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7de Laan Spoilers September 2011

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

With thanks to tvsa.co.za

Thursday 1 September 2011
Episode 2559

Rick follows Emma. Oubaas and Matrone’s plans for New Zealand are not the same.

Rick screams at Kim and Kim gets her first warning. Ryno realise how Marcelle feels about him. Bonita walks in on Vince and Nicci.

Friday 2 September 2011
Episode 2560

Emma opens her heart about Rick and Herman suggests finding his family. How will Matrone react when she hears Hilda is coming with?

Bonita doesn’t react in the way Vince hoped for. Bernard is back from Saldanha.

Monday 5 September 2011
Episode 2561

Emma and Herman disagree about meeting Rick’s brother in law. Neville has a sudden pain and faints.

Vince and Bonita have an argument but it doesn’t end there. Rick’s behaviour is very dangerous.

Tuesday 6 September 2011
Episode 2562

Ryno has plans to jack up the book shop. Bernard asks about Gita. Vince breaks sad news to Nicci.

Herman finds out more about Rick’s past. Hilda and Matrone almost get physical.

Wednesday 7 September 2011
Episode 2563

Xander senses there’s something between Vince and Bonita. Oubaas, Hilda and Matrone depart with a big effort.

Herman and Felcity disagree about the track suits. Rick is at breaking point and his behaviour scares Emma.

Thursday 8 September 2011
Episode 2564

All the girls have breakfast at the deli and Lukas and Vince have their hands full. Will Charmaine give Bernard his job back?

Someone walks in as Bonita and Vince are kissing and the news spreads. Will Emma and Thinus survive Rick’s behaviour?

Friday 9 September 2011
Episode 2565

Emma tries her best to calm Rick down. Errol is a state about his plans for the future. Charmaine reaches out to Vince.

Herman is upset when Felicity makes an impulsive decision. Rick admits to what he did.

Monday 12 September 2011
Episode 2566

Emma learns shocking facts about Rick’s past. Sanjay helps Felicity out of a fix …. but how will Herman react to it?

Neville confronts Bonita about the fact that she and Vince are back together again. Vince catches his family off guard with an unexpected announcement.

Tuesday 13 September 2011
Episode 2567

Can Rick be held legally responsible for his actions? Bonita overhears a conversation between Zinzi and Annelie about her and Vince that leaves her astounded – will it damage their relationship?

Felicity is stressed about the latest developments around her track suits. Oubaas, Hilda and Matrone are welcomed back from New Zealand.

Wednesday 14 September 2011
Episode 2568

Altus asks Annelie on a date. Will Xander act as Rick’s lawyer and how will Emma feel about it?

Felicity asks Bernard and Lukas what they think of her track suit designs. Pieter and Kim reach a crucial point in their relationship.

Thursday 15 September 2011
Episode 2569

Will Charmaine succeed in her attempt to reach out to Vince? Emma is torn between her love for Rick and her horror over what he did.

Will the court grant Xander’s plea for Rick? Vince plans a very special evening for Bonita.

Friday 16 September 2011
Episode 2570

Marcel succeeds in annoying Ryno once again. Ryno admits his true feelings for Marcel to Neville.

Matrone has a bright idea for improving the book shop. Paula tries to convince Neville that she should cover Felcity’s fashion parade in Hermanus.

Monday 19 September 2011
Episode 2571

Lukas invites Vince and Bonita to the action cricket, but Vince has other plans for Bonita. Will Bonita take Isabelle’s advice and try to make peace with Vince’s family and is it possible?

A fantastic opportunity comes Kabelo’s way and Errol arrives home with great news.

Tuesday 20 September 2011
Episode 2572

Kabelo is excited about a new career prospect. How is Emma going to cope with the stress over Rick’s situation?

Xander delves deeper into Rick’s past for clues that can clarify his behaviour. Will Bonita be able to convince Vince that he should talk to his parents about their relationship?

Wednesday 21 September 2011
Episode 2573

The sheet goes up when Hilda discovers Oubaas will be helping Matrone with the book shop’s fun evening.

Felicity has a crisis at the factory with her track suits and she and Herman has a row. While Vince and Bonita are having dinner with the family, Vince receives a phone call that reinforces his family’s poor opinion of her.

Thursday 22 September 2011
Episode 2574

Hilda packs her bags and talks about divorce. Oubaas tries damage control … but will it work or is it all over this time?

Errol encounters a crisis with his plans for the matric ball, Vince plans drastic steps regarding him and Bonita, and Gita reappears in the Laan.

Friday 23 September 2011
Episode 2575

Bernard is unnerved when Gita arrives at the bookshop’s fun evening. Charmaine and Neville are hurt by Vince’s actions.

Will this be the final straw as far as the family’s concerned? Bonita finds out whether her attempts to save a big contract has succeeded or not.

Monday 26 September 2011
Episode 2576

There are clearly still undercurrents between Bernard and Gita. Vince surprises Bonita with good news.

Aggie and Isabelle choose a name for their new jewellery business and decide to launch it with a cocktail party. Errol complains over the phone to Natalie about his matric ball disaster.

Tuesday 27 September 2011
Episode 2577

Paula spots the man of her dreams and immediately plans on getting to know him better. Charmaine hears from Kim what Vince and Bonita are planning.

Gita’s latest activities are splashed in Die Oggendblad and cause a stir in the Laan. Kabelo receives an anonymous phone call that has him worried.

Wednesday 28 September 2011
Episode 2578

Vince and Bonita set a wedding date. Will his parents accept the wedding invitation or will this be the event that finally causes the family to split?

Kabelo receives bad news. Xander is frustrated when his research reveals nothing that he can use in Rick’s court case.

Thursday 29 September 2011
Episode 2579

Errol gets the surprise of his life on the evening of the matric dance … and he makes Paula’s evening.

Neville decides whether to attend the wedding or not. Felicity is frustrated with her tracksuit order, and Xander and Vanessa clash over the wedding.

Friday 30 September 2011
Episode 2580

Paula is miffed when she spots a news item in Die Oggendblad about her dream man. Is Lukas finally going to introduce his new girlfriend to his friends?

What will Hilda do when she finds out Matrone is going to bake the wedding cake? Vanessa takes a stand about the wedding.

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Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

A while ago I was looking for something new to read when The Help was mentioned on a forum I frequent.

I had not heard of it before, nor was I aware that there was buzz around the book and that a movie was imminent.

Two weeks ago I was on leave and went to the library to get some reading material to relax with.

The Help was no where to be seen on the shelves, but just as I was about to leave, the book was returned!

Happy days!

I had another book to finish so only started it the weekend.

The novel is set in the early 1960′s in the American South, Jackson Mississippi and is told from the points of view of three women, two of them black maids and the third a white recent graduate journalist.

Unlike many books of this nature the story is told with no bitterness.

Their stories are theirs alone although it might represent many others as well. They however speak for themselves not their particular race groups.

We Skeeter the journalist, sees her friends as the people she grew up with. She plays bridge with them and laughs with them. Until she experiences their prejudice.

However we don’t only see good black people and bad white people.

Characters are judged on the way they behave, rather than the colour of their skin.

The other main characters are Aibileen, housekeeper and nanny to one of Skeeter’s best friends as well as Minny who gets fired from her jobs because she is unable to keep her mouth shut.

Until she meets and starts working for Cecilia , a woman seen as white trash who married up. Cecilia, hardly seems to notice that Minny is black and Minny’s personality is what Cecilia needs. So the two make an unconventional team.

I simply loved this book. It hits close to home for many South Africans though. Especially where black women leave their homes and their families to raise other people’s children to put food on their table.

But read the book for what it’s worth. A beautiful story of women coming together to make a difference without high profile platforms.

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Shocking News! Jo-anne Strauss Shops at Shoprite!!!

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

So there I was, minding my own business when this strange advertisement crossed my tv screen.

As I live and breathe! On my screen is none other than Jo-anne Strauss, former Miss South Africa and current Top Billing presenter: laughing, talking on a cellphone and walking with not a Louis Vuitton bag, but a Shoprite yellow plastic carrier bag.

I hardly ever take a second look at advertisements.

But that split second of Jo-anne left me stunned and staring at the screen.

Clever marketing, Shoprite

Next followed Brumilda van Rensburg, formerly Louwna on Egoli and Sharleen Surtee-Richards famous diabetic and another former Egoli actress.

Makhaya Ntini had a part, Bafana Bafana player Siphiwe Tshabalala and I think Leon Schuster (who seems to be on every second advertisement these days, so I could have hallucinated him).

There were a few other celebs, but my mind was still stuck on Jo-anne Strauss.

I always pictured Top Billing presenters as averse to shopping for food and household products. (They eat and use the bathroom???) Ms Strauss did have very little in her Shoprite carrier bag, to be fair.

Or if they ate at home at all, it would be from Woolworths Food, don’t you think?… baby vegetables and lettuce and tiny bits of stuff.

At a stretch I could imagine Jo-anne running into Pick n Pay or even Checkers or Spar for a bottle of sparkling water.

But Shoprite? Are you serious?

That yellow decor would clash with that flowing designer evening gowns I imagine she wears on a ‘normal’ day. (And Jeannie D, I imagine, wears too small clothes and practices her Julia Roberts-like laugh all day.)

Obviously Shoprite’s latest marketing campaign’s purpose is to get the public to their stores to spot celebrities.

Why else have all those celeb shoppers in their advert?

I wouldn’t place any bets on spotting Jo-anne Strauss in your local Shoprite though.

Wanna guess what she has tucked into her yellow Shoprite plastic carrier bag?

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