CORNEL VAN HEERDEN | PHOTOGRAPHER | VIDEOGRAPHER | MULTIMEDIA | CONTENT CREATOR | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
My Sondag-stank
Verbrande, smeulende spiermassa voor my op hierdie Sondag,
my Sondag-stank.
Gallop die ewigheid in…
Hardloop uit my gedagtes uit!
Die familie van agt
vermink, vermoor en verbrand,
is nou twee.
Jou kake geklem sodat daar nooit weer ‘n stang kan ingaan.
Jou hoewe opgetrek tot naby jou ingewande.
Jou swaar metaalkombers.
Jou glimlaggende tande.
Gallop die ewigheid in…
Hardloop uit my gedagtes uit!
Sorry ladies, Cameron has a girlfriend and she is beautiful!
Sexy Cameron van der Burgh and his beautiful girlfriend, Jana Botes, have known each other since they were in school.
Did a story for Beeld on it.
Sipho (Hotstix) Mabuse is a well known South African musician.
At the ripe age of 60 he went back to school to finish his school career and get his matric certificate.
This will encourage a lot of South Africans to finish school as in South Africa there is a problem with poor education.
Emma is a friend of mine, who works as a TV-journalist in Johannesburg. She decided this year that she wanted to do the grueling Ironman Triathlon. She trained very hard and got ready within 5 months. The Ironman consists of 3,8 km swim in the ocean,followed by 180,2 km cycling and a marathon of 42,2 km!
The Ironman is a race that’s hard on the body and it took a lot of commitment in preparing for this race.
Two months later I asked her for a photo-shoot, because she is in tip-top shape and this kind of preparation must be respected.
Well done Em.
Yesterday we went to visit Pippie Kruger (3) where she is busy recovering at a Netcare Rehabilitation Clinic in Auckland Park after she was burnt over 80% of her body.
Dr. Alan Barrett, his wife Erika and two daughters, Kailey (11) en Jennifer (14), came to visit Pippie. Dr. Alan works for Genzyme SA and worked with the doctors in Boston, America when they were cloning Pippie’s skin for the operation.
It was quite an emotional experience.
For the story and video go to:
http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/VIDEO-Pippie-maak-maats-20120712
Four robbers targeted Lenasia, South Africa yesterday. Police responded and a firefight broke out. Cops shot one suspect dead. One cop was wounded and taken to hospital. One robbers committed suicide after he was cornered by Police. The Police then began searching house after house and caught one of the suspects where he was hiding in an outside tiolet. He was arrested but the people of Lenasia wanted his blood. So out of the four suspects, only one got away. Good work by Police and local community Crime initiatives.
My pics:
The 3-year-old girl is still recovering after undergoing groundbreaking skin-graft surgery at Johannesburg’s Garden City Hospital last month.
Sheets of skin, cloned from a sample taken from her body, were grown in a laboratory in the US. The skin was then flown to South Africa were doctors successfully attached it.
It was the first time this type of advanced skin graft had been performed in Africa.
Pippie sustained burns to about 80% of her body when a gel lighter exploded at a New Year’s braai.
For the next six months, she would undergo physio, speech, and occupational therapy.
“I am positive she’ll continue to do well. She’s improved a lot since the surgery and even her parents are pleased with her progress,” said Mia.
CORNEL VAN HEERDEN 