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SA ship to dock in London before carrying Commonwealth team on first Antarctic winter crossing by HEATHER WALKER

HE SA AGULHAS I, a South African icestrengthened polar research vessel, is en route from Cape Town and will dock in London next week, ready to carry ‘greatest living explorer’ Sir Ranulph Fiennes and an expedition team on the “Coldest Journey on Earth” – the first ever winter crossing of the Antarctic. The Trans-Antarctic Winter Expedition (TAWE) will take place from December 2012 to March 2014 and aims to bring together scientists from Commonwealth countries who have an interest in Antarctic research. It will also showcase South Africa and the continent’s maritime skills development programme. Built in 1977, the SA Agulhas I retired from Antarctic service in April 2012 when her replacement vessel, SA Agulhas II, was commissioned and she was transferred to the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) as the first ever dedicated South African training vessel. Her size and purpose proved the perfect match for TAWE founder Anton Bowring, who managed to secure the charter with the support of the SA High Commission in London. SA Agulhas set off on her first cruise as a training ship on 23 July and has visited various African ports to take on additional cadets from Namibia, Angola, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal and Nigeria before arriving in London on 27 November. She will be moored at Canary Wharf until 3 December

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Laurie Levine tours UK with new album| p5 South African singer songwriter Laurie Levine will embark on a UK tour prior to releasing her critically acclaimed new album Six Winters here.

Maqhubela exhibition opens in London | p6 South African polar research vessel SA Agulhas will carry Sir Ranulph Fiennes (inset) and a team of explorers and scientists to the Antarctic.

and then alongside the HMS Belfast until 6 December to return to Cape Town and then the Antarctic. Agulhas will dock in Crown Bay, Antarctica around mid-January 2013 for testing of the equipment, scientific research, route reconnaissance and the laying of a fuel depot. On 21 March 2013, the equinox, Sir Ranulph Fiennes and a team of explorers will begin a six month, 2,000 mile journey to reach the Ross Sea. No one has attempted such an expedition before, which

will take place mostly in total darkness and in temperatures as low as -90°C. The expedition team will have to be entirely self-sufficient and there will be no search and rescue facility available, as aircraft cannot penetrate inland during winter due to darkness and the risk of fuel freezing. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has not previously granted permits for winter expeditions in Antarctica as they are deemed too dangerous; a testament to the sophistication of the technology required for this

traverse. Their remarkable attempt aims to raise $10 million for Seeing is Believing, an international initiative which is tackling avoidable blindness, with match-funding from Standard Chartered Bank. You are invited to join South African High Commissioner Dr Zola Skweyiya and Samsa to celebrate the arrival in London of the SA Agulhas on 29 November at 6.30pm, Canary Wharf. Register on http://agulhas. eventbrite.co.uk/

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Remembrance Day tributes were offered by members of the newly constituted SA Legion UK by DAVID MANNALL

FOR THE FIRST time since WW2 a contingent of veteran South African soldiers were formally invited to commemorate their fallen countrymen at parades of remembrance in the UK last Sunday. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, deeply moving tributes were offered by members of the newly constituted SA Legion UK, joining millions across the country remembering the countless souls sacrificed in armed conflict. During the traditional two-minute silence members of the SA Legion in the UK stood to attention and saluted the memory of those lost at war and the memory of loved ones affected. It was clear from the depth of emotion on display that many of the proud veteran legionnaires were reliving their own memories of lost comrades. An honour roll of the eight known SA soldiers who died while serving with British Armed Forces, under the Commonwealth, in Iraq and Afghanistan was read out. This sombre dedication was followed by prayers of remembrance. In London, the parade at the Commonwealth Memorial Gate was brought to order by Sergeant Major, now Legionnaire (Lgr) Norman Sander, whilst former Captain now Lgr Peter Dickens, as officer commanding, reflected on the chilling accounts of two South African soldiers’ wartime experiences, one at Delville Wood in WW2 France, the other near Cuito Cuanevale in the Angola bush war. Although these events were separated by almost 70 years the young soldiers both bore witness to the harsh reality of armed conflict. Their description of the suffering by the young men who died a slow death served as a stark reminder of the sacrifices so many made over generations and in so many bloody battlefields, and continue to make to ensure freedoms that today we sometimes take for granted. After a wreath-laying ceremony, bible and poetry readings the

legionnaires moved on to the Garden of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey where wooden crosses denoting lost souls were solemnly placed in a dedicated South African Legion plot of remembrance under the colours of the newly formed Legion. SA Legion co-chairman Lgr Dickens said afterwards, “It’s a first for the SALegion to have a branch in the UK. We’ve been warmly welcomed by the Royal Commonwealth Ex Services League and The Royal British Legion, and have also established informal but strengthening ties with the Royal Naval Association and the Royal Chelsea hospital.” Dickens added, “Although the SA veterans cannot yet participate in the national parade past the cenotaph in London, we [the association] are negotiating with the Royal Legion to develop closer ties because it is our sincere intention to continue to build awareness of SA contributions to Britain’s recent conflicts whilst a part of the Commonwealth and of the South Africans who currently serve in the British Armed Forces. “We will continue our talks with the various veterans associations in the UK and hopefully pave the way for further Legion parades in London to host all SA veterans, not only those who have served in Her Majesty’s Armed Forces.” Sander set out the justifications for his efforts to form the group, “South Africans paid dearly fighting alongside, and even within British Armed Forces during WW1, WW2 the Korean War and now in Iraq and Afghanistan. Furthermore South Africans on both sides paid a heavy price during the ‘bush war’ in Angola and during the country’s armed insurrection.” He also wanted to ensure people were aware that “young men and women still put themselves in harm’s way as part of peacekeeping operations in Africa. SA has a proud military tradition and it is our duty to honour those who served their country or the Commonwealth.”

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BAIE van ons is bewus van die pragtige woorde van die Griekwa Psalms, wat die Bybelverse wat ons ken so pragtig in streekstaal beskryf. Ek het egter laasweek bewus geword van die Bybel, of meer spesifiek die Nuwe Testament wat in Jamaican Patois vertaal is en wat pas in die VK beskikbaar gestel is. Ek sal jok as ek sê dat ek nie met ‘n breë glimlag eers daarna geluister het en dit toe met van die meer bekende Bybelverse vergelyk het nie. Dié Bybel se Nuwe Testament het verlede maand na ‘n twintig jaar projek die lig gesien en is geskryf in ‘n Taal meer geassosieer met Bob Marley as met Mattheus en Markus. Moet asseblief nie die volgende sien as laster van my kant af nie, maar woorde soos ‘God’ is verander na ‘Gad’, die Wysemanne wat na die kleine baba Jesus oppad was, het in dié nuwe vertaling ‘Rispek’ kom betoon aan ‘Jiizas’, ‘Behold’ is verander na ‘Lisn op!’ en die Engel Gabriël het aan Maria nuus gebring wat haar ‘wel api’ sou maak. Gemeenskapsleiers is baie dankbaar en opgewonde oor die nuwe vertaling, want hulle glo dat die Woord baie meer trefkrag het as dit in hul eie moedertaal gelees en na geluister kan word. Die vertaling gee ook erkenning of bevestiging aan die taal wat deur die meerderheid Jamaicans gepraat word, maar daar is ook kritici wat sterk daarteen gekant is en wat glo dat dit mense gaan verhoed om die Englese taal, ordentilik aan te leer. Ek vergelyk hieronder Die Onse Vader in drie vertalings en ek moet vra, Het ons nie ‘n pragtige taal nie? Die Onse Vader: Onse Vader wat in die hemel is, laat U naam geheilig word, laat U koningkryk kom, laat U wil geskiet, op aarde, so ook in die hemel. Gee ons vandag ons daaglikse brood,

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Laurie Levine tours UK Laurie’s music comes from the ‘heartspace’, a word coined by poet Breyten Breytenbach to describe South Africa’s anguished beauty

by STAFF REPORTER SOUTH African singer songwriter Laurie Levine will embark on a UK tour prior to releasing her critically acclaimed new album Six Winters here on 10 December. Since surfacing with her remarkable debut Unspoken back in 2007, Laurie has taken her original material and soulful voice to an ever-growing fanbase, earning several accolades along the way. Among these was winning ‘Best Producer’ (Dan Roberts) for Six Winters at the annual South African Music Awards (Samas) in 2012. Her second album, Living Room (2009), was also nominated for a Sama in 2010, while her performances at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 2011 earned Levine a Standard Bank Silver Ovation award. Laurie’s music comes from the ‘heartspace’, a word coined by poet Breyten Breytenbach to describe South Africa’s anguished beauty. As her fans know well, Laurie’s gift lies in her ability to draw on the roots of folk music, and mix it with a myriad of other influences, including sounds from America’s Appalachia region and of course her native South Africa. With the acoustic guitar as her main instrument, Laurie’s recordings see her – and a host of superb musicians – deploy an array of instruments (pedal steel, dobro, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, strings) adding the atmosphere and layers that propel her songs out of simple singer-songwriter territory. At the heart of Laurie’s material is her storytelling ability. Whether tales of grief, loss, sex, betrayal or first loves, Levine’s ability to open a door with her words and let listeners into an intimate world

populated by a cast of lovers and strangers, is immense. This has resulted in well-loved favourites like “Kites”, a nostalgic waltz through an early summer love, and “Oh Brother”, a sparse but potent track that could easily be an outtake from Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s Grammy winning Raising Sand. As much as her material finds its footing in the terrain of Americana, Levine is also refreshingly unafraid of following where her music leads. Newer songs now making their way into her live sets reveal a sonic moodiness and heightened playfulness that are likely to find their way into the studio in future recordings. For this intuitive artist, the next step is to pack up her

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• 250g undyed smoked haddock • 500ml milk • 5 black pepper corns • 4 thyme stalks • 1 bay leaf • 250g fresh salmon diced into big cubes • 3 hard-boiled eggs • 1 tsp finely chopped parsley • 50g butter • 40g plain flour • 1kg mashed potato • 75g grated cheddar cheese

Our resident chef Angie Steele shares her recipe for a quick, delicious and (reasonably) healthy dish for those chilly months ahead.

Method:

• Pre-heat the oven to 200°C • Place the smoked haddock in a saucepan, pour in the milk, add the peppercorns, thyme and bay leaf • Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat • Strain the milk into a jug and discard the strained herbs • Flake the fish on to a plate, removing any excess bones and skin • Place a medium-size saucepan over a medium heat and slowly melt the butter • Once melted, whisk in the flour and slowly add the warm fish milk • Once you have added all the milk, simmer for a minute and the sauce will begin to thicken – it should be slightly thicker than double pouring cream • Season well with salt and pepper, add the chopped parsley

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Which got me thinking about how I would like to be remembered when my sunny days are switched off. If you had one sentence to etch into your gravestone or memorial plate, what would it say? That one line is going to characterise you and your life everlasting. What would JK Rowling want to say, or Barack Obama? Maybe Bill’s famous line ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman’ will have its gold lettering moment. To encapsulate a lifetime in a few simple words? My darling, who wants to be cooked, decided long ago that his epitaph would simply be... ‘He tried’. Poor bugger does. Watching this South African trudge to the tube every morning in the English winter proves it. Some will do memorable things. Watershed moments, some notorious and others for the good of mankind. Some will

and remove from the heat • Cut each of the hard boiled eggs into four pieces and place at the bottom of the ovenproof dish • Gently fold the fish into the sauce and pour over the eggs • Top with the mashed potato and sprinkle over the grated cheese • Cook in the oven for roughly 25 minutes until golden in colour and serve hot. 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 protest to her last day, ‘It’s a love story and not porn’ or Jeremiah Johnson whose epitaph reads:‘I told you I was sick.’ Some will claim innocence and others will be more prophetic, such as Winston Churchill. His epitaph reads: ‘I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.’ Genius. The summing up, the one last opportunity to spell out what kind of person you ended up becoming and how you would like to be remembered. Sometimes walking through graveyards, reading the epitaphs and how early death came, through war, illness and childbirth, tells me we have had it so much better already. For all the complaining, we are richer in experience, travel, material goods and self empowerment. We have greater opportunities. Are we using them? Are we being the kind of people that others will want to remember? If you can imagine your epitaph, will it not inspire you to enhance your life as you can a picture on your iPhone – make everything a little brighter? Have more goals? Treat others better? I have no idea what mine will say, but it will be, um, interesting.

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by WILLIAM CLARKE LAST month the aid group Oxfam staged a symbolic “land grab” in Tokyo during the annual gatherings of the IMF and World Bank. Protestors flashed money and rode toy diggers over a map of Africa to draw attention to foreign ownership of African land, and the resulting effects on food prices. However, with the agriculture on the continent in dire need of investment, agribusiness must not be ruled out as a solution.

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A green revolution Large-scale investment is widely seen as an essential step towards African food security, and to realise the ambition of a “green revolution” for Africa. However, while foreign investment can offer the capital to develop local agricultural infrastructure, there are increasing concerns about the effects that such foreign investment is having on domestic food production. Private investment can offer material benefits to domestic economies when correctly structured. Co-operatives or intermediaries can offer economies of scale, and farmer associations in Mali and Zambia have invested in agricultural companies, offering a sustainable and profitable model of agribusiness. If Africa is to experience a “green revolution”, foreign investment will play a key role. However, by overlooking their role in the domestic food supply, agribusiness risks inciting instability and disrupting the very infrastructure and civil networks on which they rely. www.gatewaytoafrica.com

Swaziland GDP forecast to contract in the next year by STAFF REPORTER SWAZILAND faces a “challenging” fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned, forecasting a gross domestic product contraction of 1.5 per cent. The Swaziland government was forced to mortgage state assets last year to pay wages after a 70 percent drop in the revenue the country received from the Southern African Customs Union in 2009 and 2010. It has also given out fewer contracts to small and medium private businesses, or has paid the contractors late, causing redundancies and closures. In a statement, the IMF urged the government to reduce its wage bill, which accounts for half of all public expenditure and is the highest in the region. Joannes Mongardini, who headed up the IMF’s two week mission to Swaziland, said, “These cuts will require sacrifices by all segments of Swazi society, but the basic needs of the most vulnerable should be protected as far as possible.” Mongardini also recommended more “fiscal transparency” from the government, and that “all expenditures be channelled through appropriate budgetary procedures.” Swaziland, which has two thirds of its population living in poverty and the highest prevalence of HIV in the world, has been criticised for its spending on reigning King Mswati III and his 13 wives.

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BULLET BIOGRAPHY Born: Welkom Resides in: London Education: Studied politics and economics at University of the Witwatersrand Career trajectory: • Moved to London in 1967 • Worked with a number of politicians in Greater London, including Ken Livingstone and Frances Morrell, on various social and political issues • Wrote her first book, ‘Debt, the Most Potent Form of Slavery,’ in 1996, about the detrimental effects that the lending policies of Western nations have on developing countries • In that same year, Pettifor co-founded Jubilee 2000, a campaign to get Western nations to cancel the foreign debt of Third World countries by the year 2000 • In 2004 she co-founded Advocacy International, an international consulting company with offices in London and New York, which advises governments and NGOs on ways to achieve their public interest and social responsibility goals through communications, design, advocacy and policy development • She is a director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics and a fellow of the New Economics Foundation

How did you end up in the UK? I came here in 1967, when I was wearing knee-length skirts and everyone here was wearing miniskirts. It was a shock to the system, because I’d come from the Orange Free State and the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, which my father refused to join but my grandmother was an active member of. I regularly went to church with my grandmother to listen to the dominee rail at us from up high. So I came from this incredibly Calvinist background, and the sex and drugs and rock ‘n roll was quite a shock. But it was wonderful. I came because I was running away really. I was involved in student protests against apartheid, but I didn’t want to go to jail so in that sense I was quite cowardly… I was vice-chair of the Anglican Students Federation at Wits, the president was a black man.

They’d banned the National Union of Students, so this was [the only] multiracial [student] organisation… We had meetings in Modderpoort and at Wilgespruit, [where] there was a Christian organisation run by Beyers Naude. I was really involved in that, and I went on protests and [the] police gave us a hard time, and my parents were very worried. They thought they would also be targeted if I got too involved in politics. I wanted to get away from a society that judged you by the colour of your skin. So I came here and married my husband who was doing a PhD in physics at the University of Cambridge. We got quite homesick for Africa and we went to Tanzania because Nyerere was president, and we thought this is going to be an African country that is doing things differently and we’d like to go and work there. I taught in a secondary school in Dar es Salaam and he taught at the university and it was very formative for me. It was in the ‘70s and the Vietnam war was taking off. And I began to see the world from a very different perspective. In South Africa I was a devout Christian and anti-racist, but didn’t really have formal political views. I wasn’t involved in anything. The ANC was present in Dar es Salaam and tried to get me involved. I was approached to take a trip back to South Africa to spy for the ANC, using my Potgieter [maiden] name. But I’m glad I didn’t end up going down that road, because around the same time they made the same approach to Breyten Breytenbach, he ended up exposing all of their contacts and in jail. So I didn’t

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join the ANC and had reservations about it because it seemed such a Stalinist organisation. But I was of course very sympathetic. My experience in Dar es Salaam helped form my thinking and I think I became a socialist as a result. Do you miss SA and what is it about South Africans that’s different? I miss South Africa, the sunshine, the hospitality and the light. South Africans are amazingly hospitable. I try to go back once or twice a year to see my mother. And my brother and family are there. What I like about South Africans is what I like about Americans. They’re very open, and that applies across the spectrum of black and white. They are also can-doers. I have come across so many South Africans in London lately. I know when I’m in the John Lewis parcels department, the young South African man behind the counter is going to get my stuff promptly and get me out of there as quickly as possible. It’s deeply judgmental to say that about a whole nation, but it’s a bit like when I visit America. Americans are always very interested and open and talk about themselves a lot. The English are very reserved (again, a huge generalisation) and it took me a long time to get

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through to them, to understand how they think. They think with greater subtlety and nuance than we do. One of the things I’ve had to learn is not to be as direct as I am at home. Brits don’t like complete directness. They like you approach an issue in a roundabout way. And I’m not very good at that. So I lack diplomatic skills I’m afraid... but that’s what I like about South Africans. Why wouldn’t you go back? Although I did it for political reasons, and didn’t want to go back and be part of apartheid, it was extremely painful to leave behind a

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Mashasha and Sam groove the house Zimbabwean outfit Mashasha and Sam played Rich Mix on Friday 2 November as part of Film Africa Live

by ALETIA UPSTAIRS TWO of London’s best up-andcoming African bands brought the rhythms of Zimbabwe and Central Africa to the Film Africa Live Festival: the charismatic Zimbabweans Mashasha and Sam and the energetic Congolese Zong Zing All Stars. Peter Mashasha and Sam Chagumachinyi met in Zimbabwe in 2001 where they were both in jazz bands. During 2008 and 2009 they held a monthly residency at the New Empowering Church in London, where they developed the sound they describe as “music from our hearts: Afro jazz, Afro funk and bass ‘n’ drums from different grooves from Zimbabwe put together and fused.” The gig was organised by the School of Oriental and African Studies and The Royal African Society, who kept the audience anxiously waiting for the bands to start in the belief that the African craft market and Cuba Libres at the bar would keep them entertained. During this time Mashasha and Sam’s popularity in London became apparent. When Mashasha (singerguitarist-bassist) and drummer Sam finally appeared the excited

audience moved closer to the stage. Their first two tracks ‘Musuki’, the single due for imminent release, and ‘Gaga’ were performed acoustically; just a guitar and drums, creating a sound reminiscent of Youssou N’Dour. Mashasha proved himself an ardent storyteller. Although the entire repertoire was comprised of original songs in Shona, he communicated them skillfully with the growing crowd of mainly nonZimbabweans. Sam varied his drumming styles and even showed us that a drum kit can be played with bare hands. Then he announced that they would be playing bass ‘n’ drums from Africa. The first of this section was ‘Emerita’, a track from Mashasha’s self- titled debut album and also the song used in the Film Africa Live festival trailer. Mashasha played a funky groove on the five-string bass he is so fond of. Once the bass ‘n’ drums kicked in, there was no stopping them. They grooved the house. They ended their set with ‘Saru’ a song about a guy who flies to England with Air Zimbabwe, leaving his beloved behind. The song comments on how African

ladies, who come to live in the UK, change once they experience life in the European world. More importantly, the song speaks about the many Zimbabweans who have left their home country. Although just two musicians, Mashasha and Sam managed to sound like a five piece band.

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by JONATHAN WALDHEIM WHEN travelling around SouthEast Asia, accommodation is one of the biggest variables in your trip. For example a visit to Thailand can become two completely different experiences when comparing the boutique hotel visit to the backpacker’s choice of accommodation. I have stayed in a variety of different places on my travels, ranging from sleeping on the beach in Barcelona to high class hotels in Bangkok. But the most impressive place I have ever stayed is in a tree house in Laos. A treehouse doesn’t sound very impressive but don’t be fooled, these tree houses are situated in the unspoilt Bokeo region of Northern Laos, built 60m above the ground and only accessible by zipline. This isn’t a trip for the faint hearted, but if you think you have the stamina to spend three days hiking and zipping around the jungle then it is well worth it. The treehouses are run by ‘The Gibbon Experience’, a charity based in Huay Xai in Northern Laos with the goal of sustaining the sanctuary of the forest without resorting to selling the timber and destroying the environment. The experience encompasses a twohour journey into the wilderness on dirt tracks, before an epic hike to a hilltop village, where you and the rest of your group (up to nine others) will be equipped with your harness and instructed on the safe use of the equipment. From this point onwards instruct your body to get ready for some serious exertion (don’t worry,

the reward is ample). The trouble with zip wires is the need to be on higher ground than your target destination, and when your tree house is 60m high, expect an uphill climb. When attacking the ascent, your newfound friends will become more and more inquisitive about who you are and you will meet people who have travelled from all over the world especially for this experience. When you reach the first zip wire it doesn’t disappoint. After zipping around all day, the sight of your tree house will be a tremoundous sight. And with more than one tree house in the compound, the views vary from the spectacular to the even more spectacular. The evenings are enjoyable affairs where people swap stories, play games and eat some basic food before sleeping under small canvas tents set up in the tree house to keep the creepy crawlies away. Day two of your trip is the only full day in the jungle, and if you’re an early riser a guide will take you into the jungle in search of the famed gibbons. Although you may not catch a glimpse of these cheeky monkeys, the sounds of the jungle are a more than fascinating reason to rise from your slumber. The rest of the day is spent hiking with your guide and reaching the highest and most exhilarating ziplines, all while listening to your guide as he points out the wildlife and explains the story of ‘The Gibbon Experience’. After another night in your tree-

top home, it is time to head back to civilisation. Waving goodbye to these incredible structures will be difficult, but living in the trees isn’t meant to be done by humans for too long! The Gibbon Experience classic tour costs between $250 and $700 and includes transport, equipment, food, a guide and accommodation. Fly to Huay Xai from Vientiane or take the bus from Chang Mai in Thailand.

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Selection conundrum for the Proteas South Africa faces second Test selection headache Down Under

AB de Villiers and Vernon Philander walk off the Gabba after securing a draw in the first Test against Australia last week.

Africa may well opt for the bowler than can tie up an end and create pressure if need be. That said, both captain Graeme Smith and coach Gary Kirsten have said they are excited by the option Tahir provides and have suggested they will continue to back him in future. Whereas spin was often seen by South Africans as a defensive option, Tahir has changed that and made it an attacking weapon. I think Tahir will be given the nod once more, but there is a definite argument to be made for starting Peterson on Thursday. He has performed for the Proteas whenever picked recently and I have no doubt that were he entrusted with the duty come Thursday, he wouldn’t let the side down.

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Africa won a Test series in Australia) and also drew with India in 2010. He was often criticised for not taking enough wickets, but Harris says, “I knew I had a job to do and a lot of the time my job was to hold up an end. With the attack we had at the time, it wasn’t part of my role to be attacking. And maybe it would have been nice at times to be able to be more aggressive and take wickets, but that wasn’t the strategy then and I was happy with that.” Harris thinks Peterson is in a position where he may be able to do both. “Robbie has got the ability to take wickets and we’ve seen that, but he is also capable of doing the holding role,” he said. “That is an important job too, even if it’s not very glamorous.” The bowlers struggled to keep the Aussie batsmen in check in the first Test and with Tahir also often conceding many runs, South

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by JEREMY BORTZ AFTER a below-par performance on the bowling front in the first Test at the Gabba, the Proteas are unlikely to go with an all-pace attack again when the second Test starts at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. The choice of spinner, though, is not an obvious one. While many would expect leg-spinner Imran Tahir to be included, former Proteas’ Test bowler Paul Harris thinks a little differently. Speaking to ESPNcricinfo before the series, Harris said he would “love to see Robin Peterson get a go in Test cricket”. While over the past few years Peterson has become a one-day and Twenty20 regular, he has only played six Tests, the last coming more than four years ago against Bangladesh. Peterson was one of the Proteas’ stand-out players at the 2011 World Cup, ending the tournament as South Africa’s top wicket-taker (15). He also finished the most recent one-day series in England with the most wickets (seven) and has been involved in the past three touring Test squads. “He has always been a good bowler and has had a chance to show that now,” Harris said. “What I’ve been impressed with is the way he flights the ball, he is not scared at all.” Having a more permanent place in the side is something that has helped Peterson shed the fear, according to both Peterson himself and Harris. “It’s a massive thing to know you are backed,” Harris said. Harris played 37 Tests for the Proteas between 2007 and 2011 and during his career, South Africa never lost a series away. He was part of the squad that won in England in 2008, Australia in 2008/2009 (the first time South

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BOKS OVERCOME PLUCKY SCOTS Dominant performance by forwards sees Bokke claim first win in Scotland since 2008

by WESLEY MCKAY fter a shock defeat in Edinburgh in 2010, the Springboks gained revenge over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday, grinding out a hardfought 21–10 victory. In complete contrast to last weekend’s Test match against Ireland, the Boks started the game in impressive fashion and looked to be cruising to victory after the first 50 minutes of play. The Boks were 21-3 to the good before the Scots displayed what the Boks did against the Irish the previous week; almost threatening a comeback, dominating the play in the last half-hour of the game. Although they only conceded a further converted try to the Scots through replacement scrumhalf Henry Pyrgos, they did hold out for victory in the end. However, what will be of concern for Bok coach Heyneke Meyer is the manner in which the team appears unable to sustain their performance for the full 80 minutes. Although Meyer was pleased with his side’s good start, he rued the number of penalties conceded by the Boks in the second half. “We couldn’t get into the game. All credit to Scotland – they played superbly, but it was great defence by us to keep them out. “It was not a great win, but we’ll take an ugly win”, he told the BBC. Hooker Adriaan Strauss had an enormous game, scoring two tries – one in the 21st minute from a rolling maul, and an intercept in the 47th minute, dashing 42 metres to the line to score under the posts. Flyhalf Patrick Lambie slotted three penalties and a conversion for an 11-point haul. The Scots had the lions’ share of possession (63%) and territory (67%), yet were strangled by the Springboks’ defence, with the

NO WAY THROUGH: South Africa’s flyhalf Pat Lambie and skipper Jean de Villiers grab onto Matt Scott of Scotland in Saturday’s Test at Murrayfield, won 21-10 by the Springboks. Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.

tourists making 126 tackles to the Scots’ 68. The Boks also lost replacement lock Flip van der Merwe to the bin in the second half, and substitute tighthead prop CJ van der Linde was penalised three times when he came on.

After Saturday’s defeat of the English by the Wallabies, and with the number of South Africanborn players sporting the England jersey nowadays, the next match at Twickenham will be a much sterner test for Meyer’s side.

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