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Making moments p 14
Travel
Features
14 MAKING MOMENTS
28 MERYL STREEP AT 70
The best luxury voyages pair magnificent ships and gracious onboard hospitality with remarkable destinations. Explore the Mediterranean, Africa, the Caribbean and the East.
20 ONBOARD AI
Artificial intelligence is about to change your cruise experience. Meet ZOE.
22 WHY IT PAYS TO OWN A PROPERTY IN CYPRUS
Owning an offshore property is a dream for many South Africans. Find out why Cyprus is such a popular investment destination.
24 DISCOVER THE WINELANDS
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Pockets of excellence abound in this local paradise!
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The greatest actress of her generation isn’t nearly done yet…
35 PRESERVING WEALTH ACROSS GENERATIONS
Money 34 LOOKING AFTER YOUR LIVING ANNUITY
We spoke to Christo Lineveldt of Coronation Fund Managers about how best to preserve value in a living annuity.
Seldom do wealthy families see the transition of their wealth beyond the second and third generations. The successful transfer of wealth should entail more than just tax planning and careful investing.
38 WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR RETIREMENT FUNDS WHEN YOU EMIGRATE?
Discover the winelands p 24
Changes to the income tax laws allow members who emigrate before they reach retirement more flexibility to withdraw their retirement funds when they leave the country. Meryl Streep at 70 p 28
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Design and decor p 60
Health
Leisure
40 THE POWER OF POSITIVITY IN LATER LIFE
ART 50 A new centre for book art at
WAM opens as collector and philanthropist Jack Ginsberg donates his collection, which is unrivalled in the Southern Hemisphere. 51 A new report identifies 50 artists consistently valued by Africa’s tastemakers.
Staying positive comes with a host of benefits – and there’s research to prove it.
42 MEDICINE AND SENIORS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Just as there are particular precautions for medicine use in children, a healthcare practitioner should give careful consideration to the safety and efficacy of medication prescribed to senior citizens.
44 PUT INSOMNIA TO BED
Typically, an adult needs eight hours of sleep a day, although this decreases with age. Still, it’s important to address the cause of insomnia.
46 LOSING DESIRE
Scientists are realising that much falling desire isn’t natural or inevitable – it happens because society expects older folk to be less sexual.
THEATRE 52 If there’s one show you have
to see this autumn, it’s the “killer hit musical” Chicago. BOOKS 54 Our selection of new books
focusses on South African fiction and non-fiction, all with a taste of local history (and natural history). DÉCOR 56 This Cape Town family
home, with interiors by local design studio ARRCC, is a tour de force of vibrant colour inspired by the owners’ collection of art.
Jaguar I-PACE p 72
60 We bring you a selection
of the best local high-end design and décor items that have been raking in accolades around the country. DINING 64 Glenneis Kriel spoke to
chef Kobus van der Merwe, chef and owner of Wolfgat in Paternoster, which was named Restaurant of the Year at the World Restaurant Awards in Paris this year. 68 We bring you a fabulous Sunday lunch spread called Seven Colours from bestselling local recipe book, The Lazy Makoti’s Guide To The Kitchen. MOTORING 72 Could the new Jaguar
I-PACE be the car that makes an everyday electric car a reality? CROSSWORD 74 Test your skills. 10
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elcome to the very first issue of Silver Digest. We’ve been thinking for a while that there simply aren’t any magazines around that seem to understand that the concept of retirement has been revolutionised, and that most
people entering this new life-stage see it as a fresh beginning. So, we decided to create one – and this is our debut! We’ve tried to gather articles and advice, entertainment and information that reflect the reality of contemporary post-career lifestyles, and hope to become a voice for a richer, fuller, more significant life. With that in mind, we’ve brought together a range of topics, blending leisure activities like travel, décor and the arts with insight and advice on other more serious topics, such as money, health and wellbeing. So, for our launch issue, we’ve packed our pages with juicy reads, from holiday cruises and Cape Winelands getaways to a celebration of Meryl Streep, who, can you believe it, turns 70 this year (and has just become a grandmother). Of course, she’s nowhere near slowing down. We’ve also gathered advice on looking after your living annuity and preserving wealth across generations. There are health topics from sex to insomnia, and, of course, a wealth of books, art, design and décor delights that seem to abound in our country at the moment. We even had a heart-to-heart with the chef at the world’s best restaurant - which is in Paternoster of all places! But there’s plenty more. Browse the pages and enjoy. (We’ll give you the crossword solution in the next issue!) Happy reading, Graham
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I
t can be dizzying up there on the commanding slopes
and laouto, in their workshops. Perhaps you will play an
of Mount Etna, Europe’s
instrument, just to experience it,
highest and most active volcano
in the same way you plan to help
on the island of Sicily. This you
with the harvest in a village not
know because you’re on a 4x4
far from Kusadasi in Turkey. What
expedition bumping along its
better way to encounter rural life
craters, cavities and cones.
than to be a genuine part of it,
Remnants of old lava streams
sharing each moment?
slide thickly down the slopes. You try to imagine how it was
Already you can taste the breakfast, known as kahvalti,
for the legendary Roman town of
which typically includes cheeses,
Pompeii, as ash and pumice rained
black and green olives, spicy
down from an erupting Mount
sausages, fruit preserves, bread
Vesuvius, trapping it in
and freshly brewed tea.
AD 79 forever. You have walked down its ancient streets and inside the ruins, all filled with traces of life frozen in a moment.
You smile, at one with the moment. This could be your experience if you join Regent Seven Seas
Later, at Sorrentino Vini, a
Cruises (RSSC) on its ‘Ancient
family-owned winery, you sipped
Ruins, Legendary Cities’ eight-
the only Lacryma Christi Vesuvian
night Rome (Civitavecchia) to
sparkling wine entirely produced
Athens (Piraeus) cruise, departing
on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
on 8 September 2019 on the
You dined on local specialities
Seven Seas Voyager.
such as Gragnano pasta
Janine Pretorius, owner of
Scarpariello, salami, cheeses and
Encore Cruises and specialist
homemade bread.
in booking RSSC in this market
That bread reminded you of the
for over 20 years, recommends
upcoming visit to a local bakery in
the itinerary for those travellers
the Maltese village of Zejtun, where
wanting to experience as much of
the baker will demonstrate how to
the Mediterranean as possible in a
make and then bake sourdough
short period of time.
bread in a wood oven. Already the aroma beckons,
If you prefer additional stops in Turkey (Istanbul and
like the notes of Santorini’s
Bozcaada), the eight-night
musical heritage. You are looking
‘Crossroads of Antiquity’ routing,
forward to meeting the craftsmen
also from Rome to Athens on
who make traditional Greek
Seven Seas Voyager, departs a
instruments, such as the bouzouki
month later on 8 October. Continued …
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T R AV E L Seven Seas Splendor is an all-suite, all-balcony ship catering for up to 750 guests. It has distinctive public spaces as well as 375 beautifully appointed suites, from the Veranda Suite to the sumptuous Regent Suite. Nearly 90 suites offer butler service.
old way of making cheese, for
ship, your chef instructor presents
standards in the luxury cruise
In 2009, RSSC elevated
example, or discover the joy
a private 90-minute cooking class
industry by introducing free
of fishing with the residents of
mastering the fundamentals of
unlimited shore excursions,
Portofino.
Moroccan cooking.
demonstrating the tremendous
Consider the intimacy of
value the cruise line offers with
you and only 15 others in your
your bucket list, Casablanca and
its all-inclusive voyage price.
Regent Choice group tour at the
Agadir are stops on the 11-night
Now two recent innovations – Go
Central Market of Casablanca,
‘Iberian Discovery’ itinerary that
Local Tours and Regent Choice
accompanied by your Culinary
departs Barcelona for Lisbon on
small group tours – have taken
Arts Kitchen chef instructor as
12 November 2019 onboard Seven
this excursion experience for
you forage for preserved lemons,
Seas Explorer, advises Pretorius.
passengers to another level.
rose water, argan oil and possibly
This itinerary also incorporates
a tagine to use later during your
stops in Seville (Cádiz), Arrecife
Moroccan cooking class.
(Lanzarote), Santa Cruz de
Guests’ desire to learn about the cultures and natural wonders of the world is the
Tenerife and Santa Cruz de la
inspiration behind Go Local
market – another tour highlight –
Palma in the Canary Islands, as
Tours. A fascination for immersive
where olives of every imaginable
well as Funchal (Madeira).
exploration, and the fact that
variety and colour are displayed
many guests return to ports
in large bowls under Moorish-
Pretorius proposes the 14-night
they’ve visited before, created the
designed arches. Back aboard the
‘Enlightened Passage’ Singapore
Looking further East,
demand for distinct, authentic
to Singapore sailing on the
experiences. This means guests
Seven Seas Voyager, departing
can spend a day at a family-
6 December 2019 and returning
owned goat farm in the
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Afterwards, it’s on to the olive
If Morocco has always been on
to the port on 20 December.
countryside of Andalusia
From Singapore, the ship
to learn the generations-
moves on to Thailand’s Ko
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Samui – learn how locals pick ripe coconuts – and Bangkok, where an excursion to the Jim Thompson Thai House and Museum comes highly recommended. After stops in Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang in Vietnam, Seven Seas Voyager docks in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, where guests can venture into the astonishing Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stroll along a nature trail and through a garden of rare orchids. Or ride Borneo’s last train into the lush countryside of farms, water buffalo and villages. In Maura, Brunei, it’s worth visiting the Sultan’s lavish residence, the largest palace in the world, with a blend of contemporary and traditional Islamic architecture. As the voyage nears its end in Kuching, Malaysia, enjoy an interlude at the Semenggoh Wildlife Centre where injured and abandoned animals are rehabilitated. The highly intelligent orangutans remain a firm favourite among visitors. The shore excursions are just one of many reasons Pretorius is so passionate when selling RSSC itineraries. “Regent Seven Seas Cruises offers every luxury while guests unwind and explore the world at their own pace,” she says. One of her favourite pastimes is listening to guests’ feedback after a cruise because there is always something to delight everyone. “Regent doesn’t just take you there,” she says, “they show you.” Encore Cruises as a company has grown alongside the RSSC brand Continued …
The Regent Suite will accommodate up to six guests and includes a private in-suite spa with sauna, spacious living room and bedrooms, private solarium, three walk-in closets, private dining room, unlimited Canyon Ranch spa services in-suite, personal butler as well as private car and driver in every port.
T R AV E L
in this market, says Pretorius, remembering a time when there was just one ship in the fleet. An announcement in January has now confirmed that RSSC recently placed an order to build its sixth allsuite cruise ship that will define its own category for elegance at sea.
I N T E R N AT I O N A L
“
In Maura, Brunei, it’s worth visiting the Sultan’s lavish residence, the largest palace in the world
With delivery scheduled for late 2023, the new vessel will build on
Nine of her Caribbean voyages
This transition from traditional
the success of sister ship Seven
call on Havana, Cuba – three of
bottled water will eliminate about
Seas Explorer, which continues to
which are overnights, allowing
two million plastic bottles annually.
solidify a reputation as the most
guests to immerse themselves
luxurious ship ever built, and
in the fascinating history of this
summarises Pretorius, brings
Seven Seas Splendor, the highly
unique island.
a truly all-inclusive travel
anticipated new ship arriving in
In addition to the new
Regent Seven Seas Cruises,
experience to life through its
February 2020, which is expected
builds, the cruise line recently
exquisite facilities, refined service
to perfect luxury.
invested $125million to ensure
and exhilarating shore excursions.
its other three ultra-luxurious
Everything is included in one
Seas Splendor’s inaugural Europe
ships, Seven Seas Mariner, Seven
fare, with the exception of spa
Collection features the Greek Isles,
Seas Voyager and Seven Seas
treatments. The minute guests
French Riviera, Iberian Peninsula,
Navigator, continue to offer
board, it is paid for: fine dining,
United Kingdom and more. As
the compelling, high-quality
wine and premium spirits, 24-
guests explore the ship, they can
experiences guests enjoy on the
hour room service, staff gratuities,
also discover up to 95 UNESCO
newer ships.
shore excursions, entertainment,
Pretorius advises that Seven
World Heritage Sites off-ship,
Pretorius is proud that RSSC is
lectures and unlimited WiFi.
including the City of Rhodes
the first luxury ocean cruise line to
and the Painted Churches in the
eliminate single-use plastic bottles,
Cruises is your consummate
Troodos Region of Cyprus.
opting instead to serve guests
host, she says, as it aspires to
from the prestigious Vero water
make momentous memories for
purification system across its fleet.
its passengers. •
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In this way, Regent Seven Seas
”
Shipboard credits: Guests now have early access to use any new or existing shipboard credits prior to departure. From 1 May 2019, guests may apply their available credits towards various experiences such as Regent Choice shore excursions, an Executive Collection private car tour or Culinary Arts Kitchen classes aboard Seven Seas Splendor and Seven Seas Explorer.
An unRiVAlled eXPeRience™
We aspire to give you more than just the most luxurious ships, exquisite meals, refined service or exhilarating shore excursions. We aspire to give you more than any one of those things because a truly all-inclusive travel experience is about having every luxury included, just the way you like it. All included
EXCURSIONS
INTERNET
GRATUITIES
cOncieRGe
SPECIALIST RESTAURANTS
1 NIGHT PRE-CRUISE HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
TRANSFER FROM HOTEL TO PIER
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA) – ATHENS (PIRAEUS)
ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA) – ATHENS (PIRAEUS)
BARCELONA – LISBON
SINGAPORE – SINGAPORE
10 nights | SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER
9 nights | SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER
12 nights | SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER
15 nights | SEVEN SEAS VOYAGER
up to 36 Shore Excursions included
up to 31 Shore Excursions
up to 46 Shore Excursions included
up to 26 Shore Excursions included
Departure: 08 Sept 2019 Concierge Suite from US $5,914 p/p
Departure: 08 Oct 2019 Deluxe Veranda Suite from US $5,029 p/p
Departure: 12 Nov 2019 Deluxe Veranda Suite from US $7,099 p/p
Departure: 06 Dec 2019 Deluxe Veranda Suite from US $6,335 p/p
Established Travel Partner for 22 years Janine Pretorius • Tel: 012 664 0925 • janinep@encorecruises.co.za
Fares quoted are subject to change and availability at the time of booking and include all savings. Fares can be withdrawn at any time without prior notice. Terms and Conditions apply.
www.encorecruises.co.za
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L
AI IS ABOUT TO CHANGE YOUR CRUISE EXPERIENCE In a world where virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa connect with a smart world filled with devices, cruise ships are following suit. Meet ZOE…
MSC Bellissima
T
personal cruise assistant
of their holiday. We researched
has arrived. Just this March,
the latest connected technologies
MSC Cruises introduced its guests
and identified voice assistants and
to ZOE with the launch of its new
artificial intelligence as the way to
ship, the MSC Bellissima, and it will
meet this need, and the work on
be available on each new ship in
ZOE began.”
he world’s first virtual
“Today, customers have
the company’s fleet from now on.
increasingly high expectations
Whenever a guest on the ship has a question, all they have to do is
for connected experiences
say, “OK ZOE”, and the ship’s voice-
wherever they live, work, and now, travel,” says Sanjay Dhawan,
activated assistant will be ready to answer hundreds of questions about the cruise, provide information about onboard services, give guidance and suggestions or even help to book a service. ZOE is found in every cabin
Harman International and Samsung Electronics present ZOE.
performance tests. As an artificial
President, Connected Services
intelligence solution, ZOE is
and CTO, HARMAN – a subsidiary
designed to continue learning and
of Samsung Electronics that
developing her responses based on
developed ZOE in partnership
real guest interactions.
with MSC Cruises. “Digital
MSC Cruises assures guests
assistants and voice-recognition
in the ship, and can speak
that she is not designed to replace
technologies are transforming
seven languages. She has been
human interaction between
the opportunity to create a guest
programmed and trained to
crew and guests, but rather to
experience that is highly personal,
respond to more than 800 of the
provide guests with the flexibility
adaptable and intuitive.”
most commonly asked questions
to communicate and discover
with thousands of different
information from the comfort of
and a professional quality speaker
variants of each question. Testing
their cabins.
in the cabin are activated by your
was carried out on the conversation
Gianni Onorato, MSC Cruises’
Essentially, special microphones
voice, and ZOE also interacts with
designs, ZOE’s natural speech
CEO, comments, “There was a
the in-cabin TV. It can also connect
recognition and ability to
core guest need to be met, which
with the cruise app on your phone
transform speech into text and
was to find answers to common
directly through Bluetooth so that
back again, in addition to scores of
questions in a quick and easy way,
you can enjoy music, podcasts and
other behavioural, experiential and
enabling guests to make the most
more directly in your cabin. •
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I N T E R N AT I O N A L
WHY IT PAYS TO OWN A PROPERTY IN CYPRUS
Owning an offshore property and having a Plan B is a dream than many South Africans would love to realise. Cyprus, an Englishspeaking ex-British colony and full EU member, is an extremely popular destination in Europe for South Africans to invest.
E
no need to live in Cyprus for the residency permits to remain valid. No other programme in Europe offers this. Your approach to your investment decision will be determined on how clear you are on the reason you want a Plan B in Europe. Is the drive to acquire residency or a second citizenship to relocate, or to have an investment property to leave as a legacy for the children
urope remains the
“Citizenship through Investment”
preferred geographic
or the “Fast-track residency
location for the majority
programme” will reap financial
in actively and consistently
rewards and lifelong benefits.
promoting property opportunities
of South Africans considering owning an offshore property,
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Euro-based income; and there is
Cyprus gives three generations
and grandchildren? Cypriot Realty is a pioneer
primarily in Cyprus. They have
but the choice of where to
in the same direct family line the
successfully been doing this from
invest can be intimidating,
legal right to live in Cyprus without
their Cape Town and Sandton
considering the financial, legal
having to go through onerous
offices since 2008. As a result,
and tax implications coupled
immigration processes should
the company is recognised and
with language and cultural
they wish to make a permanent
respected as Southern Africa’s
barriers. Acquiring permanent
move. All dependent children up
authoritative investment specialist
residency in Cyprus, however,
to age 25, plus both the parents
for promoting Cyprus as an
is an astute offshore property
and the parents-in-law, qualify for
ideal destination for acquiring
investment that works for you in
residency on the same property
permanent residency/citizenship,
the short, medium and long term
purchase under the main investor.
property investment, immigration/
– the achievement of a lifetime.
The property can be used as
retirement and starting an
In Cyprus, investing in the
an investment tool to earn an
European-based business. •
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2 tours in MAY / JUNE
3 tours in SEPTEMBER
T R AV E L
LOCAL
EAT, DRINK AND SLEEP THE WINELANDS! The winelands of the Western Cape offer opportunities where wining, dining and setting come together to create a seeming paradise. We picked four of our favourite spots where these three elements come together to create unforgettable memories. BOSJES As you turn off the R43 and turn into the gravel road approaching the Bosjes farm, you find yourself surrounded by the Slanghoek and Waaihoek mountain ranges. And then, like a mirage, you see the strikingly modern white curvaceous roof of the glass-walled chapel. Beyond this is the beautiful avantgarde architectural landmark Die Skuur Guesthouse, which has been decorated in muted shades of sand with accents of chartreuse and copper by interior designer Liam Mooney, perfect for a large family or wedding party wanting to enjoy
BABYLONSTOREN
with contemporary glass walls, serving
quality time together either at the
Babylonstoren, the spectacular
delicious yet often edgy combinations of
pool on hot days or around the fire
resurrection of one of the oldest Cape
seasonal fare, following a farm-to-fork
pit on cold ones. But all five rooms,
Dutch farms, not only has a range of
philosophy. Other options include the
including the family room and the
accommodation set in restored
honeymoon suite, can be rented
buildings combining
individually. Bosjes Kombuis,
authentic architecture
known for its inspired country-style
with modern design,
cuisine, boasts high ceilings, glass
but also a breath-
guests picnic-style
walls, a wooden terrace, mountain
taking fruit, vegetable
meals served in
views and a delightfully whimsical
and herb garden
wooden crates with
historical- and nature-inspired
(with ducks), fine food
blue-and-white tiled mural of the
and wine, and, above
Bosjes Tree of Life. To complete the
all, an unforgettable
state-of-the-art winery
picture, last spring Bosjes Farm
sense of beauty and
produces a range of wines
added a vinous string to its bow,
wellbeing. Babylonstoren
launching a bespoke range of house
has several dining options,
wines sourced from leading local
including Babel Restaurant, which is
grapes are grown on the farm.
estates and blended especially for
housed in the old cow shed transformed
www.babylonstoren.com
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Bakery, a working bakery by day, but which is decked out La Dolce Vita-style by night. The Greenhouse offers
preserves, jams, fresh bread and salads. A
designed to showcase the local soils and climate where their
T R AV E L
LOCAL
BOSCHENDAL Boschendal, one of the oldest farms in the Franschhoek Valley, offers the perfect trifecta of outstanding wining, dining and accommodation. From the famous The Werf restaurant to the 40 beautifully restored cottages, including the historical Herbert Baker designed Rhodes Cottage, it’s a bucolic paradise of mountain biking routes, walking paths, wine tasting, cellar tours and swimming in the dams. There are plenty of opportunities to sit, read and relax, too. Apart from The Werf Restaurant, dining options include The Deli, The Rhone Homestead or the legendary picnics. You can have breakfast or braai baskets brought to your cottage, or pick up fresh farm produce to prepare in your cottage. Of course, with a heritage of over 300 years of wine-making and a host of awards, Boschendal’s classic, fruity wines meticulously balance rustic tradition and modern innovation. www.boschendal.com •
ALLÉE BLEUE
since he started working there at
Allée Bleue, a family-owned estate
the end of 2014. Dating back to
near Franschhoek, in South
1689, the Manor House at Allée
Africa, is primarily a working farm
Bleue has been transformed into
with nearly 80 hectares planted
a luxuriously appointed retreat
to fruit and olive trees. The wines
with a series of elegant dining and
are justly famous, having won
meeting rooms, a state-of-the-art
hundreds of awards over the years
kitchen and sophisticated bar.
and the Allée Bleue fresh herb
Upstairs, in what was originally a
range is available in most large
storage barn, there is luxurious
retailers in the Western Cape. The
accommodation in two spacious
Allée Bleue Bistro, conveniently
and private suites. Outdoors,
situated at the entrance to the
there’s a terrace and walled garden
estate, is set in a charming
with lawns edged in iceberg
building that boasts two open
roses and lavender, and beyond a
verandas overlooking the gardens
citrus orchard and herb garden.
and play area – ideal for enjoying
With a walled grassy garden,
a lazy lunch on a sunny Winelands
sprawling vineyards and views of
day. Chef Beau du Toit brings his
the Drakenstein Mountains, the
effervescent energy to this classic
estate is the ideal picnic spot to
space. Simplicity and freshness
relax under the shade of old oak
are the other key ingredients he
trees on these beautiful autumn
has added to the Allée Bleue Bistro
days. www.alleebleue.co.za
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Feature …
MERYL STREEP AT The greatest living actress of our time is a grandma.
I
n January this year, in New
(We know that she’s signed up to
1978, and they have four children
York, the day after the Golden
play Aunt March in Little Women
(all grown up now).
Globes, Meryl Streep met with
later this year, directed by Greta
Her first grandchild has arrived
the 82-year-old British Actress
Gerwig and co-starring the likes
just in time for another milestone
Glenda Jackson – who is playing
of Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan
awaiting Meryl, whose real name
King Lear on Broadway – for an
and Timothée Chalamet, among
is Mary Louise. (Apparently, her
interview with Interview magazine.
others.) For the moment, she said,
father used to shorten Mary Louise
It was more like a conversation,
she was taking a rest.
to Meryl, and it stuck.) On 22 June,
really – two giantesses of stage
“I’ve been working like mad for
she will celebrate her 70th birthday.
and screen talking stagecraft
quite a while, so I’m getting ready
As she nears this landmark in
and politics and life in general.
for my first grandchild,” she said.
life, it’s worth reflecting on what
Jackson casually asked Streep
“My daughter’s having a baby in
lies behind Streep’s tremendous
if she was working on anything.
February, so I’m going to go out
success. Because, as anyone will
and ruin her life. I specialise in
tell you, she holds the record
unsolicited advice.”
for the most Golden Globe and
“
I’ve been working like mad for quite a while, so I’m getting ready for my first grandchild
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Despite being one of the most
Oscar nominations, ever. She has
famous figures in film, Streep
been nominated for 21 Academy
has managed to keep her private
Awards and 31 Golden Globes.
life largely just that: private. So,
She has won three Oscars (for
while she dropped this detail in
Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice
conversation with an old friend, at
and The Iron Lady) and eight Golden
the time of going to press nothing
Globes (which, as some wag once
further about her grandchild
pointed out, not only makes her
was known except that her eldest
Hollywood’s biggest winner, but
daughter, Mamie, gave birth to a
also its biggest loser). There’s
health boy in late February. So, to
another one in the family, too: her
add to her accolades, Streep is now
children once gave their father a
a grandmother. Streep herself has
fake honorary Oscar.
been married to the same man – sculptor Don Gummer – since
Continued …
Right Meryl Streep at the 82nd Academy Awards, 26 February 2012.
M E R Y L S T R E E P AT 7 0
F E AT U R E Mamie Gummer, Rick Springfield and Meryl Streep attend the Ricki And The Flash New York premiere, 3 August 2015
of Freedom in 2014, so she’d had a fan in government before. But she touched on another issue closer to her heart on that occasion: feminism. Although, when she was young, she said that she would have thought that feminism had to do with “nice nails and clean hair”, and at various other times has shied away from the term. In an interview with Time Out about the film Suffragette, when asked, “Are you a feminist?” when it’s modelled by someone in
she replied, “I am a humanist. I am
Awards, the couple’s youngest
the public platform, by someone
for a nice, easy balance.”
daughter, Louisa Gummer,
powerful – it filters down into
tweeted, “Fun fact: we once made
everybody’s life, because it kind of
Convention she asked pointedly,
my dad a fake Oscar for acting
gives permission for other people
“What does it take to be the first
comfortable at these things for
to do the same thing,” she said.
female anything?” referring to
40 years straight.”
“Disrespect invites disrespect,
the fact that she expected Clinton
violence incites violence. And when
to become the US’s first woman
the powerful use their position to
president. “It takes grit and it
After the 2018 Academy
Apart from her talent and energy, what makes Streep’s success so remarkable is that
bully others, we all lose.”
she hasn’t exactly shied
Trump responded on
away from the public
Twitter calling her “one
eye. She’s used her
of the most over-
But at the Democratic
takes grace.” Streep herself has shown grit and grace in her own career as she carved out a path for herself
fame as a platform to
rated actresses in
in which she played powerful,
say what she wants.
Hollywood”, and “a
complex, well-rounded characters
She’s fearlessly
Hillary flunky who
for women throughout decades,
expressed her
lost big”. The fact is
when most were reduced to
opinion on a range of
that Streep did indeed
unspeaking, unthinking roles
issues, taking on the
support Clinton in her campaign, giving a
Hollywood bigwigs and
speech at the Democratic
doing things her way.
National Convention. It was
At the 2017 Golden Globes, when Donald Trump was
Donald Trump, President of the United States.
a rare appearance, because,
in which they’re depicted as nothing more than stand-in parts for narratives centred on male characters. One of the most famous ways of
although Streep is frequently
rating women film characters is the
outspoken about political issues,
Bechdel test. It asks three simple
about his leadership without even
she hadn’t made campaign
questions about a film: Does the
mentioning his name, referring
appearances before. Former US
film feature two named female
to an incident when he publicly
president Barack Obama awarded
characters? Do they speak to
mocked a disabled journalist.
her the National Medal of Arts in
one another? Do they talk about
“This instinct to humiliate,
2010, and the Presidential Medal
anything other than a man?
still president elect, she made a subtle but powerful statement
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M E R Y L S T R E E P AT 7 0
You’d be amazed how many
While she spent some years
Although she won her first
award-winning films fail to
working hard in theatre as a young
Oscar soon after, in 1978 for
meet these simple criteria for
graduate, critical success in film
Kramer vs Kramer, opposite Dustin
their women characters. Streep,
came soon after her debut in 1977.
Hoffman, her first leading role
however, passes with flying
Just one year later, she had her
came some years later in the
colours, showing that it is indeed
first Oscar nomination for her role
film adaptation of The French
possible to carve out a career in
as Robert De
which women are represented
Niro’s girlfriend
as fully rounded human beings.
in The Deer
Even the box-office pleasers
Hunter. In that
like Mamma Mia, Julie & Julia and
film she worked
The Devil Wears Prada make the
alongside
grade, which also importantly
her serious
showed Hollywood that a film that
boyfriend of
met these criteria could be commercially successful. In fact, it’s interesting
the time, John Cazale, who is famous for
to note that, although
his roles in
now it would seem that
The Godfather
“
Lieutenant’s Woman in
What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit and it takes grace
Streep can do no wrong,
movies,
her career path actually
among others.
shows how commercial
Tragically, at just 41, he’d been
success didn’t come
”
1981. Still, it took another Oscar-winning performance (Sophie’s Choice) and some years before she found the mainstream stardom that established her career as a delicate balance between being a
serious actress and a Hollywood
diagnosed with lung cancer. He
superstar: Out of Africa, a film
easy. For many years, she
continued acting in the film, but
based on the life of writer Karen
stuck to her guns in a way
died in 1978. Streep nursed him
Blixen, in which she played
that can’t have been easy
until the end, a traumatic time for
opposite Robert Redford.
or comfortable, insisting
the 29-year-old.
Continued …
on roles that met her standards. Feminist or not, to fully realise her craft, her incredible virtuosity with accents and ability to Meryl Streep attends the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again film premiere, 16 July 2018.
portray complex and nuanced emotion, she needed the characters to be appropriate vehicles for her talent.
Meryl Streep unveils the poster for her Margaret Thatcher film The Iron Lady in Westminster, London, 14 November 2011.
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F E AT U R E
Above Meryl Streep with actor, director and producer Clint Eastwood on the set of his movie The Bridges of Madison County, 1995. Left Meryl Streep at the 90th Annual Academy Awards, 4 March 2018.
Its success also brought her
Clint Eastwood in The Bridges of
money – after Out of Africa, Streep
Madison County, about a National
could command $4million a movie.
Geographic photographer who falls
But people tend to forget
in love with a middle-aged Italian
the difficult period in the 90s,
farmer’s wife while on assignment
when Streep was balancing work
in, you guessed it, Madison County.
and motherhood and her star
Karina Longworth, author of the
faded somewhat. Nevertheless,
2014 book Meryl Streep: Anatomy
it was during this time that
of an Actor, says that in her role
she made one of her crucial
as Francesca, Streep became
breakthroughs for women in
“arguably the first middle-aged
Hollywood. In one of her notable
actress to be taken seriously by
successes in that difficult
Hollywood as a romantic heroine”.
decade, Streep starred opposite
“
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”
The book is a fascinating study of Streep as a feminist artist. “I make the case that Streep’s body of work often seems to function as a kind of alternative history of the 20th century from a female perspective,” explains Longworth in an interview for her publishers, Phaidon. “I argue that her choice of roles, her process and the results are frequently actually quite radical, even (or especially) when the projects themselves seem on the surface to be fully mainstream or even conservative in nature.”
M E R Y L S T R E E P AT 7 0
Never one to sit still, however, Streep is now following many of Hollywood’s biggest film stars onto the greener pastures of TV acting. She appears in the second series of Big Little Lies, which will show later this year, playing the mother-inlaw of Nicole Kidman’s character, also starring Reese Witherspoon and Zoe Kravitz. In her interview with Jackson, she talks about the new venture, as they discuss the ongoing issue Streep came out of the last
serious roles like Margaret
decade of the 20th century
Thatcher in The Iron Lady and
continuing to work on great
Katherine Graham in The Post,
films, but perhaps not expecting
more recently.
the revival of mainstream
It’s clear that, although she
superstardom and commercial
has used her platform to say
success that the noughties
what she felt needed to be said,
brought. Nevertheless, with
in her work she has actually
films like The Devil Wears Prada,
tread her own courageous path
Mamma Mia! and Julie & Julia,
and, in the process, transformed
she had major Hollywood
what is possible for a woman
hits, and still went on to play
in Hollywood.
Above Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Austrian actor Klaus-Maria Brandauer on the set of Out of Africa, 1985 Below Dustin Hoffman kisses Meryl Streep in a scene from the film Kramer Vs. Kramer, 1979.
that has never quite faded from Streep’s agenda, despite her career having defied it for four decades: the lack of good roles for women. “[T]here seems to be more room in television,” she says. “It’s been great for women, because it was the poor little sister for so long. People looked at it as a lesser art form, so women’s stories could go in there.” And so, as she nears 70, a new chapter of her career opens, and she’s taking the fight to a new forum. But, once again, it’s her talent that will clear the way: her ability to bring seriousness, complexity and charm to women’s roles. She’s made women of all ages visible – not just for being sexy and beautiful, not just concentrating on seriousness, not just for being funny, but all of these things and more. Perhaps her greatest gift is being a true actress – because as famous as she is, it’s hard even to think of what her real accent sounds like. And she has used her talent to make a difference. • SILVER DIGEST // AUTUMN 2019
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Money …
LOOKING AFTER YOUR LIVING ANNUITY We spoke to Christo Lineveldt of Coronation Fund Managers about how best to preserve value in a
also leave any unused assets to your chosen beneficiaries. However, choosing the living
So, what would a prudent plan look like? The rule of thumb is that a
annuity as your retirement
low initial drawdown rate of 5%
income vehicle comes with the
or less will allow the underlying
most challenging of investor
investment portfolio to grow
pproaching your
needs: simultaneously investing
and sustain its ability to protect
retirement date comes
for both immediate retirement
the purchasing power of your
with anticipating the
income and long-term growth.
retirement income over time. It’s
life you plan to live beyond
The key challenge is to ensure
worth noting that the less you
employment. However, this
a sustainable standard of living
draw early on in retirement, the
process also forces many investors
by balancing the needs of today
more you enable your capital to
to make some of the most critical
with those of the future. This is
grow, and the better it will be able
financial decisions of their
best achieved by investing in
to sustain you further down the
lifetime. Having saved towards a
an appropriately constructed
line. To grow your income so that
retirement nest egg over multiple
portfolio and selecting a
you keep up with inflation over
decades, for many it will be the
conservative income drawdown
the course of 25 to 30 years, your
single largest pot of capital with
rate early in retirement. Drawing
capital needs to grow, too.
which they would need to make
too high an income at the start of
Given that you still have a
a decision – and one that will
your retirement and/or expecting
multi-decade time horizon over
ultimately determine their lifestyle
too high a rate of return is as
which you need inflation-beating
for the rest of their life.
dangerous as investing too
returns, you require a diversified
conservatively or too aggressively.
portfolio that has meaningful
living annuity.
A
Many investors choose to transfer their retirement
Just how sustainable
exposure to growth assets such as
savings to a living
it is to draw a certain
equities and property. Investors
annuity (as opposed to a
level of retirement
early in retirement should seek
guaranteed annuity) as it
income depends on
funds that allow at least half of the
comes with various pros
how well you manage
portfolio to invest in growth assets.
– not least that you can decide on how much you’d like to draw as your income from year to year (within the legally defined
the fine balance between the return earned on the capital you have invested in the living annuity, and how fast you withdraw your income.
At Coronation, their flagship living annuity portfolio, the Coronation Capital Plus Fund, will have approximately 60% exposure to growth assets on average. But this is just half of the
limits of 2.5% and
equation. Your living annuity’s
17.5% per year,
underlying investment fund also
of course). You can
needs a strong focus on risk and
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PRESERVING WEALTH ACROSS GENERATIONS potential negative returns over shorter time periods – this is important given that you will be drawing a regular income from the fund. The Coronation Capital Plus Fund is therefore managed to not deliver a negative return over any rolling 18-month period. Once your living annuity plan is in action, you should carefully moderate the amount of retirement income you draw in response to the performance of your underlying investment. By applying a few spending rules, such as dynamically adjusting your income drawdown in response to returns, retirees can ensure capital preservation. In other words, first earn the returns before spending them. If you are close to retirement
By: John Kennedy, Director and Regional Head: Cape Town, Citadel
P
eople hate losing money.
third generations. As a result,
In fact, this aversion to
the successful transfer of wealth
the loss of money is so
should entail more than just tax
significant that it has become the
planning and careful investing.
subject of a substantial number of
One of the most effective ways to
studies. The pain that is felt when
preserve such assets is to have
and find the complex decisions
people lose money is stronger than
governance structures in place to
that you are faced with to
the joy of a gain. And it is even
protect them, and there are three
be overwhelming, it’s worth
more pronounced when a person
elements to this:
keeping the basics in mind
has worked hard to build their
when you choose a living
capital base, often through diligent
A SUCCESSION PLAN
annuity as your retirement
behaviour and determination,
Once the capital has been
vehicle. The key is essentially
over many years – possibly even a
established, it needs to be
to: 1) start with a sustainable
lifetime. However, it is in families
managed, and a plan must be
initial retirement income
where a parent has built a legacy
put in place to ensure that this
drawdown rate, 2) structure
for his or her children that the
continues. A set of people need
a portfolio that is appropriate
potential for loss particularly
to be mandated to continue
to your needs, and 3) review
comes to the fore – few wealthy
with managing the assets, for an
and moderate your retirement
families see the transition of their
indefinite period of time.
income on a regular basis. •
wealth beyond the second and
Continued …
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35
MONEY
“
Few wealthy families see the transition of their wealth beyond the second and third generations
discretion should be afforded the decision makers and under what circumstances such discretion is allowed.
”
Pay-outs are often linked to certain ages for future generations, with 25, 30 and 35 years having been quite common, although experts caution that
These need not be the family
an emotional response might be
25 is almost certainly too young
members, as there can often be
more likely. In this way, a family
to properly manage large sums
issues among siblings regarding
can aim to protect its wealth
of money. Sometimes pay-outs
its future management while
and ensure that it is attended to
are provided on an as-needed
some family members may also
prudently. An investment policy
basis, and sometimes they can be
be reluctant, unprepared, or even
also establishes accountability
stipulated. Ultimately, the key is
unable to take this role. But, more
and serves as an overarching
that this should be the culmination
importantly, future generations will
strategic guide for planning and
of a carefully thought-through
not even be known, so it would be
implementing the investment
process with deliberate decisions
impossible to predict their level of
programme.
having been taken and nothing left
interest in or aptitude for managing
It allows for aspects such as
to chance. By putting a governance
the assets. It might also be easier
asset allocation, risk monitoring
structure in place, families will
for non-family members to act
and management, as well as
be able to protect their assets and
impartially in all circumstances.
reporting.
overcome the potential risk of
A SUITABLE INVESTMENT POLICY
A SUITABLE DISTRIBUTION POLICY
stewards of the wealth.
Once the capital has been
A key element of preserving
the plans to preserve wealth are
built, it needs to be managed
wealth is determining when and
communicated to family members
appropriately and if an investment
how proceeds are distributed. It
to manage their expectations,
policy is laid out in advance, its
is important to stipulate upfront
as well as to provide them with
supervision and control will be
how the proceeds generated by
the opportunity to discuss their
better organised. An investment
and the future sale of the assets
investment values and precepts.
policy establishes the goals and
will be distributed, to whom
It also affords families the chance
boundaries within which decisions
and when this will take place.
to educate and provide tools
will be made, leading to clearer
Not only will this manage the
to prepare each generation to
and more rational decisions. This
expectations of future generations,
successfully handle the wealth. •
means that investment decisions
but it will also guide and control
will be more objective, even during
the ongoing preservation of the
periods of market disruption when
assets. You can decide how much
future generations not being good
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It is equally important that
First published in MoneyMarketing, February 2019
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MONEY
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR RETIREMENT FUNDS WHEN YOU EMIGRATE?
C
hanges to the income tax laws in March 2019 allow members who emigrate
before they reach retirement date more flexibility to withdraw their retirement funds when they leave the country. There are a number of ways people leave South Africa
“
Pensioners may have their retirement income paid to them in the country of residence
to live in another country: entitled to have a pension paid 1. Citizens of South Africa and
”
extended to members of pension
to him or her in the country of
preservation funds. (Provident
permanent residents qualify
emigration. However, a fund
preservation fund members
to officially emigrate. Certain
member, before electing to draw
are allowed to withdraw the full
emigration allowances are
a pension, might prefer to take the
permitted to be taken out the
pension benefit in cash. If a person
country. On emigration, one
was a member of an employer
ceases to be a ‘country resident’
pension or provident fund before
emigrating, a withdrawal benefit
of South Africa.
normal retirement age and decides
of the full lump is not permitted
to emigrate, the member may
and the member may only retire
merely leaves South Africa to
withdraw his or her benefit. There
from age 55. Advice from the
live in another country but does
is no restriction. A member of a
exchange control department of
not officially emigrate, pending
retirement annuity fund (RAF) is
your bank as well as a financial
approval by the South African
not usually allowed to withdraw
adviser should be obtained
Reserve Bank, that person is still
from an RAF before age 55, and
before a decision to withdraw is
considered a ‘country resident’
on retirement is only permitted
made. There are tax implications
and does not qualify for the
one third of the benefit in cash.
and the tax payable might differ
emigration allowances. That
The rest must be used to buy a
depending on the timing of the
person will continue to qualify
pension. An exception applies
withdrawal and where you are tax
for the investment allowances
if a member officially emigrates
resident at the time of withdrawal.
afforded to ‘country residents’.
or the member relocates on the
It is important to note that this
expiry of a temporary resident
does not apply to pensioners who
temporary visas to live in South
visa. In this case, the member may
are already drawing a pension or
Africa do not qualify to emigrate
withdraw the full capital amount.
annuity income. Pensioners may
because they were never
Currently, a member of a pension
have their retirement income
citizens or permanent residents.
preservation fund is allowed
paid to them in the country of
However, they are usually
one right of withdrawal before
residence but may not access the
allowed to take their funds out
retirement. However, from 1 March
underlying capital. •
when they leave South Africa.
2019, the emigration benefit that
A member who emigrates is
applies to RAF members has been
2. If a citizen or permanent resident
3. Temporary residents who have
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amount in cash). If a citizen or permanent resident relocates without
First published in MoneyMarketing, January 2019
Health …
THE POWER OF POSITIVITY IN LATER LIFE
I
t’s easy as you get older, and your health and independence start taking a knock, to allow
negativity to inform you approach to life. Doing so can impact your relationships with family and friends and have a profound effect
“
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow
”
– Helen Keller
on your physical and mental wellbeing. Staying positive, however, comes with a host of benefits – and there’s research to prove it.
LOWERS THE INCIDENCE OF HEART ATTACKS AND DEPRESSION
REDUCES THE RISK OF DEMENTIA
According to WebMD.com, “When
A 2018 study by the Yale School of
grateful, your mind and body
Public Health found that seniors
respond in kind. People with a
who held positive beliefs about
rosier outlook live longer and have
growing older were less likely to
fewer heart attacks and depression
develop dementia. Interestingly,
than more negative people.”
you choose to be optimistic and
even those who were genetically
While society often focuses on
at a greater risk of developing the
the negative aspects of aging, there
disease were almost 50% less likely
is plenty to be positive about in old
to develop it than those who held
age. Here are some of the pluses –
negative beliefs about growing old.
perhaps give some thought to what you can add to this list?
IMPROVES MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
• The many life lessons you’ve
A study conducted at Trinity
• The wisdom you’ve gained as a
College in Dublin found that approaching old age with a negative attitude led to physical and cognitive decline. Conversely, those who approached it with a positive attitude saw an improvement in their cognitive ability. 40
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learnt over the years. result of those lessons. • Being able to spend your time any way you like. • Making fewer mistakes thanks to the experience you’ve gained. • Spending quality time with your friends, family and community.•
How can you adopt and maintain a positive attitude in later life?
1 Approaching each day with a positive attitude is MAKE IT A CHOICE
often a conscious decision. But like anything you start – and stick to – the good news is that being positive eventually becomes your default setting.
2 Research shows that appreciating the good in your PRACTICE GRATITUDE
life can have positive emotional and interpersonal effects. So, make a list of everyone and everything you’re grateful for and take a few moments to reflect on them each day.
3 Spending too much time alone with your thoughts ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY
can open the door to negative thoughts and feelings. Instead, surround yourself with positive people and let their positivity rub off on you. If you’re part of a retirement village or community, share a cup of coffee or a meal with a friend or neighbour, join in a card game, or get together with fellow villagers around shared hobbies and interests.
Sources: yale.edu, psychologytoday.com This article is published courtesy of Evergreen Lifestyle Villages. www.evergreenlifestyle.co.za
H E A LT H
MEDICINE AND SENIORS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
T
“The way our bodies metabolise,
over-the-counter medication
and the way our bodies
or process, medicine changes as we
or herbal remedies. However,
react to them change
get older and often senior citizens
these types of non-prescription
throughout our lives. Just as
are more sensitive to the effects of
health aids may affect the way
there are particular precautions
medication. The liver and kidney
our bodies respond to prescribed
for medicine use in children, a
function may be impaired, which
medication and also carry a risk
healthcare practitioner should
can lead to an increased level of
for interactions,” she adds.
give careful consideration to the
bioavailability of a drug, leading
safety and efficacy of medication
to normal drug doses having
potential for ‘natural’ supplements
prescribed to senior citizens.
potentially toxic effects. This can
and even foods to interfere with
he effects of medication
“As we grow older, the likelihood of developing chronic
also lead to an increased risk of medication interactions and more
conditions, and
pronounced effects of
hence the need
such interactions,”
for chronic
Potgieter explains.
medicines,
The training
unfortunately tends to increase. It is estimated that up to 40% of all prescriptions for medication worldwide
pharmacists receive equips them to identify the types of medication that are likely to have adverse effects if used together. However, it is the
According to Potgieter, the
prescription medication should not be underestimated, as the examples below demonstrate.
• Calcium in dairy products can reduce the effectiveness of certain antibiotics. • Green leafy vegetables with a high vitamin K content, such as spinach and Romaine lettuce, may impact blood-thinning properties of Warfarin. • Ginger, garlic and cranberry
are for senior citizens,” says
responsibility of an individual’s
can also interact with
Gerda Potgieter, fund manager at
treating doctor to consider the
Warfarin, and may lead to
Medipost Pharmacy.
medical history and other relevant
“The good news is that today many of these conditions, once diagnosed, can be effectively
factors of their patient when prescribing medication. “Sometimes people use over-
managed with prescribed
the-counter medication in the hope
medication.”
that their ailment will be cured.
Chronic medicine may be
bruising or bleeding. • Grapefruit can affect the way the body processes some medications, including blood pressure medicine. • Liquorice may interfere with
However, these drugs can have
the beneficial effects of certain
prescribed for conditions such as
the effect of masking symptoms,
heart medication or increase
diabetes, high cholesterol and high
resulting in a delay in the person
the risk of toxic effects.
blood pressure, among others. If
consulting a medical professional
these conditions are not adequately
about the underlying cause of their
controlled through consistent
symptoms,” she says.
and correct use of prescribed
“Many people do not even
medications, such conditions may
think of telling their doctor or
result in serious complications.
pharmacist that they are taking
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Continued …
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H E A LT H “As part of our service at
medication should be taken, as well
Pharmacy’s services.
Medipost Pharmacy, we offer
as advising when prescriptions
“Communication with
convenient free delivery of
require renewal. This service is
healthcare professionals is
medication to addresses and
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crucial to ensure the safety and
pick-up points throughout the
official languages.”
effectiveness of medication.
country, which many of our senior customers find particularly helpful.
Another advantage of Medipost
Ensure that doctors and
Pharmacy’s service is that it
specialists you consult are aware
assists medical scheme members
of all medications you are taking,
our customers face-to-face, our
with facilitating authorisation of
including over-the-counter
pharmacists and pharmacist’s
chronic medicines, to ensure that
medication and herbal remedies.
assistants regularly make phone
the medications dispensed are
If you experience side effects,
calls to discuss the prescribed
paid from the appropriate benefit
bring this to the attention of your
medication and offer expert
category, which ultimately helps to
doctor or pharmacist, and be
advice and guidance on how the
preserve members’ benefits and
sure to follow any instructions for
savings. Patients who do not belong
prescribed medicines exactly as
to a medical scheme are also
indicated,” Potgieter concludes. •
welcome to make use of Medipost
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PUT INSOMNIA TO BED Typically, an adult needs eight hours of sleep a day, although this decreases with age. It’s important to address the cause of insomnia.
I
nsomnia influences 20-40%
frequent nocturnal awakening
of adults, with women being
(difficulty maintaining sleep, more
affected twice as much as
common in older people), early
• Psychological e.g. emotional causes, such as stress, anxiety and depression, fear of the dark.
men. About 50% of the population
morning awakening (with difficulty
reports some sort of sleeping
getting back to sleep), and difficulty
such as bronchodilators,
disorder in a year, and up to 25%
functioning in the daytime due to
diuretics, decongestants, caffeine
report having trouble falling
poor sleep.
and other simulants, alcohol, and
asleep. Advancing age is said to be
Causes of insomnia can
associated with less sleep, and the
be classified into different
total amount slept is of a low quality
groups namely:
since it becomes interrupted.
• Physical e.g. organic illnesses,
Insomnia is defined as difficulty
pain, respiratory distress,
falling or staying asleep, or a
coughing, nocturnal micturition,
sensation of unrefreshed sleep, and
distended bladder due to
can be transient (2-3 days), short
prostatic hypertrophy, discomfort
term (< 2-3 weeks) or chronic
associated with a spastic colon,
(> 3 weeks) in nature.
leg cramps in older patients,
Insomnia symptom patterns include sleep-onset insomnia
osteoarthritis, aging, pregnancy. • Physiological e.g. the
(difficulty falling asleep, more
environment, such as noise,
common in younger people),
altered work patterns, travel.
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• Latrogenic e.g. use of medications
poor sleep hygiene. First published in Pharmacy Magazine, Dec 2018/Jan 2019
Dr Liesl Brown, BPharm, MSc (Pharm) Cum Laude, PhD MANAGEMENT OF INSOMNIA
Insomnia is best managed by treating the underlying cause(s) rather than using medications. Medication should be aimed at being administered for the shortest time, at the lowest dose. All sedative hypnotics have the risk of tolerance, dependence and becoming habit forming – so you should make sure your doctor or pharmacist monitors you carefully for signs of misuse and adverse effects. Withdrawal of some types of hypnotics can also lead to temporary recurrence of insomnia. •
H E A LT H
L
osing desire is a particularly upsetting issue because society is so sexualised that if
you don’t want to make love, it can seem as if you’re not only failing, but also letting your partner down.
WHY DOES IT HAPPEN? It could be a natural occurrence. Some scientists think that the first
Right now, not wanting sex is the most common sexual problem of all for women as well as for increasing numbers of men.
lust you feel in a relationship is programmed by Mother Nature to inevitably die away after about 24 months – in other words, once you’ve fulfilled your genetic duty, got pregnant, and had a child. Other scientific theories suggest that desire is automatically programmed to fade as you get
LOSING DESIRE
older, so that it’s the young, fit and
HOW TO REAWAKEN DESIRE
interests, and to get some regular breaks
healthy who make (healthy) babies.
• Don’t panic, desire will ebb and flow
away from each other and from your family.
But scientists are also realising that much falling desire isn’t
throughout life. • Don’t accept long-term loss of desire – it
• Make room for sex. Of course, work and children are important – but taking time out
natural or inevitable – it happens
doesn’t have to be like that, even in your
from them occasionally will help keep you
because society expects older folk
later years.
solid as a couple.
to be less sexual. Step outside that expectation and research suggests people can still feel sexually enthusiastic well into their eighties. Researchers have also suggested
• Get a medical check-up in case illness is triggering lack of desire. • Get your doctor to help you identify whether depression or anxiety may be the root cause. • Ask your doctor if you could benefit from any
that lack of desire may be down
of the new medications that promise to help
to boredom – as a relationship
lack of desire.
develops, couples get into a rut.
• If your symptoms started after a key life crisis
And particularly for women – who
such as job loss, retirement or bereavement,
may need lots of scene-setting,
get specialist counselling for that crisis.
foreplay and encouragement –
• If your symptoms started after the birth
• Don’t just take a few hours – research suggests you need at least a long weekend to give desire room to return. • Face up to whether you are angry with your partner. If you are, resolve that. • Be honest, has lust died because the relationship is dying? Get counselling help, most relationships are rescuable – but the sooner you find support, the more likely it is you can turn things round. • If it is your partner who is lacking sexual
the fact that they don’t always have
of a baby, get as much support as you can,
desire, be patient. Given no obvious
an orgasm may mean they lose
practical and emotional, to navigate this new
relationship problems, it’s vital to try to
interest in sex altogether.
life stage.
persuade him (or her) to get a physical check-
Finally, if a relationship isn’t
• Expand your sexual options. Over time
going well, then the undercurrent
you may have got into a routine – break
of anger between partners may
that routine by doing different things, in a
kill desire; why make love with
different order.
someone you hate? On the other
• Make sure that both you and your partner are
hand, if a couple is very, very close
reaching climax at least 50% of the time so
they may not need sex to keep them
you’re motivated to have sex.
together and so desire fades; sex
• Ask yourself if you are getting enough
needs just a bit of healthy distance
individual space. If not, negotiate with your
in order to be exciting.
partner to develop at least some of your own
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up as the cause is almost certainly a medical condition or depression. • Try fantasising to kickstart your desire. If you’re short of ideas, read erotic books or watch a sexy video. • Update your sexual technique. Needs change, and what turned you on a few years ago may not turn you on now. • First published in Pharmacy Magazine, November 2018
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JACK GINSBERG CENTRE FOR BOOK ARTS OPENING EXHIBITION This remarkable exhibition celebrates the opening of a new centre for books at WAM as collector and philanthropist Jack Ginsberg donates his collection, which is unrivalled in Africa and in the southern hemisphere. The Great Wall, Shirley Sharoff (1991) Edition: #54/65
triangular book; a movable
A
What are artists’ books, you
book; a round book; a glass
might ask? Quite simply, they’re a
book; a metre-wide pop-up
specific type of artwork in the form
book; a 10-metre-long folding book
of books, rather than books about
– these are a few of Johannesburg
art. Ginsberg began collecting in this
art collector and philanthropist
field in the early 1970s, almost from
Jack Ginsberg’s favourite things.
the inception of this contemporary
They will be on display until
art form. His collection is unrivalled
6 July in two exhibitions at Wits
in Africa and in the southern
Art Museum (WAM) to celebrate the
hemisphere and includes more
opening of the new Jack Ginsberg
than 3 000 artworks, plus a unique
Centre for Book Arts.
archive of an additional 3 000 items on the history and development of the book art genre. Ginsberg recently donated his world-renowned collection to WAM, to make it accessible to future generations of students and researchers. A dedicated centre has been established at WAM to accommodate the collection, and this exhibition celebrates the opening of this magnificent addition to WAM’s archive. One of Ginsberg’s many legacies has been the encouragement and support for South African book arts, and these account for
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ART
WHO ARE AFRICA’S MOST ‘VALIDATED’ CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS? A new report identifies 50 artists consistently valued by Africa’s tastemakers.
almost 400 examples in the collection. Also present are precursors to and landmarks in the founding of the book arts form. There are movable books,
Top 20 curators over a decade-
pop-up books, fold-out books
long period, they’ve come up
and different forms of scrolls.
with an objective list of artists
Shaped books and non-paper
who have consistently been
books, zines and broadsides are
valued by this elite group.
also included. Works by wellknown international artists better known for other genres
The report, titled Genesis, Kudzanai Chuirai (2016) Courtesy Goodman Gallery
The Top 50 Artists & the Top 20 Curators who Validated
Kara Walker. A large proportion
T
“contemporary African art”. But
than one of these
of books in the collection are by
Africa is a large continent, and
high-flying curators.
women artists. Popular culture
no one can presume to have
is also well represented through
in-depth knowledge of art from
the realm of art, given
graphic novels and comics.
each African country. Lists of
that its value, whether
The collection will offer
“important” African artists to
fiscal or cultural, relies
insight and inspiration to
“watch now” tend to rely largely
on such uncertain
typographers, graphic and
on the opinions of a single author,
qualities as individual
book designers, paper makers,
dealer, advisor or gallerist, so are
taste, perception,
bookbinders, etc., but perhaps
subjective and incomplete, to say
fashion and insider or
most breath-taking, the
the least.
specialist knowledge.
of artmaking include Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Barbara Kruger, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Ed Ruscha and
collection speaks to the human
Them, features artists
he biggest buzzword
who have repeatedly
in the art world at the
been selected for
moment must surely be
exhibitions by more
But now a Cape Town-based
capacity for limitless creativity
art research consultancy,
and innovation.
Corrigall & Co, have pioneered
The Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book
a novel approach in identifying
Arts Opening Exhibition runs until
the top 50 artists from Africa.
6 July, Tuesday to Saturday, 10am
By tracking and studying the
to 4pm. •
exhibition practices of Africa’s
Validation is vital in
Continued …
Mask, Pascale Marthine Tayou (2016) Courtesy Galerie Continua
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LEISURE
Revealing the consensus on the most important artists by Africa’s most recognised curators offers some solid opinion in the sea of uncertainty that swirls around the continent’s art ecosystems. Few might not be surprised
T H E AT R E
CHICAGO RETURNS TO RAZZLE DAZZLE SA
If there’s one show you have to see this autumn, it’s the “killer hit musical” Chicago
George Osodi (Nigeria), Kudzanai
A
surrounded by the razzle dazzle of the
song after another, including Razzle
Chuirai (Zimbabwe) and Tracey
world’s sexiest musical returns to the
Dazzle, Cell Block Tango and Mister
Rose – the South African artist who
stage in Johannesburg!
Cellophane. And of course, at the centre
to learn that South Africa’s Zanele Muholi tops the list. Other artists with a preference for the photographic medium, such as
nightclub singer, a double-
exploitation, adultery and treachery
murderess, a smooth-talking
– universal themes the entire world
lawyer and a cell block of sin
is drawn to. It has one show-stopping
has been selected to create a work
A multi-talented all-South African
for the country’s national pavilion
cast has been touring around the world
sensational dancing and sharply
at this year’s Venice Biennale – are
with the award-winning Broadway and
sophisticated sets you’ll ever see,
among the artists who have been
West End musical Chicago since last year,
incorporating a live orchestra.
repeatedly validated. •
starting in New Zealand, then heading
production are leads Samantha Peo
Africa in January, ahead of the South
(Cabaret, West Side Story, Strictly Come
African leg of the tour that started in
Dancing) now in the role of Velma Kelly
Cape Town in March. Originally staged
and Ilse Klink (Mamma Mia!, Show Boat,
in Cape Town and Johannesburg in 2005
Isidingo) plays Matron Mama Morton
and again, owing to popular demand,
for the third South African season.
in 2008, Chicago is one of this country’s
Craig Urbani (Sound of Music, Rock of
most successful theatre productions.
Ages, Scandal) reprises the role of the
of being the longest-running musical reopened there in November 1996.
2019. Booking is open at Computicket. •
written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist from the Chicago Tribune who had covered the sensational trials of two
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Chicago will be at Montecasino’s Teatro in Johannesburg from 20 April to 26 May
was based on a 1926 Broadway play
*The report contains seven tiers of validated artists.
devious lawyer, Billy Flynn.
revival in Broadway history, after it (It was originally created in 1975 and
Tier 1: Zanele Muholi (South Africa) Tier 2: Bili Bidjocka (Cameroon), Otobong Nkanga (Nigeria), George Osodi (Nigeria) Tier 3: Kada Attia (Algeria), Kudzanai Chuirai (Zimbabwe)
Back for the South African
to China before returning to South
Worldwide, it has the distinction
THE TOP 3 TIERED* AFRICAN ARTISTS WHO HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN VALIDATED BY AFRICA’S TOP CURATORS ARE:
of it all is some of the sexiest, most
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LEISURE
OF THE
BEST
NEW LOCAL BOOKS Our selection of new books focusses on South African fiction and non-fiction, all with a taste of local history (and natural history) and how its stories are woven into individual human lives.
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SEA CHANGE
photography ever published. In
marrying indigenous knowledge
Award-winning filmmaker and
the process of creating this book,
with marine biology and paleo-
avid naturalist Craig Foster and
Craig and Ross discovered new
science. Sea Change is more than an
writer Ross Frylinck spent eight
species, and photographed many
amazing exploration of the ocean
years exploring the secret life of an
amazing animal behaviours for
– it goes on to consider humanity’s
almost unknown ecosystem: the
the first time, including some
deepest connections to the ocean,
beautiful kelp forest of Southern
amazing sequences featured
introducing a new theory on the
Africa. Sea Change takes you on an
in the BBC’s Blue Planet II. Craig
world’s first human divers. It also
evocative journey through this
also devised the world’s first
becomes a gripping, personal story
unique sea forest as Craig and
underwater tracking method,
about how what Craig and Ross
Ross dive into it almost every day,
drawing on his many years
found in the wild transformed
in the process amassing the most
studying with master San bushmen
their lives, and the healing power
extensive collection of sea forest
trackers in the Kalahari, and
of wilderness.
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BOOKS THE ZULUS OF NEW YORK The new novel from Zakes Mda, author of the novels Ways of Dying and The Heart of Redness, among many others, is a work of historical fiction that draws on the true history of ‘Farini’s Friendly Zulus’, a group of men who were taken to Britain and then to America as performing curiosities. The novel opens in 1885 in wintry New York City as Mpiyezintombi, simply called EmPee by the English-speakers, loses more than his name in this far-off
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foreign country. He is seen as little more than a freak-show act – though he is not kept in a cage like the beautiful Dinka Princess, with her gold-painted papier-mâché crown and fur cape. For EmPee, it is love at first sight, but the caged woman is not free to love anyone back: she is the property of Monsieur Duval, proprietor of Duval Ethnological Expositions. And so begins one of Zakes Mda’s most striking stories, one that depicts terrible historical injustices and indignities, while at the same time celebrating the vigour and ingenuity of the creative spirit, and the transformative power of love.
LOUIS BOTHA: A MAN APART
The experience broke his heart,
THE DISTANCE
Louis Botha, the first prime
as many of the rebels were old
The new novel from one of South Africa’s
minister of the Union of South
Anglo-Boer War comrades. At
best fiction writers, Ivan Vladislavić, tells the
Africa, was a brilliant Boer
Versailles in 1919, representing
tale of a Pretoria schoolboy who falls in love
general who won significant
South Africa, he pleaded
with Muhammad Ali in the spring of 1970.
victories over the British in the
unsuccessfully for magnanimity
He begins to collect cuttings about his hero
early stages of the Anglo-Boer War. When the
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towards a
from the newspapers, an obsession that
defeated
grows into a ragged archive of scrapbooks.
Germany.
Forty years later, when he has become a
weight of British
Globally
writer, these scrapbooks both insist on and
arms eventually
respected,
obscure a book about his boyhood. He turns
overwhelmed
Botha and
to his brother Branko, a sound editor, for help
the Boers, Botha
Smuts operated
with recovering their shared past. But can a
and Jan Smuts
as a double act
story ever belong equally to two people? Is
encouraged
before Botha’s
this a brotherly collaboration or a battle for
peace between
untimely death
supremacy? This is an intricate puzzle of a
English and
in August
book by a writer of lyrical power and formal
Afrikaner and
1919. Richard
inventiveness. Against a spectacular backdrop,
led the four
Steyn’s recent
the heyday of the greatest
South African
books, Jan
showman of them all,
colonies into
Smuts: Unafraid
Vladislavić unfolds a
Union in 1910.
of Greatness
small, fragmentary
Botha was a
and Churchill
story of family life and
big-hearted and generous man
and Smuts: The Friendship, have
the limits of language.
in his dealings with all. In 1914,
won him a loyal readership. In
Meaning comes into
he had to put down an Afrikaner
Louis Botha: A Man Apart, he again
view in the spaces
rebellion over the Union’s
masterfully brings to life a great
between then and now,
participation in the Great War.
South African.
growing up and growing
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old, speaking out and keeping silent. •
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LEISURE
HILLSIDE VIEW This Cape Town family home, with interiors by local design studio ARRCC, is a tour de force of vibrant colour inspired by the owners’ collection of art. PHOTOGRAPHY GREG COX TEXT TRACY LYNN CHEMALY
T
ucked away in a leafy
varied art collection, we were able
two-tone suede sofa, angular rug
suburb in Cape Town
to create spaces that allow for a
and organically shaped side table.
stands a statement-making
dynamic dialogue between the
The scene sets a welcome sense of
home – not only for the modern,
artworks and furnishings,” says
repose that carries through to the
glass-fronted architecture but also
ARRCC director Mark Rielly.
rest of the home. “Materiality is just
for its vibrant interiors. For local
This is immediately apparent
as much a feature in this area,” says
design studio ARRCC, who executed
in the expansive, marbled
ARRCC designer Quintin Gilman,
the project, it was the homeowner’s
entrance hall of this Jenny Mills
pointing to the architect’s vision
affinity for colour – and a multitude
Architecture-designed home,
for the staircase leading down to
of materials – that informed the
where the brightly coloured,
the basement level. “Crema Marfil
creative journey. “By working
geometric Emmemobili Arlequin C
marble, glass balustrades with
with the homeowner’s wide and
cabinet is complemented by a
brass cladding, and dark-stained
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Below Teal cushions and green ceramic side tables by Paola Navone for Baxter in the informal lounge continue the aquamarine theme of the rug. Around the fireplace, the Gloob armchair and Lean on Me standing lamp are from OKHA.
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In the entrance hall, an Emmemobili Arlequin C cabinet is complemented by a two-tone suede sofa.
timber all create unique textures in this stairwell,” he says. On the staircase wall, laser-cut, coatedsteel cladding was added and then back-lit for dramatic effect. Colour is the focus in the informal lounge, where a marineblue rug grounds the layout, while teal cushions and green ceramic side tables by Paola Navone for Baxter continue the aquamarine theme. Chevron-patterned Missoni
Top right The cigar room cum wine cellar features a barrel-vaulted ceiling, with board-formed concrete finish, Stix coffee table by OKHA and luxurious leather armchairs. Right The formal lounge on the ground floor features an ivory-toned Flex Form L-shaped sofa paired with OKHA’s signature Curator sofa, a striking blue rug and artworks by Andrzej Urbanski.
fabric in sorbet hues covers two ottomans, breaking the blocks
showstopper paintings – to be
entertainment area. Its fireplace,
of colour and adding a touch of
the main attraction. An ebonised
barbecue and pizza oven make
playfulness to this family room
French oak table and brass-edged
for effortless alfresco sessions,
and, upping the ante even further,
black leather dining chairs by
enjoyed under the dappled
a custom-designed DJ booth in
Henge are presided over by the
sunlight that passes through the
dark and light grey tones means
driftwood-shaped Tape Light, also
slatted timber roof. The cool grey
music is always part of the living
by Henge. Wood panelling on the
of the concrete floor slabs has
experience. Around the fireplace,
walls adds to the deep familiar feel
been heightened using concrete
the Gloob armchair and Lean on Me
within this mealtime gathering
and natural stone panel blocks
standing lamp by designer Adam
spot. The kitchen, which links to
fitted onto the darker charcoal-
Court of bespoke furniture studio
the dining area via sliding pocket
coloured feature wall. Evenings
OKHA adds to the juxtaposition of
timber doors, is characterised by
are presented in an ambient glow,
forms – their whiteness tossing an
a granite-and-wood counter and
with some of these sand-blasted
element of cool crispness into the
a selection of OKHA barstools,
travertines and pre-cast concrete
friendly interior. Colourful balloon-
including the Faye, Frank and
features backlit, creating a subtly
like glass vases from OKHA’s
Neo – made of steel, wood and
moody effect. This textured
curated accessories collection
leather – and customised in tan
aesthetic manifests in the plaited
further embrace the elegant play of
and grey tones to suit the kitchen’s
armchairs too, with their weaving
colourful form.
neutral palette.
patterns relating to the spiralling
The adjacent dining room
The covered terrace overlooking
is pared back by comparison,
the lawn-lined swimming pool
allowing materials – and
becomes a natural extension of the
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Clockwise from top left The main guest bedroom features Graffito wallpaper by Kelly Wearstler and OKHA’s geometric Rayon table lamps in stainless steel.
dotted around this space. Creating
form and material and has its round
a transition point between this area
shape mimicked in the circular
and the circular six-seater outdoor
rug, creating a focal point under the
dining table, a suspended sofa
arched overhead hang.
swings gently in the breeze –
While artificial lighting sets
a reminder that this is a home to
the mood in these two rooms, it
be enjoyed.
is sunlight that brings the formal
On days that call for indoor
lounge on the ground floor to
A private working space is furnished with John Vogel’s Time Stood Still writing desk for Southern Guild and a green-blue polycarbonate Ella swivel chair by EDRA. The children’s bedrooms feature bold primary colours and paintsplashed walls, with playful elements such as hammocks and bucket stools.
sliding-door façade, incorporating the sky and garden into the room’s visual language. Upstairs, the bedrooms are an exercise in high-energy decorating, as per the homeowner’s brief. “The children’s bedrooms feature bold primary colours and paint-splashed walls, with playful elements such as hammocks and bucket stools adding youthful freshness,” says ARRCC designer Sarika Jacobs. More grown-up, yet equally charming, the main guest bedroom continues the home’s pattern play through its Graffito wallpaper by Kelly Wearstler and custom designed rug, which create imaginative shapes through their free-flow lines. OKHA’s geometric
hibernation, the family cinema
life. Here, a predominantly white
Rayon table lamps in stainless
on the basement level beckons.
interior is highlighted by an ivory-
steel elegantly flank the bed. A
Fitted with a profusion of comfy
toned Flex Form L-shaped sofa
private working space furnished
grey recliners, sofas and daybeds,
and paired with OKHA’s signature
with John Vogel’s Time Stood Still
it invites full-day movie fests. The
Curator sofa. A contemporary take
writing desk for Southern Guild
cigar room cum wine cellar is
on a chaise longue, the Curator
and green-blue polycarbonate Ella
equally enticing, its barrel-vaulted
sofa’s geometric curves lead the eye
swivel chair by EDRA overlook
ceiling, with board-formed concrete
to a striking blue rug and up to the
the balcony and garden beyond,
finish, amplifying the cocooning,
trippy artworks by shape-master
while the en-suite bathroom
otherworldly feeling of the space.
artist Andrzej Urbanski of Everard
also enjoys this panorama, its
The Stix coffee table by OKHA is an
Read gallery, which pick up on the
wall-length mirror reflecting the
extension of the barrel ceiling in
colours viewed through the glass
mountainside sunlight. •
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DECOR
In the informal lounge, a marine-blue rug grounds the layout, while chevron-patterned Missoni fabric cover two ottomans, breaking the blocks of colour. In the adjacent dining room, a Tape Light by Henge hangs above an ebonised French oak table and brass-edged black leather dining chairs, also by Henge.
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PRIMARY HUES TO BEAT THE WINTER BLUES
C
ool weather and long
happy yellows and deep sapphire
nights, winter normally
blues for a sophisticated space. To
calls for beefy stews,
add an industrial touch, she says,
delicious glasses of red wine and
“Mix screed floors and exposed
farewell to the exercise regime.
brick walls with high-gloss
While wine and stew still get the
finishes and modern furniture for
thumbs up, this winter is all about
an eclectic look.”
energetic and warm colours. This year’s winter colour
For a textured urban feel, combine powerful Bovine with
trends combine cool industrial
mysterious Dark Onyx and vivid
greys with warm primary colours
Red Flame for drama with a playful
such as sunny yellow, rich blue
edge. An artful take is created by
and robust red. Plascon Head of
choosing contemporary Silver
Decorative Marketing, Katlego
with petrol green Golf Greens and
Kondlo, says, “This clever
cobalt Pristine Blue. “This soft
combination of industrial motifs
and approachable colour scheme
and splashes of colour are set
is suitable for either a home or an
against a cool, concrete backdrop
office and creates a soothing space
to give this palette undeniable
that hums with productivity and
energy, especially during the
harmony,” Katlego explains.
winter months.” Ashley Maclachlan, owner and
These colour combinations work well with the latest colour-
interior designer at Urban Create
blocking trend, which sees
in KwaZulu-Natal, recommends
blocks of colour painted on walls
starting with a grey tone for a
in the space of art and other
neutral base and adding vibrant
décor accessories. •
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LEISURE
RESURRECTING ‘FORGOTTEN’ INGREDIENTS Earlier this year, Wolfgat in Paternoster, of all places, was named Restaurant of the Year, the top accolade at the international World Restaurant Awards. Glenneis Kriel spoke to chef Kobus van der Merwe about the journey behind this culinary hit.
editor of Eat Out, which in turn rekindled my passion for the art of fine dining. So, when my parents bought Oep ve Koep, I saw it as an opportunity to break out of the mediocrity of everyday city life and do my own thing.
der Merwe gave up his job
T
WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE OEP VE KOEP AND WOLFGAT?
as a web editor nine years
After school, I entered a two-
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE REASONING BEHIND YOUR OFFERINGS AT OEP VE KOEP AND WOLFGAT?
ago to help his retired parents
year diploma programme at the
When starting out at Oep ve Koep,
open their own bistro, Oep ve
Institute of Culinary Arts, one of
I wanted to give visitors a truly
Koep, in Paternoster on the West
the top chef schools in the world.
unique Sandveld experience.
Coast. Since then, he has opened
At that stage I wanted to be
his own restaurant, Wolfgat, which
a musician, so I quit the
has been ranked among the top
course after the first
10 restaurants in the country
year and went to
in the 2018 Eat Out Mercedes-
London where I
Benz Awards, and walked away
did administrative
and create food
with the S. Pellegrino and Acqua
work for British
that celebrated
Panna Chef of the Year title, which
Telecom. On my
the unique
recognises an innovative chef who
return, I decided
biodiversity of
is pushing the boundaries and
to rather do media
the West Coast.
making a notable contribution
studies because
to the South African restaurant
I also enjoyed
scene. Then, he scooped both
writing, and career
the Off-Map Destination award
prospects in this field
as well as the overall world’s
seemed more promising.
Restaurant of the Year category at
My journalism career started
the inaugural World Restaurant
out with me writing classical
cave, became available, as I felt
Awards held in Paris in February.
music reviews for Die Burger as a
the cave would enhance the
freelancer, after which I became
eating experience by making
employed as a copywriter for a
people more aware of their roots
travel website, where I got some
and nature. Oep ve Koep is still
exposure to HTML coding. This
open. The two restaurants are
paved the way to my job as web
complementary, with Wolfgat
ired of city life, Kobus van
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Oep ve Koep gave me the platform to experiment with veld-harvested food, test out some traditional recipes
After seven years, I felt ready to take this endeavour to the next level and was fortunate when Wolfgat, perched on top of the Wolfgat
DINING
being more of a fine dining
of many interesting botanists and
experience and building on the
anthropologists since I started,
success of Oep ve Koep.
and they have exposed me to many more crops and traditional
WHY THE FORAGING ROUTE?
cooking methods.
The idea of foraging food became we started Oep ve Koep, with the
HOW DOES THE RESTAURANT OPERATE?
restaurant Noma in Denmark
Oep ve Koep has a bakery, tasting
becoming especially famous for
room and serves traditional
it. I, however, went on this journey
breakfasts as well as meals
because it was something I grew
throughout the day. But at Wolfgat
up with and felt passionate about.
we have a seven-course set
food. We only have the capacity to
My grandmother on my mother’s
menu. The menu is based on the
accommodate 24 people at a time,
side used to make us seaweed
seasonal availability of ingredients
which offers a good balance in
jelly, while my grandfather on
and the meal generally lasts for up
terms of sustainable harvesting of
my dad’s side used to harvest all
to three-and-a-half hours. Wolfgat
the ingredients.
kinds of veldkos, such as Eland’s
is open for lunch and dinner over
fig and Koekemakranka. We
weekends, but only lunch during
grew up with C. Louis Leipoldt’s
the week. The slower pace during
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR GREATEST CHALLENGE?
Kos vir die Kenner cookbook,
the week gives me time to harvest
The fact that we are offering a
which uses veldkos and foraged
and experiment with the cooking
unique eating experience is both
ingredients in many of its recipes.
and the growing of some of the
a competitive advantage and
My journey was more part of a
ingredients used in our menu.
disadvantage, since not everybody
collective reawakening to these
Reservations have to be made in
is open to the new tastes, flavours
foods than part of a new trend.
advance for catering purposes,
and textural experiences we offer.
My path has crossed with those
and to prevent the wastage of
trendy around the same time as
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DINING
We have had to put a lot of effort
DO YOU HAVE A MENTOR?
into persuading people to trust
Richard Carstens taught me while
us and at least try the food
I was at the Institute for Culinary
when we started out. This has
Arts and has become one of my
definitely become easier now
greatest inspirations. He is like a
that we have built a reputation.
walking encyclopaedia, filled with
Even so, it definitely is not
all kinds of intellectual knowledge
everybody’s cup of tea.
of food, cooking techniques and cooking from different cultures.
HOW HAS THE RESTAURANT GROWN SINCE YOU STARTED IT? Wolfgat has become more
ANY ADVICE FOR OTHERS WHO WANT TO OPEN A RESTAURANT?
fashionable, with bookings
Don’t look at what is happening
becoming fuller and our wine list
overseas. Let our rich food
has become more sophisticated,
heritage inspire you to create your
which helps to better complement
own path and then specialise in
the dishes on offer. I am still
that field.
working with the same six started out, with everybody
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
helping with everything from
Most visitors come this way
the cooking to serving and
during the summer holiday when
cleaning. Being involved in the
it is dry and hot, so one of my
whole food preparation process
goals is to raise awareness of the
means that everyone is able
beauty of the West Coast during
to talk to customers about our
the winter when the region is
unique dishes.
transformed into lush green.
employees with whom I have
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Most of the guest houses also have fireplaces, so it is a nice and cosy place to spend a winter break. • This article originally appeared in the 7 February edition of finweek.
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THE LAZY MAKOTI’S GUIDE TO THE KITCHEN STYLING MOGAU SESHOENE PHOTOGRAPHY CRAIG FRASER PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY SIBUSISO SIBAYONI
M
ogau Seshoene founded
show entitled Cooks For Life. Her
The Lazy Makoti in
book The Lazy Makoti’s Guide To The
2014 after leaving
Kitchen, published by Quivertree
the corporate world to focus on
Publications, continues with her
her love for food. What began
mission to promote the role of
as lessons for a friend, a bride-
food in maintaining South African
to-be who was afraid of being
culture and heritage, and finding
labelled “the lazy makoti” (the lazy
easier and healthier ways to
daughter-in-law), evolved into a
prepare African and South African
business, and inspired its name.
cuisine. We bring you a fabulous
Through The Lazy Makoti, Mogau
Sunday lunch spread she calls
offers a series of cooking classes.
Seven Colours.
She also hosted a season of a TV
Enjoy!
SEVEN COLOURS (FABULOUS SUNDAY LUNCH FAVOURITES) Sunday mornings are much the same in many South African homes – men and boys in formal jackets and shoes; women and girls in dresses and heels, brows on fleek; enticing aromas coming from the kitchen as Mama adds final touches to the Sunday lunch before everyone leaves for church. Mama’s been up since the crack of dawn preparing the meal because who knows what time church will end. The pastor says his sermon will be short this week, but we all know it never is. Two hours later, stomachs begin to rumble, and there’s still praise and worship to get through. Meanwhile, “Seven Colours” is calling – that special festive meal that’s never complete without butternut and creamed spinach. To give your meal an edge, I wanted to share a different way for you to serve these favourites. 68
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Hasselback-style potato bake SERVES 8
Preheat oven to 180°C. Combine oil and
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
melted butter, and use to brush the inside
COOKING TIME: 1 HOUR
of a casserole dish. Carefully arrange the sliced potatoes, on their sides, in a spiral
• 6 - 8 medium potatoes, thinly and evenly sliced
pattern all around the inside of the dish. Brush with more of the butter mix.
• 1 tbsp olive oil
Pour over the chicken stock and sprinkle
• 2 tbsp butter, melted
with some rosemary and salt.
• 1 cup chicken stock
Roast the potatoes for 1 hour,
• A sprig of rosemary, chopped
or until tender and crisp.
• Salt
Whisk lemon juice and zest into the
• 1 cup cream
cream and pour over the potatoes.
• 1 tsp lemon juice and zest
Bake for another 10 minutes.
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Southern baked chicken Ah, the converted Southern fried chicken. This is the same chicken that gets served to only the pastors and VIPs at weddings and family events, the chicken you look forward to on Sunday after church, and it never disappoints. I decided to bake it instead of the normal deep frying we are used to, so that it isn’t as oily but just as finger-licking good. Enjoy! SERVES 6 – 8 PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 1 HOUR • 6 - 8 chicken pieces (drumsticks and thighs) • ½ cup flour • 1 tbsp paprika • Salt and pepper, to taste • ½ cup bread crumbs • 2 eggs • 4 tbsp milk • ½ cup butter Preheat oven to 180°C. In a shallow plate or bowl, mix flour, paprika, salt and pepper. Place bread crumbs in another shallow plate or bowl. Beat eggs and milk in yet another bowl. Coat chicken piece by piece in the flour mixture, shake off excess. Dip in the egg mixture, then in the bread crumbs, until all pieces are well coated. Place the butter in a baking dish. Add chicken and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes until the skin is crispy. Turn chicken pieces over and bake for another 30 minutes. Check
Yellow savoury rice SERVES 4 – 6 PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES COOKING TIME: 30 MINUTES
• ½ medium onion,
Rinse rice in a bowl, then drain. Place rice
finely chopped
and water in a medium-sized pot and cook
• ½ red pepper, finely chopped
that the chicken is cooked thoroughly
• 2 cups long-grain rice
by piercing the centre of the thickest
• 2 cups water
piece. Steam should be released and
• Oil, for frying
any juices running out should be clear,
• 1 ½ tsp turmeric powder
not pink. Remove from oven and drain
• 1 tsp curry powder
• ½ yellow pepper, finely chopped • ½ green pepper, finely chopped • 1 tsp garlic, minced
over a medium heat until light and fluffy. Meanwhile, heat oil in a pan, add the turmeric and curry powder and fry onion, peppers and garlic. Add the pepper mixture to the rice halfway through the cooking process. Combine well so rice is properly coated.
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Sticky pork belly SERVES 6 PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES + SEVERAL HOURS/OVERNIGHT TO MARINATE COOKING TIME: 4 HOURS • Pork belly, size of your choice MARINADE OR GLAZE • ¼ cup hoisin sauce • ¼ cup soy sauce • ¼ cup honey
PRO TIP: Get a piece of meat that is uniform in thickness so it cooks evenly.
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar • 2 tbsp red chilli, finely minced • 1 ½ tsp BBQ spice • ½ tsp black pepper • 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated • Fresh thyme, for garnish Place pork belly in a zip-lock bag. Mix together all marinade ingredients and pour over pork belly. Seal the bag and marinate in the fridge for several hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 180°C. Remove pork belly from zip-lock bag and reserve marinade. Place pork belly on a roasting rack and roast for three to four hours. To check if pork is cooked, pierce with a fork – it should glide in easily. Pour marinade into a small saucepan. Simmer on low heat until the glaze thickens. Every 20 minutes, brush layers of glaze onto meat during last hour of roasting to intensify flavour. Once cooked, remove meat from the oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes before serving. Garnish with thyme.
Creamed spinach stuffed butternut SERVES 6
• 1 cup cream
sauté onions and garlic. Add the
PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES
• 1 cup cheese (Gouda/
spinach and nutmeg, and stir
COOKING TIME: 50 MINUTES
and season with salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 180°C. Cut
Scoop the spinach into the
• Salt and pepper
butternuts in half lengthwise.
butternut halves and sprinkle
• Oil, for frying
Scoop out seeds and scrape
with cheese. Roast in the oven
• ½ onion, finely chopped
out a bit of the flesh, leaving
for 40 to 50 minutes (depending
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
a generous border all the way
on thickness of butternut), or
• 4 cups freshly
round. Sprinkle each half with
until the flesh is very tender when
salt and pepper.
pierced with a fork.
Heat oil on medium high and
Serve immediately.
chopped spinach
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until wilted. Stir in the cream
• 3 medium-sized butternuts
• ½ tsp nutmeg 70
Parmesan/Cheddar), grated
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Sunday peach and passion fruit trifle SERVES 6
Prepare jelly as per packet
PREP TIME: 30 MINUTES
directions and chill until set. Arrange slices of Swiss roll
• 85 g packet cherry-
on the bottom and along the
flavoured jelly
sides of a serving bowl. Spoon
• Swiss roll, sliced
half of the jelly over the Swiss
• 2 x 250g dessert cream
roll. Pour over some cream,
• 2 tins peaches
and layer half of the peaches
• 2 cups ready-made
and some custard on top.
custard
Next layer: remaining
• Pulp of 4 passion fruits (granadillas) • Mint, for garnish
jelly and cream, half of the passion-fruit pulp and remaining custard. Top with remaining peaches and a generous drizzle of passion-fruit pulp. Garnish with mint.
The Lazy Makoti’s Guide To The Kitchen (Quivertree) is available from most good book stores and online at Loot.co.za and Takealot.com •
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Prices start at R1 687 200 for the Jaguar I-PACEÂ S. The Jaguar I-PACE First Edition costs R1 920 700. Includes 5-year/ 100 000km warranty on the vehicle, and 8-year/160 000km warranty on the lithium-ion battery. Service intervals are every two years or 34 000km.
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M O TO R I N G
THE ALL-NEW
ELECTRIC CAR FROM JAGUAR Could the new Jaguar I-PACE be the car that makes an everyday electric car a reality?
I
f you’ve been curious about the
in around 12 hours, ideal for
idea of fully electric vehicles
overnight charging.
(EVs), but uncertain about their
It’s also encouraging to know
practicality as real, everyday cars,
that the I-PACE was designed from
the latest addition from Jaguar
the outset as an electric vehicle,
might just be the development
rather than being a converted
you’ve been looking for.
internal combustion vehicle. It can
Not only does Jaguar claim a
go from zero to 100km/h in just 4.8
range of up to 470km from a single
seconds, which is pretty quick, and
charge – which is significantly
the electric motors’ lack of lag adds
further than other EVs available in
another exciting dimension to its
SA until now – but, in a first for SA,
performance. The battery is placed
it has launched along with a rapid
centrally between the two axles, and
public charging network called the
as low down as possible, so there’s
Jaguar Powerway. This network
perfect 50:50 weight distribution
of chargers has been placed at
and a low centre of gravity, which
shopping centres nationwide,
also helps to deliver agile handling
along common inter-city routes
and a comfortable ride.
and at every Jaguar Land Rover
Being designed from scratch as
dealership in South Africa. They
an EV means the sleek, coupe-like
can top up your batteries to 80%
silhouette and short, low bonnet
capacity in 72 minutes or less (time
have their roots in the electric
for a lingering lunch on a long
drivetrain and architecture that
journey) or, if you need something
underpin the I-PACE. While a mid-
quicker, they can give you a 100km
sized SUV, I-PACE’s cab-forward
top-up in just 20 minutes.
design and EV powertrain means it
For everyday recharging,
has an interior space comparable
the Jaguar I-PACE comes with
to large SUVs – another spin-off of
a universal “occasional use”
being fully electric.
charging cable, compatible with
The Jaguar I-PACE is certainly
regular household sockets, which
a sign of where EVs are taking
takes 24 hours to charge up to
us, but more importantly, it’s a
100%. For an extra R25 000,
sign that EVs are here, now, and
you can install a wall box home
it finally makes practical sense to
charger, which does the same
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E-Mail: hartmannza.orders@hartmann.info Websites: http://za.hartmann.info https://za.catalog.hartmann.info
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