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London-based South African banker’s parting shot loses Wall Street firm billions

bank’s UK offices a year ago. In his letter Smith claimed, “The firm has veered so far from the place I joined right out of college that I can no longer in good conscience say I identify with what it stands for.” “And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it,” he said. “I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief.” The Stanford University economics graduate blamed the bank’s decline in moral fibre on its president Gary D Cohn and chief executive officer Lloyd C Blankfein. He believed this loss was the bank’s “single most serious threat to its long-run survival.” “It makes me ill how callously people talk about ripping their

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by STAFF REPORTER GOLDMAN Sachs Group has seen $2.15bn of its market value wiped out after a midlevel executive, the Johannesburg-born Greg Smith, slammed CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s management and the firm’s treatment of clients. London-based Smith hit the news after publishing his open resignation letter in the New York Times last week, calling the Wall Street bank “morally bankrupt.” After Smith made the accusations, the shares dropped 3,4% in New York trading on Wednesday, the third-biggest decline in the 81-company Standard & Poor’s 500 financials index. Smith, who resigned as executive director and head of the firm’s US equity derivatives business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, had worked for Goldman Sachs for 12 years, starting as a summer intern. He joined the

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After quarter of a decade, Paul Simon brings Ladysmith Black Mambazo and his Graceland line-up to London for an incredible one-off show in Hyde Park.

WIN tickets to see Jerry Seinfeld live! p10 PROUD MOTHER: 36-year-old South African superstar Charlize Theron has adopted a baby boy named Jackson. The actress, who stars as the Evil Queen in an up-and-coming version of Snow White, was said to be a very proud mother. Read more at www.thesouthafrican.com/news

clients off. Over the last 12 months I have seen five different managing directors refer to their own clients as ‘muppets’, sometimes over internal e-mail.” The bank, whose client list ranges from governments to major international companies, was quick to deny the accusations levelled by Smith, saying they were “disappointed” by his assertions. Smith’s letter has attracted a great deal of public comment, many

questioning why it took him so long to come to this realisation. But his former King David High School teacher has come to his defence. “He was a remarkable young man, exceptionally intelligent with an integrity that is probably unequalled,” Elliot Wolf, a retired headmaster said in an interview with Reuters. Wolf taught for 34 years at the private Jewish school Smith attended in Johannesburg ...continued on page 3

Jerry Seinfeld will be giving two rare live stand-up comedy performances in the UK this year and thanks to Live Nation we have tickets to give away to some very lucky readers.

SA Power 100: Reg Bamford | p13 As world croquet champion and CEO of 1st Contact & Sable Wealth, this Capetonian is a big hitter in the business realm.

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“A remarkable man with high principles” continued from page 1... before winning a scholarship to Stanford University in the US. Wolf called the banker “An absolutely remarkable man with high principles. That was already part of his character when he was very, very young.” In his letter, Smith named his proudest moments in life as: “Getting a full scholarship to Stanford, being selected as a Rhodes Scholar national finalist, and winning a bronze medal for table tennis at the Maccabiah Games, known as the Jewish Olympics.” He said these achievements had “all come through hard work, with no shortcuts. Goldman Sachs today has become too much about shortcuts and not enough about achievement. It just doesn’t feel right to me anymore.”

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On Human Rights Day Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo will reunite at Hyde Park.

Graceland comes to London by NICOLE HOLGATE FOLLOWING the announcement that rockumentary Under African Skies, examining the impact of Paul Simon’s album Graceland in South Africa, will feature in the London Sundance film festival, Simon has been confirmed to headline Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park on 15 July. Alongside other hits, he will perform groundbreaking masterwork Graceland in its entirety. He will be joined on stage by Jimmy Cliff on songs including ‘Harder They Come’ and ‘Too Many Rivers To Cross’, before Ladysmith Black Mambazo take to

the stage for a Graceland reunion, a UK first since 1987. “Graceland is considered one of the greatest of albums of all time,” said Hamish Dodds, President and CEO of Hard Rock International. “We look forward to welcoming Paul Simon to the Hard Rock Calling stage and celebrating Graceland’s 25th anniversary.” Hard Rock Calling takes place from 13 to 15 July 2012. The 2011 shows saw more than 150,000 music fans flock to Hyde Park for a weekend of live music. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 23 March and are priced at £55 plus booking fee.

ON 21 March 1960, 69 people lost their lives in Sharpeville. They were protesting against the pass laws intended to segregate South Africans and restrict the movements of the non-white population. Today it is commemorated as Human Rights Day in South Africa, and recognized as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by Unesco. The event has particular resonance this year as in 2011 people around the world mobilised to claim their universal human rights. Human Rights Day exists to celebrate the progress that’s been made in South Africa, and the sacrifices it entailed. The end of apartheid brought the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which sought to investigate human rights violations under apartheid and ensure a commitment to a future

where those kinds of abuses could not happen again. This was a critical component of South Africa’s transition to a democracy, and has since been held up as a model for similar bodies around the world. South Africa is at the forefront of many human rights issues today. The Ibrahim Index of African Governance placed South Africa third in the continent for participation and human rights, and in March last year South Africa showed global leadership by submitting a UN resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity. The resolution affirmed South Africa’s strong stance on the issue and was passed after a tense and close vote. It was widely seen as a historic moment in the fight for the rights of lesbian, gay and transgender people. Human Rights Day reminds us we cannot afford to be complacent. South Africa must continue to stand up for the ideals of inclusion and tolerance and have the courage to confront human rights issues both at home and internationally. Avi Lasarow has been appointed by the South African High Commission as Honorary Consul for South Africa to the Midlands.

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Chanda’s Secrets: Read the book, then watch the movie

Debbie Myburg reviews Chanda’s Secrets, the book award-winning South African film Life Above All is based upon By DEBBIE MYBURG EVER since I watched the awardwinning movie Life, Above All I’ve been keen to read the book it’s based on. I’m glad I did, for Allan Stratton’s novel Chanda’s Secrets is a beautiful story that will be kept on my books-to-never-recycle pile. After reading this story, I was utterly stunned to read that the author is not even South African. He is in fact Canadian and he travelled to SA, Zimbabwe and Botswana in order to gain insight for this particular novel. As he travelled around the sub-Saharan region he was introduced to various inspiring people who work to fight HIV/AIDS. Stratton was compelled to write this book out of his own experiences in these countries and equally for his time spent as a caregiver for friends in the final stages of the disease. It’s certainly evident that Stratton has done his homework. He paints a picture of an ordinary life at a cattle post, a setting we can all clearly picture. He adds to this his dramatic and passionate storytelling to capture what it must be like to live with this disease and its effects on individuals, families and a community. The novel tells of Chanda, a teenager who fights to rescue the people she loves despite some appalling circumstances. Her enduring loyalty, fearlessness

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and strength are astounding and inspiring. Above all, it’s a novel that talks about living with the truth- an important lesson for SA where AIDS still has an incredibly negative stigma attached to it. Publisher Barry Cunningham writes. “I wanted to publish this book, not because it’s about Aids and what it means to grow up in a community so threatened and changed, but because it is an outstanding and moving novel about the strength of the human spirit.” It’s no wonder that the book has won the American Library Association’s Michael L Printz

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Oor hoe vinnig hulle groot word DIE meeste mense se daaglikse omgangstaal is deurspek met cliché’s, maar die nommer-een baba-cliché, wat in oormaat die rondte doen en in óns geval hoogs relevant is, moet die immergroen “ag, hy word tog so vinnig groot” wees. Want kyk, ons Ben het nou regtig sy voete gevind. En nou gaan dit keer op keer reguit na sy mond toe. So ook enige ander voorwerp waarop hy sy poffertjies kan lê. Speelgoed, boeke, selfone, afstandbeheerders - niks is gevrywaar teen ‘n tydige (of ontydige) spoegdeurdrenkingsessie nie. As dit daarin kon pas, sou hy sweerlik sy voedingstoel ook in daardie pap bekkie gedruk het. Gepraat van etenstyd – wat vir Ben kennelik die hoogtepunt van sy dag is, is vir my en sy ma ‘n okkasie wat intense konsentrasie en ongeëwenaarde fokus verg. Vir my omrede ek soos ‘n wafferse glipveldwerker moet poog om sy kos tussen die tafelblad en die vloer te onderskep. Vir sy ma omdat sy haar allerbeste moet gee om seker te maak dat die meeste van sy kossies darem by die regte kant van daardie ewig-wriemelende lyfie ingaan. Dis seker voortydig om te wil beweer dat ons baba sy velsorg vooropstel, maar dat hy telkens na ete soos ‘n

vrou by ‘n gesondheidsoord lyk, is nie altemit nie. Met avokadopeer wat sy gesig van hoek tot kant bedek, is komkommerskywe op sy ogies al wat nog kortkom vir hom om as ‘n Clinque-model te kwalifiseer. ‘n Onafwendbare nadraai van grootword, so het ek tot my argwaan geleer, is tandekry. En tandekry is nie vir sissies nie. Dosis na dosis Calpol ten spyt. Dis ‘n geween en ‘n gekners van tandvleise, met ‘n deurgaanse behoefte aan liefkosings, wat kortkort met doodgewone mislikheid afgewissel word. Die babaweergawe van PMS, dus. Net soos Suster Lillian se Babasorgboek ons gewaarsku het, het die ‘ondersoekende vernielsugtigheid’ onlangs kop uitgesteek. Sy Opwipkoekeloerboek is ‘n sprekende voorbeeld van hierdie onrusbarende tendens. Die arme papierdiertjies wou-wou nog agter hul kartonblaadjies uit loer, toe word hul koppe met al die mag wat deur ‘n 10-maande oue armpie bymekaargeskraap kan word, van hul lyfies afgeruk. En nou is die imponerende Opwipkoekeloerboek onseremonieel gereduseer tot net... wel...’n boek. Fluit-fluit, jou storie is uit. Alhoewel hy nog nie kan praat nie, het onse Ben jou werklik ontpop in ‘n voorslag tussenganger vir gesprekke tussen sy ma en my. Ek sal byvoorbeeld doodonskuldig lê en krieket kyk wanneer die subliminale boodskappe uit die kamer langsaan begin sypel: “... ons moet gou maak, want pappa gaan nou-nou jou kamer vir jou stofsuig...en wanneer ek jou doek omgeruil het, gaan pappa jou bietjie parkie toe vat...en het jy geweet páppa gaan jou vanaand bad?” en so aan. Om op só ‘n jeugdige ouderdom reeds ‘n bedrewe gesprekstussenganger te wees, sit wraggies nie in elke ou se doek nie. Maar op ‘n LOL-vrye noot: as die laaste tien maande enigsens ‘n rigsnoer moet wees van wat nog vir ons voorlê, kan ek my opgewondenheid skaars beteuel. Ek kan nie wág om elkeen van sy volgende ontwikkelingsfases syaan-sy saam met hom te beleef nie, maar vir nou is een ding vir seker: hy word heeltemal te vinnig groot.

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Tutu book honours “strident yet tender” icon A new book on Archbishop Desmond Tutu looks at his influential life

By DEBRA WIDDICOMBE THE remarkable story of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s courage, faith, perseverance and lifelong commitment to the liberation of the oppressed has been explored in Tutu: The Authorised Portrait, a coffee table book published in late 2011. Tutu was born in Klerksdorp in 1931 and trained as a teacher because his family couldn’t afford to send him to medical school, although he apparently would’ve preferred to have studied medicine. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1960. Tutu then dedicated his life to fighting all forms of oppression, advocating nonviolence, peaceful reconciliation and social justice for all. The book celebrates 80 years of the life of Tutu, an icon whose humanity and compassion have touched millions of lives around the world. It is complemented by an unprecedented collection of images and unpublished artefacts drawn from Tutu’s private files. Cartoons by Zapiro, featuring Tutu, have been included in the middle of the book. Legendary South African journalist Allister Sparks wrote the biography and Tutu’s daughter Reverend Mpho Tutu conducted 40 interviews to gather information about her father’s life. The editor is Doug Adams, founder of Idea Architects, a book and media company that works with visionary authors to create “a wiser, healthier and more just world”. To understand the high esteem with which Tutu is regarded globally, the foreword has been written by Bono (Irish singer and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of Dublin-based rock band U2) and the introduction has been written by His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Nelson Mandela once described Tutu as ‘Sometimes strident, often

Tutu: The Authorised Portrait looks at the legacy of one of SA’s greatest heroes.

tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond’s voice will always be the voice of the voiceless’. You may remember that the term ‘Rainbow Nation’ was coined by Tutu to describe post-apartheid South Africa, after South Africa’s first fully democratic election in 1994. Tutu was the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, as well as the chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He said ‘My humanity is bound up in yours and we can only be human together’. Tutu’s faith shines through

chapters four, seven and 12, where he argues how you can love God and hate your brother, and that we are all God’s children. What he seeks is a shift in the battleground – forsaking armed conflict for the longer and more ennobling struggle against complacency, against selfishness, against revenge and other, darker aspects of human nature. To follow him in this fight is to have your life turned upside down, turning the world the right side up. If you are searching for the book on Amazon or eBay, the publishers of the book are Macmillan, in association with PQ Blackwell.

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with a call for entries which invites African filmmakers to submit documentaries or films up to 31 minutes long. Those selected will then be shown alongside the other films, providing a prestigious chance to gain national recognition. Entries should tackle some of the questions being addressed by the theme of the festival, Modern Africa: • How has Africa become part of the global world through processes such as migration, exile and the increasing role of the African diaspora? • What is Africa’s relationship with the international community in political and economic spheres? • How has the digital revolution affected Africa through the prevalence of technology such as the increasing use of mobile phones, satellite dishes and digital

filmmaking? • How can modern art forms be observed in African cultures such as contemporary dance, architecture, modern street fashion, conceptual art, new fusion musical styles, street art, graffiti, graphic novels and cartoons? • How have African countries found modern, innovative and grassroots solutions to contemporary challenges such as resource control, environmental protection, poverty, conflict resolution, education and economic emancipation? • How has modern life affected African societies and individuals in terms of traditional customs and rituals, religion, rural community life, family dynamics and the role of women? Details: www.africa-in-motion. org.uk.

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The Call of Africa Did you know if you call Amazon UK today you’ll most likely be greeted with a sunny South African accent? by DAN SWINHOE

HERE is a growing trend among UK companies to move their call centres to South Africa. Apart from the traditional cost savings, the advantages are European time zones, fluency in English and easily understood accents. Add good infrastructure and newer, more reliable lines and you have the reasons South Africa has won a significant percentage of the new BPO business over the last three years. Companies such as Amazon, Shell, ASDA, Barclays and Virgin Mobile have all established centers in SA. The BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) sector, where companies outsource operations such as customer service, deliveries and technical help, is an industry worth billions annually employing in excess of 200,000 people worldwide. “South Africa has matured as a BPO destination and is fast becoming one of the most competitive service destinations in the market,” said Patrick Gordon,

head of marketing at BPeSA, a leading BPO company in the Western Cape. “South Africans also have cultural affinity with the UK market.” Currently half of South Africa’s offshore operations demand comes from the UK. The main rivals for this business aredominant India and

“SA has matured as a Business Process Outsourcing destination and is becoming one of the most competitive service destinations” the Philippines. The South African government has put BPO as one of its top three priority sectors. In the Western Cape, the number of call agents has risen by 40% since 2008 and from 20,000 to 28,000 in 2012. It’s a sector that could potentially be worth R 2.4 billion in the next three years. Readers of The South African who have been subject to shoddy

connections and poor line quality in SA might be surprised to hear of these developments in the communications-based industry. “This has been an area of concern in the past, but with the arrival of a number of new cables, the speed and quality of voice and data has improved significantly,” Gordon said. ASDA BPO representative Jo Newbould said their customers were very happy with both the service, call quality and the accent clarity that South Africans provide. Last year ASDA’s offshore workforce increased by 10% to support their music, game & video business. In terms of the demographics in the call centres, the culture in SA differs significantly from the UK. Due to unemployment in the new job market, UK call centres often attract graduates looking to leave as soon as better offers materialise. Not so in South Africa according to Patrick. “Call centre work in South Africa is quickly developing into a respected long-term career,

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Naturalised South African, Gareth Pritchard, took over as CEO of BPeSA Western Cape at the beginning of last year and has been involved with BPO in SA for over a decade. He talked to TheSouthAfrican.com: What was your BPO background before BPeSA? I set up and ran Lufthansa Process Management, a Lufthansa subsidiary, in 1998. We ran a non-voice Business Process Outsourcing operation in Cape Town. This was effectively sold to Teleperformance, the world’s largest call centre outsourcer. One of the biggest complaints from UK consumers is cultural

with 93% of the staff in the Western Cape now permanent. “Generally South Africa has a low attrition rate; driven by an appreciation for having a job, a happy work environment and staff benefits.” Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg are the main cities of choice for foreign investors. This is thanks to quality infrastructure showcased in the 2010 World Cup, a large pool of Englishspeaking graduates and cost savings and incentives offered by the government (SA produces three

gaps (e.g. a person in India not knowing where Putney was). How have you engaged with that issue? We see this as a strength for South Africa and a pivotal argument in our value proposition. There is no offshore location with such a strong cultural affinity as SA. Is there potential for BPO beyond call centre work, i.e. down-the-wire tech sales? Our main focus is call centres because that’s where the most jobs will be generated. However our strong domain skills in legal and financial services will also enable us to generate jobs higher up the value chain. I am a business looking to ship some of my services offshore - what’s my first move? Contact the DTI in London - SA High Commission: 0207 7451 7236. Or BPeSA Business Process enabling South Africa: 0027 21 427 2900. www.bpesa.org.za

times as many qualified actuaries as India). The Western Cape has more than 125 call centre operations alone, with some (such as Virgin Mobile) having being set up there nearly a decade ago. Nations out east still own the vast majority of the worldwide BPO share, but continue to frustrate many customers from the UK. “South Africa does not see itself as a direct competitor to countries such as India and the Philippines,” said Patrick. “Rather it’s an alternative for companies looking at quality English voice services.”

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Euro’s modest recovery helps to steady the Rand THE Rand began trading on12 March around the 11.86 mark against its British counterpart and 9.93 to the Euro. The Rand closed significantly weaker on 16 March at 11.96 to the British Pound and 9.96 to the Euro. Reserve bank governor Gill Marcus said that South Africa is likely to face stronger inflationary

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pressures as demand for the Rand increases and other external factors continue to bear a heavy weight on the local currency. The South African economy is still struggling to recover from numerous external shocks over the past year. This has been a motivating factor to keep rate hikes on hold, but under the

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CEO of 1st Contact, Sable Wealth | World Croquet Champion by GORDON GLYN-JONES

BULLET BIOGRAPHY • Born: 1967 in Cape Town • School: Bishops, Cape Town • Graduated: UCT with a postgraduate BCom in 1989 • Qualified as a Chartered Accountant: Deloitte in Cape Town in 1992 • Lived in London: since 1992 • Former employers: Prudential, Swiss Bank Corporation, Bankers Trust • Founded 1st Contact: Sept 1996 to current: Founder, owner and CEO • Married to: Adrienne (South African). Two sons, Alex and Oliver • Other Interests: Golf, skiing and holidaying in Arniston • Current World Croquet Champion: Also 2001, 2005, 2009, top 3 since 1999

You came to the UK as a newly qualified chartered accountant, Christmas 1992. There is a common perception that people came here to flee or to cash in. What were your reasons? Well, truth be told, I had a military call-up up to Potgietersrus for two years. I tried to get my father, a Member

of Parliament at the time, to pull some strings for a posting to Simon's Town but he refused. So I thought, right, I'll go to England for a year or so and see what happens. The prospect of being shouted at by a 20-year-old didn’t appeal to me. There was a time when if you were a South African in UK you were highly likely to use 1st Contact. How did the project come about? I suppose I always had my eyes open for an opportunity and I took advantage of the fact that I was South African and understood the Commonwealth experience. I was a chartered accountant and had bought a Limited Company from a small Kiwi company and thought, hang on a minute, I can do what they do. How did 1st Contact expand so quickly? 1st Contact operated in a market where you could rely on word of mouth as long as you offered a great service. South Africans,

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popping up to offer more value if you cannot. Tell us an interesting story related to your job? I arrived back in SA in November 2001, after 12 years away, with a deep sense of purpose, ready to make a difference with the skills I had acquired. I’ve always been a sports enthusiast and as a passionate Sharks fan I was disappointed when they fared so badly that year. I was convinced I could help them gel better as a team and improve their results the following year. I was a member of the gym where they trained and would often see Kevin Putt there, the Sharks coach at the time. One day I introduced myself and told him what I believed I could do for the team. I knew he might be sceptical as he’d probably had similar offers in the past. I was right. When I told him I would do it for no charge, he smiled and said, “Nobody does anything for free, what’s the catch?” I said I merely wanted half an hour of his time to explain how I could help. If there were favourable results, we could then discuss a mutually beneficial relationship. I got my meeting, the team responded well and I worked with them throughout that season, which saw them go to the Currie Cup final only to lose narrowly to the Bulls at Loftus. I made some great friends and learnt a lot about myself too. Future plans? I want to work with ex-military personnel who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, helping them to deal with the trauma of war. I know how war can tear families apart and prevent individuals living a normal healthy life, and I have a couple of projects coming

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Taking the train to the wonderful wines of Oz Experience another side of Australia by going on a trip through the Hunter Valley vineyards, two hours from Sydney

by ROB CROSSAN THE sound of my carriage rushing over tracks that run endlessly into the perfectly still Australian night seemed like the greatest sleep aid of all time. And for somebody who rarely gets a good night’s kip at the best of times I never thought shut-eye contentment would come aboard a bunk bed. But Country Link, the national Australian rail carrier, has long been providing the most comfy, if not the quickest, route between the main cities of Melbourne and Sydney. If pennies are tight your best bet is to secure yourself a reclining seat in one of the trains that pulls out of Melbourne station each evening at 8pm. But for some romance and privacy the first class cabins are a treat. There’s a hot shower right next to the cabin that I only had to share with one other cabin and my friendly guard Dave seemed less interested in checking my ticket and far more eager to discuss his own British roots. “Do the trains in England have showers like this?” he asks me. I daren’t reply the truth that on most British trains you’re lucky to get so much as a dirty sink between 60 people in one carriage. After making my bed for me, Dave took my order for dinner. Just like on a plane, meals are served to you at your seat and my pasta carbonara was a huge leap upwards in quality from the pre-heated fare we get back in Blighty. In first class you also get breakfast and a snack box filled with crisps, sandwiches and chocolate in case you get hungry during the night.. Arriving in central Sydney at the height of morning rush hour is an assault on the senses after 12 hours of being wrapped in my own little cabin, but luckily my meeting point was barely outside the station - to take a minibus trip into the Hunter Valley, one of Australia’s prime wine growing regions with Boutique Tours. Barely two hours from Sydney, the Valley is part of an entirely different Australia with verdant hills, lush fields and an incredible 140 vineyards within a 20-minute drive. Before the imbibing began in earnest with

Tips for your trip: • Fly from London Gatwick to Melbourne via Kuala Lumpar with Air Asia www.airasia.com • Travel with Country Link sleeper trains between Melbourne and Sydney www.countrylink.info • Take a gourmet wine tour with ‘Boutique Tours’ boutiquetoursaustralia. com.au • Visit the Hunter Valley www.visitnsw.com

Hunter Valley is the perfect place to sample local wines and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Australia’s lush countryside and vast stretches of vineyards. Photos by Andreas Smetana (left), James Pipino (right) and Jann Tuxford (below). Courtesy of Destination New South Wales.

our guide Steve, who has been running these tours for nearly 30 years, we lunched at The Cellar, a glamorous venue with a huge stone fireplace and a veritable forest of plants. The set lunch menu includes a zesty glass of locally produced Verdelho white wine accompanied by a sumptuous dish of John Dory with ratatouille and potatoes. The afternoon was spent negotiating Steve’s favourite vineyards. We sampled vino galore at the Pepper Tree, Wandin Valley, and got a chance to get up close with some impressively macho strength cheese at the ‘Hunter Valley Cheese Company’. Unsurprisingly, late afternoon brought on a strong urge for a nap, and the Bluebush Estate allowed me to check in slightly early to get acquainted with their huge rooms looking out onto the owner’s small vineyard, tennis court and covered pool. A spectacular thunderstorm broke out over the valley that night. But as the thunder subsided and grumbled into the distance the sound, coaxing me into a deep sleep, reminded me of the clatter of the sleeper train wheels racing once again back to Melbourne on its sedate journey through one of this country’s most beautiful regions.

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Support for Team Zimbabwe: London Olympics The Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympics 2012 Support Network is calling on people to help their visiting athletes

by HEATHER WALKER YOU may be wondering how to support your national team at the London Olympics. Well, there are many opportunities for Zimbabweans in the UK to contribute to the success of Team Zimbabwe. This is according to Busi Chindove, Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) Chef de Mission to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, at her recent address to Zimbabweans in London.This event was hosted by the new Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympics 2012 Support Network in partnership with the Zimbabwe Business Network. Chindove, like the other board members of the ZOC, is

a volunteer of the International Olympic Committee-funded body. She said there will be an Africa Village based in Hyde Park for the duration of the Games. All Olympic Committees from Africa will be represented there and it will showcase of Africa's people and products. “It will be a place for networking between Zimbabweans and athletes, and a platform to celebrate our successes. We would love Zimbabweans in the UK to come along and meet our athletes there.” Chindove said they were looking for genuine Zimbabwean goods to sell at the village. Other entrepreneurial opportunities include branded merchandise and sponsorship of the official team kit.

There will be a pre-Games training camp in the UK and athletes will need accommodation, transport etc. “We're looking for partnerships and we want to hear your ideas on how to get involved in supporting our team,” Chindove said. Offers of support from those present at the meeting included spiritual guidance for the team members, marketing the athletes to the global community, and helping the athletes to inspire UK diaspora youth. Chindove said Zimbabweans who have already qualified include three marathon runners and two rowers. “Athletes have until May to qualify and we're fairly confident that many more of ours will do so.” She said Zimbabwe's

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Mugabe is “spirit medium”

by JONATHAN WALDHEIM RESPECTED author, lecturer in English literature and expert in Zimbabwean heritage Vimbai Gukwe Chivaura has caused a stir in Zimbabwe by announcing that Robert Mugabe will “never die” and that his spirit will live on. Speaking to traditional chiefs at a conference on Friday in Bulawayo, Chivaura insisted that Mugabe was not only their leader in person but also in spirit, declaring, “We will continue fighting the British and other imperialists using his spirit”. This public show of loyalty to Mugabe as a symbol of defiance follows the donation last Friday by Kenyan spiritual leaders of a gown owned by the late General Gaddafi.

Busi Chindove, Zimbabwe Olympic Committee Chef de Mission to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

medal chances for swimming and long jump were particularly good. As each country has been allocated Olympic tickets there are still a few left for Zimbabweans for tennis, athletics and the closing ceremony. These are available from official ticketing

agent fli-afrika.com. Applicants need to provide a copy of their Zimbabwean passport. To get involved in supporting the team e-mail Dr Knox Chitiyo of the Zimbabwe Diaspora Olympics 2012 Support Network: knoxchitiyo@yahoo.com

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TEAM SA @ THE LONDON OLYMPICS by RONEL VAN ZYL SOUTH African pentathlete Karina Gerber’s sights are firmly set on the London Olympics 2012. She’s dually based in South Africa and London, the last seven years mostly in South West London. Karina is originally from Pretoria, where she studied Adventure Tourism at the Tshwane University of Technology. I met her while she was training in the UK, and later chatted to her on Skype in between her hectic training schedule. When did you first take part in Pentathlon and what is it about? My first introduction to Modern Pentathlon was in 1996. I fell in love with the sport the moment I became aware of it. I came from a swimming and running

background and in 1997 I started fencing, shooting and horse riding. It was a huge undertaking. In 1998 I competed in my first international competition for South Africa and qualified for the World Championships in that same year. The primary wish of Pentathlon’s creator Pierre de Coubertin was for it to be educational. It is a comprehensive sport, testing the physical and mental capabilities of the athlete. On the physical side, swimming and running are the basic disciplines. On the mental side, shooting requires stress control and a precise technique. On the intellectual side, fencing requires adaptability and intelligence; riding an unknown horse requires a mix of adaptability, self-control

and courage. What was the highlight of your achievements to date? After only three years in the sport I was the first South African woman to compete at Olympic level in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. I came 18th out of 24 athletes. What happened between 2000 and now? I suffered a number of setbacks in the intervening years, including a cycling accident in London while training for the 2008 Olympics. But I ended the past international season with a third place at the African championships in Egypt in July 2011. I was also nominated as one of three ladies

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for the Boland Senior Sportswoman of the Year at the end of 2011. You showed true mettle by bouncing back and resurrecting your dream to compete in the Olympics. “Amateurs practice to get it right; champions train until they cannot do it wrong, ”by JP O’Connor is one of my favourite quotes! When is your next competition? My next competition will be the women’s international ranking competition in Bern, Switzerland on 24 and 25 March. After that it is

World Cup 3 in Szazhalombata, Hungary, from 12-15 April followed by World Cup 4 in Rostov, Russia from 19-22 April. The last possible place for me to qualify will be at the World Championships in Rome, Italy from 7 to 13 May. All the different pieces of equipment for pentathlon must be expensive. How do you fund your sport? The training, travelling and competition expenses until qualification are for my own pocket, making the challenge even bigger. For these four competitions I need to raise around £5,000, which will cover only the basics. I’m in need of sponsors and am very appreciative of

everyone’s support and encouragement on this often lonely road. What are your future plans? After the 2012 Modern Pentathlon season I want to start ploughing back into the sport. I intend to start concentrating on coaching future South African world champions and possible Olympic medallists.

Who’s your favourite SA Olympic team mascot? by KWAME WILSON ADVERTISING agencies across South Africa were asked to come up with a South African mascot for the Olympic and Paralympic teams at the London 2012 Games, one that truly symbolises everything great about SA. The competition has been whittled down to six finalists that have been showcased in magazines such as You, Drum and Huisgenoot. Although South Africans based in the UK cannot participate as the competition is SMS-based, we’d like to know your thoughts on all the mascots, and which one you think represents South Africa in the best way. The life-sized mascot with the most number of votes is expected to be unveiled to the general public in Johannesburg on 4 April, at the same event where the national kit for the Olympics and Paralympics

will be launched. Below are the six finalists. Which one do you think is best equipped to spur our country on to sporting glory ahead of the

summer games in London? Let the debate begin! Leave a comment on our website to tell us what you think . www.thesouthafrican.com/sport

The mascots (from left to right): Chikuru the Rhino; SizeYA’s hair represents the South African flag; Ebee, the friendly bee; Zanzi is an African wild dog; Katsi is a serval; and Ubhejani is a rhino who symbolises strength and unity as a nation.

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England). He will also grumble at the point that only once in 14 attempts has his team beaten South Africa, Australia or New Zealand, and that win came in November 2008 against the Wallabies. But the point is this; Wales are on the ascendancy and Gatland and his support staff are at the ROB FLUDE centre of this reincarnation. They seem to be returning to the glory years of the 1970s, which threw up household names such as JPR Williams, Phil Bennett and Mervyn Davies (who incidentally passed away last week). They have WELSH coach Warren Gatland been threatening to realise their is a fierce competitor, something collective talent for quite some borne acutely from his Kiwi roots. time, and it seems any rugby scribe He doesn’t like losing, and lets worth his salt has been predicting whichever team he is at the helm big things of this team of late. A of cop an absolute bollocking if Gatland-inspired choice of young they don’t perform to his high pup Sam Warburton as skipper has standards. On the eve of the paid dividends tenfold, and making championship - and Grand Slam big calls such as dropping Stephen - deciding match against France Jones has also seen the team kick this past weekend, Gatland was onto the next level. only concerned with one thing: The question is whether winning at Wales can all costs. He sustain this Gatland has not been one momentum cared not for its manner, and challenge for fanciful gameplans merely its the Wallabies and describing utopian presence. on their June rugby philosophies; he has three-test tour, Gatland has not always just been a strong and also if been one they have a advocate for results. for fanciful four-year plan gameplans to culminate and describing utopian rugby in success in the 2015 Rugby philosophies; he has always just World Cup. Furthermore, Gatland been a strong advocate for results. is odds-on favourite to be the However – and this is what sets Lions coach for next year’s series him apart from other coaches – his against the Wallabies, which will gameplan for the Welsh is indeed add further weight to his already exciting and adventurous, yet with bulging rugby CV. a solid platform in the forwards. What is known is that the This approach has served him well, man from the Waikato has been as he is clearly not as blessed with breathing fire into the Welsh team the players at his disposal as his since his debut, and it seems he has native New Zealand, who regularly now finally got his house in order seem to farm out performers of the and discovered what it will take to ilk of Dan Carter, Israel Dagg and get Wales challenging the big guns Richie McCaw. of the rugby world. The Welsh have, in a little over four years under Gatland’s tutelatge, now claimed two Six Nations titles, two Grand Slams and two Triple Crowns, as well as reaching a World Cup semifinal. There is one stat that will irk the straight-talking coach though – they have only won 55% of his tests in charge, as well as very rarely having beaten sides above The Welsh rugby team could be them in the rankings (indeed there returning to their glory days. Photo by was a two-year hiatus of this Martyn Hutchby. feat until their recent win over

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by STAFF REPORTER outh Africa wrapped up the second Test against New Zealand by nine wickets inside three days in Hamilton on Saturday, thanks to Vernon Philander, who produced the best figures of his early career. The tourists needed just 20 overs to reach the 101-run target after New Zealand’s second innings crumbled Philander took six for 44, to add to his four first-innings wickets, dismissing the hosts for

168 in their second innings. The Proteas achieved their victory target with minimum fuss thanks to a half-century from skipper Graeme Smith. It put South Africa, who wrapped up victory before tea on day three, 1-0 up in the three-match series after the first Test was drawn. Smith was not out on 55 with Hashim Amla on 46. But the big win was set up by 26-year-old star paceman Philander. Playing in only his sixth Test, he produced the

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