Dis moeilik om te glo die bekende Vincent van Gogh se broer het in Suid-Afrika gewoon. Maar dis waar – daar was ‘n onbekende Van Gogh broer en Chris Schoeman het pas ‘n boek oor hom gepubliseer. Hy het onlangs met Kabous Meiring gesels op kykNET se aktualiteitsprogram Prontuit en meer vertel oor Cornelius, die jongste van drie Van Gogh seuns.

 
Die 22-jarige Cor het in 1889 na Suid-Afrika gekom en as ingenieur by die goudmyne en later die spoorweë gewerk. In Die onbekende Van Gogh, in Engels beskikbaar as The Unknown Van Gogh, lewer Schoeman ‘n aangrypende verslag van Cor se lewe voor en ná hierdie skuif en werp lig op sy verhouding met sy ouer broer, Vincent.

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Chris Bertish, big wave surfer and author of the newly released autobiography Stoked!, was one of the inspiring speakers at TEDxSeaPoint back in 2012.

In his talk, Bertish said: “I was thinking about how I have been involved with the ocean. Everything that I do, besides when I’m sitting in my office working really hard paying the bills, is all about being a part of it”.

Bertish goes on to speak about how his thinking about the ocean interacts with fighting for his dreams. He explains what he calls “the Dreamweavers Code” and outlines how anyone can use it for making their dreams a reality.

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Chris Bertish, author of Stoked!, recently shared a video on his Vimeo channel in which he speaks about how the ocean inspires and teaches him.

The speaker, adventurer, big-wave surfer and waterman says: “I’ve learned that it is one of the most humbling places on the planet, and no matter how confident you are, it will always bring you back to ground level and ground you and humble you.

It is a place you treat with one hundred percent respect, but it has also taught me the most valuable lessons in life”.

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Piet Nortje, author of The Battle of Savate, posted a video to commemorate the battle which took place in 1980.

The video walks the viewer through the battle, with pictures from just before and after the fighting. This is combined with songs that soldiers wrote and sounds of combat.

Nortje says this video is intended to remember the 15 soldiers who fell during the battle, and to honour every brave fighter.

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Jason Lee, author of Retire Rich Through Property, was recently featured on KykNET’s Winslyn show to speak about his book and to share some wisdom that he learned from his career in property.

In the video Lee says that it is imperative that people consider their financial future carefully and take control of planning for it. He says: “Property is really the cornerstone of wealth creation.” What makes property a good investment, he says, is that you can mitigate the risk if you do your homework properly.

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Andrew Bradley was recently interview by SABC News about his new book How Much is Enough?, which was co-written with Arun Abey and Andrew Ford.

In the video, Bradley says many of us “pursue money as the end objective, believing that that’s going to enable us to live the life that we want to live, and therefore be happy.”

The research that he, Abey and Ford did, however, did not support the idea that money brings happiness. Money is often an external benchmark, and it is striving for internal goals is what actually generates happiness.

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John Hanks, author of Operation Lock and the War on Rhino Poaching, was recently interviewed by Peter Gastrow for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

In the video, Hanks says “I am strongly committed to motivating for the legal trade in rhino horn.” He says that the cost of protecting rhinos is escalating fast, and while this investment is important, there are many other things that the government needs to invest in.

Rhinos are almost always killed when horn is poached illegally. But Hanks says a horn can be removed without harming the animal, and horns grow back at a rate of 1 kilogram a year for males and 600 grams a year for females.

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Bob Hewitt, former tennis champion, was recently sentenced to six years in jail for rape and sexual assault of three girls he coached in the 1980s and 1990s.

Hewitt was reportedly dejectedly impassive when he received his sentence. He is 75 years old, and suffers from a heart condition. As a result of his conviction, Hewitt’s wife Delaille, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, will be forced to live alone on their farm in the Eastern Cape.

Judge Bert Bam said that even though it is years later, it is important that justice be done. Sport Seven reported on the conviction:

“Outside the Pretoria courthouse, activists against abuse against children had hung posters on the gates that read “Child rape = life sentence.”

“We’re just trying to digest it,” said Suellen Sheehan, one of Hewitt’s victims who was in the courtroom for the sentencing.

Sheehan testified that Hewitt raped her in his car when he took her for tennis lessons in 1982 when she was aged 12.

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Sam Hazledine, author of Winning the Unfair Fight, has shared a video in which he outlines “The Three Learnable Foundations of Success”.

Hazledine says that the three principles he offers are a framework that can be applied to build success in any situation, even though success means something different to everyone.

He shares the story of his success, how he developed this framework and how it affected his business.

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Die bekende sanger, akteur en skrywer, Steve Hofmeyr, se jongste rolprent begin op 29 Mei in teaters draai. Treurgrond handel oor die lewe van Lukas van Staden, ‘n boer wat sy plaas en sy familie ten alle koste probeer beskerm, en lewer kommentaar op plaasmoorde in Suid-Afrika.

 
Hofmeyr, wat die rol van Van Staden vertolk, het tydens die premiére in Pretoria aan Netwerk24 vertel dat hy ook ‘n snesie by die deur moes neem, want Treurgrond “is ‘n ontmoeting met jou eie sterflikheid”.

Die akteur Richard van der Westhuizen, wat ook in die fliek te sien is, het gesê “plaasmoorde is ‘n brutale en ‘n grusame gemors” en dit blyk nie of iemand bereid is om daaroor te skryf of the praat nie. Shaleen Surtie-Richards het gesê: “Dis tyd dat ons ons bekke toehou en ons ore oopmaak en luister en kyk en sien wat gebeur in ons land.”

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Treurgrond-regisseur Darrell Roodt het aan Charlea Sieberhagen vertel waarom Hofmeyr perfek was vir die rol van Van Staden.

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“Steve het my toegelaat om hom in ’n groter politieke konteks te plaas. En ek dink dit laat jou iets verstaan van die mens agter dit wat nou met Steve aangaan.”

Hy meen mense gaan baie hou van Steve in dié rol.

“Ek dink Steve is ’n ongelooflike mens en Suid-Afrikaner. Hy is ongelooflik in hierdie rol.”

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Hofmeyr is die skrywer van onder meer Steve Hofmeyr 50, Laaste dans, Drienie en Kapabel. Treurgrond, geskryf deur Tarryn­-Tanille Prinsloo en vervaardig deur Samuel Frauenstein, ondersoek die impak wat plaasmoorde op die gemeenskap het.

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