Triumphs and Turbulence for S.A. in 2006
By Daniel Silke
It has been a turbulent year in South Africa. While economic growth has focused the country on exciting possibilities for the future, issues of leadership and the cohesiveness of the ruling ANC have dominated headlines....


A Message From Our Ambassador: BARBARA MASEKELA
It gives me great pleasure once again to send readers of JULUKA my warmest greetings in this season of celebration and renewal and to wish you every good fortune in 2007...


ASK A LAWYER:DENTAL MALPRACTICE - CAN A DENTIST TAKE THE WEEKEND OFF?
In consultation with Attorney Lee Seham, Esq.
By Charlene Avis and Lee Seham
In this litigious society, even conscientious professionals may be subject of malpractice actions. JULUKA spoke with attorney Lee Seham from Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, LLP, based in White Plains, NY about recent decisions related to the field of dental malpractice.


FROM THE SOUTHERN DESK By Daniel Silke



RECIPES: CHRISTMAS CAKES!
By Elsabe Enslin





Dark fruit cake - a traditional Christmas favorite.


WHERE ARE THEY NOW? MONICA REINACH VAN RENSBURG
By Drienie Hattingh



A world champion tennis player who now loves being a mom and a wife.


1987. A typical summer’s day in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bleachers are filled to capacity at the tennis World Team Championship and it is match point in favor of the South Africans - Monica and Elna Reinach.


The excited murmur of 6,000 people subsides as Monica awaits the final serve. She is in her element...


Left of What’s Right: RIGHT OF WHAT’S LEFT
By Marlan Padayachee
Naartjies for achievers, lemons for losers, grapefruit for mamparas.


Durban Dateline: Time to hand out awards - naartjies to those who put the nation before profits, lemons to those who short-change the economy/taxpayers, grapefruit to individuals who bring the nation into disrepute.


Matching U.S. Capital with S.A. Growth Opportunities Is A Winner
By Lucas K. Middlebrook, Esq.
The Conference on Investment Opportunities in South African Companies for Domestic and International Expansion was held on October 31st at the New York University Stern School of Business in Manhattan. The event was hosted by the South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA), the South African Consulate General in New York, and the New York University Stern School of Business...
CALENDER OF EVENTS
By Kimberley Crowe
CHRONOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA a mini series



FAMILY CORNER: Name this location where a miner struck it lucky.
HOME AFFAIRS
By David Furlonger
With less than four years before the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, officials countrywide are waking up to the fact that something needs to be done about the country’s transport system....


PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN:
By Dorianne Berry



DERICK CLACK AND SHAUN BOTHA: Riding the Crest of Wave Technology
Take a familiar scenario: Two young guys meet on their first day at college. After classes they forge a strong bond at the local pub...



LIZ BENHAM: From Nurse to Roofing Expert to Footle Inventor
How do you get from Port Shepstone in Natal, to Vice-President of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women in New York City?...

SPORT:
By Blou Willem
South African sports lovers can look back on a real mixed bag of successes and failures during 2006, but to say we had a great sporting year would be taking things a bit far.
FINANCE: Mobile Telephony-Mobile "Edu-Info"
By Colin Donian
Can the growing mobile telephone industry provide unique opportunities in developing countries to facilitate education and bridge the information divide?
Land Reform: THE U.S. DOES IT, TOO
By Simon Barber
Alexandra Fuller’s books on her youth in Zambia and what was then Rhodesia-Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat-have deservedly made her a minor literary sensation. So her words carried weight when she wrote in the Los Angeles Times that President Thabo Mbeki "looks set to sail the same course as Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe" in pursuing a policy of "uncompensated expropriation of land held by Whites for Black resettlement." She’s wrong,...



HOT HAPPENINGS: WERE YOU THERE? OH, WHAT A NIGHT...A MAGIC RED CARPET BASH
By Drienie Hattingh



It was a Hollywood bash. A red carpet affair. A beautiful, tall brunette with laughing green eyes and an infectious smile-dressed in a figure-hugging red-sequin halterneck dress. Around her neck sparkled 113 diamonds matching the sparkle in her eyes. When Charlene Avis entered the home of her friend, Lawrence Hart, owner of Milari (www.jewelryandiamonds. com), guests applauded. The reason for this affair was Charlene, Managing Editor and co-owner of JULUKA, was turning 21 (plus maturity!).

What Makes Stelio Savante Tick? UGLY BETTY’s S.A. STAR SPEAKS OUT!
By Charlene Avis





We visited Stelio on set in Los Angeles and picked his brain to see what makes our S.A. star tick...




A Growing Vintage: POPPING CORKS TO UNITE VARIOUS CULTURES
By Andre Shearer

Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil, and fears her danger; opens a new world when this, the present, palls." - Byron Wine is a tactile, tangible, living thing that appeals to all our senses, and is meant to be enjoyed and shared....


How long since your last Confession? SOUTH AFRICANS ABROAD SPEAK OUT!
By Nicole Diederiks

Ever wondered how other fellow South African expatriates are coping? Living in a foreign country miles away from family and friends? Well, finally a book has been released that expresses the joys, frustrations and sorrows of many "Ex-South Africans" - The Expat Confessions.


Authors Ted Botha and Jenni Baxter have compiled stories of South African expatriates far and wide and how they truly feel about leaving their homeland behind. Ted Botha emigrated to New York in 1995 and Jenni Baxter to Australia in 1990. In their new countries, they created new lives, but neither could forget the country of their birth. They met each other on a well-known South African networking website and became good friends. They decided to tell the story of what it’s like to be a South African abroad. They contacted....


CULTURE SHOCK: Culture Shock: DO GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS?
By Drienie Hattingh
A CLOWN RETURNS HOME
By Jamie Lachman

In partnership with the Woza Moya Project, Clowns Without Borders-Project Njabulo(www.clownswithoutborders.org) conducted workshops for orphans and vulnerable children, and their caregivers, in the hills of KwaZulu-Natal.


These workshops attempt to relieve the stress of their daily lives and give hope for the future through theater arts education...

TRAVEL: HOME IN 15 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES!
by Charlene Avis
YOU CAN BE HOME IN 15 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES!

The fastest airline to South Africa just got faster. SAA, Africa’s most awarded airline, announced a new daily nonstop service from Washington to Johannesburg, which will operate year-round, except July/August, when the service will be direct with a brief refueling stop.


SAA LAUNCHES "VISIT SOUTHERN AFRICA" SAA has recently announced, together with Star Alliance, the launch of "Visit Southern Africa," a program that will promote tourism to various countries within Southern Africa by offering a variety...



And more...

• Letter From the Editor
• Mail bag - Letters from Readers.
• Calendar - Details of National South African Events.
• Brief Vannie Hys Af - Deur Blou Willem.