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Arthur Pita is the Londonbased South African-born choreographer of current West End musical ‘The Bodyguard’, running at the Adelphi theatre.

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Without a R5 million bailout from the government, SAA would have run out of fuel in December, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

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HE South African government gave SAA another emergency shortterm loan of about R550 million over the festive period, the Sunday Times has reported. This was used to fund fuel costs in order to avert the grounding of the troubled state-owned airline, which would have left thousands of local and overseas passengers stranded during December. Finance minister Pravin Gordhan and public enterprises Minister

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Malusi Gigaba last week signed off a guarantee that allowed South African Airways to secure a R550m bank “facility” for fuel and other short term commitments. Gigaba’s spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete said there was nothing unique about the loan and that airlines all over the world had experienced financial challenges. If the national carrier is unable to repay the loan over the next three months, it might need to dip into the R5-billion loan guarantee it requested from the Treasury

after it reported a R1.25bn loss for the year ending in March 2012, bringing total losses in the past decade to R14.7 billion. The government, as SAA’s only shareholder, has given the ailing airline R15 billion worth of financial support to the tune of over the last 10 years. “SAA is a company in financial distress and the shareholder is involved in its turnaround strategy,” said Public Enterprises spokesman Mayihlome Tshwete. This strategy will involve buying

more fuel-efficient planes. Half of the airline’s board members resigned in September after it emerged that the company’s request for a R6 billion recapitalisation would not be granted. A few weeks later CEO Siza Mzimela and two senior managers also resigned. Last year two other local airlines, Velvet Sky and 1time, closed due to rising fuel costs. TheSouthAfrican.com/ News

More hoops to jump: South Africans and Zimbabweans planning to come to the UK for more than six months now need to produce a chest x-ray to prove they don’t have tuberculosis.

South African fragrance launched in UK | p4 Cherish, a new fragrance created by South African businesswoman Jean Guthrie, was launched in Wimbledon by Doxa Deo Raynes Park church.

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TB tests now compulsory for South Africans coming to UK More hoops to jump: South Africans and Zimbabweans planning to come to the UK for more than six months now need to produce a chest x-ray to prove they don’t have TB by STAFF REPORTER

FROM 1 Jan 2013, tuberculosis testing requirements will form part of the visa application process for South Africans and Zimbabweans planning to come to the UK for more than six months, the UK Border Agency has announced. This follows the UK government’s announcement in May 2012 to introduce tuberculosis testing as a requirement of the visa application process for certain countries. South Africa and Zimbabwe are two of 67 countries, who according to the World Health Organisation have a high incidence of tuberculosis. Applicants who submit ted an online visa application form and paid the visa application fee online before 31 December 2012 will not need to take a tuberculosis test. Applications submitted and paid for on or after this date will be subject to tuberculosis testing requirements. You do not need a tuberculosis test if you plan on travelling to the UK for less than six months, for example on business or for tourism. TB testing is not a new phenomenon, as many South Africans pointed out in response to this piece of news on SA Promo’s facebook page.

Adele Walker wrote, “I came here nine years ago, my children and I had to have this test done and had to have the x-ray’s done at the airport….. not new – also had the HIV test done.” Manda Petzold confirmed, “September 2008, I also had to do the X-Ray at the airport although I had an entry visa for six months – they suggested when I applied that all South Africans arriving in the UK to stay, should bring a chest X-Ray along and present it together with your documentation.” Cheryl-Anne Fourie said, “We came in five years ago and all three of us had to have the tuberculosis test done at Heathrow before being allowed to cross over into the UK.” Others felt it was ridiculous that South Africans with EU passports did not have to do the tests, despite having an equal chance of carrying the illness. The x-rays mean absolutely nothing. I moved to The Netherlands with a Dutch passport and didn’t need the x-rays. My mom came over with my dad, she didn’t have a Dutch passport, and she had to get x-rays. TB apparently knows if you have an EU passport or not,” wrote Elize Meijer.

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Arthur Pita: SA choreographer of new musical ‘The Bodyguard’ Romantic thriller combining the story of the classic film with the songs of the late Whitney Houston is on stage at the Adelphi

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ARTHUR Pita is the Londonbased, South African-born choreographer of upcoming West End musical The Bodyguard, which runs until April at the Adelphi Theatre on the Strand. Arthur studied dance in Johannesburg and came to London in 1991, where he gained a masters degree at London Contemporary Dance School. He recently directed and choreographed The Metamorphosis for which he won the 2012 South Bank Award and was nominated for an Olivier. We chatted to Arthur about his current project.

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Tell us about the stage version of The Bodyguard. The singing is gorgeous, the dancers are amazing. It’s got such elegance, and the songs are so meaningful because people have grown up with them. And it’s got something a bit different, too, with Whitney Houston’s songs combined with the story of The Bodyguard. It is a play, a thriller and a musical; there’s a lot to be achieved. And it’s obviously very timely. Yes, but the producers had been in talks about it for seven years – it’s not something that came about due to Whitney’s death, as many people think. I first read the script over a year ago, and Whitney had already given the project her blessing. And then she died, and in a weird way that’s given the whole piece a different power. I also think the story is slightly more relevant now, in the days of the internet. We hear about cyber-stalking all the time, so the storyline resonates. How did you get involved? The director gave me the script and asked if I wanted to to do it. It’s so strange – about a year earlier the film was on TV and I just caught the end of it, but it looked exciting so I bought the DVD that weekend. Then I completely forgot about it until I got the script and rooted it out, so in a weird way I almost had it in my head a year

before. That felt really meaningful. How does it feel to be involved? It feels huge! But you can’t be overwhelmed – you just have to get on top and put your whole spirit into it. What has been your favourite song to work with? A musical is only as good as its music and because the music is so good it’s such a treat. ‘Queen of the Night’ is a great song, and a gift to choreograph. There’s 12 dancers on stage plus the leading lady, and I have to make them all move! I have to be on the ball but then I talk to others, like the designer and the music department, and we all collaborate. Musical theatre is really one massive collaboration. What does The Bodyguard mean to you as a South African? What I love so much is the relationship between a white man and a black woman, where there’s no issue about race. That’s such an amazing message. When the film came out in 1992 we were just coming out of apartheid, and we were like ‘that’s fantastic’! I love that no-one makes any fuss about it – that’s just the way it is, and the way it should be. It’s a fantastic representation of what love is, and the combination of races makes it even more interesting. Was the film significant in SA? It would be interesting to research

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resisted, while part of me secretly climbed trees and teetered on high walls for a signal. I knew this was going to happen and when one knows, plans can be put in place. Besides who really needs to communicate on Christmas day – eh, me! I can do outdoor activities and huge family Christmas dinners, but I really would like to know that life has not passed me by. Phase 2 - Shock and horror. The B&B

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that. I mean, those lines had already been crossed, but if anything it would have done good. I remember thinking it was unusual because you don’t see an interracial relationship on that level in many films. I love that she’s a powerful black woman; the image of a black woman in her mansion with her entourage, like in ‘Queen of the Night’, is empowering. Is this what you’ve always wanted to do? Completely. John Travolta in Grease was my inspiration! I studied ballet and contemporary dance in Johannesburg, and loved

it so much I came to London to study further. I always wanted to choreograph – when I was young I was always dressing up my cousins, doing magic shows and making up dances. I feel a bit like I’ve never come out of that, I’m just doing it at a different level! Do you still feel South African? I’ve been here since 1991 but my family are still in Jo’burg, although we’re Portuguese by descent. Where you come from is always important, but in my heart I’m a Londoner. Which is different to feeling English. But there is an inherent South African spirit in me, as well as Portuguese.

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BULLET BIOGRAPHY Born: Johannesburg, 1941 Education: Parktown Boys’ High School, Johannesburg; BA in History and Anthropology from University of the Witwatersrand; PhD from Cambridge University. Resides in: Muswell Hill, London. Career trajectory: • Taught at Makerere University in Kampala, 196770. • Taught at University College London, 1970-1976 • Taught at Leiden University in the Netherlands, 19761985. • 1986 he took the chair at Brunel University and began their anthropology department. • Currently teaches at the University of Boston for one semester per year. Selected Publications: • Wives for Cattle: Bridewealth and Marriage in Southern Africa (1982) • The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion (1988) • Anthropology and Anthropologists: The Modern British School (1996), • Culture: Anthropologists’ Account (1999) • Incest and Influence: The Private Life of Bourgeois England (2009)

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by ZOHA TAPIA THE $83.3bn Tata Group’s foreign direct investment projects in Africa grew 27 percent from 2010 to 2011, representing an annual increase of around 20 percent since 2007. Other Indian business groups – such as the Aditya Birla Group, Vedanta and the Mahindras – have entered the continent to explore for natural resources, while Tata has diversified into automotive, IT and communications, energy, chemicals and business consultancy sectors. The Tata Group initially entered Africa in 1977, to market Tata Motors vehicles in Zambia. The company set up its headquarters for African operations in Johannesburg in 1994, and in the last 20 years has invested $576m in different projects across the continent. The slowdown of other international markets has renewed its interest in Africa. Neotel expanding markets in Africa One of the most strategic areas of Tata’s African business is its South African internet and telecoms subsidiary Neotel, acquired in 2007. “In terms of number of customers, our business customers grew 92 percent year-on-year and our retail customers grew 100

percent,” according to Neotel managing director Sunil Joshi. “The market we chose to address on the consumer side was fixed wireless, which replaces the traditional home phone with a fixed wireless solution for homes and offices. We had 50,000 customers [in 2011] and we reached 100,000 [last] year.” Neotel has laid 11,000km of fibre optic cables across the continent and is in talks with the SA government to allow it to invest in areas where there is no existing infrastructure. Currently the total fixed communication market in South Africa is worth a total of R44bn (US$5.2bn) and Neotel has five percent of that market share. Talking about expansion plans, Joshi said, “Our capital expenditure for last year was in the range of R500m. In this fiscal year we have a similar capital expenditure plan. And, 80 percent of that capital will be used to augment our fibre footprint and 20 percent of that will be used for automation and growing efficiencies through IT. So we are certainly expanding.” “We are aiming to expand our telepresence footprint to Cape Town and Durban later this year. We have two data centres and they have room for expansion, and as the requirement continues to grow

we will continue to expand our data centres.” Tata’s other Southern African operations Tata Motors assembly plants As India’s largest truck and bus maker, Tata Motors has increased production capacity in its assembly plant in Rosslyn, South Africa to export trucks. Tata’s consultancy arm in Africa Tata Strategic Management Group is planning on making an entry into the South African, Kenyan, Nigerian and Zambian markets though its sister company Tata International, which is based in Johannesburg.

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Government debts in the US and Eurozone countries are one major reason for this shift in focus. As is Africa’s rapid economic growth and the emergence of a new middle class hungry for consumer items and housing. Another factor that make Africa attractive to Gulf investors is the availability of arable land, something which is scarce in the Middle East. Africa’s economic boom also coincides with high oil prices which have given Middle

Eastern countries extra liquidity. “I can see Gulf investors warming up to Africa. Any opportunity there grabs their attention,” said Ahmed Heikal, chairman of Citadel Capital (CCAP.CA), one of the Middle East’s largest private equity firms with US$9.5bn of assets under management. “Africa is becoming more interesting because of the natural resources it has, its demographics and better governance.”

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South Africa’s second largest coal producer. Their joint venture, Cennergi, will develop power generation projects in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. Tata Power has also been selected as the preferred bidder for the 139MW Amakhala wind farm project and the 95MW Tsitsikamma wind farm project by the Department of Energy, South Africa. Exporting coffee from South Africa Tata Global Beverages, which sells Joekels brand of coffee in South Africa, intends to expand within the continent. It has built a soluble coffee processing factory in Jinja, Uganda, to export it to markets in East Europe, Scandinavia and China. www.gatewaytoafrica.com

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Rand slips coming into 2013 by MATTHEW CRIDGE

BETWEEN 31 December 2012 and 7 January 2013 one Great British Pound fetched between R13.69 and R13.82 South African Rands. One Euro fetched between R11.16 and R11.21 South African Rands during the same period. After a fairly good fortnight at the end of 2012, the Rand gave up some of its gains in quiet holiday trade coming into 2013. It had gained some good ground on major currencies, with the US “fiscal cliff” problem being solved at the 11th hour, but had fallen

back in line with other emerging market currencies. The Rand started to slide further at the end of last week as it tracked the weakening Euro. The Euro, the Rand’s biggest trading partner, fell to a three week low against the USD after the US Federal Reserve Bank cautioned against buying European government bonds. “The Fed minutes came out and... the Euro had a bad night. We therefore are under a bit of pressure,” said Jim Bryson, a currency trader at Rand Merchant Bank (News24.com). After a disappointing start to

2013, the Rand trading level was expected to return back to some normality as the holidays come to an end and investors return to their trading desks. “We are also still experiencing some very thin trading levels in the market‚ so relatively small moves will sway the rand in any direction. We are expecting to return to normal levels by next week‚ once the holidays are over‚” said Ockert Van Niekerk, head of trading at PSG. GBP / ZAR: 13.73 USD / ZAR: 8.58

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THE Proteas began the new year in emphatic fashion, defeating the Black Caps by an innings and 27 runs inside three days in the first Test match at Sahara Newlands in Cape Town. The win stretched the Proteas’ unbeaten Test run to 11 with their last defeat coming against Sri Lanka in the 2011 Boxing Day Test match at Kingsmead in Durban, not one of South Africa’s happiest cricketing hunting grounds. The Black Caps won the toss and were ruing their decision to bat first before drinks were taken on the first morning. Vernon Philander was in sublime form on his home ground, picking up five wickets in only 26 deliveries (the third-fastest five-wicket haul in Test match history) to end with remarkable figures of 6-3-7-5. Fellow fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morné Morkel chipped in with two and three wickets respectively as the visitors were skittled out for just 45 in only 19.2 overs, their shortest Test innings ever.

With his first wicket of the morning, a beautiful out-swinging yorker to Doug Bracewell, Steyn became the fourth South African bowler to take 300 Test wickets after Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini. Steyn reached the milestone in his 61st Test, a record bettered only by Australian quick Dennis Lillee (56 Tests) and Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan (58 Tests). Philander joined West Indian Malcolm Marshall and New Zealand’s Richard Hadlee, who also achieved this feat in their 61st Tests. In response, the Proteas looked set for a huge first innings total when they finished day one on 252 for 3. However they lost five wickets for 92 runs the next day and declared eight down on 347. Opener Alviro Petersen topscored with 106, his fifth Test hundred, and was ably supported by AB de Villiers who made 67. Hashim Amla was out for 66 and Jacques Kallis also contributed 60. With his 20th run, Kallis became only the fourth batsman in history

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give the Proteas a commanding victory. Captain Graeme Smith was very pleased with the way the team performed. “We wanted to build on the momentum we created in 2012 and it’s been the perfect way to start our summer at home.” “We bowled superbly in both new-ball spells, even in the first and second innings. We were excellent in terms of the areas we hit and the intensity with which we started.” Smith also believes the team has

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