Focus on the Manor Medical Centre

After a long absence we have revisited Manor Medical Centre, to find many changes. Manor Medical Centre contains the one-stop medical rooms serving Morningside, Morningside Manor and Gallo Manor, directly opposite Morning Glen Mall, on Kelvin Drive (slip road) between Bowling and Stuart Avenues. Apart from the General Practitioners, now open 7 days a week (after hours charges apply), there is a Pharmacy to get your prescriptions from Mervin the friendly Pharmacist, a coffee shop, and a wide range of medical professionals including a Travel Clinic for your inoculations. The major service missing at the moment is a Radiologists, for which you now have to go to Sunninghill Hospital or Mediclinic Morningside.

In the New Shops section below we list the additions, but you can also find Biokineticists, Clinical Dieticians, a Dentist, a Diabetic Clinic, the Manor Baby Clinic with Sister Rose Dale, an Optometrist, Physiotherapists, a Podiatrist, a Psychiatrist, two Psychologists, and a depot of Lancet Laboratories, the Pathologists with the incredibly incompetent accounts department.

Fireworks Loophole

According to Johannesburg municipal regulations (Chapter 3) Fireworks are allowed from 23:00 to 01:00 on New Years Eve and from 19:00 to 22:00 on New Years Day, Hindu New Year, Lag b’omer, Chinese New Year, Human Rights Day, Freedom Day, Guy Fawkes Day, Divali, Christmas Eve and the Day of Goodwill. These regressive regulations allow inconsiderate residents, like our Hindu neighbour, to terrorise animals and other residents with huge bangs at Diwali, which is coming up on Sunday, 30 October.

Apart from lobbying to have fireworks banned again, there is something you may be able to do. The municipal regulations also say: 30. (1) Unless so authorised in terms of section 33, no person may use fireworks – (a) within 500 metres of any ... petrol depot or petrol station. With Google Maps, right-clicking and using the "Measure distance" feature, you can check if offenders' property is within 500 m your local petrol station. It remains to be seen whether the neighbour will respond to a notice to this effect, or with typical arrogance go ahead in the hope that the municipality will not bother to prosecute, or laugh off the tiny R500 fine.

Odd Jobs

What did Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud say came between fear and sex?

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New on the Block, Movers and Shakers  Back to top

• Panettone Café Bryanston, Ground in Petervale Shopping Centre – Restaurant and take-away. Light meals, pasta, pizza, main courses, slow-roasted lamb, burgers, seafood, desserts. Open 7 days a week for lunch, dinner and private functions.
• à La Juliette, Ground in Rivonia Village – Gifts, jewellery, bags, women's accessories and fashion wear. Cards. Open mall hours. Moved from opposite Red Square.
• H2O Water, Ground in Rivonia Junction – Supplier of water, water purifiers and coolers.
• Gienius Smart Store, Shop G6, Ground in Rivonia Junction – Repairs to iPhone, iPad, Samsung, Nokia, Blackberry and Sony phones, tablets. Accessories. Gaming consoles. Hi-tech gadgets.
• Afro Kids Salon, Shop FF07, 1st Floor in Rivonia Village – Children's Hairdresser. Launched on 10 September 2016.
• Grand Barberhood, Shop FF08, 1st Floor in Rivonia Village – Men's haircut, buzz cut, clean face shave with hot towel, beard trim, pensioners Mon-Thu, boys haircut, ears or nose wax.
• Global Photographic Training, Shop FF16, 1st Floor in Rivonia Village – Photographic courses: Basic, Intermediate, Advanced. Adobe Photoshop, Flash, studio lighting, Specialised courses.
• Silk Stitches, Rivonia Boulevard 329 in Rivonia Area Shops – Bridal Boutique. A consultation fee will be charged.
• Magic Spa, 2nd Floor in Rivonia Boulevard 329 in Rivonia Area Shops – Facial Treatments, Body Massages, Pedicures, Manicures, Nails and Nail Art, Waxing, Eyelash Extension, Permanent Makeup.
• Aesthetic Clinic in Manor Medical Centre – Botox and fillers.
• Audiologist in Manor Medical Centre – Diagnostic and screening hearing tests (all ages). International brands of hearing aids and accessories. Swimplugs, sleepplugs, media earpieces, protective earpieces for musicians, dentists and shooting.
• Beauty Indulgence in Manor Medical Centre – Body treatments, facials, threading, waxing, pregnancy and slimming treatments, massage.
• Chiropractor in Manor Medical Centre – Treating back, neck and joint pain, Sports Injuries, Headaches, Paediatric colic, Arthritis, osteoporosis, postural and lower back weakness. Exercise and Ergonomic advice.
• Laser Clinic in Manor Medical Centre – State of the art Hair Removal Clinic, offering a permanent hair removal solution to both men and women – equipped with the latest Lightsheer technology.
• Occupational Therapist in Manor Medical Centre – Assess and treat babies, pre- and primary school children and adolescents. Children with physical barriers such as Cerebral Palsy, Hydrocephalous, genetic abnormalities, Cortical Impairment and Down Syndrome. Hands Therapy Unit.
• Psychologist in Manor Medical Centre.
• Speech Therapist in Manor Medical Centre – Works with toddlers, preschool and school aged learners, focusing on the assessment and treatment of speech, language, auditory perceptual and literacy difficulties.
• Skin ID in Manor Medical Centre – Chemical skin peels to correct skin damage, signs of ageing, hyperpigmentation and acne.
• Travel Clinic - Rivonia in Manor Medical Centre – Travel Health advisory services, Pre-Travel assessments, Vaccinations & Inoculations, Yellow Fever Certificates, Advice re Malaria, Malaria prophylaxis.

Coming:

• Melissa's Mantra, Shop 22, Ground in Rivonia Village – Food, home, gifting. Opening mid November.
• Debonairs Pizza, Ground in Rivonia Village – Coming soon: Restaurant: Pizza, stacks, subs, Juices, Soft drinks.
• Asanka Afrika Cuisine, Upper Level in Rivonia Junction – Restaurant, coming sometime.

Restaurant Reviews by Judith Back to top

Funny Language, English...

People are extolling the new Naledi-Protea North pedestrian bridge.  Now if only we could also "ex-toll" the Gauteng freeways...

Gone Cold:  Back to top

• Rosy Posy in Rivonia Village – Florist: Flowers & Gifts.
• Calice in Petervale Shopping Centre – Wine bar, restaurant and take-away.
• Coricraft Morning View Showroom – Household furniture and art.
• Dry Clean City in Rivonia Junction – Dry cleaning and clothing alterations.
• Health and Fitness Shop in Rivonia Village – Vitamins & supplements, health foods, gym clothes, fitness equipment, natural/organic beauty & homecare products, wellness consultants.
• Royal Haberdashery upstairs in Rivonia Village – "A dressmaker's paradise". Stockists of bridal fabric and accessories, sewing accessories, wool, fabric, curtaining and accessories, suiting material.
• Left Manor Medical Centre:, Dr. Y. Edinburg has left the General Practitioners. Also: Self Esteem Facilitator, Paediatric Physiotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Homeopath, Remedial Therapy, Laserlabs, Radiologists, Chiropractor, Occupational Therapist – Cara L Musnick B.Sc, and the Speech Therapist & Audiologist specializing in articulation and phonological disorders.

Civic News: Stop South Africa's shame   Back to top

The SA Government wants to pull out of the International Criminal Court -- sending a message that we are happy for those that commit genocide to get away with mass murder!  It's a shame on our country, and a slap in the face of victims of violence across this continent who look to South Africa to stand up to injustice. But we have a chance to stop it. The ANC is splitting. If we build the biggest petition against impunity this country has ever seen, we can label this a Zuma move, and get politicians to stand against it. Join and share the urgent call: 

Click to speak out for justice on the Avaaz petition.

Do we want to be a country that promotes injustice? Do we want to catalyse an Africa-wide withdrawal from this court and make our continent more unsafe for all of us? This is a tipping point moment for South Africa. Let's do all we can now to mark our names on the right side of history: the side of justice, human rights, and protection for the world's most vulnerable people.

SAB2S, the SA Bureau of Double Standards   

Collen says that Cyril's double standards are not up to the Youth League's double standards.

Find Your Councillor   Back to top

With the recent Local Government Elections (remember them?) various City of Johannesburg Councillors have retired, moved on, or been voted out of office.  A new crop has taken their place.  Locate your new Public Representative in this COJ download or search for your DA councillor here.   .

Overheard at the Checkout

"I'm a vegan.  Do you know what that is?"

"Of course.  I'm a great fan of Star Trek."