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BORIS v KEN We ask London’s mayoral candidates what they can offer South Africans

BY PETER HULME AND DAN SWINHOE s members of the Commonwealth, South Africans are eligible to vote in Thursday’s London mayoral election (if registered for it). So we asked the two main contenders, Conservative candidate Boris Johnson and Labour’s Ken Livingstone, what they can offer South Africans as mayor. What issues do you think South Africans in London

face and how would you address them as mayor? KL: I would be a mayor who is in tune with this great cosmopolitan, diverse city. My vision of London is a city that is open to the world, globally connected and welcoming of different cultures – in music, dress, food, faith – brought here by all the diasporas that have made a home here. As mayor I would celebrate what South Africans have brought to this city, treating you as South African Londoners, not as an ‘immigrant’ community. South

Africans face the problems all Londoners face in these most difficult economic times since the 1930s. My priority as mayor will be to put money back into Londoners’ pockets, through measures like a non-profit letting agency. BJ: South Africans are a dynamic group who play a key role in the London business world. My ninepoint plan will build on the progress we have made in our first term and ensure that City Hall continues to invest in the infrastructure and services we need while easing the cost of living for ordinary Londoners. My plan will ensure London remains competitive as a global city, attracting jobs and investment. In particular our key investments in Crossrail and Tube upgrades will be essential to keep our city moving. This election is about trust, and over the past four years I have demonstrated that I can be trusted to deliver on my manifesto, as I delivered on more than 90% of the pledges in my 2008 manifesto. In contrast during his eight years as mayor Ken Livingstone broke almost half his manifesto promises, and reneged on a number of pledges to keep fares low. How will you engage with the South African business community in London? KL: I have a

Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Photo By Andrew Parsons/i-Images/BackBoris2012.

manifesto commitment to host a summit to showcase the best of London’s small businesses. I want to ensure businesses run by people from the South African diaspora are part of that. With world growth being driven by the BRICS economies, these are the vital countries for London to do business with. BJ: Engagement with all sectors of the business community will continue to be a priority during my second term. We have a comprehensive plan to support London business, particularly small to medium enterprises. I have successfully negotiated with the

government for a £70 million London Growth Fund, some of which we will use to offer low interest loans in the order of £100,000 to SMEs. Repayments would be used to help more small businesses. Continued on page 3.

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SA Business Club hosts Thebe Ikalafeng, thought leader and author Date: 2 May, 6:15-9:30pm Venue: Deloitte, 2 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3BZ Thebe Ikalafeng is the founder of the award winning Brand Leadership Group® and Brand Leadership Academy®, and the seminal Brand Africa™ and Public Sector Excellence™ initiatives. A global African, he has been recognised with the award Asia Brand Congress “Global Brand Leadership” award and the Marquette University/American Marketing Association “Award for Marketing Excellence.”

Bulawayo, two great friends, Valentine and Proteus, vie for the love of the same woman. In a triumphantly energetic ‘township’ style, Denton Chikura and Tonderai Munyevu slip into all of the play’s fifteen characters in this new, specially commissioned translation.

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documented those living with HIV/AIDS. The exhibition is open to the public on: 1 May from 10am-8pm 2 May from 10am-6pm. There will be a private fundraising drinks evening including canapés and a presentation by Matthew. Tickets are £25 each and all proceeds go directly to the work of HIV charity CHIVA Africa. Tickets: www.justgiving. com/CHIVA-Africa2 The Impending Storm Date: 1 and 2 May. Venue: The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Pushing the boundaries of integrated dance is very much the theme of the world premiere of The Impending Storm. Bringing together acclaimed UK dancers David Toole and Lucy Hind with Remix, South Africa’s only professional disabled and non-disabled dance company, this collaboration created with artist Mark Storor runs for two nights only as part of IDFB 2012.

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On “South African man’s hell in British prison” Ams: Sad story hey – wish you all the best on your way to recovery. John: One should be wary about this one… this is clearly not a normal guy … helps to read some online coverage from the time. Vusumuzi O Sibanda: It would seem mad or not, he didn’t do it. If he did, how come the charges were upturned? He wouldn’t be the first nor the last one to suffer such injustice for love. Rob: Not sure I buy his story of innocence. Perhaps he thinks he could have got away with it if he’d been in SA? Why sensationalise the state of UK prisons? What did he expect? Would he have preferred spending time in an SA prison? Ren: And talk about SA prisons – reading this, and if true, this is scary. The judge that sat on the Dewani case, think carefully before you pass judgement. Look at your country. Dave: This oke is guilty as sin. And to say he was let off, hence he is innocent. The British justice system let him go because he has served three and a half years — that’s more than enough in the

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UK. And his sad stories sicken me. Also mentioning about the dope he will smoke when he goes back to SA. God knows what else he will get up to there. Jees. Dee: He’s as guilty as hell, thousands of people get divorced each year without rape accusations. I’m willing to bet his wife isn’t crazy at all. If she was, he would have custody of his child. Sorry to say South Africa doesn’t need another sex offender but they are going to get one. Annette: If he were a good husband no wife would say what she did, would she? Why did she want a divorce? Why wouldn’t he agree? He is quite a scary ou in my opinion and has some funny ideas. She’s well rid of him. Les: It is a sad fact that more and more rape cases are being filed in divorce cases. As for his guilt I would trust the courts on this one, even though I agree the case

would not have stood up in SA and probably would have been kicked out as it was based purely on hearsay. I have a friend whose ex-wife cooked up such an allegation because she did not want him to contest the divorce but also because she wanted to justify her infidelity and thus the real reason for the divorce. My friend’s experience opened my eyes to divorce attorneys - be very wary of them. Rape accusations are an old divorce lawyer trick to get all the assets in the marriage. Greg Orlandini: None of us can judge this…We don’t know the facts and we haven’t walked a mile in his shoes. I wouldn’t ‘bet’ on anything with this case. Sounds tragic though. Join the debate on www.thesouthafrican.com

IN April our country’s democracy turned 18. If it was a person it could now legally make decisions for itself, get a driver’s licence, and decide what it wants to do with its life. That means the people who were born since the year our democracy was born, known as the “born free” generation, are about to embark on adult life in the new South Africa. These “born frees” will also participate in the 2014 national elections as the first generation post-apartheid. According to StatsSA’s latest mid-year population estimate, almost six million South Africans will become eligible to vote for the first time in a national election by 2014. That is about 20% of the electorate if we go by the turnout of 2009. All of these new voters grew up without firsthand experience of apartheid. From 2014 onward, the born-frees will come in waves of about five million to each national election until they make up nearly half of the voting population by 2029. So the question is, are they really born free or are they born

captive to the past? Will they be shackled by yesterday’s mistakes, will they hold on to old ideas discredited a long time ago, such as communism, will they allow themselves to be defined by the scars of apartheid; OR will they embrace freedom, choice and opportunity? I hope it’s the latter, and I hope it also changes the way the ANC sees the world from the inside. The ANC is becoming more and more of a closed shop. As a government, more and more of their decisions are being made by the NEC rather than our democratic parliament, and more and more are drowning in the trap of being in power and losing touch with the people. The born frees must not fall into the trap of being captive to the past, but rather be big and bold. A new generation that has the power to make a difference. The power to make a significant change, and the power to learn and do more by using their unique perspective to create the opportunity for change. The youth of yesteryear fought against apartheid. Today we are faced with new issues. Let’s not confuse the two, and let us not miss the opportunity for our country to embark on its new chapter, with its new generation. Continue the discussion on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ DemocraticAllianceAbroad Note: This column is paid for content and represents the client’s independent opinion.

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he has since changed his views, describing homosexuality as an “aberration”. Here’s the thing, Mike: what Stonewall were doing was attempting to limit the ROB BOFFARD discrimination against gay people by telling everyone to deal with it. They did it because they, and the people they represent, face genuine problems: hate crime, intolerance, violence. Responding to their ad in the way you did just doesn’t A few weeks ago, ads began work. You don’t get discriminated appearing on buses in London, against for not being gay. There are reading: ‘Some people are gay. no anti-anti-gay hate groups. One Get over it!’ They were put out does not see hordes of skinhead by a charity called Stonewall, and homosexuals rampaging through were admirably direct. If you have the streets, beating up people who half a brain, you saw them, you used to be gay but aren’t anymore. shrugged, and you got on with It doesn’t work like that. So the your day. You don’t need to be ads the two convinced of this particular That’s the price of freedom organisations put out sexual fact, of expression. Anybody is were wrong, because you entitled to air any view they irritating and are smart and cultured like. If you’re not down with the product of deeply warped and infinitely that, move to North Korea. thinking. brilliant. I As I said, you can tell that have every right to air your views just because you’re reading this in public - just as I (and Stonewall) column. have every right to tell you that But anyway: shortly after the your views stink. Homosexuality ads began appearing, Mayor Boris is not a disease, or an aberration, Johnson had to move to ban a or even vaguely a problem. It’s just response ad from popping up in what some people are. It doesn’t the capital: a poster from two hurt you, it makes zero difference ominous-sounding groups called to your life if some people are gay, Core Issues Trust and Anglican and, actually, it’s none of your Mainstream that read: “Not gay! business. Ex-gay, post-gay and proud. Get To paraphrase the great Chopper over it!” Reed: why don’t you drink a cup The adverts should not have of concrete and harden the hell up? been banned. Not because they are correct - they are about the most dunderheaded, touchingly clueless pieces of copy I’ve ever seen - but because if Stonewall are entitled to display adverts relating to sexuality, then their opponents are entitled to do the same. It matters not that their views are repellant. That’s the price of freedom of expression. Anyone is entitled to air any view they like. If you’re not down with that, move to North Korea. Sure, you could make an argument that the second ad would incite violence against gay people, but I don’t think that’s the case. Not with such a wishy-washy, badly-written ad. Of interest is that the man behind the ad is South African. His name is Dr Mike Davidson, and he lives outside Belfast. Despite being homosexual in the past,

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Royal Ballet’s Dame Monica owes her rhythm to South Africa

After retiring from a half century at the Royal Ballet, Dame Monica Mason fondly remembers her South African childhood

by MARIANNE GRAY LEGENDARY ballerina Monica Mason laughs when she says she absorbed more than a little African rhythm, township jive and mine dancers’ stomp from her childhood in Johannesburg. It was something that would hold her in good stead when, still a very junior member of the Royal Ballet, she just happened to be giving it a bit of stick on the dance floor at a party when the company’s rising choreographer Kenneth MacMillan saw her. A few days later he told her he was making a ballet in which he wanted her to be the lead. The ballet was a new version of Stravinsky’s controversial, earthy The Rite of Spring and the role would require her to dance herself to death at the ballet’s climax. This was 1962 when Mason was only 20. She is now a striking 70, a dame, and, as director of The Royal Ballet in London, undoubtably the most important woman in British ballet. We meet in her office overlooking Covent Garden piazza. An expressive woman with a strong sense of her own identity, she still has a strong sense of African rhythm.

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EK het haar die naweek langs ‘n braaivleisvuur ontmoet. Tertia – ‘n toeris uit Suid-Afrika. Ons het heel gemoedelik oor ditjies en datjies geskerts, totdat die gesprek onvermydelik in in ‘n meer persoonlike rigting beweeg het. “Wat doen jy vir ‘n lewe?” wou sy weet. “Ek is ‘n onderwyser.” ‘n Frons het op haar voorkop verskyn. “Wil jy dan teruggaan Suid-Afrika toe?” Daar was

“I remember so vividly when my parents used to take visitors to South Africa to the mine dances and we’d watch an enormous crowd of miners moving like one person, breathing together, stomping together,” she recalls. “Even as a small child I could see their incredible rhythm. It is something you subliminally absorb if you’re a naturally musical or rhythmic person.” She started ballet classes aged four. By the time she was eight she entered South Africa’s first-ever Eisteddfod. Having danced until she was 50, luckily it didn’t ruin her feet, which she describes as typical dancer’s feet : “bunioned and no longer sandals or slops feet”. Brought up in Abbotsford, Johannesburg, her father’s family came from KwaZulu-Natal and her mother grew up in East London. She knew young that she wanted to make a career in ballet – dancing was all part of a happy, sporty, sunny, athletic childhood until her life was turned upside down when her father suddenly died. Her mother, feeling she did not want to go on living alone in South Africa with her two little daughters, left for London.

“It was such an adventure coming to England,” says Mason with her slight South African accent. “London was filled with ballet. Bloemfontein-born ballerina Nadia Nerina was dancing at Sadler’s Wells Theatre and I saw the great Margot Fonteyn dancing Giselle and watched a sold-out Bolshoi Ballet performance through a crack in the door.” Mason went on to become a glittering leading dancer in a career that lasted five decades until hanging up her pointes to work assisting choreographer MacMillan. “Nobody can dance forever. Women last longer than men especially as they are small and light but after 30 you’ve got to work twice as hard.” Dame Monica is retiring this summer, leaving a legacy of The Royal Ballet performing nearly 25 percent more shows than they did in her predecessor’s day and greatly increased education, outreach and fundraising projects. “I’ve been here so long and don’t know any other way of life but I’m looking forward to having time, having days when I wake and think : I’ve not got anything I have to do today.”

kommer in haar stem. “Ja, beslis,” het ek met Stoïsynse ongeërgdheid geantwoord. “Maar,” het sy geskok gereageer, “sal jy tevrede daarmee wees om so ‘n lae status in die samelewing te beklee?” Lae status in die samelewing? Omdat ek ‘n onderwyser is? Toegegee, ek mag dalk nie die hoof van die Internasionale Monetêre Fonds of die uitvoerende hoofbeampte van ‘n multinasionale konglomeraat wees nie, maar ek is nié ‘n misdadiger nie, ek lê nie op die staat se rug nie, ek is ‘n goeie man en pa en ek probeer my allerbeste om waarde toe te voeg tot die lewens van die mense rondom my. My doodsonde volgens Tertia, so vermoed ek, is dus die feit dat my salaristjek effens dunner is as die rekenmeesters, ingenieurs en mediese

dokters van die wêreld. Dit sal natuurlik ‘n onakkurate (en onregverdige) oordeelsfout wees om ‘n enkele witwynspritzergedrewe opinie, in ‘n onbewaakte oomblik uitgespreek, op te blaas tot die algemene ingesteldheid van ‘n ganse nasie. Maar dat ‘n tipiese Afrikaanse persoon se besoldiging geen invloed op sy rangorde in die sosiale hiërargie het nie, is ‘n aanvegbare stelling. Neem die volgende (fiktiewe) gevallestudie as voorbeeld. Mnr. A is ‘n toonaangewende professor

Monica Mason, retiring director of the Royal Ballet, in her office overlooking Covent Garden. Photo by Araminta De Clermont.

aan ‘n vooraanstaande universiteit. Hy is ‘n gerekende kenner van sy vakgebied en artikels uit sy pen word dikwels in vakjoernale gepubliseer. Hy verdien ‘n gemiddelde salaris, maar hy lewe gemaklik. Mnr. B, ‘n pas-endraaier van beroep, het een aand, in sy dronkenskap, sy vingers verbrand toe hy sy vleis met die hand wou omdraai. Die volgende dag het ‘n idee vir ‘n revolusionêre braaivleisomdraaitoestel by hom opgekom en Verimark het hom miljoene betaal om sy idee te ontwikkel tot ‘n volwaardige produk. Die vraag is nou: wie van Mnr. A of Mnr. B beklee ‘n hoër status in die samelewing? Daar is natuurlik in wese allermins iets fout daarmee om vermoënd te wees. Volgens Anton Rupert was die grootste voordeel van sy

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Enjoy endless glasses of Diemersfontein wine at the Pinotage on Tap event from 26 to 27 May at Poynings Grange Farm.

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As the Pinotage on Tap festival hits the UK for the first time, we look at the fascinating history of this SA varietal by STAFF REPORTER OFTEN spoken of as the “story of coincidences”, Pinotage is South Africa’s very own grape varietal, and is becoming one of the most popular varieties around the world. Pinotage was created by Capeborn Abraham Izak Perold, who was the first Professor of Viticulture at Stellenbosch University. During the 1920s Perold experimented with crossing various grape varieties and then ingeniously fused the most unlikely pair of cultivars, Cinsaut and Pinot Noir, to create this rather bold and sometimes controversial hybrid. Pinot Noir is considered an elegant beauty, whereas Cinsaut may even be considered the “common Joe” of red varietals. Perold planted just four seeds in the garden of his residence at the Welgevallen Experimental farm in Stellenbosch, which he forgot about when he relocated. Years later, those vines were rediscovered by chance when Charlie Niehaus, a young lecturer

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who knew about the seedlings, passed by as labourers were weeding the garden. The seedlings were then relocated to the nursery at the Elsenburg Agricultural College. Today, this wine has become synonymous with everything uniquely South African – the diversity of culture, the cuisine – especially braais, social gatherings, music and great times in the good company of others! Seen as a year-round wine, you can enjoy your Pinotage around the pool in the summer sun, and be just as cosy enjoying it around the log fire in winter. Diemersfontein has become a well-known brand in the wine industry – particularly for its prominent coffee-style Pinotage. Diemersfontein Pinotage has become so popular that production volumes have consistently been increased. It is from this reputation that the Pinotage On Tap event started about seven years ago. At this festival, the release of

the new vintage is celebrated by both producers and friends. Held annually in Gauteng, Durban and Wellington, this event sees tickets sell out every time! For the first time this year, Diemersfontein is bringing this South African-flavoured event to the UK from 26 to 27 May at Poynings Grange Farm, West Sussex. Festivalgoers can choose which day they would like to attend. What can you expect at a Pinotage on Tap event? Exactly that – Pinotage on tap, along with an array of South African foods, live music, games and more. Tickets are £65 per person and include a goodie bag, endless wine, lunch, chocolate fountains, live music and the best SA party north of the equator! You will also get the opportunity to meet the Diemersfontein team. Tickets are available at www. computicket.com Details: www.diemersfontein. co.za

leave the building rather than say anything that may be otherwise interpreted. Women understand this. We don’t talk to each other while applying mascara. That is like being expected to keep your eyes open while sneezing. So why my beloved lingers to chat while I am yanking out an eyebrow hair is beyond me. All these, however, pale in relation to Ultra Super Sensitive Syndrome – men should never talk to women while they are having a fat moment. No matter how many times a women may ask whether she should join a gym – always, always refer to the adage of deny, deny and deny. She already knows the answer – simply having to lie on the floor to do up the zipper of her jeans is evidence enough. If she keeps telling you after every meal that she has eaten too much, as I believe is my mantra, say nothing. Keep schtum. Let the moment pass. But no, he says ‘You always say this’ and I tend to go silent (for the next few hours.) He calls it sulking; I call it self-preservation from telling him

exactly what I think of him. I am sure men are sometimes prone to the ‘SS Syndrome’ Situation. They must have feelings beneath the hard exterior? So would I ever blurt out something insensitive when they are at their most vulnerable? I hope not. Back in the days, skinny women were not at all fashionable. Portraits don’t show skinny women but alabaster, curvy ladies with big breasts, big bottoms and rosy cheeks. They didn’t have to wax or pluck eyebrows and wore wigs so few ‘SS Syndrome’ moments for them. The other day I was told I looked better thinner. I know that. I did not need to hear that. So, it’s down to those ridiculous platypus jumps, straining and sweating like a beached whale trying to get back into the water. Now that is going to be an Uber ‘SS Syndrome’ situation and beware any man who dares to enter the kinesphere. So if you claim to know what women want and how they think, you will know that sometimes it is best to say nothing at all.

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and recycle your deposit for the next purchase? Tip 2: Invest for cash-flow. Increases in equity are just a bonus. Don’t be one of the many landlords who say ‘I only have to top up the mortgage by X amount’. Instead of buying properties that take money from your pocket every month, look for the deals that put money into it. Remember that if you Buy-ToSell instead of Buy-To-Let, that money goes into your pocket just once. Buy-To-Let keeps paying you every month for as long as you own it. Tip 3: It’s just like playing Monopoly – four green houses equal one red hotel. Start with the smaller deals, the more straightforward two to three bedroom terrace houses, before moving onto the

Alan Mountain Gary’s response: The main way around this is to buy below market value, then refinance after the minimum six-month ownership period insisted by the Council of Mortgage Lenders. That way the deposit is only temporary and is not left in the deal, therefore can be raised from other sources and then returned. Is it true that I would be better off buying in London rather than other parts of the UK due

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bigger deals, such as room-lets, major renovations and developing. Investing is a muscle – you start with smaller exercises, then gradually build up and move onto bigger and better things. It’s a Get Rich Slowly strategy, not Get Rich Quick. to the high rental returns? What other cities provide good rental income vs potential mortgage payments? Six of one, half a dozen of another. Higher rents in London and closer to home, but massive purchase prices and deposits. Cheaper prices in the north of the country, but lower rents and further away. This comes down to your preference, but the numbers work better up north. What are the potential risks of buying to let? There are risks in everything we do in life. The more you educate and build knowledge, the lesser the risk. Void periods and bad tenants are often down to lack of due dilligence and not having a good team around you. For more information you can visit www.garymshaw.co.uk and if you have any other questions that you’d like answered, please email Paul@MOBIvation.com

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Zimbabwe Tourism: Open for Business? At a 2011 press conference in London, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority and a range of Zimbabwean businesses reached out to the world in an attempt to reinvigorate their industry. One year on, we evaluate the opportunities this initiative has created by NICOLE HOLGATE IT WILL come as no surprise to anyone who picked up a newspaper in the last decade that the tourist footfall in Zimbabwe declined steadily since Mugabe’s controversial land-grab policies and devastation of the rule of law. The social and political turmoil resulted in many lodges and tourist operations closing, or being taken over by those favoured by Mugabe. In the last year, there has been an ongoing struggle to revive the tourism economy and encourage the world to visit Zimbabwe’s unique offerings once again. But has it worked? Government initiatives to help the Zimbabwe tourism industry have been largely rhetorical, but are gradually reconnecting international audiences with Zimbabwe. Felicia Munjaidi of the Zimbabwean Tourist Authority says: “Some of our competitors get support from other organisations

Zimbabwe Tourism in numbers ● 2,239,165 – International tourist arrivals to Zimbabwe in 2010 ● 11% -Amount tourist arrivals rose by between 2009 and 2010 ● 16% - Increase in tourist arrivals from Africa ● 513 – Lodges still operating in Zimbabwe ● 26% - Average bed occupancy for lodges in 2010 Based on official tourism stats from 2010

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like the EU but we do not, so it’s an ongoing struggle.” This year, she says, they will be launching new initiatives to encourage tourism, engaging the UK media and private sector, and exhibiting at the World Travel Market. Although the introduction of the US Dollar and Rand in January 2009 brought relative economic stability to Zimbabwe, potential tourists are still very aware of the often fraught political tensions in the region. It doesn’t help when things go wrong in the press. Recently an incident was reported worldwide in which two Australian tourists were arrested for not pulling aside for the president’s entourage and subsequently pressured to pay bribes to be freed. However overall, official tourism statistics from 2010 showed an upsurge in visitors to the region, albeit largely from a South African audience who have a stalwart tradition of visiting destinations such as Kariba and Inyanga. As far attracting a less robust international audience, Tina Pigors of Coordinating Zimbabwe, a central reservations office in Zim which represents 50 properties

throughout Africa, asserts that people’s fears of lack of safety in Zimbabwe are misplaced. “Safety is important, but we would never encourage people to come into the country if we thought they weren’t going to be safe. We would not in any way expect people to put themselves in danger.” As the public image of Zimbabwe slowly improves, the issues of transport, and guaranteeing safe routes from one part of the country to another, remain. Pigors cites accessibility as one of the main reasons Zimbabwe remains a relatively expensive destination. While fuel is available, there is no safe public transport to speak of and most people have to hire cars or organise their own transport. Independent tourists mainly enter the country as an add-on package from holidays originating in South Africa, such as overlander trucks. What does not help international tourism is the lack of direct flights. After a series of impounds of its planes due to huge debts, Air Zimbabwe has suspended all its international flights. However an increasing number of foreign

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airlines fly into Harare, such as several from Johannesburg, and Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways, TAAG from Angola and Air Botswana. Emirates recently introduced a flight from Dubai, which works as a long-haul, costeffective option for UK residents. While there is a lot of work to be done in Zimbabwe, members of the industry are excited by the prospect that the government has opened its doors to companies seeking opportunities there. Luke Brown of Bumi Hills Lodge is enthused by the government’s attitude and feels that property takeovers and indigenisation are a thing of the past: “There’s talk of indigenisation, and it is happening to a degree, but I’m Zimbabwean, we partner as much as possible with black Zimbabweans, and things are getting easier.” Bumi Hills, which was a “70s shell” before it re-opened in 2009, is a great example of the

modernisation of lodges across the country. Luke says that although they have been operating at around 40% occupancy for the past three years, they are investing a huge amount into renovating the rooms, and have bought three airplanes and a 28-foot yacht in order to facilitate the slowly increasing number of visitors. Both Tina and Luke also stress flexibility as the key when it comes to the major issues of access and money. Zimbabwe’s massively improved internet access has allowed for easier payment methods, but even with their ability to accept cards, there may be fluctuations in rates within the space of a day. The main motto for business, as the economy continues to stabilise and media perceptions fluctuate, is to make a plan. The main message from the government is: “We are open for business, come and help us rebuild what was lost.”

Areas of greatest opportunity in the Zimbabwe Tourist Industry • Increase and improve public transport • Increase presence at international tourism fairs and markets • Improve internet access to allow online bookings to lodges and with local transport • Improve public image of Zimbabwe as safe to travel in • Modernise lodges to draw international audience

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BULLET BIOGRAPHY • Born: Durban • School: Bayview, a farm school built by his father, then Chatsworth High School • Tertiary: Refused entry to University of Natal on basis of race. Attended University of Durban-Westville, 1973, BCom • Career Trajectory: - Joined Deloitte in 1977 to do articles - Qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1979 - Was made youngest ever partner in 1984, aged 27 - 1998 was made CEO of the Southern African Practice - Worked with largest clients of the UK & SA firms - Moved to London 2006, Managing Partner Quality and member of the UK executive till 2008 - Member of DTT Global Executive – Global Managing Director – Talent (until 2009) - Current position: Vice Chairman UK • Accolades: - Associate Professor in Accounting and Auditing University of Johannesburg - Honourary Life Member of SAICA (conferred 2011)

Was moving to London a big adjustment for you and what prompted the change? Moving to London is a big adjustment for anybody. I was fortunate in that I was transferred to the Deloitte UK firm, having been CEO in South Africa. I think coming into a senior position and the fact that I continued to service the South African-based clients made it easier. I was CEO in SA for eight years and one can only serve two terms. I was 49 and people felt I was too young to retire. I was offered the position to further my career within the UK firm. What was your biggest personal challenge when you moved here? Getting used to the lifestyle. Some people chuckle when I say this, but

I think I took a step down. While that was a challenge, I think it had a positive effect because it brought me back to reality; working out how the hoover works and so on. In terms of your character, what has contributed to your success? I would say it’s my energy, passion for the firm and my confidence (some might say arrogance). I have had fantastic mentors who took me for who I was. I also learned important values from my parents. It is no secret my mum was illiterate, and never read or wrote English. The one thing my father always said was, ‘Education is the only thing that empowers you.’ While I was running the KwaZulu-Natal offices of Deloitte I spent a lot of time helping people of colour educate themselves by setting up the Deloitte School of Accounting for disadvantaged people. I was recognised for my efforts by the University of Natal, even though I wasn’t good enough to go there in ‘77, which was quite nice. Giving you the CEO position was a progressive move on Deloitte’s part. How did that happen? Were you simply the best talent available? Appointing the CEO in any member firm is a tried and tested process; which in this case began in 1996. During the selection process, my name kept coming up in interviews with the partners and eventually the call came. I’ll be honest, I was shell-

shocked but went through the interviews, psychometric testing and so on and was ultimately selected to lead the organisation; I’d just turned 40. I would say it was down to my skills but equally, the leaders at the time had vision and courage to make the decision they did. And the greatest difficulty during your ascension within the company? The toughest moment was probably in 1996, post-apartheid, with the ANC coming into power. I was a young guy (and the first person of colour) to be given the opportunity to lead one of the big four firms. I became a candidate in ’96 and took over the job in ‘98. To some extent I thought I was the man of the moment, in the right job, at the right time. But I found it very challenging in terms of fundamentally shifting the culture of Deloitte and syncing with what was happening outside the company. In terms of black empowerment or ‘indigenisation’ are there dangers in enforced advancement, based on ethnicity rather than skill? When the ANC came to power, companies were given ample opportunity to change, but many, Deloitte included, carried on as they were. So, I believe in targets, because they force change and encourage shifts in behaviour. On the other hand it’s important to seek people with talent and capability. Be sure to test potential, rather than just competence. None of this works unless you fundamentally reform the culture of the organisation. I’ve even been on record as saying: ‘No more white partners at Deloitte’ at a time when we were not making enough progress in this area. I passionately believed if the white partners don’t start mentoring Indian, black and coloured people they were going to work harder in the long run. We today have more than 70 black partners in the SA firm. What should young ambitious South Africans avoid that might threaten their futures? I think the entitlement culture that affirmative action brings is negative,

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view of our future as a nation. What are Deloitte’s plans for doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa? I am in my last three years of work before I retire and one of my mandates is to build a pipeline to work with the SA and African Deloitte firms and establish SA as the gateway into Africa. We as Deloitte have seen Africa as a growing economy with significant opportunities that will provide a huge potential revenue stream, largely underpinned by rich resources and one billion people who are underserved from a financial and consumer business point of view.

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What do you do in your job? A myriad of things! From reporting on corporate hospitality, to contract renewal processes, to dealing with auditing controls in relation to various elements of sensitive information. Most exciting thing about your job? Dealing with different aspects of the business and a diverse range of people. Travelling to London is also quite exciting, though I suspect it will soon lose its appeal! Most challenging part of your job? Getting information out of people. Also that fact that the other half of my team are based in London, whereas I am based in Bristol. It makes communication somewhat difficult at times. Tell us an interesting story related to your job. Not so much a story as a description of me given during a team conference call. I was described as little, South African, feisty, and sure as blazes doesn’t take nonsense from anyone! (I have only been doing the job for a month). Do you think being South African helps you in your job? Most definitely! The ‘go out and get it’ attitude we all seem to have is an essential requirement in my job.

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Travel: Weddings in SA

Picturesque wedding at The Oaks Estate, Greyton The Oaks is the perfect wedding venue for couples who want a relaxed and understated farm wedding in SA

A wedding at The Oaks, set against the incredible backdrop of the Zonderend Mountains. Photos by Anneli Marinovich.

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by ANNELI MARINOVICH AS an international wedding photographer I get the opportunity to cover weddings at some amazing venues. In March this year I shot a couple of weddings in South Africa, one of which took place at The Oaks Estate in Greyton, about 1.5 hours’ drive from Cape Town. Owned and managed by Marianne Ehlers and her family, The Oaks is the perfect wedding venue for couples who want a relaxed, understated farm wedding, set against the incredible backdrop of the Zonderend Mountains. The Oaks is only a 10-minute drive from Greyton – a wonderful little village with fantastic B&Bs and cafés, perfect for guest accommodation the night of the wedding. Marianne and her family welcome up to 10 guests into The Manor House at The Oaks, which made a wonderful setting for the bride to get ready and have breakfast with the bridesmaids and her parents on the morning of the wedding. The ceremony took place in the Old Wine Cellar, but couples do have the option of getting married beneath the trees in the yard if the weather permits. After the ceremony guests relaxed under the trees while couple and group photos were taken. The wedding reception can either take place in the Old Wine Cellar (intimate reception dinners) or in the marquees set up in the farmyard (100+ guests). Marianne and her team decorated the marquees beautifully and the simple yet elegant flower arrangements on the

wooden tables helped set the tone for this stylish farm wedding. The Ehlers family really went out of their way to give the couple a real farm experience – Marianne’s husband had even arranged for their Nguni cattle to be brought down, near to the marquees so we could get some couple photos with the cattle in the background! In addition to this we had full use of the farm and the mountain reserve for bridal party and couple photos which was a lot of fun. The natural beauty of The Oaks Estate will take your breath away. Combined with fantastic wedding coordination and the warmth with which the Ehlers family welcome guests onto the farmyard, this is a wonderful choice of wedding venue. I would encourage brides to get in touch with Marianne to check availability for your wedding the minute you decide on a date, as I foresee The Oaks Estate quickly becoming one of the

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Zimbabwe Community Film fest shows off women directors

Robert Mugabe is reportedly building a mansion on the Ballito coast.

There goes the neighbourhood… A wealthy neighbour may be putting the ‘Zim’ into Zimbali…

by JENNIFER MUNRO RETIRED zillionaires, industrialists, film stars, sugar barons and ODFs (Old Durban Families) are soon to be joined by a new neighbour in their Kwa-Zulu Natal north coast security village of Zimbali. The tone of the neighbourhood will be lowered quite dramatically with the arrival of a megawealthy, mysterious Zimbabwean called Robert. Robert is a veteran of the ‘hondo’, the bush war that was fought to secure the rights to equality of the poor in Zimbabwe during the seventies. He’s a humble communist with backing from communist China, and he is about to get his reward for all the years he followed the party line: lifetime ownership of a palace by the sea. You do wonder if the library of this luxurious new home will contain a copy of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto, and if it does, whether the new owner will read it of an evening, while reclining on a beach lounger near the lake, within sound of the Indian Ocean. Perhaps a liveried servant will bring him a gin and tonic, and his mind will wander to the mines and farms he owns back home; the ones being worked by the ragged, starving, disease-infected, but otherwise equal, proletariat of Zimbabwe who made all of this possible. As we all know, some animals are more equal than others. The Ballito palace is currently being built in secrecy behind closed fences. A neighbour reports that Robert frequently flies in on a private helicopter to survey his riches from the air, and to avoid the pesky traffic and assassins who frequent the motorways. If Harold Wilson were alive today it would be no more than polite to take him on a trip to Zimbali, show him the results of his well-intentioned meddling in Rhodesia, and then drop him somewhere in the bush in Zimbabwe to forage for food along with the rest of the starving population. There is some speculation as to whether Bob the Builder of Zimbali is actually Mugabe, or his equally evil cohort, Robert Mhlanga, a former Air Vice-Marshal and apparently once Mugabe’s personal pilot.

Mhlanga was a prosecution witness in the 2003 treason trial of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Mhlanga looks so much like the dictator he could be a body double (but let’s return to that interesting thought at a later date). Aerial pictures have been taken of the property, and they show lakes, swimming pools and buildings large enough to house an army, which is a good thing as either of the two Bobs will require one. Natal’s north coast is a well-known retreat for Zimbabwean farmers who were violently forced off their land, for simply not having enough melanin in their skins, by the government their new neighbour represents. South Africa’s Sunday Tribune reports that they contacted former owner of the property Martin Sherwood, the main contractor on the developments, sub-contractors and property agents in the area. None would speak to the paper, or claimed they knew nothing. Sherwood said,“I can’t disclose who the owners are. One of the conditions of sale was that I sign a confidentiality agreement.” As he tucked the pieces of silver into his back pocket, he was heard to say he could not confirm or deny the rumours about the land’s ownership. Stefannuti Stocks, the main contractor on the project, would not comment either. Director Graham Carver said, “I am not at liberty to divulge any information at all. I don’t want to discuss the project.” He said a confidentiality agreement had been signed, and that the company won the work on a private tender. So while one of the inter-changeable, equally-evil Bobs calls for another G and T, watches the dolphins gently playing in the surf, and enjoys his retirement after a long, hard career spent stripping an entire country of its natural resources for his personal gain, the stolen money will be working out beyond the fences, buying him protection from the outraged, prying eyes of his impoverished countrymen. All it takes for evil to succeed is that good men keep their eyes on the money, and don’t get distracted by the source of it.

by NICOLE HOLGATE SUNDAY 15 April was the finale of the 8th annual Images of Black Women Film Festival, a cultural event that promotes the worldwide representation of black female filmmakers and diaspora cinema. Sunday was a showcase of the directorial pursuits of African women, including a Q & A session with Charmaine Simpson, frontrunner of Black History Studies in the UK, and Yaba Badoe, an award-winning documentary maker. The Tricycle Cinema, known for its progressive and diverse theatre and cinema projects, provided a welcoming atmosphere for the excited crowd. Three films were shown: an evening viewing of Anchor Baby, and a matinee double-bill of Mwansa the Great, a short film by young Zambian director and actress Rungano Nyoni, and Playing Warriors, a feature-length piece by Rumbi Katedza. Both films are set in Zimbabwe and share themes of creativity, imagination, freedom and aspiration. There was also a lot of dark humour. Bafta-winning Mwansa the Great is a typical example of great things coming in small packages, both in terms of its 23-minute length, and its protagonist, small but powerful Mwansa. The fantastic reaches of a child’s imagination were brilliantly realised on screen, in a make-shift style reminiscent of Michel Gondry. The focus, from the childrens’ viewpoint, was an interesting, unusual and above all, fun

approach from an adult filmmaker. Playing Warriors was a far larger project, taking eight years to shoot, and reflected that in its themes: protagonist Nayari wants to carry on with her career, but isn’t it about time she stopped bringing shame on her family and settled down? Especially when one of her friends bites the bullet and takes on a full-scale traditional Zimbabwean marriage, replete with bride price and cattlehustling. Director Katedza presents the issues facing young Zimbabwean women, caught between modernity and tradition, with a healthy dose of dark humour. The messages remain universal: is it necessary for a young woman to eventually settle down? Is it possible to maintain a career and a relationship? Is there any way not to disappoint your mother? The dialogues promoted by the Images of Black Women Festival easily transcend gender roles and race issues. The examples showcase the huge amount of talent available across the whole of Africa, and as the quality of output is steadily growing, international audiences are forced to take notice. As Yaba Badoe commented during the Q & A, representation in cinema is largely an issue if you only focus on the ‘mainstream’: London, or Hollywood. If you look elsewhere in the world, dialogues are opening up, diaspora communities are coming to the fore, and there is real magic happening. Let’s hope the festival continues not only into its tenth year, but for decades more.

Mwansa the Great, directed by Rungano Nyoni, tells a powerful story from a child’s perspective.

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Sport

South Africa’s Olympic TEAM SA @ THE medal history LONDON OLYMPICS by DEBRA WIDDICOMBE

TEAM SA will attempt to increase its medal tally to 12 in this year’s London Olympics after earning just one medal in Beijing – Khotso Mokoena’s silver in the long jump. This was our worst performance since returning to compete in the Olympics after apartheid. So how have we fared overall? This will be our 18th Olympic appearance. South Africa first participated in the Olympic Games in 1904, and sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games until 1960. After the passing of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 in 1962, in response to South Africa’s policy of apartheid, we were barred from the Games. This did not, however, apply to the Paralympics. South Africa made

its Paralympics début in 1964, and continued to compete until 1976, after which the Dutch Parliament declared that its participation in the 1980 Games would be undesirable. From then on, South Africa was absent from the Paralympics until 1992. After the negotiations to end apartheid commenced in 1990, we re-joined the Olympic movement. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee was created in 1991, and South Africa returned to the Games at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Paralympics. South Africa also participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, and since 1994. South African athletes have won a total of 70 medals, with athletics (23), boxing (19), and swimming

Roland Schoeman (left) was part of the gold-winning team in 2004 while Chad le Clos (right) hopes to bring home gold this year.

(12) the top medal-producing sports. Other medal-producing sports include tennis (6), cycling (8), shooting (1) and rowing (1). We have won 20 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 26 bronze medals over the years. The number of medals per head

is thus one per 700,058 people in South Africa, which is a fair ratio for such a sport-loving country as ours. In the five Games we’ve participated in since returning to compete, our best performance was in Athens 2004 with six medals.

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Our two silvers in Barcelona in 1992 were won by Elana Meyer in the 10,000m run, and Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval in the doubles tennis. We stormed back with five medals in Atlanta thanks to champion swimmer Penny Heyns’ two golds, a gold for Josia Thugwane in the marathon, Hezekiel Sepeng’s 800m silver and Marianne Kriel’s bronze in the pool. SA matched that tally four years later in Sydney. Although there were no golds, we earned silvers from high jumper Hestrie Cloete and Terence Parkin, with bronzes from Heyns, hurdler Llewellyn Herbert and discus thrower Frantz Kruger. In Athens our dream team of Lyndon Ferns, Ryk Neethling, Roland Schoeman and Darian Townsend bagged gold in the freestyle relay. Schoeman also claimed a silver and a bronze while 800m runner Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and high jumper Hestrie Cloete each took silvers and rowers Donovan Cech and Ramon di Clemente won bronze. One of the expected star performers in 2012 is world champion 800m runner Caster Semenya, who is so good that the IAAF thought it was appropriate to subject her to a gender test, to prove she did not have an unfair competitive advantage. She will hope to follow in the tradition of medal-winning South African runners such as Thugwane, Mulaudzi and Daphne RobbHasenjager. South African athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events: archery, athletics, beach volleyball, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, field hockey, football, rowing, shooting, swimming, triathlon, and weightlifting. Our target of 12 medals is somewhat ambitious – the most medals we’ve ever earned at a single Game is 10. However it’s not altogether unrealistic; we have some talented athletes who are ready to shine. My words of encouragement to Team SA are: Vinniger, hoër, sterker!

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MIND THE RUCK ROB FLUDE

Big Vic not an April Fool

IT’S 9 June in Durban. The Springboks have a kickable penalty in the 74th minute and are six points adrift of a determined England team under the tutelage of Stuart Lancaster. The new Bok skipper, whose leadership credentials are welldocumented, but short of a trophy or two, opts for a lineout. South Africa’s coach Heyneke Meyer, in his first test in charge, sits nervously on the sidelines. Surely the so-called saviour of Springbok rugby – after the circus that his predecessor Peter de Villiers conducted – would not get the Boks off on the wrong foot. We’d all predicted a clean sweep against this hodgepodge Pommy team, not so? Phrases like, ‘Meyer’s a guru, we’ll be fine!’ and, ‘He is the best thing since sliced biltong!’ reverberated across website forums ad nauseum. The skipper, recently appointed to the helm with a four-year time horizon in the job description, knocks on at the resulting lineout, England closes out the game and the Boks go down. Now what? Who do we blame, as we are always so inclined to? Now, put yourself in the gargantuan shoes of Victor Matfield. My acute suspicions tell me he would have informed the ref of his desire to go for posts, his kicker would have nailed it, and then guided his charges from the re-start (which he of course would collect) back into the England half and look to equalise or even score a try through sustained waves of attack or driving mauls. This is why I think having Matlock (my affectionate term for him) to steady the ship in Meyer’s first three tests would work, if only to serve a short-term purpose. Yes, we need to move on, but this is not a long-term selection where an ageing fossil is blocking the path of his whippersnapper apprentice. For me, the value of his experience in a fresh but talented side is beyond estimation. Thereafter, Matfield can assume the mantle of lineout coach, which he had been primed for anyway. There is of course the risk of

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It seemed an April Fool’s joke: Victor Matfield will don the boots he hung up last year and captain the June series against England. However, Rob Flude suggests that it could be a masterstroke. Photo by Mark Meredith.

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BARRITT IN TOP SIX Former Sharks star Brad Barritt is in the running for Aviva Premiership Player of the Year award

Brad Barritt is shortlisted for the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year Award.

by STAFF REPORTER aracens player and South African native Brad Barritt is one of six men on the shortlist for the Aviva Premiership Player of the Year Award. Barritt is joined on the list by Harlequins' Chris Robshaw and Mike Brown, Leicester Tigers' Julian Salvi, Gloucester's Nick Wood and James Scaysbrook of Exeter Chiefs. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of media professionals including Miles Harrison of Sky Sports, Nick Mullins of ESPN and Alan Pearey of Rugby World. “The panel has come up with an incredibly impressive shortlist, which reflects the strength of Aviva Premiership Rugby,” said Premiership Rugby Chief Executive Mark McCafferty. “It’s great to see players who have emerged from our Academies in what is undoubtedly a world-class list of players. It will be a tough job picking the winner as clearly all six would be a worthy Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Year.” Barritt was born in Durban and started his professional career with the Natal Sharks in the Super League, earning 36 caps in a three year span. The versatile 25-year-old (he can operate as a fly-half or a centre) then went on to represent Emerging SA at the IRB Nations Cup in 2007. Barritt moved to Saracens in 2008 and holds a UK passport because of his English parentage. The winner will be announced on 8 May at the sold-out Aviva Premiership Awards at The Hilton, Park Lane. The awards night will be shown on ESPN.

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