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amputee hero, a teenager Ntando Mahlangu who won a silver medal in the
200m final only 0.38 behind UK’s Richard Whitehead.

We also have a new super hero champion, Chad Le Clos swimmer supreme.
Hardly a day goes by without his name in the press. He is a local boy born
and raised near to Durban so he makes the locals as well. A pool named after
him, he appears in many ads. Even his father Bert is a celebrity, who is always
shown at the poolside in any televised swimming race and we don’t miss
many of these , it’s always nice to have a world champ and someone who wins
regularly.

New heroes after the Olympic on the track our 400 metre runner Wayde van
Niekerk appeared out of the blue just a few months before the Olympics and
running times we thought too good to be true.

We thought here we go again magical times and then not perform on the day.
But lo and behold the men he beat from the outside lane with a world record
was unbelievable, and then our Caster Semenya. few South Africans Whites
and Indians believe we have a WOMAN world champion. It’s embarrassing when
she runs and wins as many don’t accept our authority’s explanation. In the
Zulu culture when a baby is born and looked at what they see determines
what sex it is brought up as even if their tendencies lean to the other sex.
Hence our Champ!

We are also crowing about our new Tour de France hero, we have, like it or not,
Chris Froome born in Kenya, educated and bought up and, commenced
cycling in SA. Louis Meintjies and we are sure nobody will claim him of true
Afrikaans stock, born and bred in the Free State. (looked upon as the centre
of the Republic)

After just about the driest winter on record many of the dams are way below
average and water restriction still apply in some areas. We are now having a
heat wave 38+. Good for the holiday makers all the way from Joeys, 650K,
as they often get lots of rain while on holiday. We don’t venture anywhere
near the beach over Christmas as besides the people from the Transvaal,

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