="tag">Britain</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/britain-and-apartheid/" rel="tag">Britain and Apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-about-apartheid/" rel="tag">History about Apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 09/03/2017| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/britains-bastard-child/#comments">13 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="16723" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/britains-bastard-child/apartheid_britains_bastard_child/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg" data-orig-size="500,708" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="apartheid_britains_bastard_child" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-16723" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg?w=250&h=354" alt="apartheid_britains_bastard_child" width="250" height="354" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg?w=250&h=354 250w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/apartheid_britains_bastard_child.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /> <h3>We know apartheid was instilled by the British – the introducing of pass laws, before it was an actual law written in the law books of South Africa. This case study seems to be very interesting. For so many years many countries were shouting ‘apartheid’ – but did they know what was really going on in the country? Did America or Britain look at themselves to see what was actually going on in their own countries, the same time? What is happening in America at the moment? Why is there still so much ‘hate’ between black and white – after all these years? I rest my case. We all know the rules of the (chess) games people and politicians play. They change the rules to suit them only. They instigate events to suit them as and when necessary to avoid checkmate. Just look around the world and you will (probably) notice what they (still) do. This was just one more, but one more too many.</h3> <h3>Please click <a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://piquetbooks.com/product/apartheid-britains-bastard-child/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> HERE </a> for the first resource link.</h3> <blockquote> <h3>Abstracts from the ‘Introduction’ of the book:</h3> <h3>“Afrikaners, my people, have long been accused of being the originators and engineers of apartheid, one of the most disreputable institutions in modern history. Yet the accusers have, on the whole, not taken the trouble to understand the historical genesis of apartheid. That is the purpose of this book.</h3> <h3>My aim is not to justify apartheid, but to shed light on the historical events and psychological factors which informed its origination. It is not a history, but rather a case study steeped in history.”</h3> <h3>————–</h3> <h3>“What compelled the Afrikaners, a people traumatised by British barbarism, to inflict the legalised racism of apartheid on their black countrymen? In other words, what does trauma do to a people?</h3> <h3>This question constantly ringing in my head would eventually lead me on the most unexpected of paths, and keep me busy for nearly 15 years, something I couldn’t foresee even in my wildest dreams. It led me to the discovery of the abusive relationship between Englishman and Afrikaner, one of unrelenting humiliation of the Afrikaner by the English, since the British arrival in Southern Africa in 1795, and the tragic consequences this relationship had for South Africa, including, inter alia apartheid.”</h3> <h3>——</h3> <h3>“Fifteen years of research for this book has yielded evidence of at least 200 years of prejudice against Afrikaners. My psychotherapy practice in Cape Town and Swellendam continues to uncover many stories of humiliation. It is important that Afrikaners understand their own history. Otherwise how do you live with the guilt? How do you explain the past to your children – without creating new ghosts and falsehoods? How do you mourn and heal without knowing about the past which has shaped who you are today?</h3> <h3>Although this analysis focuses on one group, the Afrikaners, the fact is that trans-generational re-enactment of trauma and humiliation is a universal theme, playing itself out all over the world. A lack of understanding of trans-generational trauma and the impact of humiliation on nations is one reason why ‘people never learn from history’. This book is an attempt to learn from ours.”</h3> </blockquote> Another link: <blockquote> <h3>The myth that there has never been democracy in South Africa is linked to a second myth. Most people think they know that apartheid was an invention of the Afrikaners and their belief that South Africa should be ruled exclusively by whites. Conversely, it is usually thought that the English tradition in South Africa was non-racial and democratic. In fact, the British tradition, as purveyed by both English-speaking South Africans and the parliament at Westminster, has played a less than glorious role in establishing democracy. Read more on the <a style="color:#ff0000;" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/apartheid-made-in-britain-richard-dowden-explains-how-churchill-rhodes-and-smuts-caused-black-south-1370856.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> link of the </a> Independent.</h3> </blockquote> One more… Link <a href="http://www.hizb.org.uk/current-affairs/apartheid-rooted-in-british-colonialism" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> here </a> to read. If you do some in depth research, you will find many more… <img data-attachment-id="17381" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/britains-bastard-child/britains-bastard-child-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/britains-bastard-child.jpg" data-orig-size="433,627" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Britains bastard child" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/britains-bastard-child.jpg?w=433" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/britains-bastard-child.jpg?w=433" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17381" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/britains-bastard-child.jpg?w=500" alt="Britains bastard child" /> <blockquote> <h3>An actual fact many of these were a formalisation and extension of existing British pass laws and land acts that kept blacks from travelling freely, obtaining employment, and owning land.</h3> </blockquote> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/britains-bastard-child/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Britain’s bastard child">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-16402 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-chess tag-afrikaans tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-16402"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Praat Afrikaans! Speak Afrikaans!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 07/03/2016| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <h3><iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zztbaP2waRA?version=3&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This is precious. This male person pretends to speak a foreign language and the lady doesn’t understand him. She keeps on trying to figure out what he wants. So she asks him to speak Afrikaans – or… okay, I won’t repeat her words at the end… Afrikaans speaking people will really love this video. In South Africa, there’s more than 6 million people speaking Afrikaans – and they are from difference races. </h3> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/praat-afrikaans-speak-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Praat Afrikaans! Speak Afrikaans!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-16329 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-cities-south-africa category-south-africa category-suid-afrika-stede tag-south-africa" id="post-16329"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/three-cities/" rel="bookmark">Three Cities</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cities-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Cities South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika-stede/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika stede</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 01/01/2016| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/three-cities/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="16973" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/three-cities/south-africa_cities/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg" data-orig-size="1240,881" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="South Africa_Cities" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-16973" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=549&h=390" alt="South Africa_Cities" width="549" height="390" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=549&h=390 549w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=1098&h=780 1098w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=600&h=426 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/south-africa_cities1.jpg?w=768&h=546 768w" sizes="(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px" /> At random times, I get asked by friends what cities in South Africa are like. They usually want to know if they are ‘big and busy‘ – similar to London. On Instagram, I saw these lovely photos and thought to put together this collage to share on the blog. These pictures are from two accounts: ‘SouthAfrica‘ and ‘CityofPretoria‘. From the Pretoria account, I’ve chosen six pictures as they are all amazing pictures and I couldn’t resist them. If you look at the ‘SouthAfrica‘ account, you will agree with me that there’s only one beautiful country in the world and not just a country with random beautiful places. #SouthAfrica <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/three-cities/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Three Cities">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14655 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-beiteltjie category-gedigte category-np-van-wyk-louw category-south-africa tag-afrikaans-gedigte tag-beiteltjie tag-geweld tag-np-van-wyk-louw tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-14655"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/" rel="bookmark">Die beiteltjie – The Little Chisel</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/beiteltjie/" rel="category tag">Beiteltjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="category tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaans gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/beiteltjie/" rel="tag">Beiteltjie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geweld/" rel="tag">geweld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 18/02/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Die Beiteltjie Ek kry ’n klein klein beiteltjie, ek tik hom en hy klink; toe slyp ek en ek slyp hom totdat hy klink en blink. Ek sit ’n klippie op ’n rots: – mens moet jou vergewis: ’n beitel moet kan klip breek as hy ’n beitel is – ek slaat hom met my beiteltjie en dié was sterk genoeg: daar spring die klippie stukkend so skoon soos langs ’n voeg: toe, onder my tien vingers bars die grys rots middeldeur en langs my voete voel ek die sagte aarde skeur, die donker naat loop deur my land en kloof hom wortel toe – só moet ’n beitel slaan wat beitel is, of hoé? Dan, met twee goue afgronde val die planeet aan twee en oor die kranse, kokend, verdwyn die vlak groen see …from the day I see the night far beyond opening up within a crack that from my chisel runs through to the stars en op die dag sien ek die nag daar anderkant gaan oop met ’n bars wat van my beitel af dwarsdeur die sterre loop Klik die link vir <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/npvwyk_louw.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NP van Wyk Louw</a> huldeblyk-dokument. Van Wyk Louw – one of the most distinguised Afrikaans poets– I agree with Breyten Breytenbach. ‘The chisel, a metaphor for the poetic word – splits a stone, then the rock under the stone, then the earth beneath the rock, then the poet’s country, then the planet, until… …from the day I see the night far beyond opening up within a crack that from my chisel runs through to the stars [Breytenbach] Lees <a href="http://www.oulitnet.co.za/onderwys/bes_9911.asp#beiteltjie" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> HIER </a> ‘n breedvoerige verduidelik oor Die Beiteltjie op Oulitnet. ‘n Pragtige gedig – In die dokument verskyn heelwat feite en inligting oor van Wyk Louw. Ek het ook Cecile Cilliers se artikel raakgelees op die internet en kan met haar en van Wyk Louw saamstem met: ‘n Donker naat loop deur my land. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14659" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg" data-orig-size="100,139" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg?w=100" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg?w=100" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14659" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f.jpg?w=500" alt="b85f486352d8411f8c8d6afb2762989f" /></a> Verward deur die donker naat van ons geweld 2013-02-18 22:52 Cecile Cilliers <blockquote>Die donker naat loop deur my land / en kloof hom wortel toe – Dít is die eerste twee versreëls van die vierde strofe van N.P. van Wyk Louw se “Die Beiteltjie”, waarskynlik een van die bekendste gedigte in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. Dit word vertel, of miskien het hy dit self in Rondom eie werk vertel, dat die gedig volledig een Kaapse oggend na hom gekom het. Hy was te voet op pad universiteit toe, toe die woorde plotseling in sy kop verskyn. Agter sy lessenaar het hy dit heel en in sy geheel neergeskryf. Die eenvoud van die gedig ten spyt, laat hy hom nie maklik verklaar nie. Die beiteltjie dui glo op die woord en die mag van taal – meer as wat dit vir die swaard moontlik is, kan dit wêrelde verander. Maar die gevare wat taal inhou, bly nie uit nie. Daardie versreël, die eerste reël van die rubriek, bly die hele week in my kop dreun: die donker naat loop deur my land… Ek raak stram om te lag, staan verward, verneder en gedeprimeer deur die donker naat van geweld wat deur my land loop, en wat besig is om gesinne, families, gemeenskappe, uit mekaar te ruk. Is dít wat van ons geword het? Amalie bel uit Amerika: Mamma, wat gaan aan? Op elke voorblad, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA TODAY, word die gewelddadigheid van Suid-Afrika uitgebasuin. In 1994 nog die liefling van die wêreld, 20 jaar later opnuut die muishond. Natuurlik is daar ’n yslike hap leedvermaak. Net soos ons leedvermakerig vertel het van die bloeddorstige skietery in die VSA, van die verskrikking van die busverkragting in Indië. Maar met of sonder die veroordelende woorde van die buitelandse verslaggewers – tot van Fidji het hulle glo gekom – het dit tyd geword dat ons lank en eerlik en ondersoekend na onsself en na ons gemeenskappe kyk. Sonder die gewone skindernuus. Want elkeen het ’n eiertjie te lê, ’n stuiwer in die armbeurs te gooi, of dit nou die dood an Anene of van Reeva is, ons práát daaroor. Ons praat ja, blý praat, maar wat dóén ons? Hoeveel sulke berigte, hoeveel sulke stories kan ’n volk se psige verduur voordat dit gewoon aan die werklikheid onttrek? Of erger nog, mettertyd alles gewoond word, hoe grusaam ook al? Is ons dan nie bereid om verantwoordelikheid vir ons land te aanvaar nie? Tydens die apartheidsjare is daar groepe gevorm – Vroue vir Vrede, Kontak, Black Sash, Vroue vir Geregtigheid – wat daadwerklik vir ’n nuwe, beter Suid-Afrika gewerk het. Moet dit nie maar weer gebeur nie? Kán dit weer gebeur? Soms vrees ek geweld het in ons bloed kom sit, eie geword aan ons mense en ons land. En dit kloof hom wortel toe. In die wit nag bid ek saam met Dawid: Laat my weer blydskap en vreugde belewe…</blockquote> beeld.com/Rubrieke/CecileCilliers/Verward-deur-die-donker-naat-van-ons-geweld-20130218 <h4>Hier is ‘n Engelse vertaling deur Uys Krige en Jack Cope van “Die Beiteltjie.”</h4> <h4> THE LITTLE CHISEL</h4> <h4>Here in my hands a small cold-chisel, I tap it and it rings; and I hone it and I stone it until its bright edge sings.</h4> <h4>I prop a pebble on a rock; – you’ve got to get this clear: a chisel that’s a real cold-chisel can crack a boulder sheer –</h4> <h4>I slam it with my chisel edge, its toughness is a gift: straight the pebble flies apart as clean as on a rift:</h4> <h4>next, under my ten fingers split, the granite rock divides, below my feet I start to feel the softened earth subside,</h4> <h4>and dark the seam runs through my land and cleaves it to the core – so a chisel cuts that truly is a chisel, or what’s it for?</h4> <h4>Then with two gold-red chasms the planet falls in two and down the rockfalls boiling, drains the ocean flat and blue</h4> <h4>and in the day I see the night below me open far with a crack that from my chisel blow runs to the furthest star</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/die-beiteltjie-the-little-chisel/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Die beiteltjie – The Little Chisel">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14650 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-steam-trains category-trains tag-south-africa tag-steam-trains" id="post-14650"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/what-a-beautiful-noise-and-views/" rel="bookmark">What a beautiful noise – and views</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/steam-trains/" rel="category tag">steam trains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/trains/" rel="category tag">trains</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steam-trains/" rel="tag">steam trains</a> on 18/02/2013| </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9GCMEyKFtwk?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Beautiful South African views <iframe class="youtube-player" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LVnBr28KElA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> What a beaut! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLHrPrk3PkU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This poem is about the night mail train that delivered post in Scotland – it left London at night and travelled through all the small towns and villages in Scotland – at night. A service that stopped by Royal Mail a couple of years ago – not very long ago though! Night Mail by W H Auden This is the night mail crossing the Border, Bringing the cheque and the postal order, Letters for the rich, letters for the poor, The shop at the corner, the girl next door. Pulling up Beattock, a steady climb: The gradient’s against her, but she’s on time. Past cotton-grass and moorland boulder Shovelling white steam over her shoulder, Snorting noisily as she passes Silent miles of wind-bent grasses. Birds turn their heads as she approaches, Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches. Sheep-dogs cannot turn her course; They slumber on with paws across. In the farm she passes no one wakes, But a jug in a bedroom gently shakes. Dawn freshens, Her climb is done. Down towards Glasgow she descends, Towards the steam tugs yelping down a glade of cranes Towards the fields of apparatus, the furnaces Set on the dark plain like gigantic chessmen. All Scotland waits for her: In dark glens, beside pale-green lochs Men long for news. Letters of thanks, letters from banks, Letters of joy from girl and boy, Receipted bills and invitations To inspect new stock or to visit relations, And applications for situations, And timid lovers’ declarations, And gossip, gossip from all the nations, News circumstantial, news financial, Letters with holiday snaps to enlarge in, Letters with faces scrawled on the margin, Letters from uncles, cousins, and aunts, Letters to Scotland from the South of France, Letters of condolence to Highlands and Lowlands Written on paper of every hue, The pink, the violet, the white and the blue, The chatty, the catty, the boring, the adoring, The cold and official and the heart’s outpouring, Clever, stupid, short and long, The typed and the printed and the spelt all wrong. Thousands are still asleep, Dreaming of terrifying monsters Or of friendly tea beside the band in Cranston’s or Crawford’s: Asleep in working Glasgow, asleep in well-set Edinburgh, Asleep in granite Aberdeen, They continue their dreams, But shall wake soon and hope for letters, And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of the heart, For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/what-a-beautiful-noise-and-views/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to What a beautiful noise – and views">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-14648 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-angola-bush-war category-history category-south-africa tag-bush-war tag-history tag-south-africa tag-war-in-angola" id="post-14648"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/the-unknown-war/" rel="bookmark">The ‘unknown war’</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/angola-bush-war/" rel="category tag">Angola Bush War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bush-war/" rel="tag">Bush War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/war-in-angola/" rel="tag">war in Angola</a> on 18/02/2013| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/the-unknown-war/#comments">3 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="350" height="250" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r4pK1W1jDlQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> If you don’t know about it, you can view plenty of videos on youtube about the Bush War – South Africa vs Angola – a war fought more than 20 years… This is a beautiful Afrikaans song. Visuals are great in the video. Found this link: warinangola.com <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ras5EOsFEJI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> I like this video clip more, as it’s not just still images – like the above video. South African troops can be proud of what they have achieved during the Bush War – they were real heroes. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/the-unknown-war/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The ‘unknown war’">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-13914 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess-art category-drakensberg-mountains category-drakensberge category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-chess tag-drakensberg-mountain tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-13914"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/memories-are-made-of-this/" rel="bookmark">Memories are made of this</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-art/" rel="category tag">chess art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="category tag">Drakensberg mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberge/" rel="category tag">Drakensberge</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-mountain/" rel="tag">Drakensberg Mountain</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 19/05/2012| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/memories-are-made-of-this/#comments">26 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.chessbase.com/news/2008/matisse03.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="241" /> Femme à Côté d’un Échiquier, by Henry Matisse -[credit:chessbase] <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="13915" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/memories-are-made-of-this/berg/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg" data-orig-size="882,337" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="berg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-13915" title="berg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=328&h=125" alt="" width="328" height="125" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=328&h=125 328w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=654&h=250 654w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/berg.jpg?w=600&h=229 600w" sizes="(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px" /></a> Images: <a href="http://www.pbase.com/arnomeintjes/drakensberg" rel="nofollow">http://www.pbase.com/arnomeintjes/drakensberg</a> <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x55l3p" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> Missing ‘The Berg‘ today! Wish for a mountain – a proper mountain – to climb. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2012/05/19/memories-are-made-of-this/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Memories are made of this">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12877 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-songs category-afrikaners category-arthur-conan-doyle tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaners tag-arthur-conan-doyle tag-ons-sal-dit-oorleef tag-protes-liedere tag-protest-songs tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika" id="post-12877"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/" rel="bookmark">ex-unitate-vires</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaners/" rel="category tag">Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="category tag">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaners/" rel="tag">Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/arthur-conan-doyle/" rel="tag">Arthur Conan Doyle</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ons-sal-dit-oorleef/" rel="tag">Ons sal dit oorleef</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protes-liedere/" rel="tag">protes liedere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protest-songs/" rel="tag">Protest songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 14/05/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12879" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/afrikaans_2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg" data-orig-size="610,348" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12879" title="Afrikaans_2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=500&h=285" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_2.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> This entry is more about a new Afrikaans song by Steve Hofmeyr – he sings in English too, and if you like the voice of Neil Diamond, then you will surely like his music too. Anyway, this new Afrikaans song is a protest song and I was reading on the link, in this post, about protest songs. Afrikaans is a young language and since the start Afrikaans struggled to survive. The British settled in South Africa in 1820 and then after the South African-British War – Boer War – Afrikaans was also ‘banned’. In primary schools, if you dared to speak your mother tongue [Afrikaans], you got a board around your neck stated ‘Donkey’ on it. At the moment, Afrikaners [not Africans] again, have to fight to survive. Not just to survive as a human race, but also the language as such. Farmers get murdered on a weekly basis [don’t forget the murders in the towns and cities too.] The world is IGNORANT! Goethe said, “There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.” I’ve found the lyrics to the song and also some English words to it [to part of it], but you will get the ‘message’. ‘Apartheid’ was nothing comparing to what happens now in our beautiful country. And if you really think you know everything about Apartheid, then I think you know just a tiny drop in the ocean of what it really was. Being in the UK now for long enough to know what they ‘know’ about ‘Apartheid’, is enough to tell me that they believed anything that was dished up to them as ‘Apartheid’. We all know what the ANC tried to achieve with their ‘campaigns’ and with a world full of narrow-minded people, they achieved what they wanted including the toi-toi on Trafalgar Square in the 1980’s and their sad sing-songs in America. Also, I think some of us know WHY things happened as it happened – like the Zimbabwean-ordeal – and it is just a matter of ‘time’ and South Africa will be there too – then those ‘waiting’ will ‘close in’.[and I’m not referring here to ‘those’ as the Afrikaners]. During the Boer War the British found it hard to win the war… we are a nation made up from different nations. We will fight and stand up again. Ex Unitate Vires= Unity is Strength <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12903" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/exunitatevires/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg" data-orig-size="200,155" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="exunitatevires" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg?w=200" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg?w=200" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12903" title="exunitatevires" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/exunitatevires.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12904" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg" data-orig-size="202,227" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Coat_of_Arms_of_South_Africa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg?w=202" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg?w=202" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12904" title="Coat_of_Arms_of_South_Africa" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/coat_of_arms_of_south_africa.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> Read more about us here: <blockquote>THE BOER NATIONS</blockquote> Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer — the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles. —Arthur Conan Doyle Click <a href="http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/boer_war/1/" target="_blank"> THIS link </a> to read the entire article by Arthur Conan Doyle. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Scottish author and creator of the oft-quoted detective-hero Sherlock Holmes wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891) On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/" target="_blank"> THIS LINK </a> link, – on my blog – I said in 2007 that I hope we as a nation will – again – rise and stand together one day. Eventhough we are scattered all over the planet at the moment, I do look forward to that day when things will ‘come together’ for all of us. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12886" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/steve_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg" data-orig-size="642,361" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Steve_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12886" title="Steve_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=500&h=280" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/steve_1.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <blockquote>What is protest music? In April 1966, Bob Dylan arrived in Stockholm as part of his controversial “electric” world tour, and a local interviewer asked him why he was no longer writing and performing protest songs. Dylan, irritated and more than a little out of it, objected to the question’s premise and called one of his new rock ’n’ roll compositions the very height of protest music: “Very, very protesty. And, uh, one of the protestiest of all things I ever protested against in my protest years.”</blockquote> Please click <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/books/review/book-review-33-revolutions-per-minute-by-dorian-lynskey.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1" target="_blank"> HERE </a> to read the entire article. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12880" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/afrikaans_1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg" data-orig-size="536,329" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaans_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12880" title="Afrikaans_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=500&h=307" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/afrikaans_1.jpg 536w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Ons Sal Dit Orleef Ons sal dit oorleef – Steve Hofmeyr “Daar’s ‘n land en ‘n volk in een taal gedoop Met gebede en buskruit en bloed gekoop Wat weer en weer van sy knie af moet streef Ons sal dit oorleef… Uit die kake van oormag deur die vuur op ons werf Staan die engele by ons vroue en die kinders wat sterf Elke grafsteen een standbeeld vir die wat bly leef Ons sal dit oorleef… My hart klop toktokkie waar hy breek vir my volk Voor die kakie kanon of die k****r se dolk Dit maak nie meer saak nie waar ons ons begeef Ons sal dit oorleef… Ek lig my oë tot die berge op Waar sal my hulp tog vandaan kan kom Ag my God jou woorde lê deur my geweef Ons sal dit oorleef… Ek staan vandag op jou plaas ou vriend Daar hang stof oor die stilte sovêr ek kan sien Maar die geeste van gister sal more herleef Ons sal dit oorleef <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12887" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/za/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg" data-orig-size="186,120" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="ZA" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg?w=186" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg?w=186" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12887" title="ZA" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/za.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> Some of the words in English. My heart beats toktokkie where it breaks for my people against the English (Khaki) canons or the Kaffir’s dagger It matters none where we now are heading We will survive this ordeal … I raise my eyes to the mountains ask where will my help arrive from? Oh my Lord your words are woven within me… We will survive this ordeal… English lyrics: whatishappeninginsouthafrica.blogspot <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12908" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/theo_steve/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg" data-orig-size="496,245" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="theo_steve" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=496" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=496" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12908" title="theo_steve" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=500&h=247" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/theo_steve.jpg 496w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Conversation between Theodore A… and Steve on Twitter [you might want to click the image for a clear view] <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uVJHjXKvLCY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/ex-unitate-vires-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to ex-unitate-vires">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12676 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-12676"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/hedge-fund-warns-of-sa-blow-up/" rel="bookmark">Hedge fund warns of SA ‘blow-up’</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 05/03/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/hedge-fund-warns-of-sa-blow-up/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Well, we all knew this was coming, but not when…with a government like our government, anyone, even someone with a low IQ, could expect it. You don’t have to be a bright spark to ‘read between the lines’. London – South Africa is flawed and set to “blow up” within the next 15 years with more serious consequences than Libya, says Toscafund, one of the UK’s most high-profile hedge funds. It tips commodity-rich Russia and Australia to benefit. Chief economist and partner Savvas Savouri, who has been researching South Africa’s economy, cites emigration of professional workers and what he sees as a “lack of centralised leadership” when it comes to dealing with problems such as the Aids epidemic. “It’s socially, politically and demographically flawed. It will malfunction within 15 years. It will go the way of MENA (the Middle East and North Africa) but the blow-up will be much more serious,” Savouri told Reuters in an interview this week. “Professional whites and blacks are leaving in hordes – the human capital is decaying,” he said. Savouri’s comments come as Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi struggles to contain a two-week-old popular uprising in the world’s 12th-largest oil exporter, which has helped push brent crude above $115 a barrel. The unrest across North Africa and the Middle East has also seen the ousting of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and Tunisian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, as well as protests in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Savouri said a “malfunction” in South Africa, which is the world’s biggest producer of platinum and a major producer of palladium alongside Russia, would push commodity prices higher, benefiting rival commodity-rich countries. “Clearly Russia and Australia will win out. The surge in commodity prices will benefit them,” he said. Savouri, who is known for being outspoken in his predictions, said in January that the financial services industry was practically “lawless”. Link/Source <a href="http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Hedge-fund-warns-of-SA-blow-up-20110304" rel="nofollow">http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Hedge-fund-warns-of-SA-blow-up-20110304</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/hedge-fund-warns-of-sa-blow-up/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Hedge fund warns of SA ‘blow-up’">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12667 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-farm-murders tag-farm-murders tag-south-africa" id="post-12667"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/brother-in-law-murdered-on-his-farm/" rel="bookmark">Brother-in-Law MURDERED on his Farm!!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/farm-murders/" rel="category tag">farm murders</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/farm-murders/" rel="tag">farm murders</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 04/03/2011| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/brother-in-law-murdered-on-his-farm/#comments">29 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Yes, we as a family are now also one of those being affected by the crime in South Africa. We can now say: “We have a brother murdered by members of the ANC regime.” It is not anymore ‘someone’ we ‘know’, it is now US! We as South Africans should start a REVOLUTION! And believe me, I will be at the front end of it! FARM MURDERS, FARM KILLINGS SHOULD STOP – ANY KILLING SHOULD STOP – NOW! Where is the RIGHT of people to be SAFE in their OWN COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????? Where is the RIGHT of people to LIVE and LET LIVE???????? Where is the RIGHT of people to come and go FREELY as you WISH in your own HOUSE!!!???We sit with a brainless government, all they care for is their OWN POCKETS, NOTHING for anyone. Telling their own people they won’t go to heaven if they don’t vote for them…and best of all, their people believe them! I can continue and ramble on and on and on, I know. Nothing will help. We are stuck with a sick government. You can read about it in Afrikaans <a href="http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Geskokte-boere-jag-moordenaars-20110304" target="_blank">HERE </a>and use google translator to translate it into English. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/brother-in-law-murdered-on-his-farm/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Brother-in-Law MURDERED on his Farm!!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12474 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-afrikaans-songs category-christmas category-south-africa tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaanse-kersliedere tag-christmas tag-south-africa" id="post-12474"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/" rel="bookmark">Do they know?</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/christmas/" rel="category tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-kersliedere/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Kersliedere</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" rel="tag">Christmas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 19/12/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12475" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/christmas_cake/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg" data-orig-size="208,226" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Christmas_cake" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg?w=208" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg?w=208" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12475" title="Christmas_cake" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/christmas_cake.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12476" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/sony-dsc-20/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg" data-orig-size="1162,778" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"","camera":"DSLR-A200","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1292693175","copyright":"","focal_length":"70","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.1","title":"SONY DSC"}" data-image-title="SONY DSC" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12476" title="SONY DSC" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=500&h=333" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=597 597w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dsc02771a.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> This photo was taken yesterday about 4pm The first Afrikaans Christmas song written in South Africa – about a Summer Christmas – and I’ve found a youtube video about it. It’s beautiful, the boys singing in this choir reminded me of the Drakensberg Boys Choir of years ago – beautiful singing. The translation of the song was found on the site of: openlanguages.net Somerkersfees <div id="c476-default"> [1] Welkom o stille nag van vrede, Onder die suiderkruis, Wyl stemme uit die verlede Oor sterrevelde ruis. [2] Hoor jy hoe sag die klokke beier in eeue-oue taal. Kyk, selfs die nagtelike swye vertel die ou verhaal. [3] Voel jy ook nou Sy warm liefde As ons die dag gedenk, Toe Hy sy Seun aan ons gegee het – Ons grootste Kersgeskenk. KOOR Kersfees kom, Kersfees kom – Gee aan God die eer. Skenk ons ‘n helder Somerkersfees In hierdie land, o Heer. English-version </div>  <div id="col6"></div> <div id="c477-default"> [1] Enter in quiet peace filled night beneath the Southern Cross Lend now your ear this starlit night, to whispers from the past. [2] Do you hear how softly the bells are chiming, in ancient dialect Even the evening’s starry silence, on prescious history reflects. [3] Can you also feel the warmth of His love, as we celebrate the day God loved us so much He sent his son, no other gift as great. CHORUS Christmas nears, Christmas nears Bow before the King Grant by Your grace in this great land A bright summer’s Christmas Lord. </div>  <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HExTPHiuIIU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This next video is for everyone reading here and I do hope your Christmas will be a wonderful Christmas. I want you also to think about South Africans and pray for my country and its people, you can see photos of how <a href="http://censorbugbear-reports.blogspot.com/2010/12/potgieter-family-massacre-suspects_14.html" target="_blank">black kids are being trained how to kill/execute </a>whites- and best of all, the WORLD is turning a BLIND eye. If it was whites killing blacks, it would be DIFFERENT story, but who cares, it’s blacks killing whites, even a three year old girl! I won’t go into the detail how she was killed as you won’t believe it. Read the link to know what is REALLY going on in South Africa. The British screwed up big time – with Zimbabwe and they screwed up ONCE again – not just the British, but America too – this time. And …oh please, don’t come to me with your Apartheid excuses, as Apartheid was nothing like this and has nothing to do with this – 1994 is …er…how many years ago? Using Apartheid as an excuse also shows how uninformed you actually are about South Africa and its past – as that’s the only thing most people know about – well, actually those who know something about South Africa – apart from lions and rhinos roaming the streets/cities of our country – like some people think. So, I would suggest to read the link if that was going to be your excuse too. These people are demon possessed and they do not know about God and the love of God and Jesus. They need your prayers too and they need people to spread the love of God, so they can stop with their killings. If you are interested in more reading, follow the link on my sidebar – with the photo of Anthony LoBaido – to read more. <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/xg6xov" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/do-they-know/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Do they know?">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-12199 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog-award category-general tag-blog-award tag-chess tag-northern-cape tag-south-africa" id="post-12199"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/an-award-n-toekenning/" rel="bookmark">An award – ‘n toekenning</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/blog-award/" rel="category tag">blog award</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blog-award/" rel="tag">blog award</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/northern-cape/" rel="tag">Northern Cape</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 29/08/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/an-award-n-toekenning/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blog_award.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12200" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/an-award-n-toekenning/blog_award/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blog_award.jpg" data-orig-size="238,239" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="blog_award" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blog_award.jpg?w=238" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blog_award.jpg?w=238" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12200" title="blog_award" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/blog_award.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> I not the kind of person that like to showcase awards, medals, etc. but don’t have the option to hide this blog award <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-admin/brandnetel.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Vlam </a>has passed on to me, which I really appreciate. Her motivation for the award was: she sees me as a busy boddy and never depressed. [borrellend besig en nooit bedruk – in Afrikaans] I think she’s hit the nail on its head with both, but honestly, must say that with what was going on in my home country the past week, had me quite upset and depressed and it was hard to stay positive about South Africa when getting news about pasients dying in hospitals due to the strike of medical staff! Then, on the positive side, I do read <a href="http://anamericaninpretoria.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Annie’s blog </a>for quite a time now and have found a lady of great inspiration. Annie is an American living in Pretoria and it’s amazing what she’s always doing. I do salute Annie 70×70 for the work she’s been doing and also in the past week she volunteered at a hospital and cheered pasients up with her humorous personality. I need to pass this award on to 5 other amazing people and Annie is definitely on the top of my list. Next is <a href="http://kyker2.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Kyker </a>for his beautiful photos of places around the world. The scenes and places are always thoughtfully selected and you will enjoy his photograpy when visiting his neatly laid out blog. I think he’s an example of perfection. He’s also writing his own poems and if you can read Afrikaans, you will definitely enjoy his poetry too. Thirdly I would like to award <a href="http://madeleoorleef.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Madele </a> for always being positive in her views and always taking other people into consideration. Madele only started blogging quite recently and has already shown she’s a person of great inspiration too, an open person who’s truly honest and someone you can trust. Recently, <a href="http://kruidjieroermynie.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Roer</a> has started blogging again – after silence of almost a year – and I appreciate her determination in her decisions and pushing through with ideas when she’s decided to do things in life, despite of what other people are saying/thinking. Lastly, but not the least, I would like to pass this award on to <a href="http://noordkaapskaak.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Connie </a>for his great blog he’s started recently about Chess in his area/province, which is the Northern Cape – in South Africa. He’s always uploading some great pics of children taking part in tournaments across the country/province. He also keeps his followers/readers informed about tournaments and always has details at hand. I got to know Connie through the chess.com-site and he’s a great Chess player too – as his twin-girls! Keep up the good work, Connie. Part of receiving the award is naming three things I like. Well, that is quite difficult as there are many things I really do like. I like it when people are honest/fair and have an open mind about things in life, thinking logical about things that make sense to us all. I appreciate the beauty of nature, the wild and would love to be on a farm for the rest of my life. Lastly, I like reading and poetry and would love to have all the time in the world just to read. When I was little, I even read every single advertisement in the newspaper or every single label on bottels etc. I always thought I was going to miss something…silly billy me…lol…Now, the last part of my task – as part of the award. I need to upload a photo of a place/something I like. Well, it wasn’t difficult to decide as my first choice will always be the Drakensberg Mountains – this mountain range stretches from the north of the country to the far south and in this photo you can see Mt Aux Sources – the highest peak in South Africa – which is about 4300 m. The actual highest peak – Thaba Ntlenyana – is in Lesotho – an enclaved country in South Africa. -an enclaved country is a country within [surrounded by] another country. Thaba Ntlenyana means beautiful little mountain. I was 15 when I was on top of Mount Aux Sources with a school trip. There are two chainladders to go up before you reach the summit. A great experience if you like hiking or the outdoors! Dankie, Vlam vir die toekenning! Ek waardeer dit, komende van jou – net so borrellend besig en bedruk? Nee, nie van wat ek weet nie! Jy’t my ook voorgespring met Skoor natuurlik – hehe… sjoe, hoe lus het ek vir cupcakes as ek so na hierdie pienk prentjie kyk – lekker eetbare prentjie. lol <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12203" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/an-award-n-toekenning/drakensberg-mountains_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg" data-orig-size="590,441" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="drakensberg mountains_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12203" title="drakensberg mountains_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg?w=500&h=373" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/drakensberg-mountains_1.jpg 590w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/an-award-n-toekenning/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to An award – ‘n toekenning">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-11561 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-south-africa tag-crime tag-crime-hotspots-south-africa tag-crime-news-south-africa tag-crime-report-web-tools tag-crime-reports-south-africa tag-news-south-africa tag-south-africa tag-travel-south-africa tag-website-design" id="post-11561"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/report-crime-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Report Crime – South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime/" rel="tag">crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime-hotspots-south-africa/" rel="tag">crime hotspots South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime-news-south-africa/" rel="tag">crime news South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime-report-web-tools/" rel="tag">crime report web tools</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime-reports-south-africa/" rel="tag">Crime reports South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news-south-africa/" rel="tag">news South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/travel-south-africa/" rel="tag">travel South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/website-design/" rel="tag">website design</a> on 04/04/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/report-crime-south-africa/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crime_sa.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11560" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/report-crime-south-africa/crime_sa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crime_sa.jpg" data-orig-size="937,543" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Crime_SA" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crime_sa.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crime_sa.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11560" title="Crime_SA" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/crime_sa.jpg?w=500&h=247" alt="" /></a> Please click on the image for a large view <blockquote>Report Crime is something thats been in the back of my mind for a while now and 6 months ago, If not longer I decided to implement it. It will be an on-going project that I really want to get off the ground. Its a community based crime notification and awareness tool. It’s currently a free service and I intend to keep it that way. However it needs to look after itself financially in the end, and that would be supported by advertisers. My main focus rite now is to build up users for the site, Ive already started advertising on Facebook. I originally tested the idea by putting up a very simple crime logging system, and the response I got from advertising though Google was very good. However that system had no methods in place to track users. It was extremely simple and was setup in less than a week, I wonder if the current system is too complex and the key to its success is to be ridiculously simple. </blockquote> Look at Craigs list, as ugly as hell as there is no styling and no js, but that makes it fast and is one of the most successful sites around the world. Please click <a href="http://egersdorfer.co.za/" target="_blank">HERE to visit </a>Derrick’s site to read more and <a href="http://report-crime.co.za/" target="_blank">HERE to visit </a>the Report Crime-site where you can also report a crime if you know about one! I think this kind of site is the first in the world and I personally think it is great! I’m in contact with Frederic on Twitter – his twitter-name is Deighardt and through him I got to know about this site which is his cousin’s mastermind – Derrick. I hope people will find it useful and use it too as it is a great tool to even report crime too. Planning to visit South Africa…check out this site for crime hotspots! Planning to travel…from Pretoria to Durban…or wherever…check it out. You know of any crime…report it! You can even search for places in South Africa or set up an email/sms-alert. This is what we need in our country…maybe all over the world! It’s a shame that crime is such an issue in South Africa. We have a beautiful country…as many visitors have said what these two also say… <blockquote>This is my second week in South Africa. What a stunningly beautiful country. The people are diverse and lovely. The food is fabulous. The vistas are varied and magnificent…Diana Mason…June 2009 from <a href="http://ajnoffthecharts.com" rel="nofollow">http://ajnoffthecharts.com</a> South Africans know how to put relationships ahead of tasks. You can stop by someone’s house for coffee ,and even if they were on their way to the store, they will stop everything and spend an hour with you. Feb 2010 -An American in Pretoria…<a href="http://anamericaninpretoria.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://anamericaninpretoria.blogspot.com</a></blockquote> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <div id="geo-post-11561" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/report-crime-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Report Crime – South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-11498 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-electric-car-south-africa tag-ferdinand-chauvier tag-inventions-by-south-africans tag-joule tag-kreepy-krauly tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-trevor-rabin" id="post-11498"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/4-minutes/" rel="bookmark">4 Minutes</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/electric-car-south-africa/" rel="tag">electric car South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ferdinand-chauvier/" rel="tag">Ferdinand Chauvier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/inventions-by-south-africans/" rel="tag">inventions by South Africans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/joule/" rel="tag">Joule</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kreepy-krauly/" rel="tag">kreepy krauly</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/trevor-rabin/" rel="tag">Trevor Rabin</a> on 28/02/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/4-minutes/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/london.thesouthafrican.com/uploads/news/2_2010/clockweb.jpg" alt="" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQEUWJq5-iw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> When we moved to the UK in 2001, Internet Banking was a no-no in the country…whereas in South Africa, we used to have Internet Banking for a few years at the time, you could even pay your bills online. When we wanted to pay online for horse-riding lessons, the lady at the stalls were looking at us like are you talking double dutch? – when we asked to pay her online. She thought we knew something she didn’t know. I was even in email-touch with one of the banking staff at my branch in Pretoria, whilst here in the UK, at the time, you couldn’t even contact the bank via email. One of the banks in SouthAfrica [for a few years now] do send you a text the minute when someone logs on to your account, even if it is you yourself! …more…the first South African electric car, the Joule, which was showcased in Paris in 2008. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11510" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/4-minutes/joule/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg" data-orig-size="468,330" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"16","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 5D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1221205612","copyright":"","focal_length":"170","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":""}" data-image-title="joule" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg?w=468" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg?w=468" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11510" title="joule" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg?w=500&h=351" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/joule.jpg 468w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Joule – image: cdn.24 The Joule’s interior and exterior was styled by South African-born former Jaguar designer, Keith Helfet, who was responsible for iconic Jag designs like the XJ220, the XK180 and the F-Type. The Joule’s chassis accommodates two large-cell lithium ion battery packs, which use similar chemistry to that used in mobile phones and laptop computers. The five-seater passenger vehicle can be plugged in at home, with a normal 220 volt outlet, and the 300km battery pack will charge in approximately seven hours. Joule will be sold in all major South African centres towards the end of 2010 with sales and exports to the international market will follow shortly after the South African launch. DID YOU also KNOW: The world’s first automatic pool cleaning unit, the Kreepy Krauly, was invented by South African Ferdinand Chauvier in 1974. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.mieliestronk.com/chauvier2.jpg" alt="" /> Ferdinand Chauvier – image:mieliestronk In 1978 South Africa’s premier ticketing agent, Computicket, became the world’s first computerised ticketing system ever to be invented. Source:london.thesouthafrican.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11504" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/4-minutes/dolos/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg" data-orig-size="332,459" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Dolos" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg?w=332" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg?w=332" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11504" title="Dolos" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg?w=500&h=694" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg?w=216 216w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dolos.jpg 332w" sizes="(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px" /></a> A dolos is an unusually shaped concrete block used to protect harbor walls from the force of the sea by dissipating, rather than blocking the energy of the waves. First installed in East London Harbor, dolosse are now used all over the world. The revolutionary sea buffer got it’s name when it’s designer Aubrey Kruger’s father Joe was asked to make a wooden model of the object. When it was completed he observed “wat speel julle met die dolos?” “dolos” is the Afrikaans word for the knuckle joint in an animal’s leg. With that, the dolos was baptized. <div> Pratley’s Putty Originally invented by Krugersdorp engineer, George Pratley in 1948, to hold components in an electrical box. This hybrid epoxy urethane adhesive was used by NASA in 1969 to hold parts of the Apollo XI mission’s Eagle landing craft together. To prove the reliability of his glue, Mr Pratley used a blob of it to suspend a 13-ton bulldozer over his son’s head. Pratley died in 1983 and today the company is run by his son. The bulldozer is still suspended in the foyer of Pratley’s Krugersdorp offices. </div> <div>The South African physicist, Allan Cormack, won in 1979 the Nobel Prize with Godfrey Hounsfield from EMI Laboratories for the invention of the Computed Axiale Tomography (CAT) scan. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1979/cormack.jpg" alt="" /> Allan Cormack -image: Nobel Prizes.com <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.trevorrabin.net/web-content/Images/TrevorRabin_2B.jpg" alt="" /> Trevor Rabin – image: trevorrabin.net</div> If you don’t know about Trevor Rabin and his great compositions and film rewards for music he composed for films like ….Deep Blue Sea, Armageddon, etc. …then you need to click <a href="http://www.trevorrabin.net/web-content/History.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>to read more and <a href="http://www.trevorrabin.net/web-content/Downloads/Player.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>to listen to some of his music. Trevor was a bandmember of the South African band, Rabbit. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <div id="geo-post-11498" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/4-minutes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 4 Minutes">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-11456 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cape-town category-south-africa category-suid-afrika category-table-mountain tag-bygone-times tag-cape-town tag-kaapstad tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-table-mountain tag-table-mountain-cable-car" id="post-11456"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/bygone-times/" rel="bookmark">Bygone Times</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cape-town/" rel="category tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/table-mountain/" rel="category tag">Table Mountain</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bygone-times/" rel="tag">bygone times</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-town/" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kaapstad/" rel="tag">Kaapstad</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/table-mountain/" rel="tag">Table Mountain</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/table-mountain-cable-car/" rel="tag">Table mountain cable car</a> on 18/02/2010| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/bygone-times/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="11455" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/bygone-times/tablemountainroutineinspection/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg" data-orig-size="335,532" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="TableMountainroutineinspection" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg?w=335" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg?w=335" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-11455" title="TableMountainroutineinspection" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg?w=500&h=797" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg?w=188 188w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tablemountainroutineinspection.jpg 335w" sizes="(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px" /></a> On <a href="http://www.smartguide.co.za/virtual-tours/table-mountain/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>you can watch some short clips about Cape Town but also take a virtual tour! This link is worth visiting. Do yourself a favour and take a look at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787@N07/" target="_blank">Etienne’s Flickr photos </a> – even if you are from the US or the UK you will find pics you will appreciate. On this image you can see the <a href="http://tablemountain.net/" target="_blank">cable car on Table Mountain </a>being inspected – 1977. He has pictures that cover a variety of topics and you will surely find something to your taste. This next pic is Adderley Street – Cape Town – 1960. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/farm3.static.flickr.com/2206/2147170864_0629f8e17d.jpg" alt="" width="421" height="331" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <div id="geo-post-11456" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/bygone-times/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bygone Times">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10881 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cape-town category-general category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-bloubergstrand tag-cape-town tag-chess-in-cape-town tag-holiday-in-south-africa tag-kaapstad tag-music-file tag-musiek tag-op-blouberg-se-strand tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-10881"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/" rel="bookmark">Let’s ride the wind</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cape-town/" rel="category tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bloubergstrand/" rel="tag">Bloubergstrand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-town/" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-in-cape-town/" rel="tag">Chess in Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday-in-south-africa/" rel="tag">holiday in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kaapstad/" rel="tag">Kaapstad</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-file/" rel="tag">music file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/op-blouberg-se-strand/" rel="tag">Op Blouberg se strand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 27/11/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10886" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/bloubergstrand_2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg" data-orig-size="575,378" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="bloubergstrand_2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10886" title="bloubergstrand_2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg?w=500&h=328" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_2.jpg 575w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Cape Town – with its surrounding beaches – is the place to go – for many tourists. If you haven’t been to South Africa, everybody will encourage you to go to Cape Town first. There are various reasons why people will tell you to go to CT first. Of course I will suggest it too, as it is a touristy city, lots of activities for tourists, beautiful historical sites to visit, beautiful views and Table Mountain to enjoy on a picnic outing. – My next stop for anyone that’s been to South Africa before, will of course be my favourite: The Drakensberg Mountains! There are various hotels in the Mountain range and the most beautiful spots for anyone that loves hiking. Back to Bloubergstrand. If you search Bloubergstrand, you will find the most beautiful pictures, some of which you can see in this entry. Laurika Rauch sings the song Op Blouberg se Strand, but this time I have the song as sung by Juanita du Plessis. I’ve roughly translated the song for English readers. This song describes some of the activities at Bloubergstrand. I’ve also found a very interesting piece of reading about Bloubergstrand. Do enjoy it. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10896" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/chess-dogs/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg" data-orig-size="680,454" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess dogs" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10896" title="chess dogs" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg?w=500&h=333" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/chess-dogs.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> If you’re in Cape Town and desperate to play chess, do visit the Goodwood Chess club…see their website for a map and details. They exist since 1963. <a href="http://goodwoodchess.tripod.com/" target="_blank">http://goodwoodchess.tripod.com/</a> <a href="http://goodwoodchess.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://goodwoodchess.blogspot.com/</a> Organised club league chess is over 100 years old in Cape Town. Cape Town chess club, the oldest in South Africa (founded in 1885) together with Woodstock, Tokai and the YMCA club formed a union of clubs in 1907.  <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10881-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/11-op-blouberg-se-strand.mp3?_=1" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/11-op-blouberg-se-strand.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/11-op-blouberg-se-strand.mp3</a></audio> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10901" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/blouberg1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg" data-orig-size="709,415" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 20D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1166554866","copyright":"","focal_length":"22","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0015625","title":""}" data-image-title="blouberg1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10901" title="blouberg1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg?w=500&h=292" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/blouberg1.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> At Bloubergstrand The waves know where the billows break They think they’re free The clouds drift in the sky but they must ride the winds It’s early in the day, at Bloubergstrand The wind will be blowing, the sun will be burning But it’s cool after the long night and we greet the day Choir Good morning my sunshine Good morning my child Let’s jog alongside the beach Let’s ride the wind The sun will scorch us and the rays will burn But it’s early in the day At Bloubergstrand There are lime-washed houses and old Table Mountain There are anglers with rod and hat pestering fish from early on Daddy says: my child, we must find black mussels we love the sea, I love my child Yes, it’s cool after the long night and we greet the day Choir Good morning my sunshine Good morning my child Let’s jog alongside the beach Let’s ride the wind The sun will scorch us and the rays will burn But it’s early in the day At Bloubergstrand (2x) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10890" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/riding-the-wind/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg" data-orig-size="305,452" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="riding the wind" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg?w=305" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg?w=305" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10890" title="riding the wind" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg?w=500&h=743" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg?w=202 202w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/riding-the-wind.jpg 305w" sizes="(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10922" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/lime-houses/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg" data-orig-size="405,272" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lime houses" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg?w=405" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg?w=405" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10922" title="lime houses" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg?w=500&h=335" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/lime-houses.jpg 405w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: New York Times Op Blouberg se strand DIE GOLWE WEET WAAR BREEK DIE BRANDERS – HULLE DINK HULLE’S VRY DIE WOLKE WENTEL IN DIE HEMEL MAAR OP DIE WINDE MOET HUL RY DIS VROEG IN DIE DAG, OP BLOUBERG SE STRAND DIE WIND GAAN NOG WAAI, DIE SON GAAN NOG BRAND MAAR DIS KOEL NA DIE LANG NAG EN ONS GROET DIE DAG KOOR: GOEIE MÔRE MY SONSKYN GOEIE MÔRE MY KIND KOM ONS DRAF LANGS DIE STRAND KOM ONS RY OP DIE WIND DIE SAND SAL ONS SKROEI EN DIE STRALE SAL BRAND MAAR DIS VROEG IN DIE DAG OP BLOUBERG SE STRAND DAAR IS WITGEKALKTE HUISE EN OU TAFELBERG DAAR IS HENGELAARS MET STOK EN HOED WAT VROEG VISSE TERG MY PA, SÊ MY KIND, ONS MOET SWART MOSSELS VIND ONS IS LIEF VIR DIE SEE, EK IS LIEF VIR MY KIND JA DIS KOEL NA DIE LANG NAG EN ONS GROET DIE DAG KOOR ( X2) <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/344695a.jpg"><img title="lime-washed houses" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/344695a.jpg?w=275&h=206" alt="" width="275" height="206" /></a> <blockquote>Its pristine beaches and modest lime-washed historic fisherman’s houses have been immortalised in song. Its spectacular, classic view of Table Mountain across Table Bay has been captured on countless photographs, postcards and brochures, which are used to lure tourists to nearby Cape Town.</blockquote> Yet Bloubergstrand (which is Afrikaans for ‘blue mountain beach’) itself has always had much to offer those willing to make the approximately 25 kilometre journey north of the Mother City to pay it a visit and linger for longer than the amount of time it requires to take a snapshot of the mountain. Incidentally, one would be forgiven to assume that Bloubergstrand’s name comes from that world famous postcard view of Table Mountain, but one would be quite mistaken. The suburb is actually named after Blouberg, a hill located not too far inland from the coast. The consistent summer winds sweeping across the bay stirs up the waves, making Bloubergstrand a watersport heaven. In fact, Big Bay – home to the annual, recently held Oxbbow Big Bay Classic windsurfing championship event – is arguably the premier windsurfing and kiteboarding spot in the world. Strollers and shell collectors can be seen meandering up the wild stretch of Milnerton Beach which lies between the city and Bloubergstrand. But Blouberg’s beaches and ground are blood-soaked. History buffs will be intrigued to know that a small but significant battle was fought here in1806. It was called the Battle of Blaauwberg and it established British rule in South Africa. During that time, the Cape Colony belonged to the French controlled Netherlands (then called the Batavian Republic). But the sea route around the Cape was important to the British, so in order to prevent that from also coming under French control, they decided to seize the colony. A British fleet was despatched to the Cape in July 1805 to forestall the French troopships sent by Napoleon to reinforce the Cape garrison. At the time, the colony was governed by Lt Gen Jan Willem Janssens (Blaauwberg House is located in Gen Janssens Str). He was also commander-in-chief of the colony’s military forces. The forces were small and of poor quality and backed up by local militia units. The first British warship reached the Cape on Christmas Eve 1805, marking its arrival by promptly attacking two supply ships off the Cape Peninsula. When the main fleet sailed into Table Bay on 4 January 1806, Janssens mobilised his garrison, declared martial law and called up the militia. Two British infantry brigades, under the command of Lt Gen Sir David Baird, landed at Melkbosstrand on 6 and 7 January 1806. Janssens moved his forces to intercept them with the intent of attacking them right there on the beach and then to withdraw to the interior where he had hoped to hold out until the French troopships arrived. He knew that victory against the stronger and bigger British forces wasn’t possible, but he thought the honour of his fatherland demanded a fight. However, on 8 January 1806, Baird’s brigades reached the slopes of the Blaauwberg mountain before Janssens and his troops did. Janssens halted and ordered his men to form a line across the veld. The battle began at sunrise. At the onset, Janssens had 2 049 troops. They were far outnumbered by Baird and his 5 399 men. At the end of the battle, Janssens had lost 353 in casualties and desertion. Baird had 212 casualties. Following the battle, Janssens and his remaining men moved inland to Elandskloof in the Hottentots-Holland mountains. The British forces reached the outskirts of Cape Town on 9 January. To protect the town and its civilian population from attack, the commandant of Cape Town, Lieutenant-Colonel Hieronymus Casimir von Prophalow sent out a white flag. He handed over the outer fortifications to Baird, and terms of surrender were negotiated later in the day. However, Janssens, who was still the Batavian Governor of the Cape, still refused to surrender himself and his remaining troops. He was still sticking to his original plan to hold out as long as he could in the hope that the French troopships for which he had been waiting so long for would still arrive and save him. Eventually, on 18 January, he finally agreed to capitulate. The terms of the capitulation were reasonably favourable towards the Batavian soldiers and citizens of the Cape. In March 1806, Janssens, along with other Batavian officials and troops, were sent back to the Netherlands. The British forces occupied the Cape until 13 August 1814, when the Netherlands ceded the colony to Britian as a permanent possession. It remained a British colony until it was incorporated into the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910. Much to our relief, the only battles taking place in Blouberg these days are the ones between the windsurfers, kiteboarders and other athletes. Source:www.malatabeach.co.za/Info.html <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10887" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt.jpg" data-orig-size="292,163" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="blouberg beach and table mountain" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt.jpg?w=292" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt.jpg?w=292" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10887" title="blouberg beach and table mountain" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bloubergstrand_tbl_mnt.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> <div id="geo-post-10881" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/lets-ride-the-wind/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Let’s ride the wind">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10698 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-news-article tag-nigerian-guardian tag-nigerian-news tag-south-africa" id="post-10698"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-south-african-experience/" rel="bookmark">The South African Experience</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news-article/" rel="tag">news article</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nigerian-guardian/" rel="tag">Nigerian Guardian</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nigerian-news/" rel="tag">Nigerian News</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 24/10/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-south-african-experience/#comments">7 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Wednesday, October 21, 2009 <blockquote>South African experience </blockquote> SIR: On Thursday October 1, 2009, the National Chairman of our great party Chief Bisi Akande; the Lagos State Chairman of the Party in Lagos, Chief Dele Ajomale; his wife; the representative of the Governor and my humble self left for South Africa to inaugurate the chapter of our party. Business finished on Saturday October 2 and 3, 2009 in both Pretoria and Johannesburg. We had Sunday October 4 to look around. It was my first visit to South Africa and what I saw stunned me. Am I in Africa or Europe? Am I in America? Is this another Singapore? Could this be true? Where was Nigeria when South Africa was putting all these structures in place? If the white man did all these in South Africa why were the Nelson Mandelas of this world complaining? If South Africans got their independence on a platter of gold the way Nigeria got hers in 1960, would there have been all these structures I am seeing here today? Impossible! From what I saw on ground in South Africa, it looked as if all the companies and industries all over the world are physically present there. Ah! Nigeria has been left behind. South Africa is the potential and undisputable leader in Africa. Thanks to the white South Africans. I came to the unhappy conclusion that the mosquitoes that drove the whites away from Nigeria in 1960 did a colossal and unmitigated damage to Nigerians. I again asked myself these questions: How many black Africans did the whites kill before surrendering power to them? How many Nigerians have been killed by Nigerian leaders since they took over power from the whites in 1960? Let us compare the figures. I am sure the supreme prize South Africans paid to have the South Africa I see today will be so infinitesimal compared with what our leaders have killed to remain in power in Nigeria. What I am saying is that God should have allowed the whites to tarry for at least more 30 years in Nigeria and we would have been better for it. Mandela survived 27 years in prison because the whiteman was a better person. He could not have survived 10 years in prison in Nigeria. My conclusion after seeing what I saw in South Africa is that the whites left Nigeria in a hurry, and that is why we are suffering today. Had the whites tarried in Nigeria, Nigeria would have been like South Africa today. I want the whites back in Nigeria! Joe Igbokwe, Lagos. News Article <a href="http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/letters/article02//indexn3_html?pdate=211009&ptitle=South African experience&cpdate=211009" target="_blank">here </a>Nigerian Guardian News. The link will open in a new window. Thank you to <a href="http://brandnetel.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Brandnetel </a>for the entry-link on her blog. [brandnetel = stinging nettle] <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-south-african-experience/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The South African Experience">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10515 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-general tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-camdeboo-national-park tag-chris-chameleon tag-ingrid-jonker tag-kamdeboo tag-karoo tag-korreltjie-sand tag-little-grain-of-sand tag-lyrics tag-meerkats tag-meerkatte tag-nature-south-africa tag-plants tag-south-africa tag-south-african-fauna-and-flora" id="post-10515"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen/" rel="bookmark">Kamdebooberge Aberdeen</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/camdeboo-national-park/" rel="tag">Camdeboo National Park</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chris-chameleon/" rel="tag">Chris Chameleon</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ingrid-jonker/" rel="tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kamdeboo/" rel="tag">Kamdeboo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/karoo/" rel="tag">Karoo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/korreltjie-sand/" rel="tag">Korreltjie Sand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/little-grain-of-sand/" rel="tag">Little grain of sand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lyrics/" rel="tag">Lyrics</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meerkats/" rel="tag">meerkats</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meerkatte/" rel="tag">Meerkatte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature-south-africa/" rel="tag">Nature South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/plants/" rel="tag">plants</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-fauna-and-flora/" rel="tag">South African fauna and flora</a> on 10/10/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen/#comments">3 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10516" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen/kamdebooberge-aberdeen/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg" data-orig-size="1434,1076" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Kamdebooberge Aberdeen" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10516" title="Kamdebooberge Aberdeen" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg?w=500&h=375" alt="Kamdebooberge Aberdeen" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Click on the image for a larger view. Click <a href="http://www.sanparks.org/parks/camdeboo/" target="_blank">HERE for the Camdeboo National Park </a>in South Africa. The Camdeboo Mountains in the Cape Province of South Africa. Beautiful, isn’t it?! How I love thee….Original Photo <a href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3852589" target="_blank">HERE</a> also in Google Earth. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sanparks.org/gallery/d/24984-3/meerkats.jpg" alt="" /> Camdeboo-family – image: Sanparks <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sanparks.org/gallery/d/24972-3/flowering%2Bplant.jpg" alt="" /> Camdeboo flowers Poetry again…at the bottom of this entry you can find the English version of Ingrid Jonker’s poem: Korreltjie Sand (Little grain of Sand) ‘n Gedig deur dr Flip Strydom van die Stigting vir Bemagtiging Afrikaans (SBA) opgeteken in ‘n boek getiteld Versies uit die veld. Soos ‘n koelteboom in Februarie se karoo (Uit Murraysburg) Meneer, u vra oor geletterdheid in my lewe? Wel, ek is ’n Karookind En geletterdheid is vir my soos ’n koelteboom In Februarie se Karoo. Of ’n jaloers buitjie reën wat die stof laat ruik In die strate van Murraysburg. Of die doringboomgeur van die Kamdeboo-streek Daar naby Graaff-Reinet. Of die treurgesang op ’n Sondagaand Uit die kerkie op die bult. Karoomense kyk anders na dinge, Meneer. (Bron: Die Burger, 16 Augustus 2003) sien ook: cnx.org Karoo-dorp: Someraand Die laat-middag het room geword en treine wat ver fluit en ’n wit-bont klaas-skáwagter wat wag-hou op ’n kluit en rook uit die lokasie rook en by die dorpsdam sing en mense in tennisbroekies loop die koper skemer in dóér op die nasionale pad loop motortjies onhoorbaar, hoog; Oum-Appie-Slagkraal se ou fiets kom staan, vanself, moeg, voor die oog. Tant’-Tolie-met-die-kanker kom sit op die bordienghuis se stoep: vanaand gaan hoor ons nog hoe sy Die Here en die uile roep. ~~NP van Wyk Louw Tristia Chris Chameleon sings one of Ingrid Jonker’s poems..Korreltjie Sand – Grain of Sand – do enjoy! Korreltjie Sand – lyrics korreltjie korreltjie sand klippie gerol in my hand klippie gesteek in my sak word korreltjie klein en plat sonnetjie groot in die blou ek maak net ‘n ogie van jou blink in my korreltjie klippie dit is genoeg vir die rukkie pyltjie geveer en verskiet liefde verklein in die niet timmerman bou aan ‘n kis ek maak my gereed vir die niks korreltjie klein is my woord korreltjie niks is my dood korreltjie klein korreltjie sand kindjie wat skreeu uit die skoot niks in die wêreld is groot stilletjies lag nou en praat stilte in doodloopstraat wêreldjie rond en aardblou korreltjie maak ek van jou huisie met deur en twee skrefies tuintjie met blou madeliefies pyltjie geveer en verskiet liefde verklein in die niet timmerman bou aan ‘n kis ek maak my gereed vir die niks korreltjie klein is my woord korreltjie niks is my dood korreltjie klein korreltjie sand (5x) The Original poem Korreltjie niks is my dood Ingrid Jonker (1933-1965) Korreltjie korreltjie sand klippie gerol in my hand klippie gesteek in my sak word korreltjie klein en plat Sonnetjie groot in die blou korreltjie maak ek van jou blink in my korreltjie klippie dit is genoeg vir die rukkie Kindjie wat skreeu uit die skoot niks in die wêreld is groot stilletjies lag nou en praat stilte in doodloopstraat Wêreldjie rond en aardblou ek maak net ‘n ogie van jou huisie met deur en twee skrefies tuintjie met blou madeliefies Pyltjie geveer in verskiet liefde verklein in die niet Timmerman bou aan ‘n kis Ek maak my gereed vir die niks Korreltjie klein is my woord Korreltjie niks is my dood <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10515-2" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/korreltjie_sand.mp3?_=2" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/korreltjie_sand.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/korreltjie_sand.mp3</a></audio> Read here <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light-bitterbessie/" target="_blank">about Ingrid Jonker </a>where you can also listen to Bitterbessie Dagbreek as sung by Chris Chameleon. Little Grain of Sand Grain little grain of sand pebble rolled in my hand pebble thrust in my pocket a keepsake for a locket Little sun big in the blue a granule I make out of you shine in my pebble little grain for the moment that’s all I can gain Baby that screams from the womb nothing is big in this tomb quietly laugh now and speak silence in dead-end street Little world round and earth-blue make a mere eye out of you house with a door and two slits a garden where everything fits Small arrow feathered into space love fades away from its place Carpenter seals a coffin that’s bought I ready myself for the nought Small grain of sand is my word, my breath small grain of nought is my death © Translation: 2007, Antjie Krog & André Brink From: Black Butterflies Publisher: Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 2007 ISBN: 9780798148924 <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/kamdebooberge-aberdeen/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Kamdebooberge Aberdeen">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-10020 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-africa category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaans-songs category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-gedigte category-gedigte-oor-afrika category-poetry category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-14-august-1875 tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-language tag-afrikaans-language-monument tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-development-of-afrikaans tag-drakensberg-mountains tag-ek-verlang-na-jou tag-fast-facts-about-south-africa tag-gedig tag-gedigte tag-gedigte-gekombineerd-met-kuns tag-hanlie-kotze tag-history tag-history-of-afrikaans tag-johan-van-der-watt tag-language tag-poems tag-poetry-art tag-poetry-combined-with-art tag-seelversameling-van-suid-afrika tag-seels tag-sidewalk-people tag-song-about-sidewalk-people tag-songs tag-sonja-herholdt tag-south-africa tag-south-african-artists tag-south-african-stamps tag-stamp-collecting tag-stamps tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-kunstenaars tag-sypaadjie-mense tag-taal tag-transkaroo tag-tufa-waterfall" id="post-10020"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans! Afrikaans! Afrikaans!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/africa/" rel="category tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte-oor-afrika/" rel="category tag">gedigte oor Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/14-august-1875/" rel="tag">14 August 1875</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-language/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Language</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-language-monument/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Language monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/development-of-afrikaans/" rel="tag">Development of Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="tag">Drakensberg mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ek-verlang-na-jou/" rel="tag">Ek verlang na jou</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fast-facts-about-south-africa/" rel="tag">fast facts about South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedig/" rel="tag">gedig</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte-gekombineerd-met-kuns/" rel="tag">gedigte gekombineerd met kuns</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hanlie-kotze/" rel="tag">Hanlie Kotze</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-afrikaans/" rel="tag">history of Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/johan-van-der-watt/" rel="tag">Johan van der Watt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/language/" rel="tag">language</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry-art/" rel="tag">poetry art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry-combined-with-art/" rel="tag">poetry combined with art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/seelversameling-van-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">seëlversameling van Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/seels/" rel="tag">seels</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sidewalk-people/" rel="tag">sidewalk people</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/song-about-sidewalk-people/" rel="tag">song about sidewalk people</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/songs/" rel="tag">songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonja-herholdt/" rel="tag">Sonja Herholdt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-artists/" rel="tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-stamps/" rel="tag">South African stamps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stamp-collecting/" rel="tag">stamp collecting</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stamps/" rel="tag">stamps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-kunstenaars/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sypaadjie-mense/" rel="tag">Sypaadjie mense</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/taal/" rel="tag">taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/transkaroo/" rel="tag">Transkaroo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tufa-waterfall/" rel="tag">Tufa waterfall</a> on 14/08/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/#comments">54 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10019" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/sa-mosaic/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg" data-orig-size="920,920" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="SA mosaic" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10019" title="SA mosaic" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=500&h=500" alt="SA mosaic" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sa-mosaic.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <h4>You can click on this mosaic for a larger view.</h4> <h4>English readers: This poem in this entry is about South Africa. I dedicated the 14th August 2008 to Afrikaans, the language I love and my mother tongue. This is, in our history, used to be an important day as we celebrated Afrikaans as our language. Afrikaans was forbidden to use by Afrikaans speaking people in the Cape when the English occupied the Cape. A sign/tag was placed around children’s necks in schools saying, “donkey”, if they had dared to speak Afrikaans.</h4> <h4>On 14th August 1875 the GRA was founded. Their task was to promote Afrikaans. They also requested – on the 24th August 1878 – for the Bible to be translated into Afrikaans. </h4> <h4>In this poem I refer to some places and nature. On the link of my 2008-entry, you can see the Afrikaans Language Monument. Good news for Afrikaans too: WordPress and Facebook have gone Afrikaans! If you choose Afrikaans as your language in the settings in WordPress, you will find most terms on your dashboard in Afrikaans. </h4> <h4>Hoogenhout, a famous South African poet, said the following after Afrikaans was forbidden in schools in the early 1920s.</h4> <h4>“English! English! All is English! What you see and hear</h4> <h4>In our schools, in our churches, our Mother tongue is killed”</h4> <h4>Was dit Hoogenhout wat in ‘n gedig gesê het: </h4> <h4>“Engels! Engels! Alles Engels! Engels wat jy sien en hoor; In ons skole, in ons kerke, word ons moedertaal vermoor. Ag, hoe word ons volk verbaster, daartoe werk ons leraars saam. Hollands nog in seek’re skole: is bedrog, ‘n blote naam! Wie hom nie laat anglisere, word geskolde en gesmaad. Tot in Vrystaat en Transvaal al, oweral dieselfde kwaad. ‘Dis vooruitgang’, roep die skreeuwers, ‘dis beskawing wat nou kom! Die wat dit nie wil gelowe, die is ouderwets en dom…’.” </h4> <h4></h4> <h4> I‘ve been to a few countries and many places in the UK. I still think South Africa is the most beautiful country in the world. We have such an abundance of beauty and diversity in nature. We have the greenest canyon in the world- which is also the 3rd largest in the world, we have the highest waterfall in Africa and the 2nd highest in the world, the 3rd longest <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tufa waterfall</a>, the deepest mines, the largest zoo, the smallest butterfly, the largest diamond, the second largest amount of windmills on farms (280 000), the largest impact crater on earth, white lions, the largest ostrich population and much more.</h4> <h4>On this link of the <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains-movie-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Drakensberg Mountains,</a> you can read about my hiking trip in the Mountain when I was 15. I was on top of Mount Aux Sources, the highest peak of the mountain range in South Africa. The actual highest peak of this mountain range is in Lesotho and the peak is called, Thaba Ntlenyana (which means: beautiful little mountain). “Thaba” means “mountain” – the attributive “yana” means “little”. </h4> <h4>You can see a pic of one of the two chain ladders you have to go on to reach the summit. At the bottom of this post I have included an Afrikaans song by the Art teacher in my Secondary school. He was one of the two teachers on our hiking trip! He sings about “sidewalk people” and I’ve translated it roughly for you to understand. </h4> More interesting facts – from quite a few years ago: *Pretoria has the second largest number of embassies in the world after Washington, D.C. *The University of South Africa – UNISA – is a pioneer of tertiary distance education and is the largest international correspondence university in the world with 250,000 students. *Afrikaans is the youngest official language in the world. *The Singita Private Game Reserve in the Kruger National Park was voted the best hotel in the world by the readers of travel publication, Conde Nast Traveller. *Stellenbosch University was the first university in the world to design and launch a microsatellite. *South Africa houses one of the three largest telescopes in the world at Sutherland in the Karoo. South Africa is the first country to host a Fide rated Chess tournament where players from different countries played their games online! See my entry about the <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/sa-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South African Open </a>Chess Championships that took place in Cape Town. Read <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>my post dedicated to Afrikaans only- last year 14th August. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10069" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/afrikaanse-patriot/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg" data-orig-size="172,277" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Afrikaanse Patriot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg?w=172" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg?w=172" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10069" title="Afrikaanse Patriot" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/afrikaanse-patriot.jpg?w=500" alt="Afrikaanse Patriot" /></a> <h4>This stamp was issued October 1975. It was issued on the Inauguration of the Afrikaans Language Monument and features the 1st edition of the Arikaanse Partiot (January 15, 1876), one of the first newspapers in Afrikaans rather than Dutch. On <a href="http://www.siemonallen.org/project_pages/stamps.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this link </a>you can see more stamps of South Africa. </h4> <blockquote>Met die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners op 14 Augustus 1875 in die Paarl is ‘n tydvak van georganiseerde stryd om die Afrikaanse taal ingelui. In artikel IX van die Genootskap se bepalings word beoog om ‘n Afrikaanse maandblad uit te gee. Op hierdie dag in 1876 verskyn die eerste uitgawe van die maandblad Die Afrikaanse Patriot, wat die orgaan van die GRA sou wees. C.P. Hoogenhout was die eerste redakteur onder die skuilnaam Oom Lokomotief, wat deur die redakteurs na hom oorgeneem is. In Die Patriot dek die GRA die terreine van hul doelstelling, naamlik die van land, volk en taal. Daarin is leiding gegee ten opsigte van landsake, die Afrikaanse taal, geskiedenis en belangrike nuus. —lees meer op die link!</blockquote> <h4></h4> <h2>LEES HIER!!</h2> <h5>Jan 2015 –Indien jy beplan om my eie gedigte te ‘leen’ vir jou Facebook bladsy of jou privaat blog of website, kan jy asseblief so vriendelik wees om my daaroor in te lig en daarna ook my skryfnaam ‘Nikita’ daarby te publiseer -soos dit by al my eie gedigte hier op my blog is! Dit is ‘n klein en simpel versoek. Ek vind my eie gedigte op heelwat ander websites and dit is vir my aangenaam om te weet dat ander mense my gedigte waardeer, maar daar is kopiereg reëls en ek sal dit waardeer indien jy dit sal respekteer en erkenning gee aan die skrywer van die gedig. Dan — vind ek ook my gedigte op internet bladsye van mense met sekere politieke sieninge en oorweginge waarmee ek nie saamstem nie. Ek het herhaaldelik gevra om my gedigte te verwyder en my versoeke word bloot geignoreer. Dit wys dat daar mense is wat nie ander se werke (eiendom) respekteer nie. Dit is die groot rede waarom ek die boodskap hier plaas.</h5> <h4>Suid-Afrika: my land</h4> <h4>Jy’s indrukwekkend, manjifiek jou sondeurdrenkte landskappe weerkaats helder beelde in my siel jou pragtige wonders flikker oneindig lank in die stilte van jou nagrus</h4> <h4>Mount Aux Sources – so elegant en grasieus verrys jy vanuit die voetheuwels, soos ‘n fakkel by die Spele ets jy lekkende beelde teen die muur van my geheue en voel ek jou hitte gloeiend teen my hart</h4> <h4>O Blyde! ek fantaseer oor jou magiese kragte wat jy sorgloos en galant in die galery van my stille gemoed stilletjies uitpak terwyl my dawerende applous eggo oor die velde van my gedagtes</h4> <h4>Moederstad! hoe inskiklik laat jy my telkens hakkel wanneer ek my herinneringe sagkens koester – jou fasades! waar ek jou gambiet betree en gewillig my pionne oorgee</h4> <h4>En saans voel ek jou fluweelagtige skoonheid van elke sonsondergang stadig neerdaal in my gemoed terwyl ek stadig drink van jou geloofs-fonteine wat borrellend bruis in oorvloed</h4> <h4>Fragmentaries vier ek feeste ek dans en omhels jou en jy – jy blus my gees telkens met jou magiese heildronke: een-vir-een op ‘n toekoms – wat mag wees! –Nikita –14/8/09 14:00</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10080" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/sidewalk-people/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg" data-orig-size="172,274" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sidewalk people" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=172" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=172" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-10080" title="sidewalk people" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=376&h=600" alt="sidewalk people" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg?w=94 94w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sidewalk-people.jpg 172w" sizes="(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px" /></a> Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart I wish I could look at a photo to see what your world deep inside is like borrow a piece of your dreams I wonder who you are I wish I could understand the language in which you channelled your thoughts I wish I could for a moment share your path of life Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart perhaps it’s best for sure ‘cos if we know all of all the sadness maybe too hard too much the love too beautiful walk past one another I stay I and you stay you a single road leading somewhere I wish I could understand Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move like shadows in the street past me Sidewalk People Sidewalk People Move faceless past my heart —translated–nikita <img data-attachment-id="17695" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/sypaadjiemense/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg" data-orig-size="1449,893" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sypaadjiemense" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-17695" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=360&h=222" alt="sypaadjiemense" width="360" height="222" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=360&h=222 360w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=720&h=444 720w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/sypaadjiemense.jpg?w=600&h=370 600w" sizes="(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /> image: google Sypaadjie Mense Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby ek wens ek kon ‘n kiekie kyk hoe jou wêreld diep daar binne lyk ‘n stukkie van jou drome leen ek wonder wie jy is ek wens ek kon die taal verstaan waarin jy jou gedagtes baan ek wens ek kon ‘n oomblikkie jou lewenspaadjie deel Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby miskien is dit dalk beter so want as ons iets van almal weet die hartseer dalk te swaar te veel die liefde dalk te mooi stap maar bymekaar verby ek bly ek en jy bly jy ‘n enkelpaadjie iewers heen ek wens ek kon verstaan Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg soos skimme in die straat verby Sypaadjie mense Sypaadjie mense Beweeg gesigloos voor my hart verby <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-3" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3?_=3" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/johan-van-der-watt-sypaadjie_mense.mp3</a></audio> Sypaadjie Mense – Johan vd Watt <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-4" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3?_=4" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/ek-verlang-na-jou.mp3</a></audio> Sonja Herholdt, Ek verlang na jou. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-10020-5" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3?_=5" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/musiek-herman-holtzhausen-transkaroo.mp3</a></audio> <h4>Herman Holtzhausen – Transkaroo</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/afrikaans-afrikaans-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans! Afrikaans! Afrikaans!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-9697 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-curriculum category-history category-south-africa tag-geskiedenis tag-great-trek-1838 tag-history tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-teaching-in-england tag-united-kingdom-curriculum" id="post-9697"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/south-africa-a-distorted-view/" rel="bookmark">South Africa – a distorted view</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/curriculum/" rel="category tag">curriculum</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/great-trek-1838/" rel="tag">Great Trek 1838</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/teaching-in-england/" rel="tag">teaching in England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/united-kingdom-curriculum/" rel="tag">United Kingdom curriculum</a> on 15/07/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/south-africa-a-distorted-view/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9761" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/south-africa-a-distorted-view/abrahamwessels/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg" data-orig-size="263,389" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="abrahamwessels" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg?w=263" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg?w=263" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9761" title="abrahamwessels" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg?w=500&h=743" alt="abrahamwessels" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg?w=202 202w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abrahamwessels.jpg 263w" sizes="(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" /></a> Image: bornagainredneck.blogspot.com Since I have started teaching in Secondary schools in the UK, it has been interesting to know what is being taught in schools and to compare to what we teach in South Africa. Curriculum-wise, the contents is of course exactly the same when it comes to all subjects, apart from history, as all countries teach the history of their country more intensively for obvious reasons. Colleagues are always interested to know about the country you’re from and you do enjoy the diversity in students/teachers – all from different countries and to get to know the different cultures too. I’ve met teachers from Spain, France, Canada, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Greece, Poland, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal, Nigeria, too many to name! One thing is for sure, teachers are teachers, it doesn’t matter from which country you are, your background, we all share some personal traits. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to chat with a history teacher and I was given a text book and when paging through the book, my eye caught the topic on South Africa – and it was interesting to read through the text, but then when I read the section about slavery, I couldn’t believe the distorted account of the events/history during the 1700’s-1800’s, e.g. one “fact” was that the British abolished slavery (which is the truth), but then the distorted view: it was the cause of the Great Trek. As if the “boers” had wanted to have slaves and decided to trek due to the abolishment of slavery. Ee….e.r… that’s not the cause of the Great Trek in 1838… I would suggest that you read Patrick’s blog if you were taught that distorted fact at school. Also, if you are/were under the impression that we had slaves in SA – after slavery was abolished – then you really do have a distorted view of SA and what really happened there. I would then urge you to make sure you have the facts. I’ve found Patrick’s blog with a clear explanation of our history. He explains it clearly, in an interesting way. I have really enjoyed reading his entry and I would like you to make an effort and visit his blog-entry. You will find the link at the bottom of this entry. I also have a link to one of my early-entries, which you might want to follow too. I’ve found tons of information and many links which you will enjoy. I think history-textbooks need to be rewritten for Secondary schools in the UK… but, we all know why history always got written the way it is written, don’t we? C.D. Jewell, author of Liberalstein, says about Born Again Redneck: “This blog interested me first because of the title. But the quality of Patrick Joubert Conlon’s writing has kept me coming back. His style is not presumptuous or pompous or condescending; it’s plain and simple. Good old American English. Which is funny because Mr. Conlon was born and lived in South Africa for his first twenty one years and after that spent eight years in England before finding his home here in the U. S. His blog provides a rare outsider/insider perspective on the U. S. of A. He’s been linked to by CNN on a couple of occasions and one of his posts was cited by the official Fred08 website. He does a lot of politics but also some lighter fare as well. He frequently posts spectacular photos taken on his Oregon farm.” A quote from Patrick’s blog… and I do hope that you will follow the link and read the complete entry. All links will open in a new window. <blockquote>They first introduced a law to force the Khoi and other so-called “free” blacks to work for as little as possible. The Hottentot Code of 1809 required that all Khoi and other free blacks carry passes stating where they lived and who their employers were. Persons without such passes could be forced into employment by white masters.</blockquote> Parliament in London then established a circuit court to monitor conditions in the western Cape. This court offended many Afrikaner sensibilities by giving equal weight to the evidence of “servants” and “masters,” black and white alike. The British also raised a force of colonial police, including Khoi, to enforce the court’s authority. The British also forbade the use of “Cape Dutch” (which patois eventually developed into the Afrikaans language) in court. In 1815 a Dutch-speaking Afrikaner farmer who refused to answer a court summons for mistreating a Khoikhoi employee was shot dead while resisting arrest. Relatives and neighbors rose in what became known as the Slachter’s Nek Rebellion, but their resistance was soon crushed, and the British hanged five of the rebels. Some Afrikaners migrated eastward. These Afrikaners were known as Trekboers (itinerant farmers – “trek” is Afrikaans for “travel” and “boer” means “farmer.”) Then the British stopped the Boers eastward trek by annexing all of the Eastern Cape and establishing their own colony there in 1820. That is when my father’s ancestors, the 1820 Settlers, arrived in South Africa. Read a clear explanation by Patrick <a href="http://bornagainredneck.blogspot.com/2005/11/why-afrikaners-hate-british.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> You can read my blog-entry on the following link: <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" target="_blank">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/south-africa-a-distorted-view/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to South Africa – a distorted view">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8978 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-culture category-general category-history category-sarie-marais category-songs category-south-africa tag-afrikaans-songs tag-british-royal-marines tag-culture tag-helmut-lotti tag-history tag-sarie-marais tag-sarie-mares tag-sarie-tydskrif tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-8978"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/" rel="bookmark">My Sarie Marais</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/culture/" rel="category tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/general/" rel="category tag">General</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sarie-marais/" rel="category tag">Sarie Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/songs/" rel="category tag">songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/british-royal-marines/" rel="tag">British Royal Marines</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/helmut-lotti/" rel="tag">Helmut Lotti</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sarie-marais/" rel="tag">Sarie Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sarie-mares/" rel="tag">Sarie Mares</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sarie-tydskrif/" rel="tag">Sarie tydskrif</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 26/05/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/#comments">27 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8984" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie_mare1868/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg" data-orig-size="600,709" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sarie_mare1868" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8984" title="sarie_mare1868" alt="sarie_mare1868" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg?w=500&h=593" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg?w=253 253w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_mare1868.jpg?w=506 506w" sizes="(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px" /></a> Sarie Marais (Mare) 1868 <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8978-6" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_maraisroyals.mp3?_=6" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_maraisroyals.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie_maraisroyals.mp3</a></audio> This audio file is Sarie Marais played by the Royal Marines Any South African knows this song very well. If someone from South Africa doesn’t know this song, then he pretends his a South African- hehe. Sarie Marais is a song which runs in your blood if you’re a Saffa. Interesting to know that the British Royal Marines have adopted it…even the French! Near to the bottom of this post you can find the link to the Royal Marines’ site and I’ve found the translation of this song in English/French too. I grew up in the Transvaal, but the Eastern Transvaal, which is now called Mpumalanga and I will always sing…”bring me back to my dear Transvaal”! I have the history of Sarie Marais in Afrikaans and if you want it translated, give me a shout and I’ll do it in a week’s time. At the bottom of this post, you will find a link to an entry about Die Huisgenoot…uit Toeka se dae! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9001" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie-marais/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg" data-orig-size="440,250" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Sarie Marais" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg?w=440" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg?w=440" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9001" title="Sarie Marais" alt="Sarie Marais" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg?w=500&h=283" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-marais.jpg 440w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/paulmare69/stories/sarie_marais.htm" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.ws/paulmare69/stories/sarie_marais.htm</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sariemaraisroos.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8986" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sariemaraisroos/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sariemaraisroos.jpg" data-orig-size="80,60" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sariemaraisroos" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sariemaraisroos.jpg?w=80" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sariemaraisroos.jpg?w=80" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8986" title="sariemaraisroos" alt="sariemaraisroos" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sariemaraisroos.jpg?w=500" /></a> Sarie Marais Rose – image: sariemarais.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-magazine.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8987" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie-magazine/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-magazine.jpg" data-orig-size="180,236" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Sarie magazine" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-magazine.jpg?w=180" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-magazine.jpg?w=180" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8987" title="Sarie magazine" alt="Sarie magazine" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-magazine.jpg?w=500" /></a> Sarie magazine, first published in 1949 under the title, Sarie Marais <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9163" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie-1949/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg" data-orig-size="231,316" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Sarie 1949" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Sarie July 1949 " data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg?w=231" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg?w=231" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-9163" title="Sarie 1949" alt="Sarie July 1949" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg?w=500&h=685" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg?w=219 219w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-1949.jpg 231w" sizes="(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px" /></a> Image: sarie.com…the first Sarie published 6th July 1949! volg die link na Sarie-webadres. The link to Sarie’s site will open in a new window. <a href="http://www.sarie.com/lees/artikels/waar-het-sarie-haar-naam-vandaan-gekry" target="_blank">http://www.sarie.com/lees/artikels/waar-het-sarie-haar-naam-vandaan-gekry</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9168" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie-60-jaar/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg" data-orig-size="234,306" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Sarie 60 jaar" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg?w=234" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg?w=234" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9168" title="Sarie 60 jaar" alt="Sarie 60 jaar" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg?w=500&h=655" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg?w=229 229w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-60-jaar.jpg 234w" sizes="(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px" /></a> Sarie is 60! Image: sarie.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9170" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/sarie-web/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg" data-orig-size="589,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Sarie-web" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9170" title="Sarie-web" alt="Sarie-web" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg?w=500&h=432" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sarie-web.jpg 589w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Sarie on the web! at sarie.com <blockquote>Susara Margaretha (Sarie) Maré Die eerste dogter van Jacob Philippus Maré en Cornelia Susanna Jacoba Erasmus was Susara Margaretha. Sy is op die plaas Eendraght, Suikerbosrand, distrik Heidelberg, gebore op 15 April 1869. Haar pa was Jacob Maré, wat later ‘n lid van die uitvoerende raad van die Transvaal geword en na wie ‘n straat in Pretoria genoem is.</blockquote> Hierdie is dié Sarie Marais (eintlik Maré) wat in die wyk van die Mooirivier gewoon het, ook bekend as Tant Mossie, volgens die SA biblioteek se katalogus-inskrywing AP.1998-227. Haar ouers was Voortrekkers, en het hulle in die omgewing van die Suikerbosrand gevestig. Die dorpie Heidelberg het toe nog nie bestaan nie. Die grootste konsentrasie Voortrekkers het hulle in die wyk Mooirivier bevind, waar die dorp Potchefstroom aangelê is. In hierdie tyd was daar vyf wyke in Transvaal: Mooirivier (Potchefstroom) Magaliesburg (Rustenburg) Marico (Zeerust) Ohrigstad Zoutpansberg (Pietersburg). Suikerbosrand was in die wyk van Mooirivier geleë, wat gestrek het vanaf Potchefstroom tot die huidige Wolmaransstad en Makwassie. Toe sy 16 jaar oud was, het sy vir Jacobus Petrus Toerien, ‘n verslaggewer van Di Patriot van die Paarl, ontmoet. (Hy was toe in Pretoria om ‘n onderhoud met haar pa te voer). Hy het onder die skuilnaam Jepete in “Ons Kleintje” geskrywe in sy hoedanigheid as subredakteur van “Di Patriot”. Hulle is getroud en het 16 kinders gehad, van wie net 8 grootgeword het. Hy het by Amerikaners wat in Transvaalse myne gewerk het die liedjie Sweet Ellie Rhee gehoor, wat sy oorsprong in die Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog gehad het en deur Septimus Winner (Alice Hawthorne) geskryf is. In die tydperk tussen die Eerste en Tweede Vryheidsoorloë het Jepete die woorde vertaal en só sy vrou, Sarie Maré, verewig. Die lied het ook nie aanvanklik al die versies en presies dieselfde woorde gehad het as wat ons vandag ken nie. Maré het later weens ‘n drukfout Marais geword. Teen 1899 was Sarie Marais reeds ‘n treffer in Pretoria. In die Anglo-Boereoorlog het dit nie net gewild by die Boeremag geword nie, maar ook by ander soldate. Dit het later wêreldbekend geword omdat duisende Suid-Afrikaanse soldate dit in die Eerste en Tweede Wêreldoorlog gesing het. Die gewildheid het het só gegroei dat die Britse Royal Marines dit as regimentsmars aangeneem het. Hul opleidingskip heet ook Sarie Marais. Dit is ook die regimentsmars van Paraguay se seinerskorps. Die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse seiljag se naam was ook Sarie Marais en duisende besoekers het al in die Durban-hawe op die Sarie Marais-plesierboot gevaar. Die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse rolprent se naam was Sarie Marais. Sarie, sustertydskrif van Die Volksblad, heet ook na haar. Tot hotels en woonstelblokke is na haar genoem. <div> Op die eerste internasionale radio-uitsending tussen Suid-Afrika, Brittanje en Amerika op die verjaardag van mev. Isie Smuts, vrou van die destydse premier, generaal Jan Smuts, het die sangeres Gracie Fields Sarie Marais gesing.</div> <div>In die Tweede Wêreldoorlog het ‘n buitestasie van soldate in Noord-Afrika die naam “Sarie Marais Calling” gehad. Die Suid-Afrikaanse weermag is steeds lief om die mars op parades te speel, terwyl die Franse Vreemdelinge-legioen dit ook gebruik. Dit is ook die amptelike lied van die Girl Guides in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) wat dit aan die begin van die vorige eeu by die Boerekrygsgevangenes daar gehoor het. In die jare dertig van die vorige eeu is dit verkeerdelik op die Olimpiese Spele in Amerika as Suid-Afrika se amptelike volkslied gespeel. Duitsers het ‘n pienk roos met die naam Sarie Marais gekweek, waarvan voor die Pantserskool in Tempe, Bloemfontein, geplant is.</div> Inligting: sien die geocities-link soos hierbo aangedui.Daar word beweer dat “My Sarie Marais” se “oorsprong” is van die Amerikaanse liedjie: Sweet Ellie Rhee Sweet Ellie Rhee, so dear to me Is lost forever more Our home was down in Tennessee Before this cruel war Then carry me back to Tennessee Back where I long to be Amid the fields of yellow corn To my darling Ellie Rhee. My Sarie Marais My Sarie Marais is so ver van my hart, Maar ‘k hoop om haar weer te sien. Sy het in die wyk van die Mooirivier gewoon, Nog voor die oorlog het begin. Koor: O bring my trug na die ou Transvaal, Daar waar my Sarie woon: Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom Daar woon my Sarie Marais, Daar onder in die mielies by die groen doringboom Daar woon my Sarie Marais. Ek was so bang, dat die kakies my sou vang, En ver oor die see wegstuur; Toe vlug ek na die kant van die Upington se sand Daar onder langs die Grootrivier. Koor Die kakies is mos net soos ‘n krokodillepes Hul sleep hou altyd watertoe. Hulle gooi jou op ‘n skip vir ‘n lange lange trip Die josie weet waarna toe. Koor Verlossing het gekom, en die huistoe gaan was daar, Trug na die ou Transvaal, My liewelingspersoon sal seker ook daar wees Om my met ‘n kus te beloon. Koor English translation: Sarie Marais My Sarie Marais is so far away from my heart, But I hope to see her again. She lives in the district of Mooiriver, Since before the war began. Refrain: Oh, take me back to my dear Transvaal, To where my Sarie lives: There down by the maïsfields near the green thorn tree, That’s where my Sarie lives. There down by the maïsfields near the grren thorn tree, That’s where my Sarie lives. Refrain: I was so scared that the English would catch me, And send me away accross the sea; That’s when I fled in the direction of the sandflats near Upington, There down by the Orange River (formerly Great River) Refrain: The English are just like crocodiles, They always drag you down to the water. They trow you on a ship for a very long trip, Only the Lord knows where to. Refrain: Liberation came, and it was time to return home, Back to my dear Transvaal. The person I love will certainly be there, To reward me with a kiss. SARIE MARAIS was also adopted by the French Army Sarie Mares Chant d’amour Sud-Africain du XVIII° siècle, il est chanté dès 1946 au peloton d’Extrême-Orient. A partir des années 1970, il s’impose comme chant de marche à l’EMIA. O Sarie Mares, belle amie d’autrefois En moi tu demeures vive. L’amour est plus fort que la pluie et que le vent. Qui peut arrêter son élan ? Oui, je veux revoir, dans mon vieux Transvaal, Ma ferme au toit de chaume. Où le parfum du miel, et des conifères embaument. L’air pur est clair comme un cristal. (bis pour les deux derniers) O Sarie Mares est bien loin de mon coeur Mais je crois en son amour. Car c’est entre ses bras que j’ai connu le bonheur. J’irai la revoir un jour. (bis pour les deux derniers) Quand j’étais petit, je croyais qu’un démon Venait me ravir ma maison. Mais lorsque je fus grand, ce fut une horrible guerre Qui m’emmena loin de mes terres. (bis pour les deux derniers) <a href="http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1136108511" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1136108511</a> <blockquote>Sarie Marais Arranged Sir Vivian Dunn This march was adopted by the Royal Marines in 1953 as the offical march of the Royal Marines Commandos and is played after the Regimental March on ceremonial occassions. This recording is taken from the CD ‘The King’s Squad’ by the Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Training Centre and features the Adjudant giving that famous order “Royal Marines, to you duties… quick march”</blockquote> <a href="http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/audio/Index_audiomp3.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.royalmarinesbands.co.uk/audio/Index_audiomp3.htm</a> Helmut Lotti – Sarie Marais – with a perfect Afrikaans accent! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wrvEwv26WLc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Royal Marines Commandos – Sarie Marais <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YiJETKWdCvc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> On youtube you can watch the French version too. And Sarie Marais in the movies! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pR6hMC-hh2c?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Op hierdie volgende link kan jy lees oor die Huisgenoot uit Toeka se dae! Die link sal in ‘n nuwe bladsy oopmaak. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/" target="_blank">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/from-ye-olde-and-not-so-old/</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-sarie-marais/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My Sarie Marais">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8968 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-audio-music-mp3 category-bette-midler category-mp3-music-files category-music category-south-africa category-wind-beneath-my-wings-mp3 tag-audio-music-files tag-bette-midler tag-cape-town tag-mp3-music-files tag-music-mp3-files tag-south-africa tag-the-wind-beneath-my-wings tag-thunder-and-lightning" id="post-8968"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/wind-beneath-my-wings/" rel="bookmark">Wind beneath my wings</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/audio-music-mp3/" rel="category tag">Audio music mp3</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/bette-midler/" rel="category tag">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mp3-music-files/" rel="category tag">Mp3 music files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wind-beneath-my-wings-mp3/" rel="category tag">Wind beneath my wings mp3</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/audio-music-files/" rel="tag">audio music files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bette-midler/" rel="tag">Bette Midler</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-town/" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mp3-music-files/" rel="tag">Mp3 music files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-mp3-files/" rel="tag">music MP3 files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-wind-beneath-my-wings/" rel="tag">The wind beneath my wings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/thunder-and-lightning/" rel="tag">thunder and lightning</a> on 23/05/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/wind-beneath-my-wings/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8970" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/wind-beneath-my-wings/cape-town/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg" data-orig-size="614,156" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Cape Town" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8970" title="Cape Town" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg?w=500&h=127" alt="Cape Town" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town-thunderbolt.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8967" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/wind-beneath-my-wings/cape-town-thunderbolt/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town-thunderbolt.jpg" data-orig-size="490,335" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Cape Town thunderbolt" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town-thunderbolt.jpg?w=490" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town-thunderbolt.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8967" title="Cape Town thunderbolt" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cape-town-thunderbolt.jpg?w=500" alt="Cape Town thunderbolt" /></a> I’ve come across this fantastic image. I love thunder/lightning and I do miss it here in London. You don’t get it here and if you do, you would think it was just another plane to touch down at Heathrow. I’ve taken the quote from this travelblog too. Also, enjoy the music of Bette Midler – The wind beneath my wings. South Africa, you are the wind beneath my wings! Images <a href="http://travelblog.portfoliocollection.com/Blog/Cape-Town-Thunderstorm" target="_blank">here </a>from a Cape Town-awardwinning-travelblog, worth to visit! The link will open in a new window. <blockquote> <div class="body">Cape Town doesn’t get that many thunderstorms so when we do we tend to get very excited. This morning’s spectacular storm had us getting out the cameras and snapping away, but I think Cape Town local John Maarschalk wins with this incredible image.</div> </blockquote> <div class="body">John says:</div> <div class="body"> <blockquote>“We had a marvellous electric show this morning around Cape Town. This was taken from inside my car with the camera balanced on the camera bag, with the wind blowing and the occassional squall of rain coming through. It wasn’t the best conditions to shoot, hence the movement in the image.</blockquote> </div> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-8968-7" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wind_beneath_my_wings.mp3?_=7" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wind_beneath_my_wings.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/wind_beneath_my_wings.mp3</a></audio> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/wind-beneath-my-wings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Wind beneath my wings">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8454 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-art category-south-africa category-south-african-artists category-walter-battiss tag-art tag-famous-south-african-artists tag-fook-island tag-national-artists tag-somerset-east tag-south-africa tag-south-african-artists tag-walter-battiss tag-well-known-artists" id="post-8454"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/" rel="bookmark">Fook Island</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/art/" rel="category tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-artists/" rel="category tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/walter-battiss/" rel="category tag">Walter Battiss</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">Art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/famous-south-african-artists/" rel="tag">Famous South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fook-island/" rel="tag">Fook Island</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-artists/" rel="tag">National Artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/somerset-east/" rel="tag">Somerset East</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-artists/" rel="tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/walter-battiss/" rel="tag">Walter Battiss</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/well-known-artists/" rel="tag">well-known artists</a> on 20/04/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8455" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/fook-island-gallooper/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg" data-orig-size="450,376" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="fook-island-gallooper" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg?w=450" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg?w=450" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8455" title="fook-island-gallooper" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg?w=500&h=417" alt="fook-island-gallooper" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fook-island-gallooper.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Fook Gallooper Image: artthrob.co.za artist:Norman Catherine I’m not a big fan of Walter Battiss, but do like some of his art. He got his inspiration from Picasso – some of his art appeals to me and other…well…appeals to other people…The art in this post is what appeals to me. What I really like about him, is his imagination! He created the fook characters and fook island, a fookian passport, fookian banknotes! His fookian drivers license was accepted in the USA , his colourful fookian passport has stamps from Australia, Britain and Germany and he exchanged a fookian banknote at the airport at Rome…hehe..I think it’s so funny. In these credit crunch days, why not trying your luck! You might just be lucky and your fookian banknotes will be accepted too..good luck!! This second piece of art is a self portrait by Battiss and I quite like the “fook gallooper” – done by another artist. He also created a fookian language, I wish I could see what that is like! Read what Wikipedia says about him in this post. Links in this post will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8462" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/walter-battiss/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg" data-orig-size="520,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="walter-battiss" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8462" title="walter-battiss" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg?w=500&h=153" alt="walter-battiss" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battiss.jpg 520w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.artsouthafrica.com/?article=92" target="_blank">Image and read more about Battiss here</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8459" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/battiss-1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg" data-orig-size="500,407" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="battiss-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8459" title="battiss-1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg?w=500&h=407" alt="battiss-1" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss-1.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="http://www.artthrob.co.za/05nov/reviews/standardbank.html" target="_blank">Image here: </a>A self portrait by Walter Battiss <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8458" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/walter-battis-zwartkrans/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg" data-orig-size="501,425" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="walter-battis-zwartkrans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8458" title="walter-battis-zwartkrans" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg?w=500&h=423" alt="walter-battis-zwartkrans" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/walter-battis-zwartkrans.jpg 501w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Walter Battiss: Zwartkrans <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8457" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/battiss_market/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg" data-orig-size="750,634" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="battiss_market" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8457" title="battiss_market" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg?w=500&h=422" alt="battiss_market" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battiss_market.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Walter Battiss: Streetmarket <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8456" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/battis/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg" data-orig-size="450,332" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="battis" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg?w=450" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg?w=450" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8456" title="battis" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg?w=500&h=368" alt="battis" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/battis.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.somerseteast.co.za/_derived/about.html_txt_h1.gif" alt="" /> Somerset East is named after Lord Charles Somerset.[ image] Read <a href="http://www.somerseteast.co.za/about.html" target="_blank">here about Somerset East </a>and things to do and see. <blockquote> Walter Wahl Battiss (January 6, 1906 – August 20, 1982) was a South African artist, generally considered the foremost South African abstract painter and known as the creator of the quirky “Fook Island” concept.</blockquote> Born into English Methodist family in the Karoo town of Somerset East, [South Africa], Battiss first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a young boy after moving to Koffiefontein in 1917. In 1919 the Battiss family settled in Fauresmith where he completed his education, matriculating in 1923. In 1924 he became a clerk in the Magistrates Court in Rustenburg. His formal art studies started in 1929 at the Witwatersrand Technical College (drawing and painting), followed by the Johannesburg Training College (a Teacher’s Diploma) and etching lessons. Battiss continued his studies while working as a magistrate’s clerk, and finally obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at University of South Africa at the age of 35. Battiss was a founding member of the New Group and was unique in that he had not studied overseas. In 1938 he visited Europe for the first time, and in 1939 he published his first book, “The Amazing Bushman”. His interest in primitive rock art had a very profound impact on his ideas and he regarded San painting as an important art form. He was also influenced by Ndebele beadwork, pre-Islamic cultures and calligraphy. In a 1949 trip to Europe he befriended Picasso who would have an influence on his already quirky style. He visited Greece in 1966-1968 and the Seychelles in 1972, which inspired his make-believe Fook Island. Battiss published nine books, wrote many articles and founded the periodical “De Arte”. He taught Pretoria Boys High School students for 30 years at the Pretoria Art Centre, of which was the principal from 1953-58. He also taught at UNISA where he became Professor of Fine Art in 1964 and retired in 1971. In 1973 he was awarded a D. Litt et Phil (honoris causa) from UNISA.[University of South Africa] In 1981 he donated all his work to the newly opened “Walter Battiss Museum” in his birthplace of Somerset East. Walter Battiss died in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal of a heart attack on 20 August 1982. Walter Battiss’ long career as an artist has been devoted to the study of man in his environment; first in the context of Africa and rock art, then, later, in the interpretation of this concept in its broadest sense. His versatility and influence as in innovator, and the incentive he has provided for many aspiring artists, have secured him a very special place among leading South African artists. Walter Battiss was a legendary figure – to such an extent that Professor Neville Dubow of the Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town, once remarked that had Battiss not existed, we would have had to invent him! Battiss’s weird and wonderful appearance, his colourful and eccentric persona, his insatiable curiosity about life, and his remarkable work ethic, continue to challenge intellectual exploration of his work and capture the imagination of art lovers both at home and abroad. Fook Island This “island of the imagination” was a materialisation of Battiss’ philosophy for which he created a map, imaginary people, plants, animals, a history as well as a stamps, currency, passports and driver’s licences. He created a Fookian language with a full alphabet as well. This utopian ‘island’ was a composite of the many islands he visited – which included Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Madagascar, Fiji, Hawaii, Samoa, the Greek Isles and the Comores – blended together in his customary imaginative fashion. In Battiss’s words, “It is something that does not exist. I thought that I would take an island – the island that is inside all of us. I would turn this island into a real thing … I would give it a name”. Fook was a result of his fertile imagination as well as his opposition to the Conceptualist Art movement of the 1960s and 70’s, in Europe and America. The movement espoused that the construction of art was confined to the ‘moment’ in which it was created. He believed on the contrary that all art exists in the now and this he argued to represent with Fook Island, which was always in the now and always an essential part of reality. South Africans such as actress Janet Suzman, artist (and Battiss protegé) Norman Catherine, writer Esmé Berman and many others embraced the philosophy of Fook Island. The journalist Jani Allan interviewed Battiss in 1982 and also agreed to his request of becoming a ‘resident’ of the imaginary island.[1] Battiss’ Fookian Driver’s License was accepted in America and the colourful pages of his Fookian Passport has official stamps from Australia, Britain and Germany. A Fookian banknote was also exchanged at a Rome airport for $10! Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Battiss" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <div id="geo-post-8454" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/fook-island/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Fook Island">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-8240 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-games category-mount-aux-sources category-south-africa category-vote-2009 tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-chess-game-35 tag-chess-positions tag-dj-opperman tag-drakensberg-mountains tag-gedigte tag-kitten tag-knights-in-chess tag-mount-aux-sources tag-south-africa tag-vote" id="post-8240"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/" rel="bookmark">Another time another place</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-games/" rel="category tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mount-aux-sources/" rel="category tag">Mount Aux Sources</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/vote-2009/" rel="category tag">Vote 2009</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-game-35/" rel="tag">chess game 35</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-positions/" rel="tag">chess positions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dj-opperman/" rel="tag">DJ Opperman</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="tag">Drakensberg mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kitten/" rel="tag">kitten</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/knights-in-chess/" rel="tag">Knights in chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mount-aux-sources/" rel="tag">Mount Aux Sources</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vote/" rel="tag">Vote</a> on 24/03/2009| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/#comments">12 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8244" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/southafrica-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg" data-orig-size="322,281" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="southafrica" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg?w=322" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg?w=322" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8244" title="southafrica" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg?w=500&h=435" alt="southafrica" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/southafrica.jpg 322w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Mount-aux-Sources D J Opperman Ons eerste liefde was ‘n wit galop van hingste kniediep deur die gras: ontdekkings, avonture in die grot te, ‘n geil slaap in holtes langs rooi vure. Nou starend van die koue krans voed een bron ons vergesigte – ‘n hoër vreugde, dieper angs. This poem is an Afrikaans poem by one of our National Poets. As you can see from the title, it’s about Mount Aux Sources! Thank you Kop for the poem! Mount Aux Sources is the highest peak of the Drakensberg Mountain range in South Africa. Note: the highest peak of this mountain range is actually Thaba Ntlenyana (thaba means “mountain” in Sotho) and this peak is in Lesotho, an enclaved country in South Africa. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/thedailykitten.com/media/kittypix/0/kitten133.jpg" alt="" width="221" height="359" /> Image: the dailykitten.com…beautiful kitty! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/vote.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8241" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/vote/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/vote.jpg" data-orig-size="316,320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="vote" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/vote.jpg?w=316" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/vote.jpg?w=316" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8241" title="vote" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/vote.jpg?w=500&h=446" alt="vote" /></a> On the 22nd April 2009, all Saffas are going to vote..again. Saffas outside South Africa can vote on the 15th April. Please read <a href="http://www.southafricahouse.com/" target="_blank">HERE </a>on the site of South Africa House, London, for more details. Please click <a href="http://www.elections.org.za/" target="_blank">HERE </a>for the Elections website and to check if you are registered to vote! You need to send in your VEC10-form by Friday 27th March to be able to vote! The form is available on this link too! Links will open in a new window. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/chessl.png?w=500" alt="" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8251" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/chessposition/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg" data-orig-size="359,359" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessposition" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg?w=359" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg?w=359" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8251" title="chessposition" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg?w=500&h=500" alt="chessposition" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition.jpg 359w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Wow! I like this chess position! I’ve just resigned the other game as I haven’t had any chance to win it…I lost my Queen a few moves ago! but this game is an exciting one….just look at that fork! Usually I like to castle in my games, but for some reason, I didn’t castle in the two games against this player. He’s rating is a bit more than mine, but a few months ago, his rating was about 500 higher than mine. I guess you figured out that I played white in this game… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8257" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/chessposition1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg" data-orig-size="356,353" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessposition1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg?w=356" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg?w=356" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8257" title="chessposition1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg?w=500&h=495" alt="chessposition1" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chessposition1.jpg 356w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> And…here’s the final position, my opponent has resigned. Click on the link to play through the game. The link will open in a new window. <a href="http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/PGNViewer/pgnboard.asp?from=121313&bv=1&bgcolor=DEB887&fontcolor=ffffff&BlogHeader=Nikita1 vs. P79 - Board 5823021&PgnMoveText=[[1.e4 e5 2.d4 Qf6 3.d5 Bc5 4.Qe2 b6 5.Nf3 Ba6 6.Qd2 Qg6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.Qe2 Qxg2 9.Rg1 Qh3 10.Rg3 Qh5 11.Qxa6 Nf6 12.Qe2 Bb4+ 13.c3 Ba5 14.h4 h6 15.Nbd2 Ng8 16.b4 f6 17.bxa5 g5 18.hxg5 fxg5 19.Nxe5 Qh1+ 20.Qf1 Qxf1+ 21.Nxf1 d6 22.Nc6 Rh7 23.c4 Kd7 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bb2 Nh5 26.Rg1 Nf4 27.Bc3 Rf8 28.Nd2 Nh3 29.Rh1 Nf4 30.Rb1 Nd3+ 31.Ke2 Nc5 32.Bb4 Na4 33.Nxa7 Ra8 34.axb6 cxb6 35.Nc6 Rc8 36.e5 Re8 37.e6+ Kc7 38.Ne4 Rd8 39.e7 Rg8 40.Bxd6+ Kd7 41.Nf6+ Kxd6 42.Nxg8 Nc3+ 43.Kd3 Nxa2 44.Rxb6 Rh8 45.Nd4+ Kc5 46.Rc6+ Kb4 47.Rb1+]" target="_new25">Nikita1 vs. P79</a> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-dragon-art1.jpg?w=500" alt="" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nikitamosaic2.png?w=500" alt="" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/another-time-another-place/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Another time another place">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-7120 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-daisies category-holiday-in-south-africa category-namakwaland category-namaqualand category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-daisies tag-flowers tag-holiday-in-south-africa tag-music-videos tag-namakwaland tag-namaqualand tag-namaqualand-daisies tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-youtube-video-about-namaqualand" id="post-7120"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/" rel="bookmark">Saturday Morning Thoughts</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/daisies/" rel="category tag">Daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/holiday-in-south-africa/" rel="category tag">holiday in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/namakwaland/" rel="category tag">Namakwaland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/namaqualand/" rel="category tag">Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/daisies/" rel="tag">Daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/flowers/" rel="tag">flowers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday-in-south-africa/" rel="tag">holiday in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namakwaland/" rel="tag">Namakwaland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namaqualand/" rel="tag">Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namaqualand-daisies/" rel="tag">Namaqualand daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/youtube-video-about-namaqualand/" rel="tag">youtube video about Namaqualand</a> on 29/11/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/#comments">13 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7121" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/namakwaland/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg" data-orig-size="644,452" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="namakwaland" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7121" title="namakwaland" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg?w=500&h=350" alt="namakwaland" width="500" height="350" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg?w=500&h=350 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg?w=600&h=421 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland.jpg 644w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Namakwaland/Namaqualand image: trekearth.com I’ve received these next three images of Namaqualand via email and when looking at it, I realised again what a wonderful and beautiful country South Africa is! October/November is Spring time in South Africa and that’s when you will find Namaqualand covered in these beautiful flower blankets. You can also go on Namaqua-trips to see the flowers! Many tourists go on these trips and will tell you they are going to “see the flowers” and then you’ll know exactly what they’re talking about. It’s just amazing! I haven’t been to Namaqua during the “flowering-time”, but would love to go one day! On the map you can see exactly where Namaqualand is and follow the link to “Namaqualand” to make sure you don’t miss out next time! The link will open in a new window. The youtube video about Namaqualand is unfortunately in Afrikaans, but you will see a donkey chart, some beatiful images about South Africa and some flowerbeds too… the artist sings about Namaqualand. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7122" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/namakwaland2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg" data-orig-size="581,414" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="namakwaland2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7122" title="namakwaland2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg?w=500&h=356" alt="namakwaland2" width="500" height="356" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg?w=500&h=356 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland2.jpg 581w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland3.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7123" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/namakwaland3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland3.jpg" data-orig-size="360,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="namakwaland3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland3.jpg?w=360" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland3.jpg?w=360" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7123" title="namakwaland3" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland3.jpg?w=500" alt="namakwaland3" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7124" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/namakwaland4/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg" data-orig-size="519,345" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="namakwaland4" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7124" title="namakwaland4" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg?w=500&h=332" alt="namakwaland4" width="500" height="332" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg?w=500&h=332 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/namakwaland4.jpg 519w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.namaqualand.com/images/maps/map_large.jpg" alt="" /> map image: namaqualand.com <a href="http://www.namaqualand.com/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.namaqualand.com/index.htm</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gNDkGYLewtM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nikitamosaic2.png?w=500" alt="" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/saturday-morning-thoughts/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Saturday Morning Thoughts">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-5375 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-nederlands category-netherlands category-preserve-afrikaans tag-afrikaans tag-campaign tag-ermelo-high-school tag-ermelo-hoerskool tag-nederlands tag-netherlands tag-preserve-afrikaans tag-skool-veg-vir-afrikaans tag-south-africa" id="post-5375"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/stem-vir-afrikaans-vote-for-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Stem vir Afrikaans — Vote for Afrikaans</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/nederlands/" rel="category tag">Nederlands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/netherlands/" rel="category tag">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/preserve-afrikaans/" rel="category tag">preserve Afrikaans</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/campaign/" rel="tag">Campaign</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ermelo-high-school/" rel="tag">Ermelo High School</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ermelo-hoerskool/" rel="tag">Ermelo Hoërskool</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nederlands/" rel="tag">Nederlands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/netherlands/" rel="tag">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/preserve-afrikaans/" rel="tag">preserve Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skool-veg-vir-afrikaans/" rel="tag">Skool veg vir Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 01/10/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/stem-vir-afrikaans-vote-for-afrikaans/#comments">27 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png"><img data-attachment-id="5374" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/stem-vir-afrikaans-vote-for-afrikaans/afrikaans1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png" data-orig-size="568,390" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5374" title="afrikaans1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png?w=500&h=342" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/afrikaans1.png 568w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> These words say…”Afrikaans…I love you!” Please click <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&cause_id=1270&news_id=53500&cat_id=160" target="new">on this link </a>to vote for Afrikaans. The link will open in a new window. My English readers — that want to help and preserve our beautiful language, <a href="http://www.onzetaal.nl/homofkuit/h0810.php" target="new">HERE is the </a>direct link…slide down a bit…there are 3 boxes…first one your name…second your email…and you don’t have to write in the 3rd box..unless you really want to! and…all you can say is…”JA” or “yes”… Please make sure the radio button is also ticked with “Ja, de Nederlandse Taalunie moet het Afrikaans ondersteunen.” and also, click on “verzend”...(submit)..That means that we want Netherland to support us! Afrikaans and the Dutch language are family, so we would love them to support us!! and would love to have your vote too!! This must be done before 20th October!! Please make sure you follow these instructions if you agree with me! otherwise, there’s no vote! Thank you!! <blockquote>Het Afrikaans is een belangrijke taal, die door bijna tien miljoen inwoners van Zuid-Afrika en Namibië gesproken en verstaan wordt. Het is wel een zelfstandige taal, maar je hoeft slechts één zinnetje te horen om te beseffen hoe verwant het is met het Nederlands. Wetenschappelijk onderzoek heeft uitgewezen dat Afrikaans voor Nederlanders veel begrijpelijker is dan andere verwante talen, bijvoorbeeld Fries. Deze tamelijk goede wederzijdse verstaanbaarheid is een goede basis voor meer contact. De Afrikaanssprekenden zullen ondersteuning via de Nederlandse Taalunie zeker op prijs stellen, want sinds de val van het apartheidsregime is de aantrekkingskracht van het Afrikaans als contacttaal (of tweede taal) snel afgenomen. Van ten minste 6,5 miljoen mensen is het Afrikaans de moedertaal. Voor hen kan de Taalunie wat betekenen, denk aan uitwisseling van materialen voor onderwijs, opleidingen en radio- en televisieprogramma’s. Maar ook wíj hebben erbij te winnen. Niet dat de Zuid-Afrikanen ooit Nederlands zullen gaan spreken. Wel dat kennis van een sterk verwante taal en voortdurend contact met zijn sprekers onze houding ten opzichte van onze eigen taal wat minder parochiaal zullen maken. Ja, ook mensen die net even anders spreken en schrijven, zijn de moeite waard. </blockquote> Some reactions from visitors on this site where you can vote: <blockquote>Ik vind dat het erg kortzichtig zou zijn, zo niet ezelachtig, om het Afrikaans NÍET te steunen! Ten eerste heeft het Afrikaans dezelfde wortels als het huidige Nederlands. Taalkundig gesproken is het is familie. Ten tweede is de literatuur in het Afrikaans – door witte, bruine én zwarte schrijvers en dichters vóór, tijdens, en nu ná de apartheid – net zo interessant en net zo belangrijk voor onze kennis van het menselijke bestaan als de literatuur in welke taal ook. Ten derde zou het, weer taalkundige gesproken, een tragedie zijn mocht het Afrikaans door politieke redenen het onderspit moeten delven. (Zoals een Amerikaanse taalkundige ooit heeft opmerkt is het verdwijnen van een taal tegelijkertijd het verdwenen van een cultuur, iets te vergelijken met het bombarderen van het Rijksmuseum of Le Louvre). Ten vierde zijn ÁLLE talen – Engels, Russisch, Frans, Duits, Nederlands, Arabisch, Ivrit en noem maar op – ooit de “taal van de Onderdrukker” geweest.” Waarom moet allen het Afrikaans gestraft worden door steun te onthouden? Ten vijfde wordt het Afrikaans nu door een passieve zo niet een actieve cultuuroorlog bedreigd. (Wat staat er te gebeuren met het Nasionale Afrikaanse Letterkundige Museum?) Moeten de jonge Afrikaans-sprekende mensen die nu na de apartheid opgroeien en daar niets mee te maken hebben gehad boeten voor wat sommige van hun ouders en grootouders gedaan mochten hebben? (De Verenigde Staten van Amerika hebben na de Tweede Wereld Oorlog noch de Duitsers noch de Japanners het gebruik van en het verder cultiveren van hun moedertaal noch ontzegd noch bemoeilijkt. Integendeel.) Dit kan net onkundiges wees wat Afrikaans met apartheid assosieer; Afrikaans is die tale van vele verskillende kulturele groepe in Suid Afrika. Alle ondersteuning vir ons pragtige taal word benodig en verwelkom. Viva Afrikaans!!! (in English…Afrikaans is the language of different culture groups in SA! Viva Afrikaans!!!)</blockquote> <blockquote>Arnold 07.10.2008 09:28 Ik bewonder de vechtlust van de afrikaners voor hun taal. Ik schaam me diep voor de houding van de nederlanders, het lijken wel slappe frikandellen. In Zuidafrika is engels een oprukkende officiele taal ten koste van het afrikaans. Daar wordt tegen gevochten. In Nederland hoeft dit niet persé, maar vragen ze om verengelst te worden en juichen ze de verengelsing toe. Ieder woord wordt klakkeloos uit het engels overgenomen. Niemand heeft het meer over winkelen, relame of verkoop maar shopping commercial en sale. In de politie is de VVD en D66 het gevaarlijkst voor het behoud van de nederlandse taal, de CU en CDA willen wel knokken. De SP trouwens ook wel. Op het franstalige deel van St Maarten spreekt men frans, men zou nederlandstalige borden verwachten op het nederlandse deel, maar het is alleen engels en de regering doet er niets aan.</blockquote> <blockquote>C E Hulstaert 05.10.2008 18:13 Het is mijn overtuiging dat de Nederlandse Taalunie het Afrikaans moet ondersteunen omdat het een taal is die in Zuid-Afrika en in Namibie onder druk staat en omdat die taal uit het Nederlands is ontstaan. Het feit dat sommigen van de apartheids-tegenstanders die taal racistisch noemen is een emotioneel argument dat ook kan worden ingebracht tegen het Engels. Engeland is de grootste koloniale mogend-heid die ooit heeft bestaan en het Engels is in alle kolonien als officiele taal ingevoerd. Wanneer men het Afrikaans terug dringt uit het openbare leven ten gunste van het Engels wordt niet alleen de Afrikaners onrecht aangedaan maar ook de kleurlingen en de San.</blockquote> Tiong Koen 04.10.2008 19:14 Ja, zeer zeker. Om te beginnen is het ook óns erfgoed. Van ons, van álle Nederlandstaligen, dus ook van Chinese, Creoolse, Hindoestaanse, Marokkaanse en Turkse Nederlanders. We moeten het steunen uit welbegrepen eigenbelang. Verder is het een van de mooiste talen die ik ooit gehoord heb, met een boeiende literatuur en verbazingwekkend mooie poëzie. We moeten het dus ook steunen voor de anderen, want de wereld zou een stuk armer worden als er geen Afrikaans meer gesproken werd. Afrikaans moet tot Werelderfgoed verklaard worden. <blockquote>Riaan Cruywagen 08.10.2008 21:05 Afrikaans is onlosmaaklik deel van die Nederlandse taalfamilie en het die steun van die Nederlandse Taalunie nodig. Totius het immers die verbintenis reeds in 1949 treffend soos volg saamgevat: “Dié sprokie is aan my vertel: Wanneer die druiwetros weer swel onder die donker wingerdblad, dat dan die fyne wyn ook roer in ver verborge keldervat. ‘n Fyn mistieke eenheidsband verbind Oranje, Nederland en Afrika, deur alles heen. Hoe ver die golwe ons ook al omspoel, die diepe hart sal altyd voel – ons is verborge-één.” Mooi so, Afrikaans BO!! Afrikaans school wins bid not to change language policy March 27 2009 , 12:53:00</blockquote> The Supreme Court of Appeal this morning effected that a governing body of a school has the exclusive power to determine the language policy of an existing school. It overruled a decision by the Pretoria High Court. The Mpumalanga Education Department had no accommodation in the Ermelo area for learners to be taught in English. The head of department withdrew the function of the governing body of the Ermelo High School to determine the language policy of the school and appointed an interim committee to change the policy from an Afrikaans medium to a parallel medium school. But today the Supreme Court of Appeal found that the head of department was not authorised to do so in terms of the Schools Act and violated the principles of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act. The Federation of School Governing Bodies (Fedsas) has welcomed the judgment by the court in favour of the High School Ermelo and its school governing body that the school should become an Afrikaans single medium school. Fedsas National Operational officer, Jaco Deacon, says this judgment is significant for education in South Africa and specifically the role of Afrikaans. He says the powers of school governing bodies are reinstated and the government can therefore not interfere in the decisions of school governing bodies unless there are special circumstances. A school governing body can therefore determine which language can be taught at a public school. Source <a href="http://www.sabcnews.com/portal/site/SABCNews/menuitem.5c4f8fe7ee929f602ea12ea1674daeb9/?vgnextoid=6ddecbe567740210VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&channelPath=South%20Africa%20>>%20Education" target="_blank">SABCNews </a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sabcnews.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9638" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/stem-vir-afrikaans-vote-for-afrikaans/sabcnews/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sabcnews.jpg" data-orig-size="297,240" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="SABCnews" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sabcnews.jpg?w=297" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sabcnews.jpg?w=297" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9638" title="SABCnews" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/sabcnews.jpg?w=500" alt="SABCnews" /></a> Image : SABCNews <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/stem-vir-afrikaans-vote-for-afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Stem vir Afrikaans — Vote for Afrikaans">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-3771 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-die-vlakte category-gatvol category-genootskap-van-regte-afrikaners category-geskiedenis category-gra category-jan-fe-celliers category-music-file category-musiek category-south-africa category-steve-hofmeyr category-suid-afrika tag-14-augustus-1875 tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-language-monument tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-taalmonument tag-audio-file tag-die-vlakte tag-gatvol tag-gedigte tag-genootskap-van-regte-afrikaners tag-geskiedenis tag-geskiedenis-van-afrikaans tag-gra tag-jan-fe-celliers tag-music tag-music-file tag-musiek tag-o-boereplaas tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika" id="post-3771"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans 14 Augustus 1875</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-vlakte/" rel="category tag">Die Vlakte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gatvol/" rel="category tag">Gatvol</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/genootskap-van-regte-afrikaners/" rel="category tag">Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gra/" rel="category tag">GRA</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jan-fe-celliers/" rel="category tag">Jan FE Celliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-file/" rel="category tag">music file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiek/" rel="category tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="category tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/14-augustus-1875/" rel="tag">14 Augustus 1875</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-language-monument/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Language monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-taalmonument/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Taalmonument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/audio-file/" rel="tag">audio file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-vlakte/" rel="tag">Die Vlakte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gatvol/" rel="tag">Gatvol</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/genootskap-van-regte-afrikaners/" rel="tag">Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis-van-afrikaans/" rel="tag">geskiedenis van Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gra/" rel="tag">GRA</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jan-fe-celliers/" rel="tag">Jan FE Celliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-file/" rel="tag">music file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/o-boereplaas/" rel="tag">O Boereplaas</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 14/08/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/#comments">21 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3799" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans-language-monument1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg" data-orig-size="768,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans-language-monument1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3799" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=500&h=667" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=225 225w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-language-monument1.jpg?w=450 450w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a> The Afrikaans Language Monument, Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3773" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg" data-orig-size="800,486" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3773" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=500&h=303" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstaalmonumentlarge.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The Afrikaans Language Monument…from a different angle <a href="http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo600228.htm">http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Africa/South_Africa/photo600228.htm</a> The original idea behind the Afrikaans Language Museum in the 1970’s was to honour the members and work of the society – GRA – founded in 1875 in Paarl. Their aims were to establish Afrikaans as a written language, to standardise the language and to start publishing in Afrikaans. Gideon Malherbe was one of the founders. This post will be mainly in Afrikaans…You can enjoy the images with the captions in English. As 14th Aug is an important day for Afrikaans, the language, -the most beautiful language in the whole wide world! -I would like to dedicate this post to Afrikaans, the language of my mother tongue, the language I love and the language I cherish! I do write many posts in English, as I have chess players on Chess World that come here often to read and the whole idea of my blog in the start was to blog about South Africa- the country I love – and to introduce them all to the most beautiful country in the world! On this link – on my blog – you can see magazine covers in Afrikaans and also read some bits from the family magazine – “Huisgenoot” dated 1916 – Advertisements in English.<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot1916/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/huisgenoot1916/</a> Here’s an extract of Steve Hofmeyr’s song…”Gatvol” <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3771-8" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3?_=8" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gatvol.mp3</a></audio> <blockquote>Net een ding irriteer my meer as ‘n Engelssprekende Suid Afrikaner wat aanmatigend oor sy taal is. Daardie een ding wat my so grensloos irriteer en wat ek selfs verafsku, is Afrikaners wat probeer Engels wees. Sulke spontane kulturele selfverkragting is tipies van ‘n sekere tipe agterlike Afrikaner. Ja, diegene ly blykbaar aan’n intense minderwaardigheidsgevoel oor hul herkoms…<a href="http://www.praag.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=37" rel="nofollow">http://www.praag.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=37</a></blockquote> Die inligting wat nou volg, het ek van Roosmaryn se blog gekry. Ek geniet haar blog geweldig en kuier gereeld daar. Jy sal haar blognaam kry in my verwysings. Hierdie inligting is alles wat in my soektog op haar blog opgekom het toe ek na inligting oor die GRA gesoek het. Sommige van julle sal weet dat 14 Aug altyd as “Afrikaanse dag” – “herdenk” is. Dit is die dag waarop die GRA (Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners) gestig is ..14 Aug 1875. Lees hierdie brokkies van Roosmaryn, dis werklik interessant. Aan die einde van hierdie pos is daar twee gedigte…jy kan op die bladsy “my poetry-gedigte” nog meer Afrikaanse gedigte ook vind. FAK se Taalkomitee gestig 2 Junie 1967 Die Hoofbestuur van die FAK het sy Taalkomitee gestig om hom te adviseer oor die wyse waarop die FAK sy taak ten opsigte van die handhawing en bevordering van Afrikaans kan uitvoer. Die komitee het van meet af aan doelgerig aandag geskenk aan die bevordering van Afrikaans onder meer in die sakewêreld, die hotelbedryf, die staatsdiens, die vervoerwese, op alle onderwys vlakke en die naamgewing van strate en dorpsgebiede. Dit is gedoen by wyse van gereelde briefwisseling en persoonlike onderhoude. Boek uitstallings, soos die omvangryke boeke fees in die Taalfeesjaar in die Paarl in 1975, is ‘n gereelde projek van die komitee om die lees van die Afrikaanse boek te bevorder. Die Langenhoven fees is in 1973 gereël, die gevierde skryfster M.E.R. is met haar honderdste verjaardag vereer, en huldigingsfeeste vir Totius (1977) en A.G. Visser -1978- is gehou. Die publikasies Afrikaans ons Pêrel van Groot Waarde en GRA Herdenk is op inisiatief van die komitee in 1974 en 1975 uitgegee. Afrikaans was by verskeie Algemene Vergaderings die kongres tema, en gereelde artikels oor al die aspekte van taalbevordering word vir Handhaaf gelewer. FAK–365Spore.blogspot.com 22 April 1923 D.F. (Oom Lokomotief) du Toit oorlede Daniel Francois du Toit, D.P. seun, in later jare alombekend as Oom Lokomotief, is op 15 Januarie 1846 op die plaas Kleinbos, Daljosafat, gebore en is in Bloemfontein oorlede. Hy was ‘n stigterslid van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners. In 1878 word hy redakteur van die Afrikaanse Patriot, en hy oefen op die wyse geweldig baie invloed uit op die Taalbeweging. Van Die Patriot het hy ‘n gevestigde koerant met invloed gemaak. Hy het so eie met die lesers gesels dat hulle vertroue in sy koerant gehad het. Alle moontlike vrae word daarin beantwoord; daar word raad gegee, moed ingepraat en koers aangedui. Daar ontstaan ‘n onverbreekbare band tussen leser en redakteur. Met die veranderde politieke houding van sy ouer broer, ds. S.J. du Toit, leier van die GRA, kon hy nie saamgaan nie, en hy verlaat saam met C.P. Hoogenhout in 1891 Die Patriot. In 1892 verhuis hy na die Vrystaat, waar hy later in Bloemfontein argivaris was. Aka fak P.J.N–365Spore.blogspot.com 1874 W. Postma gebore Willem (dr. O’kulis) Postma was ‘n Gereformeerde predikant, baanbreker skrywer en streng Calvinis. In Bloemfontein beywer hy hom vir die erkenning van Afrikaans as taal en voorspel dat Afrikaans een van die amptelike tale van Suid-Afrika sal word. Hy het as CNO-man die Engelse Onderwysstelsel in die OVS heftig teëgestaan. Gevolglik stig hy die eerste CNO-skool in 1905 in die voorportaal van die Gereformeerde Kerk, Bloemfontein. In 1916 word hy voorsitter van die provinsiale onderwyskommissie in die OVS. Op die eerste vergadering van die Bybelvertalings kommissie (22November 1916) verteenwoordig hy die Gereformeerde Kerk en in dieselfde jaar verskyn uit sy pen ‘n vertaling in Afrikaans van die Nuwe Testamentiese boek Titus. In 1914 word hy die regterhand van genl. J.B.M. Hertzog tydens die stigting van die Nasionale Party. In 1909 verskyn sy werk, Die esels kakebeen. Hy is op 13 Desember 1920 op Reddersburg oorlede. Aka fak D.E 1876 Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal gepubliseer Die voorstanders van Afrikaans het dadelik besef dat ‘n Afrikaanse spraakkuns onontbeerlik is. Nog voor die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners skryf Een Ware Afrikaander (ds. S.J. du Toit) op 30 Januarie 1875 aan Klaas Waarzegger jr. (C.P. Hoogenhout) oor die Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal onder meer die Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal onder meer Die eerste vraag sal wees …wat is die Afrikaanse taal? Die eerste boekies is geskryf en gedruk ooreenkomstig ‘n bepalingin die statute van die GRA. Die naam van die vroegste werkie is Eerste Beginsels van die Afrikaanse Taal (1876), wat veral die hand van ds. S.J. du Toit verraai, maar waaraan ook eerw.. J.W. van der Rijst en C.P. Hoogenhout meegewerk het. Dit was maar dun en het slegs 29 bladsye leesstof bevat. Ses jaar later is dit herdruk en in 1897 deur ds. Du Toit enigsins omgewerk, toe 6 000 eksemplare van die Fergelykende Taalkunde fan Afrikaans en Engels, soos dit nou heet, gedruk is. In 1902 was ‘n herdruk al nodig. Die GRA is op hulle vergaderings gereeld op die hoogte gehou van die vordering wat gemaak is met die skryf en publikasie van Eerste Beginsels. Aka fak P.J.N 1859 E.J. du Toit gebore Erns Johannes du Toit, oorlede op 12 Januarie 1924, was hoof van die drukkers firma D.F. du Toit en Co. en later lid van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners. Hy het verskeie van die eerste Afrikaanse boeke uitgegee en ook die laaste jaargange van die koerante Die Afrikaanse Patriot en die tydskrif Ons Klyntji. Aka fak prof. dr. P.J. Nienaber 1876 Die Afrikaanse Patriot verskyn vir die eerste keer Met die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners op 14 Augustus 1875 in die Paarl is ‘n tydvak van georganiseerde stryd om die Afrikaanse taal ingelui. In artikel IX van die Genootskap se bepalings word beoog om ‘n Afrikaanse maandblad uit te gee. Op hierdie dag in 1876 verskyn die eerste uitgawe van die maandblad Die Afrikaanse Patriot, wat die orgaan van die GRA sou wees. C.P. Hoogenhout was die eerste redakteur onder die skuilnaam Oom Lokomotief, wat deur die redakteurs na hom oorgeneem is. In Die Patriot dek die GRA die terreine van hul doelstelling, naamlik die van land, volk en taal. Daarin is leiding gegee ten opsigte van landsake, die Afrikaanse taal, geskiedenis en belangrike nuus. ‘n Rubriek van vrae en antwoorde is ontwerp om weetgierigheid op te wek en te bevredig. Afrikaners is aangemoedig om bydraes te stuur, sodat hulle kon leer om hulle taal ook te skryf. Die redaksie het lesers aangespoor om gedigte hou foutief ook al, in te stuur. Deur taal bespreking wou die GRA liefde, eerbied en belangstelling opwek vir die Afrikaanse taal. In eenvoudige spreektaal sou die lesers ingelig word oor die vernaamste nuus. So kon plattelandse Afrikaners bereik en opgevoed word vir wie die Hollandse en Engelse taal moeilik leesbaar was. Die Patriot het sterk teenkanting ontvang sowel van Hollandse as van Engelse kant. Medewerkers het onder skuilname geskryf en moes dikwels onder growwe spot deurloop. Die sterkste teenkanting het van die voorstanders van Hollands gekom, wat Nederlands as die volkstaal gesien het en Afrikaans as ‘n “patois”, ‘n Hotnotstaaltjie beskou het. Ten spyte van teenkanting het die redaksie soms met groot opoffering voorgegaan, en teen 1880 was Die Patriot die mees gelese blad in Suid-Afrika. Dit was veral te danke aan die politieke houding wat die blad aangeneem het, gebaseer op Christelike beginsels en die strewe om die Afrikaanse volksaak te bevorder. In 1904 is die blad gestaak na kwynende belangstelling, veral as gevolg van die veranderde politieke beleid van S.J. du Toit, wat sy steun aan Rhodes toegesê het. Die redaksie van Die Patriot het insig in die behoeftes van die volk gehad en was daarop ingestel om by die eenvoudige Afrikaners die behoefte aan geestesvoedsel op te wek en dan daarin te voorsien. Die blad het leiding gegee in landsake en die Afrikaner laat belang stel in die politiek. Die Patriot het baie bygedra tot die ontwaking van ‘n Afrikanernasionalisme deur die Afrikaner bewus te maak van die skoonheid van sy taal, sy eie grootse geskiedenis en sy unieke geestesbesit. Dit het die Afrikaner leer lees en skryf en hom laat besef dat sy spreektaal nie vir Hollands as skryftaal hoef terug te staan nie. As die eerste Afrikaanse koerant, het Die Patriot ‘n onberekenbare bydrae gelewer tot die opheffing van Afrikaans tot skryf- en volkstaal. Aka fak prof. dr. P.G. Nel 1865 Jan F.E. Celliers gebore Johannes Francois Elias Celliers was ‘n bekende Afrikaanse skrywer, digter en dramaturg. Hy lê sy Landmeters eksamen in Nederland af, maar word later ‘n amptenaar in die onderwysdepartement van die ZAR en in 1894 staatsbibliotekaris in Pretoria. Met die uitbreek van die Engelse Oorlog, sluit hy hom by die kommando’s aan, en in 1902 vertrek hy na Europa, waar hy sy beroemde gedig: Die Vlakte skryf. In 1907 keer hy na Suid-Afrika terug en werk by die Departement van Binnelandse Sake in Transvaal. In 1919 word hy ‘n buitengewone professoraat aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch aangebied. Baie van sy verse weerspieël sy huislikheid en liefde vir kinders. Behalwe sy digterlike arbeid, werk hy ook mee tot die stigting van Die Brandwag. Hy was ‘n volksdigter, “een wat in woorde vaslê wat in die hart van die nasie omgaan” (Preller). Sy prosawerk is van weinig literêre waarde, maar as digter beklee hy ‘n besondere plek in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. Hy vestig hom na sy aftrede aanvanklik in Kaapstad maar later op Harrismith, waar hyop 1 Junie 1940 oorlede is. aka fak prof. dr. P.G. Nel Vryheidslied Vrome vad’re fier en groot! Deur vervolging, ramp en nood, was hul leuse, tot die dood: Vryheid! Vryheid! Erfnis van hul moed en trou is die grond waar ons op bou. Juigend tot die hemelblou: Vryheid! Vryheid! Ere wie die dood mag lei om te rus aan hulle sy, met die sterwenswoord te skei: Vryheid! Vryheid! Op dan, broers en druk hul spoor, voorwaarts, broers, die vaandel voor, laat die veld ons krygsroep hoor: Vryheid! Vryheid! Woes geweld mag hoogty hou, kettings mag ons lede knou, maar die leuse bly ons trou: Vryheid! Vryheid! Jukke mag vir slawe wees, manneharte ken geen vrees, duld geen boei vir lyf of gees: Vryheid! Vryheid! Woorde: JaN F.E. Celliers Musiek: Emiel Hullebroeck Die vlakte Ek slaap in die rus van die eeue gesus, ongesien, ongehoord, en dof en loom in my sonnedroom, ongewek, ongestoord. Tot die yl-bloue bande van die ver-verre rande skuif my breedte uit, wyd-kringend aan die puur al-omwelwend asuur wat my swyend omsluit. Jong aarde se stoot het my boesem ontbloot bo die diep van die meer; en volswanger van lewe ‘t oor die waat’re geswewe die gees van die Heer. Uit die woelende nag van haar jeugdige krag brag die aarde voort Lewiatansgeslagte, geweldig van kragte – storm-ontruk aan haar skoot. Diep in my gesteente berg ek hul gebeente – die geheim van hul lewe en lot; maar gewek uit die sode herleef uit die dode, na die ewig hernuwingsgebod, die van d’ verlede in vorme van d’ hede, in eindeloos komme en gaan; wat die dood my vertrou ‘t, ek bewaar dit as goud, en geen grein sal ‘k verlore laat gaan. As die son oor my vloer in die more kom loer, en die dou van my lippe kom kus, dan kyk ek net stom met ‘n glimlag om en ek le maar weer stil in my rus. Hog bowe die kim op sy troon geklim, is hy heer van lewe en dood; na wil of luim gee hy, skraal of ruim, verderf of lewensbrood. Uit die gloeiende sfeer brand hy wreed op my neer, tot my naaktheid kraak en skroei, en my koorsige asem in bewende wasem al hygend my bors ontvloei. In sy skadetjie rond om sy stam op die grond staat ‘n eensame doringboom, soos die Stilte op haar troon, met dorings gekroon, wat roerloos die eeue verdroom. Geen drop vir die dors aan my stofdroe bors: my kinders* versmag en beswyk, en die stowwe staan soos hul trek en gaan om my skrale dis te ontwyk. Soos ‘n vlokkie skuim uit die sfere se ruim kom ‘n wolkie aangesweef, maar hy groei in die blou tot ‘n stapelbou van marmer wat krul en leef – kolossaal monument op sy swart fondament, waar die bliksem in brul en beef. En o, met my is die windjies bly: hul spring uit die stof orent en wals en draai in dwarrelswaai oor my vloer, van ent tot ent: die gras skud hul wakker om same te jakker, tot hy opspring uit sy kooi en soos mane en sterte van jaende perde sy stingels golf en gooi. Met dof-sware plof, soos koeels in die stof, kom die eerste drupples neer, tot dit ruis alom soos deur die gebrom en gekraak van die donderweer. Met kloue vooruit om te gryp en te buit jaag ‘n haelwolk langs verby, soos ‘n perde-kommande wat dreun oor die lande vertrap en gesel hy- en sy lyke-kleed sien ek ver en breed in die awendson gesprei. Stil in die duister le ‘k so en luister hoe die spruite gesels en lag; maar bowe die pak van my wolkedak het die maan al lank gewag: nou breek en skeur hy ‘n baan daardeur om te deel in my vreug benede; hy sprei die waas van sy romig-blou gaas- en ek lag so stil-tevrede. Plek op plek, soos die wolke trek, sweef die skaduwees onder mee, soos eilande wyd oor die waat’re verspreid op die boesem van die grote see. Met ‘n afskeidskus gaan die maan ook ter rus, en ek wag op die daeraad- so skoon en so mooi soos ‘n fris jong nooi wat lag in haar bruidsgewaad. Oor die bukte se rug slaat die gloed in die lug van die brande wat ver-weg kwyn, en doringbome fluister in rooi skemerduister van gevare wat kom of verdwyn. Uit slote en plas, uit die geurende gras, styg ‘n danklied op ten hemel; en dis net of ek hoor hoe die kriekies se koor weergalm uit die sterre gewemel, waar wêrelde gaan op hul stille baan tot die einde van ruimte en tyd. So, groots en klaar, staat Gods tempel daar, wyd – in sy majesteit. * “kinders” is wildsbokke Uit “Die Vlakte” -1908- 1847 Ds. S.J. du Toit Gebore Stephanus Jacobus du Toit is op Dal Josafat by die Paarl gebore. Hy het sy skool-en teologiese opleiding respektiewelik aan die Paarlse Gimnasium en die Kweekskool op Stellenbosch ontvang. S.J. du Toit was onder die invloed van Arnoldus Pannevis ‘n vurige voorvegter vir Afrikaansas selfstandige taal. Sy politiek-nasionale doelstelling- “om te staan vir ons taal, ons nasie en ons land” – het hy deur die stigting van die Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (GRA) op 14 Augustus 1875, met as spreekbuis Die Afrikaanse Patriot, die Afrikanerbond in 1879 en sy aandeel in die opstel van die Afrikaanse Volkslied, bevorder. Hy kan daarom as die eerste Afrikaanse Nasionalisbeskou word. In 1882 het hy Superintendent van Onderwys in Transvaal geword. Sy onderwyswet het die onderwys in die Republiek bevorder. Sy eersug en betrokkenheid by Transvaalse politieke aangeleenthede, soos die Wesgrens-kwessie, die Pretoria-Konvensie, aandelespekulasies in die Goudstad, leerstellige aangeleenthede en sy teenkanting teen die regering se konsessiebeleid, het hom in regeringskringe ongewild gemaak. In 1888 het hy as Superintendent van Onderwys bedank en hom weer in die Paarl gaan vestig, waar hy hom met die vertaling van die Bybel in Afrikaans, ‘n taak deur die GRA in 1885 aan hom oorgedra, besig gehou het. Hy was dus ook ‘n baanbreker op die gebied van die Afrikaanse Bybelvertaling. Na sy terugkeer in die Paarl het hy die beleidsrigting van Die Patriot gewysig. Sy kritiek op die Krugerbewind en pleidooie vir konsiliasie tussen Brits- en Afrikaanssprekendes het hom verder van sy mede-Afrikaners vervreem. Die gevolg was dat die Eerste Taalbeweging, waarvan hy die vader was, teen 1900 doodgeloop het. In sy tweede Paarlse tydperk het ds. S.J. du Toit egter verbasend veel ter bevordering van die Afrikaanse taal en letterkunde sowel as oor algemene en godsdienstige onderwerpe gepubliseer. Hy het verskeie Afrikaanse boeke geskryf, soos Die Koningin van Skeba (1898), die eerste Afrikaanse gepubliseerde drame. Hy het ook gedigte geskryf, maar hulle is nooit gebundel nie. Hy is algemeen beskou as die “Vader van die Afrikaanse taal; stigter van die Afrikanerbond en stryder van die Calvinisme”. (Die inskripsie op sy graf). In sy lewe was hy predikant van die NG Kerk, Calvinistiese teoloog, Bybelvertaler, leier van die Eerste Afrikaanse Taalbeweging, skrywer, Superintendent van Onderwys in Transvaal, en koerant- en tydskrifredakteur. Op ‘n besoek aan Calvinia in Augustus 1910 het sy perdekar omgeval. Die ernstige beserings wat hy in die ongeluk opgedoen het, het uiteindelik gelei tot sy sterwe op 28 Mei 1911 op Kleinbosch, Dal Josafat. Dankie aan Roosmaryn! 365Spore.blogspot.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3775" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3775" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg?w=500&h=375" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/nationalafrikaansliteraturemuseum.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The National Afrikaans Literature Museum in Bloemfontein <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3776" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanscharlize/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg" data-orig-size="316,451" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanscharlize" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg?w=316" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg?w=316" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3776" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg?w=500&h=714" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg?w=210 210w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanscharlize.jpg 316w" sizes="(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px" /></a> Charlize Theron…Afrikaans speaking..and proud to admit it! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-tshirts.png"><img data-attachment-id="3777" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans-tshirts/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-tshirts.png" data-orig-size="229,294" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans-tshirts" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-tshirts.png?w=229" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-tshirts.png?w=229" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3777" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-tshirts.png?w=500&h=642" alt="" /></a> This T-shirt says…”my dad is bigger than your dad!”…you all know that one for sure! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3947" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/hardegatbliksem/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg" data-orig-size="779,837" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.1","credit":"","camera":"FE170,X760","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1212155517","copyright":"","focal_length":"6.3","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":""}" data-image-title="hardegatbliksem" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3947" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/hardegatbliksem.jpg?w=500&h=417" alt="" /></a> As jy ‘n DelaRey t-shirt het…sal jy die woorde ken! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png"><img data-attachment-id="3790" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstshirtsperm/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png" data-orig-size="262,299" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstshirtsperm" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=262" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=262" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3790" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirtsperm.png?w=500&h=571" alt="" /></a> This t-shirt says: Daddy’s little sperm!! hehe <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3778" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg" data-orig-size="220,165" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=220" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=220" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3778" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans-ek-is-lief-vir-jou-i-love-you.jpg?w=500&h=375" alt="" /></a> This card says…”I love you” in Afrikaans. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png"><img data-attachment-id="3779" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaanstshirts/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png" data-orig-size="689,589" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaanstshirts" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3779" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=500&h=427" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaanstshirts.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Afrikaans on T-shirts…image found on google <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png"><img data-attachment-id="3780" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/afrikaans/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png" data-orig-size="160,129" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="afrikaans" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=160" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=160" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3780" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/afrikaans.png?w=500&h=403" alt="" /></a> Jou afwesigheid Die son se stilte sprei oor die more-dou en maak jou afwesigheid soveel moeiliker Tyd kan nie uitvee die herinneringe En moeiliker die misverstande Nog die gebroke siel heel Maar die soete verlede van lank gele’ Steek vas en onderhou my geheue Verblydend is jou bestaan Wat my wêreld verkleur! –©Nikita– <div> </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9732" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/birds_flying/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg" data-orig-size="490,582" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="birds_flying" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=490" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=490" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-9732" title="birds_flying" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=500&h=593" alt="birds_flying" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg?w=252 252w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds_flying.jpg 490w" sizes="(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /></a> <div>Afrikaans Die taal wat ek liefhet Afrikaans Die taal wat ek praat Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek dink Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek droom Afrikaans Die taal van my hart Afrikaans</div> <div>Die taal wat ek koester Vir nou en altyd Afrikaans Jy is myne Afrikaans Jy is nou Afrikaans Jy is besonders Afrikaans Jy is uniek Afrikaans Jy is getrou Afrikaans: My denke My wese My lewe!</div> <div>©Nikita 2008</div> <div>Nadat ek die kort gediggie geskryf het, het ek dit op verskeie webbladsye gelees – en ek is bly julle almal geniet dit! Maak asseblief net seker dat jy krediet gee aan wie dit verskuldig is.</div> <div>Afrikaanse stories op hierdie link op my blog:</div> <div><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/wolf-and-jackal-stories/</a></div> <div>Dankie weereens aan Roosmaryn: 365Spore.blogspot.com</div> O, BOEREPLAAS Woorde: C.F. VISSER Musiek: JOHANNES JOUBERT; verwerk: ARTHUR ELLIS O boereplaas, geboortegrond! Jou het ek lief bo alles. Al dwaal ek heel die wêreld rond, waar so gelukkig, so gesond? O boereplaas, geboortegrond! Jou het ek lief bo alles. O moederhuis, waar ooit so tuis? Jou het ek lief bo alles. Die wêreld, rykdom, prag en praal kan jou verlies my nooit betaal. O moederhuis, waar ooit so tuis? Jou het ek lief bo alles. O moedertaal, o soetste taal! Jou het ek lief bo alles. Van al die tale wat ek hoor, niks wat my siel ooit so bekoor. O moedertaal, o soetste taal! Jou het ek lief bo alles. <div></div> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/afrikaans-14-augustus-1875/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans 14 Augustus 1875">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-3615 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-games category-im-watu-kobese category-mind-games category-mind-games-stands category-skaak category-south-africa tag-chess tag-chess-games tag-creativity tag-designs tag-mind-games tag-mind-games-stands tag-south-africa tag-watu-kobese" id="post-3615"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Only in South Africa…</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-games/" rel="category tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/im-watu-kobese/" rel="category tag">IM Watu Kobese</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mind-games/" rel="category tag">mind games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mind-games-stands/" rel="category tag">mind games stands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak/" rel="category tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-games/" rel="tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/creativity/" rel="tag">Creativity</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/designs/" rel="tag">designs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mind-games/" rel="tag">mind games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mind-games-stands/" rel="tag">mind games stands</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/watu-kobese/" rel="tag">Watu Kobese</a> on 11/08/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png"><img data-attachment-id="3617" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/chess-mind-game-stand/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png" data-orig-size="252,330" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mind-game-stand" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png?w=252" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png?w=252" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3617" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png?w=500&h=655" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png?w=229 229w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand.png 252w" sizes="(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png"><img data-attachment-id="3619" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/chess-mind-games/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png" data-orig-size="385,289" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mind-games" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png?w=385" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png?w=385" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3619" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png?w=500&h=375" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games.png 385w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3620" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/chess-mind-game-stand1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg" data-orig-size="640,479" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mind-game-stand1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3620" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg?w=500&h=373" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-game-stand1.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/gsport.co.za/images/stories/200802/Newsroom/20080207Mindspors1.jpg" alt="" /> Image: <a href="http://gsport.co.za">http://gsport.co.za</a> I think this is brilliant! Just think how the children can keep themself busy playing chess during breaks! and you will get more children interested in the game! As you can see from these images, these stands can be placed anywhere! I think these people deserve a 10/10 for this idea. See more info on this site: <a href="http://www.ramlodi.co.za/">http://www.ramlodi.co.za/</a> <blockquote>There is little doubt that a development plan that benefits all the parties involved, is a development plan that is bound to succeed, and Mind Sports SA believes its development plan backed by Ramlodi Outdoor Advertising can put together an exciting and dynamic programme, where everyone wins.</blockquote> Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) is an affiliate of the South African Confederation of Sport and Olympic Committee, and is responsible for the good governance and promotion of Historical figure games (also known as wargames), Board games (such as Diplomacy, Checkers, Draughts, Morabaraba, etc), and Computer games (whether they are played on ‘cell phones, Sony® PSP’s, personal computers or similar). The programme is based on open-air game stands at schools, which receive a monthly payment while the game stand is sponsored, and MSSA is focussed on ensuring that the games played in an ever increasing number of schools. The Morabaraba game stand, which has been used to develop strong mathematical skills. The programme’s official rollout has been aided by the Tshwane University of Technology, which has sponsored a number of game stands being distributed to schools, beginning at Pretoria West High, where a delighted Headmistress Rita Coetzee took delivery of the first two stands. As soon as the stands were positioned in the quad, learners descended en masse to the game stands and began to play. Only when the bell rang signifying the end of break did the learners leave the stands. Steven Kekana of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) was also delighted with the response of the learners to the game stands, as the game of Morabaraba is well known to have a strong linear mathematical background, and has previously been used by Tshwane University of Technology to identify learners who have strong mathematical skills. Additional stands will be set up at schools in Benoni, Johannesburg, Witbank, Nelspruit, Attridgeville, and Mamelodi within the month. Source: <a href="http://gsport.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1681&Itemid=52">http://gsport.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1681&Itemid=52</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png"><img data-attachment-id="3624" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/chess-mind-games1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png" data-orig-size="809,152" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mind-games1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3624" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=500&h=93" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=596 596w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-games1.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png"><img data-attachment-id="3627" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/chess-mind-watu/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png" data-orig-size="798,566" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-mind-watu" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3627" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png?w=500&h=353" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/chess-mind-watu.png?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Images: ramlodi.co.za…IM Watu Kobese…The “Lion” of South Africa (right) <a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/only-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Only in South Africa…">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-2714 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cricket category-edgbaston category-england category-protea-cricket-team category-south-africa category-south-african-cricket category-south-african-cricket-team category-test-cricket tag-3rd-test-cricket-south-africa-vs-england tag-cricket tag-cricket-day-4-of-third-test-south-africa-against-england tag-edgbaston tag-england tag-protea-cricket-team tag-south-africa tag-south-african-cricket tag-south-african-cricket-team tag-test-cricket" id="post-2714"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/england-vs-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">England vs South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cricket/" rel="category tag">cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/edgbaston/" rel="category tag">Edgbaston</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/england/" rel="category tag">England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/protea-cricket-team/" rel="category tag">Protea Cricket Team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-cricket/" rel="category tag">South African cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-cricket-team/" rel="category tag">South African cricket team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/test-cricket/" rel="category tag">test cricket</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/3rd-test-cricket-south-africa-vs-england/" rel="tag">3rd Test Cricket South Africa vs England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cricket/" rel="tag">cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cricket-day-4-of-third-test-south-africa-against-england/" rel="tag">Cricket day 4 of third test South Africa against Englan</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/edgbaston/" rel="tag">Edgbaston</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/england/" rel="tag">England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protea-cricket-team/" rel="tag">Protea Cricket Team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-cricket/" rel="tag">South African cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-cricket-team/" rel="tag">South African cricket team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/test-cricket/" rel="tag">test cricket</a> on 31/07/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/england-vs-south-africa/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> WELL DONE! SOUTH AFRICA!! Well Done, Proteas!! and to Kevin…a South African leading the English team! in the next test…. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com//ng/sp/eurosport/20080804/25/b02f8de2d340791595f1b86d329e391a.jpg" alt="" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/reuters/20080730/18/2581350631.jpg" alt="" /> South Africa’s team…yesterday…image: <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com">http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com</a> How can I blog chess, my favourite, but not cricket! my other favourite! and in particular, the Proteas!! I like Cow’s corner on Yahoo…read about “him” at the bottom of this post. “Cow” has got a good sense of humour. I want to be positive and predict that South Africa will take this test too… sorry English mates here… lol! I will update this post as the game goes… oh, of course you have to start reading at the bottom of this post! ….uhm…wonder what others think about my prediction I’ve made here this morning… (silence…that’s all I can hear…and “silence is golden…”— 😉 On <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7532647.stm">THIS LINK </a>you can follow the 1st day, 3rd Test played yesterday, 30th July. At the bottom of this post there’s a link to Australia’s sport forum, if you’re interested… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/20080731/15/1095720396-cricket-npower-third-test-day-england-v-south-africa-edgbaston.jpg" alt="" /> South Africa’s Ashwell Prince hits four runs Cricket – npower Third Test – Day Two – England v South Africa – Edgbaston Image: Yahoo Superb Smith sends England crashing <img src="http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/util/anysize/376,http%3A%2F%2Ff3.yahoofs.com%2Fymg%2Fcowcorner_ukie%2Fcowcorner_ukie-61684880-1217703271.jpg%3FymoFky_CMB5aK5g1?v=2" alt="" /> Saturday Aug 02…Day 4 of third test SA 283-5 (80 overs) – ALL OVER – SMITH SMASHES SOUTH AFRICA TO VICTORY. A final four, in the event off the final ball of Pietersen after he swiped unsuccessfully at a few Panesar deliveries, completes the job. He ends with 154no as the tourists celebrate their first series win in England since 1965. Well-deserved. SA 277-5 (78 overs) – Smith reaches his 150 with a single off Pietersen; Boucher reduces the runs required to five with a slash at a wide delivery. Perhaps England will be dumped out of this SA 268-5 (76 overs) – SMITH BRILLIANCE TAKES SOUTH AFRICA TO THE BRINK – A massive drive under the diving, desperate captain Vaughan followed by a pull to deep square leg – both off Flintoff – takes Smith to 147 and within 13 runs of victory. South Africa are going to finish this match off today, there is no doubt about that: they are not going to bring back the fans to see a couple of boundaries tomorrow. The fans wouldn’t show up! SA 248-5 (73 overs) – Boucher doing what Ambrose couldn’t this morning: scoring runs. He slices Anderson to the rope, pulls Panesar for four and drives Flintoff through the on side for another boundary. South Africa only need 33 runs to win from here. SA 225-5 (69 overs) – Smith drives Anderson through the off side for four as the light meters continue to be consulted. Panesar returns as South Africa need 56 to win. Looks like Cowers’s prediction of a four-wicket win for SA could well come true… SA 201-5 (65 overs) – Kevin Pietersen has a bowl alongside Sidebottom. Smith suffering with cramp and receives attention; 80 runs to win; all very lethergic, even the chants from the fans evidently tinged by that seven-pint weariness. The light meters are out, but it looks fine. SA 182-5 (59 overs) – It looks like play will go on until 19:00 tonight. SA need 99 to win with 18 overs left to play in the day; England really need a couple of wickets in that time, or they’ll be in trouble. don.wheeler has little respect for Smith’s ton, saying he should have been out LBW ages ago – the tourists could say the same about Collingwood yesterday though. SA 178-5 (57 overs) – SMITH BRINGS UP HIS HUNDRED – The South Africa captain plays Panesar easily and runs two for his 16th Test century and fourth against England. The facts: 11 fours, no sixes, 177 balls, 243 minutes. It is a great captain’s knock and one that could well lead his country to victory. 103 to win; England are successful in their attempts to introduce the new ball. Flintoff to come in from the Pavilion End. SA 171-5 (53 overs) – FIFTH WICKET DOWN!!! De Villiers gone – gone like the wind, gone like Radiohead’s song-writing talent, gone like Cowers’s tiny little mind after 17 Jagerbombs. Monty Monty Monty Monty Pan-e-sar has it, a clear edge to Collingwood at first slip. 24 overs left of the day’s play. SA 169-4 (52 overs) – Leave the cow alone people. Read it again: COMPUTERS ARE TO BLAME. Cowers would love to kick back with a Pimm’s and lemonade and put its hoofs (hooves?) up while watching, but its computer keeps turning into a computer-shaped turd and spoiling its enjoyment of proceedings SA 156-4 (48 overs) – Anderson comes in for Flintoff and is largely left alone – like a drunk on the night bus to Kingston – by De Villiers outside off stump. SA are happy to let the remaining 30-odd overs trickle away and edge their way towards the required 281. RAMPS FINALLY SECURES HIS 100TH TON – After three months of painful suspense akin to (delete as appropriate) The Sixth Sense/Unbreakable/Signs/The Village/Lady in the Water, Mark Ramprakash finally records his 100th first-class century for Surrey against Yorkshire in the County Championship. The England hero is the first player to manage the feat for a decade – Graeme Hick was the last – and the 25th in all. SA 153-4 (45 overs) – ANOTHER CHANCE GOES BEGGING… Panesar should have had Smith! There was glove on the ball as it kicked up and Ambrose took the catch, but the appeal was half-hearted… and on the next ball Andrew Strauss is a fraction short as he dives in to take the ball after a pull. Monty thought the wicket was his… England should have claimed it on the ball before though. SA 145-4 (43 overs) – MISSED RUN-OUT CHANCE – De Villiers tapped to leg and sought a quick single; Ambrose threw at the stumps but missed and Ian Bell failed to take the ball cleanly as he swung his hands into them. It would have been out, if the naked eye serves. The crowd try to lift their fielding side as the partnership moves past the 50 mark. Smith has 80 and has certainly done his job today. SA 134-4 (39 overs) – South Africa need only 147 for victory now although the boundaries have dried up. Flintoff, who England don’t want to run into the ground, returns while Panesar is also ‘unleashed’ – he was unlucky not to get Smith LB after turning one in from wide, the angle working against him at decision time. It is now a lovely day in the West Midlands, with fluffy white clouds drifting about the place, humid with a slight wind. But England should not fall into the comforting nature of their surroundings in this final session… or they will lose the series. SA 119-4 (35 overs) – Sidebottom and Anderson resume after tea as Smith bats on. His innings is crucial to the visitors’ chances as a nervous calm descends over Edgbaston. Cowers went to uni just down the road in Selly Oak and was once chased off the square by an irate steward as he sought to retrieve a ball his mate had just driven from the boundary in between sessions. Nicky Knight scored 233 that day against Glamorgan and the Cow missed it by slipping off for a beer after five hours without anything happening. Glorious, drink-fuelled days. SA 111-4 (33 overs, tea) – South Africa get to the end of the session without further loss, De Villiers slapping Panesar for four to keep the score ticking over. They would do well to bat out today and tomorrow – so their best bet is to go for it. Good to see biased, unladylike commentary from anne_helm regarding Kallis – you would never catch Cowers indulging in such mockery. SA 93-4 (29.2 overs) – THE PRINCE AMONG MEN IS NO MORE – Left-hander Ashwell stays at the crease only long enough to pick up two runs, edging Anderson behind the stumps. Before that there were appeals aplenty from Panesar, Dar dismissing each – even when Prince appeared to get some glove on a rising ball. England on the warpath, and now looking a good bet for victory. SA 85-3 (26 overs) – KALLIS GONE FOR FIVE!! – More heroics from Flintoff as a full toss smacks Jacques right in the balls – and I’m not referring to the red leather ones – on its way towards the middle stump. What a way to go – I hope his box was firmly in place or that will be the single most painful walk of shame ever experienced by human kind. 196 needed for victory, seven wickets left intact. SA 78-2 (23 overs) – MONTY SENDS AMLA BACK TO THE PAVILION!! The short ball straightened on bounce and caught him top of the pad – it was a big call and one that Davis controversially decided in England’s favour. Amla leaves with six runs to his name after only nine in the first innings and the experienced Kallis enters. Don’t blame the cow for slow updates, as for much in life computers are to blame. SA 78-1 (22 overs) Flintoff, who has been tasty with the ball again today, dispatched through the covers by Smith, who moves on to 40. SA 65-1 (17.3 overs) – FREDDIE HAS MCKENZIE!!! He lost his bearings on what was practically a full toss and turned away; the ball struck him bang on the foot and up went the finger. Breakthrough for England, more joy for Fredalo. SA 61-0 (17 overs) – After some dude was earlier blissfully ignorant of furiously gesticulating South African batsmen as he sat above the sightscreen, now a cameraman has to sprint over to remove a microphone. The 50 been and gone for SA – Smith and McKenzie each help themselves to a four off Panesar, the first sent to deep square leg and the second a well-executed drive. SA 42-0 (13 overs) – FREDDIE INTO THE ATTACK – Cries of ‘Soopa, Soopa Fred’ all around Edgbaston as the Lancastrian comes in to chip away with Panesar at this South African innings. Monty appeals for a catch but Aleem Dar turns it down – the bat again causing the noise on the ground rather than a top edge. SA 29-0 (9 overs) – The runs are coming, an ominous sign. McKenzie picks up three but is denied a fourth when Vaughan slides to flick back his drive just short of the rope. Speaking of shaggy hair: did anyone see that sheep on the roof of a house in the paper this morning? How in the hell did a sheep get on to the roof of a house? It’s been nagging at Cowers all day. Oh and as for a bovine prediction: SA to win with six wickets down. Monty back in the attack. SA 17-0 (7 overs) – A bit of movement from Anderson and Sidey outside the off stump. Smith clipped the former just short of Collingwood at gully, while the latter has a weak LBW shout before Smith cracks him to backward point following a poor, wide, short delivery. He shakes his shaggy hair around in frustration. 13:37 – England take to the field for the afternoon session under a blue sky – the clouds are breaking up overhead. Little chance of rain and plenty of sunshine. SA 11-0 (5 overs, lunch) – BURGER TIME FOR FREDDIE ET AL. – Smith again misses an Anderson ball outside off stump – there is an appeal but the sound was that of the bat striking the ground – and Panesar bowls a maiden before the end of the session. First job done for the tourist openers. SA 3-0 (2 overs) – Anderson forces a play and a miss from Smith that brings a wry smile to the face of England captain Michael Vaughan. How the home side will be desperate for the early wicket of the skipper; or any wicket, for that matter. Desperate like… like… that 33-stone teenager will be for a burger if she is indeed now on a diet. And if she tries to cut a steak out of my rump, she’s got a well-aimed kick to the gut coming her way. SA 0-0 – Sidebottom to bowl the first over of the fourth innings. Smith to face the first ball. And Neil McKenzie at the other end of course. Eng 363 all out – LIKE USAIN BOLT PASSING BY – It’s gone in a flash, the England innings that is. First Anderson (1) is bowled via an inside edge by Jackie Kallis then Collingwood (135) follows off Morkel after edging through to keeper Boucher. The one-day skipper given a standing ovation by the fancy dress-day crowd. The target for SA stands at 281 – game on! We are in for a cracking day’s play from here. And Jamaican world record-holder Bolt has just been confirmed for the Olympic 100m, if you were wondering or give a monkeys. Eng 363-8 (97 overs) – MORKEL HAS HIS REVENGE – Whether he is a character in Lord of the Rings or not – are you thinking of Mordor swads43? – he exhibits the snarling menace of an Orc general after Collingwood and Sidebottom added further boundaries. But rest easy, English fans, it is the tail-ender who is walking after he tamely looked to pull a rising delivery and gloved it, allowing Hashim Amla to take the catch. He leaves with 22 as ‘see you’ Jimmy Anderson comes in. Eng 343-7 (94 overs) – AB de Villiers claims a catch off Sidebottom in the slips, but after consulation with the third umpire Sidey is given not out. Hard to say whether he knew he had plucked it off the floor – at least his appeal was muted, as should be every Coldplay concert they show on television. England rolling along nicely after the early blow of Ambrose. Eng 339-7 (93 overs) – A NEL OF A SHOT!! Left-hander Sidebottom smashes the bowler to square leg before nudging another for four on the off side. SA captain Graeme Smith looks on pensively from behind his Bunnies, perhaps mentally removing him from the attack… some sawdust is called for to repair the wicket. England settling into their stride. Eng 326-7 (90 overs) – Sorry about that, g_hine – here you go. Collingwood survives another appeal, this one off the bowling of Ntini, but it hit above the knee roll – and in his next over the all-rounder smashes him for two fours, making it look as easy as spending the night with Danielle Lloyd. Eng 315-7 (86 overs) – Andre Nel comes into the attack in place of Makhaya Ntini. It’s fairly overcast although blue sky is poking through in places – doesn’t look like there’s much chance of rain, at least for now. Eng 310 (85 overs) – Good to see the Smurfs have made the trip to Birmingham, while Danger Mouse is also in the stands. No sign of Penfold – no surprise really, given that the poor bugger is blind as a bat. Very true, anne_helm – anyone got any stories about lucky underwear or such? Morkel unlucky when the first big appeal of the day is turned down by Steve Davis – the ball was headed for leg stump as Collingwood looked to turn it down leg side. Before the end of the over he sits one up and Colly rubs it in by hooking to the fine leg boundary. Eng 299-7 (82 overs) – Colly adds the first runs of the day off the bat while Sidebottom is yet to get off the mark. Eng 298-7 (81 overs) AMBROSE GONE!! Second ball from Morne Morkel defeats him and England are seven wickets down. Rubbish start before Edgbaston has had a chance to fill up. Ryan Sidebottom in next. 11:00 – The South Africa fielders emerge, followed by Tim Ambrose and Collingwood. 10:50 – England counterpart Monty Panesar is keeping his cards close to his chest as usual: “Colly and KP put us right in the game yesterday. Batting here on a fourth innings pitch will be difficult. Hopefully we can pressure on the SA batsmen, although the pitch is holding up quite well. There is some slight turn and skiddiness on it though.” 10:45 – Paul Harris reckons SA have it in the bag: “The advantage is still with us. It’s a batting wicket. We didn’t bowl as well as we could, but due respect to Paul Collingwood who took his chance well. Spinners need overs and I hope to get a few under my belt by the end of the match.” 10.30 – Morning to all, and that includes jude_surf – Cowers is in a positive frame of mind this morning, teeth flossed, sugared double espresso downed and ready for the fourth day of the third Test between England and South Africa at Edgbaston. Fri Aug 01 10:26AM Eng 297-6 (80 overs) – STUMPS!! Ambrose pulls Ntini away for his second boundary and England will take a 214-run lead into day four. Join us at 10am for coverage – you never know, it might be fun Eng 287-6 (77 overs) – WHAT A SHOT, A CENTURY!! Collingwood walks down the tracks and plants Harris into the crowd for the six that brings up his fifth Test century. A great comeback and is met with rapture from the crowd but reserved determination from the batsman. England now lead by 204 – time for a couple of more overs. Eng 279-6 (75 overs) – Colly flicks a low Morkel full toss through mid-wicket to move into the nineties. Stumps will be at 7.11pm so more action yet. England will be 200 up by the close. Any plans for tomorrow? Cancel them, follow the cricket. <div>Eng 267-6 (70 overs) – Morkel has been more expensive than a loaf of bread in Bulawayo and he returns to be met by a thick edge by Collingwood which eludes the wide third slip and goes to the fence.</div> <div>Eng 256-6 (67 overs) – Ambrose tickles Kallis off his pads for his first boundary and the lead is 173. The highest fourth innings score to win a Test on this ground is 211 by England against New Zealand in 1999. The satchel swingers still have SA at 1/2 with England at 5/2.</div> Eng 242-6 (63 overs) – Collingwood slog sweeps Harris and drives Kallis to the pickets as England eke out a few more precious runs. Eke is one of my top five words along with temerity, alacrity, vanguard and hermaphrodite. What is yours? Suck I guess. Eng 228-6 (58 overs) – Collingwood turns Harris off his toes for another boundary. It’s time Tim Ambrose stepped up to the plate and by plate I mean wicket and by stepped I mean stepped. 74 runs at 19 in the series so far – very average. There are 23 overs left today, get a pizza in, we will be here for a while. Eng 221-6 (54 overs) – OUT!! Pietersen looks to hit Harris over long-on for the six that would bring up his century but he manages to pick out AB de Villiers who takes a sharp catch. KP is furious, smashing his bat into his pads not once but twice. It’s up for grabs now as Brian Moore once said before Michael Thomas stood on his head. Freddie comes to the wicket and is greeted by a streaker – gender, unclear. MORE OUT!! Flintoff faces three balls before offering Amla a bat-pad off Harris and this game has been turned on its head again. (it’s 18:10 and I’m adding a bit more)Eng 219-4 (53 overs) – RAZZLE DAZZLE!! Pietersen does execute the switch hit, hitting two left-handed boundaries in the space of three balls off the frankly useless Harris. The crowd are going wild and a huge cheer as Collingwood collects his fifty off just 61 balls. People in their living rooms in Durham all jerking all round the room, pulling down all the furniture and fittings, and, er, grabbing hold of the carpet and being sick in the ashtrays, you know, really having a good time. England lead by 136 runs!! Eng 74-3 (23 overs) – AND ANOTHER!! Morkel attacks Strauss from around the wicket and it reaps its reward as he gets squared up and edges to Kallis at second slip. Just a hint of away movement, the sort of hint your girlfriend would give you. Really, really subtle but if you get it wrong, there’s only one response: DEATH!!! ….(this is where I stop to update this post…will do it again when South Africa plays….it’s now 15:00 in England…) Eng 56-2 (18 overs) – Pietersen and Nel are exchanging words – not nice words like “I love you, can I make you a scone” but bad words like you are below average at cricket. KP then lashes Gunther through the covers for his first boundary. the_kop2003 & g_hine – who should replace Vaughan as skipper and as number three. Owais Shah, Rob Key, Mark Lathwell??? That nice lady anne maybe. Eng 46-2 (15 overs) – KP strides out to the wicket like a man with the weight of a destiny of a pair of flip flops on his shoulders. Jacques Kallis is now having a trundle at one end while Nel, a qualified accountant, bowls at the other. I bet he gives you a right earful if you forget to carry a three on your tax returns. Eng 39-2 (11 overs) – CAPTAIN CALAMITY!! Vaughan drives Ntini superbly off the backfoot through the covers and then clips Nel off his pads for boundaries drei and vier respectively as they say at Innsbruck CC. But he then departs for 17 as he drives on the up and Hashim Amla takes a superb diving catch, just above worm height, at extra cover. Edgbaston is like a morgue as he walks off. A wicket for Gunther, gunther kobus001 gunther….definitely Gunther. Eng 28-1 (8 overs) – EAT MY FOUR!! Vaughan comes to the wicket on a King Pair and is met with plenty of chat. Silenced when Nel offers up a juicy leg-stump half-volley that is dispatched through mid-wicket. Gunther lets out a scream and then the skipper pulls Ntini away past square leg. The sun is out, the beer is flowing, the Myleene Klass 2009 calendar is due in the shops very soon – does it get any better. Eng 15-1 (6 overs) – COOK BURNT!! Ntini’s first ball is a rank half-tracker that is pulled away to the fence by Cook but he attempts to repeat the trick next ball to a fuller delivery. The ball goes 4.3km up in the air and ends up in Boucher’s hands after a fine, running, diving catch. Eng 10-0 (4 overs) – Strauss clips Morkel for four off his toes and we’re off and running. Cook does likewise to Nel and the big pantomime villain’s antics have seemed to woken the crowd. They call Edgbaston the Bull Ring – we once asked former Stockport manager Danny Bergara how he thought the weekend game with Rochdale would go. His answer was “It’s going to be a bullfight.” Actually that was his answer to everything. Do you think you will beat Oldham? ‘Weeeeeeeellll it’s going to be a bullfight.’ Does your wife get to use the bath first? ‘Weeeeeeeellll it’s going to be a bullfight’ Eng 0-0 (2 overs) – OH MY GOD!! Cook must have some polaroids of Aleem Dar. First ball he is stuck on the crease and trapped plumb in front by Nel but the umpire says not out. It would have smashed over middle and leg halfway up. It certainly pumps up Gunther who is waving and gesturing to the crowd like a demented air traffic controller. anne_helm – You won’t be interested to know that this is the first time in four years that Ntini has not taken the new ball. Are you married to John btw? WE’RE BACK. Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook stride out to the middle. It’s cloudy but dry in Birmingham after in truth a pretty ugly lunch. Derek Pringle just wouldn’t admit that Clement Attlee was the biggest sex symbol this country has ever produced. Well they didn’t call him Clem the Gem for nothing did they. Anyway back to the action, Morkel with the new ball and the very contentious sightscreen is unchanged. You are not missing anything – we’ve had some rain which allows everyone to get a pint and rip the proverbial out of Monty. An early lunch has been called so nip out, get yourself a bag of twiglets and play will resume at 1.10pm. SA 314 (90.2 overs): COMPLETE IDIOT!! It’s official – Monty Panesar has the athletic ability of Hattie Jacques. Boucher pulls Sidebottom straight down his esophagus at long leg and he shells it. Sidebottom gives him a look like he’s just shot his pet cat and left the head in the bed. BEAUTY!! But in the next over Vaughan shows him how to do it by taking a ripsnorter, running around from deep cover and diving full length to end Boucher’s innings at 40. South Africa lead by 83. SA 293-9 (88 overs): GET YER COAT MORNE!! The ‘Burnley Bronco’ Anderson removes Morkel lbw. It pitched just in line with leg-stump and umpire Aleem Dar raises the deadly digit. ZGRUPPP!! Andre Nel lasts four deliveries before Sidebottom demolishes his middle stump with a nice in-ducker and South Africa lead by just 67 runs. CMJ runs over and changes his earlier prediction to seven inches. SA 288-7 (86 overs): Umpire Steve Davis right on cue with a couple of lbw decisions. Sidebottom is getting the ball to swing back into Boucher but on two occasions his appeal is met with a firm headshake and Hawkeye says going over the top. Still not a full house, the queues outside are akin to those outside a 1982 Moscow bakery. sikka316 says: “For breakfast Freddie earned himself a full fry up, Vaughan on the other had was given a straw and told to drink the fat left over in the pan after.” That’s known as the Rik Waller diet. SA 287-7 (83 overs): Morne Morkel slashes Flintoff just wide of the diving Jimmy Anderson at backward point. A small child, possibly a ballboy, possibly a toddler who has worked his way through the police cordon, throws the ball back in. The next shot by the big quick is a Stewart Goddard stroke – “stand and deliver” – as he drives superbly straight down the ground. Stephenaanderton “Where are we in the tiddly winks world rankings?????” I don’t know but I know that the Dutch and Belgians have contested the last eight World Championship korfball finals – that’ll impress the girls in the clubs tonight. SA 268-7 (80 overs): WHERE’S THIRD SLIP? A lifting delivery from Flintoff squares Boucher up and an outside edge flies straight to third slip. Oh damn, Michael Vaughan has got him down at fine leg. Paul Collingwood dives full length to his right like Joe Corrigan on steroids and gets one hand to the ball but can’t hold on. The skipper finally realises he has got an excited bowler and throws him the new cherry which is in fact much harder than a cherry even a Netto one. SA 264-7 (78 overs): THE ARTIST FORMERLEY KNOWN AS PRINCE!! Ashwell goes and it has only taken 12 balls. Like Georgia Davis when a pork pie is placed just out of her reach, he chases a wide one and gets an edge through to Tim Ambrose. A second wicket for Ryan Sidebottom who gets a great ovation from a crowd who have collectively postponed their first pint of Banks. <div>SA 256-6 (76 overs): Ian Botham has just squatted down to tell the viewing public that the pitch is a bit dusty and he expects variation in bounce late on. Richardpmjones asks “Is there an atmosphere of expectation in the ground this morning??” Less expectation, more when does the bar open. But there is a decent round of applause as the players come out on to the pitch, followed by the extremely dislikeable Mark Boucher and Ashwell Prince who wouldn’t say boo to a goose (or a Cow).</div> 10.50 – We have just asked Christopher Martin Jenkins to rate England’s chances of victory on the width of an average post office elastic band. His answer – eight inches. I like those odds. Remember South Africa lead by 25 runs with four first innings wickets intact. 10.40 – Some early messageboard action from the_kop2003 who asks “What’s de weather like Cowers me bru?” Well like jude_surf’s sheets there is some moisture. We had a storm overnight but it’s dry now although certainly a bit fresher than yesterday and Vic Marks has kindly lent me his reserve Pringle sweater. Some rain is forecast for later but hopefully, like Rik Waller, we manage to avoid the showers. 10.30 – Good news!!! Thankfully Cowers recovered from his world record bid for downing mini Baileys at the Holiday Inn in Tamworth to raid the Yahoo! store cupboard. And we have a competition. Tell me how many runs Kevin Pietersen will score today and you can win a pair of Yahoo! flip flops – the perfect sand accessory for August. Personally we have no time for the British seaside although walking around the seafront at Scarborough and looking at the clientele can only enhance your self esteem what with us having all our teeth and an IQ in three figures. 10.20 – Also in the papers, 33 stone teenager Georgia Davis admits her weight is “partly my fault”. Which is a bit like Charles Manson saying all those murders were “partly my fault”. 10.10 – Mike Selvey has “literally” wet himself in The Guardian after Andrew Flintoff’s spell gave England hope: “For 15 minutes yesterday evening, as the crowd bayed and adrenaline pumped, a day’s cricket that had carried a dull inevitability about it was stripped down to bare-knuckle fighting, a gladiatorial contest between a great batsman and a colossal fast bowler. And at the end it was Andrew Flintoff who almost single-handedly had pulled his side back from the brink to a position from which, if they can draw further strength from his deeds, they may go on to win a match that after the first day had seemed doomed.” 10.00 – FRIENDS, ENEMIES, LOVERS, g_hine – welcome to the third day of the third Test between England and South Africa at Edgbaston. If you left early yesterday you must feel like the guy who sat through the entire back catalogue of Black Lace and then went to the toilet before they played Agadoo. Friday 1st August…game continues….3rd day of test 3…. Fredalo, Let’s Go! South Africa 256-6 (75 overs) It’s all got a bit Ken Loach – too dark – and the players have gone off for the day. That was an exciting hour, some wickets for Flintoff and England have a sniff of getting back in this game. In sniff terms – it’s a Michael sized nose rather than a Pete Townshend’s sized jumbo conk – but a sniff nonetheless. Join us at 10am tomorrow when we will adapt our nose analogy throughout the day. South Africa 255-6 (75 overs) Mark Boucher could have an argument in an empty room. This time he’s got some England fielders to join in his favourite pasttime…he don’t like the sightscreen, he don’t like the light….Vaughan tells him to shut his pie hole and bat. So he does and clips an attempted Flintoff yorker to Cow Corner for an all-run four. South Africa 239-6 (73 overs) FOUR FOR FREDALO: A few too many adrelaline pills for AB de Villiers who only gets to five before attempting to pull Flintoff into Handsworth but it’s quick and well directed and Sidebottom takes a “oh no, if I drop this I will look like a right goon” catch at fine leg. Flintoff is a national treasur, like The Queen and Myleene Klass. South Africa 226-5 (69 overs) REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED YORKED!!: No need for Aleem Dar this time as a superb late swinging yorker sends the off-stump flying out of the ground. A superb delivery from a fired-up Flintoff. South Africa 217-4 (67 overs) SHOCKER!!!!: Freddie bamboozles Kallis for four balls in a row, before trapping him on the toe with a ripsnorting yorker that was absolutely, definitely, positively, heading for middle stump. That was more OUT than Graham Norton. How on earth did he not give that one? Freddie is understandbly flabaghasted. Kallis survives. Lucky, lucky boy. South Africa 207-4 (65 overs) IT’S ON, KALLIS GETS HIS 50: The players are back on, and no sooner do they get at it, than Kallis eases to a confident half-century. England need some inspiration here. Oh, if only Darren Pattinson were out there. He’d know what to do. South Africa 205-4 (63 overs) RAIN STOPPED PLAY: The curse of the English summer has struck at Edgbaston, but the good news is we’ll be back into the entertainment at 4.50pm. If the cockles of your heart need further warming it appears Cowers regulars kobus001 and g_hine have grown rather fond of each other. “I can invite you for a proper bbq we can grill some some sausages and burgers in the flames like you used to,” writes kobus001. Ah, what Cowers would do to be a fly on the wall at that festival of meat. South Africa 205-4 (63 overs) TEA: If temporary cryogenic freezing were an affordable option, the latter part of that session would have been a perfect time to utilise it. To tea they go, with South Africa in a commanding position and only Fredalo looking mildly threatening for England. Back to the performance-related food debate – ianpetermills: “An Ostrich kebab for Anderson…and maybe a glass of Stellenbosch claret.” South Africa 199-4 (60 overs): If the last six overs were a band they’d be The Feeling – dour, predictable and bereft of excitement. The Kallis-Prince partnership has now reached 64, and looks fairly comfortable. Freddie is chucking down the odd jaffer, but predominantly pushing it wide of off stump to both players. Monty has a wildly optomistic LBW shout turned down. Meanwhile, the rain is gently falling and spectators are reaching for their umbrellas…ellas…ellas…eh…eh…eh. South Africa 178-4 (50 overs): Prince edges through a vacant third slip off the bowling of Anderson. Much hands-on-hips and ruminating in the press box about gaps and field placings, as if people know what they’re talking about. Next over, with Ambrose stood up to the stumps, Kallis gets an inside edge to a Collingwood delivery…the ball ricochets off the keeper’s gloves before he has time to react. South Africa 162-4 (47 overs): happy_camp3r asks whether Cowers is being “a little one-sided”. Cowers takes that as an insult. That would imply that Cowers cares one way or the other who wins this match, when the truth is that he couldn’t give a hoot. In fact, Cowers cares so little, he just fell asleep in the middle of typing this unnecessarily long-winded and rather obtuse comment. The truth is, of course, that England batted like a team of Scotsmen; South Africa bowled with discipline. This morning, England bowled like second-rate circus-performers; South Africa have batted sensibly and with restraint. But if Cowers wrote merely that…well, it wouldn’t be very interesting, would it? South Africa 158-4 (46 overs): The players are taking drinks after an hour or so of the afternoon session. Another couple of wickets before tea, and England will feel reasonably content. Not happy, but content South Africa 147-4 (44 overs): A woman in the crowd is holding up a sign saying: BRING BROAD BACK. She has a wide face and big lips. Looks a bit like the Joker in the new Batman film. South Africa 137-4 (41 overs): Flintoff is still roaring in. Vaughan must be tempted to keep him going, to let him pound himself in to the ground. He’s bowled 14 overs already this innings. Prince is the new batsman. He’s a little scrapper. If he were an animal, he’d be an aardwolf. Look it up. Tell me I’m wrong. South Africa 135-4 (39 overs) COUNT HIS WICKETS! 200 UP FOR FREDDIE! McKenzie looks to be getting the measure of Flintoff when he works him for successive fours…but the bowler roars back to trap him LBW in front of off, attempting to whip again through the leg-side. The wicket is Flintoff’s 200th in Test cricket; he roars like a bear with toothache. South Africa 126-3 (38 overs): Kallis is the new batsman. Worryingly for England, he is due some runs. About 342 of them. South Africa 117-3 (37 overs): GREAT WORK FROM ANDERSON! EAT HIS DIVE! Anderson ducks one in to Amla; the batsman gets an inside edge on to his pad, attempting to work it away on the leg-side…the ball loops up towards short-cover, where the bowler takes a wonderful running, diving catch! South Africa 111-2 (36 overs): SALT IN HIS WOUNDS! HIS GAPING, WEEPING WOUNDS! Collingwood puts down a low chance at slip off the bowling of Flintoff. Good job they’re mates, because Flintoff is absolutely fuming. South Africa 111-2 (34 overs): Three overs back after lunch. South Africa have got a few runs. We aint got any wickets. South Africa 104-2 (31 overs) LUNCH: McKenzie reaches his half-century with a push for three through cover. South Africa’s morning, without a doubt. England wasted the opportunity to put the batsmen under pressure with a swinging ball, bowling much too wide. Consequently, it took them 90 minutes to get rid of nightwatchman Harris, their only wicket this morning. South Africa 94-2 (28 overs): SIDEBOTTOM DOES IT! HARRIS EDGES, COOK CATCHES! Sidebottom doesn’t even bother celebrating as Harris edges him to Cook at third slip. Well, why would you celebrate? There is no need. It was obvious, wasn’t it? Sidebottom is much too good for Harris. It only took him 90 minutes to get rid of him. South Africa 94-1 (27 overs): Harris flicks Sidebottom off his legs, the ball landing just short of Bell at short mid-wicket. Sidebottom smiles smugly at the batsman, as if to say “Ha! That’s what happens. You see, I am a world-class bowler, and what tends to happen when I bowl to tail-enders is that I get them out. Because I am a fantastic bowler. Much, much too good for a tailender like you. I am the mighty Ryan Sidebottom. Even opening batsmen struggle against my skills. I pity you. You are nothing to me.” South Africa 86-1 (25 overs): How has Harris managed to make 18 runs, and survive 43 balls, against a much-lauded seam attack in perfect swinging conditions? If you asked that question, you’d be well within your rights to expect an honest answer. The honest answer is, because Flintoff, Sidebottom and Anderson in particular, have bowled like they have had their brains removed overnight. Which, I’m told, does happen in some city-centre Birmingham hotels. South Africa 85-1 (23 overs): Frustration for England; Harris drives to Sidebottom, gets a thick outside-edge, the ball flies between third slip and gully and runs down for four. Next over, Anderson drops a little short, McKenzie cuts off the back foot through backwards point. Lots of “Oooohs” and “Aaahs” from the slip cordon, primarily made up of underperforming batsmen who seem to believe that making encouraging noises in the field every now and again will justify their place in the side. South Africa 75-1 (21 overs): Anderson is mixing it up, trying some induckers and outduckers; Harris gets a bit of pad on a vicious one that comes back into him, the ball whizzing past Ambrose for four leg-byes. A couple of balls later, a repeat. 19 leg-byes so far. Which is more than double what Vaughan, Pietersen and Collingwood made combined. South Africa 66-1 (19 overs): That one carried: McKenzie cuts a short, wide one from Anderson straight through Collingwood. No great surprise there, though: Collingwood batted like the invisible man, why should he be any different in the field? Have you ever seen the film, Memoirs of an Invsisible Man? Chevy Chase? Good film. Not as good as National Lampoon’s European Vacation. South Africa 59-1 (18 overs): EDGE! CATCH IT! GOT HIM! HAS HE? NOT SURE! LET’S GO TO THE THIRD UMPIRE? OKAY! McKenzie edges from Flintoff…Strauss takes the ball low at second slip…England celebrate…Strauss looks a bit sheepish…the replays aren’t hugely conclusive, although they do suggest the ball might have just bounced in. Not out. Huge anti-climax. South Africa 54-1 (17 overs): Anderson is struggling to control the swing a little. So he digs one in short…and McKenzie rocks back and pulls through mid-wicket for four. “Catch it,” someone in the slips shouts to Panesar at mid-on…Panesar looks confused, as if he has just been woken up. Remember when Anderson first burst onto the international scene and he had red hair? That looked good, didn’t it? Really good, really cool. Made him look really hot; a bit edgy, a bit “street”. Like he had fought his way up from the meanstreets of Harlem, and not Burnley. South Africa 51-1 (14 overs): Flintoff completes his second over of the day; Harris, the nightwatchman, fends him off like a nine-year-old girl poking a pencil at a spider that has trapped her in the bathroom doorway. Covers are off. I repeat, the covers are off. Meanwhile, in the Sky studio, Shaun Pollock is banging on about his mate Kallis, something about it being “a real luxury to have him around.” Like a dishwasher, or an electric can-opener. The rain has been quite hard, but appears to have eased. It’s going to be “one of those days,” Cowers believes. You know, on-and-off more than Ross and Rachel. The covers are being removed. the_kop2003 – are you comparing Vaughan or Anderson to Joey Barton? Either way, it’s a bit harsh. South Africa 51-1 (13 overs) Two boundaries in Sidebottom’s first over; one, flicked off McKenzie’s pad down to fine-leg, the second ran down to third man. The ball is swinging, without doubt. A slightly ominous sign as the groundstaff emerge mysteriously from the dank underground cave they inhabit…before the rain comes and play is suspended. South Africa 38-1 (12 overs): Flintoff fires down the first over of the day. A bit of seam and swing in the air, aided by the heavy cloud-cover. Flintoff is going to have a lot of overs today, I reckon. The television cameras showed him giving a pep-talk to an England huddle before play began. I’d like to say it looked “rousing” but there was a lot of shoulder-shrugging going on. Less Churchillian, more Iain Duncan-Smith-ian. 11.00: Play will begin at 11.15am. Ian Botham is down there, taking a close look at the pitch. He has a massive head. Too big for his body. He gets down and prods the ground. “Still looks a very good surface…” we’re told. His trousers look very strained around the groin area as he crouches down; hope he has a reinforced gusset. 10.48: Aah, yes. I forgot to tell you. The covers are on at Egdbaston. We’re going to have a delayed start. There was some rain earlier this morning and the groundstaff are endeavouring to dry things out. Lots of athletic-looking men of middle-age, weathered faces and hairy legs protruding from slightly-too-short shorts, wandering round the outfield with brooms and brushes and ropes. 10.35 – There’s no denying it; yesterday’s Cowers was a real grumpy-bump. Something to do with the time of the month. And, you know what readers? Cowers liked it. Being downright mean and dirty and heartless – it felt good, you know? Liberating. So expect more of the same, because Cowers has realised something. Cowers has had an epiphany. Being nice and pleasant and friendly and “You know what? Michael Vaughan deserves his place in the side for his captaincy alone…” and “Oooh, that’s a nice dress. Where d’ya get it from?” and “Oh, your hair looks nice: what shampoo do you use?” – well, all that bull gets you nowhere in life. Just makes you look like a girl. Vaughan is crap at the moment; your dress makes you look like a prossie; and your hair looks like it’s been cut by a barely-trained chimp. 10.26 – The problem is that they are just too many people to blame for yesterday’s debacle: chairman of selectors Geoff Miller, one-time King of Spain Ashley Giles, Captain (Mainwaring) Vaughan, Sad Sack Collingwood, couldn’t-score-on-a Middlesbrough-sink-estate Ambrose. There’s just too many to choose from. Cowers needs a definitive fall guy; one guy we can bully into a corner before beating relentlessly and remorselessly with the big blame stick. Where’s Darren Pattinson when you need him? 10.08 – Here’s a question; who is the more loathsome bowler: Andre Nel or Ryan Sidebottom? Sidebottom’s huffing and puffing at Monty Panesar’s efforts in the field at the end of play yesterday were downright embarassing; like a child, stomping around Toys ‘R’ Us, screaming and wailing and tugging at his mum’s mini-skirt because she won’t buy him a petrol-driven go-kart. 09.58 – Cowers always believed g_hine to be a respectable man of high morals…and here he is talking about digging up holes in the Edgbaston strip? Disgusting behaviour. Quite a frightful business. 09.37 – Some early messageboard action. the_kop2003 predicts a dropped catch from Ambrose. That would necessitate someone bowling well enough to take the edge, so I think we can rule that out for a couple of hours. 09.17 – Stephen Brenkley, in the Guardian, accuses England of bullying the speccie kids: “In the six series since Vaughan came back as captain, England have already lost series against India and Sri Lanka and are well behind in this one against South Africa. They have beaten West Indies and, twice, New Zealand. This is the equivalent of kicking sand in the face of the seven stone weaklings and then being buried up to your neck in the stuff when the bigger boys arrive.” 09.10 – England have been getting plenty of stick in the newspapers this morning. Rightly so, too: yesterday was absolutely abject. A real stinker. Here’s what former England skipper Mike Atherton had to say in The Times: “There were single-figure scores for two people – Michael Vaughan and Collingwood – who needed the runs the most. Collingwood’s innings was the most tortuous of all, a 40-minute, 22-ball affair that was agonising to watch. Here was a man fighting for his very survival as a Test match player, taunted by the knowledge that his place owed as much to past glories and to his captain’s assertion that he is a “good bloke”.” And Simon Briggs in the Guardian: “If England lose the series here, as must now be a distinct possibility, they will at least have a free hand when it comes to picking the side for the Oval. A few orthodoxies may have to be challenged. And the starting point should be to restore Flintoff to his rightful place at No6. Time in the middle has always been the key to the big man’s batting: when he first comes back, he seems ungainly and uncoordinated, as if struggling to balance his gargantuan frame. But with a couple of decent innings behind him, his sheer size becomes an advantage. The bat starts to look like a toothpick in his hands, and the stumps seem dauntingly small.” 09.00 – Good morning, lovers of leather, devotees of the willow. Welcome to the second day of the third Test between England and South Africa; skies are relatively bright over Edgbaston at the moment, and the forecast suggests we should get another full day’s play. Doesn’t that just send a shiver of excitment down your spine? <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png"><img data-attachment-id="2722" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/england-vs-south-africa/cricketcowcorner/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png" data-orig-size="304,225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="cricketcowcorner" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png?w=304" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png?w=304" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2722" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png?w=500&h=370" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/cricketcowcorner.png 304w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cricket/cow-corner/article/4426/">http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cricket/cow-corner/article/4426/</a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/l.yimg.com/i/i/eu/sp/cow48.png" alt="" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/1RT0aePBgAAEDAMKDpFE%3D.medium.png" alt="" />Cow’s ava..hehe.. Anyone interested in following Australia’s sport forum? <a href="http://forum.sportal.com.au/yaf_postst28847p4_england-v-south-africa-3rd-test.aspx">http://forum.sportal.com.au/yaf_postst28847p4_england-v-south-africa-3rd-test.aspx</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/england-vs-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to England vs South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1926 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-england-cricket category-england-cricket-players category-lords-cricket category-lords-test-cricket-2008 category-south-africa category-south-african-cricket category-south-african-cricket-players category-suid-afrikaanse-krieketspelers tag-cricket tag-cricket-2nd-test-south-africa-and-england tag-engeland-krieket-spelers tag-england-cricket tag-england-cricket-team tag-krieket tag-lords-cricket tag-lords-test-cricket tag-lords-test-cricket-2008 tag-south-africa tag-south-african-cricket-players tag-south-african-cricket-team tag-suid-afrikaanse-krieketspelers tag-suid-afrikaanse-toets-krieket" id="post-1926"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/mooi-great-cricket/" rel="bookmark">Mooi! Great! Cricket</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/england-cricket/" rel="category tag">England cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/england-cricket-players/" rel="category tag">England cricket players</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/lords-cricket/" rel="category tag">Lord's cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/lords-test-cricket-2008/" rel="category tag">Lord's test cricket 2008</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-cricket/" rel="category tag">South African cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-cricket-players/" rel="category tag">South African cricket players</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-krieketspelers/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse krieketspelers</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cricket/" rel="tag">cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cricket-2nd-test-south-africa-and-england/" rel="tag">cricket 2nd test South Africa and England</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/engeland-krieket-spelers/" rel="tag">Engeland krieket spelers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/england-cricket/" rel="tag">England cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/england-cricket-team/" rel="tag">England cricket team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/krieket/" rel="tag">krieket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lords-cricket/" rel="tag">Lord's cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lords-test-cricket/" rel="tag">Lord's test cricket</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lords-test-cricket-2008/" rel="tag">Lord's test cricket 2008</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-cricket-players/" rel="tag">South African cricket players</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-cricket-team/" rel="tag">South African cricket team</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-krieketspelers/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse krieketspelers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-toets-krieket/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse toets krieket</a> on 14/07/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/mooi-great-cricket/#comments">7 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/reuters/20080714/17/1793106373.jpg" alt="" /> Image: <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/080714/2/139gr.html" rel="nofollow">http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/080714/2/139gr.html</a> England foiled in victory bid Eurosport – Mon, 14 Jul 17:41:00 2008 South Africa frustrated England’s attempts to force a result on the final day of the first Test at Lord’s with more stubborn defence on a somnolent pitch to earn a draw. Read the entire article here: <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/14072008/58/england-foiled-victory-bid.html">http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/14072008/58/england-foiled-victory-bid.html</a> Mooi man! Volgende een seker ‘n wen! Great South Africa…we want victory! I love cricket! We used to play it a lot on the farm during holidays when there were big family gatherings….that’s during December hols…I had one uncle that was really good at cricket and in his younger days he played really well, I think he played for a province, I will have to make sure about that one again…but he was really good, he could hit a ball with a bat that you would have to ask Noah if he’d seen it! UPDATE …2nd Test South Africa vs England <img src="https://i0.wp.com/d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/empics/20080721/18/3597812527-cricket-npower-second-test-day-four-england-v-south-africa.jpg" alt="" /> Image: <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com</a> England’s Kevin Pietersen (actually…South Africa’s Kevin Pietersen playing for England….hehehe) congratulates South Africa’s Graeme Smith after the match Cricket – npower Second Test – Day Four – England v South Africa – Headingley — South Africa beat England with 10 wickets on Monday. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/mooi-great-cricket/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mooi! Great! Cricket">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1722 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-south-africa tag-buthelezi tag-news tag-nuus tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1722"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/blatant-lies/" rel="bookmark">Blatant lies</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/buthelezi/" rel="tag">Buthelezi</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nuus/" rel="tag">nuus</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 16/06/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/blatant-lies/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> ‘Blatant lies’ in history book 13/05/2008 19:48 – (SA) Durban – The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is arranging a series of protests to stop the use of a Grade 12 history book it describes as “biased propaganda… poisoning the minds of children”. National protest organiser Albert Mncwango said on Tuesday that the book titled In Search of History is currently being used by schools throughout South Africa. “The IFP is protesting viciously (about) biased propaganda masquerading as Grade 12 history,” he said in a statement. “This Grade 12 history book, which is being used in some schools as a prescribed work, tells blatant lies and deliberately distorts facts about the role of the IFP and the contribution made by its leader, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi,” he added. He said protests would start in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. “We cannot allow our children to be poisoned with this… abominable propaganda and the deliberate twisting of history to distort who did what, when and where.” He stressed that schools should be places of learning and “not propaganda incubators where learners are brainwashed”. Two protests are scheduled to take place on Wednesday in Empangeni and Port Shepstone where a memorandum is expected to be handed over to representatives of Education Minister Naledi Pandor. Well done, Buthelezi…I’ve always thought you’re a better leader than “some” other leaders in South Africa…for standing up/speaking out for what’s wrong…and wished that more of our young children in other countries could have been better informed about South Africa too…as they are also getting brainwashed about “certain” facts which is in my opinion…wrong…some of those facts …e.g. is…that ALL white South Africans are racists…and that we in South Africa used to have slaves in our “modern” days…they don’t know that slavery was undone in the 1800’s by the British…this is only two of about twenty or more facts….EISH!! ….. Read article <a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2321387,00.html">HERE </a>… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/blatant-lies/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Blatant lies">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1626 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-fight-crime category-million-men-march-against-crime category-pretoria tag-1000000-man-march-against-crime tag-6th-june-2008-crime-march tag-crime tag-million-march-against-crime tag-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-union-buildings" id="post-1626"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/" rel="bookmark">Let’s count you in too!!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fight-crime/" rel="category tag">fight crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/million-men-march-against-crime/" rel="category tag">Million Men March against crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/1000000-man-march-against-crime/" rel="tag">1000000 man march against crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/6th-june-2008-crime-march/" rel="tag">6th June 2008 Crime march</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/crime/" rel="tag">crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/million-march-against-crime/" rel="tag">Million March against crime</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/union-buildings/" rel="tag">Union Buildings</a> on 04/06/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/#comments">11 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime1.png"> <img data-attachment-id="1628" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/millioncrime1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime1.png" data-orig-size="254,97" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="millioncrime1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime1.png?w=254" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime1.png?w=254" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1628" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime1.png?w=500&h=191" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png"><img data-attachment-id="1627" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/millionmarch/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png" data-orig-size="903,441" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="millionmarch" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1627" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png?w=500&h=243" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millionmarch.png?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Map..click for a larger image <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png"><img data-attachment-id="1625" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/millioncrime/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png" data-orig-size="406,154" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="millioncrime" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png?w=406" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png?w=406" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1625" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png?w=500&h=188" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/millioncrime.png 406w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> On the 6th June, South Africans unite against crime…the venue…<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/union-buildings-pretoria/"> Union Buildings, Pretoria!</a> From 6-12 noon…Main event 12:00-13:00…SMS the word…ENOUGH and your comment on crime to 34764 (charges R2 per call)…or….Please, click <a href="http://www.millionmanmarch.co.za/">HERE NOW </a>to add your vote against crime in South Africa! Even if you’re not a citizen…your vote will count!…. Football Worldcup 2010 in South Africa!! You want to go to a crime-free country! Even if you are not going…please vote for people who are and also for all people NOW in SA…and…it also means that you are in GENERAL against crime…not just for the sake of South Africa!! Show your support against crime in the world we live in…I want to report back on Sunday/Monday…how many people did show their support by clicking on that link…it does show on my statistics…so please, help us by having at least 1000 hits on that link by Sunday!! Do not just leave comments! Click on the link that says..”now here”…leaving comments only don’t add a vote at all! What’s happening to our beautiful country!!..”verloren zijn we niet”…. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UegONdwsNzQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/lets-count-you-in-too/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Let’s count you in too!!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1597 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-freedom category-geskiedenis category-gregorian-calendar category-hallelujah category-handel category-independence-day-south-africa category-music-files category-music-videos category-republic-day-south-africa category-republiek-dag category-south-africa category-south-african-history category-suid-afrika category-suid-afrikaanse-geskiedenis tag-31-may-1961 tag-31-mei-1961 tag-31st-may-1961 tag-chess-for-peace tag-freedom tag-geskiedenis tag-gregorian-calendar tag-hallelujah tag-handel tag-history tag-independence-day-south-africa tag-music-files tag-music-videos tag-republic-day tag-republiek-dag tag-south-africa tag-south-african-history tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-geskiedenis tag-world-statesmen" id="post-1597"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hallelujah/" rel="bookmark">Hallelujah</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/freedom/" rel="category tag">Freedom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gregorian-calendar/" rel="category tag">Gregorian calendar</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hallelujah/" rel="category tag">Hallelujah</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/handel/" rel="category tag">Handel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/independence-day-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Independence Day South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-files/" rel="category tag">music files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/republic-day-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Republic Day South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/republiek-dag/" rel="category tag">Republiek Dag</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-history/" rel="category tag">South African history</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/31-may-1961/" rel="tag">31 May 1961</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/31-mei-1961/" rel="tag">31 Mei 1961</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/31st-may-1961/" rel="tag">31st May 1961</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-for-peace/" rel="tag">Chess for peace</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/freedom/" rel="tag">Freedom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gregorian-calendar/" rel="tag">Gregorian calendar</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hallelujah/" rel="tag">Hallelujah</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/handel/" rel="tag">Handel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/independence-day-south-africa/" rel="tag">Independence Day South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-files/" rel="tag">music files</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/republic-day/" rel="tag">Republic Day</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/republiek-dag/" rel="tag">Republiek Dag</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-history/" rel="tag">South African history</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-geskiedenis/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/world-statesmen/" rel="tag">World Statesmen</a> on 31/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hallelujah/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/k43.pbase.com/o4/24/414924/1/66128862.1tymriMT.2185018.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a> Image: Beautiful South Africa by Tessa Jouhin <h3><img data-attachment-id="1599" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hallelujah/hallelujah/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg" data-orig-size="480,343" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="hallelujah" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg?w=480" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg?w=480" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1599" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg?w=500&h=357" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/hallelujah.jpg 480w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Vryheid – Freedom In the Gregorian calendar, 31st May is the 151st day of the year.</h3> <h3>This day is also a very important day in South Africa’s History. The day when South Africa became a Republic. </h3> <img data-attachment-id="16967" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hallelujah/republic-sa-1961/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg" data-orig-size="960,640" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="republic SA 1961" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-16967" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=566&h=378" alt="republic SA 1961" width="566" height="378" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=566&h=378 566w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=600&h=400 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/republic-sa-1961.jpg 960w" sizes="(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px" /> <h3>31 May was a significant day in South African history, being both the day in 1902 on which the Treaty of Vereeniging was signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War, and the day in 1910 on which the Union of South Africa came into being, which then came to an end and was re-established as the “Republic of South Africa”.</h3> <h3>Enjoy this piece of music by Handel <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-1597-9" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/13-hallelujah-chorus-handel.mp3?_=9" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/13-hallelujah-chorus-handel.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/13-hallelujah-chorus-handel.mp3</a></audio></h3> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KJHqriXhK7Y?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/hallelujah/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Hallelujah">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1588 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-songs category-dictionary-of-10-000-dreams-interpreted category-dreams category-dreams-interpreted category-drome category-egyptian-dreams category-egyptian-history-about-dreams category-fotos category-free-state category-gustavus-hindman-miller category-images category-kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan category-laurika-rauch category-meaning-of-dreams category-music-videos category-olive-schreiner category-photos category-south-africa category-south-african-artists category-south-african-writers category-suid-afrika category-the-story-of-an-african-farm tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-songs tag-clocolan tag-dictionary-of-10-000-dreams-interpreted tag-dreams tag-dreams-interpreted tag-drome tag-egyptian-dreams tag-egyptian-history-about-dreams tag-egyptians tag-fotos tag-free-state tag-gustavus-hindman-miller tag-images tag-kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan tag-laurika-rauch tag-music tag-music-video tag-olive-schreiner tag-photos tag-south-africa tag-south-african-artists tag-south-african-writers tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-kunstenaars tag-the-story-of-an-african-farm tag-vrystaat" id="post-1588"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/" rel="bookmark">Kyk hoe glinster die maan…dreams…</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-songs/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dictionary-of-10-000-dreams-interpreted/" rel="category tag">Dictionary of 10 000 dreams interpreted</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dreams/" rel="category tag">dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dreams-interpreted/" rel="category tag">dreams interpreted</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drome/" rel="category tag">drome</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/egyptian-dreams/" rel="category tag">Egyptian dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/egyptian-history-about-dreams/" rel="category tag">Egyptian history about dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fotos/" rel="category tag">foto's</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/free-state/" rel="category tag">Free State</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gustavus-hindman-miller/" rel="category tag">Gustavus Hindman Miller</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/images/" rel="category tag">images</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan/" rel="category tag">Kyk hoe glinster die maan</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/laurika-rauch/" rel="category tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/meaning-of-dreams/" rel="category tag">meaning of dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/olive-schreiner/" rel="category tag">Olive Schreiner</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/photos/" rel="category tag">photos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-artists/" rel="category tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-writers/" rel="category tag">South African writers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/the-story-of-an-african-farm/" rel="category tag">The Story of an African farm</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/clocolan/" rel="tag">Clocolan</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dictionary-of-10-000-dreams-interpreted/" rel="tag">Dictionary of 10 000 dreams interpreted</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dreams/" rel="tag">dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dreams-interpreted/" rel="tag">dreams interpreted</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drome/" rel="tag">drome</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/egyptian-dreams/" rel="tag">Egyptian dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/egyptian-history-about-dreams/" rel="tag">Egyptian history about dreams</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/egyptians/" rel="tag">Egyptians</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/fotos/" rel="tag">foto's</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/free-state/" rel="tag">Free State</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gustavus-hindman-miller/" rel="tag">Gustavus Hindman Miller</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/images/" rel="tag">images</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan/" rel="tag">Kyk hoe glinster die maan</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/laurika-rauch/" rel="tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-video/" rel="tag">music video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/olive-schreiner/" rel="tag">Olive Schreiner</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/photos/" rel="tag">photos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-artists/" rel="tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-writers/" rel="tag">South African writers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-kunstenaars/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-story-of-an-african-farm/" rel="tag">The Story of an African farm</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vrystaat/" rel="tag">Vrystaat</a> on 29/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5515" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/moon1-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg" data-orig-size="496,329" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="moon1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg?w=496" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg?w=496" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5515" title="moon1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/moon1.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5514" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/dreams-2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg" data-orig-size="270,282" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dreams" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg?w=270" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg?w=270" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5514" title="dreams" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/dreams.jpg?w=500" alt="" /></a> Image:eso-garden.com This song is one of my favourites, sung by Laurika Rauch, also one of my favourite South African artists. Laurika is a legend in South Africa and many South Africans love her for her music…and I’m definitely one of them. If you click on the page-link that says…”don’t miss this song”, you can listen to her singing another song together with Valiant Swart…and I’ve translated that song for you to understand the song that’s about a sun catcher… This song is about her as a young girl, where she says she used to believe in Santa ….she saw Santa walking through the corn fields one day and her brother asked if Santa was from Clocolan….then one day she saw Santa’s suit…and she realised that he wasn’t real…all her dreams were scattered… she also sings about girls having dreams about their future partners and she wrote a letter to Santa …describing him her dream partner… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2992" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/blou/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"4","credit":"","camera":"FinePix S602 ZOOM","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1052464803","copyright":"","focal_length":"46.8","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0016666666666667","title":""}" data-image-title="blou" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2992" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=500&h=375" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/blou.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> WOW! This image is from <a href="http://www.pbase.com/tessajoughin/ficksburg_and_the_eastern_free_state">THIS SITE </a>where you can see more fantastic breathtaking images! This is the road to Clocolan…the small town Laurika mentions in her song…in her song her little brother asks her if Santa was from Clocolan… EK HET IN MY KINDERJARE VAS GEGLO IN KERSFEESVADER IN WERKLIKHEID RY HY MOS MET ‘N SLEE MAAR HIER STAP HY DEUR DIE MIELIES, MET ‘N STREEPSAK EN ‘N KIERIE EN MY BOETIE VRA, “BOER HY BY CLOCOLAN?” KOOR: WAAR IS JOU RENDIER EN SILWER SPORE? WAAR IS ONS DROME VAN GISTERAAND? VLIEG OOR DIE BOME MET MY DROME KYK HOE GLINSTER DIE MAAN DIE WINDE VAN DIE WINTER HET MY KINDERHART ONTNUGTER EK EN BOETIE KRY ‘N ROOI JAS IN DIE LAAI JONK VAN JARE, OUD VAN DAE, HUIL EK HARTSEER IN MY KAMER WANT DIE FANTASIE HET SOOS ‘N DROOM VERDWYN KOOR IN ‘N BRIEF VAN LATER JARE, SKRYF EK “LIEWE KERSFEESVADER ELKE MEISIE HET ‘N SPESIALE WENS VIR ‘N MAN SO SOET SOOS SUIKER, MET ‘N MOTOR SONDER DUIKE EN SOEN HY JOU DINK JY DIS NET ‘N DROOM” KOOR EK STAP TOE OP ‘N AAND LAAT, MET ‘N KÊREL UIT DIE VRYSTAAT AL BESTUUR HY ‘N OU BAKKIE, SÊ EK “KERSFEESVADER, DANKIE!” WANT AL SY SOENE IS SOOS SUIKER, EN IN SY HANDE ‘N DIAMANT VLIEG OOR DIE BOME MET MY DROME KYK HOE GLINSTER DIE MAAN HIER’S ONS KINDERS OM DIE BOOMPIE, HULLE WAG NOU VIR DIE OOMPIE MY DOGTERTJIE IS NET ‘N BIETJIE BANG MAAR HY STAP SOMMER UIT DIE BRANDERS, JA DIE TYE HET VERANDER MY SEUNTJIE VRA, “WOON HY IN JEFFRIESBAAI?” KOOR Read what Wipneus says in her post about “dreams” <a href="http://onderdiemaanensterre.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/my-drome/" target="new">HERE </a>, but it’s an entry in Afrikaans. The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.childrenshospital.org/dream/dream_fall06/images/sweet_dreams_650.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="384" /> Image:Childrenshospital.org On <a href="http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/C37/" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can read about dreams….The link will open in a new window. From the book “Dreams”…by Olive Schreiner… <blockquote> And God laughed at me; and I wondered why he laughed.</blockquote> God said, “Come, and I will show you Heaven.” … And partly I awoke. It was still and dark; the sound of the carriages had died in the street; the woman who laughed was gone; and the policeman’s tread was heard no more. In the dark it seemed as if a great hand lay upon my heart, and crushed it. I tried to breathe and tossed from side to side; and then again I fell asleep, and dreamed. God took me to the edge of that world. It ended. I looked down. The gulf, it seemed to me, was fathomless, and then I saw two bridges crossing it that both sloped upwards. I said to God, “Is there no other way by which men cross it?” God said, “One; it rises far from here and slopes straight upwards. I asked God what the bridges’ names were. God said, “What matter for the names? Call them the Good, the True, the Beautiful, if you will–you will yet not understand them.” Please click <a href="http://www.fullbooks.com/Dreams-.html" target="new">HERE </a>to read the entire book …”Dreams” online written by a South African writer…Olive Schreiner….the link will open in a new window….and on <a href="http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm" target="new">THIS LINK </a> you can read more about her…the link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/zar.co.za/images/bio/schreiner/schreiner1.jpg" alt="" width="204" height="287" /> Image:<a href="http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm" rel="nofollow">http://zar.co.za/schreiner.htm</a> other works of Olive include: <div> The Story of an African Farm as Ralph Iron, 1883 Dreams, 1890 Dream Life and Real Life, 1893 The Political Situation (with S C Cronwright-Schreiner), 1896 Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, 1897 An English South African’s View of the Situation, 1899 Women and Labour, 1911 Stories, Dreams and Allegories, 1923 From Man To Man, 1926 Undine, 1928</div> <blockquote>Olive Schreiner rose to international fame as the first major South African writer of fiction, as an eloquent advocate of feminism, socialism, pacifism and free thought, as a trenchant critic of British imperialism and racism. Perhaps best known for her novel ‘The Story of an African Farm’, Schreiner wrote political and social treatises as well as allegories and short stories.</blockquote> She was born into a poor family of a Boer father and English mother, the ninth of 12 children. She lived a life of incredible hardship: her father was a missionary of implacable religious zeal and her mother aggressively attempted to maintain a European sensibility as the family nomadically wandered from mission to mission throughout the Transvaal. Schreiner was self-educated; her early influences included the philosophers Herbert Spencer and John Stuart Mill, and the naturalist Charles Darwin.”..read on the link I’ve given about her…more… On <a href="http://www.africanfarmthemovie.com/" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can visit the site of the movie based on her book…”The Story of an African farm”… The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.africanfarmthemovie.com/images/splash_logo_bot.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="174" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="414" /> by Gustavus Hindman Miller. Fireside; 1st Fireside Ed edition, 1985 | 592 pages | PDF | 1.4MB Click on the link to download the dictionary of dreams…the link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted.pdf" target="new">the_dictionary_of_dreams_10_000_dreams_interpreted</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z5OS-ei6YZ0?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> What do you believe about dreams….read this interesting article if you want to dream like an Egyptian! I’ve got a Dutch dream book…more like a dictionary, but quite old…unfortunately packed away in SA…would love to have it so I could blog it..it was always interesting to read what they say if you dream about something, what it means… it has happened to me twice that I dream about people and funerals..then it was when there was really going to be a funeral in the family! The first time it happened was when I was a student…and a couple of days later, my beloved grandma died! After the second time, I really believe that there is some meaning we can attach to dreams! <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/egyptian_dreaming.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="400" /> Image: eso-garden.com DREAMING LIKE AN EGYPTIAN by Robert Moss The ancient Egyptians understood that in dreams, our eyes are opened. Their word for dream, rswt, is etymologically connected to the root meaning “to be awake”. It was written with a symbol representing an open eye. The Egyptians believed that the gods speak to us in dreams. As the Bible story of Joseph and Pharaoh reminds us, they paid close attention to dream messages about the possible future. They practiced dream incubation for guidance and healing at temples and sacred sites. They understood that by recalling and working with dreams, we develop the art of memory, tapping into knowledge that belonged to us before we entered this life journey, and awakening to our connection with other life experiences. The Egyptians also developed an advanced practice of conscious dream travel. Trained dreamers operated as seers, remote viewers and telepaths, advising on affairs of state and military strategy and providing a mental communications network between far-flung temples and administrative centers. They practiced shapeshifting, crossing time and space in the dreambodies of birds and animals. <div>Through conscious dream travel, ancient Egypt’s “frequent flyers” explored the roads of the afterlife and the multidimensional universe. It was understood that true initiation and transformation takes place in a deeper reality accessible through the dream journey beyond the body. Please click on <a href="http://www.mossdreams.com/egyptian.htm" target="new">THIS LINK </a>to read the entire article. The link will open in a new window.</div> DO BABIES DREAM? Babies dream, says Dr. Charles P. Pollak, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital in the New York Times. In what seems like a rather gutless attempt to explain why he thinks babies dream, Dr. Pollack says, babies sleep because babies experience REM sleep (I have experienced REM sleep, too, any time you put in one of their last five albums). Because infants have REM sleep, Dr. Pollack says, “It is a well-based inference that babies are dreaming in REM sleep.” Click <a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2005/11/23/do-babies-dream-doctors-have-a-definitive-answer/" target="new">HERE </a>to read about babies’ dreams…The link will open in a new window. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/kyk-hoe-glinster-die-maan-dreams/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Kyk hoe glinster die maan…dreams…">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1573 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-durban category-feite-durban category-geskiedenis-van-durban category-geskiedenis-van-suid-afrika category-historical-facts-about-durban category-historiese-feite-van-durban category-history-durban category-history-south-africa category-south-africa tag-durban tag-geskiedenis-van-durban tag-geskiedenis-van-suid-afrika tag-historical-facts-about-durban tag-historiese-feite-van-durban tag-history tag-history-durban tag-history-south-africa tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1573"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/the-past/" rel="bookmark">The Past</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/durban/" rel="category tag">Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/feite-durban/" rel="category tag">Feite Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis-van-durban/" rel="category tag">Geskiedenis van Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis-van-suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/historical-facts-about-durban/" rel="category tag">Historical facts about Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/historiese-feite-van-durban/" rel="category tag">Historiese feite van Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-durban/" rel="category tag">History Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-south-africa/" rel="category tag">History South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/durban/" rel="tag">Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis-van-durban/" rel="tag">Geskiedenis van Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis-van-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/historical-facts-about-durban/" rel="tag">Historical facts about Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/historiese-feite-van-durban/" rel="tag">Historiese feite van Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-durban/" rel="tag">History Durban</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-south-africa/" rel="tag">History South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 25/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/the-past/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.fad.co.za/Resources/album/wade/Scan10039.jpg" alt="" width="429" height="301" /> I came across this brilliant site….www.fad.co.za/default.htm…..this is about Durban, a coastal city in South Africa… I was actually looking for vintage postcards! I’m a collector of them…have a couple packed away in SA! and would really love to have it now to blog it… so, enjoy this picture about Durban in the 1950’s…and if you go to the site…you will find the most wonderful pictures and links… I love history…anything history. I can’t resist books about historical events…and now even websites! I’ve got two more books to read!! why can’t I just walk passed these books and not looking at them! They always have to jump at me! “Russia under the last Tsar” and “The American Revolution”… and I’m still busy with the Irish book…and that book is a fat book. What do you call someone that’s addicted to books…I can remember when I was a child I even read all the advertisements…every single one…and I couldn’t go to the bathroom without something to read! Is this a “syndrome” or something? <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.fad.co.za/Resources/memoirs/gould/gould16.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="415" /> By Neil Gould – May 2007 “Greetings Alan, since posting my picture of The Nest and Cuban Hat, I am truly inspired by your website. I left Durban in 1974 as a 19-year-old lad on board the Pendennis Castle, to Southampton, England, where I lived until 1995, after which my family and I settled in Hong Kong. Although I paid for my ticket I did spend time on board entertaining the passengers.” Read more on this link….www.fad.co.za/Resources/memoirs/gould/gould.htm……. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/the-past/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Past">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1566 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans-poems category-gedigte category-gedigte-afrika category-poems category-poetry category-south-africa category-south-african-poems category-south-african-poets category-suid-afrikaanse-digters category-suid-afrikaanse-gedigte category-translated-poems tag-africa-poetry tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika tag-gedigte tag-gedigte-afrika tag-i-know-a-place-in-africa tag-poems tag-poetry tag-south-africa tag-south-african-poetry tag-south-african-poets tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-digters tag-translated-poems tag-vertaalde-gedigte tag-wayne-visser" id="post-1566"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/" rel="bookmark">Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte-afrika/" rel="category tag">gedigte Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-poems/" rel="category tag">South African poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-poets/" rel="category tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/translated-poems/" rel="category tag">translated poems</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/africa-poetry/" rel="tag">Africa poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/" rel="tag">Ek weet van 'n plek in Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte-afrika/" rel="tag">gedigte Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/i-know-a-place-in-africa/" rel="tag">I know a place in Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poetry/" rel="tag">South African poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-poems/" rel="tag">translated poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vertaalde-gedigte/" rel="tag">vertaalde gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-visser/" rel="tag">Wayne Visser</a> on 21/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/#comments">20 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png"><img data-attachment-id="3937" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/southafrica/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png" data-orig-size="300,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="southafrica" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png?w=300" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3937" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png?w=500&h=667" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png?w=225 225w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/southafrica.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/cdnll.img1.imagechef.com/w/080527/anm36d0799ea2821aaf.gif" alt="" /> English readers… I translated an English poem wich I posted 2 days ago…”I know a place”…by Wayne Visser…in Afrikaans…you can read the poem at the bottom of this post in English. One Afrikaans-blogger has asked me for a translation as he’s thought that this poem would be fantastic in Afrikaans too….and I would like to agree with him, although Wayne’s poem is already a very good poem to describe your feelings/places about Africa and I believe only a person who knows Africa can describe it the way Wayne has done. I’ve sent him an email to respond on the translation I’ve done and he has responded…you can read his comments…he also responded in Afrikaans, saying that Afrikaans is a beautiful language for poetry…which I’ve said many times to my chess player friends…I do love English poetry too, but my favourite poems are without doubt the Afrikaans poems….not because it’s my mother tongue, but for the reason that Afrikaans is such a rich language and you can play with words a lot more than the English language. <blockquote>As a native-speaking English person I know how much Afrikaans people are constantly ripped off by the English. Having a completely mixed up family I am also lucky to be completely bilingual. This all means that i have the best of both worlds, which I would like to share a bit of. Afrikaans is an extremely expressive and descriptive language with words that can’t even possibly be translated into English…This is what meggwilson says on <a href="http://piecesofperfection.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-afrikaans-language/#comment-18" target="_blank">HER BLOG </a>here…</blockquote> <div> Visit Wayne’s website <a href="http://www.waynevisser.com/">HERE </a>to read his English poems… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/drums.png"><img data-attachment-id="5310" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/drums/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/drums.png" data-orig-size="148,185" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="drums" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/drums.png?w=148" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/drums.png?w=148" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5310" title="drums" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/drums.png?w=500" alt="" /></a> Nadat ek Wayne se gedig geplaas het, het Bib my gevra vir ‘n vertaling en gedink dat dit net so mooi gedig in Afrikaans kan wees. Wel, ek het probeer en ek glo ek sal nog oor die volgende paar dae “werk”/skaaf aan wat ek nou hier plaas. Ek het geen idee of Wayne Afrikaans magtig is nie en sal graag wou hê hy moet self ook ‘n vertaling doen, sou hy Afrikaanssprekend ook wees…ek het hom nou gekontak per email en hom gevra vir sy kommentaar …laat ons sien of hy gaan reageer… nuusberig…nuusberig…nuusberig…Wayne het ‘n boodskap gelos oor die plasing van sy gedig, jy kan dit in die “kommentaar-blok” lees… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/Julie2007/Bosveld_winter_reen.jpg" alt="" width="330" height="269" /> <div>Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika</div> <div> Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika Waar ek die son op my rug voel skyn En die sand tussen my tone speel Waar ek die seemeeu op die windjie hoor En golwe op eindlose strande breek</div> <div>Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika Waar die berge die blou lug ontmoet En valleie die groen wingerde huisves Waar bome hul pers kleed sprei En die bosveld sy room kleed dra</div> <div>Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika Waar die dondergode hul stemme laat hoor En sien ek hul weerligspiese neerdaal Waar ek die reuk van reenwolke intrek En die soet van die stowwerige doudruppels proe</div> <div>Dis ‘n wildernis, die plek Van Evolusie en dinosorusse Waar lewe begin het, hier was die eerste mens Van lewende fossiele en olifante Waar leeus brul en springboktroppe spring</div> <div>Dis die plek van swaarkry Van woestyne en doringbome Waar paaie doodloop en jagters jag Van horisonne en grense Waar reise begin en sonsondergange bloei</div> <div>Dis die plek van vryheid Van ontdekkings en pioniers Waar donkerte geskuil – en die lig deurgebreek het Van ware legendes en wonderwerke Waar dagbreek begin en hoop helder brand</div> My hart is tuis in Afrika Waar die tromme se ritme in my klop En tydlose liedere in my ore sing Waar die reenboogmis in my oë skyn En vriende se glimlagte my welkom heet My gedagtes ontspan in Afrika Waar die mense na aan die aarde leef En seisoene die veranderde gemoed aandui Waar besige markte handel dryf En die Skepping sy stadige gang steeds gaan My siel is gelukkig in Afrika Haar strome bring lewe in my are Haar winde bring genesing vir my drome Wanneer haar verhaal vertel is Verenig dit ons in ons noodlot. © Nikita…Mei 2008 <img src="https://i0.wp.com/digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/mei2007/So_many_volts.jpg" alt="" width="404" height="258" /> Image:digitalekameraklub.co.za <img src="https://i0.wp.com/digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/jan2007/Malgas_soek_landing.jpg" alt="" width="367" height="205" /> image: digitalekameraklub.co.za I know a place in Africa… Inspiring poetry written by Wayne Visser, a South African currently based in Nottingham, UK. I know a place in Africa Where I can feel the sun on my back And the sand between my barefoot toes Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze And the waves crash on the endless shore I know a place in Africa Where the mountains touch the skies of blue And the valleys shelter vines of green Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve And the bushveld wears a coat of beige I know a place in Africa Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods And watch their lightening spears thrown to earth Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops This is the place of wildness Of evolution and dinosaurs Where life began and mankind first stood Of living fossils and elephants Where lions roar and springbok herds leap This is the place of struggle Of desert plains and thorn trees Where pathways end and hunters track game Of horizons and frontiers Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red This is the place of freedom Of exploration and pioneers Where darkness loomed and light saw us through Of living legends and miracles Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright My heart is at home in Africa Where the sound of drums beat in my chest And the songs of time ring in my ears Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes And the smiles of friends make me welcome My mind is at ease in Africa Where the people still live close to the soil And the seasons mark my changing moods Where the markets hustle with trading And Creation keeps its own slow time My soul is at peace in Africa For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins And her winds bring healing to my dreams For when the tale of this land is told Her destiny and mine are as one © 2006 Wayne Visser Hierdie ou het op sy blog die gedig geplaas sonder enige erkenning aan die vertaling wat ek gedoen het of die verwysing na Wayne Visser se gedig! Ten spyte van ‘n boodskap wat ek hom gelaat het, ignoreer hy dit steeds. <a href="http://www.suid-afrikaners.co.za/magazine/read/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika_14.html" target="_blank">http://www.suid-afrikaners.co.za/magazine/read/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika_14.html</a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.pgs.gov.za/test/images/pgs_bosveld.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="112" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/Julie2007/marius_vd_west_nog_n_pragtige_oggend_pictorial.jpg" alt="" width="307" height="357" /> Image: digitalekameraklub.co.za <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/Maart2008/Rooi_son_op_horison.JPG" alt="" width="300" height="220" /> images:digitalekameraklub.co.za <img src="https://i0.wp.com/digitalekameraklub.co.za/images/mei2007/sonsopkoms_op_die_langpad.jpg" alt="" width="370" height="270" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a></div> <div id="geo-post-1566" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1565 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-south-africa tag-holiday tag-johannes-kerkorrel tag-nature tag-south-africa tag-south-african-artists tag-suid-afrika tag-travel tag-videos" id="post-1565"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/what-do-you-miss/" rel="bookmark">What do you miss?</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/johannes-kerkorrel/" rel="tag">Johannes Kerkorrel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-artists/" rel="tag">South African artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/videos/" rel="tag">videos</a> on 20/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/what-do-you-miss/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/table-mountain-cable-car.jpg" alt="" width="452" height="371" /> This image: the cable car…Cape Town…Table Mountain…Lion’s Head…is the head you can see Images: south-africa-tours-and-travel.com <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.south-africa-tours-and-travel.com/images/Wilderness-beach-near-George-on-the-garden-route.jpg" alt="" width="447" height="366" /> On this image you can see the beach …near George…Wildernis-area. On the chess site I was asked by a Capetonian….”What do you miss about South Africa?” and I replied to him this afternoon…EVERYTHING! … enjoy this beautiful nature video about South Africa…fantastic song too..Afrikaans lyrics of the song…maybe I should try and translate this song ……it’s one of those beautiful Afrikaans songs…with a bit of a mix with Zulu/Xhosa… Halala Afrika Toe die wêreld hier nog jong was en die horison wyd en oop Was dit groen hier in die halfrond, suid van die ewenaar En in die skemer as die son sak en die beeste huis toe loop Klink die roepstem van die vroue oor die heuwels van die land: Halala, ewig is ons Afrika. Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami, Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm Toe kom die skepe uit die weste, wit seile oor die see Om te vra vir koos en water en te bly vir so veel meer. En die land wat een tyd oop was, die land het ons verruil Vir die ghetto’s van die stede is ons koperdraad gegee. Halala, ewig is ons Afrika Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Tula tula mtanami, tula tula sanaboni, tula tula mtanami, Ubab uzobuya sihlale naye, ubab uzobuya sihlale sonke, Hmmm-Hmmm Daar was rykdom in die maag van ons moeder Afrika Diamante en ook steenkool, goud, edel metaal En die mense word die slawe hier want die mense word betaal Om te tonnel in die aarde elke greintjie uit te haal En die groot en oop grasvlaktes span dit toe met doringdraad En van die olifant tot die gemsbok al die diere moes kom buig Voor die mag van die grootwildjagter voor die mag van sy groot geweer Totdat net die stilte oorbly, totdat net die stilte heers. Halala, ewig is ons Afrika. Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Sasidjapolutjoloythina Halala, sasiphila, kamnandi, halala, mayibuye Afrika Source: southafrica.com/forums/language/5041-zulu-translation-request.html <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uEyr4xxYox4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/what-do-you-miss/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to What do you miss?">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1560 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-africa category-digters category-gedigte category-poems category-poetry category-poets category-south-africa category-south-african-poets category-suid-afrikaanse-digters tag-africa tag-digters tag-gedigte tag-i-know-a-place-in-africa tag-nature-poems tag-poems tag-poems-about-africa tag-poetry tag-poets tag-south-africa tag-south-african-poets tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-digters tag-wayne-visser" id="post-1560"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/" rel="bookmark">I know a place</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/africa/" rel="category tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/digters/" rel="category tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poets/" rel="category tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-poets/" rel="category tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/africa/" rel="tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/digters/" rel="tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/i-know-a-place-in-africa/" rel="tag">I know a place in Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature-poems/" rel="tag">Nature poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems-about-africa/" rel="tag">Poems about Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poets/" rel="tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-visser/" rel="tag">Wayne Visser</a> on 18/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> It’s been quite awhile since I’ve blogged poetry! I love poetry, as I said before…on this link here on my ..<a href="http://chessaleeinlondon.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-know-place.html">blogger-blog</a> I once blogged one of Wayne’s poems and I want to blog it here too…as I do love South Africa –which is part of Africa…one secondary school child argued with me a few weeks ago about our country’s name..said that..there isn’t a “West Africa” as a country nor “East Africa” as a country, so how can I say that I am from South Africa and I say “South Africa” is a country! hehehe…Wayne visited my blogger blog-post and left me a message at that particular post…so let’s see if he will find this one too…lol! I came across Meggwilson’s blog where she says exactly what I’ve said so many times…even on my blog too…. <blockquote>As a native-speaking English person I know how much Afrikaans people are constantly ripped off by the English. Having a completely mixed up family I am also lucky to be completely bilingual. This all means that i have the best of both worlds, which I would like to share a bit of. Afrikaans is an extremely expressive and descriptive language with words that can’t even possibly be translated into English…you can read it <a href="http://piecesofperfection.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/the-afrikaans-language/#comment-18">HERE </a>….</blockquote> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RnzfNVOx_HI/AAAAAAAAAI4/ubrp26bFZfc/s320/blog%2Bsa%2Bsun.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /> I’ve translated this poem of Wayne <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/ek-weet-van-n-plek-in-afrika/">in Afrikaans on this link </a>and you can also read Wayne’s comments about the translation on this link. I know a place in Africa… Inspiring poetry written by Wayne Visser, a South African currently based in Nottingham, UK. I know a place in Africa Where I can feel the sun on my back And the sand between my barefoot toes Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze And the waves crash on the endless shore I know a place in Africa Where the mountains touch the skies of blue And the valleys shelter vines of green Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve And the bushveld wears a coat of beige I know a place in Africa Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods And watch their lightening spears thrown to earth Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops This is the place of wildness Of evolution and dinosaurs Where life began and mankind first stood Of living fossils and elephants Where lions roar and springbok herds leap This is the place of struggle Of desert plains and thorn trees Where pathways end and hunters track game Of horizons and frontiers Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red This is the place of freedom Of exploration and pioneers Where darkness loomed and light saw us through Of living legends and miracles Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright My heart is at home in Africa Where the sound of drums beat in my chest And the songs of time ring in my ears Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes And the smiles of friends make me welcome My mind is at ease in Africa Where the people still live close to the soil And the seasons mark my changing moods Where the markets hustle with trading And Creation keeps its own slow time My soul is at peace in Africa For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins And her winds bring healing to my dreams For when the tale of this land is told Her destiny and mine are as one © 2006 Wayne Visser <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3930" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/giraffes/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg" data-orig-size="776,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="giraffes" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3930" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg?w=500&h=257" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/giraffes.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image:flickr I am an African… This poem was written by Wayne Visser. I am an African Not because I was born there But because my heart beats with Africa’s I am an African Not because my skin is black But because my mind is engaged by Africa I am an African Not because I live on its soil But because my soul is at home in Africa When Africa weeps for her children My cheeks are stained with tears When Africa honours her elders My head is bowed in respect When Africa mourns for her victims My hands are joined in prayer When Africa celebrates her triumphs My feet are alive with dancing I am an African For her blue skies take my breath away And my hope for the future is bright I am an African For her people greet me as family And teach me the meaning of community I am an African For her wildness quenches my spirit And brings me closer to the source of life When the music of Africa beats in the wind My blood pulses to its rhythm And I become the essence of music When the colours of Africa dazzle in the sun My senses drink in its rainbow And I become the palette of nature When the stories of Africa echo round the fire My feet walk in its pathways And I become the footprints of history I am an African Because she is the cradle of our birth And nurtures an ancient wisdom I am an African Because she lives in the world’s shadow And bursts with a radiant luminosity I am an African Because she is the land of tomorrow And I recognise her gifts as sacred © 2005 Wayne Visser Please click <a href="http://www.waynevisser.com/">HERE </a>to visit Wayne’s site. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.waynevisser.com/photo_2007_okavango_wv1_small.jpg" alt="" width="123" height="160" /> On this image you can see Wayne…image from his site. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to I know a place">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1439 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-cape-town category-chess category-drama category-gina-shmukler category-james-borthwick category-johan-baird category-johannesburg category-kaapstad category-montecasino-theatre category-musical category-skaak category-south-africa category-teater category-theatre category-theatre-on-the-bay tag-anne-marie-clulow tag-brennan-holder tag-cape-town tag-chess tag-chess-musical-cape-town tag-chess-musical-johannesburg tag-chess-musical-south-africa tag-chess-the-musical tag-cito tag-david-chevers tag-drama tag-gina-shmukler tag-james-borthwick tag-johan-baird tag-johannesburg tag-montecasino tag-montecasino-theatre tag-pieter-toerien tag-south-africa tag-theatre tag-theatre-on-the-bay" id="post-1439"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Chess the Musical..South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/cape-town/" rel="category tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drama/" rel="category tag">drama</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gina-shmukler/" rel="category tag">GINA SHMUKLER</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/james-borthwick/" rel="category tag">JAMES BORTHWICK</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/johan-baird/" rel="category tag">JOHAN BAIRD</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/johannesburg/" rel="category tag">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kaapstad/" rel="category tag">Kaapstad</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/montecasino-theatre/" rel="category tag">Montecasino Theatre</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musical/" rel="category tag">musical</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak/" rel="category tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/teater/" rel="category tag">teater</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/theatre/" rel="category tag">theatre</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/theatre-on-the-bay/" rel="category tag">Theatre on the Bay</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anne-marie-clulow/" rel="tag">ANNE-MARIE CLULOW</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/brennan-holder/" rel="tag">BRENNAN HOLDER</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-town/" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-musical-cape-town/" rel="tag">Chess Musical Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-musical-johannesburg/" rel="tag">Chess Musical Johannesburg</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-musical-south-africa/" rel="tag">Chess Musical South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-the-musical/" rel="tag">Chess the Musical</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cito/" rel="tag">Cito</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/david-chevers/" rel="tag">DAVID CHEVERS</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drama/" rel="tag">drama</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gina-shmukler/" rel="tag">GINA SHMUKLER</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/james-borthwick/" rel="tag">JAMES BORTHWICK</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/johan-baird/" rel="tag">JOHAN BAIRD</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/johannesburg/" rel="tag">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/montecasino/" rel="tag">montecasino</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/montecasino-theatre/" rel="tag">Montecasino Theatre</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pieter-toerien/" rel="tag">Pieter Toerien</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/theatre/" rel="tag">theatre</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/theatre-on-the-bay/" rel="tag">Theatre on the Bay</a> on 01/05/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/#comments">1 Comment »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.theatreonthebay.co.za/product_px/chess.jpg" alt="" width="230" height="249" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png"><img data-attachment-id="1445" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa_005/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png" data-orig-size="345,256" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa_005" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png?w=345" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png?w=345" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1445" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png?w=500&h=370" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_005.png 345w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png"><img data-attachment-id="1444" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa_004/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png" data-orig-size="348,261" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa_004" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png?w=348" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png?w=348" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1444" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png?w=500&h=375" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_004.png 348w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png"><img data-attachment-id="1443" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa_003/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png" data-orig-size="349,258" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa_003" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png?w=349" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png?w=349" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1443" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png?w=500&h=368" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_003.png 349w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png"><img data-attachment-id="1442" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa_002/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png" data-orig-size="878,511" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa_002" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1442" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png?w=500&h=290" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_002.png?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa.png"><img data-attachment-id="1441" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa.png" data-orig-size="166,302" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa.png?w=166" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa.png?w=166" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1441" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa.png?w=500&h=914" alt="" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png"><img data-attachment-id="1440" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chessmusicalsa_001/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png" data-orig-size="345,240" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chessmusicalsa_001" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png?w=345" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png?w=345" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1440" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png?w=500&h=347" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chessmusicalsa_001.png 345w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png"><img data-attachment-id="1438" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/chess-musical/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png" data-orig-size="885,407" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chess-musical" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1438" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=500&h=228" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=298 298w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=596 596w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/chess-musical.png?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> This musical is currently running in South Africa…and you have the option to see it in either Johannesburg or Cape Town…make sure not to miss it! Click on the images for a larger view. Please click <a href="http://www.theatreonthebay.co.za/spage.php?product_id=27&show=review">HERE to book your night with the Chess Musicals! in Cape Town</a>. All images from the site too and there’s a link to the review in a PDF document. Please click <a href="http://montecasino.tsogosun.co.za/live/index.php">HERE to book your night in Johannesburg and </a>you can click <a href="http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4377770&fSectionId=443&fSetId=251">HERE for more information too </a>…. On my blog <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/this-is-untilchess/">HERE </a>you can read more about Cito and there’s also a link to his MySpace site. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/montecasino.tsogosun.co.za/content/web_chess_spot_lrg.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="322" /> 100th PRODUCTION AT PIETER TOERIEN’S MONTECASINO THEATRE! Pieter Toerien presents CHESS – The Musical 22 March – 25 May 2008 Now on stage: MAIN Theatre Set during the Cold War, CHESS involves a romantic triangle between two players in a World Chess Championship, and the woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any specific individuals, the characters’ personalities are loosely based on those of Victor Korchnoi and Bobby Fischer. The show is not so much about the game of chess, but rather about how the Cold War affected the lives of those it touched. Freddie, the American, is supported by Florence. During the course of the Championship, Florence falls in love with the Russian Anatoly, and leaves Freddie. This sets off a sequence of events that tears Anatoly from his wife Svetlana and his manager Molokov, who happens to be connected to the KGB. Who wins the World Chess Championship? Do the politics of the Cold War have the last say? CHESS is very dark, portraying a world where you can trust no one and love cannot survive. From the Alpine heights of Merano, Italy to the sultry heat of Bangkok, Florence, Anatoly and Freddie find themselves swept towards the show’s climatic conclusion! Tim Rice teamed up with ABBA+s Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus in 1984 and, following the formula of JC Superstar and Evita, a concept album of CHESS was recorded. The cast for the album included Elaine Paige as Florence, Barbara Dickson as Svetlana, Tommy Korberg as Anatoly and Murray Head as Freddie. The CHESS album contained the chart-topping hits “One Night in Bangkok” (sung by Murray Head) and “I Know Him so Well” (sung by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson). CHESS debuted on the London stage in 1986 and played for three years with a cast led by Elaine Paige, Tommy Korberg and Murray Head, while the subsequent short-lived Broadway company featured Judy Kuhn, Philip Casnoff and the late David Carroll. The score includes such tunes as “Nobody’s Side,” “One Night in Bangkok,” “Anthem,” “I Know Him So Well,” “Pity the Child” and “You and I.” CHESS is a ‘cult’ musical which is hugely popular with musical theatre fans and the general public alike and was voted in the All-Time Top Ten in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the United Kingdom’s “Number One Essential Musicals”. South African Premier Pieter Toerien’s South African Premier of CHESS will begin previews at his Montecasino Theatre on the 22nd March and run till 25 May before moving to the Theatre on the Bay in Cape Town. CHESS is the 100th production on stage at Pieter Toerien’s Montecasino Theatre. Source: <a href="http://montecasino.tsogosun.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=6637">HERE </a>… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/montecasino.tsogosun.co.za/content/web_chess_cito~1.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="256" /> Cito…as Frederick…image: Montecasino On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/chess-the-musical/">THIS LINK </a>you can read about Chess, the Musical in London. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/chess-the-musical-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chess the Musical..South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1321 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-food category-instructions category-koek category-literacy category-pampoen category-pampoenkoekies category-pampoensop category-pumpkin category-pumpkin-art category-pumpkin-fritters category-pumpkin-images category-pumpkinsoup category-recipes category-recipes-on-video category-resepte category-sop category-soup category-south-africa category-south-african-pumpkins category-south-african-traditional-recipes category-videos tag-cake tag-carrot-cake tag-education tag-food tag-instructions tag-koek tag-literacy tag-pampoenkoekies tag-pampoensop tag-pumpkin tag-pumpkin-art tag-pumpkin-fritters tag-pumpkin-images tag-pumpkin-soup tag-recipes tag-recipes-on-video tag-sop tag-soup tag-south-africa tag-south-african-pumpkins tag-video-recipes tag-videojug tag-videos tag-wortelkoek" id="post-1321"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/pumpkin-fritters-and-other-delicous-recipes/" rel="bookmark">Pumpkin fritters and other delicious recipes</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/food/" rel="category tag">food</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/instructions/" rel="category tag">instructions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/koek/" rel="category tag">koek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/literacy/" rel="category tag">Literacy</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pampoen/" rel="category tag">pampoen</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pampoenkoekies/" rel="category tag">pampoenkoekies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pampoensop/" rel="category tag">pampoensop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pumpkin/" rel="category tag">pumpkin</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pumpkin-art/" rel="category tag">pumpkin art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pumpkin-fritters/" rel="category tag">pumpkin fritters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pumpkin-images/" rel="category tag">pumpkin images</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pumpkinsoup/" rel="category tag">pumpkinsoup</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/recipes/" rel="category tag">recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/recipes-on-video/" rel="category tag">recipes on video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/resepte/" rel="category tag">resepte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sop/" rel="category tag">sop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/soup/" rel="category tag">soup</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-pumpkins/" rel="category tag">South African pumpkins</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-traditional-recipes/" rel="category tag">South African traditional recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/videos/" rel="category tag">videos</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cake/" rel="tag">cake</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/carrot-cake/" rel="tag">carrot cake</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/food/" rel="tag">food</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/instructions/" rel="tag">instructions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/koek/" rel="tag">koek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/literacy/" rel="tag">Literacy</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pampoenkoekies/" rel="tag">pampoenkoekies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pampoensop/" rel="tag">pampoensop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pumpkin/" rel="tag">pumpkin</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pumpkin-art/" rel="tag">pumpkin art</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pumpkin-fritters/" rel="tag">pumpkin fritters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pumpkin-images/" rel="tag">pumpkin images</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pumpkin-soup/" rel="tag">pumpkin soup</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/recipes/" rel="tag">recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/recipes-on-video/" rel="tag">recipes on video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sop/" rel="tag">sop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/soup/" rel="tag">soup</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-pumpkins/" rel="tag">South African pumpkins</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/video-recipes/" rel="tag">video recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/videojug/" rel="tag">videojug</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/videos/" rel="tag">videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wortelkoek/" rel="tag">wortelkoek</a> on 16/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/pumpkin-fritters-and-other-delicous-recipes/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png"><img data-attachment-id="1322" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/pumpkin-fritters-and-other-delicous-recipes/pumpkinsoup/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png" data-orig-size="401,301" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="pumpkinsoup" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png?w=401" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png?w=401" loading="lazy" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1322" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png?w=500&h=375" alt="" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png?w=300&h=225 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pumpkinsoup.png 401w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> South Africans like pumpkin soup…and I lo–ove…pumpkin fritters! One blogger-friend….Ray…from “bookstoysgames”… has asked me for a soup recipe…..Ray has also joined the chess site and he’s beating me up in every game! He’s quite a keen chess player! I’ve found this video about pumpkin soup on the site.. : videojug.com This is a fantastic site! But, due to the code that WordPress doesn’t support… I had to download it and so, here’s the video showing step-by-step how to make pumpkin soup! If you click <a href="http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-pumpkin-soup">HERE, </a>it takes you straight to the pumpkin soup-link where there are instructions which you can print off too… this is a good site for teachers teaching instructions to children in Literacy. I love pumpkin and pumpkin fritters is of course my favourite! Enjoy the video. <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x53hw3" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.decsey.com/ak/pics/k08.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="175" /> Image: decsey.com <img src="https://i0.wp.com/vegbox-recipes.co.uk/image-files/gem-squash.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="216" /> Image vegbox recipes: Gem Squash <img src="https://i0.wp.com/vegbox-recipes.co.uk/image-files/gem-squash-deseeded.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="187" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.organicbabystyle.com/organic-baby/images/butternut-squash.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="142" /> Image: organicbabystyle…Butternut… <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eb-art.com/Pampoen%20Oes.jpg" alt="" width="368" height="310" /> Image: eb-art.com : This is basically all the types of pumpkins you get in SA. Pumpkin fritters ….Pampoenkoekies. This is not my own recipe…but looking at the recipe…it looks very much like the fritters I would have. Read my comments at the bottom of the post.Scroll down for a recipe in English. PAMPOENKOEKIES IN STROOP: resep: funkymunky.co.za KOEKIES: 500ml gaar boerpampoen 250ml gesifte koekmeelblom 10ml bakpoeier 2ml sout 1 eier, geklits kookolie STROOP: 15ml botter 375ml suiker 200ml melk 15ml mielieblom 175ml koue water Maak pampoen goed fyn. Voeg meel, bakpoeier, sout en eier by en klop tot gemeng. Skep teelepelsvol in warm kookolie, druk effens plat en bak aan weerskante tot goudbruin en gaar. Dreineer op kombuispapier en skep in opdienskottel. Verhit botter, suiker en melk tot kookpunt. Los mielieblom in water op en roer in ‘n straaltjie by melkmengsel. Verhit tot kookpunt en gooi oor koekies. Dien warm op. Lewer 3 dosyn koekies. Ingredients 325 ml flour 20 ml baking powder salt, to taste 625 ml butternut squash, cooked 2 eggs, separated oil, for frying 125 ml boiling water 250 ml sugar 60 ml butter 250 ml milk 10 ml cinnamon 15 ml flour salt, to taste Directions 1. Sift all dry ingredients. 2. Mash pumpkin finely and beat in egg yolks. 3. Whisk egg whites till light and fluffy – not too stiff. 4. Gently mix egg whites into pumpkin and then fold pumpkin mixture into dry ingredients. 5. Fry tablespoonsful of fritter batter in hot oil until golden brown. 6. Drain on paper towel and place into ovenproof dish. 7. Now preheat the oven to 180°C. SYRUP: Bring water, sugar, butter, milk, cinnamon, and salt to the boil, lower heat and thicken with flour. Pour syrup over fritters and bake for 15 – 30 minutes recipe..: recipe bazaar .com My comments… If I make fritters… I don’t add a syrup to it… I would only have a cinnamon/sugar mix to sprinkle on the fritters… this syrup sounds a bit too sweet to me. It doesn’t go into the oven if you don’t have the syrup… This next video is about…a carrot cake! Another big yummy! Follow <a href="http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-carrot-cake">THIS LINK </a>to print off the instructions. <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x53mmb" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/pumpkin-fritters-and-other-delicous-recipes/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pumpkin fritters and other delicious recipes">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1312 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-fotografie category-growing-waterfalls category-laeveld category-lowveld category-mpumalanga category-oos-transvaal category-pelgrimsrus category-photography category-pilgrims-rest category-ray-conniff-singers category-somewhere-my-love category-south-africa category-sudwala-caves category-suid-afrika category-swadini category-toerisme category-tourism category-travel category-tufa-waterfall category-waterfalls tag-blyde-river tag-blyde-river-canyon tag-blyderivier tag-boat-trip-on-blyde-river tag-bourkes-luck tag-canyons tag-caves tag-geography tag-geography-south-africa tag-growing-waterfalls tag-holiday tag-laeveld tag-lowveld tag-movies tag-mpumalanga tag-nature tag-natuur tag-oos-transvaal tag-pelgrimsrus tag-photography tag-pilgrims-rest tag-plantations tag-potholes tag-ray-conniff-singers tag-somewhere-my-love-lyrics tag-south-africa tag-sudwala-caves tag-sudwala-grotte tag-suid-afrika tag-swadini tag-tavel tag-toerisme tag-tourism tag-tufa-waterfall tag-vakansie tag-videos tag-waterfalls tag-waterfalls-that-dont-wear-away tag-what-is-a-tufa-waterfall tag-where-in-south-africa-can-i-get-a-tufa-waterfall" id="post-1312"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/" rel="bookmark">Somewhere my love</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fotografie/" rel="category tag">Fotografie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/growing-waterfalls/" rel="category tag">Growing waterfalls</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/laeveld/" rel="category tag">Laeveld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/lowveld/" rel="category tag">Lowveld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mpumalanga/" rel="category tag">Mpumalanga</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/oos-transvaal/" rel="category tag">Oos-Transvaal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pelgrimsrus/" rel="category tag">Pelgrimsrus</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/photography/" rel="category tag">photography</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pilgrims-rest/" rel="category tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ray-conniff-singers/" rel="category tag">Ray Conniff singers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/somewhere-my-love/" rel="category tag">Somewhere my love</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sudwala-caves/" rel="category tag">Sudwala caves</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/swadini/" rel="category tag">Swadini</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/toerisme/" rel="category tag">toerisme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/tourism/" rel="category tag">tourism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/travel/" rel="category tag">travel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/tufa-waterfall/" rel="category tag">Tufa waterfall</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/waterfalls/" rel="category tag">waterfalls</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blyde-river/" rel="tag">Blyde River</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blyde-river-canyon/" rel="tag">Blyde River Canyon</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blyderivier/" rel="tag">Blyderivier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boat-trip-on-blyde-river/" rel="tag">boat trip on Blyde River</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bourkes-luck/" rel="tag">Bourke's Luck</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/canyons/" rel="tag">Canyons</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/caves/" rel="tag">caves</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geography/" rel="tag">Geography</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geography-south-africa/" rel="tag">Geography South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/growing-waterfalls/" rel="tag">Growing waterfalls</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/laeveld/" rel="tag">Laeveld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lowveld/" rel="tag">Lowveld</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mpumalanga/" rel="tag">Mpumalanga</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/natuur/" rel="tag">Natuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oos-transvaal/" rel="tag">Oos-Transvaal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pelgrimsrus/" rel="tag">Pelgrimsrus</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/photography/" rel="tag">photography</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pilgrims-rest/" rel="tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/plantations/" rel="tag">plantations</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/potholes/" rel="tag">Potholes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ray-conniff-singers/" rel="tag">Ray Conniff singers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/somewhere-my-love-lyrics/" rel="tag">Somewhere my love lyrics</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sudwala-caves/" rel="tag">Sudwala caves</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sudwala-grotte/" rel="tag">Sudwala grotte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/swadini/" rel="tag">Swadini</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tavel/" rel="tag">tavel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/toerisme/" rel="tag">toerisme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tourism/" rel="tag">tourism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tufa-waterfall/" rel="tag">Tufa waterfall</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vakansie/" rel="tag">vakansie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/videos/" rel="tag">videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/waterfalls/" rel="tag">waterfalls</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/waterfalls-that-dont-wear-away/" rel="tag">Waterfalls that don't wear away</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/what-is-a-tufa-waterfall/" rel="tag">What is a Tufa Waterfall?</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/where-in-south-africa-can-i-get-a-tufa-waterfall/" rel="tag">Where in South Africa can I get a Tufa waterfall</a> on 12/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/#comments">9 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/tufa.png" alt="" /> Image:<a href="http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/limpopo-marulaneng-hoedspruit-gallery.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kwathabeng.co.za/limpopo-marulaneng-hoedspruit-gallery.html</a> Wat is a Tufa waterfall? and where can I find one in South Africa? and how can I get there…this post and this link here, give you all the answers! enjoy! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/what-is-a-tufa-waterfall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/what-is-a-tufa-waterfall/</a> The Link will open in a new window. I hope you enjoy this “movie” about South Africa. The images are from the Eastern part of the country… the Mpumalanga province, previously called the Easern Transvaal. It was August…end of winter…and not holiday for South Africans, so we were lucky…. places were not crowded…. You will see mostly images about the third largest/deepest canyon in the world…the Blyde River Canyon. As it was the end of winter, the area wasn’t as green as it used to be during summer! The Grand Canyon is the largest, then the Fish River Canyon in Namibia… This canyon is the greenest canyon in the world. You will also see the potholes at Bourkes Luck. Then, in this canyon, there is a waterfall, called a Tufa waterfall. On one of the images I tell you in short what a tufa waterfall is… where other waterfalls wear away the soil…this kind of waterfall does the opposite! This tufal waterfall is called the “weeping tufa”, as it looks like a face with an eye…and the water flows from the “eye”…A Tufa waterfall is a waterfall where the calcium rich water builds the rock face over which it is flowing as the calcium and mud hardens in beautiful forms, that’s why it’s a “growing” waterfall. You will see a cave, which can only be seen on the boat trip. You will also see some images from the Sudwala caves. You can put “Swadini” in my search box to find those fantastic links and to see more pictures of that area. I focused on this movie mostly on nature images …do enjoy! On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/blyde-riverswadini/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can see more pictures and links to sites to book a holiday! and on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/tour-the-lowveld/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can see pictures of Pilgrims Rest area and maps/info if you want to tour that are…really beautiful to visit! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/africa.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="6547" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/africa/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/africa.jpg" data-orig-size="333,394" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="africa" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/africa.jpg?w=333" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/africa.jpg?w=333" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6547" title="africa" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/africa.jpg" alt="africa" width="333" height="394" /></a> Somewhere my love…by the Ray Coniff singers. Somewhere, my love, There will be songs to sing Although the snow Covers the hope of spring. Somewhere a hill Blossoms in green and gold And there are dreams All that your heart can hold. Someday we’ll meet again, my love. Someday whenever the spring breaks through. You’ll come to me Out of the long ago, Warm as the wind, Soft as the kiss of snow. Till then, my sweet, Think of me now and then. God, speed my love ‘Til you are mine again. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6gRPoBNwUU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/somewhere-my-love/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Somewhere my love">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1307 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-pretoria category-south-africa category-steenbokkie category-wild-life category-wonderboom tag-dik-dik tag-nature tag-nature-reserves tag-natuur tag-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-steenbokkie tag-suid-afrika tag-wild-life tag-wonderboom tag-wonderboom-nature-reserve tag-wonderboom-natuurreservaat" id="post-1307"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/wonderboom/" rel="bookmark">Wonderboom</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/steenbokkie/" rel="category tag">Steenbokkie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wild-life/" rel="category tag">wild life</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wonderboom/" rel="category tag">Wonderboom</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dik-dik/" rel="tag">Dik-dik</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature-reserves/" rel="tag">Nature Reserves</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/natuur/" rel="tag">Natuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steenbokkie/" rel="tag">Steenbokkie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wild-life/" rel="tag">wild life</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wonderboom/" rel="tag">Wonderboom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wonderboom-nature-reserve/" rel="tag">Wonderboom Nature Reserve</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wonderboom-natuurreservaat/" rel="tag">Wonderboom Natuurreservaat</a> on 10/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/wonderboom/#comments">3 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14705" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/wonderboom/wonderboom2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg" data-orig-size="796,471" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="wonderboom2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-14705" alt="wonderboom2" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg" width="500" height="295" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg?w=500&h=295 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg?w=600&h=355 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg?w=768&h=454 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom2.jpg 796w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> This tree is really big! It’s the Wonderboom….it’s huge! We used to go to this nature reserve to have a picnic, sometimes with school children as well- as an outing. Read about this “wonder/miracle tree”…this is in Pretoria, on your way to the northern part of the city, depending which way you go. Wonderboom Nature Reserve Situated in the northern part of the city, and straddling the Magaliesberg Mountains, is the Wonderboom Nature Reserve, a 200 hectare reserve famous for its magnificent specimen of the Wonderboom. The Wonder tree is a wild fig (Ficus salicifolia) that grows at the foot of the northern slope of the Magalies Mountain area. The large Wonderboom fig tree at the Wonderboom Nature Reserve is more than 1 000 years old, and legend has it that it grew this big because the chief of an indigenous tribe lies buried beneath its roots. It is recorded that the tree was once big enough to shade 1 000 people at a time, or 22 ox-wagons with 20 oxen in front of each! Today, it is much smaller – probably because of the devastating fire in 1870 started by a hunting party or because of infestation by a parasite, which put it in quarantine for 20 years. Over the years the branches have grown longer, hanging lower and lower until they touched the ground, rooted and produced a circle of daughter trees. There are now three circles of daughter trees surrounding the original tree. Wonderboom Nature Reserve has a large number of Dassies (Rock Hyrax) living in caves overlooking the Apies River. They provide a food source for a breeding pair of Black Eagles that nest on a rocky ledge nearby and that can often be seen circling above the reserve. At the top of the Wonderboom Hill are the ruins of the Wonderboom Fort, one of four forts built by the former Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek at the end of the 19th century to defend the city against the British. It was never used. It was blown up, probably on the instructions of Prime Minister Jan Smuts himself, in the early days of World War 2, lest it be used by anti-government dissidents as a springboard for an attack on the state. At the foot of the hill near the Wonderboom is an important iron age site and nearby is one of the best stone age sites in the area. Source: Click the link and it will open in a new window.<a href="http://www.sa-venues.com/game-reserves/ga_wonderboom.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sa-venues.com/game-reserves/ga_wonderboom.htm</a> <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.cybertonature.co.za/wonderboom.jpg" width="195" height="142" /> Image: cybertonature.co.za <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom-steenbokkie.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="8281" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/wonderboom/wonderboom-steenbokkie/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom-steenbokkie.jpg" data-orig-size="295,230" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="wonderboom-steenbokkie" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom-steenbokkie.jpg?w=295" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom-steenbokkie.jpg?w=295" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8281" title="wonderboom-steenbokkie" alt="wonderboom-steenbokkie" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/wonderboom-steenbokkie.jpg" width="295" height="230" /></a> Steenbokkie The Steenbokkie is one of our smaller antelope in SA and on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/dik-dik/">THIS LINK </a>on my blog you can see the smallest antelope in South Africa…the dik-dik! If you go to this nature reserve, you will see the Steenbokkie in its natural environment. Image: sa-venues.com <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/wonderboom/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Wonderboom">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1305 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-music tag-acting tag-akteurs tag-chess tag-chess-musical tag-chess-the-musical-in-south-africa tag-cito tag-cito-otto tag-jesus-christ-superstar tag-music tag-musical tag-musiek tag-musiekblyspele tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-theatres tag-wonderboom" id="post-1305"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/this-is-untilchess/" rel="bookmark">This is until…Chess!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/acting/" rel="tag">acting</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/akteurs/" rel="tag">akteurs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-musical/" rel="tag">chess musical</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-the-musical-in-south-africa/" rel="tag">Chess the musical in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cito/" rel="tag">Cito</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cito-otto/" rel="tag">Cito Otto</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jesus-christ-superstar/" rel="tag">Jesus Christ Superstar</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musical/" rel="tag">musical</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiekblyspele/" rel="tag">musiekblyspele</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/theatres/" rel="tag">theatres</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wonderboom/" rel="tag">Wonderboom</a> on 10/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/this-is-untilchess/#comments">1 Comment »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:192px;height:219px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/cito.gif" alt="Cito" width="234" height="263" align="right" /> <img style="width:142px;height:104px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/citowonderboom-song.jpg" alt="cito wonderboom song" width="163" height="120" align="right" /> I don’t know the band…“Wonderboom” but it seems to me that they are doing great from what I’ve read on the internet about them. Cito is part of the band…and you can read more about him…he’s also starring in the musical “Chess”… in South Africa. If you click <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=152417452">HERE </a>you can visit his “My Space” site. Cito In the role of Jesus Christ Cito is singer, composer and producer. He was born in Los Angeles and grown up in New York, he has been influenced musically by his parents, and more specifically by his mother who was singing and played classic guitar. From adolescent years, Cito studied music, composed and also was member in various groups, as the Heart and Soul, Moonchild and 8 Legged Groove Machine. From 1996 he was the basic singer in the successful rock group of South Africa, the Wonderboom. In his own recording studio, Cito makes productions, composes and also records various projects, while he has worked with various artists as Karin Zoid, Tamara Dey, Craig Harris and Paul E Flynn. His role as Jesus Christ in the Jesus Christ Superstar constitutes the debut of Cito in theatrical musical. His astonishing voice and the awe that he causes on scene get paid with the warmest clap. Please click <a href="http://www.ticketnet.gr/jesusProtagENG.html">HERE</a> to view the source. Another article… <div>From crucifixion to checkmate April 1, 2008</div> <div>By Therese Owen</div> Cito’s first introduction to theatre was through Jesus Christ. To many a trained actor and singer, the role of Jesus Christ (in Jesus Christ Superstar) would be daunting. But Cito, who had never acted before in his life, embraced the challenge. By the time the musical toured Greece and Korea, where they played to 4 000 people a night, Cito had turned the role into his own. Since returning to South Africa he has continued with Wonderboom and has turned down every theatrical offer. That is until Chess. He was offered the part of the chess master, Fredrickson, by all accounts an egotistical man. who turned the game reserved for nerds into rock star status. Fredrickson is based on the US chess icon, Bobby Fisher. “The great thing about Chess The Musical is that everyone is flawed and there is no happy ending,” says Cito. “It’s not a happy-go-lucky Broadway show, which is why I chose to be a part of it.” Cito says he still puts his band, Wonderboom, first and, initially, the role conflicted with a planned tour. But Pieter Toerien was so eager to have him in the show that he moved it forward six weeks to accommodate Cito. “This theatre thing is blooming for me. I could feel it in Greece and Korea. In Korea, people would throw babies at me. It’s intense. Luckily, I’ve been humbled by rock ‘n roll to know the difference between reality and fame. “I’m also singing like a mother. I always knew I could sing . But when I look back at my early days of Jesus Christ Superstar I was petulant. I felt like I was in standard six all over again.” Like all good artists, Cito saw the opportunity as a way to improve his craft. “I don’t come across as a well-trained actor, but I think that gives me an edge. “With this role I really have to embrace being an asshole with real swank. When it comes to Chess it’s a discipline. I have had to unlearn that stuff from Wonderboom. After all, that started off as a joke.” Wonderboom has always used humour and parody in their music and their live performances to great effect. “Acting is not pretending. It’s about finding that other person, becoming that other person. Right now, I still wanna be Jesus. I still wanna be a nice guy. “Fredrickson has confidence. He was revolutionary and had a highly passionate sexual relationship with his woman.” He says the sexual aspect of his character gave him some difficulty. In one of the opening scenes his character walks into the scene and immediately goes up to a female, grabs her and brazenly kisses her. “I’m not about that kind of misogynistic behaviour,” he says shyly. “But the director said just do it and I just did it. Everything is a learning curve.” Source: <a href="http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=430&fArticleId=4330177">HERE</a> … Buy your tickets <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/section/schedule/show/142732">HERE </a>for this musical in SA… <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/this-is-untilchess/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to This is until…Chess!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1297 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-south-africa tag-nature tag-natuur tag-photo-story-3 tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-swedish-rhapsody tag-toer tag-toerisme tag-tourism tag-travel tag-wildlife" id="post-1297"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/south-africa-2/" rel="bookmark">South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/natuur/" rel="tag">Natuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/photo-story-3/" rel="tag">Photo Story 3</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/swedish-rhapsody/" rel="tag">Swedish Rhapsody</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/toer/" rel="tag">toer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/toerisme/" rel="tag">toerisme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tourism/" rel="tag">tourism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wildlife/" rel="tag">wildlife</a> on 08/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/south-africa-2/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Enjoy this movie about South Africa… I’ve compiled it from pictures which I’ve found on the internet…and it was also a practise with <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx">Photo Story 3</a>, which is free to download from Microsoft! <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x50dgs" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/south-africa-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1284 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-africa category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-music category-dr-hf-verwoerd category-dr-verwoerd category-music category-musiek tag-africa-news tag-afrika-kind tag-afrikaans-music tag-afrikaans-songs tag-afrikaans-songs-translated-to-english tag-afrikaanse-musiek tag-apartheid tag-child-of-africa tag-machiel-roets tag-monty tag-music tag-music-videos tag-musiek tag-musiek-videos tag-racism tag-racism-south-africa tag-south-africa tag-sudan-news tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1284"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/" rel="bookmark">Child of Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/africa/" rel="category tag">Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-music/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dr-hf-verwoerd/" rel="category tag">Dr HF Verwoerd</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dr-verwoerd/" rel="category tag">Dr Verwoerd</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiek/" rel="category tag">musiek</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/africa-news/" rel="tag">Africa news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrika-kind/" rel="tag">Afrika kind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-music/" rel="tag">Afrikaans music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs-translated-to-english/" rel="tag">Afrikaans songs translated to English</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-musiek/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/apartheid/" rel="tag">apartheid</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/child-of-africa/" rel="tag">Child of Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/machiel-roets/" rel="tag">Machiel Roets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/monty/" rel="tag">Monty</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" rel="tag">musiek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek-videos/" rel="tag">musiek videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/racism/" rel="tag">racism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/racism-south-africa/" rel="tag">racism South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sudan-news/" rel="tag">Sudan news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 07/04/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> I have edited this entry – 4/1/2021 The original post was about Monty Don, a very negative entry about him – he was very negative about South Africa in general and it upset me massively. So, let’s keep it positive! The following comes from the BBC’s site Around the World in 80 Gardens Mon 7 Apr, 12:40 am – 1:40 am 60mins South Africa Monty Don continues his extraordinary journey Around the World in 80 Gardens with a journey to South Africa, one of the most plant-rich zones in the world. At Cape Town’s world-famous Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens he revels in the impressive display of native flora, including the strange King Proteus, South Africa’s national plant before taking a journey to the Drakensberg Mountains to see some native botanical treasures in their natural environment. Along the way, he traces the garden-story of the Dutch colonists who settled in the nineteenth century and looks at what some of South Africa’s gardeners are doing today. Monty’s discoveries leave him excited to find that South Africa is forging a new identity for itself through a fresh appreciation of its environmental wonders. Source: Click <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/tv_and_radio/aroundtheworld_index5.shtml#programme_seven_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to read about his program. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7852086.stm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7852086.stm</a> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gymYLmue4w?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Monty in South Africa 2011 <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vfzJzo8FIc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Monty in the Cape – 2018 This next song is sung by Machiel Roets. One night I listened to a radio station and he was interviewed and asked a question. It’s about 2 years ago and I can’t even remember the radio station nor the question! However, I sent the answer by email and was lucky to be one of the winners and received his cd called “Afrika Kind” This song is on the cd and I translated it quickly so you can follow the lyrics and see what a beautiful song it is. It’s just to give you an idea what it’s about. On the video there’s some beautiful images to see about South Africa. Child of Africa Come take my hand through this country of hardship come let’s laugh ’bout the day of tomorrow walk with me through this wetland-region hear the song nature poured over you Chorus: ‘ts here where the wind speaks to you by the rhythm of the earth and water that flows and soothes you suddenly there’s a voice that says You’re my child! Come take my hand here in sunshine land let’s carry together what’s going on around us walk hand-by-hand here on Africa soil come breathe the air that soothes your soul Chorus It’s here where the wind speaks to you by the rhythm of the earth and water that flows that soothes you suddenly there’s a voice that says You’re my child! Repeat chorus again.. You’re my child!(2x) My African child. Translated by: Nikita <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/afrikakind001.jpg" alt="Afrikakind 001" width="450" height="452" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q-75LJSnlNY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This next song is for those who grew up with Afrikaans and a song about a frog that would like to hire a fire fly to have light when visiting his girl friend! A song we all love! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="430" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HeudA_L5fts?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Die Padda wou gaan opsit <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/child-of-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Child of Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1277 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-anc category-car-bomb-1983-pretoria category-church-street-car-bomb-1983 category-mandela category-news category-south-africa tag-1983-car-bomb-church-street-pretoria tag-beeld-koerant tag-harare tag-kerkstraat-bom tag-kerkstraat-bom-1983 tag-mandela-a-murderer tag-mandela-not-a-hero tag-mandela-terrorist tag-mugabe tag-nelson-mandela tag-news tag-newspapers tag-politics tag-president-mbeki-agrees-to-resign-as-president-of-south-africa tag-pretoria-news tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-terrorists tag-thabo-mbeki tag-zimbabwe tag-zimbabwe-crisis" id="post-1277"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/" rel="bookmark">Coward!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/anc/" rel="category tag">ANC</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/car-bomb-1983-pretoria/" rel="category tag">car bomb 1983 Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/church-street-car-bomb-1983/" rel="category tag">Church Street car bomb 1983</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mandela/" rel="category tag">Mandela</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/1983-car-bomb-church-street-pretoria/" rel="tag">1983 car bomb Church street Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/beeld-koerant/" rel="tag">Beeld koerant</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/harare/" rel="tag">Harare</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kerkstraat-bom/" rel="tag">Kerkstraat bom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kerkstraat-bom-1983/" rel="tag">Kerkstraat bom 1983</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mandela-a-murderer/" rel="tag">Mandela a murderer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mandela-not-a-hero/" rel="tag">Mandela not a hero</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mandela-terrorist/" rel="tag">Mandela terrorist</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mugabe/" rel="tag">Mugabe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nelson-mandela/" rel="tag">Nelson Mandela</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/newspapers/" rel="tag">newspapers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/president-mbeki-agrees-to-resign-as-president-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">President Mbeki agrees to resign as President of South</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria-news/" rel="tag">Pretoria News</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/terrorists/" rel="tag">terrorists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/thabo-mbeki/" rel="tag">Thabo Mbeki</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/zimbabwe/" rel="tag">Zimbabwe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/zimbabwe-crisis/" rel="tag">Zimbabwe crisis</a> on 05/04/2008| </div> <div class="entry"> I usually don’t like to talk politics…but feel I must voice my disgust and contempt for our President, Thabo Mbeki for what he says…. I see him as a coward… he can’t speak up…. he won’t!! We all know why he’s reacting like this…he wants to do exactly the same in SA..(already busy!) and it’s easier if he’s got Zimbabwe’s support……if you don’t know what’s going on in SA… then…read at least <a href="http://dienuwesuidafrika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">THIS BLOG </a>, but be aware, you won’t like what you read/see…but it’s the truth…don’t read this blog if you are under the age of 13. Update: Sept 22…read this link…and read all of the comments too….and enjoy! Update- October 2012 – see link near the bottom with image. Enjoy <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/20/thabo-mbeki-south-africas_n_127934.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/20/thabo-mbeki-south-africas_n_127934.html</a> I also think you would find <a href="http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com/2008/04/news-nelson-mandela-90-is-still-on-us.html" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>interesting…where the USA still have Mandela on the list as a terrorist! See a link on the side bar of my blog too. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10701" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/mandela1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg" data-orig-size="476,542" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Mandela1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg?w=476" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg?w=476" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10701" title="Mandela1" alt="Mandela1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg?w=263" width="263" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg?w=263 263w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mandela1.jpg 476w" sizes="(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px" /></a> Click on the image for a clearer view. Image from the link above. But…not only is Mbeki a coward…but read my message at the bottom of this post…more “leaders” in this world ….. <blockquote>Update: 7th April 2008 Critics say seizures of white-owned farms that began in 2000 triggered a fall in food production and the collapse of Zimbabwe’s economy. Click <a href="http://voanews.com/english/2008-04-07-voa26.cfm" target="_blank">HERE </a>for VOA-news.</blockquote> <blockquote>News from BBC… Armed police in Zimbabwe have prevented lawyers from the opposition MDC from entering a court to file a petition on the country’s presidential elections. The MDC wants the High Court to force electoral officials to release the result of the poll, held a week ago.</blockquote> The party believes its leader Morgan Tsvangirai won the ballot. His opponent President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has said it will back him if a run-off is called. MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) spokesman Alec Muchadehama told AFP news agency the party was doing “everything in our powers” to have its petition heard on Saturday at Harare High Court. The MDC has also called for international help to prevent possible violence if a second round is held. But speaking in the UK, South African President Thabo Mbeki said that now was not the time to interfere, and the international community should wait to find out the outcome of the election. Read the entire article <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7331904.stm" target="_blank">HERE </a>… Read this next article <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2007/09/mugabe_is_racist_1.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>on the BBC’s website and there are more links to follow….this was written in Sept 2007…so, why has nothing been done by the international community to stop this crazy man! Mugabe is Racist Anu Anand 17 Sep 07, 04:32 PM The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu has called Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe ‘the worst kind of racist dictator’, and likened him to the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. He said Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown should lead a coalition of countries in mounting stricter international sanctions against Zimbabwe and said the time for ‘African solutions’ is over. And …the next article can be read in fully <a href="http://ivo.co.za/2007/07/12/mbeki-crime-racist/" target="_blank">HERE </a>…from a journalist in South Africa… worth reading! <blockquote>This made me angry. As it turned out, the Sunday Times changed the tone and meaning of Mbeki’s words by selective quotation. For example, it used an innoccuous ellipsis to omit a crucial caveat: “but by no means everybody who is white”. So contrary to the impression left by the report, Mbeki wasn’t calling everyone who complained about crime a racist.</blockquote> Worth reading <a href="http://ivo.co.za/2008/03/28/the-ogre-of-harare/" target="_blank">The ogre of Harare </a>here on this link. <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sokwanele.com/images/general/mbekimugabe_cartoon.jpg" /> This is a brilliant image of Thabo Mbeki …supporting Mugabe! On <a href="http://kruidjieroermynie.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/zim-sprokie/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>here, you can read…unfortunately in Afrikaans only … how farmers in Zimbabwe were forced to leave their farms…despite what’s going on in the country!!! THREE news articles…but only in Afrikaans..about this outrageous situation! Update: Read this article <a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_2302233,00.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>…where 60 mostly white farmers have been evicted from their land… Harare – More than 60 mostly white Zimbabwean farmers have been evicted from their land by war veterans loyal to President Robert Mugabe since the weekend, a farmers’ union said on Tuesday. “The situation is very severe. The evictions are continuing right round the country. “We have over 60 farmers evicted as of this morning. “Every couple of minutes my phone is ringing with another case of eviction,” Commercial Farmers’ Union President Trevor Gifford told Reuters. The veterans have been used as political shock troops by President Robert Mugabe. Read the entire article on the link! <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sokwanele.com/files/images/beaten2pics_b.jpg" /> Click <a href="http://www.sokwanele.com/" target="_blank">HERE </a>to read about what you see on this image! WHY IS THE WORLD STILL WAITING!!! I want to call the leaders of this world..COWARDS!!! Come on England…YOU are the one to do something…YOU placed Mugabe there!!! in 1980!! South Africa’s President –Thabo Mbeki – has resigned as President….update: Sept 2008 By Phakamisa Ndzamela Reuters – JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki has agreed to step down after the ruling African National Congress asked him to resign, his office said on Saturday. The ANC’s decision to remove Mbeki, who was favoured by investors for his pro-business policies, could raise political instability in Africa’s economic powerhouse 14 years after its transition from the end of white minority rule. But a smooth process to replace him may calm investor fears. “Following the decision of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress to recall President Thabo Mbeki, the President has obliged and will step down after all constitutional requirements have been met,” the presidency said in a statement. The ANC’s National Executive Committee, its top decision-making body, earlier decided to recall the president following years of infighting since his decision to fire his then deputy Jacob Zuma in 2005. “After a long and difficult discussion the ANC decided to recall the President before his term of office expires,” ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe told a news conference. The decision must now be ratified by parliament, which should be a formality, given the ANC’s two-thirds majority. Mbeki, who has ruled South Africa since taking over from Nelson Mandela in 1999, was due to leave office in 2009. He lost the leadership of the ANC to Zuma last year. Zuma, who is popular with leftists within the party and with its trade union and communist party allies, is the frontrunner to succeed Mbeki. MANUEL TO STAY It was unclear whether he would immediately step into the breach left by Mbeki. He would first have to be appointed to parliament and the cabinet. Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka could assume the presidency but she has signalled she will resign with Mbeki. Cabinet ministers and the speaker of parliament follow in the succession line. It is generally expected that parliament, which is dominated by the ANC, will elect a new president within 30 days. Baleka Mbete, the speaker of parliament and a Zuma loyalist, has been mentioned as the most likely one to lead the transition. Mantashe said the ANC would ask Mbeki’s cabinet ministers, including Finance Minister Trevor Manuel — who is widely respected by markets — to remain in their positions in the transition period for the sake of stability. Manuel’s office told Reuters he would not step down — a decision that should calm some investors fears. “If you have the continuity of the cabinet staying largely intact I would not expect a major market reaction,” Citigroup strategist Leon Myburgh said. “But you will have to see how individuals react…key decision-makers like Finance Minister Trevor Manuel will be key to how the market reacts. Mbeki and Manuel have presided over the country’s longest ever period of economic growth — a decade. Mbeki’s presidency ended after a heated debate within the ANC executive committee over his future in the wake of allegations he had meddled in a corruption case against Zuma. Trade unions and ANC members have accused Mbeki and his aides of plotting to smear Zuma and derail his hopes of succeeding Mbeki. The South African leader has consistently denied any involvement in the prosecution. Last week a judge dismissed the charges against Zuma, which were linked to an arms deal, and suggested that there had been high-level political involvement in the case. The ruling spurred Zuma militants within the executive to demand Mbeki’s head. (Writing by Paul Simao and Gordon Bell; editing by Angus MacSwan) Source: <a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080920/tpl-uk-safrica-politics-mbeki-43a8d4f.html" rel="nofollow">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080920/tpl-uk-safrica-politics-mbeki-43a8d4f.html</a> And on this link <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/20/newsid_4326000/4326975.stm" target="_blank">HERE</a> you can read about the 1983 car bomb in Church Street, Pretoria, where the ANC killed 17 people and more than 100 were injured. People like you and me… minding their own business on a normal day. Oliver Tambo admitted planting the bomb. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10703" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstraat-bom/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg" data-orig-size="468,549" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Kerkstraat bom" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg?w=468" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg?w=468" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-10703" title="Kerkstraat bom" alt="Kerkstraat bom" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg?w=255" width="255" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg?w=255 255w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraat-bom.jpg 468w" sizes="(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/apartheid1.jpg"><img title="apartheid1" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/apartheid1.jpg" width="500" height="55" /></a> <a href="http://crime-of-apartheid.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/conflict-of-past-factual-review-die.html" target="_blank">http://crime-of-apartheid.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/conflict-of-past-factual-review-die.html</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15651" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstbom02whisnews21/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg" data-orig-size="600,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kerkstbom02whisnews21" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15651" alt="kerkstbom02whisnews21" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="283" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom02whisnews21.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Kerkstraat bom 1983 Images: Whisnews bottom pic: people shocked by what was happening. This is what Mandela organised. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15652" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstbom03whisnews21/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg" data-orig-size="600,340" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kerkstbom03whisnews21" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15652" alt="kerkstbom03whisnews21" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="283" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstbom03whisnews21.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15653" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstraatbom_dieburger/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg" data-orig-size="880,638" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kerkstraatbom_dieburger" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15653" alt="kerkstraatbom_dieburger" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="362" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg?w=768 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger.jpg 880w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15654" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,678" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15654" alt="kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="331" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_maroelamedia.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Maroela Media – 13 May 2013 – 30 years on, after the bomb of Mandela. Loved ones and victims remembered… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15655" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg" data-orig-size="779,549" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kerkstraatbom_dieburger1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15655" alt="kerkstraatbom_dieburger1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="352" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg?w=768 768w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kerkstraatbom_dieburger1.jpg 779w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Image: Die Burger – 30 years on, after the bomb in Pretoria by Mandela where 16 innocent people were killed. It makes me sick to think people think Mandela is a hero! Update: 2012 – Read on the above link more about the 1983 bomb. Also images available on this link. Agtergrondinligting: Kerkstraatbom – 20 Mei 1983 20 Mei 2008 Die Polisie-ondersoek van die bomontploffing te Kerkstraat-Wes, PRETORIA, op 20 Mei 1983 om 16:28, het die volgende feite aan die lig gebring: Die voertuig waarin die bom ontplof het, se bakwerk het geheel-en-al gedisintegreer. Die masjiennommer is afgeskuur. Deur middel van die onderstelnommer wat tussen die rommel gevind is, is die voertuig as ŉ roomkleurige 1982-model Colt Galant geïdentifiseer. Dit is op 19 Junie 1982 vanaf die perseel van mnr. V.A. Sabattier te 6de Laan 5, Edenvale gesteel. Tussen die rommel is ook ŉ stuk van ŉ voertuigregistrasieplaat wat met ŉ “SD”-registrasienommer begin, gevind. · As gevolg van die ontploffing, is 19 persone gedood – 17 mans (8 swart, 9 wit) en 2 vrouens. Ernstige skade is aan geboue en voertuie in Kerkstraat-Wes tussen Bosman- en Schubartstraat aangerig. Die skade het ongeveer R4 000 000 in 1983-terme beloop. Getuienis is bekom dat ŉ roomkleurige Colt Galant met ŉ “SD”-registrasienommer op 20 Mei 1983 om ongeveer 11:00 deur ene Freddi Butana Shongwe van Blok B388, Mamelodi na die huis van Bakayi Ezekiel Maseko te Blok J 2824, Mamelodi gebring is. Shongwe het by ene Jerry Shabangu verneem of die oorsprong van die voertuig nog bepaal kan word indien die masjiennommer verwyder is. Hy het die roomkleurige Colt Galant aan Shabangu getoon waar dit agter Maseko se huis versteek was. Shongwe het aan Shabangu gemeld dat die voertuig vir ŉ “groot werk” gebruik gaan word, sonder om te sê wat die “werk” sou wees. Maseko se vrou Anna het gesien dat Maseko en Shongwe die masjiennommer met ŉ elektriese skuurmasjien afgeskuur het. Shongwe het om ongeveer 15:50 haastig met die Colt Galant vertrek terwyl Maseko hom in laasgenoemde se Kombi gevolg het. Hulle was so haastig dat hulle die elektriese skuurmasjien buite die huis gelaat het waar hulle daarmee gewerk het. Vanaf 20 Mei 1983 toe Shongwe en Maseko nie tuisgekom het nie, het hulle familie na hulle begin soek. Op 28 Mei 1983 is Maseko se Kombi agter die Poyntonsgebou in Schubartstraat, Pretoria gevind. Die voertuig was nie gesluit nie. Binne die voertuig is ŉ baadjie van Shongwe gevind wat hy op 20 Mei 1983 aangehad het. In die voertuig is ook ŉ papiersak met ŉ draagbare radio in, gevind. Nadat die voertuig met die inhoud verwyder is, het die familie begin vermoed dat Maseko en Shongwe onder die slagoffers van die ontploffing kon wees. Maseko se liggaam is daarop by die Staatslykhuis uitgeken. Maseko se liggaam is aan die noordelike kant van Kerkstraat regoor die ontploffing gevind. Na die ontploffing op 20 Mei 1983 is verskeie liggaamsdele gevind wat oor die toneel versprei was. Op 13 Junie 1983 is die voete van hierdie persoon deur sy moeder as dié van Freddie Shongwe uitgeken. Shongwe se vrou het ook ŉ stuk broek en lyfband wat op die toneel gevind is, as die eiendom van Shongwe herken. Uit die verspreiding en gedeeltes wat aan die voertuigwrak gevind is, is dit duidelik dat Shongwe tydens die ontploffing in die voertuig was. Volgens die verklaring van ŉ getuie wat op 20 Mei 1983 voor die Nedparkgebou in Kerkstraat-Wes, Pretoria in haar motor gesit het, het ŉ roomkleurige Colt Galant voor haar stilgehou. Pas nadat die voertuig tot stilstand gekom het, het die ontploffing gevolg. Op 7 Julie 1983 het Anna Maseko die elektriese skuurmasjien, asook die draagbare radio aan die ondersoekers oorhandig. By ondersoek is gevind dat die draagbare radio wat in Maseko se Kombi gevind is, van ŉ ingeboude afstandbeheerkontrole voorsien is. Hierdie afstandbeheerkontrole is deur deskundiges in werkende orde bevind. Dit was ook in staat om plofstof oor ŉ afstand te laat ontplof. Volgens deskundiges is die frekwensie waarop die afstandbeheerkontrole ingestel was, baie sensitief, en kon dit deur ander faktore wat binne die beheerafstand kom, geaktiveer word. In Maseko se klere by sy huis is kontant ten bedrae van R3 000 gevind, waarvoor Anna Maseko geen verklaring kon vind nie. Sy het van die geld vir die begrafniskoste gebruik. Shongwe en Maseko het vorige veroordelings weens “huisbraak en brandkasdiefstalle” gehad. Shongwe en Maseko het by meer as een geleentheid saam na Swaziland gegaan. Shongwe het Swaziland soms tot twee keer per maand besoek. Getuienis is gevind dat Shongwe aan huis van bekende lede van die African National Congress (ANC) in Swaziland gesien is. Shongwe is die neef van ŉ opgeleide ANC-lid, Johannes Mnisi. Volgens inligting het Shongwe en Maseko met bogenoemde in Swaziland skakeling gehad. Dit is ook vasgestel dat Shongwe Swaziland laas van 16 tot 17 Mei 1983 besoek het. Tydens die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie (WVK) se werksaamhede is amnestie vir die Kerkstraatbom toegestaan aan Aboobaker Ismail, destydse hoof van Umkhonto we Sizwe se eenheid vir spesiale operasies, en Johannes Mnisi. Ten spyte daarvan dat die ANC reeds in die verlede erken het dat die ANC se militêre vleuel, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), se optrede “ten alle tye aan die politieke leierskap van die ANC onderhewig was”, het geen lid van die ANC se NUK van daardie tyd om amnestie vir die Kerkstraatbom aansoek gedoen nie. Source: <a href="http://www.afriforum.co.za/agtergrondinligting-kerkstraatbom-%E2%80%93-20-mei-1983/" rel="nofollow">http://www.afriforum.co.za/agtergrondinligting-kerkstraatbom-%E2%80%93-20-mei-1983/</a> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/coward/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Coward!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1256 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday-south-africa category-kalahari-woestyn category-karoo category-konsentrasie-kampe category-namakwaland category-namaqualand category-namaqualand-daisies category-noord-wes-kaap-provinsie category-north-west-cape-province category-onseepkans category-pofadder category-sanparks category-south-africa category-south-africa-national-parks category-springbok category-suid-afrika tag-anne-frank tag-augrabies-falls tag-augrabies-national-park tag-azerbaijan tag-cape-province tag-daisies tag-holiday-south-africa tag-kalahari-woestyn tag-karoo tag-konsentrasie-kampe tag-namakwaland tag-namaqualand tag-namaqualand-daisies tag-national-parks-of-south-africa tag-noord-wes-kaap-provinsie tag-north-west-cape-province tag-onseepkans tag-pofadder tag-sanparks tag-south-africa tag-south-african-flowers tag-springbok tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1256"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/worth-visiting/" rel="bookmark">Worth visiting</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/holiday-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Holiday South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kalahari-woestyn/" rel="category tag">Kalahari-Woestyn</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/karoo/" rel="category tag">Karoo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/konsentrasie-kampe/" rel="category tag">konsentrasie kampe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/namakwaland/" rel="category tag">Namakwaland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/namaqualand/" rel="category tag">Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/namaqualand-daisies/" rel="category tag">Namaqualand daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/noord-wes-kaap-provinsie/" rel="category tag">Noord-Wes Kaap Provinsie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/north-west-cape-province/" rel="category tag">North West Cape Province</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/onseepkans/" rel="category tag">Onseepkans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pofadder/" rel="category tag">Pofadder</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sanparks/" rel="category tag">SANPARKS</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa-national-parks/" rel="category tag">South Africa National Parks</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/springbok/" rel="category tag">Springbok</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anne-frank/" rel="tag">Anne Frank</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/augrabies-falls/" rel="tag">Augrabies Falls</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/augrabies-national-park/" rel="tag">Augrabies National Park</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/azerbaijan/" rel="tag">Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-province/" rel="tag">Cape Province</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/daisies/" rel="tag">Daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday-south-africa/" rel="tag">Holiday South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kalahari-woestyn/" rel="tag">Kalahari-Woestyn</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/karoo/" rel="tag">Karoo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/konsentrasie-kampe/" rel="tag">konsentrasie kampe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namakwaland/" rel="tag">Namakwaland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namaqualand/" rel="tag">Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/namaqualand-daisies/" rel="tag">Namaqualand daisies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-parks-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">National Parks of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/noord-wes-kaap-provinsie/" rel="tag">Noord-Wes Kaap Provinsie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/north-west-cape-province/" rel="tag">North West Cape Province</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/onseepkans/" rel="tag">Onseepkans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pofadder/" rel="tag">Pofadder</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sanparks/" rel="tag">SANPARKS</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-flowers/" rel="tag">South African flowers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/springbok/" rel="tag">Springbok</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 29/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/worth-visiting/#comments">3 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2197397017_0208db84f1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" border="0" /> Ek was deur Skoor gevra om drie inskrywings van my blog te kies wat ek baie van hou, so, hier is hulle. Die eerste inskrywing is van ‘n plek wat ek nog nie besoek het nie: Die Noord-Wes gedeelte van ons land. ‘n Baie goeie vriendin van my het daar gebly en so ver ek weet het sy nog familie daar: Pofadder. English readers: scroll down for English. This entry is about other entries on my blog. Klik <a href="http://mykopop.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/ons-sien-kans-vir-onseepkans/">Hier vir</a> Onseepkans, Pofadder, Springbok. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/i56.photobucket.com/albums/g188/Kirsty2006_2007/namakwa-1.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" border="0" /> <img style="width:427px;height:294px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sleeping-out.co.za/ftp/Maps/1887-M-2185.jpg" alt="" width="286" height="277" border="0" /> Image: ww.sleeping-out.co.za <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.sanparks.org/parks/augrabies/images/maps/star.gif" alt="" width="177" height="152" border="0" /> The Augrabies Falls National Park is also in that area – see the red star on the map…click <a href="http://www.sanparks.org/parks/augrabies/">HERE </a>to visit the South African National Parks website linked to the Augrabies Falls Park and other National Parks too, of cours. The word “Augrabies” is derived from the Khoi word which means…”noisy one”… Augrabies Falls About 120 km west of Upington, in a barren and desolate land of sand, scrub and rock, the broad Orange River plunges through a massive canyon in a sudden and dramatic sequence of rapids and cascades. The waters descend through the ravine to breach the main gorge. Here, the Augrabies waterfalls drop, sheer at first and then in a misty tumble of cataracts, to the turbulent, rock-enclosed pool 200 m below. The Augrabies Falls are without doubt the most impressive waterfalls along the Orange River and are located approximately 120 km downstream of Upington. The falls occur at a point where the Orange River alters from a wide slowly flowing river traversing sandy soils to a fast flowing narrow river cutting its way through ancient granites. Read <a href="http://www.encounter.co.za/article/89.html">ON THIS SITE </a>more about the Augrabies Waterfall and see more awesome pictures too! Follow the “Wildlife” link to read about Pangolins! Coelacanths – the African Fish Eagle -the Shangaan, the Xhosas, Shaka, the King of the Zulu, Sterkfontein Caves (a World Heritage site). Nongqawuse – Prophetess of Doom.The Xhosa people were almost led to commit suicide in the 1800’s by a fourteen-year-old ‘prophetess’; who claimed she had received a message from the ancestors. <div><img src="https://i0.wp.com/williewerkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/parkie-mark-001.jpg" alt="" width="235" height="172" border="0" /> Jasper visited Azerbaijan and if you click <a href="http://williewerkie.com/?p=64">HERE </a>you can see more pictures on his blog. Azerbaijan is a country I would like to visit – these Eastern European countries do attract me! Rosalind blogged about the Jewish concentration camps and inspired me to blog about <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/"> Anne Frank </a>and the South African concentration camps.</div> <div></div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/worth-visiting/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Worth visiting">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1243 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-how-to-make-biltong category-preserved-meat category-resepte category-south-african-delicacies category-suid-afrika tag-biltong tag-biltong-recipes tag-biltong-resepte tag-how-to-make-biltong tag-preserved-meat tag-recipes tag-resepte tag-south-africa tag-south-african-delicacies tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1243"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/biltongsoooo-yummy/" rel="bookmark">Biltong…soooo yummy!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/how-to-make-biltong/" rel="category tag">How to make biltong</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/preserved-meat/" rel="category tag">preserved meat</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/resepte/" rel="category tag">resepte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-delicacies/" rel="category tag">South African delicacies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/biltong/" rel="tag">biltong</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/biltong-recipes/" rel="tag">biltong recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/biltong-resepte/" rel="tag">biltong resepte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/how-to-make-biltong/" rel="tag">How to make biltong</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/preserved-meat/" rel="tag">preserved meat</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/recipes/" rel="tag">recipes</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/resepte/" rel="tag">resepte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-delicacies/" rel="tag">South African delicacies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 28/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/biltongsoooo-yummy/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="1" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.biltongmakers.com/biltong-11.jpg" height="1" /><img border="0" width="310" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.biltongmakers.com/biltong-11.jpg" height="230" /> If you want to know if somebody is a South African, ask him to say the word…biltong… and…moreover, ask him what it is… ha! he won’t tell you what it is…he will just say…..hmmmmmmmmm…….yummmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyy!! then you will know…that is a real South African, and not a “made” one…! My favourite is….Kudu biltong! of course you get biltong made of ostritch and all kinds of animals and people have their favourites… but, please don’t try elephant biltong…too much sinews! lol! I had it once…while we travelled the Kruger National Park…never again! That’s the best thing to have with you while travelling there… because biltong is something you shouldn’t gobble up so quickly…(but if you don’t get it every day…like you’re not in SA…and you do get it once in a while…there’s just no other way…you can’t help yourself…you have to gobble it up so quickly….<sigh>..) you have to taste it…think about it….chew it slowly…think more about it and the taste…see if you can find a lion at the water hole….then have another bite… aaah! yummy…. I like mine quite dry too… cut in small bits…. yikes! mouthwatering!! Click <a href="http://www.biltongmakers.com/biltong04_biltongstory.html">HERE </a>to read original article…but…most importantly…to learn everything about Biltong, how to make it, spices, hints and tips, cutters, etc….. The word BILTONG is derived from the words “BIL” (BUTTOCK) or meat and ‘TONG” or strip. So it is just a strip of meat. For centuries mankind has endeavoured to preserve meat. Seafarers, centuries ago, pickled meat in large wooden caskets and devoured this during the months they were at sea. No wonder they suffered from scurvy!! African folklore has it that migrating African tribesmen, herding their stock, would place strips of venison under the saddles on their horses as the chaffing would tenderise the meat and the sweat of the animals would spice it! This must be when vegetarians were born!! BILTONG as we know this delicacy today, is a rich inheritance from pioneering South African forefathers who sun dried meat during their trek across the African Subcontinent. The basic spicing is a dramatic blend of vinegar, salt, sugar, coriander and other spices. These were in abundance in the then Cape Colony, as the French Hugenots produced wine and vinegar from their grape crops and the colony was the halfway stop for seafarers plying the spice routes of the East. Various brine recipes and marinades were created and handed down for generations! Today BILTONG and DROE WORS (dried South African sausage) is a massive industry and the most sought after delicacies in Southern Africa <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/biltongsoooo-yummy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Biltong…soooo yummy!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1237 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-culture category-flags category-geskiedenis category-history category-kultuur category-music-videos category-musiek-videos category-oranje-blanje-blou category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-culture tag-flags tag-geskiedenis tag-history tag-kultuur tag-music-videos tag-musiek-videos tag-oranje-blanje-blou tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-vlae" id="post-1237"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/oranje-blanje-blou/" rel="bookmark">Oranje Blanje Blou</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/culture/" rel="category tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/flags/" rel="category tag">flags</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kultuur/" rel="category tag">kultuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiek-videos/" rel="category tag">musiek videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/oranje-blanje-blou/" rel="category tag">Oranje Blanje Blou</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/flags/" rel="tag">flags</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kultuur/" rel="tag">kultuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek-videos/" rel="tag">musiek videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oranje-blanje-blou/" rel="tag">Oranje Blanje Blou</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vlae/" rel="tag">Vlae</a> on 25/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/oranje-blanje-blou/#comments">3 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="324" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.crwflags.com/FOTW/images/z/za-1928.gif" height="216" /> <img border="0" width="558" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.crwflags.com/FOTW/images/z/za%291928.gif" height="216" style="width:177px;height:57px;" /> Flag of 1928-1994 Following the Union of South Africa , that is the joining if the former colonies of Natal, Cape, Transvaal and Orange River on 31 May 1910, South Africa used defaced red and blue ensigns. Having suffered defeat in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), many South Africans particularly of Boer extraction found these flags unacceptable. Discussions about a new flag had taken place from time to time but were interrupted by such pressing issues as World War I and achieving Dominion Status within the British Empire etc. and it was only in 1925 that the matter began to receive renewed attention. The Balfour Declaration adopted at the Imperial Conference of 1926 defined in general terms the mutual constitutional relationship of the self-governing members of the British Empire (later Commonwealth) whereby Great Britain and the dominions were “equal in status, in no way subordinate to one another” and as such South Africa, as an independent state was entitled to a flag of its own. The flag issue in South Africa was also considered along with the question of nationality. The issue of inclusion of the Union Jack proved to be a very emotional subject, with the English-speakers on the one side demanding its inclusion and the Afrikaners (Boers) seeing its a symbol of British imperialism demanding it be excluded! A number of proposals were put forward but it was not until the Princevlag design based on the House of Orange that consensus began to emerge. This design was based on the commonly held view that Jan van Riebeeck has raised an orange, white and blue horizontal tricolour when he arrived at the Cape in April 1652. The original design had a quartered shield in the centre, each quarter having a symbol to represent the territories making up the Union. Various other designs were submitted to a Parliamentary Committee which had been established to resolve the issue but none found favour. Read on this link <a href="http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/flags/za_old.html">HERE </a>more and it is really worth visiting…very extensive site with information/flags/history on South Africa …. This song, unfortunately in Afrikaans, is beautiful… “oranje”… = orange…”blou” = blue…it’s a song to motivate people in South Africa to stand together… and to keep spirits high… to have hope….worth listening even if you don’t understand…beautiful images of the country you will enjoy… This flag is…of course you know perhaps….also our country’s old flag.. and we used to call it the “Oranje Blanje Blou”…. <pre> </pre> ORANJE-BLANJE-BLOU Woorde: EITEMAL, na “O.D., hoch in Ehren” Musiek: HENRY HUGH PIERSON Die Hoogland is ons woning, die land van son en veld, waar woeste vryheidswinde waai oor graf van meenge held. Die ruimtes het ons siel gevoed, ons kan g’n slawe wees, want vryer as die arendsvlug, die vlugte van ons gees. [REFREIN] Dis die tyd, dis die dag, om te handhaaf en te bou. Hoog die hart, hoog die vlag, hoog Oranje-blanje-blou! Ons gaan saam die donker toekoms in om as een te sneuwel of oorwin, met ons oog gerig op jou, ons Oranje-blanje-blou! Die ruwe bergereekse staan hoog teen awendlug, soos gryse ewighede daar versteen, verstyf in vlug. En stewig soos die grou graniet ons Boeretrots en -trou, die fondament waarop ons hier ‘n nuwe nasie bou. [REFREIN] Dis die tyd, dis die dag, om te handhaaf en te bou. Hoog die hart, hoog die vlag, hoog Oranje-blanje-blou! Ons gaan saam die donker toekoms in om as een te sneuwel of oorwin, met ons oog gerig op jou, ons Oranje-blanje-blou! Die God van onse vaders het ons hierheen gelei, ons dien sy grootse skeppingsplan, solank ons Boere bly. Ons buig ons hoof voor Hom alleen; en as Hy ons verhoor omgord ons bly die lendene: Die toekoms wink daar voor. [REFREIN] Dis die tyd, dis die dag, om te handhaaf en te bou. Hoog die hart, hoog die vlag, hoog Oranje-blanje-blou! Ons gaan saam die donker toekoms in om as een te sneuwel of oorwin, met ons oog gerig op jou, ons Oranje-blanje-blou! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ADMleRoGCrE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/oranje-blanje-blou/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Oranje Blanje Blou">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1236 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-stories category-authors category-books category-classical-stories category-fiction category-fiksie category-groot-marico category-herman-charles-bosman category-klassieke-verhale category-letterkunde category-literacy category-mafeking-road category-oom-schalk-lourens category-reading category-short-stories category-skrywers category-south-africa category-south-african-authors category-south-african-classical-stories category-south-african-writers category-stories category-suid-afrikaanse-klassieke-skrywers category-suid-afrikaanse-skrywers category-verhale tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-stories tag-afrikaanse-verhale tag-groot-marico tag-herman-charles-bosman tag-klassieke-verhale tag-letterkunde tag-literacy tag-mafeking-road tag-oom-schalk-lourens tag-short-stories tag-south-africa tag-south-african-classical-stories tag-south-african-stories tag-stories tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-klassieke-verhale tag-suid-afrikaanse-outeurs tag-suid-afrikaanse-skrywers tag-verhale" id="post-1236"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/mafeking-road/" rel="bookmark">Mafeking Road</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-stories/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/authors/" rel="category tag">Authors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/books/" rel="category tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/classical-stories/" rel="category tag">Classical stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fiction/" rel="category tag">fiction</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/fiksie/" rel="category tag">Fiksie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/groot-marico/" rel="category tag">Groot Marico</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/herman-charles-bosman/" rel="category tag">Herman Charles Bosman</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/klassieke-verhale/" rel="category tag">Klassieke verhale</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/letterkunde/" rel="category tag">Letterkunde</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/literacy/" rel="category tag">Literacy</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mafeking-road/" rel="category tag">Mafeking Road</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/oom-schalk-lourens/" rel="category tag">Oom Schalk Lourens</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/reading/" rel="category tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/short-stories/" rel="category tag">short stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skrywers/" rel="category tag">skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-authors/" rel="category tag">South African authors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-classical-stories/" rel="category tag">South African classical stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-writers/" rel="category tag">South African writers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/stories/" rel="category tag">stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-klassieke-skrywers/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse klassieke skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-skrywers/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/verhale/" rel="category tag">verhale</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-stories/" rel="tag">Afrikaans stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-verhale/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse verhale</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/groot-marico/" rel="tag">Groot Marico</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/herman-charles-bosman/" rel="tag">Herman Charles Bosman</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/klassieke-verhale/" rel="tag">Klassieke verhale</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/letterkunde/" rel="tag">Letterkunde</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/literacy/" rel="tag">Literacy</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mafeking-road/" rel="tag">Mafeking Road</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oom-schalk-lourens/" rel="tag">Oom Schalk Lourens</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/short-stories/" rel="tag">short stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-classical-stories/" rel="tag">South African classical stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-stories/" rel="tag">South African stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stories/" rel="tag">stories</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-klassieke-verhale/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse Klassieke verhale</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-outeurs/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse outeurs</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-skrywers/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/verhale/" rel="tag">verhale</a> on 24/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/mafeking-road/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="195" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.marico.co.za/HCBosman/Image28.jpg" height="231" /> <img border="0" width="200" src="https://i0.wp.com/images.kalahari.net/ann/all/lg/079/813/902/0798139021.jpg" height="314" /> ISBN:0798139021 Herman Charles Bosman Publisher:Human & Rousseau We read this book during secondary school and I loved these stories of “Oom Schalk Lourens”…”oom” means “uncle”… I think I should get myself this book again! I know I have one…packed away…very old copy…my dad used to go around at bookshops…when he was young…think I take after him in that way…lol! Herman Charles Bosman was one of South Africa’s best (yeah, I know I always call the story writers and poets the “best”…because I try to focus on the best if not the “very” best! lol)… classical story writers….read on Wiki about him… see you later… Herman Charles Bosman (February 3, 1905 – October 14, 1951) is the South African writer widely regarded as South Africa’s greatest short story writer. He studied the works of Edgar Alan Poe and Mark Twain, and developed a style emphasizing the use of irony. His English-language works utilize primarily Afrikaner characters and point to the many contradictions of Afrikaner society in the first half of the twentieth century. Bosman was born at Kuilsrivier, near Cape Town to an Afrikaner family, although he was raised with English as well as Afrikaans. While Bosman was still young, his family moved to Johannesburg where he went to school at Jeppe High School for Boys in Kensington. He was a contributor to the school magazine. When Bosman was sixteen, he started writing short stories for the national Sunday newspaper (the Sunday Times). He attended the University of the Witwatersrand submitting various pieces to student’s literary competitions. Upon graduating, he accepted a teaching position in the Groot Marico district, in an Afrikaans language school. The area and the people inspired him and provided the background for all his best known short stories; the Oom Schalk Lourens series and the Voorkamer sketches. The Oom Schalk Lourens series features an older character with that name. the Voorkamer series are similarly all set in the Marico region. During the school holidays in 1926, he returned to visit his family in Johannesburg. During an argument, he fired a rifle at his stepbrother and killed him. Bosman was sentenced to death and moved to Death row at the Pretoria Central Prison. He was reprieved and sentenced to ten years with hard labour. In 1930, he was released on parole after serving half his sentence. His experiences formed the basis for his semi-autobiographical book, Cold Stone Jug. He then started his own printing press company and was part of a literary set in Johannesburg, associating with poets, journalists and writers, including Aegidius Jean Blignaut. Needing a break, he then toured overseas for nine years, spending most of his time in London. The short stories that he wrote during this period formed the basis for another of his best-known books, Mafeking Road. At the start of the Second World War, he returned to South Africa and worked as a journalist. He found the time to translate the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam into Afrikaans. Read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Bosman">HERE </a>on Wikipedia…more about him… Herman Charles Bosman’s best-loved stories about the Marico District are published here for the first time in the form intended by the author. This text of Mafeking Road – edited by Craig MacKenzie – is the first to appear from the original versions, with an introduction and notes on the texts. Bosman’s storyteller figure Oom Schalk Lourens takes us into the world of the concertina-player who leaves the Marico for fame and glory; the girl who returns from finishing school to dazzle and dupe the Marico yokels; the Boer War soldier with a tragic story to tell about his son; the legendary leopard of Abjaterskop; the man who kills his wife and buries her under the dung floor of his voorkamer … Jealousies, hatreds, loves and betrayals – the entire range of human emotions are laid bare in a manner at once humorous and satirical, romantic and ironic. Mafeking Road reveals to us a world quaint and distant … and yet powerfully familiar. Herman Charles Bosman, who died of a heart attack in 1951, is one of South Africa’s most famous story-tellers. This is a classic collection of his short stories. As a person he had a unique way of seeing life, an intense excitement that he managed to convey in his stories. His books are pre-eminent in the field of South-African literature. Read on <a href="http://www.marico.co.za/HCBosman/Books.htm">THIS SITE </a>more and you can view more books written by him in English as well as in Afrikaans. You can order the book <a href="http://www.kalahari.net/bk/product.asp?sku=737718&showlargeimage=1&toolbar=mweb">HERE </a>from Kalahari.net…. <img border="0" width="173" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.marico.co.za/GM-Logo.jpg" height="193" /> Please click <a href="http://www.marico.co.za/">HERE </a>to visit the Groot Marico on your next trip…this is HC Bosman-world…and read about Patrick Mynhardt… Patrick Mynhardt was the Honory Life President of the HC Bosman Literary Society. <a name="ifyoulike" title="ifyoulike"></a>If you like this, you’d also like… (for the witty teller of folk-tales: -Mark Twain, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” (1867) and other sketches and stories. -Sholom Aleichem, Tevye’s Daughters, and other stories (c.1905-1916). -O.Henry, Heart of the West (1907). Click on <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lahtid/literature/african/bosman/mafeking.htm#summary">THIS LINK</a> to read more…. <img border="0" width="104" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" height="93" /> <img border="0" width="1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" height="1" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/mafeking-road/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mafeking Road">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1234 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-die-lied-van-jong-suid-afrika category-geskiedenis category-great-trek category-history category-pretoria category-suid-afrika category-voortrekkers tag-die-lied-van-jong-suid-afrika tag-geskiedenis tag-great-trek tag-history tag-meaning-of-tshwane tag-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-tshwane tag-voortrekker-monument tag-voortrekkers" id="post-1234"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/pretoria-is-pretoria-2/" rel="bookmark">Pretoria is Pretoria</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-lied-van-jong-suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Die Lied van Jong Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/great-trek/" rel="category tag">Great Trek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/voortrekkers/" rel="category tag">Voortrekkers</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-lied-van-jong-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Die Lied van Jong Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/great-trek/" rel="tag">Great Trek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meaning-of-tshwane/" rel="tag">meaning of tshwane</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/tshwane/" rel="tag">Tshwane</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/voortrekker-monument/" rel="tag">Voortrekker Monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/voortrekkers/" rel="tag">Voortrekkers</a> on 24/03/2008| </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/Rn7TslOx_-I/AAAAAAAAAPs/qSt-047h-kg/s320/pretoria_logo.gif" border="0" alt="" width="208" height="119" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAu_dSOI/AAAAAAAACbA/nH-Ak4Zf0x0/s320/PretoriaS.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="320" height="254" /> On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/pretoria-3/">THIS LINK </a>you can see pics of Pretoria and pics about the roads…and on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/">THIS LINK </a>you can see why it’s also called the Jacaranda City…and Pretoria is one of 3 capitals of SA…in case you didn’t know…it… Cape Town and Bloemfontein are the other capitals…on one of my links you can read why we have 3 capitals! On these three videos, you can follow the history of the Voortrekker Monument …and why Pretoria is called Pretoria… To me…Pretoria will be PRETORIA and not..Tshwane!! According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Tshwane_Metropolitan_Municipality">WIKI </a>Tshwane comes from “black cow” or “monkey” – from the Ndebele word “tshwene”! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hjWHDumFTcg?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LbMe49rtwSY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lw02p5UqBYY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> The words of the song on the last video…it gives me goosebumps to hear it!! When I was at school… we used to sing this song…. about “Young South Africa”, the National Anthem, the Flag song AND the school song…every week…yes, every school in SA has got a song as part of the school ethos……. and you are very proud when singing it…you would stand to attention when singing it…it’s really a beautiful song, hope I can get a translation somewhere! It describes the country in a beautiful way… DIE LIED VAN JONG SUID-AFRIKA Woorde: EITEMAL; gewysig: P. MCLACHLAN Musiek: HUGO GUTSCHE; verwerk: DIRKIE DE VILLIERS En hoor jy die magtige dreuning? Oor die veld kom dit wyd gesweef: die lied van ‘n volk se ontwaking wat harte laat sidder en beef. Van Kaapland tot bo in die Noorde rys dawerend luid die akkoorde: Dit is die LIED van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die LIED van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die LIED van Jong Suid-Afrika. Die klop van die Voortrekkerwawiel het die eeue se rus verstoor; die klank van die voorlaaierskote het klowe en kranse gehoor. Die diere het stil staan en luister, die bome het bewend gefluister: Dit is die KOMS van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die KOMS van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die KOMS van Jong Suid-Afrika. Waar songloed in glorie die berge oor hul fronsende voorhoof streel, waar ruisende wind oor die vlaktes met grassaad kerjakker en speel, die land wat ons vaders gekoop het, met bloed tot ons eie gedoop het: Dit is die LAND van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die LAND van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die LAND van Jong Suid-Afrika. Die golwende veld is ons woning en ons dak is die hemelblou; die Vryheid alleen is ons koning, sy wagwoord is: “Handhaaf en bou”. Die stryd wat ons vaders begin het sal woed tot ons sterf of oorwin het. Dit is die EED van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die EED van Jong Suid-Afrika, dit is die EED van Jong Suid-Afrika <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" border="0" alt="" width="104" height="93" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/pretoria-is-pretoria-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pretoria is Pretoria">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1222 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-ancestors category-culture category-family-roots category-french-huguenots category-history category-monuments category-south-african-monuments tag-ancestors tag-calvinism tag-cellier tag-celliers tag-cillie tag-cilliers tag-cilliers-family-tree tag-culture tag-elizabeth-couvret tag-family-roots tag-franschhoek-monument tag-franse-hugenote tag-french-huguenot-monuments tag-french-huguenots tag-haidee tag-history tag-josue-cellier tag-monumente tag-monuments tag-religion-war tag-south-africa tag-south-african-monuments tag-stamvaders tag-suid-afrika tag-voorgeslagte" id="post-1222"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/" rel="bookmark">Cilliers Ancestors</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ancestors/" rel="category tag">ancestors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/culture/" rel="category tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/family-roots/" rel="category tag">family roots</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/french-huguenots/" rel="category tag">French Huguenots</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/monuments/" rel="category tag">monuments</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-monuments/" rel="category tag">South African monuments</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ancestors/" rel="tag">ancestors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/calvinism/" rel="tag">Calvinism</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cellier/" rel="tag">Cellier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/celliers/" rel="tag">Celliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cillie/" rel="tag">Cillie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cilliers/" rel="tag">Cilliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cilliers-family-tree/" rel="tag">Cilliers Family Tree</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/elizabeth-couvret/" rel="tag">Elizabeth Couvret</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/family-roots/" rel="tag">family roots</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/franschhoek-monument/" rel="tag">Franschhoek monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/franse-hugenote/" rel="tag">Franse Hugenote</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/french-huguenot-monuments/" rel="tag">French Huguenot monuments</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/french-huguenots/" rel="tag">French Huguenots</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/haidee/" rel="tag">Haidee</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/josue-cellier/" rel="tag">Josue Cellier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/monumente/" rel="tag">monumente</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/monuments/" rel="tag">monuments</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/religion-war/" rel="tag">Religion war</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-monuments/" rel="tag">South African monuments</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stamvaders/" rel="tag">Stamvaders</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/voorgeslagte/" rel="tag">Voorgeslagte</a> on 21/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/#comments">13 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers.jpg"><img title="cilliers" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers.jpg" alt="" width="159" height="195" /></a> <h4>This is the family coat of arms.</h4> Update – 5/8/2018 – I have found more info and will add it soon. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12826" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/humap/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg" data-orig-size="915,1017" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="humap" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12826" title="humap" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg?w=269" alt="" width="269" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg?w=269 269w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/humap.jpg?w=538 538w" sizes="(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px" /></a> <h4>Areas where the Dutch and French Huguenots were given farms to settle.</h4> <h3><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12825" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/hularochelle/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg" data-orig-size="654,510" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="hularochelle" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12825" title="hularochelle" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="233" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hularochelle.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> The French Huguenots from La Rochelle</h3> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/lh5.google.com/hganshorn/Rxwqtl-S_EI/AAAAAAAAAkU/iXwbWOBbZF4/IMG_0425.JPG.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="284" border="0" /> <h4 class="lhcl_caption">The Huguenot monument in Franschhoek (the Huguenots fled religious persecution in France, and many settled in the Cape). Today, many Afrikaner names show their French origins and I’m one of those many South Africans. I’m busy with a family-history-study of my ancestors and this is what I’ve found so far. This post will get updated as I find more information. Most links in this post will open in a new window.</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12827" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/hustamp/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg" data-orig-size="737,407" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="hustamp" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12827" title="hustamp" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="165" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/hustamp.jpg?w=598 598w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <h3> Update: 30/6/2013</h3> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/haidee_large.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14996" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/haidee_large/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/haidee_large.jpg" data-orig-size="640,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="haidee_large" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/haidee_large.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/haidee_large.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-14996" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/haidee_large.jpg?w=500" alt="haidee_large" width="200" height="175" /></a> The Haidee <h4>Read <a style="color:#008080;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenots_in_South_Africa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE MORE </a>about the French Huguenots that settled in South Africa. (This link does not work anymore!) </h4> Jan.09 update: Please follow this link if your surname is Celliers/Cilliers/Cillie…etc. <a href="http://www.myheritage.com/site-33834231/cilliers-family-web-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.myheritage.com/site-33834231/cilliers-family-web-site</a> Josue Cellier, b. 1667, Orleans, France Another record…Josube Cellier, b 1676, Orleans, France.. <h4>Click on <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>to use the search facility to find ancestors….. On Olivetree <a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tosafp01.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>you can see more passenger-lists…Please click <a href="http://www.genealogyworld.net/ellen/NotesonHuguenotFamilies.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE</a> for more information on the France Huguenots that came to South Africa. And on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about the Religion War and French Huguenots… This <a href="http://www.sa-passenger-list.za.net/huguenotsettlers.php#z00015" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK HERE </a>is a passenger ship-list of Huguenots that arrived in South Africa between 1683 and 1756.</h4> <h4>Search <a href="http://www.sa-passenger-list.za.net/capeships.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS SITE </a>for more information on these records.</h4> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cellier-passengers.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="7516" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/cellier-passengers/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cellier-passengers.jpg" data-orig-size="610,440" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="cellier-passengers" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cellier-passengers.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cellier-passengers.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7516" title="cellier-passengers" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cellier-passengers.jpg" alt="cellier-passengers" width="464" height="344" /></a> The REYGERSDAL arrived at Table Bay in 1700…passengers on the ship, click on the image for a clear, larger view. NOTES: <a title="z0001" name="z0001"></a><a href="http://null/#y0001">1.</a> Married (2) Paul Roux in 1722 <a title="z0002" name="z0002"></a><a href="http://null/#y0002">2.</a>Brother of Elizabeth Couvret. He returned to Europe in 1712 with his wife and 4 children. Josué CELLIER *Frankryk, Orléans c1667 +Paarl //.10.1721 xElisabeth Couvret *Frankryk, Orléans c1676 +c1743 xxc1722 wew-Paul Roux *Frankryk, Orange c1665 +Paarl 07.02.1723 xc1688 Claudine Seugneté *Frankryk, Saintogne, c1671 + (xxElisabeth Couvret) Kinders van Josué Cellier en Elisabeth Couvret b1 Josué =Paarl 02.01.1701 X Ongetroud, + 19.04.1770 b2 Jan *c1702, X Paarl 5.12.1728 Anna Marais weduwee van Gabriel Rossouw b3 Pierre =Paarl 10.11.1703, +Voor 1712 b4 Elisabeth =Paarl 26.07.1705, X c1724 Pierre Malherbe b5 Francina =Paarl 30.10.1706, X Paarl 12.04.1727 Pierre le Roux b6 Maria =Kaapstad 07.09.1708, X Paarl 7.09.1732 Johannes Hubertus van Amsterdam XX Paarl 8.05.1735 Urbanus Sauermann van Mühlbeck b7 Abraham =Paarl 21.09.1709, X Paarl 6.12.1744 Anna Rossouw b8 Pieter =Stellenbosch 16.08.1711, Ongetroud, +04.12.1792 b9 Susanna =Paarl 24.09.1713, Ongetroud, +Paarl 14.07.1733 b10 Judith =Paarl 01.03.1716, Ongetroud, +Paarl 24.07.1733 b11 Magdalena =Paarl 26.12.1717, X Stellenbosch 29.04.1736 Pierre le Roux Kinders van Paul Roux en Claudine Seugneté 1. Paul *c1689 2. Pieter *c1692 3. Hester *c1693 4. Anne =Paarl 25.12.1694 5. Joseph =Paarl 14.10.1696 6. Jeremie =Paarl 01.09.1697 7. Jean =Paarl 22.04.1699 Josué Cellier was afkomstig van Orléans, Frankryk waar hy in ongeveer 1667 gebore is. Hy was moontlik die seun van Josué Cellier en Judith Rouilly wat `n seun Nicolaas in die naburige dorpie Bazoches-en-Dunois laat doop het. Elisabeth Couvret is nege jaar later in ongeveer 1676 ook in Orléans gebore. Bronne verskil oor wanneer Josué en Elisabeth Frankryk verlaat het. Volgens een bron in 1685, na die herroeping van die Edik van Nantes, toe Josué 18 jaar oud was en Elisabeth 9. Hierdie edik het vir bykans `n honderd jaar `n mate van godsdiensvryheid aan die Protestante verleen en die herroeping daarvan het `n oormatige vervolging van die Protestante tot gevolg gehad. Volgens `n ander bron het hulle Frankryk in 1697 verlaat na die beëindiging van die negejarige oorlog tussen Nederland en Frankryk toe hulle onderskeidelik 30 en 21 jaar oud was. Of hulle wel in Frankryk getroud is, is onseker. Simon van der Stel het in 1679, pas na sy aanstelling as goewerneur aan die Kaap, `n versoek gerig dat boere toegelaat moet word om na die Kaap toe te kom, maar aangesien die Kaap slegs as `n verversingspos beskou is, is sy versoek geweier. Die toenemende getal Franse vlugtelinge wat na Nederland gestroom het na die herroeping van die Edik van Nantes het egter tot `n beleidsverandering gelei wat dit vir Josué en Elisabeth moontlik gemaak het om na die Kaap te verhuis. Persone wat oorweeg sou word om na die Kaap te gaan, moes selfonderhoudend wees en Josué met sy kennis van landbou, wynbou en sy vaardigheid as timmerman het hieraan voldoen. Verskeie voorwaardes is ook gestel, onder andere: – Hulle sou kosteloos op die skepe van die handelsmaatskappy die Verenigde Oos-Indiese Kompanjie (VOC) vervoer word, mits `n eed van getrouheid aan die Kompanjie afgelê word. – Geen bagasie, behalwe dié wat vir eie gebruik nodig was, kon saamgeneem word nie. Op kontantgeld was daar egter geen beperking nie. – Landbouers sou soveel grond kry as wat hulle kon bewerk, terwyl landbougereedskap, saadkoring en vee aan hulle verkoop sou word. – Hulle sou verplig wees om vir vyf jaar aan die Kaap te bly, maar kon met die nodige motivering `n versoek tot die Here XVII, die hoogste gesag van die VOC, rig om die tydperk te verkort. – Indien hulle na vyf jaar weer na Nederland wou terugkeer, moes hulle teen `n vasgestelde tarief die reisgeld betaal en kon hulle niks uit die Kaap saamneem nie, behalwe dit wat hulle aan hul persoon gehad het. Die eerste Franse vlugtelinge vertrek einde 1687 uit Nederland en in 1699 is die VOC versoek om nie meer Franse Kaap toe te stuur nie. Dit is dus onseker of Josué en Elisabeth onder die voorgemelde voorwaardes na die Kaap gekom het en of hulle dit op eie inisiatief gedoen het. Hulle seil op 2 Mei 1700 aan boord van die Reygersdaal vanaf Goeree, `n Suid-Hollandse eiland. Ook aan boord was Elisabeth se broer Paul Couvret, sy vrou Anne Valleté en hul dogtertjie. Vir beter beskerming het `n aantal skepe gewoonlik saam uitgevaar, maar daar kon nie vasgestel word of enige ander skepe saam met die Reygersdaal uitgevaar het nie. `n Reis na Kaap het in daardie jare enigiets van drie tot ses maande geduur en die Reygersdaal arriveer Saterdag 21 Augustus 1700 in die Kaap, maar moes tot die volgende middag voor die hawe lê. ‘Op de naarmiddag’ van Sondag 22 Augustus anker hulle in die hawe ‘onder een slap zuyd west luchtje’. Oor die algemeen was die skepe waarmee die vlugtelinge oorgekom het maar klein en het passasiers gewoonllik hutte op die agterdek gehad sonder enige wasgeriewe. Voedsel wat aan boord geneem is, is noukeurig deur die VOC gespesifiseer – brood, ingelegde vleis, stokvis en soutvis, ingelegde haring, bier, Franse en Spaanse wyn, brandewyn, botter, olie, asyn, lemmetjiesap, stroop vir ontbyt en vir die bier, pruimedante, rysgort, grou- en groenertjies, mosterdsaad, mierikwortel en sout. Kos, water en bier het betreklik gou bederf terwyl wyn langer goed gebly het. Skeurbuik, wat hoofsaaklik deur die gebrek aan vars voedsel veroorsaak is, het algemeen voorgekom en het bygedra tot `n hoë persentasie sterfgevalle tydens `n seereis. Verder was daar nog gevare soos storms, brand en aanvalle deur seerowers. Die skipper van die Reygersdaal, Martin de Jeught, rapporteer met hul aankoms in die Kaap slegs een sterfgeval en agt siekes aan boord wat die indruk skep dat Josué en Elisabeth se vaart sonder enige buitengewone voorvalle afgelê is. Twee weke na hul aankoms sit die Reygersdaal sy vaart na Batavia (Djakarta op die Indonisiese eiland Java) voort. Uit die huwelik tussen Josué en Elisabeth word elf kinders gebore, vyf seuns en ses dogters. Slegs Pierre sterf as kind terwyl Susanna en Judith binne tien dae van mekaar sterf; Susanna op 20-jarige ouderdom op 14 Julie 1733 en Judith op 19-jarige ouderdom op 24 Julie 1733. Die oudste en jongste seuns Josué en Pieter is nooit getroud nie en sterf respektiewelik op 69-jarige en 81-jarige ouderdom. Die twee seuns deur wie die vanne Cellier, Celliers, Cillié en Cilliers voortgedra sou word, is Jan wat in 1728 met die weduwee Anna Marais trou en Abraham wat in 1744 met sy broer Jan se stiefdogter Anna Rossouw trou. Elisabeth trou in ongeveer 1724 met Pierre Malherbe, Francina in 1727 met Pierre le Roux en Magdalena in 1736 ook met `n Pierre le Roux, `n neef van haar suster Francina se man. Maria trou in 1732 met Johannes Hubertus, `n Hollander, en na sy dood hertrou sy in 1735 met Urbanus Sauermann, `n Duitser – sy is die enigste kind wat nie met `n Hugenote-afstammeling getroud is nie. Die Paarl se kerk waarin Josué en Elisabeth se oudste kinders gedoop is, was nie veel meer as `n saaltjie wat die Franse aanmekaar getimmer het nie en is na geweldige storms in Oktober 1716 so beskadig dat dit onbruikbaar was. Totdat die nuwe kerk in 1720 in gebruik geneem is, is dienste aan huis van die predikant ds Van Aken gehou en hul jongste kind Magdalena is moontlik hier gedoop. Pieter en Maria is moontlik in Stellenbosch en Kaapstad gedoop omdat daar vanaf 1707 tot 1714 geen predikant in die Paarl was nie. Die twee kinders wat wel gedurende hierdie tyd in die Paarl gedoop is, is moontlik deur `n besoekende predikant gedoop. Beide Josué en Elisabeth, soos talle ander Hugenote, was ongeletterd. Alhoewel sommige geleer het om hulle naam te teken en ook om te skryf, was Josué en Elisabeth skynbaar nie onder diegene nie. In 1720 maak Josué sy merk wanneer hy hul gesamentlike testament teken en wanneer Elisabeth in 1724 `n nuwe testament opstel, teken sy ook deur haar merk te maak. Die peil van onderwys aan die Kaap was laag en Paul Roux, met wie Elisabeth na Josué se dood sou trou, word as onderwyser van die Franse gemeenskap in die Paarl aangestel. Huismeesters is ook deur sommige gesinne in diens geneem en hul vergoeding het meestal bestaan uit 8 tot 14 gulden per maand, 1 tot 2 pond tabak, voedsel, drank, goeie huisvesting en soms klere aan die einde van die jaar. Jacob Naudé wat in 1718 as matroos in die Kaap aangekom het, was eers huismeester by Pierre Joubert teen 10 gulden en `n halwe pond tabak per maand en vanaf 1719 tot 1720 huismeester by Josué Cellier teen 10 gulden en een pond tabak per maand. In haar testament van 1724 stel Elisabeth vir Jan as voog oor sy minderjarige broers en susters aan en bepaal dat hy ‘verpligt zijn’ om hulle eerlik op te voed en ook om hulle te laat leer, lees, skryf of `n handvaardigheid te laat aanleer. Dokumente wat deur vier van haar kinders geteken is, is teëgekom; Francina teken as beide Fransina Cellie en Fransina Celie, Maria as Marie cellier; Magdalena as Madalena Cellie en Pieter as Piter Seliee. Of Josué en Elisabeth Hollands matig was, is onbekend, maar hul kinders sou weens regeringsbeleid Hollands moes aanleer. Hierdie beleid het veroorsaak dat die Franse taal aan die Kaap in onbruik geraak en uitgesterf het. Nadat die eerste predikant van die Paarl, Pierre Simond, die Kaap in 1702 verlaat het, verklaar Goewerneur Willem Adriaan van der Stel hom bereid om te sorg dat die Franse taal in onbruik raak deur die gebruik van Hollands op skool en in die kerk in te stel. Vertoë is gerig omdat min mense `n preek in Hollands kon volg en daarna is twee dienste op `n Sondag toegelaat, een in Hollands en een in Frans, maar na 1726 word daar nie weer melding gemaak van Franse dienste nie. Josué en Elisabeth vestig hulle aanvanklik op die plaas Het Kruys Pad (Kruispad), naby die huidige voorstad Brackenfell, waar hulle tot ten minste 1709 gewoon het. In Januarie 1708 ‘ten huijse van Josua Sellier geleegen aant kruispad tusschen de bottelerije en tijgerbergen’ het daar twaalf mense ‘zaaten en dronken’. `n Vryswarte wat op sy eie grond geboer het, Pieter Harmensz, algemeen bekend as Brasman, kom toe daar aan en beskuldig vir Jacob Bourbonnais, een van Josué se gaste, daarvan dat hy sy sweep gesteel het. `n Onderonsie ontstaan en Brasman steek vir Bourbonnaise met `n mes en snou hom toe : ‘Jou donders kind, daar heb je genoeg daar is bloed’. `n Eis vir skadevergoeding word ingestel, Bourbonnaise vir ongemak en pyn asook verlore tyd en Jacob Bisseux, in wie se huis Bourbonnais verpleeg is, vir sy verpleging en gepaardgaande uitgawes. Brasman se vonnis was om gegesel te word, skadevergoeding en kostes te betaal en hy word lewenslank uit die Kaap verban. Nog `n insident waarby Josué betrokke was, was die ontevredenheid oor Goewerneur Willem Adriaan van der Stel se administrasie. Aanvanklik is VOC-amptenare nie toegelaat om te boer nie omdat hul mededinging die boere finansieel kon knak, maar teen die tyd dat Josué en Elisabeth in die Kaap aankom, boer Van der Stel en bykans al die hooggeplaaste VOC-amptenare op hul eie plase. Mettertyd tree hulle ook tot die mark, wat alreeds swak was, toe en bly die gewone boere met hul podukte sit. In 1706 word `n klagskrif van ondermeer omkopery en afpersing teen Van der Stel en verskeie amptenare opgestel en Elisabeth se broer Paul Couvret is een van die persone wat dit onderteken. Op sy beurt stel Van der Stel `n getuigskrif op wat tevredenheid met sy administrasie uitspreek en ook van sy goeie karakter en eerlikheid getuig. Persone wat weier om te teken word ondermeer gedreig dat hulle van hul grond ontneem sou word. Josué teken die getuigskrif – die inskrywing by sy se merk lui : ‘het merke van Josue Siljee’. Die meeste van die Hugenote wat geteken het, het later verklaar dat alhoewel hulle ontevrede was met Van der Stel se wanbestuur hulle bang was dat hulle hul grond sou verloor. Moontlik was dit ook by Josué `n oorweging aangesien hy op hierdie stadium nog nie sy eie plaas besit het nie. Die uiteinde van die klagskrif was ondermeer dat Willem Adriaan van der Stel en van sy volgelinge van hul poste onthef en na Holland teruggeroep is. In 1709 word Josué nog in die opgaafrolle van die Distrik Stellenbosch, waaronder Kruispad geresorteer het, opgeneem. Geen opgaafrolle het vir die jare 1710-1711 behoue gebly nie en in 1712 word hy in die opgaafrolle van die Distrik Drakenstein opgeneem. Het Kruys Pad word op 15 Maart 1712 aan Josué toegeken, maar daar kan nie veel van hierdie datum afgelei word nie aangesien plase wat aan boere toegesê is, d.w.s toestemming verleen is om die grond te bewoon en te benut, dikwels eers etlike jare later aan hulle toegeken is, d.w.s hul eiendom geword het. In die Paarl koop hy die plaas Orléans (57 morg 300 vk roede) wat op 11 Oktober 1713 op sy naam oorgedra word. Hier boer hy en Elisabeth tot en met hulle dood. ‘n Dokter (chirurgyn) Gideon le Grande het joernaal gehou van sy mediese dienste en `n gedeelte van sy joernaal vir 1710 het behoue gebly. Op 9 Februarie 1710 skryf hy medikasie van scafran vir Josué Cellier voor, maar hierdie inskrywing is later weer doodgetrek. Wat scafran is, is onbekend en waarom die inskrywing later doodgetrek is, is ook onbekend. Van die siektes wat aangeteken is, is bloedvloeiing, geswelde voete, keelseer, kopseer, kortasem, krampe in die ingewande, longsiekte, maagpyn, niere, sooibrand, snydings, sweer en verkoue. Bloedlating as behandeling kom die meeste voor, ondermeer vir pyn aan die arm en skouer; daarna purgasies van sennablare en nieskruid. In 1712 keer Elisabeth se broer Paul Couvret en sy gesin na `n verblyf van twaalf jaar aan die Kaap terug na Europa. Hy het op die plaas Goede Hoop, 60 morg, in die Paarl geboer. Die Paarl se lidmaatregisters is waarskynlik sedert die stigting van die gemeente in 1691 bygehou, maar die eerste register wat behoue gebly het, is dié van 1715. Onder ‘Der Ledematen die de Predikant Van Aken in die Kerke van Drakenstyn in den jare 1715 gevonden heeft’, was ‘Jossue Sellier en syne vrouw Elizabeth Couvret’ en die totale aantal lidmate is as 104 aangeteken. Teen 1725 het die aantal lidmate tot 146 gegroei. Oor Josué se boerderyaktiwiteite gedurende sy eerste paar jaar aan die Kaap is min bekend weens die onvolledigheid van die opgaafrolle. In 1704 besit hy slegs 4 koeie, maar teen 1709 verbou hy reeds 8 000 wingerdstokke, besit hy 5 perde en 18 beeste en het hy ook 60 mud koring geoes. In latere jare besit hy tot 300 skape en produseer jaarliks tot 3 lêers (1 731 liter) wyn. Josué sterf op 54-jarige ouderdom in Oktober 1721 en laat die 45-jarige Elisabeth agter met tien kinders tussen die ouderdomme van 4 en 20 jaar. Van die items wat in sy boedelinventaris gelys word, met die waarde in guldens Indiese valuta aangedui, is: Die plaas Orleient 2 900 15 beeste 450 1 wa 100 en 16 lêers wyn 480. Elisabeth hertrou in ongeveer 1722 met die 57-jarige wewenaar Paul Roux. Hul presiese huweliksdatum is onbekend aangesien die Paarl se huweliksregisters vir hierdie tydperk verlore is. Paul en Elisabeth kon nie baie lank getroud gewees het nie aangesien hy op 7 Februarie 1723 oorlede is, sestien maande na haar eerste man. Na Paul se dood het Elisabeth nie weer hertrou nie. Paul Roux was `n bekwame man wat kort na sy aankoms in die Kaap in 1688 aangestel is as onderwyser, voorleser en sieketrooster vir die Franse gemeenskap in die Paarl, poste wat hy tot sy dood toe beklee het. Saam met Pierre Simond was hy gereken as een van die grootste stryders vir die gebruik en behoud van die Franse taal aan die Kaap. Teen die tyd dat hy en Elisabeth getroud is, was die kinders uit sy eerste huwelik almal reeds mondig. Hy het ‘n kleinerige plasie Oranje, 2 morg 250 vk roede, in die Paarl besit wat na sy dood na sy seun Jeremie Roux gegaan het. Vir meer inligting kyk ook onder stamvader Paul Roux. Na haar tweede man se dood, sit Elisabeth en haar vier seuns die boerdery op die plaas voort. Verdere hulp met die boerdery word verkry met die aankoop van haar eerste slaaf in 1728 en teen 1743 besit sy vier slawe, een slavin en twee slawekinders. Vanaf 1732 tot 1734 werk haar skoonseun, Johannes Hubertus, as kneg op die plaas. In ‘n kontrak wat op 27 September 1732 tussen hulle gesluit is, onderneem hy om haar ‘voor den tyd van een geheel Jaar trouw en naarstig te dienen als knegt’ teen `n maandelikse betaling van twaalf Caabse guldens asook huisvesting en voedsel. Hierdie kontrak word op 26 Oktober 1733 vir nog `n jaar verleng. Teen 1743, kort voor haar dood, word 10 lêers (5 773 liter) wyn geproduseer en met tye was daar tot 6 perde, 30 beeste en 200 skape op die plaas. Benewens koring, word rog ook gesaai. In 1738 boer die 62-jarige Elisabeth en drie van haar seuns, Josué, Abraham en Pieter, nog op die plaas en bied hulle vir nagenoeg `n jaar skuiling aan die 39-jarige voortvlugtende Estienne Barbier, `n sersant in diens van die VOC. Estienne was ook van Orléans, Frankryk afkomstig en het in 1734 as gewone soldaat in diens van die VOC in die Kaap aangekom. In Mei 1737 lei Estienne se beskuldigings van ondermeer geldverduistering en korrupsie teen `n luitenant tot `n lastersaak en Estienne word skuldig bevind. Hy appèlleer, besef weldra dat sy appèl nie veel kans het om te slaag nie en ontsnap op 24 Maart 1738 uit die Kasteel waar hy onder arres was. Na sy ontsnapping bly hy ongestoord op Orléans, omdat die owerhede onder die indruk was dat hy hom op `n skip versteek en na Holland teruggekeer het. In Februarie 1739 verlaat hy Orléans en begin `n hoofsaaklik skriftelike veldtog teen die ongeregtighede van die owerhede. Met die ontevredenheid wat reeds in die Kaap geheers het, het hierdie veldtog die potensiaal gehad om `n burgelike opstand te begin en in Maart 1739 word hy deur die owerhede ‘vogel-vry’ verklaar – hulle soek hom, lewend of dood. Hy word eers ses maande later in hegtenis geneem, verhoor en ter dood veroordeel. Hierdie vonnis, wat in die openbaar voltrek is, het behels dat hy aan `n kruis vasgebind word, onthoof word, sy regterhand afgekap word, die res van sy liggaam gevierdeel word en sy ingewande onder die skavot, waar die vonnis voltrek is, begrawe word. Sy liggaamsdele is daarna op pale in die openbaar vertoon – sy kop en regterhand by die ingang van die Roodezandkloof, tussen Paarl en Tulbagh, en sy vier liggaamsdele langs die besigste paaie in die Kaap. Elisabeth sterf op 67-jarige ouderdom in ongeveer 1743. In haar testament van 1724 het sy bepaal dat haar kinders gelykop moet erf en alhoewel dit `n algemene bepaling was dat `n plaas aan `n spesifieke persoon bemaak word teen `n vasgestelde bedrag, doen sy dit nie. Sy spreek slegs haar begeerte uit dat Orléans na haar afsterwe ‘soude in volle bezit gegeeven werden aan haar oudste zoon Josua Cellier’. Skynbaar het Josué nie veel erg aan boerdery gehad nie aangesien hy na sy ma se afsterwe by sy suster Elisabeth in die Wellington omgewing gaan woon het. Jan boer in 1743 reeds op sy eie plaas Druiwevallei. Abraham neem van die vee oor, word die eerste Cellier wat oor die berge trek en vestig hom in die huidige Rawsonville omgewing waar hy homself hoofsaaklik op veevoerdery toespits. Pieter neem die oorblywende vee, slawe en die plaas oor en was, sover vasgestel kon word, die laaste Cellier-eienaar van Orléans. Vansverandering van Cellier na Celliers, Cillié en Cilliers Die verandering van Josué Cellier se nageslag se van van Cellier na Celliers, Cillié en Cilliers kon nie aan ‘n spesifieke tyd of geslag gekoppel word nie. Selfs op die dokumente wat vir Josué nagegaan is, word sy van benewens Cellier ook as Celliers, Sellier, Selliers, Siljee, Silliers, Sollier en Zilie gespel. Vir die volgende drie geslagte (b, c en d-geslagte) is die spelling van Josué se nasate se van legio, onder andere Celie, Celje, Cellie, Cellier, Celliers, Cielje, Cilie, Cilje, Cilli, Cillie, Cillier, Cilliers, Cillje, De Cilliers, De Silliers, Seliee, Seliers, Selje, Sellie, Sellier, Sielje, Silie, Silje, Siljee en Silliers. Dit is eers vanaf die vierde geslag (e-geslag) dat die spellings Celliers, Cillié en Cilliers meerendeels gebruik is, maar van die voorgemelde variasies het steeds voorgekom. Daar kon ook nie altyd bepaal word watter spelling ‘n spesifieke persoon gebruik het nie omdat spelling van dokument tot dokument kon verskil en dit het tot in die 1900’s nog voorgekom. Verder was ‘n bepaalde spelling ook nie altyd deur al die lede van ‘n gesin en hul nageslag gebruik nie. Cilliers is die spelling wat die meeste teëgekom is. Die eerste afstammeling van Jan (b2) wat die Celliers spelling algemeen gebruik het, was Jacob Daniel (b2c1d1e1f4) en daarna sy nageslag, maar Jacob Daniel se twee broers en hul nageslag het weer hul van as Cilliers gespel. Onder die nageslagte wat die Kaap Kolonie verlaat het, wil dit voorkom asof die Celliers spelling algemeen in die Lichtenburg- en Vryburg-omgewing gebruik is terwyl die Cilliers spelling weer in die Marico-omgewing asook in die Oranje Vrystaat en Natal gebruik is. By Abraham (b7) se afstammelinge wat in die Kaap Kolonie gebly het, is die Celliers spelling net by enkele lede van ‘n gesin teëgekom, maar hierdie spelling is dikwels nie behou nie. Alhoewel die Cillié spelling wel op dokumente van Abraham (b7) se afstammelinge voorkom is, is die spelling nie behou nie. Hierdie spelling is slegs deur sommige van Jan (b2) se afstammelinge behou. Die eerste afstammeling van Jan (b2) waar hierdie spelling algemeen deur ‘n gesin gebruik is, is by sommige van die kinders van Petrus (b2c1d2), maar selfs hier wissel die spelling op dokumente vir dieselfde persoon nog tussen Celliers, Cillié, Cilliers asook sommige van die voorgemelde variasies. Sover vasgestel kon word, is sy seun Petrus Johannes (b2c1d2e2) se nageslag die enigste wat die Cillié spelling behou het terwyl sy seun Johannes Arnoldus (b2c1d2e6) se nageslag hul van as Celliers, Cillié en Cilliers spel. Bronne: Genealogiese Publikasies De Villiers, C C en Pama, C Geslagsregisters van Ou Kaapse Families, A A Balkema, Kaapstad en Rotterdam, 1981. Heese, J A en Lombard, R T J/GISA, Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagsregisters – Deel 1-4, A-K. Ander Publikasies Böeseken, A J, et al, Drie Eeue Die Verhaal van ons Vaderland, Nasionale Boekhandel, Kaapstad, 1952. Botha, Colin Graham The French Regugees at the Cape, Struik, Cape Town, 1970. Burman, Jose So High the Road, Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 1963. Coertzen, Pieter Die Hugenote in Suid-Afrika 1688-1988, Tafelberg, Kaapstad, 1988. De Jongh, P S Sarel Cilliers, Perskor, Johannesburg, 1987. De Klerk, W A Klein Reis deur Drakenstein, Perskor, Johannesburg, 1974. Franken, J L M Argiefjaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis – Die Hugenote aan die Kaap, Pretoria, 1978. Hugenote Vereniging van Suid-Afrika, Franschhoek – Verskeie Bulletins. Le Roux, J G Bewaarders van ons Erfenis, GISA, Stellenbosch. Le Roux, J G Hugenotebloed in ons Are, RGN, Pretoria, 1988. Le Roux, J G Ons Drakensteinse Erfgrond, Drakenstein Heemkring, Paarl. Muller, C J F (Ed), Five Hundred Years, A History of South Africa, Academica, Cape Town and Pretoria, 1973. Penn, Nigel Rogues, Rebels and Runaways, David Philip Publishers, Cape Town, 1999. Schoeman, Karel Armosyn van die Kaap, Human en Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1999. Trewhella, Cameron (Red), Nuwe Geskiedenis van Suid-Afrika, Human & Rousseau, Kaapstad, 1986. Kaapse Argiefbewaarplek, Kaapstad Boedelinventaris MOOC 8/4 no 33 Handtekeninge by W A van der Stel se getuigskrif C2416-p20 Huwelikshofnotules Joernaal van Gideon le Grande MOOC 14/1 Vol 1, no 19 Kontrak CJ 2883-no81 Likwidasie- en Distribusierekenings Opgaafrolle Resolusies van die Politieke Raad – Dele 1 tot 10 Sterftekennisse Testamente CJ 2600 no 28 en CJ 2602 no 33 Vendusierolle VOC Dagregisters 1699 Weilisensies N G Kerk Argief, Kaapstad Doderegisters Doopregisters Huweliksregisters Lidmaatregisters Navorsing deur: Mariana Olivier <a href="mailto:omariana@freemail.absa.co.za">omariana@lantic.net</a> <h4>Bron: Stamouers. com</h4> <h4><img data-attachment-id="17411" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/cilliers-ship/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg" data-orig-size="1139,624" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="cilliers ship" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17411" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg" alt="cilliers ship" width="1139" height="624" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg 1139w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg?w=600&h=329 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/cilliers-ship.jpg?w=768&h=421 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1139px) 100vw, 1139px" /></h4> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/ancestors/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Cilliers Ancestors">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1221 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-culture category-die-kind category-e-e-cummings category-edgar-allan-poe category-eugene-marais category-iewers-het-ek-nooit-gereis-nie category-ingrid-jonker category-poems category-poetry category-rain-queen category-reis category-somewhere-i-have-never-travelled category-south-african-poets category-suid-afrika category-suid-afrikaanse-gedigte category-the-child category-the-dance-of-the-rain category-travel tag-afrikaaanse-digters tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-annabel-lee tag-die-kind tag-digters tag-e-e-cummings tag-edgar-allan-poe tag-eugene-marais tag-gedigte tag-i-know-a-place-in-africa tag-iewers-het-ek-nooit-gereis-nie tag-ingrid-jonker tag-kultuur tag-poems tag-poems-about-africa tag-poetry tag-rain-queen tag-reis tag-somewhere-i-have-never-travelled tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-the-child tag-the-dance-of-the-rain tag-totius tag-travel tag-wayne-visser tag-world-poetry-day tag-world-poetry-day-2008" id="post-1221"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/" rel="bookmark">World Poetry Day</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/culture/" rel="category tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-kind/" rel="category tag">Die Kind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/e-e-cummings/" rel="category tag">e e cummings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/edgar-allan-poe/" rel="category tag">Edgar Allan Poe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/eugene-marais/" rel="category tag">Eugene Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/iewers-het-ek-nooit-gereis-nie/" rel="category tag">Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ingrid-jonker/" rel="category tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/rain-queen/" rel="category tag">rain queen</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/reis/" rel="category tag">reis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/somewhere-i-have-never-travelled/" rel="category tag">Somewhere I have never travelled</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-poets/" rel="category tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/the-child/" rel="category tag">The Child</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/the-dance-of-the-rain/" rel="category tag">The Dance of the rain</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/travel/" rel="category tag">travel</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Afrikaaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/annabel-lee/" rel="tag">Annabel Lee</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-kind/" rel="tag">Die Kind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/digters/" rel="tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/e-e-cummings/" rel="tag">e e cummings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/edgar-allan-poe/" rel="tag">Edgar Allan Poe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/eugene-marais/" rel="tag">Eugene Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/i-know-a-place-in-africa/" rel="tag">I know a place in Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/iewers-het-ek-nooit-gereis-nie/" rel="tag">Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ingrid-jonker/" rel="tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kultuur/" rel="tag">kultuur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems-about-africa/" rel="tag">Poems about Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/rain-queen/" rel="tag">rain queen</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/reis/" rel="tag">reis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/somewhere-i-have-never-travelled/" rel="tag">Somewhere I have never travelled</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-child/" rel="tag">The Child</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-dance-of-the-rain/" rel="tag">The Dance of the rain</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/totius/" rel="tag">Totius</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wayne-visser/" rel="tag">Wayne Visser</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/world-poetry-day/" rel="tag">World Poetry day</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/world-poetry-day-2008/" rel="tag">World Poetry Day 2008</a> on 21/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:421px;height:179px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/candacesalima.com/myPictures/poetry.gif" border="0" alt="" width="600" height="366" /> Today…15th October 2008…I’ve received this msg from Wayne Visser…(see his poem and site in this entry too….(poem about Africa)…and if you’re interested in his request…then please contact him…he’s looking for people writing poems..but about Africa! <blockquote>Hello again I thought I’d let you (and your lekker vriende) know that I’ve launched a “Poets of Africa” blog – <a href="http://poetsofafrica.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://poetsofafrica.blogspot.com/</a>.Just email me on wayne@waynevisser.com and I will give permission for you to post. <a href="http://www.waynevisser.com" target="_blank">www.waynevisser.com</a> Afrikaanse digters welkom! Kwa heri Wayne” Links will open in a new window. </blockquote> Today…21st March 2008… is World Poetry Day! I do love poems, I love to read poems and I like to write my own too. On my blog at the top you will now find a page saying…”My poems…gedigte”…a few of my own poems…also you will find a couple of English poems which I’ve translated from Afrikaans…beautiful poems…one from a famous writer/poet/scientist/naturalist…Eugene Marais…”The Dance of the Rain..” take a look and enjoy! also one by Totius…his little daughter died after being struck by lightning..in his arms and he wrote a poem about her…very sad poem….or you can read it <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/" target="new">HERE </a>…the link will open in a new window. You can also read “The Dance of the Rain” on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/the-dance/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>it’s a very powerful/beautiful poem…full of metaphors…and read about Eugene Marais and the Rain Queen…on that link. The link will open in a new window. enjoy…the Dance of the Rain!..originally in Afrikaans…”Die Dans van die Reën” by Eugene Marais. If you click on the page saying…”My Poems/gedigte”…you will find more of Wayne Visser’s poems also one which he has asked me to translate…and some of my own poems too, also the poem of the girl that was struck by lightning is to be found on that page. – see the top of my blog for the page-link and I’ve translated Wordsworth’s poem (from English to Afrikaans)…I wandered like a lonely cloud… <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5667" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/smartest-frog/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg" data-orig-size="465,701" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="smartest-frog" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg?w=465" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg?w=465" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5667" title="smartest-frog" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/smartest-frog.jpg" alt="" width="296" height="422" /></a> Image:tploy.com The Dance of the Rain Song of the violinist: Jan Konterdans translated by:Nikita The Dance of the Rain Oh, the dance of our Sister! First, over the hilltop she peeps stealthily and her eyes are shy and she laughs softly From afar she begs with her one hand her wrist-bands shimmering and her bead-work sparkling softly she calls She tells the wind about the dance and she invites it, because the yard is spacious and the wedding large The big game rush about the plains they gather on the hilltop their nostrils flared-up and they swallow the wind and they crouch to see her tracks in the sand The small game, deep down under the floor, hear the rhythm of her feet and they creep, come closer and sing softly “Our Sister! Our Sister! You’ve come! You’ve come!” and her bead-work shake, and her copper wrist-bands shine in the disappearance of the sun On her forehead, rests the eagle’s plume She decends down from the hilltop She spreads her ashened cloak with both arms the breath of the wind disappears Oh, the dance of our Sister! ©~~ Nikita This next poem was written in Afrikaans by Ingrid Jonker and adapted by e.e. cummings…many of her wonderful poems were translated in English and other languages. I love her poems! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5670" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/horses-running/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg" data-orig-size="495,360" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="horses-running" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=495" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=495" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5670" title="horses-running" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="256" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg?w=350&h=256 350w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/horses-running.jpg 495w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a> Image:johnfenzel.typepad.com Somewhere I have never travelled – Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie Ingrid Jonker…..adapted by e.e. cummings + somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which I cannot touch because they are too near ~~~~~ iewers het ek nooit gereis nie daardie groen verte verby alle herinneringe jou oë dra hul stilte in jou geringste gebaar is daar iets wat my omsluit of wat ek nie durf aanraak nie iets te ná ~~~~ your slightest look easily will unclose me though I have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose ~~~~ jou oë van landskappe sal my maklik blootlê al het ek my hart gesluit soos twee hande jy ontvou my keer op keer soos die lente bedrewe en heimlik haar eerste roos ~~~~ or if your wish be to close me, I and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; ~~~~ en as jy my sou verlaat geslote dan sou my voorhoof sluit mooi en onmiddelik soos die hart van ‘n blom sou droom van ‘n wit sneeu wat alles oral bedek ~~~~ nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing ~~~~ niks wat ons in hierdie wêreld kan versin ewenaar die krag van jou broosheid die tekstuur van jou oë tref my die groen van sy veld een bevestig die ewige en die vir altyd met elke sug ~~~~ (I do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands ~~~~ ek weet nie wat dit is wat jou laat vou en ontvou nie ek verstaan net êrens op my reise die stem van jou oë is dieper as alle rose nee nie eens die reën nie het sulke hande On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about Ingrid…a link to Wikipedia…there’s a Youtube-song to watch…Afrikaans song…one of Ingrid’s poems…and there’s another song to listen to! The link will open in a new window. and….on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about e e cummings…the link will open in a new window. If you’re a teacher <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=308" target="_blank">THIS SITE </a>is really a great site to use for poetry/literacy…try it- the link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.worldgolf.com/images/destinations/africa/southafrica.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="304" /> image:worldgolf.com/images/destinations/africa/southafrica.jpg This next poem is written by Wayne Visser…you can read about him on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/i-know-a-place-2/" target="_blank">THIS LINK </a>…the link will open in a new window. <div>I know a place in Africa… Inspiring poetry written by Wayne Visser, a South African currently based in Nottingham, UK.</div> <div>I know a place in Africa Where I can feel the sun on my back And the sand between my barefoot toes Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze And the waves crash on the endless shore</div> I know a place in Africa Where the mountains touch the skies of blue And the valleys shelter vines of green Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve And the bushveld wears a coat of beige I know a place in Africa Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods And watch their lightening spears thrown to earth Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops This is the place of wildness Of evolution and dinosaurs Where life began and mankind first stood Of living fossils and elephants Where lions roar and springbok herds leap This is the place of struggle Of desert plains and thorn trees Where pathways end and hunters track game Of horizons and frontiers Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red This is the place of freedom Of exploration and pioneers Where darkness loomed and light saw us through Of living legends and miracles Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright My heart is at home in Africa Where the sound of drums beat in my chest And the songs of time ring in my ears Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes And the smiles of friends make me welcome My mind is at ease in Africa Where the people still live close to the soil And the seasons mark my changing moods Where the markets hustle with trading And Creation keeps its own slow time My soul is at peace in Africa For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins And her winds bring healing to my dreams For when the tale of this land is told Her destiny and mine are as one © 2006 Wayne Visser Enjoy this next poem by Edgar..Poe! Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me- Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Edgar Allan Poe <img src="https://i0.wp.com/project1.caryacademy.org/echoes/03-04/Edgar_Allen_Poe/annabel%20Lee%20altered.png" alt="" width="250" height="180" /> Image…<a href="http://project1.caryacademy.org" rel="nofollow">http://project1.caryacademy.org</a> <div>The next poem…by Ingrid Jonker… The Child </div> <div>The child is not dead The child lifts his fists against his mother Who shouts Africa ! shouts the breath Of freedom and the veld In the locations of the cordoned heart ~~~ The child lifts his fists against his father in the march of the generations who shouts Africa ! shout the breath of righteousness and blood in the streets of his embattled pride ~~~ The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville nor at the police station at Philippi where he lies with a bullet through his brain ~~~ The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world Without a pass</div> Ingrid Jonker March 1960 (Translation of: “Die Kind” ) Poems now owned by Simone Jonker…daughter of Ingrid On <a href="http://www.ingridjonker.com/Podcast/Archive.html" target="new">THIS LINK </a>you can see podcast-videos of her poems in both Afrikaans/English…worth visiting! The link will open in a new window. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/farm1.static.flickr.com/63/173924413_a86e0bcbf5.jpg" alt="" width="263" height="191" /> Image: <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com" rel="nofollow">http://farm1.static.flickr.com</a> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg?w=104&h=93&h=93" border="0" alt="" width="104" height="93" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/world-poetry-day/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to World Poetry Day">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1177 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-anne-frank category-boer-war category-books category-concentration-camps category-germany category-history category-holocaust category-jews category-jode category-konsentrasie-kampe category-music-videos category-no-place-for-a-lady category-south-africa category-south-african-history category-south-african-war category-suid-afrika category-the-diary-of-anne-frank category-wwii tag-anne-frank tag-anne-frank-musical tag-anne-harries tag-boer-war tag-boer-british-war tag-books tag-concentration-camps tag-germany tag-history tag-hitler tag-holocaust tag-holocaust-books tag-jews tag-jode tag-kathy-kacer tag-konsentrasie-kampe tag-music-videos tag-nazis tag-no-place-for-a-lady tag-south-africa tag-south-african-history tag-south-african-war tag-suid-afrika tag-the-diary-of-anne-frank tag-the-underground-reporters tag-wwii" id="post-1177"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/" rel="bookmark">Anne Frank</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/anne-frank/" rel="category tag">Anne Frank</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/boer-war/" rel="category tag">Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/books/" rel="category tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/concentration-camps/" rel="category tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/germany/" rel="category tag">Germany</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/holocaust/" rel="category tag">holocaust</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jews/" rel="category tag">Jews</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jode/" rel="category tag">Jode</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/konsentrasie-kampe/" rel="category tag">konsentrasie kampe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/no-place-for-a-lady/" rel="category tag">No place for a lady</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-history/" rel="category tag">South African history</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-african-war/" rel="category tag">South African War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/the-diary-of-anne-frank/" rel="category tag">The diary of Anne Frank</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wwii/" rel="category tag">WWII</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anne-frank/" rel="tag">Anne Frank</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anne-frank-musical/" rel="tag">Anne Frank musical</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anne-harries/" rel="tag">Anne Harries</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boer-war/" rel="tag">Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boer-british-war/" rel="tag">Boer-British-War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/concentration-camps/" rel="tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/germany/" rel="tag">Germany</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hitler/" rel="tag">Hitler</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holocaust/" rel="tag">holocaust</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holocaust-books/" rel="tag">holocaust books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jews/" rel="tag">Jews</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jode/" rel="tag">Jode</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kathy-kacer/" rel="tag">Kathy Kacer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/konsentrasie-kampe/" rel="tag">konsentrasie kampe</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nazis/" rel="tag">Nazis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/no-place-for-a-lady/" rel="tag">No place for a lady</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-history/" rel="tag">South African history</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-war/" rel="tag">South African War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-diary-of-anne-frank/" rel="tag">The diary of Anne Frank</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-underground-reporters/" rel="tag">The Underground Reporters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wwii/" rel="tag">WWII</a> on 08/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/#comments">29 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/image.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2002/07/04/128frank.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="128" height="128" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12757" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/anne_frank_diary_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg" data-orig-size="500,291" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Anne_frank_diary_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12757" title="Anne_frank_diary_1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="174" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary_1.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kind2.gif"><img data-attachment-id="1812" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/kind2/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kind2.gif" data-orig-size="209,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="kind2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kind2.gif?w=209" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kind2.gif?w=209" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1812" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/kind2.gif?w=209" alt="" width="209" height="300" /></a> On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/">THIS LINK </a>on my blog, you can read more about the Boer War. You will find some Boer War art, poetry and a lengthy entry about the war with many links to other sites too. Today I was inspired by Rosalind due to her post about the concentration camps during the British/Boer-War in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s…I’ve got a book about the concentration camps and it was so sad to read how those people were treated and the circumstances they lived in! My mum has had a relative – Dorie Burger – that was there and in this book she was also quoted where she mentioned who died again in the camp and how they were rationed on food and that the food wasn’t enough. According to her, many children were still hungry at night and couldn’t sleep due to insufficient food. You just feel like crying when you read the book! Rosalind’s post also immediately reminded me about the Jews and the holocaust and my very own first English “story”-book… Anne Frank’s diary… as a birthday present when I was 12. My birthday is one day before Anne’s birthday – 12th June – and that made the book – as a child – even more special. I’ve always been interested in War-books, fiction as well as non-fiction. I’ve blogged before about other books written about wars…the Cambodian war… the war in Kosovo…Today, when you see the word “Holocaust” it usually refers to this time in which the German Army systematically killed nearly 6 million Jews. People need to learn about the Holocaust and the reasons why it happened. Some say it never happened at all, but we know it did because there are too many witnesses and survivors who lived to tell the world about those darkest of times. Click <a href="http://www.annefrank.org/content.asp?pid=2&lid=2">HERE </a>to visit the site about Anne Frank and there’s a link to the museum. <div> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.annefrank.org/upload/Kinderjaren/Kinderjaren_Hauptwache%201933.JPG" border="0" alt="" width="290" height="310" /></div> <div>This picture was taken on the 10th March 1933…. that means… Monday, 10th March…more than 70 years ago.</div> <div><img style="width:370px;height:138px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.annefrank.org/upload/Thematische%20verhalen/boekenkast%20half72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="370" height="250" /> </div> <div>The movable book case</div> <div>Anne Frank’s diary made into a musical…</div> <div> from the Guardian newspaper:</div> <div></div> <div> It might not seem the most obvious material for a song-and-dance number, but the Diary of Anne Frank will take centre stage next month when a Spanish musical based on the most famous book about the Holocaust opens in Madrid. </div> <div>Having been rewritten for films, plays and TV dramas, the story of the Jewish girl hiding out with her family in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam has never before been made as a musical. The Anne Frank Foundation, which jealously guards the rights to the diary – it once turned down Steven Spielberg when he wanted to make a film – has given its support. Jan Erik Dubbelman said: “This production respects the message of tolerance, within the tragedy, that we want to keep alive. Being in Spanish, it can also help to take the message of Anne Frank to Latin America.”The Spanish theatre group behind the musical has visited the tiny flat where Frank hid from the Nazis, seeking inspiration for their characters and performing some of the songs for members of the foundation. Isabella Castillo, a 13-year-old born in Cuba who has been chosen for the lead role, said she had been moved by the visit: “If you’re doing a musical of the family and how they lived and the house and everything, I think it’s very special, and a very important detail, to come to this house.”Frank wrote the diary while she and her family hid in a secret annexe behind a bookcase in a canal-side warehouse. For 25 months, she wrote down her experiences as a teenager – her love-hate relationship with her parents, spats with schoolfriends, crushes on film stars – while in the background the war raged outside. The family was betrayed and arrested in August 1944 and Frank died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March 1945. Her father Otto was the only one to survive, and returned to Amsterdam after the war, where he discovered that her diary had been saved. First published in Dutch in 1947, it went on to be translated into 60 languages and has sold more than 25m copies worldwide.Rafael Alvero, who developed the musical project, said it was the culmination of a decade’s efforts to gain the confidence of the foundation. He said the show would be inspirational, comparing Frank’s life story to a tragic opera.</div> “When I first came here they [the foundation] had this doubt, about how somebody can do a musical of a story like this,” said Alvero. “The thing we want to do is … through the music, to understand the story better,” he said. Once the foundation had given its permission, the hunt for actors capable of mixing the sombre nature of the material with the high energy of a musical began. Castillo said she felt honoured to be playing such an important role, and that there were things the two had in common. The Franks moved from Germany to Holland in 1933, when Anne was four. Castillo’s mother fled from Cuba when Isabella was young, and they lived in hiding in Belize before immigrating to Miami. Please click <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/07/books.spain">HERE </a>for the original article about the musical. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12758" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/anne_frank_grave/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg" data-orig-size="301,401" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="anne_frank_grave" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg?w=301" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg?w=301" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12758" title="anne_frank_grave" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg?w=225 225w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_grave.jpg 301w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /></a> Image: Gardenofpraise Today if you visit the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp you can see a memorial to Anne Frank and her sister Margot. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12759" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/anne_frank3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg" data-orig-size="224,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="anne_frank3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg?w=224" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg?w=224" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12759" title="anne_frank3" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg?w=112" alt="" width="112" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg?w=112 112w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank3.jpg 224w" sizes="(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" /></a> This picture shows the streetside view of the building. Otto Frank’s offices were at the front of the building and the hiding place was at the rear. The hiding place became known as the Secret Annex. It was located at 263 Prinsengracht. The Frank family would occupy two rooms on the first floor. A week later Mr. and Mrs. Van Pels and their son would move into the two rooms on the second floor. From Peter’s tiny room they could access the attic where food was stored. There was a small bathroom on the first floor. Images: gardenofpraise.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12760" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/anne_frank_diary/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg" data-orig-size="310,500" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="anne_frank_diary" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg?w=310" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg?w=310" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12760" title="anne_frank_diary" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg?w=186" alt="" width="186" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg?w=186 186w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_diary.jpg 310w" sizes="(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px" /></a> This is what my book looks like…and the next book is a picture book which I’ve bought for my primary y5/6 kids… it’s really an easy book for them to understand Anne’s story. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12761" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/anne_frank_picture/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg" data-orig-size="426,354" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Anne_Frank_picture" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg?w=426" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg?w=426" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12761" title="Anne_Frank_picture" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="249" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/anne_frank_picture.jpg 426w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12762" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/underground_reporters/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg" data-orig-size="326,480" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Underground_reporters" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg?w=326" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg?w=326" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12762" title="Underground_reporters" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg?w=203" alt="" width="203" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg?w=203 203w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/underground_reporters.jpg 326w" sizes="(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px" /></a> This book is one of many on my bookshelf that I still need to finish reading…it’s about a gripping account of how a group of young children who, when forced into isolation by the Nazi occupation of their home town in Czechoslovakia, refused to be silenced and fought back by creating and circulating their own newspaper called Klepy (which means gossip). The “Underground Reporters” chronicles — the lives of the young people who contributed to the newspaper. On the blurb it says: “…They founded a secret newspaper that was to become an inspiration to the Jews of Budejovice, uniting them and giving them something to fight for and be proud of. These young people were the Underground Reporters and this is their story.” <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xVkc-0cI91o?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> This book seems to be a great book to read, I’ve just ordered it from Amazon. You can read the review I’ve found on the internet. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/no_place_for_a_lady.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12763" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/no_place_for_a_lady/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/no_place_for_a_lady.jpg" data-orig-size="157,229" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="No_place_for_a_lady" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/no_place_for_a_lady.jpg?w=157" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/no_place_for_a_lady.jpg?w=157" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12763" title="No_place_for_a_lady" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/no_place_for_a_lady.jpg" alt="" width="157" height="229" /></a> Review from this site:historicalnovelsociety.org/london-conference.htm No Place for a Lady Ann Harries The thrilling and sweeping new novel from the award-winning author of ‘Manly Pursuits’ It is the turn of the twentieth century and war is razing the Boer Republics of South Africa to the ground. Kitchener’s army has intensified its most barbarous campaign: to burn down the homes of thousands of obstinate Boers, forcing a desperate migration to disease-ridden concentration camps. Yet the vastly outnumbered Boers still will not surrender to the British. In the midst of these horrors is a group of women, each fighting their own battle. Sarah Palmer is an angelically pretty nurse who arrives from England with her madcap friend Louise. Their relationship is threatened when Sarah falls deeply in love with a sick Colonial trooper of humble origin as Louise cannot help but become painfully jealous of her friend’s natural magnetism and beauty. And then arrives the dynamic Englishwoman, Emily Hobhouse, who has come to bring succour to the destitute and dying women and children and to stir the consciences of Britain over the holocaust of the camps. As their dramas unfold, so too does the history of the war. It was intended to be a quick annexation of the Boer Republics but it turned in to a protracted, savage conflict. Harries shows a depth of knowledge and compassion in her writing; the involvement of the blacks who were promised the vote if they joined the British side, and the injustices and deep inequalities in South Africa which lie at the heart of the story. ‘No Place for a Lady’ is historical fiction at its finest. Ann harries has drawn unforgettable characters and made the period with all its complexities come vividly alive. This is a thrilling, beautifully written, and utterly compelling novel. Ann Harries was born and educated in Cape Town, where she worked in township schools and community centres. On moving to England she became active in the anti-apartheid movement. The author of the acclaimed Manly Pursuits, she divides her time between the Cotswolds and South Africa. ‘History is ingeniously rewritten in this witty and engaging novel.’ J.M. Coetzee ‘Outstanding…Funny, well observed and beautifully written.’ Sunday Times ‘Brilliantly funny and inventive…Enjoyable and vivid throughout… I haven’t turned any pages faster this year than I have turned these.’ Spectator ‘A hugely ambitious novel that takes on an impressive range of themes, from history, colonialism and racism to science, evolution, sexual repression and betrayal…Both an entertaining read and a richly evocative portrait of that era.’ Observer <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f5_SP1ChuuY?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/08/anne-frank/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Anne Frank">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1145 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-gedigte category-south-africa category-steve-hofmeyr category-suid-afrika tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-history tag-afrikaans-language-monument tag-afrikaanse-kinder-gedigte tag-amanda-strydom tag-coenie-de-villies tag-daars-n-plek tag-dat-alle-liefde tag-gedigte tag-honde-gedigte tag-np-van-wyk-louw tag-south-africa tag-steve-hofmeyr tag-suid-afrika tag-waghondjies" id="post-1145"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/" rel="bookmark">Afrikaans</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="category tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-history/" rel="tag">Afrikaans History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-language-monument/" rel="tag">Afrikaans Language monument</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-kinder-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse kinder gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/amanda-strydom/" rel="tag">Amanda Strydom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/coenie-de-villies/" rel="tag">Coenie de Villies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/daars-n-plek/" rel="tag">Daar's 'n plek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dat-alle-liefde/" rel="tag">Dat alle liefde</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/honde-gedigte/" rel="tag">honde gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/np-van-wyk-louw/" rel="tag">NP van Wyk-Louw</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/steve-hofmeyr/" rel="tag">Steve Hofmeyr</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/waghondjies/" rel="tag">Waghondjies</a> on 01/03/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/#comments">28 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:370px;height:321px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/afrikaans-monument1.jpg" alt="afrikaans-monument1.jpg" width="654" height="481" /> The Afrikaans Language Monument and Museum, Paarl, Cape Town <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.africa-adventure.org/1_englis/southafr/1_pics/winelands/monument.jpeg" border="0" alt="" width="263" height="211" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/images.ciao.com/iuk/images/products/normal/667/product-6347667.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="200" height="214" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.ecards-passion.net/ulybka-art/ecards/i-love-you-afrikaans-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="220" height="165" /> I love you….in Afrikaans…”Ek is lief vir jou”.. Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans_Language_Monument">Wikipedia </a>about this monument and on<a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/afrikaans.html"> THIS </a>link there’s more info about it. Why Afrikaans is not an <a href="http://www.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&news_id=14178&cause_id=1270">African language…</a> and I agree 100% with the writer of this article. Read on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans">Wikipedia </a>more about Afrikaans. Afrikaans Die taal wat ek liefhet Afrikaans Die taal wat ek praat Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek dink Afrikaans Die taal waarin ek droom Afrikaans Die taal van my hart Afrikaans Die taal wat ek koester Vir nou en altyd Afrikaans Jy is myne Afrkaans Jy is nou Afrikaans Jy is besonders Afrikaans Jy is uniek Afrikaans Jy is getrou Afrikaans: My denke My wese My lewe! ~~Nikita~~ <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="10278" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/lily/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg" data-orig-size="86,127" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="lily" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg?w=86" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg?w=86" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-10278" title="lily" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/lily.jpg" alt="lily" width="86" height="127" /></a> Dat alle liefde Dat alle liefde moet verlore gaan en wegwaai in die wye lug, waar hierdie dooie ster sy norse vlug neem deur die stiltes van sy baan – dit is die vrees, dit is die eensaamheid wat my, geboe, met die hande krom rondom die kersie van ons liefde, stom laat skuil in kleinlike verlatenheid. (deur: N.P. van Wyk Louw) WAGHONDJIES (Jan F. Celliers) Ek is hier, en Ma is hier, Ons twee lê op Baas se baadjie. Wie is jy? Kom, loop verby, Anders word ons knor ‘n daadjie – Kry jou bene dalk ‘n hap. Kry jou broekspyp dalk ‘n gaatjie. Mooipraat? Nee, ons ken jou nie. Weg jou hand en raak ons nie! “Oppas,” het die baas gesê, “Tot ek weer kom, hier bly lê.” Op ons pootjies lê ons kop, Maar ons hou jou darem dop. Toe-oog slaap ons op die baadjie, Maar ons loer nog deur ‘n gaatjie – Een oor plat, en een oor op, PAS-OP!! Amanda Strydom, South African artist is having a conversation in Afrikaans with a Dutch TV/Radio presenter. Both of them understand one another! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGXTIZTaSf4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Coenie de Villiers and Steve Hofmeyr singing Afrikaans <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5l58GrE-i7o?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg" alt="nikita.jpg" /> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/afrikaans/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Afrikaans">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1133 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-grandmasters category-karpov tag-chess tag-grandmasters tag-karpov tag-south-africa" id="post-1133"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/karpov-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Karpov in South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/grandmasters/" rel="category tag">Grandmasters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/karpov/" rel="category tag">Karpov</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/grandmasters/" rel="tag">Grandmasters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/karpov/" rel="tag">Karpov</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 26/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/karpov-in-south-africa/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="326" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/karpov/karpov2.jpg" height="233" /> This was really a fascinating story…. and I’ve copied part of the post here and also some comments…you can follow the link and read the entire post and more comments …also from Mark Bushwell…. I’m reading his auto-biography titled “Chess is my life”, its an awesome story. Full of character, and at times raw emotion. Its the kind of book that draws you in, Like an annotated chess game, Korchnoi still reviews and dissects his past, finding new threads and new meaning. It was fantastic to meet a living legend in person. Twelve years ago I met Karpov in South Africa. Six years ago I was in the audience during the first game of the Kasparov versus Kramnik match. And now I’ve talked with an inspirational fighter and legend. The chess world, for me, is leaping off the printed pages into my world. comments from here: <div class="post-info"></div> <div class="post-footer">Karpov was in South Africa in 1993, but his schedule was not public knowledge. That was the year he lost horribly on the White side of a King’s Indian Samisch against Kasparov in Linares. Definitely before Kasparov-Short World Championship.It was during the Roosevelt Park Open in Johannesburg, around February – the tournament that used performance rating rather than score to pair players for each round – my memory fails me of the name of the Roosevelt Park player that devised the system.The rumour was that Karpov would play a simultaneous exhibition during the tournament, so I went along just for that. I wasn’t playing the tournament itself, just wanted to play the simul.The simul didn’t take place. But I was invited along to Eddie Price’s house. Eddie, at that time, was a lecturer at Wits University. I was studying for a BComm there at the time, and was part of the Wits Chess Club (I wrote the Wits Chess Club newsletter at that time).One of my friends is Mark Buswell, who knows Eddie. Mark is one of Eddie’s students. We both went over to Eddies house, and its only on the way did Mark mention that that’s where Karpov would be.Eddie had invited Karpov over, and try, amongst other things, boerewors. While Karpov was having his lunch we had a conversation on various chess topics, including how to prepare for the middle game, Short’s chances against Kasparov.Had a few photos taken, including members of the Soviet embassy. But, I don’t think I’ve ever seen those pictures. All I have of proof is Karpov’s autograph in my copy of Informator number 32 (red cover) – the one covering the 1981 World Championship, Karpov-Korchnoi, as well as the Category 16 tournament held in Johannesburg 1981. The next edition of Wits Chess I wrote about the discussion we had, as well as annotated Karpov’s smooth Sicilian Dragon win over Korchnoi from the 1974 Candidates tournament (it was all probably home preparation). It was said that Karpov wasn’t playing any chess in South Africa, but a few months later, one of the newspapers published a game Karpov played against Paul McAvoy, which was part of a simultaneous display against a number of top South African juniors.</div> Read the entire post <a href="http://www.chessvault.com/2006/04/29/victor-korchnoi-at-the-chess-bridge/">HERE </a>…. on ChessVault. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg" alt="nikita.jpg" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/karpov-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Karpov in South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1128 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-elvis-presley category-humor category-humour category-music-video category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-always-on-my-mind tag-elvis-presley tag-humor tag-humour tag-music-video tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-1128"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/always-on-my-mind/" rel="bookmark">Always on my mind</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/elvis-presley/" rel="category tag">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/humor/" rel="category tag">humor</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/humour/" rel="category tag">humour</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-video/" rel="category tag">music video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/always-on-my-mind/" rel="tag">Always on my mind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/elvis-presley/" rel="tag">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/humor/" rel="tag">humor</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/humour/" rel="tag">humour</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-video/" rel="tag">music video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 22/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/always-on-my-mind/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="484" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/images/05_06/south-africa.jpg" height="317" /> Picture: nationalgeographic.com/adventure/travel/south_africa.html <img border="0" width="489" src="https://i0.wp.com/cache.virtualtourist.com/3598191-Our_South_Africa-South_Africa.jpg" height="492" /> Image: <a href="http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/8b6c8/fac/" rel="nofollow">http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/8b6c8/fac/</a> A piece of humour…. South Africa In the beginning God created day and night. He created day for rugby matches, going to the beach and braais. He created night for going jolling, sleeping and braais. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Second Day. On the Second Day God created water – for surfing, fishing, swimming and braais on the beach. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Third Day. On the Third Day God created the Earth to bring forth plants – to provide food, malt and yeast for beer and wood for braais. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fourth Day. On the Fourth Day God created animals and crustaceans for chops, boerewors, steak and prawns for braais. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Fifth Day. On the Fifth day God created an oke – to go to the rugby, enjoy the beach, drink the beer and eat the meat and prawns at braais. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Sixth Day. On the Sixth Day God saw that this oke was lonely and needed someone to go to the rugby, surf, drink beer, eat and stand around the braai with. So God created buddies, and God saw that they were good okes. God saw that it was good. Evening came and morning came and it was the Seventh Day. On the Seventh Day God saw that the okes were tired and needed a rest. So God created Chicks – to clean the house, bear children, wash, cook and clean the braai. Evening came and it was the end of the Seventh day. God sighed, looked around at the twinkling braais, heard the hiss of opening beer cans and the raucous laughter of all the okes and chicks, smelled the aroma of grilled chops and sizzling prawns, and God saw that it was not just good, it was very good, He created a great place and HE called it SOUTH AFRICA. Amen Brother! (anon)<iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gawdjmxdssk?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe><img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg" alt="nikita.jpg" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/always-on-my-mind/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Always on my mind">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1127 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-south-africa category-skaak category-skaak-suid-afrika category-skaaktoernooie tag-centurion-chess tag-centurion-lake-hotel tag-chess tag-chess-grandmasters tag-chess-south-africa tag-chess-tournament tag-clubview-chess tag-elise-steenkamp tag-skaak tag-skaak-suid-afrika tag-skaaktoernooie tag-south-africa tag-south-african-chess-champions tag-stefan-du-toit" id="post-1127"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/chess-with-the-grandmasters-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Chess with the Grandmasters in South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Chess South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak/" rel="category tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak-suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Skaak Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaaktoernooie/" rel="category tag">Skaaktoernooie</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/centurion-chess/" rel="tag">Centurion chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/centurion-lake-hotel/" rel="tag">Centurion Lake Hotel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-grandmasters/" rel="tag">Chess Grandmasters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-south-africa/" rel="tag">Chess South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-tournament/" rel="tag">chess tournament</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/clubview-chess/" rel="tag">Clubview Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/elise-steenkamp/" rel="tag">Elise Steenkamp</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak/" rel="tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Skaak Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaaktoernooie/" rel="tag">Skaaktoernooie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-chess-champions/" rel="tag">South African Chess Champions</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stefan-du-toit/" rel="tag">Stefan Du Toit</a> on 22/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/chess-with-the-grandmasters-in-south-africa/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/quote.png" alt="quote.png" /><img border="0" width="250" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.centurionnews.co.za/imgup/feb8_chess.gif" height="165" /> Picture: Johan Steenkamp – facing the camera. Note: Centurion is near Pretoria, about 10-15 min drive from Pretoria on your way to Jo’burg. (Johannesburg). Centurion is this year 100 years old! Chess players about to make their move LISA DEWBERRY Februarie 2008 The Centurion Chess Club will soon be presenting one of the biggest chess tournaments of its kind in Gauteng and the only South African tournament listed on the international Fidé Calendar. The 16th Annual Centurion Chess Open Tournament will be presented at the Kleinkaap Conference Centre in Clubview from 30 April to 4 May. Johan Steenkamp, of the Centurion Chess Club, says the various sections of the event will open doors for all chess players regardless of their playing strength. The section for players of 13 years and younger will be played on 1 and 2 May only, while the more experienced players can participate in either an A or B section from 1 until 4 May. “Seven rounds will be played during the tournament and players can compete in four divisions including an elite division which displays the ability of some of the best players in Southern Africa,” says Steenkamp. According to him, this tournament attracts more than 250 players each year and boasts as being the tournament with the most prize money in Gauteng. “For the first time ever, the club will present an internationally recognised section to start on 30 April. “Some grandmaster and international master players from countries as far as the Ukraine have already indicated they wish to participate,” says Steenkamp. He says that he and other members of the Centurion Chess Club are planning to take part in the tournament and says that the Centurion Chess Club is arguably the best chess club in South Africa. “The club prides itself on developing high calibre chess players through rigorous competitive programmes. Last year for the seventh time in a row, the Centurion Chess Club’s A-team won the Gauteng Premier League,” says Steenkamp. He says that this is a record number of wins and a record number of consecutive wins since the start of the league in the Seventies.The club has also won the South African inter-club tournament and been host to the prestigious BIS Open Chess Tournament. The Annual Centurion Chess Open Tournament is open to all chess players. For more information visit <a href="http://www.centurionchessclub" rel="nofollow">http://www.centurionchessclub</a>. co.za. Read the news article in it’s original form <a href="http://www.centurionnews.co.za/artikel.asp?nID=1260">HERE </a>… Read <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/250000-free-chess-sets-for-schools-in-england/">HERE </a>what I’ve said this morning about Elise Steenkamp- in the comments… Click <a href="http://www.centurionnews.co.za/kaart.asp">HERE </a>to see a map of Centurion. <img border="0" width="156" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.places.co.za/crs/photos/7707_1.jpg" height="198" /> Need a place to stay? Image: Centurion Lake Hotel…Click <a href="http://www.places.co.za/html/7707.html">HERE </a>for details and more places. <img border="0" width="250" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.eastern.co.za/imgup/feb8_skaak.gif" height="204" /> Image: Stefan Du Toit, Grade 7, the new SA o/14 Chess Champion. He’s from Tygerpoort Primary School, Pretoria. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/nikita.jpg" alt="nikita.jpg" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/chess-with-the-grandmasters-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chess with the Grandmasters in South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1119 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hartbeespoortdam category-holiday category-music-videos category-pretoria category-south-africa tag-hartbeespoortdam tag-holiday tag-music-videos tag-pretoria tag-south-africa" id="post-1119"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hartbeespoortdam/" rel="bookmark">Hartbeespoortdam</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hartbeespoortdam/" rel="category tag">Hartbeespoortdam</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hartbeespoortdam/" rel="tag">Hartbeespoortdam</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" rel="tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 19/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hartbeespoortdam/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> I came across this song about the Hartbeespoortdam on youtube… I don’t know the artist… but it’s a funny song… if you listen to the artist, you will hear a very distinct “accent” which is very typical of some Capetonians… he sings a mix of Afrikaans and English and it’s an accent which you get in Cape Town from the Cape Coloureds ( a mixed race)….. it’s beautiful. The Hartbeespoortdam is near Pretoria and if you travel from Johannesburg…(also Jo’burg/Johies/Jozi)… it’s about 30 min travel… When I was a student, we used to go for a day to this dam to try catch some fish… not that we were lucky though…it was more for the fun of it… Once a friend also scared me with all kinds of tricks in his helicopter! We flew over the dam and he perhaps tried to impress me with all his tricks, but I felt sick most of the time and sat with a paper back on my lap! LOL! There is a little zoo at the dam which you can visit. If you want to do some hang gliding….then this place is just the place to do it, you have to go up the mountain with the cable car! If you watch the video, you will see some great pictures of the tunnel and the road across the dam…. be prepared for weekends…this place is PACKED!! with visitors and travelling through the tunnel can be a nightmare…don’t say I didn’t warn you…there are all kinds of curious shops to visit too….places to have some scones and tea!! Yummy! <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hartbeespoortdam.com/images/area_map.gif" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><img style="width:539px;height:363px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hartbeespoortdam.com/images/area_map.gif" border="0" alt="" width="610" height="475" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hartbeespoortdam.com/snake%26amp%3Banimalpark/snake_animal_park_jaguar_chico.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="180" height="180" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.engelvoelkers.co.za/__we_thumbs__/101153_1_S2010003.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="461" height="343" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.southafrica-travel.net/NORDGIFS/magaliesberg.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="269" height="173" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hartbeesportdam-golf.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="9567" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hartbeespoortdam/hartbeesportdam-golf/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hartbeesportdam-golf.jpg" data-orig-size="139,81" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="hartbeesportdam golf" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hartbeesportdam-golf.jpg?w=139" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hartbeesportdam-golf.jpg?w=139" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-9567" title="hartbeesportdam golf" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/hartbeesportdam-golf.jpg" alt="hartbeesportdam golf" width="139" height="81" /></a> Play golf! <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.hartbeespoortdam.com/images/hartbeespoortdam_background.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="420" height="350" /> Click <a href="http://www.hartbeespoortdam.com/" target="_blank">HERE </a>to book your holiday at Hartbeespoortdam or surrounding areas…The link will open in a new window. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-iUwKsuJ-0c?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hartbeespoortdam/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Hartbeespoortdam">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1074 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-drakensberg-map category-drakensberg-mountains category-drakensberg-mountains-map category-drakensberge category-hiking-in-south-africa category-hiking-in-the-drakensberg-mountains category-mount-aux-sources category-movies category-national-anthem category-national-bird-of-south-africa category-national-fish-south-africa category-national-flower-of-south-africa category-national-symbols category-protea category-south-africa category-springbok tag-coat-of-arms tag-drakensberg-map tag-drakensberg-mountain-map tag-drakensberg-mountains tag-drakensberge tag-hiking-in-south-africa tag-hiking-in-the-drakensberg-mountains tag-mount-aux-sources tag-movies tag-national-anthem tag-national-anthem-of-south-africa tag-national-bird tag-national-fish-of-south-africa tag-national-flower-of-south-africa tag-national-symbols-of-south-africa tag-protea tag-south-africa tag-springbok" id="post-1074"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="bookmark">Drakensberg Mountains</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberg-map/" rel="category tag">Drakensberg map</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="category tag">Drakensberg mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberg-mountains-map/" rel="category tag">Drakensberg Mountains map</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/drakensberge/" rel="category tag">Drakensberge</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hiking-in-south-africa/" rel="category tag">hiking in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hiking-in-the-drakensberg-mountains/" rel="category tag">hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mount-aux-sources/" rel="category tag">Mount Aux Sources</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/movies/" rel="category tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/national-anthem/" rel="category tag">National Anthem</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/national-bird-of-south-africa/" rel="category tag">National Bird of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/national-fish-south-africa/" rel="category tag">National Fish South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/national-flower-of-south-africa/" rel="category tag">National flower of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/national-symbols/" rel="category tag">National Symbols</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/protea/" rel="category tag">Protea</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/springbok/" rel="category tag">Springbok</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/coat-of-arms/" rel="tag">Coat of arms</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-map/" rel="tag">Drakensberg map</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-mountain-map/" rel="tag">Drakensberg Mountain map</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="tag">Drakensberg mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/drakensberge/" rel="tag">Drakensberge</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hiking-in-south-africa/" rel="tag">hiking in South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hiking-in-the-drakensberg-mountains/" rel="tag">hiking in the Drakensberg Mountains</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mount-aux-sources/" rel="tag">Mount Aux Sources</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-anthem/" rel="tag">National Anthem</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-anthem-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">National Anthem of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-bird/" rel="tag">National Bird</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-fish-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">National fish of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-flower-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">National flower of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/national-symbols-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">National Symbols of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/protea/" rel="tag">Protea</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/springbok/" rel="tag">Springbok</a> on 02/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img data-attachment-id="2335" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains/drakensberge11/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg" data-orig-size="404,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="drakensberge11" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg?w=404" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg?w=404" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2335" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg?w=202" alt="" width="202" height="300" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg?w=202 202w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberge11.jpg 404w" sizes="(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px" /> <a href="https://www.drakensbergmountains.co.za/drakensberg.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click to access drakensberg.pdf</a> The pdf has loads about the mountain. <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Tng19qGzGa"><a href="http://drakensberg-tourist-map.com/drakensberg-map/">Drakensberg Map</a></blockquote> <iframe class="wp-embedded-content" sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" style="position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);" title="“Drakensberg Map” — Drakensberg tourist map" src="http://drakensberg-tourist-map.com/drakensberg-map/embed/#?secret=Tng19qGzGa" data-secret="Tng19qGzGa" width="500" height="282" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <h4>On this link, you will find two map links – very detailed and beautiful.</h4> Click <a href="http://www.drakensberg.kzn.org.za/index.php?districthome+22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to visit different places of the Drakensberg mountain and you can also make bookings from this link. This mountain range stretches from the Northern part of South Africa to the Southern part of the country. The highest peak is Mount Aux Sources, about 4300 m. I was on Mount Aux Sources when I was 15 with a school hiking trip! Two of our teachers went with us. We were about 20-30 students, 15 and 16 years old. I can remember we travelled through Qwa-Qwa –Eastern Free State -and we parked the coaches at Witsieshoek. From there you are sort of already at the foothills of the mountain and it wouldn’t take you that long to the summit. Just a few hours. But hey, be prepared for two chain ladders and strong winds. You have your kit on your back: tent, rucksack, sleeping bag, whatever you take with you – and you go up the ladder with everything. Some of the students were scared and our teacher used a rope to tie around one another to make them feel more safe. I think I just prayed all the way up! There is a hut on Mount Aux Sources, but when we arrived there, the roof was down! So, we just slept wherever we felt safe – away from trees because of the possibility of thunder and lightning. There are many caves in “The Berg” where you can sleep when going on a hiking trip. Click <a href="http://www.berg.co.za/cavesn.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HERE </a>to see the caves and links, they tell you also about CAVE ETIQUETTE on the cave-index page! You can also read on the “hut” link where to find huts to stay on your trip! And on <a href="http://www.berg.co.za/images/Peaks/page_01.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>you can see a gallery of the peaks in “The Berg” and their names. This is really a MUST go place to go on holiday, make sure you don’t miss out! The flower is South Africa’s National Flower, the King Protea. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/king-protea.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="14561" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains/king-protea/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/king-protea.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,768" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"E2000","caption":"","created_timestamp":"-62169984000","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.8","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.011111111111111","title":""}" data-image-title="King Protea" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/king-protea.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/king-protea.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone wp-image-14561" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/king-protea.jpg" alt="King Protea" width="300" height="200" /></a> <a href="http://drakensberg.kzn.org.za/drakensberg/5.xml"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wild-about-you.com/Images/gameSpringbok.jpg" alt="" width="207" height="200" border="0" /></a> The Springbok – South Africa’s National antelope – also the Rugby team of our country called the Springboks. <img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.southafrica.info/cm_pics/ess_info/690-1823-2661-0_381412.jpg" alt="" width="72" height="94" border="0" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains-2/" rel="tag"> </a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/drakensberg-mountains/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Drakensberg Mountains">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1071 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-concentration-camps category-eastern-transvaal category-history category-long-tom category-lydenburg category-mount-sheba category-pilgrims-rest category-south-africa tag-baberton tag-blyde-river-canyon tag-blyderivier tag-concentration-camps tag-eastern-transvaal tag-history-of-south-africa tag-long-tom-pass tag-lydenburg tag-lydenburg-heads tag-mount-sheba tag-mpumalanga tag-pilgrims-rest tag-south-africa tag-white-river tag-witrivier" id="post-1071"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/tour-the-lowveld/" rel="bookmark">Tour the Lowveld!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/concentration-camps/" rel="category tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/eastern-transvaal/" rel="category tag">Eastern Transvaal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/long-tom/" rel="category tag">Long Tom</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/lydenburg/" rel="category tag">Lydenburg</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mount-sheba/" rel="category tag">Mount Sheba</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pilgrims-rest/" rel="category tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/baberton/" rel="tag">Baberton</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blyde-river-canyon/" rel="tag">Blyde River Canyon</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/blyderivier/" rel="tag">Blyderivier</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/concentration-camps/" rel="tag">concentration camps</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/eastern-transvaal/" rel="tag">Eastern Transvaal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">History of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/long-tom-pass/" rel="tag">Long Tom Pass</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lydenburg/" rel="tag">Lydenburg</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/lydenburg-heads/" rel="tag">Lydenburg Heads</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mount-sheba/" rel="tag">Mount Sheba</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mpumalanga/" rel="tag">Mpumalanga</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pilgrims-rest/" rel="tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/white-river/" rel="tag">White River</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/witrivier/" rel="tag">Witrivier</a> on 02/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/tour-the-lowveld/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rp8100778.jpg" alt="rp8100778.jpg" width="379" height="287" /> All links in this post will open in a new window. Read on <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/pilgrims-rest-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">THIS LINK </a>more about Pilgrim’s Rest with beautiful pictures and links to other posts on my blog. It was our second time in the Royal Hotel although we’ve been to Pilgrim’s Rest a zillion times. As a child I grew up on a farm just about 30 minutes’ drive from Pilgrim’s Rest and I don’t think I have to say more! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rp8100780.jpg" alt="rp8100780.jpg" width="392" height="308" /> <img style="width: 393px;height: 315px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100784.jpg" alt="p8100784.jpg" width="403" height="320" /> By looking at these pictures, you can see how beautifully this old Hotel has been decorated and I love this bath tub! You feel like spending hours in a bath like this! Everything in the rooms was really very neat and tidy and we couldn’t complain about anything. The service was outstanding and the cleaners very friendly and helpful. They were ready at hand to carry any luggage from the car and it was such a relief to find some fresh tea ready after a long way of travel from Blyde River! <div> </div> <div><img style="width: 393px;height: 318px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100783.jpg" alt="p8100783.jpg" width="413" height="322" /></div> <img style="width: 403px;height: 342px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100802.jpg" alt="p8100802.jpg" width="464" height="456" /> <img style="width: 405px;height: 268px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100824.jpg" alt="p8100824.jpg" width="451" height="300" /> These are the rest rooms of the Hotel it self. I found it very clean and tidy. <img style="width: 405px;height: 325px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100839.jpg" alt="p8100839.jpg" width="419" height="329" /> <div>And, very odd, still in August – which winter in SA, but this plant was in bloom, so beautiful <img style="width: 384px;height: 246px" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100838.jpg" alt="p8100838.jpg" width="414" height="252" /></div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/tour-the-lowveld/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Tour the Lowveld!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1049 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gold-rush category-history category-mpumalanga category-pilgrims-rest category-royal-hotel tag-gold-rush tag-historical-town tag-history tag-holiday tag-mpumalanga tag-pilgrims-rest tag-royal-hotel tag-south-africa" id="post-1049"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/pilgrims-rest-2/" rel="bookmark">Pilgrim’s Rest</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gold-rush/" rel="category tag">Gold Rush</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/mpumalanga/" rel="category tag">Mpumalanga</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pilgrims-rest/" rel="category tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/royal-hotel/" rel="category tag">Royal Hotel</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gold-rush/" rel="tag">Gold Rush</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/historical-town/" rel="tag">Historical town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mpumalanga/" rel="tag">Mpumalanga</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pilgrims-rest/" rel="tag">Pilgrims Rest</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/royal-hotel/" rel="tag">Royal Hotel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 02/02/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/pilgrims-rest-2/#comments">9 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rp8100774.jpg" alt="rp8100774.jpg" /> I’ve posted before about before about Pilgrims Rest and don’t want to bore you again with the history of the town. In short – for those “lazy” readers… – oh yes, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/pilgrims-rest/">HERE is a </a>link! – this is a historical town in the Eastern part of the country… Mpumalanga. Mpumalanga means… place where the sun rises..so, it’s the East! Previously, it was called Eastern Transvaal and you were lucky (like me!) if you grew up in this part of the country as it is one of the most beautiful places in the country. This historical town – Pilgrims Rest – was founded during the Gold Rush in South Africa and the town is now a tourist attraction and really a “must go” when you go to South Africa. I’ve got some fantastic pictures that will get posted tomorrow about views of the town and more about museums in the town and from the displays in the musems and also from the Hotel itself. So…keep watching this space! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/rp8100776.jpg" alt="rp8100776.jpg" /> The Royal Hotel was THE place to be – I guess for those miners after a hard day’s work! If you walk into the Royal Hotel, you can “hear” them talking “gold”! The atmosphere is really a relaxing atmosphere. The main road doesn’t go through the town anymore like before and that makes wondering/lingering through the town quite safe and less stressful! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110942.jpg" alt="p8110942.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110943.jpg" alt="p8110943.jpg" /> These two pictures are some old posters and it grabbed my attention immediately! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100837.jpg" alt="p8100837.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100835.jpg" alt="p8100835.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110954.jpg" alt="p8110954.jpg" /> I got permission from this art shop to take some pics inside and they sell the most wonderful art/pottery! Just have a look at all the designs, rich in colour and rich in Africa! I love these designs! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110957.jpg" alt="p8110957.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110961.jpg" alt="p8110961.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110963.jpg" alt="p8110963.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110965.jpg" alt="p8110965.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8100814.jpg" alt="p8100814.jpg" /> These menus can’t be ignored! You have to sit down and have something to eat, my favourite of course…scones and jam+cream! and those Koeksisters!! how can you resist it! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110979.jpg" alt="p8110979.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110968.jpg" alt="p8110968.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110969.jpg" alt="p8110969.jpg" /> On these pics you can see evidence of the mining that was going on. There’s museums in the town that is very informative about the area and the “Gold Rush”.Read <a href="http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/pilgrimsrest.htm">HERE MORE about </a>the Gold Rush in Pilgrims Rest. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110966.jpg" alt="p8110966.jpg" /> <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/p8110980.jpg" alt="p8110980.jpg" /> Click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/tour-the-lowveld/">ON THIS LINK </a>to see more beautiful pictures of Pilgrim’s Rest and take a tour through the eastern part of the country! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/02/pilgrims-rest-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pilgrim’s Rest">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1026 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gedigte category-geskiedenis category-history category-poetry category-skaak category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-chess tag-chess-games tag-gedigte tag-geskiedenis tag-history tag-music tag-poetry tag-skaak tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika tag-the-butterfly-lion" id="post-1026"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/my-five-favourites/" rel="bookmark">My Five Favourites</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/geskiedenis/" rel="category tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak/" rel="category tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-games/" rel="tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" rel="tag">geskiedenis</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak/" rel="tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-butterfly-lion/" rel="tag">The Butterfly Lion</a> on 30/01/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/my-five-favourites/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> I was tagged by <a href="http://meghnaspages.blogspot.com/">MEGHNA </a>to do a meme. This meme is about 5 links on your blog that you like most and then I have to tag 5 other bloggers to do the same! It was really difficult for me to decide which 5 links are my favourite, as I have more favourites than just 5 for the following reasons: I love History…and I have quite a few posts relating to History. I do love poetry! and I really have so many poets that I favour, it was really difficult to decide which link! I love chess! and I think at this stage…with the covering of Corus and the African Juniors… I think about 1/4 of my links are chess-related posts, as I have about 20 of my own games posted too! Then…books! Drop me at any bookshop and I’m happy as a pig in Palestine!! So…I tried to focus on what I like/love and tried to find posts that I think might interest you as the reader! Enjoy! 1. Read on<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/still-tuesday/"> Still Tuesday </a>about The Butterfly Lion..and Meghna…I do hope you get hold of this book to read it…the setting starts in South Africa and then moves to England…one of the best books I’ve read…although it’s a book for children age 9-11… due to my work…in South Africa as a library teacher too…I read zillions of books to be able to support children in knowing what’s good to read! and I love children’s books…they are the best! 2. Chess!! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/african-junior-chess-championshipupdate/">African Junior Chess Championships </a>that took place early in January 2008 in Malawi. I covered the tournament with interactive games …so…enjoy yourself with the best from the rest! 3. Suncatcher! <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/">Sonvanger </a>On this link you can listen to the song in Afrikaans whilst following the words in English… really a nice song, beautifully sang by two artists and one of them, Laurika Rauch, is really gold dust in South Africa! 4. On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/">Seven II </a>you will find a poem which I translated. Read what it is about, a very sad incident in one of our country’s best poet’s life. 5. VERY <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/south-africa/">interesting history </a>to be read here… about South Africa. Tag time! I’m tagging the following bloggers…they are all in my blogroll…MyKop’nBlog…Boer-in-Ballingskap…Krokodil-kou-aan….and Willie-werkie…unfortunately, only Krokodil-kou-aan’s blog is an English blog…but beautiful photos to see on the other blogs! <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/my-five-favourites/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to My Five Favourites">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-1016 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-pretoria category-pretoria-zoo category-roads-pretoria category-south-africa tag-akasia tag-capital-of-south-africa tag-gezina tag-kolonnade-shopping-centre tag-pretoria tag-pretoria-video tag-pretoria-zoo tag-roads-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-traffic-in-pretoria tag-traffic-pretoria tag-video-about-pretoria tag-wonderpark" id="post-1016"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/pretoria-3/" rel="bookmark">Pretoria</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria-zoo/" rel="category tag">Pretoria Zoo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/roads-pretoria/" rel="category tag">roads Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/akasia/" rel="tag">Akasia</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/capital-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">Capital of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gezina/" rel="tag">Gezina</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kolonnade-shopping-centre/" rel="tag">Kolonnade shopping centre</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria-video/" rel="tag">Pretoria video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria-zoo/" rel="tag">Pretoria Zoo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/roads-pretoria/" rel="tag">roads Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/traffic-in-pretoria/" rel="tag">traffic in Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/traffic-pretoria/" rel="tag">traffic Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/video-about-pretoria/" rel="tag">video about Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wonderpark/" rel="tag">Wonderpark</a> on 25/01/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/pretoria-3/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Pretoria is the capital city of South Africa…actually, one of 3 capitals! Bloemfontein and Cape Town are the other 2 capitals. Johannesburg is the city where all international flights are going to and from there to Cape Town and other cities, therefore most people think that Johannesburg is the capital city of South Africa! I’ve even had a lady said to me that at school she was taught that Johannesburg is the capital of South Africa…….wonder why….Pretoria is the capital for ages! History of Pretoria – (today also called Tshwane–the “Metropolitan” area) – was founded in 1855 and declared the capital of the South African Republic, which was the Boer republic in Transvaal. The president of the republic, Marthinus Pretorius, named it after his father, Andries Pretorius, who had become the national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over the Zulu kingdom in the famous battle at Blood River. Read <a href="http://www.southafrica-travel.net/north/a1pret01.htm">HERE </a>more about Pretoria’s history. On this link <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria">HERE </a>from Wikipedia, you will find more interesting facts. These pictures were taken last year July/August when we went on holiday to South Africa. These pictures were taken from Pretoria and Akasia mainly. Akasia is a suburb to the North of Pretoria….it’s got its own municipality. These pics are not the best pictures, as I had to take them whilst in the car. You can imagine stopping every now and then to take a picture!! Other motorists will freak out! So, I hope you can still enjoy what you see and get the “picture” of what Pretoria is like, but…. these are not from the inner-city! If you want to go shopping in Pretoria, you have to go to <a href="http://www.kolonnadecentre.co.za/">Kolonnade Centre </a>as this is really a HUGE shopping centre!! This shopping centre is also in the North of the city…. if you go to the Wonderboom-area. Wonderboom is a bigger area “neighbouring” Akasia. Please click <a href="http://www.pta.co.za/">HERE </a>to visit one of Pretoria’s websites where you will find links to places to stay, things to do…etc. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/wonderparkexit3-2.jpg" alt="wonderparkexit3-2.jpg" /> One exit at Wonderpark Shopping Centre, (Akasia) North of Pretoria. Click <a href="http://www.wonderparkcentre.co.za/">HERE </a>for the website of Wonderpark. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoriazoo.jpg" alt="pretoriazoo.jpg" /> Pretoria Zoo…in Boom Street. “Boom” means “Tree” in English. Pretoria Zoo is really worth a visit! I’ve been to London Zoo and it’s not a patch against Pretoria’s Zoo!! Much more to see and enjoy and very spacious for the animals to move about. Pretoria’s Zoo has got more interesting layouts and there is lots of space to have a picnic without feeling intimidating or feeling you are all squashed in! See their website <a href="http://www.zoo.ac.za/">HERE</a> and enjoy! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoriaakasia.jpg" alt="pretoriaakasia.jpg" /> Akasia…North of Pretoria…near Wonderpark Shopping Centre <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria-2.jpg" alt="pretoria-2.jpg" width="398" height="291" /> Pretoria, on your way to the Zoo from the North…Flower Street can be seen where the arrows indicate to turn… <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria9.jpg" alt="pretoria9.jpg" width="398" height="349" /> Pretoria <img style="width:392px;height:268px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria13.jpg" alt="pretoria13.jpg" width="503" height="297" /> Pretoria <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria5.jpg" alt="pretoria5.jpg" width="398" height="324" /> Pretoria, descending to Boom Street…..and the Zoo…or the central of the city if you don’t turn left in Boom Street. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria4.jpg" alt="pretoria4.jpg" width="399" height="385" /> Pretoria… Langenhoven High School turn-off on your left ahead…further on…Boom Street, the Zoo….or central city… <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria3.jpg" alt="pretoria3.jpg" width="400" height="334" /> Pretoria, not the business area yet… <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pretoria2.jpg" alt="pretoria2.jpg" /> Pretoria…traffic in Gezina-area. Gezina is more close to the inner-city…also one of the suburbs. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mabopane6.jpg" alt="mabopane6.jpg" width="422" height="359" /> Mabopane highway-traffic….Mabopane is not very close to Pretoria…. and we all know this highway takes you to Mabopane. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mabopane5.jpg" alt="mabopane5.jpg" width="422" height="382" /> Mabopane highway…. from Wonderpark to Pretoria <img style="width:420px;height:430px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/jacarandawinter.jpg" alt="jacarandawinter.jpg" width="523" height="437" /> Jacaranda trees in Pretoria during winter…this is Boom Street! During Spring these trees are covered in purple blossoms….BEAUTIFUL!! <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gezina2.jpg" alt="gezina2.jpg" width="406" height="316" /> Gezina, suburb in Pretoria, if you turn left…Pretoria and other destinations if you continue…traffic early morning…10 o’clock-ish. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/akasia11.jpg" alt="akasia11.jpg" width="429" height="318" /> Akasia, traffic….about 10 o’clock – 10:30 -ish in the morning. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/akasia2.jpg" alt="akasia2.jpg" width="435" height="396" /> Business-area opposite Wonderpark….Akasia Hospital on your right….too. <img style="width:435px;height:253px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/akasia1.jpg" alt="akasia1.jpg" width="445" height="283" /> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GWv8IP5aZTM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Akasia…the buildings on your right are some office-buildings. <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/pretoria-3/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pretoria">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-913 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-humour category-jennifer-shahade category-skaak category-skaakmeesters category-south-africa tag-carmen-de-jager tag-chess tag-chess-humour tag-jennifer-shahade tag-melissa-greeff tag-skaak tag-skaakmeesters tag-south-africa" id="post-913"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/chess-humor/" rel="bookmark">Chess humour and Jennifer Shahade</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-humour/" rel="category tag">chess humour</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jennifer-shahade/" rel="category tag">Jennifer Shahade</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaak/" rel="category tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/skaakmeesters/" rel="category tag">Skaakmeesters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/carmen-de-jager/" rel="tag">Carmen de Jager</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-humour/" rel="tag">chess humour</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jennifer-shahade/" rel="tag">Jennifer Shahade</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/melissa-greeff/" rel="tag">Melissa Greeff</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak/" rel="tag">skaak</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaakmeesters/" rel="tag">Skaakmeesters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 04/01/2008| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/chess-humor/#comments">7 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CjTujl1DAks?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe – Indian proverb South Africa, Part I By Jennifer Shahade Click <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6813">HERE to read </a>about Jennifer’s visit to South Africa during May 2007. And….on <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/154/195">THIS LINK </a>you can read even more about Jennifer. <img border="0" width="440" src="https://i0.wp.com/main.uschess.org/images/stories/beta/joburgstay.jpg" height="303" /><img border="0" width="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/main.uschess.org/images/stories/beta/CarmenJen.jpg" height="413" /> Jennifer with Carmen de Jager, South Africa’s Woman’s Closed Champion. <img border="0" width="275" src="https://i0.wp.com/main.uschess.org/images/stories/beta/Melissa.jpg" height="414" /> and….Melissa Greeff…SA’s Woman’s Open Chess Champion…read on <a href="http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6815/343/">JENNIFER’s blog more </a>about them all! Last year, Melissa (13) won the girls section of the African Junior Chess Championships (U20) in December 2006 in Botswana, and was awarded a Woman International Master title (WIM) and her first Woman Grand Master norm. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" height="16" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/chess-humor/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chess humour and Jennifer Shahade">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-857 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-games category-chess-poetry category-chessa category-henry-steel category-poetry tag-chess tag-chess-games tag-chess-poetry tag-chessa tag-henry-steel tag-poems tag-poetry tag-south-africa tag-south-african-closed-championships-2007" id="post-857"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/south-africa-closed-chess-champion-2007/" rel="bookmark">South African Closed Chess Champion 2007</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-games/" rel="category tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-poetry/" rel="category tag">chess poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chessa/" rel="category tag">Chessa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/henry-steel/" rel="category tag">Henry Steel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-games/" rel="tag">chess games</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-poetry/" rel="tag">chess poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chessa/" rel="tag">Chessa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/henry-steel/" rel="tag">Henry Steel</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-closed-championships-2007/" rel="tag">South African Closed Championships 2007</a> on 29/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/south-africa-closed-chess-champion-2007/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img border="0" width="220" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.chessa.co.za/assets/medium/60.jpg" height="165" /> Henry Steel….. <img width="447" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/saope.png" alt="saope.png" height="250" /> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/saopen2007.png" title="saopen2007.png"></a> Henry Steel is South Africa’s Closed Chess Champion 2007. South Africa’s Closed Chess Championship took place during December, just before Christmas! Please click <a href="http://www.chessa.co.za/body/contentDetail.action?contentID=84">HERE </a>for the results. Click <a href="http://files.chesscube.com/SAC2007/r11/base.htm">HERE </a>to play through the games of round 11. This is a good end-position between Klaasen and Op’tHoff in round 11. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/klop.png" alt="klop.png" /> On this next image you can see another good end-position of Cawdery and Mabusela’s game in round 11. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/cama.png" alt="cama.png" /> I came across Tauriq’s blog…and he seems to be getting very excited about chess events taking place in South Africa, as his blog contains poems about different events! I think it is quite cool! Well done Tauriq! I like it! Here’s one about the Closed Championship…..enjoy! SA Closed 12 Warriors entered the circle 3 will stay in the cube The rest must die. 9 tombs will scatter the terrain of 64 squares Engraved, the names of sacrifice. But unlike most wars, there are no funerals here. Flowers remain strewn everywhere. Unlike most battles,prisons have no cells, dungeons hold no chains. The blood is spilt in the mind, And in this cube, only the strong remain. The Warrior of The Grey Zone The Guru of Soweto, The Pretorian Prince, And a doctor who finds solutions in the stars, have gathered. Aribters stalked the main stage And the Bard found his way on a table among trivial manuscripts. It was a time when the young lions faced initiation at the hands of the elders and ragged-toothed, smelt the shores of Dresden. The Guru was laid low by a swing of Steel The Greyzone was silenced into purgatory A man from Springbok bullied on tops boards, while luck ran out for the man of Gluck. Later a Berg of Will departed, forced, as death spoke of a pawn unpromoted. Remain the mountain, my friend. We await with arms open on e8, humbled as we mourn. The doctor is yet to return from the atmosphere. Dresden will shudder and smile, when we say, ” A Cube has fallen from the stars and out of its many values… …we will finally become understood.” Click <a href="http://tauriq.chesscube.com/">HERE </a>for more chess poetry by Tauriq! <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" height="16" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/south-africa-closed-chess-champion-2007/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to South African Closed Chess Champion 2007">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-826 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-artists category-helmut-lotti category-laurika-rauch category-music category-music-videos category-musiekvideos category-poetry category-sarie-marais category-song-translated category-sonvanger category-south-africa category-suncatcher tag-helmut-lotti tag-kinders-van-die-wind tag-laurika-rauch tag-music tag-music-video tag-song-translated tag-sonvanger tag-south-africa tag-suncatcher tag-the-old-folk tag-valiant-swart" id="post-826"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/" rel="bookmark">Suncatcher! – song</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/artists/" rel="category tag">Artists</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/helmut-lotti/" rel="category tag">Helmut Lotti</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/laurika-rauch/" rel="category tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music/" rel="category tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/music-videos/" rel="category tag">music videos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/musiekvideos/" rel="category tag">musiekvideos</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sarie-marais/" rel="category tag">Sarie Marais</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/song-translated/" rel="category tag">Song translated</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/sonvanger/" rel="category tag">Sonvanger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suncatcher/" rel="category tag">Suncatcher</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/helmut-lotti/" rel="tag">Helmut Lotti</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kinders-van-die-wind/" rel="tag">Kinders van die Wind</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/laurika-rauch/" rel="tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" rel="tag">music</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-video/" rel="tag">music video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/song-translated/" rel="tag">Song translated</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/sonvanger/" rel="tag">Sonvanger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suncatcher/" rel="tag">Suncatcher</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-old-folk/" rel="tag">The Old Folk</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/valiant-swart/" rel="tag">Valiant Swart</a> on 21/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/#comments">15 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="width:211px;height:281px;" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/suncatcher.png" alt="suncatcher.png" width="211" height="330" />This is the most beautiful song by Laurika Rauch and Valiant Swart. They sing about the sun….”Suncatcher” – ….Laurika Rauch is really one of our best artists in South Africa… she’s a beloved singer, well, I do love her music and I think most other South Africans too as you will notice the reaction of the audience when she appears on stage to sing with Valiant. She’s really done her bit for Afrikaans and she’s a big legend in SA. This song is in Afrikaans and I’ve tried my best to translate this “Sonvanger” (Suncatcher) in English, please listen to the music while following the words as this is a special song! You can also follow the words as I’ve translated her song in English. Enjoy! Please click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/laurika-and-space/" target="_blank">HERE </a>to listen to her singing an English song, called… “The old folk”…beautiful! <iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='375' src='https://video.wordpress.com/embed/c34C4Ary?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&loop=0&preloadContent=metadata&muted=0&playsinline=0&controls=1&cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write' ></iframe><script src='https://v0.wordpress.com/js/next/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970'></script> SONVANGER Valiant Swart KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN VANG DAAR’S ‘N KAMER IN DIE HUIS WAAR ONS DIE SON KAN HANG DIS DONKER BY DIE VENSTER IN DIE MIDDEL VAN DIE DAG ONTHOU JY HOE HELDER DIE KAMER KON LAG KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN BRING DAAR’S ‘N LIEDJIE IN DIE GANGE WAT DIE SON KAN SING WANT DIS STIL IN DIE HOEKE, HIERDIE KOUE SEISOEN KAN JY SIEN WAT DIE WIND EN DIE REËN AAN MY DOEN REFREIN: S-O-NVANGER EK VRA JOU MOOI, LAAT HOM WEER VIR MY KOM SKYN S-O-NVANGER LAAT MY VERSTAAN HOE ‘N SOMER SOMMERSO IN DIE NIET KAN VERDWYN EN LAAT HOM SKYN KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN KRY DAAR’S ‘N HUISIE IN MY HART WAAR DIE SON KAN BLY KYK OF JY VIR MY DIE SON KAN STEEL DAAR’S ‘N PLEKKIE IN DIE TUIN WAAR DIE SON KAN SPEEL REFREIN BRING ‘N BIETJIE LIG VIR DIE DRAAIE OP MY PAD EN ‘N HANDJIEVOL STRALE VIR DIE DONKER IN MY HART S-O-NVANGER Suncatcher See if you could catch me the sun There’s a room in the house where it can be hung It’s dark by the window in the middle of the day Do you remember how brightly the room could laugh? See if you could bring me the sun There’s a song in the corridors the sun can sing Coz it’s quiet in the corners, this cold season Can you see what the wind and rain do to me? Choir: S-u-ncatcher! I ask you, please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine See if you could get me the sun There’s a home in my heart where the sun can live See if you could steal me the sun There’s a place in the garden where the sun can play Choir: S-u-ncatcher! I ask you please, let it shine for me again S-u-ncatcher! Let me understand How a summer could disappear like that in the nothingness And let it shine Bring some light for the meanders on my road And a handful of rays for the darkness in my heart ~~~Nikita This next song is sung by Helmut Lotti, a Belgium artist….singing Afrikaans….a very old folk song called “Sarie Marias”. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wrvEwv26WLc?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> Steve Hofmeyr…..from the TV-series (couple of years ago)….”Agter elke man..” ….(“Behind every man…”) <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BlX8Ktlieo4?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='500' height='375' src='https://video.wordpress.com/embed/c34C4Ary?hd=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&loop=0&preloadContent=metadata&muted=0&playsinline=0&controls=1&cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write' ></iframe><script src='https://v0.wordpress.com/js/next/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970'></script> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <div id="geo-post-826" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/sonvanger/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Suncatcher! – song">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-781 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-animals category-klipspringer category-rock-jumper category-south-africa category-wild-life category-wildlife tag-african-animals tag-animals tag-antelop tag-antelope tag-klipspringer tag-rock-jumper tag-small-antelope tag-south-africa tag-wild-life tag-wildlife" id="post-781"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/rock-jumper/" rel="bookmark">Rock Jumper!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/animals/" rel="category tag">animals</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/klipspringer/" rel="category tag">Klipspringer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/rock-jumper/" rel="category tag">Rock Jumper</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wild-life/" rel="category tag">wild life</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wildlife/" rel="category tag">wildlife</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/african-animals/" rel="tag">African animals</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/animals/" rel="tag">animals</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/antelop/" rel="tag">antelop</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/antelope/" rel="tag">antelope</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/klipspringer/" rel="tag">Klipspringer</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/rock-jumper/" rel="tag">Rock Jumper</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/small-antelope/" rel="tag">small antelope</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wild-life/" rel="tag">wild life</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wildlife/" rel="tag">wildlife</a> on 12/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/rock-jumper/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png"><img data-attachment-id="2333" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/rock-jumper/rockjumper/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png" data-orig-size="433,364" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="rockjumper" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png?w=433" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png?w=433" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2333" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/rockjumper.png 433w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Read <a href="http://www.sa-venues.com/wildlife/wildlife_klipspringer.htm">HERE </a>more about South Africa’s wildlife and also about the Rock Jumper! The Klipspringer (‘rock jumper’ in Afrikaans) is a small African antelope that lives from the Cape of Good Hope all the way up East Africa and into Ethiopia. Reaching approximately 58cm at the shoulder, klipspringers are relatively small animals compared to some of their larger antelope cousins. Males have fragile horns that are usually about 20-25cm long. With a thick and dense speckled patterened coat of an almost olive shade, klipspringers blend in well with the rock outcrops on which they can usually be found. Klipspringers are herbivores, eating rock plants. They never need to drink, since the succulents they subsist on provide them with enough water to survive. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/rock-jumper/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Rock Jumper!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-778 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday category-kaaimans-river category-knysna category-outeniqua-choo-choo category-south-africa tag-holiday tag-kaaimans-river tag-kaaimans-river-bridge tag-knysna tag-outeniqua tag-outeniqua-choo-choo tag-south-africa tag-south-african-tourism" id="post-778"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/knysna-choo-choo/" rel="bookmark">Knysna/Outeniqua Choo Choo</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/kaaimans-river/" rel="category tag">Kaaimans River</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/knysna/" rel="category tag">Knysna</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/outeniqua-choo-choo/" rel="category tag">Outeniqua choo choo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" rel="tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kaaimans-river/" rel="tag">Kaaimans River</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kaaimans-river-bridge/" rel="tag">Kaaimans River Bridge</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/knysna/" rel="tag">Knysna</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/outeniqua/" rel="tag">Outeniqua</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/outeniqua-choo-choo/" rel="tag">Outeniqua choo choo</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-tourism/" rel="tag">South African tourism</a> on 11/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/knysna-choo-choo/#comments">2 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> Photo<a href="http://www.clasohm.com/photodb/photo?photo_id=15504"> of the Kaaimans River </a> <img border="0" width="482" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.clasohm.com/photodb/img/15504-md.jpg" height="232" /> This is for Meghna…and anyone planning to visit South Africa…DO NOT MISS the Outeniqua Choo Choo!! Click <a href="http://www.onlinesources.co.za/chootjoe/">HERE </a>to read more about the Outeniqua Choo Choo. You can follow the “photo gallery” link to see beautiful photos on that link too. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j4WWLnAHcBw?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe><img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/knysna20train.jpg" alt="knysna20train.jpg" /> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!"><img border="0" width="125" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/knysna-choo-choo/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Knysna/Outeniqua Choo Choo">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-772 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dik-dik category-south-africa category-suni category-wildlife tag-african-animals tag-antelope tag-dik-dik tag-dik-dik-images tag-nature tag-smallest-antelope tag-south-africa tag-south-african-wildlife tag-suni tag-wild-life tag-wildlife" id="post-772"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/dik-dik/" rel="bookmark">Dik-dik</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dik-dik/" rel="category tag">Dik-dik</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suni/" rel="category tag">Suni</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/wildlife/" rel="category tag">wildlife</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/african-animals/" rel="tag">African animals</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/antelope/" rel="tag">antelope</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dik-dik/" rel="tag">Dik-dik</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dik-dik-images/" rel="tag">Dik-dik images</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" rel="tag">nature</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/smallest-antelope/" rel="tag">Smallest antelope</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-wildlife/" rel="tag">South African wildlife</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suni/" rel="tag">Suni</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wild-life/" rel="tag">wild life</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/wildlife/" rel="tag">wildlife</a> on 10/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/dik-dik/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png"><img data-attachment-id="2193" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/dik-dik/dik-dik/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png" data-orig-size="433,364" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="dik-dik" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png?w=433" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png?w=433" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2193" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="252" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/dik-dik.png 433w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> A dik-dik, pronounced “dĭk’ dĭk”, and named for the sound it makes when alarmed, is a small antelope of the Genus Madoqua that lives in the bush of southern and eastern Africa and Southeast Asia. Dik-diks stand 30–40 cm at the shoulder and weigh 3–6 kg, making them the smallest of the ruminant suborder. They have an elongated snout and a soft coat that is grey or brownish above and white below. The hair on the crown forms an upright tuft that sometimes partially conceals the short, ringed horns of the male. The Dik-dik is one of South Africa’s smallest antelope. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suni" target="_blank">Suni </a>is the smallest. I haven’t seen both in their natural environment, I think they are too small! On the links you can read more about these two small animals! Read<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dik-dik" target="_blank"> HERE </a>more about the Dik-dik. <img src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/dik-dik.jpg" alt="dik-dik.jpg" /> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Suni-Tygerberg_Zoo.jpg/200px-Suni-Tygerberg_Zoo.jpg" alt="" /> On the last picture you can see the Suni, the other two are the Dik-dik. <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V4abmqIQMXs?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <div id="geo-post-772" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/dik-dik/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Dik-dik">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-769 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-chess category-chess-boxing category-chess-research category-research-in-chess tag-americas-foundation-for-chess tag-chess tag-chess-and-iq tag-chess-boxing tag-chess-research tag-south-africa" id="post-769"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/chess-research/" rel="bookmark">Chess Research</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess/" rel="category tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-boxing/" rel="category tag">chess boxing</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/chess-research/" rel="category tag">chess research</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/research-in-chess/" rel="category tag">Research in Chess</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/americas-foundation-for-chess/" rel="tag">America's Foundation for Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" rel="tag">Chess</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-and-iq/" rel="tag">chess and IQ</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-boxing/" rel="tag">chess boxing</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-research/" rel="tag">chess research</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 09/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/chess-research/#comments">6 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> We all know that Chess helps to improve children’s concentration, maths, reading, thinking processes, ability to make choices in life, dyslexia, etc. etc… but this video shows us how you can combine Chess with boxing!!! hehehehe….so, all you guys that want to be great boxers!! come on, play Chess!!! Chess isn’t for the “softies”…like some people think! Read my earlier post about a research that was done by a South African lady…about it. See the second link in this post. (scroll down with the slider once you’ve clicked on the link) I’ve copied a section of the article from the first link here…PS: All links will open in a new window. <a href="http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=272&fArticleId=3197176" target="_blank">http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=272&fArticleId=3197176</a> <blockquote>That is good news for parents and teachers. Research indicates that chess accelerates learning skills in a huge way. The two Davids cited a number of dazzling statistics showing chess can improve IQ and comprehension retention rates. They were results of a survey undertaken by the America’s Foundation for Chess (AF4C). Numerous studies confirm the benefits of chess instruction on students and academic performance, especially maths and reading. The studies all pointed out that “there is a positive effect of chess on intellectual achievement; not a single report fails to find such a connection”. The researchers investigated and documented the impact of chess on a broad spectrum of academic areas: improved performance by students of diverse ages, intellectual abilities, economic and cultural backgrounds. Chess, they report, has made a difference to children all over the world. For example, Smith and Cage (2000) observed southern, rural, black, secondary school students and found students who were taught chess scored “significantly higher on all measures of academic achievement, including math, spatial analysis, and non-verbal reasoning ability”. Closer to home, there is Van Zyl (1991), who studied South African high school students. After three years of chess instruction, he concluded that there was a “significant improvement in both verbal and non-verbal IQ scores”. He surmised that “chess nourishes latent learning abilities and reinforces skills in logical and abstract thinking, impulse control, endurance and determination”. The studies cited in this survey are impressive. As a parent, it seems we all need to get wise to the benefits of chess. That is easier said than done. Our children’s concentration spans are often ambushed by TV, cellphones and other distractions. Let’s face it, it is easier to switch on the telly than to haul out a chess board. Not all of us know how to play. “You don’t know how to play – why should we?” chorus the children – and they are correct. As with everything, it is not enough to extol the virtues of a topic. It has to be presented in a way which makes it exciting. Take the following example: My husband taught our children (then in grade 1 and 2) the rudiments of the game and they loved it. They attended sessions with chess whiz kids at their school and had a great time. The young teachers – national champions – gave prizes to their students which added to the excitement. It ended when the young mentors were unable to continue due to their schedules at middle school. My daughters learnt chess at school, but soon gave up. Why? It was boring. The teaching lacked the buzz they had been accustomed to. Chess was not part of the curriculum. It was the grudge activity where pariahs hung out because they had no one else to play with at break. Or that was the perception. In actual fact, there were some seriously good players at the school but it seems that if you were a newcomer, this wasn’t an exciting gig. I have seen children playing the game at home, but they would not go near a board at school because it wasn’t cool; because the teacher shouted or because they felt inadequate, playing with the brains of the school. It seems this is not uncommon. Berman e-mailed comments to me from Peter, a SA chess coach who cautions: “Just a warning: I see the old disease of schools supporting only the top 15 players and maybe a few reserves. Chess is for all; it is a language; it helps all pupils to bring order into their academic careers and speed.” Indeed, chess teachers need to take cognisance of the abilities of all students and need to frame the learning process as an exciting adventure – just as MacEnulty has done at the schools he has taught at in the Bronx and elsewhere. There is a need to train the trainer. Berman is doing everything in his power to get MacEnulty back in town during the winter holidays (June/July) to run programmes with teachers. The long-term goal would be to get chess into schools as part of the curriculum – taught during school hours. Chess is for all and with that in mind, they are hoping to get funding so the game can benefit all children. Berman is also keen on twinning schools to encourage social interaction. A programme like this takes funding, and Berman is hedging his moves and encouraging corporations and others to make some good financial moves in getting chess into action at curriculum level. The day after watching the film and hearing MacEnulty speak, my daughters and their friends hauled out the chess board and dusted it off. They played a game on Saturday evening which went on for hours. They were all exhausted and remarked that it was a jol, but that they were tired – their brains were sore. </blockquote> Celone (2001) “Chess significantly increased student scores in non-verbal intelligence, which reflected increased abilities in abstract reasoning and problem solving.” Smith and Sullivan (1997) “Chess education has a substantial positive effect on analytical thinking skills which are important in math, engineering and the physical sciences. The impact was particularly strong among girls.” Rifner (1992) “Problem solving skills that chess teaches will transfer to tasks in other academic domains, including reading comprehension and math, and to enhanced performance on standardized tests of academic achievement.” Van Zyl (1991)(South Africa) “Chess nourishes latent learning abilities, and reinforces skills in logical and abstract thinking, impulse control, endurance and determination. This was manifest as a significant improvement in both verbal and non-verbal IQ scores after three years of chess instruction.” Liptrap (1997). “Students receiving chess instruction scored significantly higher in standardized tests of both math and reading.” Resource: The American Foundation for Chess…click on this link: <a href="http://af4c.memfirstclubs.net/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=RESEARCH&NS=FMPI&APP=80" target="_blank">http://af4c.memfirstclubs.net/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?DN=RESEARCH&NS=FMPI&APP=80</a> Click <a href="http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/ltpgnviewer.html?ny1927pgn.txt&ParsePgn=2">HERE </a>to play through Master’s Chess games. And now…Chess Boxing! <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/43Wcbd0dJpQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe> <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" width="125" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/chess-research/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chess Research">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-720 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-dr-chris-barnard category-heart-surgery category-heart-transplant category-medical-news category-news tag-cape-town tag-chris-barnard tag-christiaan-barnard tag-dr-chris-barnard tag-first-heart-transplanted tag-heart-surgery tag-heart-transplant tag-medical-news tag-news tag-quotes-dr-barnard tag-south-africa tag-south-african-medical-doctors tag-south-african-medical-news tag-suid-afrika tag-suid-afrikaanse-dokters tag-world-news tag-worlds-first-heart-transplant" id="post-720"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark">Forty years since first transplanted heart beats in South Africa</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/dr-chris-barnard/" rel="category tag">Dr Chris Barnard</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/heart-surgery/" rel="category tag">heart surgery</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/heart-transplant/" rel="category tag">heart transplant</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/medical-news/" rel="category tag">Medical news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">news</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cape-town/" rel="tag">Cape Town</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chris-barnard/" rel="tag">Chris Barnard</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/christiaan-barnard/" rel="tag">Christiaan Barnard</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/dr-chris-barnard/" rel="tag">Dr Chris Barnard</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/first-heart-transplanted/" rel="tag">first heart transplanted</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/heart-surgery/" rel="tag">heart surgery</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/heart-transplant/" rel="tag">heart transplant</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/medical-news/" rel="tag">Medical news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news/" rel="tag">news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/quotes-dr-barnard/" rel="tag">quotes Dr Barnard</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-medical-doctors/" rel="tag">South African medical doctors</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-medical-news/" rel="tag">South African medical news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-dokters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse dokters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/world-news/" rel="tag">world news</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/worlds-first-heart-transplant/" rel="tag">world's first heart transplant</a> on 02/12/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12007" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/chrisbarnard_1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_1.jpg" data-orig-size="380,292" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chrisbarnard_1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_1.jpg?w=380" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_1.jpg?w=380" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12007" title="chrisbarnard_1" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_1.jpg" width="380" height="292" /></a> Heart surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard illustrates a point while addressing a group of journalists in Cape Town, South Africa, on Dec. 10, 1967, a week after performing the first successful heart transplant operation in a human. Barnard’s patient, Louis Washkansky, died of pneumonia 18 days after the operation, but within weeks, other doctors began to perform similar surgeries. Dr Barnard: “For a dying person, a transplant is not a difficult decision. If a lion chases you to a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would never accept such odds if there were no lion.”   The first patient, 24-year-old Denise Darvall, had suffered severe head injuries earlier that day when she was struck by a car as she walked to a bakery to buy a cake. A neurosurgeon declared her brain-dead, and her father gave permission for doctors to harvest her heart. Barnard’s team draped the woman, sterilized her chest, and confirmed that their heart-lung machine, which keeps cells alive, was operational. Midnight passed, and now it was Dec. 3, 1967. Barnard’s assistants opened Darvall, connected her heart to the machine, and began to cool her body. When it had reached the proper temperature, they excised Darvall’s heart and placed it in a bowl of ice-cold solution. Unlike the woman’s brain, the heart was perfectly healthy. Barnard was in an adjacent operating room with the second patient, 55-year-old businessman Louis Washkansky, who had been anesthetized after signing a consent form that essentially rendered him a guinea pig. Washkansky suffered from debilitating coronary disease for which there was no cure. Without a transplant, he would soon die. Although an American doctor in 1964 had sewn a chimpanzee’s heart into a person who lived but a few hours, no one had ever tried to transplant a human heart — but several surgeons, including Barnard, had experimented with transplanting a heart from one dog to another. By December 1967, Barnard, 45, was ready to leave the lab. Barnard opened Washkansky, connected him to a separate heart-lung machine, and quickly cut out his damaged organ, replacing it with the young woman’s. Then he tested the sutures. They held strong. Washkansky’s new heart had stopped beating, but the cold had sustained it and one shock of electricity restarted it. Barnard slowly weaned his patient off the heart-lung machine. At 8:30 a.m., Washkansky was wheeled out of the operating room. The beat of his new heart was strong. Word of the operation had been leaked to reporters, who awaited its outcome at the hospital. One doctor told the Associated Press that jolting Washkansky’s new heart back into action “was like turning the ignition switch of a car.” Barnard told another wire service that Washkansky deserved the credit. “If it had not been for this man’s courage and will to live,” he said, “the operation would never have succeeded.” Reports of the operation made headlines around the world, including front-page stories Dec. 4 in The New York Times and The Providence Journal. Pneumonia would kill Washkansky 18 days after his transplant, but a new era had arrived. Forty years later, untold thousands of people who would have been in their graves now are leading normal lives. Jim Taricani, who received a new heart in 1996 after years of progressive heart failure, is one of them. This did not seem his future when Taricani, 58, now an investigative reporter for Channel 10, was a young man. He smoked and had high blood pressure, but there were no other clues into what fate held for him. He exercised regularly and had never experienced any of the typical symptoms of heart disease: angina, shortness of breath, weakness, dizziness. To his knowledge, only one relative had a history of cardiac disease: his maternal grandmother, who died at the age of 78 during her fifth heart attack. At 3:06 a.m. on July 9, 1986, pain that he would later compare to an elephant on his chest awakened Taricani. He thought he’d pulled a muscle the day before while lifting weights at his gym, and he left his bedroom for the kitchen, where he hoped stretching would soothe him. It did not. The pain intensified and spread to his left arm, not a promising sign. He woke his wife, Laurie. “I think you’d better take me to the hospital,” he said. I’m going to die, Taricani thought to himself. I’m only 36, and I’m going to die. “You’re in the middle of a major heart attack,” an emergency room doctor said when Taricani arrived at South County Hospital. A blood clot in an artery to his heart had stopped the flow of blood, killing substantial tissue. But the doctors saved Taricani, and he was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where he stayed for 16 days. A few weeks later, he returned to work — and, he hoped, an ordinary life. In February 1987, he suffered a second heart attack. Cardiologists at Providence’s Miriam Hospital took charge of his care, prescribing drugs and admitting him when his heart lost normal rhythm, as it did repeatedly. As the 1980s ended, Taricani was becoming short of breath. His energy flagged and his abdomen bloated as his kidneys deteriorated. He’d entered an early stage of dying. In November 1993, Laurie returned home to find her husband collapsed on the floor. When an ambulance delivered him to Miriam Hospital, his cardiologist, Dr. Richard Shulman, said: “You need a defibrillator and you’re going to need a heart transplant someday.” Heart transplants are not performed in Rhode Island and Shulman referred Taricani to Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, where doctors implanted a defibrillator, a device that would automatically shock his heart back into normal beating with a jolt of electricity when it lost rhythm. A transplant was inevitable now. Taricani was 44 years old, and scared. Oh my God, he thought, a heart transplant. Somebody’s going to cut my heart out — they’ve got to get a donor. Why me? BARNARD INTENDED to be a general surgeon when he enrolled in a training program at the University of Minnesota in the mid-1950s. But working with the university’s open-heart pioneer, Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, headed him in another direction. He returned to his native South Africa, where he specialized in heart surgery — and briefly attracted attention, in 1960, when he transplanted a second head onto a dog. Barnard was a technically flawless surgeon, though no prominent innovator. But he had an ego. On a visit to the United States early in 1967, Barnard became familiar with the experimental work of Dr. Norman Shumway, another surgeon trained in Minnesota who was a professor at California’s Stanford University School of Medicine. Shumway had devised an ingenious heart transplant operation — with dogs. He planned eventually to move to humans. Using Shumway’s methods, Barnard beat him — unfairly so, many said. Shumway might have accomplished the first human heart transplant if his superiors had not thought he was restricted by California ethics laws — ones that did not apply in South Africa — regarding the definition of death. Barnard’s transplant operation on Dec. 3, 1967, inspired his colleagues worldwide. Just three days later, a New York City surgeon cut a heart from a baby born without a brain and sewed it into a heart-crippled infant who died hours later. Barnard performed his second transplant on Jan. 2, 1968. Four days later, when Stanford’s administrators lifted their restriction, Shumway performed his first. By the end of 1968, surgeons in Bombay, Paris, London and elsewhere were transplanting hearts. Barnard had become an international sensation. WHENEVER HIS implanted defibrillator went off, the shock would kick Taricani halfway across a room. It went off only a few times in 1994 and 1995, but more frequently as 1996 progressed. He was shaving on the morning of July 19, 1996, when his heart lost rhythm once more, activating the defibrillator and knocking him to the floor. He stood, and the defibrillator fired again. He crawled out of the bathroom, and the machine went off a third time, flipping him onto his back. He was turning blue. Read more on this link… Photo and article of <a href="http://www.projo.com/tv/content/HEART_TRANSPLANT_12-02-07_RO82Q50_v30.27eaaac.html" target="_blank">Dr Barnard </a>here. The Link will open in a new window. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12006" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/chrisbarnard/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard.jpg" data-orig-size="109,83" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chrisbarnard" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard.jpg?w=109" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard.jpg?w=109" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12006" title="chrisbarnard" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard.jpg" width="109" height="83" /></a> “He was one of our main achievers, a pioneer in heart transplant” ++++++Nelson Mandela ” We owe him a great debt of gratitude ” +++++Mikhail Gorbachev JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Forty years ago, in the middle of the night at a Cape Town hospital, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard rewrote medical history when he carried out the first ever heart transplant. The operation captivated the imagination of the world, catapulting Barnard and South Africa onto the world stage and leading to hundreds of similar operations around the globe. Dene Friedman, who was in the theatre during the groundbreaking operation, assisting with the running of the heart-lung machine, remembers the surgery “as if it were yesterday”. “Nobody took a photograph, nobody did anything … We didn’t think of the publicity side of it,” she told AFP. Barnard had not even told the hospital that he would be attempting the operation, giving little thought to the reaction his techniques would generate. “Professor Barnard told them in the early hours of the next morning. He just gave a phone call,” remembers Friedman. “We just thought that we were doing something worthwhile for the patient,” she said of Louis Washkansky, a 53-year-old diabetic with incurable heart disease who had suffered three heart attacks. Barnard had already practised the basic surgical technique for the transplant — that was pioneered by other surgeons on <a href="http://null/animals-pets.html">animals</a> — in the laboratory. He only needed one donor to put this knowledge into practice. On the night of the December 2, 1967, a 25-year-old woman was fatally injured in a car accident. Her blood type matched that of Washkansky’s and her father agreed that her heart could be donated for the surgery. “We entered the theatre in the middle of the night and left at 8 am the next morning,” said Friedman. “It was very impressive, exciting and scary. As it had never been done before, we weren’t sure about the effects in a human patient.” The 30-strong medical team looked on in rapture as the transplanted heart gave its first few beats, making medical history. Read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard" target="_blank">here more about </a>Dr Chris Barnard. Another link about <a href="http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/your_gov/5972/pubs/public_info/C/99478" target="_blank">Dr Chris Barnard </a>and his transplant. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12009" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/chrisbarnard_grave/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg" data-orig-size="696,447" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chrisbarnard_grave" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12009" title="chrisbarnard_grave" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg" width="500" height="321" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg?w=500&h=321 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg?w=600&h=385 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/chrisbarnard_grave.jpg 696w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> image: gis.deat.gov.za <a title="Bookmark using any bookmark manager!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php" target="_blank"><img alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" width="125" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/forty-years-since-first-transplanted-heart-beats-in-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Forty years since first transplanted heart beats in South Africa">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-654 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-die-vierkleur category-gedigte category-jan-fe-cilliers category-jd-du-toit category-john-steinbeck category-komaan category-maar-een-suid-afrika category-meme category-o-die-pyngedagte category-of-men-and-mice category-oh-the-painful-thought category-poems category-poetry category-poets category-suid-afrikaanse-gedigte category-totius tag-ad-keet tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poetry tag-afrikaans-poets tag-afrikaanse-digters tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-skrywers tag-books tag-die-vierkleur tag-digters tag-gedigte tag-jan-fe-cilliers tag-jd-du-toit tag-john-steinbeck tag-komaan tag-maar-een-suid-afrika tag-meme tag-o-die-pyngedagte tag-o-die-pyngedagte-my-kind-is-dood tag-of-mice-and-men tag-oh-the-painful-thought tag-poems tag-poetry tag-south-africa tag-south-african-poems tag-suid-afrikaanse-digters tag-the-pearl tag-totius tag-translated-poems-from-afrikaans-to-english tag-vierkleur-vlag" id="post-654"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/" rel="bookmark">Seven II</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/die-vierkleur/" rel="category tag">Die Vierkleur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jan-fe-cilliers/" rel="category tag">Jan FE Cilliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jd-du-toit/" rel="category tag">JD du Toit</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/john-steinbeck/" rel="category tag">John Steinbeck</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/komaan/" rel="category tag">Komaan!</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/maar-een-suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Maar een Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/meme/" rel="category tag">meme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/o-die-pyngedagte/" rel="category tag">O die pyngedagte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/of-men-and-mice/" rel="category tag">Of Men and Mice</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/oh-the-painful-thought/" rel="category tag">Oh the painful thought</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poems/" rel="category tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poets/" rel="category tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/totius/" rel="category tag">Totius</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ad-keet/" rel="tag">AD Keet</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poetry/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poets/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-skrywers/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse skrywers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/die-vierkleur/" rel="tag">Die Vierkleur</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/digters/" rel="tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jan-fe-cilliers/" rel="tag">Jan FE Cilliers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jd-du-toit/" rel="tag">JD du Toit</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/john-steinbeck/" rel="tag">John Steinbeck</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/komaan/" rel="tag">Komaan!</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/maar-een-suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Maar een Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/meme/" rel="tag">meme</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/o-die-pyngedagte/" rel="tag">O die pyngedagte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/o-die-pyngedagte-my-kind-is-dood/" rel="tag">O die pyngedagte my kind is dood</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/of-mice-and-men/" rel="tag">Of Mice and Men</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oh-the-painful-thought/" rel="tag">Oh the painful thought</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poems/" rel="tag">South African poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-pearl/" rel="tag">The Pearl</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/totius/" rel="tag">Totius</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/translated-poems-from-afrikaans-to-english/" rel="tag">Translated poems from Afrikaans to English</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/vierkleur-vlag/" rel="tag">Vierkleur vlag</a> on 12/11/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/#comments">24 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTD-gbmeI/AAAAAAAACp8/3vCnc0X6Rrs/s1600-h/teaching.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTD-gbmeI/AAAAAAAACp8/3vCnc0X6Rrs/s320/teaching.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> As you know, I was tagged by<a href="http://meghnaspages.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Meghna ….</a>…to do a meme! Read what a meme is….(pronounced like in “dream”)…on a post of 2 days ago……OK, it was REALLY very difficult to decide WHERE to start first, as my time is now very little after starting an IT course today! So, I had to think quickly what I will post, as there are so MANY things I could write about!!, but to limit it to only SEVEN! That was very difficult….I made a list, crossed out, started with another, crossed out again…and then just started with what jumped to my mind!!I will have to do another one and another and another and another and…..wow…. First of all, I do LOVE teaching, as I see teaching as a CALLING and not just a job…(like I heard some teachers saying that here in London..) for me it is NOT just a job!……..My great grandad left Holland to teach in South Africa and I think the teaching -blood is running through my veins! Click <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/bosfontein-primary-school/" target="_blank">here</a> to see pictures of the current school. The link will open in a new window. The old school, which was in his very own house, is about 2 km from the current school. I used to teach Primary and don’t think I ever want to teach Secondary……but if I have to…..It will have to be a subject like ICT only, as I do like IT and to incorporate ICT in any aspect of my teaching. <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmgI/AAAAAAAACqM/GFJk5acSB_U/s1600-h/books2.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmgI/AAAAAAAACqM/GFJk5acSB_U/s320/books2.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="181" height="184" /> </a> I love reading, I LOVE books…not just “like” it….I have about a library packed away in South Africa and have slowly started to build one again. Children’s books….adult books…If I’m teaching, you will always find me in a bookshop, leaving with many books! A book as a present to me…and you will make my day! I also like writing stories. During secondary school, I used to get good marks for creative writing…what we also call “composition”….and I was always eager to get homework in composition….I just loved to let my mind flow….one of my favourite books is “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck. Another book by him…”Of mice and men”…read at the bottom of my post about a play… <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmhI/AAAAAAAACqU/2ClMoAy4JlU/s1600-h/totius1.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEegbmhI/AAAAAAAACqU/2ClMoAy4JlU/s320/totius1.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="137" height="239" /></a> Poetry!!! On this picture you can see a famous and well-known South African poet…Totius…(pen name) …..J D du Toit….he wrote some fantastic poems, some of them very moving, like the one about the death of his own child, killed by lightning….really an emotional poem! His daughter stood by an open window, when lightning struck and he was there to witness everything…as his poem tells us…read my translated version of his poem at the bottom of the post… <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEugbmiI/AAAAAAAACqc/bRBirH31WXc/s1600-h/Simons-Town.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEugbmiI/AAAAAAAACqc/bRBirH31WXc/s320/Simons-Town.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> South Africa!!! ……..I love my country to bits! I have a passion for South Africa. South Africa will always be THE place to be!! No other country is as beautiful as South Africa. People who want to differ…they haven’t been there….and if they still do after being there…then they haven’t seen South Africa!!! On this picture you can see Simonstown…Cape Town…Read the blog…anamericaninpretoria.blogspot.com – and you will see why she loves South Africa too. One reason why I LOVE <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/great-grandad/" target="_blank">my country </a>and will always do, no matter what! <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjTEOgbmfI/AAAAAAAACqE/I0jqCoifY74/s1600-h/chesscheckmate1.jpg"></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="12345" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/chesscheckmate1/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg" data-orig-size="532,518" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="chesscheckmate1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-12345" title="chesscheckmate1" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="292" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/chesscheckmate1.jpg 532w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> And…….of course……..if you don’t know it by now…you will NEVER know! CHESS! I never played it at school. During Primary at the age of about 10, my brother taught me…I got my first chess book at the age of 12 from my one sister…..with Fischer/Spasski games in the back….I do like Bobby Fischer’s games…..I played them through as a child as I had no one to play with! No one in my family wanted to play chess…then at Secondary…it was always just BOYS when we were called to play chess…and I felt intimidated by them…no other girls! And the boys…always giving you the “look”…as if they wanna say…”hey…a girl playing chess!! how is that possible!”…I really started to get into chess when at my second school, the Headteacher asked me to start chess…….and I was over the moon! My kids really did well….I left at that school with two teams, each team…. 10 players and two reserves and a lot of Junior children…in South Africa they are Gr1-Gr3 (7-9 year old) kids in line to join the teams later… (If you click on this pic, you will see a good checkmate position, this player’s rating is a bit low, he only started playing quite recently, but has picked-up very quickly and sometimes, I really have to be very careful with my moves! We play friendlies and while playing, I try to help him with the closing of his games, as this is where his problem lies at the moment.) <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenegbmjI/AAAAAAAACqk/P4QqyiurT04/s1600-h/fashionredtop.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenegbmjI/AAAAAAAACqk/P4QqyiurT04/s320/fashionredtop.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="209" height="216" /></a> I like the colour red ….although purple-pinkish is also one of my favourites…This top is a beautiful top! <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenugbmkI/AAAAAAAACqs/HsfNNHkbKhE/s1600-h/kitten.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzjenugbmkI/AAAAAAAACqs/HsfNNHkbKhE/s320/kitten.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> …CATS!! I’m a catlover! Cats are peaceloving animals! They have personalities of their own and they have their own language to speak to you!! Listen to your cat!! and try to understand its language!! The poem that follows now, is the one Totius wrote about his child. Read my English Translation further down….and I hope you enjoy it…although it’s a very sad poem! John Steinbeck may have written “Of Mice and Men” as a novella, but he always had theatrical aspirations for it. After the book launched his literary celebrity in 1937, he turned it into a play, which began a respectable Broadway run later that year, and a critically acclaimed film followed. More stage and screen versions have been attempted, but no matter how good the dramatization, “Of Mice and Men” will always be that slim junior-high classic that (despite the teacher’s harping on foreshadowing) unlocked the gripping power of narrative storytelling… O die pyn-gedagte Totius….(JD du Toit) O Die pyn-gedagte: My kind is dood! . . . dit brand soos ‘n pyl in my. Die mense sien daar niks nie van, en die Here alleen die weet wat ek ly. Die dae kom en die nagte gaan die skadu’s word lank en weer kort; die drywerstem van my werk weerklink, en ek gaan op my kruisweg voort. Maar daar skiet aldeur ‘n pyn in my hart, so, dat my lewe se glans verdwyn; Jou kind is dood met ‘n vreeslike dood! En – ek gryp my bors van die pyn. O Die bliksemgedagte! . . . Ja, lieflingskind, een straal het jou skone liggaam verskroei, maar bliksemstrale sonder tal laat my binneste brand en bloei. Sy was so teer soos ‘n vlindertjie, sy’t lugtig omheen geswerf; ‘n asempie wind kon haar vlerkies breek en – kyk watter dood moes sy sterf! Hoe weinig die kinders wat so moet sterf, dis een uit die tienduisend-tal, en ag, dat dit sy was, en ek moes sien dat sy dood in my arms val! O Die pyn-gedagte: My kind is dood! . . . dit brand soos ‘n pyl in my; die mense die sien daar niks nie van, en die Here alleen die weet wat ek ly. Update…..as I promised…my own translation of the poem! Oh the painful thought Oh the painful thought: my child is dead! It burns like a dart in my flesh… People don’t see anything…. Only God knows my suffering! Days come and nights go Shadows grow tall and short Behind me, the echo of my work’s moving spirit; and I… continue my way to the cross But then, a pain poked through my heart! so much, the brilliance of my life disappeared; Your child is dead; died a horrible death! And I clenched my chest due to the pain… Oh the thunderbolt-thought!….yes, beloved child! One flash of lightning scorched your tender body, but numerous thunderbolts burnt my heart and left it …. bleeding She was so tender, like a butterfly … She glided lightly about; A breath of wind could damage her tiny wings and…what a death she died! Few children die like this only one in ten-thousand! and oh!…It’s my little girl.. witnessed by me…. and died in my arms! Oh the painful thought: my child is dead! It burns like a dart in my flesh… People don’t see anything… Only God knows my suffering! translated by….©~~Nikita <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzpJCegbmmI/AAAAAAAACq8/bFBVyhvbl58/s1600-h/littlegirl.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RzpJCegbmmI/AAAAAAAACq8/bFBVyhvbl58/s320/littlegirl.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Transvaal.svg/250px-Flag_of_Transvaal.svg.png" alt="" /> Die Vierkleur…Wikipedia Die Vierkleur DIE VIERKLEUR IS WEER IN GEVAAR . . . Kom, burgers, trek die perde reg; Nou vrou en kind goeien – dag geseg! Jongkêrels, los die nôi se hand; En seuns, verlaat jul moeders, want Daar gaan ‘n strydroep deur die land! Gryp nou die teuels bymekaar – Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Die regterhand gryp die visier, Die bors oorkruis ‘n bandolier; Die spore in die sonskyn blink, Stiebeuels teen mekaar weerklink, Die ketel aan die saal rinkink. Kom, burgers, hou nou bymekaar – Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Laat aan die trippelaar sy pas, Maar hou die vuurge hingste vas. Die agterstes moet ingalop Tot binne – in die ruiter – trop, Die ponie en die bossie – kop. Kom burgers, ry so bymekaar- Die vierkleur is weer in gevaar! Trek burgers, almal nou geteld, Al voort maar deur die wye veld, En of jul al omlaag verdwyn, Of op die heuwels weer verskyn – Wys altyd weer die slingerlyn. Kom, burgers, trek so bymekaar – Die vierkleur is in gevaar! En moet jul val, val dan met eer, Met die oog die vyand toegekeer; Val op die grense, man en perd, Die oue vierkleur is dit wêrd, En die eerkroon wenk al uit die vert. Val burgers, val dan bymekaar – Totuis ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maar een Suid-Afrika Gee my ‘n roer in my regterhand, Gee my ‘n bok wat vlug oor ‘n rand – En ‘n flukse perd om hom weg te dra: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n kamp waar bossies groei, Gee my ‘n fraai volstruis wat broei – En ‘n Boerseun wat baie wa: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n koppie om op te staan, Gee my die Swartland met al sy graan – En nooit of te nimmer hoor jy my kla: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Gee my ‘n vlakte ruim en wyd, Gee my die veld se oneindigheid – En die lekker geur wat die lug daar dra: Gee my Suid-Afrika. Uit: Gedigte A.D. Keet (1888-1972) KOMAAN! Woorde: JAN F.E. CELLIERS Musiek: DIRKIE DE VILLIERS Wees sterk! Daar’s ‘n nasie te lei, daar’s ‘n stryd te stry, daar’s werk! Daar’s nie na guns of eer te kyk, daar’s nie na links of regs te wyk, daar’s net te swyg en aan te stryk–Komaan! Wees trou! Daar’s ‘n volk te leer om homself te eer, te bou; om God en God alleen te vrees, aan aard en taal getrou te wees, gesond en waar van hart en gees–Komaan! Wees fier op ‘n voorgeslag waard, in wil en in daad gespier! Hul lewensweg het ons gewys om trou te wees aan waarheidseis. Wie laak mag laak, wie prys mag prys–Komaan! <div id="geo-post-654" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/seven-ii/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Seven II">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-589 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hiking category-history category-paul-kruger category-president category-south-africa tag-boer-war tag-british-boer-war tag-feite-oor-paul-kruger tag-great-trek tag-hiking tag-history tag-kruger-national-park tag-paul-kruger tag-paul-kruger-en-koningin-wilhelmina-van-nederland tag-president-paul-kruger tag-south-africa" id="post-589"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/13-wives-and-30-children/" rel="bookmark">13 wives and 30 children?</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/hiking/" rel="category tag">hiking</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history/" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/paul-kruger/" rel="category tag">Paul Kruger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/president/" rel="category tag">President</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/boer-war/" rel="tag">Boer War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/british-boer-war/" rel="tag">British-Boer-War</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/feite-oor-paul-kruger/" rel="tag">Feite oor Paul Kruger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/great-trek/" rel="tag">Great Trek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/hiking/" rel="tag">hiking</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/kruger-national-park/" rel="tag">Kruger National Park</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/paul-kruger/" rel="tag">Paul Kruger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/paul-kruger-en-koningin-wilhelmina-van-nederland/" rel="tag">Paul Kruger en Koningin Wilhelmina van Nederland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/president-paul-kruger/" rel="tag">President Paul Kruger</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 10/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/13-wives-and-30-children/#comments">5 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwzCa-_dTBI/AAAAAAAAChs/QqmKBMvIdpk/s1600-h/Kruger01a.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwzCa-_dTBI/AAAAAAAAChs/QqmKBMvIdpk/s320/Kruger01a.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="154" height="192" /></a> <a href="http://www.nfi.org.za/KM/images/Kruger.jpg"></a>Update 10th October 2008: Today is Paul Kruger day…well, it used to be…when “history” in South Africa was history…this entry here is my entry for 10th October 2007…. Update for 2009! …enjoy reading… Paul Kruger was the President of South Africa during the British-South African War…also called…the Boer War. He was born on the 10th October and in the old South Africa, this day was always a public holiday. I was on a hiking trip in the Transkei. Read <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/mkambati-nature-reserve/" target="_blank">here about Mkambati and on this link about the trip in the Transkei ..and </a><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/hiking-trip-wild-coast-magwa-falls/" target="_blank">here more…</a>about the Magwa Falls, the links will open in a new window. Uncle Mauritz —a very friendly uncle Mauritz used to live in Lyttleton, Centurion (near Pretoria)…and he took us to the most beautiful and interesting places in the Transkei on a hiking trip…I was a student at the time… We spent a few days walking the Wild Coast-route from Port St Johns…to Port Edward….see the links….and he also took us to a black lady, she lived about 50m from the beach and she had a very interesting story which she shared with us. We were tired and thirsty when we reached her home and she had cool drink with ice ready for us. This lady…I can’t remember her name!, was the 13th wife of the attendant of Paul Kruger. Now, you would think that with 13 wives there would be zillions of children…nope! only about 30! that brings you with an average of 2-3 children per wife, which is really a small number of children, as African women tend to have about 5 children (or more). She showed us a bed in her house which was her husband’s with artifacts of Paul Kruger on it. Of course we all took photos of it! Paul Kruger’s photo was also on the bed and she told us how they admired him. Her husband was the last attendant of Paul Kruger. She told us…very interesting!! …that every year on the 10th of October…she and all the other wives, come together near Potgietersrus/Pietersburg to celebrate Paul Kruger’s day! I wonder if they are still alive and… how many of them… and if they still do it! That was really an amazing day out on our trip…I can still picture about 20 geese around her house…and the sound of the waves… …Read on Wikipedia about Paul Kruger too… <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kruger" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kruger</a> <blockquote>Youth: Paul Kruger (Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger) was born on October 10 1825 at his grandfather’s farm, Bulhoek in the Steynsburg district and grew up on the farm, Vaalbank. He wasn’t a well educated man and only had three months formal education. Growing up in a rugged farm area he learnt a lot about the wild. When the Great Trek started in 1836, Kruger’s father, Casper Kruger, joined the trek party of Hendrik Potgieter and the family moved to what later became known as Transvaal, to try an establish and independent state.</blockquote> <div>Settling in the Transvaal: Paul Kruger’s father decided to settle in an area now known as Rustenburg. At age 16, Paul Kruger was entitled to choose a farm for himself. He chose a farm at the base of the Magaliesberg mountains and settled there in 1841. In 1842 he married Maria du Plessis and the couple moved to the Eastern Transvaal. Paul Kruger and his small family later returned to Rustenburg and Kruger’s wife and infant son died soon after. It is presumed the double death is likely to have been caused by Malaria. Paul Kruger then married Gezina du Plessis, who bore seven daughters and nine sons and died in 1901. Many of Kruger’s children died in infancy.</div> <div>Kruger emerges as leader: Later Paul Kruger’s strong leadership qualities started emerging. He eventually became Commandant-General of the then South African Republic , later known as Transvaal. His leadership skills became more prominent when he was appointed member of a commission of the Volksraad the Transvaal Republican Parliament who were tasked with drawing up a constitution. His leadership ability started to attract attention, and it is said that he later played a prominent role in ending the quarrel between the Transvaal leader, Stephanus Schoeman, and M W Pretorius.</div> <div>Vice-President 1874: Paul Kruger resigned as Commandant-General, in 1873 and took no political office for a time. He retired to his farm, Boekenhoutfontein. His stint away from politics only lasted a year the next year he was elected to the Executive Council. Shortly after that he became Vice-President. Kruger’s life remained heavily centred around politics from 1877 till 1882. In this time Paul Kruger lead a resistance movement and became leader of a deputation. The first Anglo Boer war was 1880 and the British forces were defeated in a battle at Majuba in 1881. At this time Paul Kruger was instrumental in negotiations with the British, which later led to the restoration of Transvaal as an independent state under British rule.In 1882, the 57 year old Paul Kruger was elected president of Transvaal. He left for England in 1883 to revise the Pretoria Convention of 1881, an agreement which was reached between the Boers and the British that ended the first Anglo Boer War. Paul Kruger acquired many allies in Europe during this time. In Germany, he attended an imperial banquet at which he was presented to the Emperor, Wilhelm I, and spoke at length with the renowned Bismarck.</div> <div>The Discovery of gold: The discovery of gold in the Transvaal, changed the political climate of the Witwatersrand. Many goldseekers from around the globe flocked to Africa. The Transvaal Republic regarded gold seekers as ‘uitlanders’ (foreigners).</div> <div>Jameson raid: Kruger’s leadership was put to the test at the end of 1895, when the Jameson Raid took place. The Jameson Raid led by Doctor Starr Jameson. Jameson later became premier of the Cape of Good Hope Colony, or the Cape Colony as it is now called. In December, 1896 a group of This unsuccessful raid, started the breakdown of good relations between the British and the Boers and this breakdown of relations ultimately led to the second Anglo Boer War. Kruger was elected as president four times, his last re-election was in 1898.</div> <div>The Anglo-Boer war: The second Anglo-Boer War, also known as the South African war, started on October 11, 1899. Paul Kruger attended the last session of the Volksraad and on 29 May, and fled from Pretoria as Lord Roberts advanced on the town. He remained underground for weeks and eventually, he took refuge with his European allies, while the war continued. In October 1900 he left from Lourenco Marques and Dutch Queen Wilhelmina sent the battleship, De Gelderland, to transport him. Gezina Kruger was very ill when the party left and could not accompany him. She died on 20 July 1901.</div> Kruger’s party landed in Marseilles. He travelled through Europe to Holland where he stayed for remainder of the war. His last respite was at Oranjelust in Utrecht and it was here that he received the news of the Treaty of Vereeniging had been signed. Paul Kruger moved to Clarens in Switzerland where he stayed for the last six months of his life and died on 14 July 1904. He was buried on 16 December 1904, in the Church Street cemetery, Pretoria. Resource: <a href="http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Krugerpark_History-travel/paul-kruger-history.html" target="_blank">http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Krugerpark_History-travel/paul-kruger-history.html</a> On the next link you can read about Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina…unfortunately, it’s an Afrikaans link. <a href="http://365spore.blogspot.com/2008/09/13-september-1900-koningin-wilhelmina.html" target="_blank">http://365spore.blogspot.com/2008/09/13-september-1900-koningin-wilhelmina.html</a> <a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/13-wives-and-30-children/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 13 wives and 30 children?">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-586 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans-poems category-ee-cummings category-gedigte category-ingrid-jonker category-moods category-poetry category-poets category-south-africa tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-bitterbessie-dagbreek tag-cathedral-rock tag-ee-cummings tag-ingrid-jonker tag-poems tag-poetry tag-poets tag-somewhere-i-have-never-travelled tag-south-africa tag-the-child" id="post-586"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/" rel="bookmark">Blue mood… thoughts…Ingrid Jonker</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ee-cummings/" rel="category tag">ee cummings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ingrid-jonker/" rel="category tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/moods/" rel="category tag">moods</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poets/" rel="category tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bitterbessie-dagbreek/" rel="tag">Bitterbessie Dagbreek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cathedral-rock/" rel="tag">Cathedral Rock</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ee-cummings/" rel="tag">ee cummings</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ingrid-jonker/" rel="tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poets/" rel="tag">poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/somewhere-i-have-never-travelled/" rel="tag">Somewhere I have never travelled</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/the-child/" rel="tag">The Child</a> on 09/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/#comments">8 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg"></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacathrock.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2204" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/sacathrock/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacathrock.jpg" data-orig-size="159,124" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sacathrock" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacathrock.jpg?w=159" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacathrock.jpg?w=159" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2204" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/sacathrock.jpg?w=159" alt="" width="159" height="124" /></a> Cathedral Rock South Africa <img data-attachment-id="2206" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/drakensberg3/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg" data-orig-size="400,286" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="drakensberg3" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg?w=400" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2206" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="214" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/drakensberg3.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /> Drakensberg mountains <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3464" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/sunset-over-12-apostels/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg" data-orig-size="800,542" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="sunset-over-12-apostels" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3464" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="203" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/sunset-over-12-apostels.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Sunset : Twelve Apostels…Cape Town <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/knysna.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3466" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/knysna/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/knysna.jpg" data-orig-size="299,200" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="knysna" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/knysna.jpg?w=299" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/knysna.jpg?w=299" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-3466" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/knysna.jpg?w=299" alt="" width="299" height="200" /></a> Knysna! Just my mood…not in a mood to say anything today Wish I could be at these places in South Africa!! Follow the link at the bottom of this post to read more about Ingrid Jonker and her poems and to see a movie-file too…also on my blog. Ingrid Jonker died by walking into the sea! To: Ingrid Jonker…Poet…A van Heerden I see her pain, I hear her voice No one understood, on one looked up She carried a burden, She carried herself, She carried alone ~ Through her words, Through her thoughts, Through her lines Through her phrases She opened her soul She opened her heart She cried out All on deaf ear Abandoned alone confused loved used abused She let them. ~ Their acceptance made her accept, But she died of that, inside her soul. She had too much of this world to carry on… The water was calling In her own defence She gave herself At her own expense… This poem is in Afrikaans/English…. Somewhere I have never travelled – Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie Ingrid Jonker…..adapted by e.e. cummings + somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which I cannot touch because they are too near ~~~~~ iewers het ek nooit gereis nie daardie groen verte verby alle herinneringe jou oë dra hul stilte in jou geringste gebaar is daar iets wat my omsluit of wat ek nie durf aanraak nie iets te ná ~~~~ your slightest look easily will unclose me though I have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens(touching skilfully, mysteriously) her first rose ~~~~ jou oë van landskappe sal my maklik blootlê al het ek my hart gesluit soos twee hande jy ontvou my keer op keer soos die lente bedrewe en heimlik haar eerste roos ~~~~ or if your wish be to close me, I and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; ~~~~ en as jy my sou verlaat geslote dan sou my voorhoof sluit mooi en onmiddelik soos die hart van ‘n blom sou droom van ‘n wit sneeu wat alles oral bedek ~~~~ nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing ~~~~ niks wat ons in hierdie wêreld kan versin ewenaar die krag van jou broosheid die tekstuur van jou oë tref my die groen van sy veld een bevestig die ewige en die vir altyd met elke sug ~~~~ (I do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands ~~~~ ek weet nie wat dit is wat jou laat vou en ontvou nie ek verstaan net êrens op my reise die stem van jou oë is dieper as alle rose nee nie eens die reën nie het sulke hande Poem found here: <a href="http://parnassus-ad.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingrid-jonker-verwerk-ee-cummings.html">http://parnassus-ad.blogspot.com/2007/07/ingrid-jonker-verwerk-ee-cummings.html</a> The Child The child is not dead The child lifts his fists against his mother Who shouts Africa ! shouts the breath Of freedom and the veld In the locations of the cordoned heart The child lifts his fists against his father in the march of the generations who shouts Africa ! shout the breath of righteousness and blood in the streets of his embattled pride The child is not dead not at Langa nor at Nyanga not at Orlando nor at Sharpeville nor at the police station at Philippi where he lies with a bullet through his brain The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers on guard with rifles Saracens and batons the child is present at all assemblies and law-givings the child peers through the windows of houses and into the hearts of mothers this child who just wanted to play in the sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks through all Africa the child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world Without a passIngrid Jonker March 1960 (Translation of: “Die Kind” ) Poems now owned by Simone Jonker…daughter Read on this link more and there’s a movie file too. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light-bitterbessie/">http://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light-bitterbessie/</a> <a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/blue-mood-thoughts-ingrid-jonker/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Blue mood… thoughts…Ingrid Jonker">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-576 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans-poems category-gedigte category-ingrid-jonker category-movie-file category-muskiete-jag category-suid-afrikaanse-digters category-toemaar-die-donker-man tag-a-d-keet tag-ad-keet tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaans-poems-in-english tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-bitterbessie-dagbreek tag-bitterbessie-dagbreek-movie tag-daisies-in-namaqualand tag-digters tag-gedigte tag-ingrid-jonker tag-madeliefies-in-namakwaland tag-movie-file tag-muskiete-jag tag-poems tag-poems-by-ingrid-jonker-translated tag-poetry tag-south-africa tag-south-african-poets tag-suid-afrikaanse-digters tag-toemaar-die-donker-man" id="post-576"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/bitterbessie-dagbreek/" rel="bookmark">Bitterbessie Dagbreek</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/ingrid-jonker/" rel="category tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/movie-file/" rel="category tag">movie file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/muskiete-jag/" rel="category tag">Muskiete Jag</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/toemaar-die-donker-man/" rel="category tag">Toemaar die Donker Man</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/a-d-keet/" rel="tag">A D Keet</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ad-keet/" rel="tag">AD Keet</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems-in-english/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems in English</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bitterbessie-dagbreek/" rel="tag">Bitterbessie Dagbreek</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/bitterbessie-dagbreek-movie/" rel="tag">Bitterbessie dagbreek movie</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/daisies-in-namaqualand/" rel="tag">Daisies in Namaqualand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/digters/" rel="tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/ingrid-jonker/" rel="tag">Ingrid Jonker</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/madeliefies-in-namakwaland/" rel="tag">Madeliefies in Namakwaland</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/movie-file/" rel="tag">movie file</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/muskiete-jag/" rel="tag">Muskiete Jag</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems-by-ingrid-jonker-translated/" rel="tag">poems by Ingrid Jonker translated</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-poets/" rel="tag">South African Poets</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/toemaar-die-donker-man/" rel="tag">Toemaar die Donker Man</a> on 06/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/bitterbessie-dagbreek/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <img style="text-align:center;width:122px;display:block;height:167px;cursor:hand;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwfuKO_dS5I/AAAAAAAACgs/n9dyaWzviOw/s320/jonker_ingrid.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="122" height="179" /> Listen to her song here…. <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-576-10" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/06_bitterbessie_dagbreek.mp3?_=10" /><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/06_bitterbessie_dagbreek.mp3">https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/06_bitterbessie_dagbreek.mp3</a></audio> On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light-bitterbessie/">THIS LINK </a>– also on my blog – you can find more information about Ingrid and watch a short movie about her too. On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/love-light/">THIS LINK </a>you can read more about Ingrid Jonker and listen to a song. BITTERBESSIE DAGBREEK ~~ Ingrid Jonker Bitterbessie dagbreek bitterbessie son ‘n spieël het gebreek tusen my en hom Soek ek na die grootpad om daarlangs te draf oral draai die paadjies van sy woorde af Dennebos herinnering dennebos vergeet het ek ook verdwaal trap ek in my leed Papegaai-bont eggo kierang kierang my totdat ek bedroë weer die koggel kry Eggo is geen antwoord antwoord hy alom bitterbessie dagbreek bitterbessie son TOE MAAR DIE DONKER MAN (ook gesing deur Laurika Rauch!) Ingrid Jonker Op die groen voetpad van die horison ver om die aarde skat, stap ‘n ou man wat’n oop maan dra in sy hare Nagtegaal in sy hart jasmyn gepluk vir sy oop knoopsgat en ‘n rug gebuk aan sy jare. Wat maak hy, mammie? ~~ Hy roep die kriekies Hy roep die swart stilte wat sing soos die biesies, my hart en die sterre wat klop tok-tok liefling, soos die klein toktokkies in hul fyn-ver kring. Wat is sy naam, mammie? ~~ Sy naam is Sjuut Sy naam is Slaap Meneer Vergeet uit die land van Vaak Sy naam is toe maar hy heet, my lam Toe maar, die donker man Muskietejag moes ek op laerskool leer! Dis was regtig ‘n gedig wat ek baie geniet het! Hy het soveel drama wat jy kan insit met die voordra van hierdie gedig! Muskietejag : A D Keet Jou vabond, wag, ek sal jou kry, Van jou sal net ‘n bloedkol bly Hier op my kamermure. Deur jou vervloekte gonsery, Deur jou gebyt en plagery Kon ek nie slaap vir ure. Mag ek my voorstel, eer ons skei, Eer jy die doodslag van my kry – My naam is van der Merwe. Muskiet, wees maar nie treurig nie, Wees ook nie so kieskeurig nie, Jy moet tog ééndag sterwe. Verwekker van malaria, Sing maar jou laaste aria – Nog een minuut vir grasie. Al soebat jy nou nòg so lang, Al sê jy ook: ek is nie bang, Nooit sien jy weer jou nasie… Hoe sedig sit hy, O, die kreng! Sy kinders kan maar kranse breng, Nóu gaan die vabond sterwe…Pardoef! Dis mis! Daar gaan hy weer! Maar dòòd sal hy, sowaar, ek sweer – My naam is van der Merwe! <iframe width="500" height="392.94117647059" src="https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x5l402" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen></iframe> Madeliefies in Namakwaland Waarom luister ons nog na die antwoorde van die madeliefies op die wind op die son wat het geword van die kokkewietjies Agter die geslote voorkop waar miskien nog ’n takkie tuimel van ’n verdrinkte lente Agter my gesneuwelde woord Agter ons verdeelde huis Agter die hart gesluit teen homself Agter draadheinings, kampe, lokasies Agter die stilte waar onbekende tale val soos klokke by ’n begrafenis Agter ons verskeurde land sit die groen hotnotsgot van die veld en ons hoor nog verdwaasd klein blou Namakwaland-madeliefie iets antwoord, iets glo, iets weet. Ingrid Jonker © Ingrid Jonker Trust From: Rook en Oker Publisher: Afrikaanse Pers, Johannesburg, 1963 The above poem in English translated: Daisies in Namaqualand Why do we still listen to the answers given by the daisies to the wind to the sun what has become of the little kokkewiets Behind the closed forehead where perhaps a twig still tumbles from a drowned springtime Behind my word killed in action Behind our divided home Behind the heart locked against itself Behind wire fences, camps, locations Behind the silence where foreign languages fall like bells at a funeral Behind our land torn apart sits the green mantis of the veld and dazed we still hear small blue Namaqualand daisy answering something, believing something, knowing something © Translation: 2007, Antjie Krog & André Brink From: Black Butterflies Publisher: Human & Rousseau, Cape Town, 2007 ISBN: 9780798148924 <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a></div> <div id="geo-post-576" class="geo geo-post" style="display: none"> 51.633000 -0.550000 </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/bitterbessie-dagbreek/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bitterbessie Dagbreek">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-559 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-magazine-covers category-magazines category-south-africa tag-magazine-covers tag-magazines tag-south-africa" id="post-559"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mags/" rel="bookmark">Magazines</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/magazine-covers/" rel="category tag">magazine covers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/magazines/" rel="category tag">magazines</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/magazine-covers/" rel="tag">magazine covers</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/magazines/" rel="tag">magazines</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a> on 03/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mags/#comments">4 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM_Le_dSmI/AAAAAAAACeA/78NfWzM3QLM/s1600-h/maggg.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM_Le_dSmI/AAAAAAAACeA/78NfWzM3QLM/s320/maggg.jpg" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM69u_dSlI/AAAAAAAACd4/F_CUtbJ4B3E/s1600-h/magnation.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM69u_dSlI/AAAAAAAACd4/F_CUtbJ4B3E/s320/magnation.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6f-_dSfI/AAAAAAAACdI/4UelmZrM2Zs/s1600-h/mags.png"></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6f-_dSgI/AAAAAAAACdQ/8dU8fzu6SJs/s1600-h/magland.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6f-_dSgI/AAAAAAAACdQ/8dU8fzu6SJs/s320/magland.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6gO_dShI/AAAAAAAACdY/RLP9doJ4wtw/s1600-h/magtime.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6gO_dShI/AAAAAAAACdY/RLP9doJ4wtw/s320/magtime.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6ge_dSiI/AAAAAAAACdg/C5fh6xw2xgM/s1600-h/magsarie.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6ge_dSiI/AAAAAAAACdg/C5fh6xw2xgM/s320/magsarie.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6ge_dSjI/AAAAAAAACdo/l4MKBEgaGy8/s1600-h/magliving.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM6ge_dSjI/AAAAAAAACdo/l4MKBEgaGy8/s320/magliving.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5p-_dSaI/AAAAAAAACcg/hmlfRYd-DEc/s1600-h/magyourfam.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5p-_dSaI/AAAAAAAACcg/hmlfRYd-DEc/s320/magyourfam.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5p-_dSbI/AAAAAAAACco/C8e3PT7U3Mc/s1600-h/magyou.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5p-_dSbI/AAAAAAAACco/C8e3PT7U3Mc/s320/magyou.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qO_dScI/AAAAAAAACcw/7Gij7x4_YFs/s1600-h/magwww.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp2.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qO_dScI/AAAAAAAACcw/7Gij7x4_YFs/s320/magwww.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qe_dSdI/AAAAAAAACc4/L7x8sWts-XQ/s1600-h/magvogue.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qe_dSdI/AAAAAAAACc4/L7x8sWts-XQ/s320/magvogue.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qe_dSeI/AAAAAAAACdA/x3p7RAqiti0/s1600-h/magrooirose.png"><img border="0" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwM5qe_dSeI/AAAAAAAACdA/x3p7RAqiti0/s320/magrooirose.png" style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" /></a>I like to read magazines. It’s always interesting to read the covers, even if you’re not going to buy it, just to see what people are writing about. These covers are a few of my favourite magazines, but must add that I don’t read Time magazine. I will read it if it’s the only mag I have, e.g. on the flight to SA, my neighbour had one and I read it just to pass the time! What you see here, are mostly covers of South African magazines. I do like National Geographic, for their very interesting articles and glossy photographs, although I sometimes question their articles about countries, because I’ve read one about South Africa in one issue and it wasn’t a very balanced written article, so I was asking myself, what about the other countries then!</div> </div> </div>   <div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" rel="nofollow">http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping</a></div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mags/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Magazines">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-554 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-afrikaans category-afrikaans-poems category-afrikaanse-digters category-afrikaanse-gedigte category-afrikaanse-taal-2 category-c-louis-leipoldt category-digters category-leipoldt category-poetry category-south-africa category-suid-afrika tag-afrikaans tag-afrikaans-poems tag-afrikaanse-digters tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-afrikaanse-taal tag-capital-of-south-africa tag-cl-leipoldt tag-digters tag-gedigte tag-oktober-maand tag-poems tag-poetry tag-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-suid-afrika" id="post-554"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/" rel="bookmark">Oktobermaand…Leipoldt</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaans-poems/" rel="category tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/afrikaanse-taal-2/" rel="category tag">Afrikaanse taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/c-louis-leipoldt/" rel="category tag">C Louis Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/digters/" rel="category tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/leipoldt/" rel="category tag">Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/poetry/" rel="category tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" rel="tag">Afrikaans</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" rel="tag">Afrikaans poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-digters/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-taal/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse Taal</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/capital-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">Capital of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cl-leipoldt/" rel="tag">CL Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/digters/" rel="tag">digters</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oktober-maand/" rel="tag">Oktober Maand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" rel="tag">poems</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" rel="tag">Poetry</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" rel="tag">Suid-Afrika</a> on 01/10/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/#comments">14 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5339" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/pretorias/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg" data-orig-size="568,451" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="pretorias" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5339" title="pretorias" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="238" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretorias.jpg 568w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5343" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/pretoria1a/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg" data-orig-size="406,300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="pretoria1a" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg?w=406" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg?w=406" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5343" title="pretoria1a" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria1a.jpg" alt="" width="406" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwCgXu_dSPI/AAAAAAAACbI/sbLdHnr5BqE/s1600-h/leipoldt_c_louis.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwCgXu_dSPI/AAAAAAAACbI/sbLdHnr5BqE/s320/leipoldt_c_louis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> Update: This is my post from 1 October 2007…It’s the 1st of October and in the top images you can see what <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/" target="new">Pretoria, </a>the capital city usually looks like during October! On this link – which will open in a new window – you can see more images. <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/l#a8845">Leipoldt, C. Louis, 1880-1947</a> Leipoldt is a South African poet, one of the BEST poets…he describes in this poem the month October. He says October is the most beautiful month…for South Africa, that’s the truth of course if you look at my previous entry’s photos! C. LOUIS LEIPOLDT Oktobermaand Viooltjies in die voorhuis, Viooltjies blou en rooi! Viooltjies orals op die veld, En orals, ai, so mooi! Dit is die maand Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand: Dan is die dag so helder, so groen is elke aand, So blou en sonder wolke die hemel heerlik bo, So blomtuin-vol van kleure die asvaal ou Karoo. Dit is die maand Oktober: die varkblom is in bloei; Oor al die seekoegate is kafferskuil gegroei; Die koppies, kort gelede nog as ‘n klip so kaal, Het nou vir welkomsgroetnis hul mooiste voorgehaal. Dit is die maand Oktober: die akkerboom is groen; Die bloekoms langs die paaie is almal nuutgeboen; En orals in die tuin rond ruik jy sering en roos, Jasmyn en katjiepiering, lemoen en appelkoos. Al was die dag soos yster, lank in die vuur gesteek, Die varings in die klofies deur hitte geel verbleek, Tog as die son daaronder agter die berge gaan, Dan word oor heel die wêreld die mooiste geur geslaan. Dit is die maand Oktober: die kokewiet is uit; Boomsingertjies en kriekies die hoor jy orals fluit; Fiskaal is op die oorlog: daaronder by die sluis, Daar is ‘n dor ou doringboom sy spens en sy kombuis, Dit is die maand Oktober: ek dink, die mense vier Vir ewig in die hemel Oktobermaand soos hier! Wat wens jy meer as blomme, as helder dag en nag? Wat kan jy beter, mooier, of heerliker verwag? Ek is nog in Oktober: my tuin is nog so groen, So wit met al wat mooi is, met bloeisels van lemoen, So pragtig in die môre. so heerlik in die aand! Ek is nog in Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand! Wat gee ek om die winter? Wat praat jy nou van Mei? Wat skeel dit, as ons later weer donker dae kry? Ek is nou in Oktober, die mooiste, mooiste maand, Met elke dag so helder, so pragtig elke aand! Viooltjies in die voorhuis, Viooltjies blou en rooi! Viooltjies orals op die veld, En orals, ai, so mooi! <img class="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd9LOfKXkAAzPfs?format=jpg&name=small" alt="Image" width="415" height="415" /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img class="" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fd98NraXoAI6u3h?format=jpg&name=medium" alt="Image" width="439" height="780" /></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img data-attachment-id="19535" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/image-8/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png" data-orig-size="957,1207" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=500" loading="lazy" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=957" alt="" class="wp-image-19535" width="340" height="429" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=340 340w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=680 680w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png?w=476 476w" sizes="(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px" /></figure> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaand-leipoldt/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Oktobermaand…Leipoldt">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <div class="post-553 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-gedigte category-history-of-pretoria category-jacaranda-city category-jacaranda-trees category-jakaranda-stad category-october category-october-pretoria category-oktober category-pretoria category-pretoria-the-capital-of-south-africa category-pretoria-video category-purple category-roads-of-pretoria category-south-africa category-suid-afrika category-traffic-in-pretoria tag-afrikaanse-gedigte tag-capital-cities tag-capital-of-south-africa tag-cities tag-gedigte tag-history-of-pretoria tag-jacaranda-city tag-jacaranda-trees tag-laurika-rauch tag-louis-leipoldt tag-oktober-maand tag-pretoria tag-pretoria-video tag-roads-of-pretoria tag-south-africa tag-traffic-in-pretoria tag-video-about-pretoria tag-videos" id="post-553"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/" rel="bookmark">Jacaranda City…Jakaranda Stad!</a></h2> Posted in <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/gedigte/" rel="category tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/history-of-pretoria/" rel="category tag">History of Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jacaranda-city/" rel="category tag">Jacaranda city</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jacaranda-trees/" rel="category tag">Jacaranda trees</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/jakaranda-stad/" rel="category tag">Jakaranda Stad</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/october/" rel="category tag">October</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/october-pretoria/" rel="category tag">October Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/oktober/" rel="category tag">Oktober</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria/" rel="category tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria-the-capital-of-south-africa/" rel="category tag">Pretoria the Capital of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/pretoria-video/" rel="category tag">Pretoria video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/purple/" rel="category tag">purple</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/roads-of-pretoria/" rel="category tag">Roads of Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/south-africa/" rel="category tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/suid-afrika/" rel="category tag">Suid-Afrika</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/category/traffic-in-pretoria/" rel="category tag">traffic in Pretoria</a>, tagged <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" rel="tag">Afrikaanse gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/capital-cities/" rel="tag">Capital cities</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/capital-of-south-africa/" rel="tag">Capital of South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/cities/" rel="tag">cities</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" rel="tag">gedigte</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history-of-pretoria/" rel="tag">History of Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jacaranda-city/" rel="tag">Jacaranda city</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/jacaranda-trees/" rel="tag">Jacaranda trees</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/laurika-rauch/" rel="tag">Laurika Rauch</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/louis-leipoldt/" rel="tag">Louis Leipoldt</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/oktober-maand/" rel="tag">Oktober Maand</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" rel="tag">Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria-video/" rel="tag">Pretoria video</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/roads-of-pretoria/" rel="tag">Roads of Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" rel="tag">South Africa</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/traffic-in-pretoria/" rel="tag">traffic in Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/video-about-pretoria/" rel="tag">video about Pretoria</a>, <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/videos/" rel="tag">videos</a> on 30/09/2007| <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/#comments">10 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="entry"> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAO_dSLI/AAAAAAAACao/Rd6euPoChfI/s1600-h/Pretoria1.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp3.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAO_dSLI/AAAAAAAACao/Rd6euPoChfI/s320/Pretoria1.jpg" border="0" /></a> Pretoria is the Capital of South Africa. One of 3 capitals actually! Cape Town and Bloemfontein are the other 2 Capitals of South Africa. Pretoria is the Admin Capital. The President’s Office is settled in the Union Buildings in Pretoria and for 6 months he spends his time in his office while the other 6 months, he’s in Cape Town in the Parliament! The Parliament is settled in Cape Town. Read more <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria">HERE </a>on Wikipedia about Pretoria. On <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/spring/">THIS LINK </a>on my blog, you can read more and see more pictures about Pretoria. <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAe_dSMI/AAAAAAAACaw/a6tkHGk1aRs/s1600-h/Pretoria_City.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp0.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAe_dSMI/AAAAAAAACaw/a6tkHGk1aRs/s320/Pretoria_City.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAu_dSNI/AAAAAAAACa4/aGY-a7YlS04/s1600-h/pretoria1a.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAu_dSNI/AAAAAAAACa4/aGY-a7YlS04/s320/pretoria1a.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAu_dSOI/AAAAAAAACbA/nH-Ak4Zf0x0/s1600-h/PretoriaS.jpg"><img style="display:block;cursor:hand;text-align:center;margin:0 auto 10px;" alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/bp1.blogger.com/_2EjV_03OsW8/RwArAu_dSOI/AAAAAAAACbA/nH-Ak4Zf0x0/s320/PretoriaS.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>IT IS OCTOBER! and I can imagine….Pretoria…what you look like! Purple Jacarandas everywhere! You can’t hide yourself! This is the time when students are busy preparing for end-of-year exams…and…when they fall in love! I can remember how the men would come and visit with a bit of a Jacaranda branch! And..how you would go for a walk, bare feet…just to step on those blossoms and get your feet purple! </div> <div> </div> En jy dan ook saamstem met Louis Leipoldt se gedig…. hier..:<a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/oktobermaandleipoldt/"> OKTOBER MAAND! </a>… <img alt="" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.safarinow.com/files/images/travel-guide/Pretoria/300%20wide/Thunderstorm---Pretoria.jpg" width="300" height="196" /> <div>Thunder…in the city! </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/sareservebank.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15363" alt="SAReservebank" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/sareservebank.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="333" /></a> South Africa’s Reserve Bank in Pretoria, the Capital City <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15364" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/union_buildings/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg" data-orig-size="1144,856" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Union_Buildings" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15364" alt="Union_Buildings" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="374" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/union_buildings.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Pretoria: Union Buildings <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15365" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/voortrekker_monument/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg" data-orig-size="640,440" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Voortrekker_monument" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15365" alt="Voortrekker_monument" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="343" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekker_monument.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> Pretoria: The Voortrekker Monument – build in 1938 – The Great Trek was in 1838. <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="5366" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/pretoria-city/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg" data-orig-size="550,413" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.9","credit":"Picasa 2.0","camera":"Digimax 360","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1041475563","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0055174864828587","title":""}" data-image-title="pretoria-city" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5366" title="pretoria-city" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pretoria-city.jpg 550w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Image: fotothing.com <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="2649" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/pretoria/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg" data-orig-size="800,600" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"Canon PowerShot S410","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1106150732","copyright":"","focal_length":"7.40625","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":""}" data-image-title="pretoria" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2649" alt="" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg?w=300" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg?w=300 300w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pretoria.jpg?w=600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> Downtown Pretoria…image: pbase.com <iframe class="youtube-player" width="500" height="282" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GWv8IP5aZTM?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>   <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="15368" data-permalink="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/voortrekkermonument-grafika/" data-orig-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg" data-orig-size="1274,1128" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Voortrekkermonument-grafika" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=500" data-large-file="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=500" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-15368" alt="Voortrekkermonument-grafika" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=500" width="500" height="442" srcset="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=500 500w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=998 998w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=600 600w, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/voortrekkermonument-grafika.jpg?w=768 768w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/jacaranda-cityjakaranda-stad/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Jacaranda City…Jakaranda Stad!">Read Full Post »</a> </div> </div> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/page/2/" >Older Posts »</a> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li class="sidebox"> <a class="wordpress-follow-button" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com" data-blog="2198811" data-lang="en" data-show-blog-name="false">Follow Chessalee on WordPress.com</a> <script type="text/javascript">(function(d){ window.wpcomPlatform = {"titles":{"timelines":"Embeddable Timelines","followButton":"Follow Button","wpEmbeds":"WordPress Embeds"}}; var f = d.getElementsByTagName('SCRIPT')[0], p = d.createElement('SCRIPT');p.type = 'text/javascript';p.async = true;p.src = '//widgets.wp.com/platform.js';f.parentNode.insertBefore(p,f);}(document));</script> </li><li class="sidebox"><form role="search" method="get" action="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" class="wp-block-search__button-outside wp-block-search__text-button wp-block-search" ><label class="wp-block-search__label" for="wp-block-search__input-1" >Search this site</label><div class="wp-block-search__inside-wrapper " ><input class="wp-block-search__input" id="wp-block-search__input-1" placeholder="" value="" type="search" name="s" required /><button aria-label="Search" class="wp-block-search__button wp-element-button" type="submit" >Search</button></div></form></li><li class="sidebox"><h2><label for="subscribe-field">Subscribe to Blog via Email</label></h2> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__container"> <form action="https://subscribe.wordpress.com" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8" data-blog="2198811" data-post_access_level="everybody" id="subscribe-blog" > Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. <label id="subscribe-field-label" for="subscribe-field" class="screen-reader-text" > Email Address: </label> <input type="email" name="email" style="width: 95%; padding: 1px 10px" placeholder="Email Address" value="" id="subscribe-field" required /> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe"/> <input type="hidden" name="blog_id" value="2198811"/> <input type="hidden" name="source" value="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/"/> <input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="widget"/> <input type="hidden" name="redirect_fragment" value="subscribe-blog"/> <input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="cff95005f3" /> <button type="submit" class="wp-block-button__link" > Subscribe </button> </form> <div class="wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__subscount"> Join 291 other subscribers </div> </div> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="440" height="417" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/welcome_0.gif" alt="" class="wp-image-10373" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="68" height="50" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/south_africa-flag.gif" alt="" class="wp-image-19336" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" width="329" height="107" src="https://chessaleeinlondon.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/divider-7-.jpg?w=329" alt="" class="wp-image-19337" /></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> "The Americans fight for a free world, the English mostly for honour, glory and medals, the French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate. The Italians are too scared to fight, the Russians have no choice. The Germans for their Fatherland. The Boers? Those sons of Bitches fight for the hell of it." American General, George 'Guts and Glory' Patton. </li><li class="sidebox"> Latest Posts </li><li class="sidebox"><ul class="wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts"><li><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/champions-chess-tour-2024-oslo/">Champions Chess Tour 2024 – Oslo</a></li> <li><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/11/24/shades-of-chess/">Shades of Chess</a></li> <li><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/more-castles/">More Castles</a></li> <li><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/kastele-galore/">Kastele galore</a></li> <li><a class="wp-block-latest-posts__post-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/08/15/afrikaans-14-augustus/">Afrikaans 14 Augustus</a></li> </ul></li><li class="sidebox"><h2>Top Posts & Pages</h2><ul><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/happy-valentines-day/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Happy Valentine's Day!</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/30/heerlike-suid-afrikaanse-resepte/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Heerlike Suid-Afrikaanse Resepte</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/boer-war-art-poetry-and-history/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Boer War Art Poetry and History</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2010/02/27/mi5-chess-and-the-cold-war/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">MI5 Chess and the Cold War</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/i-wont-give-up/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">I won't give up!</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/voortrekker-monument-pretoria/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/alice-in-wonderlands-mysterious-chess-game/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Alice in Wonderland's Mysterious Chess Game</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/lekker-afrikaanse-kinderstories/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Lekker Afrikaanse kinderstories</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/south-african-recipes/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">South African recipes</a></li><li><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/vintage-movies-and-chess/" class="bump-view" data-bump-view="tp">Vintage movies and Chess</a></li></ul></li><li class="sidebox"><div class="wp-block-calendar"><table id="wp-calendar" class="wp-calendar-table"> <caption>February 2025</caption> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" title="Monday">M</th> <th scope="col" title="Tuesday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Wednesday">W</th> <th scope="col" title="Thursday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Friday">F</th> <th scope="col" title="Saturday">S</th> <th scope="col" title="Sunday">S</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="5" class="pad"> </td><td>1</td><td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td><td>9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td><td>11</td><td>12</td><td>13</td><td>14</td><td>15</td><td>16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td><td id="today">18</td><td>19</td><td>20</td><td>21</td><td>22</td><td>23</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td><td>25</td><td>26</td><td>27</td><td>28</td> <td class="pad" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><nav aria-label="Previous and next months" class="wp-calendar-nav"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/2024/12/">« Dec</a>     </nav></div></li><li class="sidebox"><a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-161340 tag-link-position-1" style="font-size: 16.488188976378pt;" aria-label="Afrikaans (75 items)">Afrikaans</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaanse-gedigte/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-2450100 tag-link-position-2" style="font-size: 14.944881889764pt;" aria-label="Afrikaanse gedigte (54 items)">Afrikaanse gedigte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-poems/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-2450066 tag-link-position-3" style="font-size: 12.96062992126pt;" aria-label="Afrikaans poems (35 items)">Afrikaans poems</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/afrikaans-songs/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-5831169 tag-link-position-4" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Afrikaans songs (12 items)">Afrikaans songs</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/anand/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-420679 tag-link-position-5" style="font-size: 9.8740157480315pt;" aria-label="Anand (18 items)">Anand</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/art/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-177 tag-link-position-6" style="font-size: 14.173228346457pt;" aria-label="Art (46 items)">Art</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/books/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-178 tag-link-position-7" style="font-size: 10.976377952756pt;" aria-label="books (23 items)">books</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/carlsen/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1185146 tag-link-position-8" style="font-size: 8.992125984252pt;" aria-label="Carlsen (15 items)">Carlsen</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-5119 tag-link-position-9" style="font-size: 22pt;" aria-label="Chess (239 items)">Chess</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-art/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-250259 tag-link-position-10" style="font-size: 9.3228346456693pt;" aria-label="chess art (16 items)">chess art</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-games/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-428511 tag-link-position-11" style="font-size: 17.03937007874pt;" aria-label="chess games (84 items)">chess games</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-grandmasters/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-3819623 tag-link-position-12" style="font-size: 13.291338582677pt;" aria-label="Chess Grandmasters (38 items)">Chess Grandmasters</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-movies/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-2449838 tag-link-position-13" style="font-size: 8.4409448818898pt;" aria-label="chess movies (13 items)">chess movies</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-south-africa/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-3057963 tag-link-position-14" style="font-size: 8.7716535433071pt;" aria-label="Chess South Africa (14 items)">Chess South Africa</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/chess-tournaments/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-387312 tag-link-position-15" style="font-size: 10.314960629921pt;" aria-label="chess tournaments (20 items)">chess tournaments</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/classical-music/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-8094 tag-link-position-16" style="font-size: 11.527559055118pt;" aria-label="classical music (26 items)">classical music</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/food/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-586 tag-link-position-17" style="font-size: 10.314960629921pt;" aria-label="food (20 items)">food</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/gedigte/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-266321 tag-link-position-18" style="font-size: 15.496062992126pt;" aria-label="gedigte (60 items)">gedigte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/geskiedenis/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-739230 tag-link-position-19" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="geskiedenis (12 items)">geskiedenis</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/history/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-678 tag-link-position-20" style="font-size: 13.181102362205pt;" aria-label="History (37 items)">History</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/london/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1618 tag-link-position-21" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="London (12 items)">London</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/magnus-carlsen/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-881844 tag-link-position-22" style="font-size: 12.409448818898pt;" aria-label="Magnus Carlsen (31 items)">Magnus Carlsen</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/melissa-greeff/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-3188440 tag-link-position-23" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Melissa Greeff (12 items)">Melissa Greeff</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/mp3-music-files/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-11498150 tag-link-position-24" style="font-size: 8.7716535433071pt;" aria-label="Mp3 music files (14 items)">Mp3 music files</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-18 tag-link-position-25" style="font-size: 12.96062992126pt;" aria-label="music (35 items)">music</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-audio-files/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-9267479 tag-link-position-26" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="music audio files (12 items)">music audio files</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-files/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-436190 tag-link-position-27" style="font-size: 10.314960629921pt;" aria-label="music files (20 items)">music files</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/music-videos/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-3998 tag-link-position-28" style="font-size: 11.858267716535pt;" aria-label="music videos (28 items)">music videos</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/musiek/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-708234 tag-link-position-29" style="font-size: 8.7716535433071pt;" aria-label="musiek (14 items)">musiek</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/nature/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1099 tag-link-position-30" style="font-size: 8.7716535433071pt;" aria-label="nature (14 items)">nature</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/news/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-103 tag-link-position-31" style="font-size: 8.7716535433071pt;" aria-label="news (14 items)">news</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poems/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-423 tag-link-position-32" style="font-size: 14.393700787402pt;" aria-label="poems (48 items)">poems</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poetry/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-422 tag-link-position-33" style="font-size: 16.157480314961pt;" aria-label="Poetry (70 items)">Poetry</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/poets/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-10560 tag-link-position-34" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="poets (12 items)">poets</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/pretoria/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-393952 tag-link-position-35" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Pretoria (12 items)">Pretoria</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/radjabov/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1534969 tag-link-position-36" style="font-size: 8.992125984252pt;" aria-label="Radjabov (15 items)">Radjabov</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/recipes/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-2832 tag-link-position-37" style="font-size: 10.976377952756pt;" aria-label="recipes (23 items)">recipes</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/resepte/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-835811 tag-link-position-38" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="resepte (12 items)">resepte</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-4008852 tag-link-position-39" style="font-size: 16.59842519685pt;" aria-label="skaak (76 items)">skaak</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/skaak-suid-afrika/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-4956777 tag-link-position-40" style="font-size: 8.4409448818898pt;" aria-label="Skaak Suid-Afrika (13 items)">Skaak Suid-Afrika</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-6231 tag-link-position-41" style="font-size: 18.582677165354pt;" aria-label="South Africa (117 items)">South Africa</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-african-artists/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-3218227 tag-link-position-42" style="font-size: 8.992125984252pt;" aria-label="South African artists (15 items)">South African artists</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/stories/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-955 tag-link-position-43" style="font-size: 8.4409448818898pt;" aria-label="stories (13 items)">stories</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/suid-afrika/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1041101 tag-link-position-44" style="font-size: 14.503937007874pt;" aria-label="Suid-Afrika (49 items)">Suid-Afrika</a> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/topalov/" class="tag-cloud-link tag-link-1322224 tag-link-position-45" style="font-size: 8pt;" aria-label="Topalov (12 items)">Topalov</a></li><li class="sidebox"> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://2700chess.com" target="_blank"></a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://2700chess.com" target="_blank"></a><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://2700chess.com" target="_blank"></a> </li><li class="sidebox"> Live chess ratings top 10 - men </li><li class="sidebox"> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://2700chess.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://2700chess.com/files/topten.png" alt="2700chess.com for more details and full list" title="2700chess.com for more details and full list" /></a></figure> </li><li class="sidebox"> </li><li class="sidebox">Live chess rating: Top 10 - women <a href="https://2700chess.com/women" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://2700chess.com/files/top10_women.png" alt="2700chess.com/women for more details and full list" title="2700chess.com for more details and full list" /></a></li></ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div id="colophon"> <a href="https://wordpress.com/?ref=footer_blog" rel="nofollow">Blog at WordPress.com.</a> WPThemes. </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var infiniteScroll = {"settings":{"id":"content-main","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com\/?infinity=scrolling","type":"scroll","wrapper":true,"wrapper_class":"infinite-wrap","footer":true,"click_handle":"1","text":"Older posts","totop":"Scroll back to top","currentday":"30.09.07","order":"DESC","scripts":[],"styles":[],"google_analytics":false,"offset":1,"history":{"host":"chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com","path":"\/tag\/south-africa\/page\/%d\/","use_trailing_slashes":true,"parameters":""},"query_args":{"tag":"south-africa","error":"","m":"","p":0,"post_parent":"","subpost":"","subpost_id":"","attachment":"","attachment_id":0,"name":"","pagename":"","page_id":0,"second":"","minute":"","hour":"","day":0,"monthnum":0,"year":0,"w":0,"category_name":"","cat":"","tag_id":6231,"author":"","author_name":"","feed":"","tb":"","paged":0,"meta_key":"","meta_value":"","preview":"","s":"","sentence":"","title":"","fields":"","menu_order":"","embed":"","category__in":[],"category__not_in":[],"category__and":[],"post__in":[],"post__not_in":[],"post_name__in":[],"tag__in":[],"tag__not_in":[],"tag__and":[],"tag_slug__in":["south-africa"],"tag_slug__and":[],"post_parent__in":[],"post_parent__not_in":[],"author__in":[],"author__not_in":[],"search_columns":[],"lazy_load_term_meta":false,"posts_per_page":80,"ignore_sticky_posts":false,"suppress_filters":false,"cache_results":true,"update_post_term_cache":true,"update_menu_item_cache":false,"update_post_meta_cache":true,"post_type":"","nopaging":false,"comments_per_page":"0","no_found_rows":false,"order":"DESC"},"query_before":"2025-02-18 05:19:10","last_post_date":"2007-09-30 23:00:00","body_class":"infinite-scroll neverending","loading_text":"Loading new page","stats":"blog=2198811&v=wpcom&tz=1&user_id=0&subd=chessaleeinlondon&x_pagetype=infinite"}}; </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="//0.gravatar.com/js/hovercards/hovercards.min.js?ver=2025087d8bf6c02970a26c6b0c26b0fcfc89796aa30f84307cffd8fd28d2bcca53dd7a" id="grofiles-cards-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="wpgroho-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var WPGroHo = {"my_hash":""}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script crossorigin='anonymous' type='text/javascript' src='https://s2.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/gravatar-hovercards/wpgroho.js?m=1610363240i'></script> <script> // Initialize and attach hovercards to all gravatars ( function() { function init() { if ( typeof Gravatar === 'undefined' ) { return; } if ( typeof Gravatar.init !== 'function' ) { return; } Gravatar.profile_cb = function ( hash, id ) { WPGroHo.syncProfileData( hash, id ); }; Gravatar.my_hash = WPGroHo.my_hash; Gravatar.init( 'body', '#wp-admin-bar-my-account', { i18n: { 'Edit your profile →': 'Edit your profile →', 'View profile →': 'View profile →', 'Contact': 'Contact', 'Send money': 'Send money', 'Sorry, we are unable to load this Gravatar profile.': 'Sorry, we are unable to load this Gravatar profile.', 'Profile not found.': 'Profile not found.', 'Too Many Requests.': 'Too Many Requests.', 'Internal Server Error.': 'Internal Server Error.', }, } ); } if ( document.readyState !== 'loading' ) { init(); } else { document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', init ); } } )(); </script> <div style="display:none"> </div> <div id="infinite-footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="blog-info"> <a id="infinity-blog-title" href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/" rel="home"> Chessalee </a> </div> <div class="blog-credits"> <a href="https://wordpress.com/?ref=footer_website" rel="nofollow">Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id="actionbar" dir="ltr" style="display: none;" class="actnbr-pub-mistylook actnbr-has-follow actnbr-has-actions"> <ul> <li class="actnbr-btn actnbr-hidden"> <a class="actnbr-action actnbr-actn-follow " href=""> <svg class="gridicon" height="20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="m4 4.5h12v6.5h1.5v-6.5-1.5h-1.5-12-1.5v1.5 10.5c0 1.1046.89543 2 2 2h7v-1.5h-7c-.27614 0-.5-.2239-.5-.5zm10.5 2h-9v1.5h9zm-5 3h-4v1.5h4zm3.5 1.5h-1v1h1zm-1-1.5h-1.5v1.5 1 1.5h1.5 1 1.5v-1.5-1-1.5h-1.5zm-2.5 2.5h-4v1.5h4zm6.5 1.25h1.5v2.25h2.25v1.5h-2.25v2.25h-1.5v-2.25h-2.25v-1.5h2.25z" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg> Subscribe </a> <a class="actnbr-action actnbr-actn-following no-display" href=""> <svg class="gridicon" height="20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M16 4.5H4V15C4 15.2761 4.22386 15.5 4.5 15.5H11.5V17H4.5C3.39543 17 2.5 16.1046 2.5 15V4.5V3H4H16H17.5V4.5V12.5H16V4.5ZM5.5 6.5H14.5V8H5.5V6.5ZM5.5 9.5H9.5V11H5.5V9.5ZM12 11H13V12H12V11ZM10.5 9.5H12H13H14.5V11V12V13.5H13H12H10.5V12V11V9.5ZM5.5 12H9.5V13.5H5.5V12Z" fill="#008A20"></path><path class="following-icon-tick" d="M13.5 16L15.5 18L19 14.5" stroke="#008A20" stroke-width="1.5"></path></svg> Subscribed </a> <div class="actnbr-popover tip tip-top-left actnbr-notice" id="follow-bubble"> <div class="tip-arrow"></div> <div class="tip-inner actnbr-follow-bubble"> <ul> <li class="actnbr-sitename"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com"> <img loading='lazy' alt='' src='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=50' srcset='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=50 1x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=75 1.5x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=100 2x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=150 3x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=200 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' /> Chessalee </a> </li> <div class="actnbr-message no-display"></div> <form method="post" action="https://subscribe.wordpress.com" accept-charset="utf-8" style="display: none;"> <div class="actnbr-follow-count">Join 291 other subscribers</div> <div> <input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Enter your email address" class="actnbr-email-field" aria-label="Enter your email address" /> </div> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="subscribe" /> <input type="hidden" name="blog_id" value="2198811" /> <input type="hidden" name="source" value="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/tag/south-africa/" /> <input type="hidden" name="sub-type" value="actionbar-follow" /> <input type="hidden" id="_wpnonce" name="_wpnonce" value="cff95005f3" /> <div class="actnbr-button-wrap"> <button type="submit" value="Sign me up"> Sign me up </button> </div> </form> <li class="actnbr-login-nudge"> <div> Already have a WordPress.com account? <a href="https://wordpress.com/log-in?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fchessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F08%2F04%2Fchrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa%2F&signup_flow=account">Log in now.</a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> <li class="actnbr-ellipsis actnbr-hidden"> <svg class="gridicon gridicons-ellipsis" height="24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><g><path d="M7 12c0 1.104-.896 2-2 2s-2-.896-2-2 .896-2 2-2 2 .896 2 2zm12-2c-1.104 0-2 .896-2 2s.896 2 2 2 2-.896 2-2-.896-2-2-2zm-7 0c-1.104 0-2 .896-2 2s.896 2 2 2 2-.896 2-2-.896-2-2-2z"/></g></svg> <div class="actnbr-popover tip tip-top-left actnbr-more"> <div class="tip-arrow"></div> <div class="tip-inner"> <ul> <li class="actnbr-sitename"> <a href="https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com"> <img loading='lazy' alt='' src='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=50' srcset='https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=50 1x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=75 1.5x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=100 2x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=150 3x, https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-drakensberg-gatberg-1.jpg?w=200 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' /> Chessalee </a> </li> <li class="actnbr-folded-follow"> <a class="actnbr-action actnbr-actn-follow " href=""> <svg class="gridicon" height="20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path clip-rule="evenodd" d="m4 4.5h12v6.5h1.5v-6.5-1.5h-1.5-12-1.5v1.5 10.5c0 1.1046.89543 2 2 2h7v-1.5h-7c-.27614 0-.5-.2239-.5-.5zm10.5 2h-9v1.5h9zm-5 3h-4v1.5h4zm3.5 1.5h-1v1h1zm-1-1.5h-1.5v1.5 1 1.5h1.5 1 1.5v-1.5-1-1.5h-1.5zm-2.5 2.5h-4v1.5h4zm6.5 1.25h1.5v2.25h2.25v1.5h-2.25v2.25h-1.5v-2.25h-2.25v-1.5h2.25z" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></svg> Subscribe </a> <a class="actnbr-action actnbr-actn-following no-display" href=""> <svg class="gridicon" height="20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 20 20"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M16 4.5H4V15C4 15.2761 4.22386 15.5 4.5 15.5H11.5V17H4.5C3.39543 17 2.5 16.1046 2.5 15V4.5V3H4H16H17.5V4.5V12.5H16V4.5ZM5.5 6.5H14.5V8H5.5V6.5ZM5.5 9.5H9.5V11H5.5V9.5ZM12 11H13V12H12V11ZM10.5 9.5H12H13H14.5V11V12V13.5H13H12H10.5V12V11V9.5ZM5.5 12H9.5V13.5H5.5V12Z" fill="#008A20"></path><path class="following-icon-tick" d="M13.5 16L15.5 18L19 14.5" stroke="#008A20" stroke-width="1.5"></path></svg> Subscribed </a> </li> <li class="actnbr-signup"><a href="https://wordpress.com/start/">Sign up</a></li> <li class="actnbr-login"><a href="https://wordpress.com/log-in?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fchessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F08%2F04%2Fchrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa%2F&signup_flow=account">Log in</a></li> <li class="flb-report"> <a href="https://wordpress.com/abuse/?report_url=https://chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Report this content </a> </li> <li class="actnbr-reader"> <a href="https://wordpress.com/reader/feeds/160921"> View site in Reader </a> </li> <li class="actnbr-subs"> <a href="https://subscribe.wordpress.com/">Manage subscriptions</a> </li> <li class="actnbr-fold"><a href="">Collapse this bar</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> <script> window.addEventListener( "load", function( event ) { var link = document.createElement( "link" ); link.href = "https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/actionbar/actionbar.css?v=20250116"; link.type = "text/css"; link.rel = "stylesheet"; document.head.appendChild( link ); var script = document.createElement( "script" ); script.src = "https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/actionbar/actionbar.js?v=20250204"; script.defer = true; document.body.appendChild( script ); } ); </script> <div id="jp-carousel-loading-overlay"> <div id="jp-carousel-loading-wrapper">   </div> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-overlay" style="display: none;"> <div class="jp-carousel-container">  <div class="jp-carousel-wrap swiper-container jp-carousel-swiper-container jp-carousel-transitions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageGallery"> <div class="jp-carousel swiper-wrapper"></div> <div class="jp-swiper-button-prev swiper-button-prev"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="maskPrev" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="8" y="6" width="9" height="12"> <path d="M16.2072 16.59L11.6496 12L16.2072 7.41L14.8041 6L8.8335 12L14.8041 18L16.2072 16.59Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#maskPrev)"> <rect x="0.579102" width="23.8823" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </div> <div class="jp-swiper-button-next swiper-button-next"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="maskNext" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="8" y="6" width="8" height="12"> <path d="M8.59814 16.59L13.1557 12L8.59814 7.41L10.0012 6L15.9718 12L10.0012 18L8.59814 16.59Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#maskNext)"> <rect x="0.34375" width="23.8822" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </div> </div>  <div class="jp-carousel-close-hint"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="maskClose" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="5" y="5" width="15" height="14"> <path d="M19.3166 6.41L17.9135 5L12.3509 10.59L6.78834 5L5.38525 6.41L10.9478 12L5.38525 17.59L6.78834 19L12.3509 13.41L17.9135 19L19.3166 17.59L13.754 12L19.3166 6.41Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#maskClose)"> <rect x="0.409668" width="23.8823" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </div>  <div class="jp-carousel-info"> <div class="jp-carousel-info-footer"> <div class="jp-carousel-pagination-container"> <div class="jp-swiper-pagination swiper-pagination"></div> <div class="jp-carousel-pagination"></div> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-photo-title-container"> <h2 class="jp-carousel-photo-caption"></h2> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-photo-icons-container"> <a href="#" class="jp-carousel-icon-btn jp-carousel-icon-info" aria-label="Toggle photo metadata visibility"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="maskInfo" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="2" y="2" width="21" height="20"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M12.7537 2C7.26076 2 2.80273 6.48 2.80273 12C2.80273 17.52 7.26076 22 12.7537 22C18.2466 22 22.7046 17.52 22.7046 12C22.7046 6.48 18.2466 2 12.7537 2ZM11.7586 7V9H13.7488V7H11.7586ZM11.7586 11V17H13.7488V11H11.7586ZM4.79292 12C4.79292 16.41 8.36531 20 12.7537 20C17.142 20 20.7144 16.41 20.7144 12C20.7144 7.59 17.142 4 12.7537 4C8.36531 4 4.79292 7.59 4.79292 12Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#maskInfo)"> <rect x="0.8125" width="23.8823" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </a> <a href="#" class="jp-carousel-icon-btn jp-carousel-icon-comments" aria-label="Toggle photo comments visibility"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="maskComments" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="2" y="2" width="21" height="20"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M4.3271 2H20.2486C21.3432 2 22.2388 2.9 22.2388 4V16C22.2388 17.1 21.3432 18 20.2486 18H6.31729L2.33691 22V4C2.33691 2.9 3.2325 2 4.3271 2ZM6.31729 16H20.2486V4H4.3271V18L6.31729 16Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#maskComments)"> <rect x="0.34668" width="23.8823" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </a> </div> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-info-extra"> <div class="jp-carousel-info-content-wrapper"> <div class="jp-carousel-photo-title-container"> <h2 class="jp-carousel-photo-title"></h2> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-comments-wrapper"> <div id="jp-carousel-comments-loading"> Loading Comments... </div> <div class="jp-carousel-comments"></div> <div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-container">   <div id="jp-carousel-comment-post-results"></div> <form id="jp-carousel-comment-form"> <label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-comment-field" class="screen-reader-text">Write a Comment...</label> <textarea name="comment" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-textarea" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-comment-field" placeholder="Write a Comment..." ></textarea> <div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-submit-and-info-wrapper"> <div id="jp-carousel-comment-form-commenting-as"> <fieldset> <label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-email-field">Email (Required)</label> <input type="text" name="email" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-email-field" /> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-author-field">Name (Required)</label> <input type="text" name="author" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-author-field" /> </fieldset> <fieldset> <label for="jp-carousel-comment-form-url-field">Website</label> <input type="text" name="url" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-field jp-carousel-comment-form-text-field" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-url-field" /> </fieldset> </div> <input type="submit" name="submit" class="jp-carousel-comment-form-button" id="jp-carousel-comment-form-button-submit" value="Post Comment" /> </div> </form> </div> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-image-meta"> <div class="jp-carousel-title-and-caption"> <div class="jp-carousel-photo-info"> <h3 class="jp-carousel-caption" itemprop="caption description"></h3> </div> <div class="jp-carousel-photo-description"></div> </div> <ul class="jp-carousel-image-exif" style="display: none;"></ul> <a class="jp-carousel-image-download" href="#" target="_blank" style="display: none;"> <svg width="25" height="24" viewBox="0 0 25 24" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <mask id="mask0" mask-type="alpha" maskUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="3" y="3" width="19" height="18"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M5.84615 5V19H19.7775V12H21.7677V19C21.7677 20.1 20.8721 21 19.7775 21H5.84615C4.74159 21 3.85596 20.1 3.85596 19V5C3.85596 3.9 4.74159 3 5.84615 3H12.8118V5H5.84615ZM14.802 5V3H21.7677V10H19.7775V6.41L9.99569 16.24L8.59261 14.83L18.3744 5H14.802Z" fill="white"/> </mask> <g mask="url(#mask0)"> <rect x="0.870605" width="23.8823" height="24" fill="#FFFFFF"/> </g> </svg> </a> <div class="jp-carousel-image-map" style="display: none;"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <link crossorigin='anonymous' rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-2' href='https://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJylTssKAyEQ+6Ha6YMKeyj9FquDuB0dcUZk/75d6F572F5CEkISGNV4LopFIXdTqcdUBGbU6vzrqyEzrxA6oYB3jbsggYxUsZlnL4Hw6EUO8EfbFtqMvYUjhYgqoFxNZfkw0WX/P02EwURHhG35pdaBR76f7XSZTtebtfMbKQGD3Q==&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type="text/javascript" id="jetpack-carousel-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var jetpackSwiperLibraryPath = {"url":"https:\/\/s2.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/jetpack-plugin\/moon\/_inc\/build\/carousel\/swiper-bundle.min.js"}; var jetpackCarouselStrings = {"widths":[370,700,1000,1200,1400,2000],"is_logged_in":"","lang":"en","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"82adfa74c0","display_exif":"1","display_comments":"1","single_image_gallery":"1","single_image_gallery_media_file":"","background_color":"black","comment":"Comment","post_comment":"Post Comment","write_comment":"Write a Comment...","loading_comments":"Loading Comments...","image_label":"Open image in full-screen.","download_original":"View full size {0}\u00d7<\/span>{1}<\/span>","no_comment_text":"Please be sure to submit some text with your comment.","no_comment_email":"Please provide an email address to comment.","no_comment_author":"Please provide your name to comment.","comment_post_error":"Sorry, but there was an error posting your comment. Please try again later.","comment_approved":"Your comment was approved.","comment_unapproved":"Your comment is in moderation.","camera":"Camera","aperture":"Aperture","shutter_speed":"Shutter Speed","focal_length":"Focal Length","copyright":"Copyright","comment_registration":"0","require_name_email":"1","login_url":"https:\/\/chessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fchessaleeinlondon.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F08%2F04%2Fchrissiesmeer-the-lake-district-of-south-africa%2F","blog_id":"2198811","meta_data":["camera","aperture","shutter_speed","focal_length","copyright"],"stats_query_args":"blog=2198811&v=wpcom&tz=1&user_id=0&subd=chessaleeinlondon","is_public":"1"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="mediaelement-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var _wpmejsSettings = {"pluginPath":"\/wp-includes\/js\/mediaelement\/","classPrefix":"mejs-","stretching":"responsive","audioShortcodeLibrary":"mediaelement","videoShortcodeLibrary":"mediaelement"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="custom-content-types-data-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var CUSTOM_CONTENT_TYPE__INITIAL_STATE; typeof CUSTOM_CONTENT_TYPE__INITIAL_STATE === "object" || (CUSTOM_CONTENT_TYPE__INITIAL_STATE = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent("%7B%22active%22%3Atrue%2C%22over_ride%22%3Afalse%7D"))); /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="mediaelement-core-js-before"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var mejsL10n = {"language":"en","strings":{"mejs.download-file":"Download File","mejs.install-flash":"You are using a browser that does not have Flash player enabled or installed. Please turn on your Flash player plugin or download the latest version from https:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/","mejs.fullscreen":"Fullscreen","mejs.play":"Play","mejs.pause":"Pause","mejs.time-slider":"Time Slider","mejs.time-help-text":"Use Left\/Right Arrow keys to advance one second, Up\/Down arrows to advance ten seconds.","mejs.live-broadcast":"Live Broadcast","mejs.volume-help-text":"Use Up\/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume.","mejs.unmute":"Unmute","mejs.mute":"Mute","mejs.volume-slider":"Volume Slider","mejs.video-player":"Video Player","mejs.audio-player":"Audio Player","mejs.captions-subtitles":"Captions\/Subtitles","mejs.captions-chapters":"Chapters","mejs.none":"None","mejs.afrikaans":"Afrikaans","mejs.albanian":"Albanian","mejs.arabic":"Arabic","mejs.belarusian":"Belarusian","mejs.bulgarian":"Bulgarian","mejs.catalan":"Catalan","mejs.chinese":"Chinese","mejs.chinese-simplified":"Chinese (Simplified)","mejs.chinese-traditional":"Chinese (Traditional)","mejs.croatian":"Croatian","mejs.czech":"Czech","mejs.danish":"Danish","mejs.dutch":"Dutch","mejs.english":"English","mejs.estonian":"Estonian","mejs.filipino":"Filipino","mejs.finnish":"Finnish","mejs.french":"French","mejs.galician":"Galician","mejs.german":"German","mejs.greek":"Greek","mejs.haitian-creole":"Haitian Creole","mejs.hebrew":"Hebrew","mejs.hindi":"Hindi","mejs.hungarian":"Hungarian","mejs.icelandic":"Icelandic","mejs.indonesian":"Indonesian","mejs.irish":"Irish","mejs.italian":"Italian","mejs.japanese":"Japanese","mejs.korean":"Korean","mejs.latvian":"Latvian","mejs.lithuanian":"Lithuanian","mejs.macedonian":"Macedonian","mejs.malay":"Malay","mejs.maltese":"Maltese","mejs.norwegian":"Norwegian","mejs.persian":"Persian","mejs.polish":"Polish","mejs.portuguese":"Portuguese","mejs.romanian":"Romanian","mejs.russian":"Russian","mejs.serbian":"Serbian","mejs.slovak":"Slovak","mejs.slovenian":"Slovenian","mejs.spanish":"Spanish","mejs.swahili":"Swahili","mejs.swedish":"Swedish","mejs.tagalog":"Tagalog","mejs.thai":"Thai","mejs.turkish":"Turkish","mejs.ukrainian":"Ukrainian","mejs.vietnamese":"Vietnamese","mejs.welsh":"Welsh","mejs.yiddish":"Yiddish"}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script crossorigin='anonymous' type='text/javascript' src='https://s2.wp.com/_static/??-eJylkt1OwzAMhV8IL4IOsRvEo6A0MZWD7ZT8aOrb46EVVUgDBlfRZ59jO07ccYaQtaE2l6qTPBIj9IrFTxYD0pe8S/XGbXTSYeY+kVaXsM0+vJ7Z7FndM2lwYyeOztyk1BBqKJl55WUnpH+vGnzJNiF/6tbAtqzJuUesp1ult45lOR+/EoHQVHzDS2LBSB4Z5WPyDYDXaHP7Bcv13muaWm7LlzyGKCPG/2282aeIMHnm04q+oR/arA8Fxzlk+YLme5LH24dhONwP+7tDegcO6fqx'></script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function () { var wpcom_reblog = { source: 'toolbar', toggle_reblog_box_flair: function (obj_id, post_id) { // Go to site selector. This will redirect to their blog if they only have one. const postEndpoint = `https://wordpress.com/post`; // Ideally we would use the permalink here, but fortunately this will be replaced with the // post permalink in the editor. const originalURL = `${ document.location.href }?page_id=${ post_id }`; const url = postEndpoint + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent( originalURL ) + '&is_post_share=true' + '&v=5'; const redirect = function () { if ( ! window.open( url, '_blank' ) ) { location.href = url; } }; if ( /Firefox/.test( navigator.userAgent ) ) { setTimeout( redirect, 0 ); } else { redirect(); } }, }; window.wpcom_reblog = wpcom_reblog; })(); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var extend = function(out) { out = out || {}; for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { if (!arguments[i]) continue; for (var key in arguments[i]) { if (arguments[i].hasOwnProperty(key)) out[key] = arguments[i][key]; } } return out; }; extend( window.infiniteScroll.settings.scripts, ["jetpack-mu-wpcom-settings","rlt-proxy","wpcom-actionbar-placeholder","grofiles-cards","wpgroho","mobile-useragent-info","custom-content-types-data","the-neverending-homepage","jetpack-carousel","jquery-core","jquery-migrate","jquery","mediaelement-core","mediaelement-migrate","mediaelement","wp-mediaelement","wp-embed","tiled-gallery","carousel-wpcom"] ); extend( window.infiniteScroll.settings.styles, ["free-site-marketing-bar","the-neverending-homepage","infinity-mistylook","wp-block-library","jetpack-layout-grid","jetpack-ratings","mediaelement","wp-mediaelement","coblocks-frontend","wpcom-core-compat-playlist-styles","wpcom-bbpress2-staff-css","mistylook","reblogging","geo-location-flair","a8c-global-print","h4-global","wp-emoji-styles","videopress-video-style","jetpack-sharing-buttons-style","classic-theme-styles","global-styles","akismet-widget-style","jetpack-global-styles-frontend-style","jetpack-carousel-swiper-css","jetpack-carousel","jetpack-top-posts-widget","tiled-gallery","core-block-supports-duotone"] ); })(); </script> <script src="//stats.wp.com/w.js?68" defer></script> <script type="text/javascript"> _tkq = window._tkq || []; _stq = window._stq || []; _tkq.push(['storeContext', {'blog_id':'2198811','blog_tz':'1','user_lang':'en','blog_lang':'en','user_id':'0'}]); _stq.push(['view', {'blog':'2198811','v':'wpcom','tz':'1','user_id':'0','subd':'chessaleeinlondon'}]); _stq.push(['extra', {'crypt':'UE40eW5QN0p8M2Y/RE0/bU8yQkx3RTR3RmZTSndoTltKYUtEYz9mTHN3MlJ2cWh3ZmwzZGYubUxraS83bFJ8by9SUXlTXWIrWEkxPVlBQWVwTUZHQ1MxV3M/aHhwVVpSNW8/eTZyWzRRUFJjNmVyYTRNfjFMWlM3WmtUMyZ4MW04LVVtVG12WzFJZUl3N3JRaGZsa2dqeSUlMEdQYTd2c2pKWnw5alRhd1UrUk53YksyLEt3R2Z8JS0vTCxNM29HSFYxZlJmcWlOR3VjXS1QRTJPOCV8Ykt1RkUyfEtGRUhfMF9lNC0yJi9baXYzZnBldyx+ZjV6NGVFP1NQLmxLNVZZNlhPaFA0ZzFGeG1pdCtCOSYtejliSjVaVFcmZC9wNXJ4WzdOZGp3'}]); _stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '2198811', '0' ]); </script> <noscript><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" style="height:1px;width:1px;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;bottom:1px;" alt="" /></noscript> <script defer id="bilmur" data-provider="wordpress.com" data-service="simple" src="/wp-content/js/bilmur-4.min.js?i=12&m=202508"></script><div id="marketingbar" class="marketing-bar noskim "><div class="marketing-bar-text">Design a site like this with WordPress.com</div><a class="marketing-bar-button" href="https://wordpress.com/start/?ref=marketing_bar">Get started</a><a class="marketing-bar-link" tabindex="-1" aria-label="Create your website at WordPress.com" href="https://wordpress.com/start/?ref=marketing_bar"></a></div> <script type="text/javascript"> window._tkq = window._tkq || []; window._tkq.push( [ 'recordEvent', 'wpcom_marketing_bar_impression', {"is_current_user_blog_owner":false} ] ); document.querySelectorAll( '#marketingbar > a' ).forEach( link => { link.addEventListener( 'click', ( e ) => { window._tkq.push( [ 'recordEvent', 'wpcom_marketing_bar_cta_click', {"is_current_user_blog_owner":false} ] ); } ); }); </script><script> ( function() { function getMobileUserAgentInfo() { if ( typeof wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info === 'object' ) { wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.init(); var mobileStatsQueryString = ''; if ( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName !== false ) { mobileStatsQueryString += '&x_' + 'mobile_platforms' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName; } if ( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName !== false ) { mobileStatsQueryString += '&x_' + 'mobile_devices' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName; } if ( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.isIPad() ) { mobileStatsQueryString += '&x_' + 'ipad_views' + '=' + 'views'; } if ( mobileStatsQueryString != '' ) { new Image().src = document.location.protocol + '//pixel.wp.com/g.gif?v=wpcom-no-pv' + mobileStatsQueryString + '&baba=' + Math.random(); } } } document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', getMobileUserAgentInfo ); } )(); </script></body> </html>