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RHINOS NEED HELP A host of events are going on in London to commemorate World Rhino Day this month. What will you do to support the cause?

by ELIZABETH GLANVILLE

aturday 22 September is World Rhino Day, when global collaboration aims to highlight the continued need for rhinoceros conservation. The day involves a celebration of the five rhinoceros species whilst providing an opportunity to raise awareness of the threats to the survival of the animals. In the past few years poaching of rhino in Africa has increased dramatically; last year two species were declared extinct in Africa in a period of just two months. In 2011, 488 rhino were poached in South Africa and as of June 2012, 245 had been poached – twice as many as on the same date in 2011. Events will be taking place throughout the world, so why not get involved here in London and do your part to support the cause? 1) March on London UK-based members of Outraged SA Citizens Against Poaching (Oscap), an organisation which aims to give the public a voice with which to pressure government and stakeholders to take action to stop poaching, are walking through London to raise awareness of the plight of the rhinos. Marchers will meet at the entrance to London Zoo at 11am on September 22nd. The walk will wind its way through central London over the course of two of three hours, before finishing up in Chinatown. Everyone is welcome to join in, and with a number of attendees wearing rhino masks

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Meet Jack Klaff: Weaver of time, talks and rainbows | p9 The actor talks about bullying, power struggles and his latest tour de force, Newton, which will be showing at the Grantham Guildhall on the 24 and 25 September.

Joburger becomes folk-hero after fighting illegal downloading| p3 London-based South African mother-of-two, Rosie Fiore, posted an online diatribe that went viral on Twitter after attempts were made to download her novel, Babies in Waiting, for free. The SA Charity Golf Day took place on Thursday 13 September, with 220 golfers attending. The event, which is the largest golf day of its kind in Europe, raised over £75 000 to help vulnerable and needy children in Africa. Pictured, from left to right, Will Brass, David Pilling, Kevin Ryder, Yusuf Timol. Read more about the event on page 19 and see more pics on page 6.

and at least one ‘furry rhino’ in attendance the march will be easy to spot! Join the Facebook page: Oscap UK and rhino media awareness walk

2) Taste some wine Vivat Bacchus restaurant in London Bridge will be hosting their ‘World Wino Day’ on September 22nd from 5 – 7pm. The evening costs £10, which

includes seven wine tastings from the Linton Park Wine’s Rhino range. There will be talks about World Rhino Day and the current rhino poaching crisis in Africa. ...continued on page 2

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3) Dance the night away Save the Rhino will be holding their annual fund-raising gala at ZSL London Zoo on 16 October. Join them for drinks, dinner, dancing, talks, an auction and a raffle, compered by comedian Robin Ince. 4) Go off-road ‘Rhino Charge’ is an annual 4×4 off-roading competition held at Pippingford Park in East Sussex, that raises money for Rhino Ark’s conservation work in Kenya. This year Rhino Charge will host a family fun day on 22 September, where you can take your own 4×4 and have a go on the track. 5) Watch a film Base Africa will be showing the London film premiere of Snare, an anti-poaching movie filmed in South Africa and produced by Welala Studios, who are based in Johannesburg. Snare stars Ronnie Nyakele, known for his roles in TV shows Yizo Yizo and Rhythm

City as well as for acting alongside Leonardo Di Caprio in Blood Diamonds and Gerard Butler in Machine Gun Preacher. Snare also features Justin Strydombest, best known for his role in scifi blockbuster District 9. The screening will take place at the Mayfair Hotel on the 3 October 2012. 6) Taste some more wine ‘Three Wine Men’ travel the country to demonstrate to the public how much fun can be had tasting and experiencing new food and wines. They will be holding an event in Lord’s Cricket ground on September 22nd with £7.50 for each ticket sold going toward Save the Rhino, when tickets are bought quoting the following code – 3WINERHINO. Three Wine Men will continue to donate £7.50 for each ticket sold for their events until December, provided that the above code is quoted when booking. For more information on these events go to www.thesouthafrican. com/events

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A South-African novelist has become something of a folk hero after her attack on a web-user, who was hoping to download her book illegally, went viral on Twitter. While searching for online reviews of her novel Babies in Waiting Rosie Fiore, 44, came across a request for free book downloads from user “Stinkle01”, to whom she wrote such a cutting response to that it went viral on her website and was then reposted on Twitter. Ms Fiore, who is originally from Johannesburg but has lived in the UK for 12 years, said that she hoped her post would remind potential downloaders that they

were stealing from an individual, not a “faceless corporation”. Stinkle01 has since changed their username and downloaded Babies in Waiting from another website. “Publishers are usually very good at removing illegal free downloads from the web,” she said. “And then the copy disappears from e-readers too.” “But it’s like fighting a hydra,” the mother-of-two continued. “I want to choose when to give my work away for free; I don’t want someone else to choose for me, not after all the work and effort that goes into producing a book.” Visit www.thesouthafrican. com/news to view the full article, including part of Ms Fiore’s post.

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Rand under threat from increasing deficit by ELIZABETH GLANVILLE

SOUTH Africa's deficit in the balance of payments hit 6.4% of GDP (R200 billion) in the second quarter of 2012; a rise of 1.5% from the first quarter of 4.9%. Anything over 3% of GDP is considered a threat to the stability of a currency. Exports have decreased by 1.3% alongside a 3% rise in imports, due in part to recession in the Eurozone and slower growth in China, which are two of South Africa’s key export markets. The slowing down of global trade as a whole has affected the export market, as has recent labour unrest; prior to the

industrial action output from the mining sector had propped up the economy. The Rand depreciated from R8 to the dollar at the start of the year to R8.39 by the end of the second quarter, although IOL has since reported that the ZAR is recovering. The Reserve Bank monetary policy committee will meet later this month to discuss the threat to the ZAR and possible effects on inflation. For the full article see www. thesouthafrican.com/business

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Magda Bakker: With the Marikana Lonmin debacle in South Africa still unfolding, research topics such as the one Ms de Jongh is busy with could have thought-leading results. Surely it is unjust not only to Ms de Jongh but to the wider world at large. Support our researchers; the need for progress dictates it. Frank Simmers: This particular lady is unfortunate in that she chose a college which has abused their position. They have allowed many, many overseas so-called “students” to enter the UK with false qualifications, these persons then take UK jobs which should have gone to British workers. The lady in question can go to a proper institute of learning and continue her studies. Eugene Barnes: Sorry to hear about de Jongh's plight. However there are plenty of South Africans that have suffered the same fate,

if not worse, through the UKBA. Also there are plenty of us who have suffered financially due to the heavy-handedness of the UKBA. She is not so special that she has to receive such high profile attention. It seems this editorial dept. has suffered a lack of story lines to follow. What about investigating the involvement of SA men that are currently serving in the British Defence Force and who are in Afghanistan right now, or maybe investigate the fact that the platinum mine under siege in SA is British owned. There are many similar stories of ex-pats and such. Come now editor, before you perform your self-flagellation routine(which you probably have to do often) apologise for this silly little story and carry on?

And the other issues you raise have nothing to do with whether this is an injustice or not. In one sense you're right, she is not the only person to have suffered as a result of the colossal c***-up that the UKBA has caused here, in that sense Michelle is but a poster-girl for a much bigger injustice that the UKBA should be held to account on. James: Most overstayers do come up with the most outrageous courses to “attend”. Lets get rid of these illegals for good and get our jobs back.

Manga: Hey James why don't you focus on getting your uneducated inept and lazy countrymen on welfare in work as opposed to criticizing educated, hardworking and competent Saffas for stealing your jobs and paying for your welfare? To the student: it's not the end of the world. You have many options and believe it or not they might be better in South Africa at Wits.

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The OPTIMIST KAREN DE VILLIERS

The teenage morph

WRITING this column from the sanctity of my bedroom for fear of waking the monster. My son is home from university for the holidays. Somewhere in the madness that is the Education Department, a law was passed that students be entitled to a four-month break over the summer. I doubt this individual was a woman, if at best a human being, for no compassionate individual would impose such a sentence on anyone. We South Africans find this more onerous than most. Keen observation has revealed aspects of British teenagers at this time; best avoided in total. There is no need to explain, one only has to look at the hoodie-clad goth to know his mother has not been into his room since he turned five. She has abandoned all hope of a responsible man emerging from the depths of Valhalla behind the door. On the other hand, I come from a long line of achievers. I am the Mary Poppins of family matters. Obsessive-compulsive I know but my children were raised differently. Nannies, playgroups, swimming lessons, art lessons, sport, you name it they were exposed to it. Early learning

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development cost plenty, as did the right school. No term began without a new set of white socks and new stationery. Neat is a word I like to use to describe South African children. Somehow, in the midst of my Stepford life, I overlooked the one obvious reality of child rearing. At some point, every boy becomes a slob of gigantic proportions. This is universal. Inspector Morse once said that the most unhygienic specimen in the world is a teenage boy. You could say I am in denial regarding my own heir apparent, but the fact remains that it is difficult to believe that this group of individuals will one day lead something. The man, for he is no longer a boy, sleeps longer than a bear in hibernation. On waking, the mood is blacker than molasses until he has been fed. He still thinks we are living in SA and someone else will feed him. Or pick up his scants, make his bed and caress his ego. I will not mention the bathroom, but that may apply to men of all ages. The man is too big for the flat, too clumsy for his own good. He changes my TV channels, eats junk all day and only leaves to spend at least four hours in the gym. Or go out all night. Any attempt at conversation is met with grunts and the occasional word like ‘dream’. This means great. Eh? Homeless people would refuse his clothes. The man is a morph, easing his boa constrictor length into any given space to lounge. University must be murder if these students need so much time to recuperate. Still he beguiles me with his little boy charm. And I wait for the man to emerge. Helloooo? It’s simple, this lump is going to have to take care of me one day. The mind shudders, but optimism prevails.

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Three South African films at 56th London Film Festival This year’s BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 10 to 21 October, features five films from Southern Africa

by MARIANNE GRAY THERE are three South African feature films at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, and two from Angola and Mozambique. This is good news as filmmaking

in Southern Africa, although still tough to raise funds for, is going from strength to strength and these films are slowly exporting more favourably worldwide. The South African films are

Accession, in the festival’s Dare section; Sleeper’s Wake, in the First Film competition and Material, in the Laugh section. The Great Kilapy from Angola is in the Love section and Virgin Margarida, a co-production from Mozambique and Angola, is in the Debate section. Accession, directed by Michael J Rix and starring Pethro Themba Mbole, Vusumuzi Ndumo and Nomsa Msiza, is a masterful and shocking film about the lengths to which an HIV-positive man will go in order to try and cure himself of the virus. Sleeper’s Wake, directed by Barry Berk and starring Lionel Newton and Jay Anstey, is a sinister film that explores grief and healing, set in a remote and eerie coastal village. Material, on the other hand, about a struggling Asian material

shop, is full of humour. Directed by Craig Freimond, Vincent Ebrahim, of The Kumars at No 42, plays the cantankerous father and Denise Newman the long-suffering mother of aspirant comedian Cassim, played by real-life comedian Riaad Moosa. The Great Kilapy is set during the swinging 60s when an Angolan student studying engineering in Lisbon takes the daughter of one of Salazar’s ministers as his lover and starts living a bohemian life. Directed by Zeze Gamboa, it stars award-winning Brazilian actor Lazaro Ramos. Virgin Margarida is set in 1975 when Mozambiquans were celebrating the end of colonial rule. Directed by Licindo Azevedo, it hits on the still raw nerve of mindless social violence perpetuated against women in the country at the end of colonial rule.

These films are just five of the package of 225 feature films, 111 shorts and 30 documentaries from 68 countries. The London Film Festival runs from 10 to 21 October. Screenings: • Accession is screened on Thurs 11 at Renoir at 20.45, Sat 13 at Mayfair 2 at 18.30 and Sun 14 at Ritzy at 18.30. • Sleeper’s Wake is screened on Fri 19 at NTF1 at 18.00 and Sun 21 at Ritzy at 14.00 • Material is screened on Thurs 11 at Screen On The Green at 21.00, Sat 13 at Cine Lumiere at 13.00 and Mon 15 at NFT3 at 13.15. • Virgin Margarida is screened on Tues16 at NFT2 at 15.30 and on Fri 19 at Mayfair 1 at 21.00. For a festival programme and tickets: visit www.bfi/org.uk/lff or call 020 7928 3232.

Comedian Riaad Moosa stars in the film Material, showing at the film festival.

COOKING with Steele

ANGIE STEELE

Milk tart (with a sip or two of caramel vodka)

IF there is one thing that reminds me of home, it would have to be milk tart. It’s the one little South African gem that I simply crave and overdose on at least once a month. The memories of diving into it as a child with a big glass of Milo are long gone, and since I have come a long way I now have it with a glass or two of delicious flavoured vodka. So bin the Milo and try milk tart with a glass of Caramel Lovoka Vodka; to die for on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...whatever day of the week. Life is simply just too short.

Ingredients:

For the pastry: • 125g butter, softened • 250g castor sugar • 1 egg, beaten • 350g flour, sifted For the Filling: • 1lt full fat milk • 1 vanilla pod, scraped • 15g butter • 25g flour, sifted • 25g corn flour, sifted • 125g sugar • 2 eggs, beaten • Cinnamon for sprinkling

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Angie Steele shares a milk tart recipe that is sure to remind you of home.

• Cream together the butter and the sugar • Add the egg and beat well • Gently mix in the flour until the mixture comes together, kneading it until it forms a soft, workable pastry • Using your finger tips, press the pastry into a 20cm flan ring, making sure you fill it all the way up to the edges. Try to keep a thin consistency of pastry throughout • Once the pastry case is ready, gently prick it with a fork to stop the pastry from rising • Place the pastry case on a tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes, or until the pastry is golden in colour • When ready, remove from the oven and put aside to cool For the filling: • Using a large saucepan, bring the milk, scraped vanilla seeds and butter to the boil • In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour, corn flour and sugar • Beat the eggs into the flour base to create a smooth paste • Once the milk begins to boil, remove from the heat and add a

third of the hot milk to the flour paste, stirring well • When fully mixed, add the flour base to the remaining milk • Place the mixture back on the stove. It will thicken straight away so be sure to keep on stirring with a whisk to prevent it from burning • Simmer the milk base for a further 2 minutes • Remove from the heat and pour straight into the cooked pastry base • Sprinkle a thin layer of ground cinnamon on top • Place in the fridge and allow to set for a minimum 4 hours • Once set remove the Milk Tart from the pastry case, place on a serving plate and serve with a shot of caramel vodka on ice Top South African chef Angie Steele hosts fun cooking classes at The Avenue cooking school in Putney. These include Dinner Party Demon to brush up those key skills to help you impress, and Ready Steady Date for single cooking with loads of laughs. To book visit www. theavenuecookeryschool.com/ courses/angie-at-the-avenue or e-mail angie@angiesteele.com

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Jack Klaff: Weaver of time, tales and rainbows Walter Jones chats to Jack Klaff about bullying, power struggles and his latest tour de force Newton, showing on 24 and 25 September

by WALTER JONES I MEET South African born actor Jack Klaff at the Nelson Mandela statue on Parliament Square. It seems a good place to meet as we’re both South Africans living in London, each connected to the dark past of South Africa that delivered the Rainbow Nation, and its determination for a brighter future for all South Africans. As we cross the green and push our way through the crowds of Olympic visitors and volunteers to find a place to sit and talk, he starts to weave his tale under the watchful eye of Big Ben, looming large, like the big brother of a oneeyed Olympic mascot. “My father was a watchmaker in Johannesburg and he fixed Madiba’s watch, before he was arrested,” says Klaff. This, and the fact that his aunt and uncle were imprisoned during the apartheid years, Klaff’s mother only told him much later on in life, he says. “I was told that they were on holiday,” he shrugs. “My son works over there,” he says, pointing at the Palace of Westminster. “He arranged for me to go to Prime Minister’s Questions, when Tony Blair was still in power.” As we pass the Winston Churchill sculpture, he tells me there are questions about the strange power that surrounds it and stops pigeons from sitting on its head. Is it heated on the inside? Electrified? “There are four forces in this world,” he tells me. “Magnetism, electricity, nuclear power and gravity.” It seems Jack is never far from questioning power and its effects. “My work is about notions of power, and the abuse of power by bullies. There are 7 billion people in the world; a large number of whom are obese whilst a larger number goes hungry. These relationships with food, and the prevalence of hunger, are all about bullying. “Everything is connected,” he says.

Who is Jack Klaff? As a writer Jack Klaff is well known for his play Nagging Doubt, first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1981, which is set around the Sharpeville Massacre. The play takes its name from a statement by Hendrik Verwoerd: ‘I do not have the nagging doubt of ever wondering whether perhaps I could be wrong’. In this one-man show he plays 20 characters caught up in the events before and after the Massacre, portraying the fictional family of liberal journalist Eric Lovell and his wife Marjorie (based on Klaff’s uncle and aunt). Marching on a police station in Sharpeville on 21 March 1960, a group of thousands of protesters offered themselves up for arrest for not carrying their pass books. The movements of black South Africans had been restricted by pass laws since the 1920s. In 1960 the apartheid government, led by Verwoerd, extended them to include women, enforcing greater segregation and using these laws as a tool to harass political opponents of the apartheid regime. 69 of the protesters were shot in the ensuing chaos of that day, many of them in the back as they turned to flee, as panicked police opened fire on the crowd. How did the play Nagging Doubt come about? Moving to London in 1973, Jack began to read Daily Mail reports about South Africa from the 50s and 60s. This research proved useful when, a few years later, The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the BBC commissioned a play, and he wrote Nagging Doubt. “I lived less than 30 miles away and never really knew the details of what was going on at the time of the Massacre,” he says. The play was first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1981 and received excellent reviews. It was then revived for the 50th

anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, and the centenary of the Union of South Africa, at the request of his ‘old ma’, who is 92 and still lives in South Africa. Jack has written many plays for radio, theatre and TV, and was joined recently in the Radio 4 drama Flying Backwards, by Alice Krige, another well known South African actor who starred with Jack in the film King David – also starring Richard Gere. So, there is a silver-screen connection too. Jack has appeared in other films such as Star Wars (Episode IV) and The Spy Who Loved Me. Good fun but a means to an end, he tells me. “It’s too late to worry about whether or not all of the roles I chose were the right ones,” he laughs. From Star Wars to StarLab As an academic, Jack Klaff has held four visiting professorships at Princeton University and was Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Starlab in Brussels. He is also involved with Intelligence Squared, the world’s premier forum for debate and intelligent discussion (www. intelligencesquared.com). As a storyteller, he tells me he has also written books such as The Bluffer’s Guide to the Quantum Universe, and it’s here he takes the leap to talk about his latest project – a one-man, warts-and-all portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, and his pursuit of new truths through science and sorcery. He also tells me, with his broad and generous smile, about the tree that famously inspired Newton’s theory of gravity and how, by passing light through a prism,

Jack Klaff can be seen in his latest play Newton at the Grantham Guildhall.

Newton wove a rainbow. “It’s still there, in Grantham,” he says. “You can go and see it. The trunk looks like a question mark.” By questioning the past we connect with the future, all through the prism of the present. Only when we understand this can we begin, like

Newton, to weave a rainbow. Jack Klaff appears in his latest tour de force, Newton, which is part of the Gravity Fields Festival 2012, at the Grantham Guildhall on the 24 and 25 September.

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Duimpie Skool vir Hoogsbegaafde Babas nie. Ons Ben word nié deur vermaarde Tibettaanse monnikke in die geheime wonders van Zen onderrig nie en hy sal nié binne die afsienbare toekoms kan vlieg, homself onsigbaar maak of gedagtes kan lees nie. Die Eveline Day Nursery is ‘n gewone skool, met gewone onderwysers, vir gewone kinders. Daar is kinderkuns teen die mure en daar is speelkamers met speelgoed vol liggies en klokkies en hefbome en tollende prentjies – ‘n droom vir ‘n baba, maar allig ‘n nagmerrie vir ‘n gerehabiliteerde dobbelverslaafde. Maar ons kry tóg waarde vir ons geld met dié dat Ben daagliks met sy tuiskoms deur ‘n gedetailleerde boekstawing van sy dag se doen en late vergesel word. Daardie eerste aand was ons die verpersoonliking van ouerlike trots toe ons op die rusbank stelling ingeneem en sy rapportjie getakseer het. Maar hoe verder ek gelees het, hoe hoër het my bloeddruk gestyg: “Ben had a lovely day…bla-bla…interacted well…bla-bla…and thoroughly enjoyed playing with the dolls” WAT? MET DIE POPPE? MY SEUN? Dit sou uiteraard nie deug nie en ‘n dringende versoek aan die hoof het tot ‘n welkome moratorium op popspeel gelei. Of eerder op die rapportéring van sy popspelery. Want wat die oog nie sien nie… En intussen is ‘n belangrike mylpaal op die babaontwikkelingskaal bereik, want

sien, Meneertjie het begin loop. Eers was dit ‘Die Vliegtuig’ – huiwerige treë, met sy arms horisontaal langs hom uitgestrek, soos ‘n hoogs bedrewe sirkusarties. En later het ‘Die T-Rex’ gevolg – kort, vinnige treëtjies met sy armpies ingekatrol tot teen sy bors. En hopelik is ‘Die Mens’ nie te ver op die horison nie, want nog één kopstamp teen ‘n kosyn of iets dergliks en permanente breinskade sal sy onvermydelike lot wees. Die arme kind het in sy kort bestaan al meer kopstampe as Bakkies Botha uitgedeel en kom byna daagliks tuis as die ewebeeld van ‘n Bonsmarakalf wat se horings gereed is om deur die vel te bars. Maar my hemelhoë skoolfondsrekening ten spyt, val my desperate pleidooie om hom met ‘n skrumpetjie skool toe te stuur steeds op dowe ore. Ai. Nou kyk, dis ‘n pyniging om elke maand vir negehonderd pond koebaai te waai. Regtig, dit is. Maar stoomroller ‘n MacBook Pro uit onverbloemde opgewondenheid sy maatjies uit die pad wanneer jy hom smiddae by die skool gaan haal? Nee. En gee ‘n Stamford Bridge-seisoenkaartjie jou ‘n spoegbeksoen wanneer jy dit die minste verwag? Nee. En worsrolletjies? Kom kielie hulle jou tone wanneer jy op ‘n Saterdagoggend probeer inlê? Nee. En daarom, ten spyte van my ingeduikte bankbalans, voel ek ryk, gerus in die wete dat ek veel armer sou wees as geld my enigste besitting in die lewe was.

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Face Technologies searches for democratic dividend A South African company, Face Technologies, has built a good business out of helping African governments prepare for elections. However, a recent tussle in Kenya has reminded them of the difficulties of politics in frontier markets

by WASHINGTON GIKUNJU Face Technologies, a South African IT company, felt incredibly close to winning a $395 million electronic voter registration contract tendered by the Kenyan government, when it made it to the final shortlist of four firms out of 29 contenders for the deal. Having been involved in similar big ticket information technology projects in more than a dozen African countries as well as Asia, Face Technologies felt that it had the track record and clout needed to bag the lucrative contract, Ian Minty, the company’s CEO, told Gateway to Africa. The company was founded in 1993, as a state-owned enterprise, just as South Africa prepared to hold its first democratic election in 1994. That process required millions of South Africans who held no national ID documents to be quickly registered, giving Face Technologies a foothold in the biometric identification market on the continent. The South African government sold its stake in 2010, and the company is now wholly private. As the autocratic regimes of many African countries in the 1990s gave way to democratic environments, the company has benefited from the drive towards greater participation and transparency, delivering electronic registration and smart card solutions in countries such as Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia; Nedbank Golf Challenge print in addition to India and Sri Lanka outside of Africa. “Face Technologies sees many new opportunities in the biometrics environment and we are pursuing them,” said Mr Minty, when asked whether the firm had other deals in the pipeline. “The Africa experience and knowledge that we have built up over the years is used for the benefit of our new projects.” The company has wide experience of the continent’s IT

challenges and has been successful in developing a pan-African footprint. Yet as controversy emerged over the tendering process just a few days, to announcement of the bid winner, the company may have started feeling that things were not going according to plan in Kenya; a reminder that sometimes technology is not the only constraint in frontier markets. The South African firm was in the race for the tender against 4G Identity Solutions of India, Symphony of Kenya and Ontrack Innovations of Israel. “Face Technologies was extremely proud when we were shortlisted as we believe in our quality African proven solution that we submitted in the tender,” said Ian Minty, chief executive of the South African firm, in a recent interview with GTA. “We believed that based on our extensive Africa experience we would deliver within the provided time schedule.” However, allegations of corruption among top officials of the Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and divisions within the tendering team led to bitter public exchanges, that eventually caused the process to be cancelled. After nearly a month of feuding, the electoral body announced in early August that it would revert to a manual register to enlist voters for the upcoming general election, which is scheduled for March next year. But with Kenya having nearly erupted in chaos in 2007, after a disputed presidential election that was blamed on a faulty voters’ ad(Page 1 9/7/12 12:38:51 register, the IEBC announcement caused instant public outrage. A report by South Africa judge Johann Kriegler, who investigated the botched election, recommended an overhaul of the manual electoral register and its replacement with an electronic one. It took the intervention of Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki, to pass a cabinet resolution which directed that IEBC had to use an electronic register.

Initial reports indicated that the government had settled for a government-to-government deal, that would see a Canadian firm, that was involved in piloting the electronic voter registration process in a 2010 constitutional referendum, awarded the contract. The IEBC, which is an independent constitutional body, has, however, opposed the government’s intention to single source for the registration kits, again raising the possibility that Face Technologies and other bidders who were pre-qualified for the contract may still be signed up for the tender. Asked whether he considered it a lost opportunity, given the government’s apparent inclination to single-source for the contract to a Canadian firm, Mr Minty said that “the process is still underway.” The Kenyan biometric voter registration deal is just one of the numerous multi-million dollar opportunities that IT companies stand to gain in Africa, as both the government and private businesses embrace technology in their daily operations. “Show me any logistical challenge in Africa, and I will show you a huge opportunity for technology companies; be it traffic management, streamlining government records, water supply or housing,” says Muriuki Mureithi, the CEO of IT consulting firm, Summit Strategies. As a player in the industry for more than a decade, Mr Mureithi has seen some of Kenya’s budding tech companies grow into multinational firms that struggle to handle the big number of clients that queue for their services. An example is Seven Seas Technologies, which provides IT solutions for government and financial, telecom, real estate and service industries, and has operations in East, West and Southern Africa. “The opportunity is huge, probably the biggest shortage is that of expertise and financial resources needed to deliver some of these projects,” said Mr Mureithi.

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Kenya’s ICT sector is estimated to have grown by an average of 20 percent every year in the past decade, accounting for a quarter of the $40 billion economy. With four undersea broadband internet cables docking at the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa, Mr Mureithi says the country already has the physical infrastructure needed to migrate all government services online. He picks out a smart traffic management system and digitisation of the citizens’ records as some of the urgently needed IT projects in Kenya.

Previous efforts to switch to electronic passports, national ID cards and driving licenses have all stalled amid claims of corruption in the awarding of the multimillion dollar projects. “There is an urgent need for clear public private partnership laws to help fast-track some of these projects, because neither the government nor the private sector can do them alone,” says Mr Mureithi. TheSouthAfrican.com/ Gateway-To-Africa

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Nominations open for SA Chamber THREE INSIGHTS INTO: Business networking success of Commerce Business Awards

Now’s your chance to nominate deserving candidates making waves in the South African business community in Britain by STAFF REPORTER NOMINATIONS for the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2012 are now open, and the competition is on! The annual awards recognise trailblazing South African business people in the UK within the following categories: • Business Leader of the Year • Charity of the Year • Entrepreneur of the Year • Innovator of the Year • Rising Star of the Year • Woman in Business of the Year There are three ways you can get involved: 1) Nominate your friends and colleagues and get them the recognition they deserve. If you know someone who should be nominated for these awards visit our website to start nominating now. Nominees will then be contacted for their approval and their complete CV and biography before being submitted for public vote.

At last year’s SA Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, Achumile Majija accepts his award for Rising Star of the Year 2011 from chairman Mary-Anne Anderson and Reg Bamford of Sable Group.

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Rand remains under pressure amid mine revolt DURING the period between 10 and 17 September one Great British Pound fetched between R13.08 and R13.43 South African Rands. The South African Rand also fetched between R8.15 and R8.33 to one United States Dollar. With the Mine unrest in South Africa dragging into its second month the Rand remains firmly on the back foot while the South African government tries to put out “fires” left right and center. Mining in South Africa is the foundation of the country’s economy and with platinum; and now gold mines; turning to battle grounds rather than places of work, international investors are pulling their money out at a rate

of knots. "The concerns persist. We are not seeing foreign demand for our bonds and by and large they're unlikely to participate while there's uncertainty in the backdrop," said Brigid Taylor, Head of Institutional Sales at Nedbank (fin24.com) There was some good news this week for the Rand, after the German courts ratified the rescue package for the Euro zone, thus ensuring the safeguarding of the Euro, for now. This in turn has a positive effect on the Rand as the Euro remains one of South Africa’s big trading partners. Come week end, the Rand dipped again against major currencies again as striking mine workers

rejected a wage offer by Lonmin, thus ensuring the strike will at least drag into next week. Investors will be keeping a keen eye on news feeds coming out of South Africa on Monday as Lonmin tabled a new offer to the unions of the striking miners late on Friday, which they are expected to respond to on Monday midday. If miners accept the offer we can expect a bit of stabilisation for the Rand, but if this “final” offer is rejected the Rand may follow in last week’s footsteps. GBP / ZAR: 13.31 EUR / ZAR: 10.80 USD / ZAR: 8.23 Correct at 10am, 17 September Compiled by Matthew Cridge

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THE ability to network is absolutely crucial in business nowadays, especially as competition grows and so many services become price driven commodities. Businesses are looking to work on the basis of relationships as a unique selling point. This all starts with networking. Paul Harrison sat down with published author, founder of EntrepreneursInLondon.co.uk and Marketing and Persuasion expert, Patrick Powers, to get his three best insights into elite networking. Insight 1: Don’t sell your products, sell yourself Forget trying to pitch your products and instead focus on building trust and relationships. Most people are so focused on selling their products that they completely forget the person in front of them. They are looking for the short term gain, but networking is a long term game. It’s like a never ending ultra marathon that keeps getting better and better the longer you run. But, as opposed to a real marathon, in networking you will not only get a prize at the finish line but prizes all the time. As long as you keep running. Insight 2: Give away something of value Once you have broken the ice and created a bit of a connection, you need to take people to the next level. Don’t wait for them to take

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action. Ask them if they would be interested in something suitable, something free for them. People love free things and that also gives you the “excuse” to follow up with them later. Insight 3: The gold is in the follow up Since networking is all about building trust (and not selling) it takes time to reach a level where your efforts will bear fruit. As a rule of thumb I would say that the second time they see you they will recognize you, and the third time they will start to trust you. So if you don’t keep in touch, the initial effort is lost. Never see your networking connections as potential buyers; see them as potential partners and referrers. If you build a real relationship and develop trust with them they could refer many buyers to you in future.

Patrick Powers answers Isak’s questions on getting new clients Isak Botma is a UK-based South African who runs a website design business called pctank.co.uk, and he wants to know more ways of generating new clients How do you create a good “elevator pitch”? Two words: “benefits” and “uniqueness”. Most people’s pitches are not only boring and similar to everyone else’s, but don’t have any benefits for the listener, eg: “I’m an accountant”. That’s just a feature and people don’t buy features unless they understand their benefits. Here is a “unique benefit pitch”: “I’m an accountant that helps small businesses save tax in very unique and, of course, legal ways.” That pitch stands out and has some unique benefits that most small business people would be interested in. So start by listing all the benefits of what you are doing. Then choose one or two of the most unique and powerful benefits to put into your opening pitch. How do you follow up effectively? First of all connect with

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people in as many ways as possible. Make sure you find and connect with them on their preferred social network (LinkedIn, Facebook, twitter etc.) within 24 hours. Second, don’t try and sell, but rather start by delivering value that is relevant for them. For example free report, free trial, free consultation etc. Please understand that you have to prove your value before you ask anything from them. What’s the best type of networking event? It really depends on your industry and your personality, but what’s most important is that you don’t run around to too many different ones. Find a few that you like and then come back again and again. It’s not about how many people you know (at least initially) but the quality and strength of the relationships you build. If you would like to know more about networking skills, please visit www. patrickmpowers.com, or if you have any other business or investment related questions that you would like answered, please email paul@MOBIvation.com

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BULLET BIOGRAPHY • Born: Johannesburg, South Africa • Education: Saxonwold School. Parktown Girls High School. • Career Trajectory: The Nugget, 1954, Tollman Towers 1970, The Airport Hotel 1974. • The Red Carnation Hotel Collection was founded in 1984: The Collection consists of 14 top hotels situated in London, Palm Beach, Cape Town, Geneva and Guernsey, and includes The Chesterfield in Mayfair, Hotel D’Angleterre in Geneva and The Oyster Box in Umhlanga Rocks. • Won countless awards including: TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence 2012 awarded to every hotel in the collection, The Sunday Times Top 100 Companies to work for 2012. • Published: A Life in Food in 2009 • Current Position: Founder and President of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection (RCH)

You have come a long way since your first hotel, The Nugget, in 1954 in Johannesburg. What are the most powerful memories of those days? I was a young bride, just starting out on my journey into hotels and food, which has now become my passion. My husband came from a family of hoteliers, but it was completely new to me and I taught myself the trade, with his support. I quickly became responsible for the quality of the food coming out of the kitchen. My most powerful memories of our early years in hotel business were actually of our second hotel, the Hyde Park Hotel in Johannesburg, which I would think was probably the first truly boutique hotel in South Africa, if not the World. We named the main restaurant there The Colony, inspired by the supper clubs of New York and it soon attracted international cabaret stars (e.g. Petula Clark and Trini Lopez) and famous guests such as Marlene Dietrich, George Peppard and Michael Caine. It was a very exciting time, these famous people staying at our Hyde Park Hotel! We ran three other restaurants from this same hotel. We were innovators in the industry

and developed a chain of hotels including South Africa’s first disco called “The Stable.” What made you move to England? It was largely due to the political situation and apartheid. We wanted our children to have the opportunity to grow up away from all that. What was the toughest personal challenge? The cultural differences and settling the children into a new country. We had travelled to England before but living there was a very different thing. We had to get the children in to new schools, which was an adjustment. Plus the weather of course! What would you say were the starkest differences in work styles? By the time we’d left South Africa, we’d opened two world class hotels beside many other hotels, with the Tollman Towers in 1970 and the airport hotel in 1974. Coming into the UK I found it a very male-dominated industry; they weren’t used to a woman being so involved and personally directing all areas of the business. The hotel industry is predominantly a service industry, how do you inspire large teams to keep up your own standards? By sharing my own examples and experience, which is that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. I started without training but the business teaches you, along with hard work and initiative. You’ve got to be interested, you’ve got to care and as long as you have a passion for making guests happy you have all the training tools you need to succeed. This year the UK’s Sunday Times named Red Carnation one of the best 100 companies to work for in the UK. In 2002, you decided to return to Africa to re-open the Twelve Apostles hotel, in Cape Town. What were some of the big changes you noticed in the industry compared to when

you set up your first hotel many years ago? I tried to create a unique hotel because of its position between the mountains and the sea. We bought the existing property, completely renovated it and re-opened it as The Twelve Apostles in 2002. The biggest change was that by that stage there were lots of very good, large international hotel companies in Cape Town. The hotel market was buoyant and more sophisticated, and people travelled and expected more. What are the biggest issues that the industry faces in SA these days? The biggest issue is training staff, something we particularly specialise in. The ongoing global recession of course continues to have a huge impact. Also, there are just too many hotel rooms in places like Cape Town. Many hotels are cutting rates, and this is impacting on the experience for guests – you simply can’t deliver the same service under those conditions, but we do and never, ever lower our standards. What is your advice to an hotelier in South Africa or the UK thinking of branching out to the rest of the world? Try to impress your personality on a hotel. Certainly, I would say that location is key in making a success of a hotel, plus seasonality – try to choose somewhere that isn’t too affected by the weather and

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Daphne Cohn | Night care assistant Born: Kimberley How long in UK: Just over 7 years Job name/ position: Bupa – night care assistant Background: I spent most of my childhood in a small town called Hennenman. My parents

moved back to Kimberley where I completed high school while working weekends at Game. After matric I swiftly jumped on a plane, much to my parents’ despair, with my one piece of luggage and escaped to the UK. I spent a few months working in a hotel and

then found my calling in elderly care, where I have been ever since. Now I spend a small fortune on travelling back to SA every year to see my parents. Motto: Live each day like there is no tomorrow and always say ‘I love you’ to the people that you care for.

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What do you do in your job? Together with one nurse and a fellow carer we look after a residential home of 30 individuals, assisting them during the night with personal needs and care. It might sound easy and straight forward but you’d be amazed at how much there is to do at night, as the bells are constantly going off. Apparently the older we get the less sleep we require. What is the most exciting thing about your job? Being able to spend time with the residents and hearing all their stories from the past, especially about the war. It’s quite fun to see that just because you’re old it doesn’t mean that you’re dead; a lot of our residents have a wicked sense of humour and are not at all shy to share their views. It’s the most amazing feeling going home at the end of the day knowing you are making a difference in someone’s life who might not have anyone else. Plus you get to build really good friendships with the other carers. What is the most challenging thing about your job? Working with residents who have dementia and challenging

behaviour. Working against your own body clock and doing 12 hour night shifts can be really hard. Tell us an interesting story related to your job. I think the best is when you start at a new place and say you’re from South Africa and they ask: “Why are you white? Do you have electricity and live in mud houses?” And of course the disappointment when you say “No, I don’t have a pet lion in my back garden”. There are a lot of great things that do happen at work with the residents, but with data protection these days you would need to be here to experience them. Future plans? My partner and I have just bought a house so we will be spending our time getting it painted and tiled. I’m also completing my A1 Health and Social Care Assessors course which will enable me to work from home as a freelancing assessor, training future NVQ care candidates. Do you think being South African helps you in your job? Yes, we are caring and hard working people which is what is needed in a pastoral job.

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San Sebastian: A taste of Basque country San Sebastian is a delightful port city in Basque country, which doesn’t really exist on maps but definitely exists in the hearts of those who live in it by MARIANNE GRAY A good time to go to San Sebastian is in September, when the tourists have left, summer is becoming autumn and the city’s international film festival is on. It is then that you can stroll down the leafy Alameda de Boulevard and have a coffee at a pavement café seated next to a film star or enjoy some tapas and a txacoli (crisp, fruity white wine) in one of many little boltholes known as pintxos bars. Or you could drop into the maze of streets known as the Old Town (Parte Vieja) and have a tortilla for lunch or a kokotx (cheek of cod) for supper. With eight restaurants holding a total of 16 Michelin stars, this place is pure heaven for gourmets. This year is San Sebastian’s 60th festival. It’s the biggest Spanishlanguage festival in the world and it’s a captivating event where the public is as keen to view the films as the industry people are to show them. San Sebastian, or Donostia as the locals call it, is a delightful port city that fell to Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces on 31 August, 1813. On that fateful day his troops “broke through the city walls looting, raping and murdering the citizens without consideration,” it is recorded at the museum in La Mota Castle atop Monte Urgull. Rumour has it that he ordered the city to be set alight. Whether he did or not, the city was razed to the ground. It has been rebuilt entirely and today the only surviving buildings to pre-date Wellington’s arrival are on the corner of Plaza de la Trinidad and Calle 31 de Agosto, and the fortified Gothic church of San Vicente a brief stroll away. In 2013 the city will be celebrating the bicentenary of its rebuilding and in 2016 hopes to become the European Capital of Culture. San Sebastian is perched on the northwest Atlantic coast of

Spain between Bilboa (Spain) and Biarritz (France) and it overlooks the rough and tumble of the Bay of Biscay. Basque country has been described as too green to be Spain and too rugged to be France, which sort of says it all. Donostia has three sandy bays. The wooded hills of Monte Igueldo and Monte Urgull, where some of the most expensive properties in Europe are, surround the largest bay, the Bahia de La Concha, and right in the middle of it lies the island of Santa Clara. Strolling along the golden sands of La Concha beach suggests the credit crunch has had little impression on San Sebastian. Said to be Spain’s weathiest city, visitors from abroad return again and again, to eat, surf, sail, shop, savour. The bays are filled with a jostle of yachts, the restaurants are packed and life is a bustling affair. It is a lush town where you want to be outdoors. The historic centre is small and easy to stroll. Starting from the north-eastern Gros area, walk across the decorative Maria Cristina Bridge where the Urumea River meets the choppy Atlantic, away from the conference centre of the Kursaal, two odd glass and steel box structures which some think look like matchboxes at an awkward angle. The Old Town spreads in front of you, like an open hand beckoning you in. Now just minutes away from the best pintxos bars and food markets, if you go right (north) you slip unnoticed into a busy little world of straight and narrow streets full of social life and every sort of shop, especially food shops, ice cream parlours, chocolatieres and luxury goods like leather. If you go left (south) you get to Centro, with its genteel hotels and cheaper pensions, wider streets, banks, showrooms, offices and a more twenties feel about it.

If you go straight down the tree-lined avenue (Alameda de Boulevard) you join the ‘paseo’ of people, families from grandparents to babies, groups of students, togged up ladieswho-lunch, businessmen on their mobiles probably placing a tortilla order to Pilar at the Bar Nestor where the tortilla is renowned or to restaurant where the chef can do marvellous things with cod. Walk as far as the Old Port tucked below Les murailles (the town walls), try the wonderful seafood served on trestle tables beside fishing boats. And go even further, heading round the bay, onto the promenade, Paseo de Miraconch, to stroll above the golden beach where terriers chase squealing seagulls and the last of the late-summer swimmers splash in the pretty bay. Pause to watch the dark, swirling waters of the Atlantic Ocean beyond and think of the fishermen and sailors who have embarked from this little port into a very big, heavy sea. It’s all very relaxed in Donostia. The words ‘peaceful coexistence’ and ‘tolerance’ come to mind and it is difficult to equate previous Basque history linked with the ‘terrorist’ organisation ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasura, Basque for Homeland & Freedom) and the politics of separatism. It’s much more than a brilliant gourmet destination because it seems to have a life of its own beyond food; it’s a dateless charm and leisurely humour. You might have a predisposition to good eating but there’s plenty more to do with a little time in San Sebastian. To read the full article and for more details on staying in San Sebastian visit our website.

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Award-winning Zimbabwean play transfers to West End This one-man play tells the traumatic story of an ordinary Zimbabwean amidst an extraordinary time in the country’s history by STAFF REPORTER CHICKENSHED, in association with Leicester Square Theatre presents, The Rain That Washes - Chickenshed employee Christopher Maphosa’s true story of growing up in Zimbabwe. The Rain That Washes was the winner of the Panel Award at the Off West End Theatre Awards 2011. Directed by Kieran Fay and performed by Ashley Maynard, it makes its West End debut at Leicester Square Theatre (Lounge) from 17 September to 6 October. This one-man play, which evolved over a series of interviews with writer Dave Carey, tells the traumatic story of an ordinary Zimbabwean amidst an extraordinary time in the country’s history. Maphosa grew up to see Ian Smith’s white supremacist Rhodesia become the brutal regime of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, depriving Zimbabweans of all they had fought for. Maphosa grew up in apartheidcontrolled South Africa and became part of the revolutionary force trying to overthrow the regime of Ian Smith in collapsing colonial Rhodesia. As the struggle became more political and the response more repressive, Maphosa was sent to learn the

principles of Marxism in Bulgaria, and returned to quite a different country to the one he left behind. By turns humorous and intensely shocking, performer Ashley Maynard enacts Christopher’s extraordinary story and the characters of the allies that accompanied him. The title, The Rain That Washes, refers to the “Gukuranhundi” the Shona word for “the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains”, describing the suppression of Joshua Nkomo’s supporters by Zimbabwe’s 5th Brigade, now considered taboo in Zimbabwe. Carey wanted the play to speak to the generation that has no understanding of what was happening in former colonial countries. “It’s fantastic for the audience to see part of the mess we left behind as well as an understanding and sympathy for what has happened subsequently. The issue of Gukuranhundi is, according to Zimbabweans I have spoken to, such a raw and open wound for so many people, but with Chris’ help I hope we have brought this out in a sensitive and respectful manner.” Ticket details: • 17 September to 6 October, 7pm • £12 (£10 concs)

• Contact 08448 733 433 or leicestersquaretheatre.com • Leicester Square Theatre (lounge), 6 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX Talking Points: Janet Suzman – Theatre For Change As an inclusive theatre, Chickenshed creates socially aware work that gives people a voice and brings people together. Before the performance on 20 September, renowned actress and director Dame Janet Suzman will discuss political theatre and theatre for change. The niece of anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman, Dame Janet is a founding patron of Chickenshed and a multi-award winning actress and director working in South Africa and the UK. The talk will be chaired by Michael Walling, Artistic Director of Border Crossings. This costs £8 (or £15 for the talk and show). To find out more about Chickenshed visit www. chickenshed.org.uk Watch a clip from the play The Rain That Washes on our website.

SA government sells R2.25m in weapons to Zimbabwe by REBECCA ROSMAN THE South African government recently approved the sale of R2.25 million (£170,000) worth of arms to Zimbabwe, as part of a series of contracts between 1 April and 30 June 2011, Die Beeld newspaper reports. The announcement, revealed at last Monday’s quarterly report of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), came as a disappointment to the Democratic Alliance (DA). “There has been a de facto embargo on the export of weapons to Zimbabwe for more than a decade,” DA MP David Maynier told Die Beeld. In 2011, Jeff Radebe, Justice Minister and Chairperson of the NCACC, stated that the government wouldn’t approve the sale of weapons to countries with “political complications,” including Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has faced heightened economic political instability for

years under the leadership of its president Robert Mugabe. It was revealed that deals with a total of 50 countries were signed during the same period, including India, Gabon, the USA, and China, totaling R2.8 billion (£213 million). The weapons sold to Zimbabwe mainly fell into the C category, which mostly includes support equipment like teargas. Radebe’s spokesperson, Nthunzi Mhaga, did not immediately respond to Beeld’s requests for comments.

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by ROB FLUDE THE 15th annual South African Charity Golf Day was held at Surrey’s magnificent Foxhills Golf Club under bright blue skies, with the mercury touching an acceptable 18 degrees for this time of year. This was the first year with Nedbank as title sponsor, and the event was yet again an unparalleled success. Over the previous 14 years, the Golf Day has made more than £700,000 for deserving charities in South Africa, and this year, once again, everyone in attendance dipped into their pockets and contributed to the cause. It is the largest golf tournament of its kind in Europe and raises much-needed funds for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, the FW de Klerk Foundation, Starfish Greathearts, MaAfrika Tikkun and Thuthuka. The golf itself teed off at 7.30am, by which time many already had a boerie roll and a coffee in them. The 220 golfers, kitted out in their fashionable bright green

Nedbank golf shirts, then made their way around the 18 holes on one of Foxhills’ two prestigious championship courses. Many expat South Africans partook in this challenge alongside mostly Brits and Americans, who all clearly enjoyed the stunning fairways and greens on the courses. Clearly smarting from their thrashings at the hands of the South Africans in the cricket this summer, it appeared that the British participants took a great interest in getting one over their southern rivals and bringing home the golfing prizes. As the drinks cart weaved its way around the courses they opted for water over beer, with the concentration etched over their faces matched usually only at The Masters! The Saffers on the other hand, many of whom were not quite up to scratch as golfers, regularly filled up on the amber nectar, which probably had a significant part to play in the cart’s battery dying a sudden death around 1pm!

While there was little cloud in the sky, one other noticeable feature of the day was the persistent braai smoke from the strategically-placed braai stands at the first holes, halfway houses and clubhouse; had Google Earth taken a snapshot of the general Foxhills area, a weatherman might have had an apoplexy deciphering this strange “climatic” phenomenon. With the golfing side of things completed, attention turned to the gala dinner in the marquee, where the evening kicked off with an emphatic rendition of the South African national anthem. Former Springbok captain and current Saracens squad member John Smit spoke briefly, saying, “It’s great that I could be involved today. What is really inspiring is that such an event for South African children takes place in the UK.” The big surprise of the night was one of the auction items, namely the baton which Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius and his three team-mates

National Braai Day with Sarries by STAFF REPORTER SARACENS rugby players and their families will be simultaneously celebrating Heritage Day and National Braai Day by hosting a free family event in Raynes Park on Saturday 22 September. The two days encourage South Africans to gather around a fire and celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions. Since its inception in 1995, Heritage Day has come to mean a time to gather with family and friends, have a braai and just catch up, which is why it has dovetailed nicely with National Braai Day. In an address marking Heritage Day in 1996, former President Nelson Mandela stated, "When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our new nation." The Saracens players, who include many South Africans, will be joining a festival of rugby, conversation and braaivleis. The event is open to all, and one can bring one's own food to cook on the braais that will be available, or just turn up and purchase a braai pack. The Orange Bull Bar will be supporting the event.

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• Free Entry • Time: 12-3 pm • Braai facilities available • Bring and Braai (Pap + Gravy supplied) • Braai Packs will be on sale as well as cash bar and soft drinks. • Touch rugby with members of the Saracens squad plus coaching for children. Raynes Park sports ground is located on Taunton Avenue, off West Barnes Lane, Raynes Park. Nearest Station is Raynes Park Station and buses are 163 + 131

used in winning the gold medal in the 4 x 100m relay in the London Games the other week. An estimated £28,000 was raised in the auction, concluding a wonderful day, and all in attendance will already be looking forward to the 2013 edition. The organisers, and especially the founder Geoff Johnson, have extended their thanks to everyone who played a part, whether as a player, sponsor, volunteer or staff, as their contribution went a long way to providing assistance for vulnerable and needy children in Africa.

Mark Weston (Nedbank UK), Mike Brown (Nedbank CEO), Geoff Johnson (SA Charity Golf Day Chairman and Founder) and Jeff Condliffe (Foxhills). See pictures from the event on page 6.

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Goliath Grove: The Gentle Giant

UK-based South African cage fighter gears up for December 1st title fight in London

What's been your worst injury? I've had knee surgery once due to cartilage damage. I've also had a torn bicep, broken my hand and had to get a plate placed in my hand. I've also had one orbit (eye socket) cracked, had my jaw broken and also some ribs broken. Is that all? (Laughs) Ja, that's it hey! On December 1st, you will be fighting the winner of the fight between Dayman Lake and Darren Towler. Who will win? Towler should win on paper, but that's not always a safe bet considering I was also young once and an unknown, but I won numerous fights. Lake is young and strong, but Towler is far more experienced. Either way, it should be a good fight. Who would you prefer to fight? I don't mind. If you start picking and choosing your opponent, that's when you come unstuck. You fight whoever is put in front of you. What is The Troxy like? What can people expect and what does one get for the ticket? The venue has a capacity of

about 2000-3000 people, so it's an intimate affair. I would go with a balcony or ringside seat as the seats in the middle are not so good. I also like to mingle before a fight with friends and others who I've sold tickets to. I do like the venue as I won the title fight there in December 2008. Give us an update of how your training is going? I have started a diet as I was 300lbs (136kg). I've lost weight now, so down to about 280lbs (127kg). I'm now just doing strength training. The youngsters will be far stronger than me, I am almost 42 remember! Next month I will be focusing on endurance. I've also been offered fights before the December 1st bout, but I'm not taking any chances. Most fighters can only fight three or four fights a year anyway. How do people get tickets? Tickets go on sale on 6th October. You can reserve tickets by getting hold of me on Twitter (@goliathgrove), Facebook (Facebook.com/neilgoliathgrove) or email if you have my address already.

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by ROB FLUDE WHILE physically he is a remarkable specimen, there is not too much different about Neil Grove in terms of being a Saffer in the UK. He arrived in London 16 years ago from Mpumalanga with intentions of a working holiday to finance his travel aspirations. By day, he worked as a personal trainer and sports therapist, but by night, he was a nightclub bouncer. It was not too long before his 6ft6â&#x20AC;?, 135kg frame was approached to get involved in mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting. This is one Fight Club that everyone does seem to be talking about. As a bouncer, I'll wager that not too many people picked a fight with you? I bounced at the Swan in Stockwell, a well-known Irish bar so there were a few incidents there. But I never wanted to hurt anyone physically or go looking for trouble, it's not in my nature. I'd rather talk to the person and ask them first if they were sure they were behaving correctly. A couple of times I've had to sort a few okes out though! It was always a weekend job though to earn extra cash, so I don't do it anymore. When you are cage fighting, do you get nervous or is it the adrenalin of basic survival? If you're not nervous, you're not sane! It's all about channelling that energy correctly. You've mentioned before that you'd like to fight South African champion Ruan Potts? Yes, I've always thought it would be great for the British South African champion (myself) to fight the South African-South African champion! He's a great fighter and a great guy, and we are good mates.

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DE VILLIERS: “WE HAVE CHOKED IN THE PAST”

Captain de Villiers and team keen to come good after history of major tournament failures

by ROB FLUDE B de Villiers leads South Africa into the World Twenty20 championship in Sri Lanka this week, hoping to break the chokers’ tag that has become synonymous with the Proteas in major cricket tournaments over the last 20 years. Speaking ahead of the 12-team competition, which kicks off today (Tuesday 18 September), de Villiers was clearly expecting the question to be asked about South Africa’s consistent failure since readmission to capture a world title in a one-day series. Their only success to date was in the inaugural Champions Trophy in Bangladesh in 1998. “South Africa is a powerhouse when it comes to cricket but, when you enter big tournaments, does it play on your mind that the major trophy remains elusive?” was the question put to de Villiers in the opening press conference. The Proteas skipper earnestly belted out an immediate response, one which suggested that he and the management team have clearly been helping him rehearse an answer in the mirror. “I am going to be very honest with you. I am going to put it out there straight up front. We have choked in the past and we know about that - if that’s the word you are looking for. It is as simple as that. We have had some really bad experiences in the past, but I would like to emphasise that it is past.” “We have worked really hard with a whole new management team, who have given us a lot

of energy and new ideas. We will approach this tournament differently and we would like to win the pressure situations. We are prepared and really excited to get out there on the field.” Before last year’s Cricket World Cup on the sub-continent, the South African team avoided the c-word (choker) at all times, vehemently denying that they were cricket’s great chokers on the world stage. “We are not focusing on what happened in the past,” a convincing de Villiers was quoted as saying. In another such interview, spinner Johan Botha said, “The chokers thing isn’t really fair. The same can be said for a lot of other teams. Australia won the World Cup for the last three times, which means that - like us - no other team won the tournament.” Thus, when that inevitable demise occured - against New Zealand in the quarter-final - the tag reared its ugly head again and merely provided evidence that the denial strategy had been the incorrect one. The Proteas’ preparation for this competition has been iffy, if one is to gauge only the 20/20 games and ignore the Test match successes and drawn one-day series. “During the England tour, two of the games were rain-interrupted (11 and 9 over games), but Twenty20 games are fast-paced and you have to think on your feet and adapt under pressure all the time, so the England tour did give us the chance of achieving that.” While that is true, it was a lack of batting practice for some key members of the squad, such as

Saracens number 8 Ernst Joubert attacks the Leicester Tigers defence, while his team-mates and fellow South Africans Schalk Brits and Brad Barritt look on in support. The match, played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, was drawn 9-9. Photo by Gary Baker/ImagesGB.

opener Richard Levi, that will be of most concern. Levi, who on Friday collected the ICC’s T20I Performance of the Year award for his innings of 117 not out off 51 balls against New Zealand in Hamilton in February, only scored 8, 0 and 1 in the England series. The tournament has snuck up on us all rather swiftly, and if South Africa’s record in this tournament

is anything to go by - eliminated in 2007 in the group stages by virtue of an inferior net run-rate, albeit losing only one game; let down by a poor batting effort against a weak Pakistani team in the 2009 semi-final, and then a similar defeat to Pakistan in 2010 in the Super Eights - we should all be expecting the jitters to occur again and the team leaving Sri

Lanka empty-handed. Or should we? Yes, that die-hard patriotic supporter in each of us believes, yet again, that we have a sniff of doing it. And ironically, fans will be understandably upset should history repeat itself. TheSouthAfrican.com/ Sport

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