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INSIDE: Wedding in the Winelands | p18 CCTV footage shows Shrien Dewani, followed by taxi driver Zola Tongo, entering the internet room at the Cape Grace Hotel, where the handing over of the alleged payment for organising Anni Dewani’s murder took place.

DID SA POLICE SLIP UP ON DEWANI CASE? BBC documentary points fingers at police handling of murder case

by HEATHER WALKER WHY was Shrien Dewani never questioned as a suspect in his wife Anni’s murder? And why did the South African police overlook major discrepancies in suspect statements relating to her death? These are some of the allegations in The Honeymoon Murder, aired by the BBC the night before a verdict in Shrien Dewani’s appeal against his extradition to South Africa was set to be announced in London. The TV documentary contained

‘never before seen’ footage from the Cape Grace Hotel’s security cameras, showing the newlywed Dewanis hours before their taxi was hijacked and Anni murdered in Khalelitsha. British businessman Shrien is accused of plotting to have her killed on their honeymoon in November 2010. For many, hopes that Friday’s High Court outcome would bring them a step closer to finding the answers to the questions posed in the documentary were shattered when it was announced instead

that the appeal had been halted. Portions of the trial will now be reheard in September, which was when South African authorities had anticipated Dewani would stand trial alongside his three co-accused in Cape Town. As the case drags on due to Shrien’s mental health problems, it could be a long time before the couple’s families, friends and the public get the answers to the questions posed by The Honeymoon Murder. By portraying Shrien as first

a besotted husband and later a shocked and grieving widower, the CCTV footage casts aspersions on the South African authorities’ objectivity in the case. The presenter Jeremy Vine asked, “Why are [the SA police] so certain Dewani is guilty without ever having interviewed him as a suspect, despite numerous opportunities to do so?” Vine also revealed that while the police had said Anni was shot once, execution-style, the official continued on page 3...

We review Bakenhof Guest House, a wedding venue at the entrance to the Paarl winelands, set against a backdrop of sweeping views across the surrounding vineyards and mountains.

Pinotage on Tap festival hits UK | p5 The renowned Pinotage on Tap festival will go beyond the borders of South Africa for the first time with a special edition in the UK this summer.

The Greatest Showdown on Earth | p12 South Africa and Australia are engaged in a furious rivalry for the chance to host a machine so powerful it will be able to see back to the beginning of time

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Sistas from the South 2nd anniversary in Bristol Date: 4 Apr il, 6-9.30pm Venue: Spring Garden Tavern, Bristol Sistas From The South, a group of Southern African women who get together every month in a Bristol pub for a chat/networking, is about to celebrate its second anniversary. More details on the Facebook page: Sistas From The South. SA Business Club: Former SA Deputy President talks on Education Date: 4 April, 6.15-9.43pm Venue: Deloitte, 2 New Street Square London EC4A 3BZ There has been extensive coverage in the press regarding the education standards in South Africa where education and finance ministers are being taken to court over poor standards at state schools. With this in mind, the SA Business Club is honoured to be hosting the former Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa,

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Madiba’s life goes digital Nelson Mandela Centre for Memory and Google launch interactive archive of Mandela’s life

by COLIN MACRAE IN a world first for a political figure, the Nelson Mandela Centre for Memory in partnership with Google has launched the Nelson Mandela Digital Archives. A comprehensive interactive overview of the life and times of who Google calls “the most inspirational leader of the 20th century”. Empathising the global significance of the project, the launch event in Johannesburg on Tuesday 27 March was live streamed to London, Tel Aviv and Paris through a Google hangout. Memory resources documenting the life and times of Mandela, as fitting a leader of his stature, can be found in an extraordinary range of locations, both within South Africa and internationally. The Nelson Mandela Centre for Memory has tried to locate those archives and where possible digitalise them to curate the life of Mandela, facilitate research and encourage interaction by freeing up access to the archives. Though, until now public access has been limited by geographical, financial and often technical restrictions. The online digital archive consists of never before seen

A screenshot of the Mandela Digital Archives.

original documents, photographs and diaries from Mandela’s personal collections as well as a historical overview and video clips. The site has a three tier approach: archival, narrative and user-generated. As a living archive it will be continuously updated as users are encouraged to contribute their own personal testimonies through integrated social media.

Although Google has supplied the technical resources and platform, the content will remain the copyright of the Centre and they will decide what content is accessed in line with the foundation’s ethos of public access and preservation. This is seen by Google as a flagship project of their new Cultural Institute and it’s hoped its democratising access to content

ethos is a model that can be rolled in other areas. In response to the unique challenges to Africa, Google is working on making the content available in other languages and considering mobile centres to bring the archives to areas that have been historically excluded from the information superhighway. Visit the Mandela archive: archive.nelsonmandela.org

News SA police implicated in Dewani’s case

....continued from page post-mortem report showed multiple bullet wounds, indicating she may have been trying to escape from the taxi. Vine said that massive inconsistencies in the statement by taxi driver Zola Tongo had been accepted by the SA authorities without challenge. For example, Tongo claimed the four SA murder accomplices asked for R25,000 between them, but later said Dewani agreed to pay only R15,000. He originally said Dewani would pay him R5,000 for finding a hitman but subsequently said he received only R1,000. Which leads one to wonder – why would a taxi driver with a fairly well-paying job take such a big risk for R1,000? And if the Dewanis were staying at a £300 a night hotel why couldn’t they afford an airport shuttle as Shrien claimed, instead choosing illegal tout Tongo? Lastly, is it really that easy to find a contract killer in SA? The documentary makes it seem like in Cape Town you are only one contact away from a hitman. If you missed it, you can watch The Honeymoon Murder on BBC One iPlayer. www.thesouthafrican.com/news

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On: “Who watched the Dewani documentary on BBC last night? What did you think of it?” A screenshot from the documentary, Afrikaner Blood, by journalist Elles van Gelder and photojournalist Ilvy Njiokiktjien. Source: Youtube.com

On “Video: Rightwing Afrikaner camp prepares teens for war” Visser Paste: You clowns… you’ve just given Malema stand up material for the next 30 years… Eugene Barnes: A new dawn? JiveTime: Malema, here is your challenge! Graeme: That pisses me off – how dare they turn the rainbow nation into naive concept and teach teenagers to hate! Anna: How embarrassing! And to put up a notice saying”God is Love” at the end!!! Ismail: Is this what our new South Africa has become? Shocking…

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Njabulo Thabiso Madlala: I have just seen the Panorama documentary on the Dewani case. I am confused about the intention in making this documentary. What point was it trying to make? That perhaps South African police are corrupt and therefore Dewani is not the only one to blame and therefore maybe should not be extradited? Certainly there was something a bit ironic about it.An underlying message perhaps. It seems clear to me, South Africa is a democratic free country where everyone gets a just trial and there no one is beyond the court of Law. The man claims to be innocent but will not go to South Africa to stand trial and so the case can be resolved. With all the money he has and the best lawyers he can find in the world, the case being so public would make it very hard for any police system to be corrupt in handling it. Yet he is still afraid of going there and my question is, afraid of what exactly? It’s

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the court of law that makes the decisions on who is guilty or not. Not the police. The only person who can solve the puzzle refuses to go and see people who killed his wife put away forever. Suzanne Myburg: Did Dewani pay for this documentary!? It seems that the South African police force is being used as the scapegoat in this case. Noleen Richards: Well the evidence looks wishy-washy and possibly fabricated. If you consider when this happened South Africa was gripped by trying to look good to the rest of the world (during the World Cup months earlier). Frankly they were quite neurotic about anybody questioning the crime rate so bad international publicity of this kind would have had them in a tizzy. Easy solution: make it look like some sinister plot and not down to pure crime! Speak to any South African in SA and they have already found him guilty. Total denial of the crime that happens to people on a daily basis there if you are unlucky enough to find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time! Frankly I doubt he’ll get a fair trial if he is extradited. Chantelle Herne: Well said, Njabulo. Mpozi Ndudane: There is more to this than meets the eye. I promise you! It isn’t as black or white, lots of grey. Dewani could assist the process by coming to SA

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and say his part at least. Njabulo Thabiso Madlala: Whatever the case, let the man take all his British lawyers and teams. Go out to South Africa and stand trial. The people might have found him guilty but the court of law will never give a verdict based on that. If it was my wife, I would go just to make sure the law takes its course. Bad international publicity was always there anyway. I think it’s as perverse to suggest that the police would incriminate the husband just to protect the reputation of the country as saying he did it until the court of law decides it. I remember hearing day in and day out, how is South Africa going to pull it together. People being warned about South Africa and when they went out there, they had the best time. Stuart McLaren: His extradition has been halted again. I feel sorry for Anni’s family. Wonder if Shrien has spoken with them since the murder? The UK press are backing their boy while most South Africans have found him guilty already. It’s a circus, but one that should and can only be ended by Shrien going back to SA to answer questions. Wayne Mark Reyneke: Why does he worry and stress so much if he knows he’s not guilty?

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Graceland film comes to Sundance London ‘Under African Skies’ screens at the Sundance Festival London

by NICOLE HOLGATE HAVING premiered at the 2012 Sundance festival in the United States, Under African Skies, directed by Joe Berlinger, is one of 14 narrative and documentary feature films that have been selected to be part of Sundance London, from 26 to 29 April at the O2 Arena. Berlinger, whose films include landmark documentaries Paradise Lost, about the West Memphis Three, and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, uses Under African Skies to explore Paul Simon’s album Graceland. The album sparked intense political debate on its release, which had Simon accused of breaking the cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end apartheid. Involving many anti-apartheid activists and cultural legends, the documentary is ultimately an exploration of the role of an artist in society. 25 years after its original release, Simon embarked on a reunion concert in South Africa to explain the ‘turbulent birth’ of the album. The independent works chosen are part of Sundance’s desire to help smaller filmmakers expand their remit and reach wider audiences. John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Sundance London grew out of our desire to help American independent filmmakers expand their reach, and we are happy that these 14 filmmakers are joining us on this adventure. Their participation has helped us to not only create a programme for Sundance London that reflects the diversity of our film festival in Park City, but also that helps build an enduring legacy of American stories that speak to international audiences.” The festival also features, among 13 other London premieres, Chasing Ice, an intense time-lapse journey following glaciers by National Geographic photographer James Balog, and SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS, documenting the final 24 hours of the band LCD Soundsystem. And it’s not only about the movies: there will also be performances from producer Tricky and band Placebo, alongside onstage discussions between president and founder of the Sundance Institute, Robert Redford, and musician T Bone Burnett about the role of music in film. All in all, the decision to bring Sundance to London is one that heralds the beginning of a great, annual, cultural event that should definitely outlast the Olympics.

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SA photographer captures her London neighbours

East Dulwich has been Hailey Jean Flee’s home for the past two and a half years. When given the chance to show her work, the photographer decided to start a new project and make it about the community itself by CHIARA PALAZZO EARLIER this month South African photographer Hailey Jean Flee held her first solo exhibition in London, at the T.Co.Se gallery (a small space at the bottom of a staircase squeezed between the Palmerston and the Dulwich Cafe). The theme of the exhibition was, Show me the object that you value the most. The one you always manage to keep around. Your special ‘thing’. Hailey Jean has shown us her camera and asked fellow Dulwich inhabitants to do the same. East Dulwich has been Hailey’s home for the past two and a half years. When given the chance to show her work, the photographer decided to start a new project and make it about the community itself. Tim and Hanna, who run T.Co.Se, were excited at the idea of hosting a photographic show in the tiny space; the idea came about quite casually. “I popped into the gallery one day and got talking to Tim and Hanna. I asked them if they did photography exhibitions and they said they could,” she explained. Hailey initially planned to use the gallery to show a selection of

her previous work, but chose to explore her newfound community instead. Community is the key to the project, inspired by the photographer’s need to re-watch daily life through a camera. Hailey captured familiar faces and their objects of choice, in their houses or in the gallery itself, in both colour and black and white. Consistent throughout the body of work is the effort to keep to her candid and casual style; she transfers it onto the exposition by hanging the images with clips and strings, keeping everything “down-to earth and unfussy”. The photographer decides to challenge the viewers; no captions are included so it’s up to them to make up the story behind each shot. Hailey will be known by readers of TheSouthAfrican.com for her images of the ‘Secrecy Bill’ protest and of the Parlotones’ concert in Shepherd Bush, both published last November. While she did photograph a little back in South Africa, her career only really started once she moved to the UK and picked up her brother’s old SLR camera. “My brother, who is also over here, is really into photography, and taught me so

One in a series of 20 photographs that featured in Hailey Jean Flee’s recent exhibition at T.Co.Se gallery in London.

much.” Photography has also managed to strengthen the bond with her father, who passed away a couple of years ago. Hailey inherited his old camera and lenses. She discovered their shared passion and felt the wide gap in their

relationship narrow. Although the show has closed, the 20 photographs can be seen at www.handkphotography. co.uk. Hailey is planning on expanding the Dulwich project and possibly exhibiting it again in a bigger venue. She will now focus

mainly on enlarging her portfolio and promoting the photography business she has started with her husband Kevin Stuart Flee. “I want to travel more and improve my skills, but most of all I just want to keep enjoying photography,” she said.

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Throwing zap signs at the king HEY King Mswati, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Your beard looks like it’s been applied by a finger-painting threeyear-old, and you have terrible taste in ties. You smell like a wet dog eating blue cheese while having a poo into a bucket of rotten eggs. And guess what Mswati? You can’t do a damn thing about me insulting you like this. You can sit there and take it. Suck it up. I thought I’d insult you because, apparently, you consider that within the borders of Swaziland you are immune to anybody not being nice to you. So much so that you have made it illegal. You want to censor Facebook and Twitter, and make it illegal for anybody to criticise you online. Here comes another insult. Mswati, you’re an idiot. A moron, a genuinely stupid der-brain. The citizens of your own country are forbidden from speaking badly about you, even as you wildly spend all their money and act like a proper little tinpot dictator, a small man with shiny clothes. And yet, you imagine that by silencing your people, you will be allowed to continue what you’re doing. “We will be tough on those who write bad things about the king on Twitter and Facebook. We want to set an example,” said your tiny-penised Justice Mgwagwa Gamedze to The Mail & Guardian. “It’s like, the moment Swazi people cross the border to neighbouring countries they begin to go on a campaign to disrespect their own country and king… Surely there is something that must be done with them. There must be a law that can take them to task.” They do it ‘cos he’s useless, Mgwagwa. Even you, with your mini-brain and small appendage, can see see that. Now, I know South Africa’s record on censorship at the moment isn’t great. We have issues of our own. I get that. But at least our government hasn’t actually made plans (yet) to try and censor the Internet. Well, the Youth League has, but they’re even more stupid than you are. And you can’t control or censor the Internet. That’s because it’s impossible. You cannot just shut down social networking because it displeases you. You will always lose. The data will find a way, dripping between the cracks even as you struggle to paper them over with your pathetic laws. You’re already an arrogant twat (I can keep this up all day, pal). You have a huge fortune in a

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MANNERS are missing in action. Gone, forgotten and there is simply no excuse. I do not care for all the drivel of my/your/his/her/ child/youth/aged- whatever rights, if someone hasn’t the slightest common decency anymore. Actually getting a headache from all this ‘rights’ stuff! In the end, whose right is actually right? Too often I have seen the youngest of children swearing at adults without any care for consequence. Swearing at policemen, powerless to deliver a deft ‘klap’ but stand and tolerate the abuse. Teenagers looking like hookers in school uniforms, yelling and shouting on the pavements as if I actually want to hear about their lives. And not only the youth to blame – down to the grumpy old

everybody too (and they should know better). Everyday someone is being rude to someone else – are you one of them? A personal favourite of course, is the mobile phone on public transport. No-one wants to know about your boring life and how cool your ringtone is. What happened to respecting others – is this too old fashioned a concept to expect? What happened to treating others the way you would want them to treat you? I loathe it when someone feels the need to hoot at me the second the light changes? What is that pathetic person proving by putting me in a bad mood? I have done no wrong, am breaking no laws, so why do they need to impart their stupidity so blatantly? I actually find myself saying to myself whenever some shop assistant is rude, just suck it up, because you can walk out of here and go somewhere lovely and they will be stuck here. Some would love to blame the lack of manners on lack of education. Or class. But conscience has no price tag or degree. You know what is

instinctively right or wrong. Manners may be taught but they are simply an extension of doing what is right, of caring. Being belligerent towards others is breaking this system into fragments of ghetto attitude. Bullies are bad manners at their peak. Wish you were MIA instead of your manners. And yet, there are those wellmannered people who continue to rise and in doing so have my faith. The bus driver who waits, one who offers advice, asks how your day is going. The ones who know please and thank you, give you a gap instead of pushing. How easy to break into a grin when someone treats you well. I was asked to write a reference for a young man from South Africa wanting to join the army in England. I have known him a long time and did not hesitate. His true qualities? Impeccable manners towards young and old, great respect for his family and a quiet yet mature attitude. There is such beauty in good manners. Like having pretty eyes, a good physique, a glowing smile. Having good manners only makes you more attractive.

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The Greatest Showdown on Earth South Africa and Australia are engaged in a furious rivalry, not over oil or land (or cricket this time), but for scientific prestige and the chance to host a machine so powerful it will be able to see back to the beginning of the Universe by DAN SWINHOE SOUTH Africa and Australia are competing to host to host the Square Kilometre Array, a machine so powerful it will be able to see traces of stellar activity, post Big Bang. This billion pound telescope will be the most powerful on Earth, running until at least 2050 and employing thousands. Both nations have been working on their bids since 2006 for the chance to become the world leader in astronomy, and the end is very close. The SKA board were expected to announce the winner of the bid when they meet in Amsterdam on 3 April. But after several meetings to discuss the bids and advisory panel findings, the deliberations are so finely balanced that it’s very likely it will take longer for a final decision to be made. The SKA will be 50 times more potent than its predecessors. Made up of 3,000 smaller dishes of three types, the total collecting area will be 1km2. The receptors will be arranged in five spiral arms from a central core, if SA wins the bid, at the Karoo radio astronomy reserve in the Northern Cape, to countries as far as Kenya and Ghana. It will attempt to answer big scientific questions about the beginnings of the Universe, the mysterious dark matter, and Einstein’s theories on gravity. In a week it will collect more information than the human race has measured in its entire history. The final decision will be made by a panel of experts from five countries; China, Italy, the Netherlands Britain and Canada. According to the science journal Nature, a panel has narrowly recommended SA over Australia, but both remain in close contention. So what does SA have to offer? The remote Karoo site boasts clear skies free from light pollution and radio interference, and good infrastructure. The country also offers political stability and a nation dedicated to improving its standing within the scientific community, not to mention cheaper construction costs. The Astronomy Geographical Advantage Bill may be a deciding factor. Passed in 2007, the act declared nearly 300,000 km2 in the

South Africa could soon host the Square Kilometre Array, the most powerful telescope in history. All photos by SPDO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions.

Karoo protected for the SKA, and aims to keep the whole Northern Cape free from interference from transmitters. “At present, people don’t see Africa as a place where you do world-class science, that produces world-class technology. They see it as a place where you do research into things such as food security and health,” said Director of the SKA South Africa Project, Dr Bernie Fanaroff. “South Africa has a ringside seat for observing the Universe, and we are doing our best to bring this mega science instrument to this continent.” Projects are already underway at the Karoo site to prove SA’s ambition. Work on MeerKAT, a precursor to SKA, has begun and

the Northern Cape already hosts companies already employed for SALT (The Southern African the implementation of MeerKAT Large Telescope), one of the is impressive; Sentech to ensure biggest single optical telescopes in radio silence, BVi to manage the world. infrastructure, and EMSS to Winning SKA would be a development the antennae to name massive boost to the country’s a few. Eskom has also promised standing to power a within the substantial South Africa has a ringside scientific amount seat for observing the community, of the Universe, and we are doing our project with as the project best to bring this mega science renewable has a good energy instrument to this continent.” chance of provided by winning solar power Nobel prizes from the project’s plants in the Northern Cape. research. The investment seems to be Hosting the world’s most working. MeerKAT’s first seven powerful telescope would dishes, KAT-7, the produced the inevitably draw foreign investment first atomic hydrogen images of a to South Africa, but the list of SA nearby galaxy. “Our team in the

SKA South Africa project and universities have again shown that they can deliver cutting-edge technology and do excellent science on a very tight schedule,” said Fanaroff. To increase the number of students in Radio Astronomy, bursaries are given out through the SKA South Africa Human Capital Development programme, with a focus on increasing the number and black and female students on board. So far more than 300 students have benefitted from these bursaries Fanaroff has promised that the people working on this project “are destined to be.come experts in future technologies that will be in high demand around the globe.”

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An artist’s impressions of the different types of Square Kilometre Array dishes in the Karoo (above and right).

Dr Bernie Fanaroff, Head of the SKA bid

SKA in numbers: 13.7 billion Years back the telescope will be looking 3,000 Dishes will make up the telescope 100 Scientists currently working on SKA's precursor MeerKAT 2021 Expected completion date €1.5 billion Cost to build €100 million Operating cost per year 40% Of funding expected to come from Europe 20 Countries involved Benefits: • Prestige of hosting one of the biggest scientific projects in the world • Motivation for young people to get into science • Improve the quality and standing of SA universities • Strong potential for Nobel prizes • Thousands of jobs • Potential investment • Big investment in green energy for the project

SA offers: • Cost advantage - would be cheaper to build & operate in SA • Good existing infrastructure at proposed site, making it radio-quiet yet accessible • Relatively close to academic institutions in Stellenbosch, Grahamstown and Cape Town • Shares time zones & skies with Europe, meaning better communication with other institutions, as well as good line connections • Proven capabilities with MeerKAT • Involves many countries in Africa: Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia and Ghana

Oz offers: • Ease of doing business (NZ & Oz ranked 2nd & 9th out of 181 ) • Oz would able to spread the dishes over a wider baseline area • Already hosts several astronomy projects, including the Murchison Radio Astronomy Observatory and the Australian SKA Pathfinder

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have also had a lot of support from their government, but I’m not in a position to say for sure. Will the fact Professor Richard Schilizzi (Director of the international SKA project) was educated in Australia affect the bid? No, I don’t think so Dr Fanaroff studied physics at the University of the Witwatersrand and gained his PhD in Radio Astronomy from Cambridge University. He talked to us about the SKA bid. What will winning the bid mean to the country that gets it? As well as the investment benefit and job creation there’ll be a lot of prestige attached; a lot of attention. What happens to the country that doesn’t win the bid? There is the possibility that members and stakeholders will get together and discuss and see how everyone involved in the bid can benefit from the telescope. How much support have you had from Government? We’ve had a tremendous amount of support from our government, and of course from Africa Union Heads of state, so we’re very happy with the support we’ve had. I think the Australians

How many jobs will the SKA create? For at least 10 years there will be a construction that will involve several thousand people. There will also be manufacturing for the dishes and electronics, and ongoing employment in maintaining the infrastructure, which could involve at least 2,000 technicians, engineers and artisans. Then there will be be all kinds of administrative, catering and accommodation staff and so on, and as a spin-off there will be a lot of visitors to the site. Until there’s a much better idea of the exact design and construction it’s very hard to put numbers on it. If the SKA is built in Africa the spin-off into industry is substantial, so the skills that will be developed and are already being developed by our team will be the basis for a generation of young people with worldclass skills in high tech areas.

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Joseph Nordoff, a Cape Townborn, London-based South African who has invested in gold by buying the odd Kruger Rand here and there, is keen to accelerate his passion and turn it into a second income.

by PAUL HARRISON TRADING gold is an age-old hedge against inflation, but in uncertain times some people are turning to trading gold as an extra revenue stream. The South African quizzed Nik Kalsi and Phil Carr of The Gold & Silver Club to get their top three tips on the process… “Plan your trade and trade your plan” ‘Trading blind’ (buying on a whim) is senseless. In fact it’s not trading, it’s gambling. You need a plan. Before you place a trade you must know the exact setup conditions of the strategy you will be using along with the exact entry and exit criteria. Once you have a plan, stick to it and don’t deviate from it. This requires discipline. If you can do this, you instantly increase your chances of success. An example of a plan is to have a proven successful strategy that you commit to trading on a consistent basis, taking every buy or sell signal as they occur and compounding your returns on every trade. “The trend is your friend” This simply means you should trade with the trend of the market, embracing it to trade in the safer and more profitable direction. Prices are more likely to continue in that same direction than reverse. Hence you have a better chance of making money because about 75% of the time the market will continue to go in the direction of the major trend, gold being a very good example. “Buying is all about timing” Gold has been in an 11-year bull market but it’s important to be able to buy in at the best possible price. An example of this is when the market ‘corrects’ or ‘sells off’ to a degree. When looking at the chart, you would see a pullback from its strong upwards movement giving you a great entry price. Over the last year, three significant pullbacks were in May 2011, Sept 2011 and Dec 2011, all offering great entry points to profit from.

How much gold are you allowed to buy as an individual? Do you physically own it or is it all through a broker? Nik Kalsi: As an individual investor the amount of gold you can own is currently unlimited, however you will be capped on how much gold you can buy in a single transaction. Each country has different laws on this. Currently there are restrictions on importing or exporting more than €10,000 of gold from the EU in one transaction. Always check

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I get the impression gold does not fluctuate hugely. Is making money from these fluctuations about watching the news and learning what types of events change the price? Give me a couple of examples of factors that might change the price? Phil Carr: In the last year gold has become more volatile. The typical daily price fluctuation now ranges from $20 – $100 in one day which is great for trading. Examples of significant news that affects the Gold price is when Ben Bernake Charmain of the Federal Reserve speaks especially when there is talk of additional quantitative easing (money printing). We also see sharp spikes in price around Non Farm Payroll (first Friday of

every month at 1.30pm GMT) and when the European Central Bank announces additional monetary stimulus causing the price of gold to spike. What’s the greatest risk of buying gold? Phil Carr: The biggest risk associated with gold is the possibility of gold possession being outlawed again, as was the case in 1933 under the Gold Confiscation Act in USA when the hoarding of gold coin and bullion was forbidden. The chance of this happening again is remote, however history often repeats itself, so for this reason it would be advisable not to have your gold stored in the US but instead have it stored offshore. The most sought after locations are the Channel Islands and Switzerland, where you’ll find many gold brokers in Europe keep their vaults.

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Bakenhof Guest House the staff had left a bucket of drinks and the remains of the cheeseboard and we chatted (or dozed/jumped in the pool…) into the small hours. Aside from the splendid scenery, Bakenhof offers a beautiful ceremony, incredible food, relaxed atmosphere and friendly,

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Other nearby venues to suit every budget: • Rhebokskloof Wine Estate: With its rolling lawns, tranquil lakes, willow trees and hectares of vineyards, Rhebokskloof is described as a “plush paradise”. www.rhebokskloof.co.za • Edenheim: The wedding ceremony venue is a picturesque gazebo on a pond in the garden with water fountains and willow trees. Photographic memories of your special day can be captured in their beautiful garden. www. edenheim.co.za

• Pontac Manor: Surrounded by majestic oak trees and manicured gardens, the hotel has been restored to its former Victorian elegance. www.pontac.com • Grande Roche Hotel: Nestled at the foot of the magnificent Paarl Rock is this small, luxury hotel. www.granderoche.com • Cascade Country Manor: Situated on 23 hectares among olive orchards and vineyards. A small stream meanders through the

estate and cascades down a little waterfall. www.cascademanor.co.za • Palmiet Valley Estate: Five star accommodation on a 300-year-old wine farm and magnificent Cape Dutch homestead. www. palmietvalleyestate.co.za • Leeuwrivier: A beautiful Boland farm at the foot of the majestic Hawekqua Mountain range. The old farmhouse, lovingly restored in the Cape-Dutch style, boasts a lovely garden. www.leeuwrivier.co.za

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Shakespeare in Shona Two Gents Productions, famed for their ‘township’ style, have taken on the challenge of presenting Shakespeare in Shona by NICOLE HOLGATE ACTORS Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyebvu and director Arne Pohlmeier make up Two Gents Productions, who have been given the daunting task of presenting Two Gentlemen of Verona in the Zimbabwean language of Shona for The Globe theatre’s ‘Globe to Globe‘ celebration of Shakespeare. Why Two Gentlemen of Verona? Arne: We had originally adapted it in a shortened version, so we decided it would make more sense to work on something we were familiar with in English. And why Shona? Arne: Shona is Denton and Tonderai’s first language. Tom Burt (producer of Globe to Globe), came to see our Hamlet, and we started talking. When he offered it to us we jumped at the chance, as we already had our Zimbabweanised version, with a bilingual prologue we created, and a lot of playing with accents. How did you go about translating the play? Tonderai: Noel Marerwa translated it for us, and he is culturally from a working class Zimbabwean background, so he brings heart and understanding to the Shona version. He’s also musical, and very funny. It’s a young man writing about his culture, taking what Shakespeare’s done to our culture. I could tell the story from a London perspective, but why go to the theatre to see a London boy talk about what he knows? With Shakespeare we’re looking from a very set point of view. So if we fail we still have the beautiful language. Do you like the translation? How does it alter Shakespeare? Denton: What I like about it is if Shakespeare wrote in Shona, he would write in that very traditional form of Shona. We speak a very colloquial, ‘street’ Shona. The translation is a lot richer. Arne: It parallels the difference between contemporary English and Shakespearian. Are you worried about alienating your audience? Tonderai: Shakespeare uses English you’ve never heard, like, what’s a doublet, and so on. To people listening it will not seem too alien. Denton: I have an industry grasp

Tonderai Munyebvu and Denton Chikura in a scene from their play.

of Shakespeare, and I still feel alienated! But our experiences influence that story and bring understanding. As we performed, it evolved into a specific style, what we call the Two Gents way. How do you divide up characters? Arne: As the play is about the friendship between Proteus and Valentine, the same actor is always Proteus and the other is always Valentine. All the other characters are shared. What about when there are more than two characters on stage? Arne: We embrace it. We’ve cut a couple of characters, but kept the dog, who is iconic. Denton: One of the joys of our approach is seeing it in action: that’s a joy for an audience to watch, and we milk it. We make objects and items represent characters. So we could take this scarf, and that’s Julia. Or we might drape it around a member of the audience and they’re Julia. Arne: Although we don’t expect the audience to speak… Denton: Mind you, we’ve had some pleasant surprises! Are you anticipating a crowd that knows Shona, or a wall of confused silence? Arne: We [the production companies] all share the same challenge: how to make a foreign language play accessible. But the

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point of coming to this festival is ‘I’m going to appreciate Shakespeare in a foreign language’. Some parts of the plot are so complex that you need to stop and check with the audience. We pick up on it, and add our own ad-libbed moments. Denton: The story is about mistaken identity in various locations, so we have a responsibility to make it clearer. When we took our English Two Gentlemen to Zim we started reshaping scenes in front of the audience. In the UK we kept those elements of manipulating and feeding back. Are there aspects of the play you think Shona has opened up, or bettered? Denton: In Two Gentlemen Julia has to travel in disguise, as a man. In modern England, she wouldn’t need that, but in Zimbabwe, women are more segregated, so I understand that. Arne: There’s a risk that if you’ve grown up on Shakespeare, girls get disguised as boys, and you don’t enquire why. And suddenly, we were enquiring. Tonderai: It’s extraordinary: with each culture doing Shakespeare, you realise he was telling universal stories. Showings: 9 and 10 May Tickets: globetoglobe. shakespearesglobe.com

Betty Makoni’s new book breaks the silence Betty Makoni, launched her book ‘A Woman, Once A Girl – Breaking Silence’ in London by MARY ISOKARIARI IN Zimbabwe where HIV/Aids is rife and unemployment is high, the name Betty Makoni is significant. With women subject to the harmful cultural practices based on the myth that HIV/AIDS can be cured by the blood of a virgin, the work of the Girl-Child Network (GCN) here is fundamental. Betty is the founder of GCN, which champions the rights of girls, empowerment and educating those economically deprived, vulnerable to abuse and violence. Established in Zimbabwe in 2006, the organisation has expanded into neighbouring countries Botswana, Uganda and Sierra Leone, under the name of Girl-Child Network Worldwide (GCNW). The vision for the organisation was born in 1998 when Betty, who worked as a teacher at the time, discovered some of her female students were being raped. She felt angry and became determined to protect girls from falling prey to sexual and violent abuse something she could relate to, having been raped at the tender age of six. Tragedy struck again when the nine-year-old Betty lost her mother at the hands of her father’s domestic violence, and led to her taking on the role of mother to her five siblings. Betty has received many accolades for her work, which has been recognised worldwide. As an activist, she continues to fight for the rights of girls, giving them a platform to stand up and speak. This is demonstrated in her newly published poetry book A Woman, Once A Girl – Breaking Silence, which was launched in London on International Women’s Day, 8 March. The night was an invitation to walk in Betty’s footsteps and see the many girls she has and continues to rescue “as victorious and not victims.” It was a chance to gain rare insight into the

heartrending struggles Betty has faced, highlighted in the awardwinning documentary of her work, Tapestries of Hope, which was screened on the night Betty said poetry helped her find her voice, “It gives girls confidence, making them feel uplifted, like they can speak out and be in charge.” The book includes a powerful compilation of short stories reflecting the personal experiences of the many girls rescued by the GCNW Girls Empowerment Villages. The impressive guestlist included prominent women from several countries who came together to celebrate Betty’s achievements. Speeches were led by the director of ceremony and distinguished guest Pauline Long, the founder of the Black Entertainment Film and Fashion Television Arts Awards. There was a performance by singer Caroline Rumbi and a poignant poetry recital by Betty, such as the poem, ‘This is the job I have always wanted to do’: Details can be found at www. girlchildnetworkworldwide.org

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TEAM SA @ THE Gillian Sanders Triathlete LONDON OLYMPICS By ROCHELLE SAMPY As the Olympics draw closer, The South African is profiling SA athletes who are hoping the London Games will begin or continue their sporting careers. I interviewed UK-based professional triathlete Gillian Sanders, an inspiration to all professional and sporting women. Sanders is taking a break from a hectic law career so as not to miss the chance to compete in the Olympics. Your parents both came from a sporting background – did they inspire you to be an athlete? They played a huge role, exposing me to as many sports as possible. I was good at running and swimming, and when you do well at something, most often you want

to carry on. My parents had both competed at quite a high level in athletics and marathons, and they encouraged my older sister and I to get involved. It wasn’t limited to running; we were encouraged to try everything from netball to hockey to tennis. Competing at 13 must have taken a lot of discipline. When did you know you wanted to be a triathlete? I used to compete in Modern Biathlon, a combination of running and swimming. I did well but there was no World Championship, just small international meetings. Triathlon was a much bigger sport with a World Championship. My dad had gone to a few of these and come back with amazing stories

and photographs about his travels to all these exotic locations to race against people from across the world. This invoked a lot of excitement and it was just a matter of doing a bit more cycling training. I have always been extremely competitive, and the concept of going to race against the world planted a seed. Why did you decide to study law instead of continue an athletic career? I decided on law when I was about 16. I did work experience at a law firm and it intrigued me. I remember going into the KZN High Court with its red crushed velvet and dark wood courtrooms and thinking, wow, I want to stand up in here and be a lawyer. Being a professional athlete is risky. You can get injured or ill and in a sport like triathlon there is not a huge amount of money. My parents encouraged me to get a degree first and then think about being a sports professional. A lot of professional athletes end up in their early 30s without any qualifications and struggle to make ends meet. I didn’t want to be in that position. In an endurance sport such as triathlon women peak in their late 20s, early 30s so this was reason enough to get my law degree first, then pursue sport. How did you juggle the demanding careers of law and sport? Goodness me, that was a very hectic time of my life. Throughout 2010 I was doing a full time job as a lawyer in London and racing with professionals. I had to become extremely good at squeezing in whatever training I could, which was never really enough. I would swim before work, sometimes squeeze in something at lunchtime and then another session after work. I knew by the end of 2010 that either the law career or the triathlon would have to go. Now that I’m no longer juggling both I have more free time, however this is mostly spent resting or in a nice coffee shop over a hot

chocolate. Being a professional athlete you have to ensure your body recovers as much as possible so I can’t really stay out late or go for drinks. Not a rockstar lifestyle, but the sacrifices are worth it! After having achieved so much as the youngest female lawyer in the High Court, do you plan to go back? Walking into the High Court as a 25-year-old and living out my ambition to appear there was a dream come true. I do intend to return to law one day. I can be a lawyer until I’m at least 65, so there is plenty of time left for that. I’m happy I have my profession to fall back on. How does your training schedule for the International Triathlon Union circuit compare with your training for the Olympic Games? I generally do about 25 to 30 hours of training a week, broken into six days of training with one rest day. I usually do one swim, one bike and one run a day. I will usually do a session in the early morning, go back to bed for a couple of hours, then a session at lunchtime and another in the evening. I also do

strength work in the gym twice a week. Preparation for the Olympics will entail similar hours, but the type of training will change as we get closer. There will be much harder, intense training as opposed to longer, slower work. It’s all about getting the

timing right. My coach James Beckinsale will tailor my training program to make sure we peak for

the Olympics. We have a lot of qualification races to take care of between now and May and will thereafter begin a new block of training leading up to the Games. What would it mean to you to represent SA in the Olympics? It has always been a dream. I watched Elana Meyer win a silver medal in Barcelona in 1992. I would have been 10 or 11 at the time. She was my heroine and I had posters of her and the Olympic rings stuck all over my bedroom. I had it in my head that I would go to the Olympics in the green and gold as a runner. Triathlon wasn’t an Olympic sport back then - it only became one in 2000 in Sydney. By then, my law degree had got in the way and for the next few years there was always some regret I hadn’t fulfilled this dream. This started surfacing even more with the Olympics coming here and I knew I had to go out and chase the dream. To line up on the starting line in the green and gold will be the proudest moment of my life and the pinnacle of my sporting career. Why this year? I don’t know if I would have been able to chase this dream had I not been in London in the first place. I’ve lived here for three and a half years. Living in London means I can afford to get to all the European races to move myself up the world rankings. Travel from South Africa to all of these races is hugely expensive and I had to fund a lot of this on my own. London also rekindled my burning desire to compete at an Olympics and from this perspective it represents something important. I’ve also been blessed to have an amazing husband who has supported my dream. I live a 10 minute drive away from Hyde Park where the triathlon will take place, and may even get to sleep in my own bed the night before the race which would be quite something. Worldwide, which has been your favourite place to compete? Apart from back home in South Africa, I would have to say Japan. The Japanese are such warm, kind people, especially given all they have been through. I raced in Japan in April 2011, not long after the devastating earthquake, and again in September. The attitude of the people was quite something to behold. They were so grateful to us for coming to race in their country, saying that it would honour all those lives that were lost, and bring encouragement to the whole country. It was a very humbling experience. Details: www.gilliansanders.com

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More funding for SA’s 12-medal Olympic target

by STAFF REPORTER SPORTS officials have received more than R80 million from the South African government and national lotteries to assist athletes in their preparations for the London Olympics. Sports minister Fikile Mbalula said, “This amount is an attempt to boost the morale and readiness of our team,” as he presented a cheque for R34.2 million to officials from the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic

Committee (Sascoc). He also took the opportunity to encourage corporate South Africa to support the Olympic effort. In addition to this amount, the chairman of the National Lotteries Board (NLB), Alfred Nevhutanda handed over a cheque for R47.5 million to Sascoc. This is a significant increase from allocations of R14 million in 2009/10 and R17 million in 2010/11. Sascoc has recently complained

about the lack of funding, to which its has attributed the decline in South Africa’s performance at the past two Olympics. South Africa achieved six medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and only one medal at the most recent Olympics in Beijing . The vice-president of Sascoc, Hajera Kajee, said he was optimist about South Africa’s chances and added, “We are humbled by this support that will help achieve our athletes’ dreams.’

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HARLEQUINS DEFENCE STONEWALLS SARRIES Saracens defeated by Harlequins in front of record Wembley crowd

by WESLEY MCKAY aracens were defeated 24 – 19 by their London rivals Harlequins in a nailbiting encounter at Wembley stadium on Saturday. A world record attendance for a club game of 83,761 was not enough to lift Saracens to victory against their fellow top of the table contenders. In a match that did not feature South Africans John Smit (shoulder injury) or Brad Barritt (rested), Sarries lacked the imagination to break down a dogged Harlequins defence. Harlequins' excellent defensive display saw them make no less than four try-saving tackles, enough to get them past the Aviva premiership champions for the first time in six matches. Harlequins started the match in a determined manner and were rewarded with a third minute try by Jordan Turner Hall, which was nonchalantly converted by the ever consistent Nick Clegg. Quins' indiscipline would let them down though as Owen Farrell kicked three penalties to put Sarries 9 - 7 ahead after 15 minutes. Sustained pressure by the Quins forwards brought them their second try after 22 minutes when George Lowe crossed the line. Nick Evans converted the try to make the score 9 – 14.

A fourth penalty by Farrell just before half time brought Sarries to within two points going into the interval. Harlequins started the second half as they did the first and were awarded a penalty in front of the Saracens posts after a dominant shove at the scrum. The penalty was converted by Nick Evans to put Quins 12 – 17 ahead. Halfway through the second half, a neat interchange of pop passes between the backs and forwards saw Danny Care put Harlequins further ahead, the try converted by Clegg. Care then turned villain as he was sin-binned for a professional foul with 10 minutes to play. Saracens chose a scrum from the penalty and after a strong left shouldered shove were able to pop the ball to Neil de Kock’s replacement Peter Wigglesworth who scored close to the posts. The conversion saw Saracens draw to within five points and it promised to be an exciting finish. Unfortunately for Saracens, they were unable to find the gaps between the Harlequins defence, even after they were reduced to 13 men when Nick Easter was sin binned with two minutes to play. Sarries remain second in the table and now look forward to their Heineken Cup quarterfinal clash with Clermont Auvergne.

Schalk Brits attempts to break away from the Harlequins defence. Photo by Gary Baker.

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