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RIGHT TO VOTE ABROAD SET TO BECOME LAW

| Proposed amendments to Electoral Act will see Constitutional finding from 2009 applied in full, allowing South Africans to vote wherever they are on Election Day by STAFF REPORTER

WITH South Africa’s next national election coming up in 2014, the right of citizens to vote abroad looks set to be written into law. The Electoral Act of 1998 currently only allows government officials, travelling sporting teams and people on business trips or holidays abroad to cast special votes – if they notify the IEC within 15 days of the proclamation of the election date. However, in 2009 this stipulation was successfully challenged in court by the Freedom Front Plus, AfriForum and others. The Constitutional Court found in Richter v Minister of Home Affairs and Others that the Electoral Act was unconstitutional and invalid as it prevented South Africans living overseas from voting. This meant that South Africans in the UK and elsewhere were allowed to vote in the 2009 national election. Now the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has taken this a step further and proposed amendments to the Electoral Act that would make allow people to vote no matter where they are on election day. Chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya said at the weekend that the commission hoped the Electoral Amendment Bill, currently before the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, would pass through Parliament and be signed into law by the president soon. Terry Tselane, deputy chairman of the IEC, said the law would only provide for national votes and that

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voters would still need to make their mark in their registered provinces for provincial representatives. “It will be a logistical nightmare for the IEC if people were allowed to vote for provinces anywhere...[it could] compromise the integrity of the electoral process,” he said. However, the Democratic Alliance (DA) believes the Electoral Amendment Bill is still unconstitutional in that it denies overseas citizens the provincial vote. Last week the DA and nine other applicants filed papers in the Western Cape High Court to allow South Africans living abroad to register abroad and vote on the national and provincial ballot. “The Constitution provides for both a regional and a national list. All South Africans have the right to vote for both lists and this contributes to the make up of the National Assembly. The regional list populates the National Assembly first and then this is topped up by the national list. As it stands, the IEC’s Bill would effectively rule out a constituency-based system. It will also not provide for overseas voters to vote for the provincial legislature. The Act already allows certain categories of South Africans living abroad or outside their province, namely public servants, to register as voters and to vote in provincial elections. This right should be extended to all South Africans otherwise it effectively creates a situation of some being more equal than others,” said DA Federal

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ONE EXPAT, ONE VOTE: The DA is fighting for the rights of global South Africans, such as those living in UK, to not only vote where they reside but to register abroad as well

Executive Chairperson, James Selfe. Selfe argued that logistically, this was quite easy and did not see administrative problems in allowing citizens abroad to vote on both ballots. He said the IEC would simply need to provide overseas voters with two ballot papers instead of one. In terms of counting those votes towards the provincial list, they can follow the exact same procedure as is already done for government officials abroad. “Although we agree that the integrity of the voters’ roll is fundamental to credible elections, so is providing every citizen with the full right to vote,” Selfe added. AfriForum welcomed the amendments to the Electoral Act as South Africans living abroad are ‘a valuable asset’. “Some South Africans residing overseas have interests here, including family, friends, property and

investments. They act as nonofficial ambassadors and influence the opinion of foreigners. Some play a significant role in the local economy by investing skills and knowledge, exporting products and supporting friends, family and businesses financially,” said Alana Bailey, Deputy CEO of AfriForum responsible for international liaison. The court application also requests that voting stations be made available where there are no embassies or consulates, but where substantial numbers of South Africans reside. Bailey said her organisation understood that such voting stations imply a financial burden, but that “no price tag can be put on [expatriate South Africans’] constitutional rights.” She appealed to the IEC to investigate options for electronic participation in future in order to afford all South Africans the opportunity to vote.

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White family is back home after a month in Mamelodi shack

| The Hewitts left the comfort of their home in Pretoria to experience everyday life in a township Editor: Heather Walker Production: Brett Petzer & Jackie Lampard Registered office: Unit C7, Commodore House, Battersea Reach, London SW18 1TW. Tel: 0845 456 4910 Email: editor@thesouthafrican.com Website: www.thesouthafrican.com Directors: P Atherton, A Laird, J Durrant, N Durrant and R Phillips Printed by: Mortons of Horncastle Ltd

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THE Hewitts’ month in a Mamelodi shack is over. Julian, his wife Ena and their two little daughters lived for the month of August in a 9m² one-room shack with a communal tap and ablutions and no electricity for cooking and lighting, next door to their domestic worker. They left the comfort of their home in Pretoria to experience everyday life in a South African township, where people survive

on an average income of R3,000 per month. The Hewitts’ aim was to create a broader conversation of the role that empathy can play in promoting a healthy democracy. “We want our children to grow up in this country and we don’t want them to be unaware of the way people live so it’s an eye-opener for us and for them. It’s more about changing ourselves than it is about changing anyone else,” Ena said at the beginning of their Mamelodi

experience. Before starting their challenging month in Mamelodi, Julian and Ena visited Nigel and Trish Branken, the Christian white couple who, two years ago, gave up their six-bedroom Midrand home to live with their five children, now six, in a three-bedroom highrise apartment in Hillbrow, the heart of white fear in downtown Johannesburg. Visiting the Brankens was for Julian and Ena an occasion to ask them all important questions

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about personal safety, the children’s safety, and what challenges they had faced. The Brankens and the Hewitts have encountered praise as much as disapproval for their decision to try and experience the hardship faced by most South Africans. The families’ possibility to rely on their ample income in case of emergency has led many to judge their challenge as ‘pretentious’. Julian and Ena Hewitt have been accused of “making a mockery of poverty.” They have received angry tweets such as “Hope the paraffin stove falls over and you people burn in that shack,” and “Mamelodi people must burn them in that shack.” But anger has not been the only response to their challenge to the white South African’s status quo. Relatives and friends also had strong reservations about the risks involved in their venture. “Apparently we were being reckless and irresponsible parents by willingly opening our children to the multitudes of social ills that ekasi life is ‘synonymous’ with from illness, lack of seat belts on taxis to violence and child rape.” However, the Hewitts were overwhelmed by the love shared by the people around them. “They understood and appreciated why we were there. Real life should be the litmus test, not academic or social discourse,” wrote Julian in the closing page of their Mamelodi for a Month blog. Visit the blog: mamelodiforamonth.co.za

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South African-born Ephraim Mirvis installed as Britain’s new chief rabbi

|Rabbi Mirvis spoke of plans to unite the Jewish community and achieve social responsibility at his installation as the new British Chief Rabbi in London

by HARRIET MANN

SOUTH African-born Ephraim Mirvis has been installed as the eleventh chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth in the first ceremony to be attended by a member of the British Royal Family. Rabbi Mirvis replaced Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, who had served in the role for 22 years and announced his retirement in 2010. Sunday’s installation ceremony at the St Johns Wood Synagogue hosted an estimated 1,400 guests including the Prince of Wales, who wore a blue skullcap, and Labour leader Ed Milliband. Rabbi Mirvis, who is the former chief rabbi of Ireland, comes to the role from his Finchleybased synagogue. When he was initially announced as the successor, a member of his congregation told the Jewish Chronicle, “The congregation is torn. They know he is the best candidate to be chief rabbi. But they will miss him desperately. They think he is irreplaceable.” At the ceremony, Mirvis explained

that he planned to prioritise Jewish education, building and developing Jewish communities and “loving kindness” in order to tackle the challenges that lie ahead. These priorities should lead to social responsibility, he said. He spoke of plans to transform synagogues into “powerhouses of Jewish culture, social educational and religious activity” to offset disengagement in the Jewish community, which he calls a “high cause of concern”. The new chief rabbi will extend a “hand of warmth” to those outside the orthodox movement, despite no former chief rabbis having ever been into Liberal or Reform Synagogues, the BBC reported. Despite this, Rabbi Mirvis said that he will bar female rabbis and samesex marriage, Haaretz reported. Born in Cape Town in 1956, he is the son of Rabbi Dr Lionel Mirvis and grandson of a Jewish minister in Johannesburg. His mother Freida was the principal of Athlone Teachers Training College, the only college for black pre-school teachers in apartheid-era South Africa. Mirvis attended Herzlia High

School in Cape Town from 1968 to 1973 and has a BA in Education and Classical Hebrew from the University of South Africa. He moved to Israel in 1973 where he studied until he received his rabbinic ordination in 1980. He lives in Finchley with his Zimbabwe-born wife Valerie Mirvis and they have four sons and five grandchildren. Announced as Lord Sacks’ successor at the end of 2012, Rabbi Mirvis was a long-time frontrunner for the role. Despite this, the US selection took longer than expected.

Avozilla, SA-grown monster avo, lands in UK

|Extremely rare variety grown from just four trees by single SA supplier by STAFF REPORTER

YOU may have encountered some of these growing wild in Limpopo Province and other parts of Africa. Now what is believed to be the world’s largest avocado variety, which hails from South Africa, has hit selected supermarket shelves across Britain. Called the Avozilla, this variety is extremely rare and comes from just four trees grown by one of the world’s biggest suppliers of avocados, Westfalia. At five times the size of the standard variety, the Avozilla is almost five inches long and weighs about 1.3 kilograms. They went on sale exclusively at Tesco stores on Saturday, retailing at £3 each, although given their scarceness it is not clear how widely available they will be. Tesco salad buyer Emma Bonny

said, “The Avozilla has a fantastic taste with a rich, juicy, buttery texture, and creamy flavour. The ripe fruit is an attractive vivid green colour – different from the darker coloured smaller variety – and its thick skin can actually be used as a serving bowl for guacamole.

Bonny said avocados were one of the supermarket chain’s fastest growing areas in produce with a staggering 30 per cent growth so far this year. According to The Guardian, 240,000 tonnes of avocados were shipped to Europe last year, an increase of 9% on 2011.

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Hashtag Sisterhood launched in London

by MICHAEL SPAFFORD

#IAKS, a recently formed foundation by two South Africans, Noma Pele and Lerato Molaba, launched #Sisterhood, a monthly gathering of women from all over the world. The idea is to gather women to address issues and ideas to overcome the hurdles in life, creating a forum where they can empower each other and build relationships. At the launch event at Mama Jumbeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant in London last weekend there were inspiring women as guest speakers, a South African inspired buffet and music from across the motherland to draw the evening to a close.

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AI maar dit is darem lekker as die sonnetjie so op ‘n mens bak, veral as mens ‘n vleisie of iets kan braai om ‘n lang dag so af te sluit. Met die lekker weer die afgelope tyd was dit ook nie nodig om tot die naweek te wag om lekker agteroor in die tuin te sit en jou te verlustig in die laaste sonstrale nie. Nee wat, ons braai sommer elke dag! So het ons ‘n week gelede, sommer om die Maandag minder blou te maak, lekker braaibroodjies en ‘n stukkie wors gebraai. Ek het oudergewoon ‘n foto van ons broodjies op ‘faceboek’ gesit, en daar sing my foontjie heel aand met kommentaar oor dié lekkerny en gou-gou word daar sommer ‘n paar braais gereel, daar en dan! Een van die manne het genoem hoe lekker so ‘n Kaapse broodjie kan wees, ‘n ander, dat geen braai afgerond sal wees daar sonder nie. Wel dit weet ek mos, maar wie is ek om ‘n ander man te oorreed oor wat hy gewoond is? Ons weet mos almal dit wissel van streek tot treek in SA en elkeen het sy manier van braai en bykos.

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The Power of words, Pieter-style…

| And am I the only one who thinks this nineteen-year old teenager called ‘democracy’ should get a ‘snot klap’; get over the angst and get down to work!

I just know I am going to take flack for this, but if one is a writer, it is not because you write things you ‘think’ others would want to hear, you simply have to write. Thought about not writing this, for I shall be the one in the woodpile; the tomato in the naartjie sack – but I felt so darn patronized by PieterDirk Uys’ comments in this very newspaper (please see page 8). I have spent a lifetime stalking Mr Uys. My university days were peppered with pieces from ‘God’s Forgotten’ and ‘Paradise is closing

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| Met soveel Suid-Afrikaners van regoor SuidAfrika, sal dit ‘n redelike interessante ete wees as almal bymekaar moet kom vir ‘n braai! Julle sal onthou aan die begin van die jaar was daar ‘n ‘opname apie’ (ja ek weet, moet niks sê nie), waaraan daar bietjie meer as 180 mense deelgeneem het. Dit was gemik op Suid-Afrikaaners wat in die Verenigde Koninkryk woonagtig is. Van die resultate het ek vir ‘n Nederlandse publikasie gebruik, maar toe ek aan ons braaibroodjies dink en my groot vriend met sy heerlike pap, toe dwaal my gedagtes na die resultate van daai einste opname en die diversiteit van ons gemeenskap hier in Engeland. Volgens die 2011 Engelse sensus het ons ongeveer 211 000 sterk gestaan. Dié totaal, vermoed ek het drasties afgeneem soos ons volk die afgelope twee jaar terugkeer het na Suid-Afrika – Daar waar al die reviere vol brandewyn was, ensovoorts. Vind hieronder die opname se resultate, ingedeel in ons nege Provinsies. So wat braai jy vanaand op die kole? Sal jy soos die Wes-Kapenaar down.’ This has been a seriously long love affair. Why did I then get the feeling that someone said: ‘Mr Uys, please just spin a little yarn about about Suid-Afrika. Make it witty in places, poignant in others but keep it very pro overall.’ Am struggling here – oh yeah – here in the United Kingdom (where few if any South Africans can afford to live in Richmond) and feel as I have just been slapped on the hand – Blankostan asseblief – a tad racist to think that only white South Africans live here. Not getting into that whole issue but personally never been into De La Rey myself. As for the geography lesson. Who ever said South Africa was anything like anywhere else anyway? Why should she want to be? Who has ever tried to explain South Africa succinctly but merely hopes one will love her despite all the flaws – which every country in the world has too. Sigh, this is like saying ja boet, we all want to keep the names of those baddies who clung to Apartheid on our signposts, but really, do I want Fidel Castro Avenue instead? I only care about the Chinese as they are killing all our Rhinos and ‘kill me now’ but the history lessons on oppression in the United States, Russia etc – are we forgetting some pretty bloody stuff on our shores over the last hundred years? We all have blood on our hands, sticky red history which ‘no perfumes in Arabia’ will wash clean. The aspiration should be to learn from it and this is where he got it right – we are still learning, so much so that in a hundred years someone else is going to point out our mistakes but hopefully reflect

‘n stukkie wors nuttig saam met ‘n lekker braaibroodjie daarby, stadig gesmoor tot die kaas, uie en tamatie een stomende sensasie raak? En moenie die snoek vergeet nie! Of sal jy soos my Natalse vriend ‘n stukkie goed gemarineerde prima steak skrikmaak met die lekkerste krummelpap daarby? Of is jy my vriend van die NoordKaap wat net sy soort skaap eet? Hy kort mos die regte bossie. Wat is jou lekkerny? Is dit hartjies en lewer van die rooster af? Pofadders en skilpadjies? Askoek of warm roosterkoek – stomend warm met lekker appelkooskonfeit en kaas? Ek dink as ons klomp bymekaar moet kom, maak ons die Engelse skrik! Veiligheidswenk… Vra altyd voor jy met jou snaaksigheid by ‘n braai aankom. Die man (en sy dame) is in beheer van die braai en hy hou dalk nie van iemand wat op sy hand praat nie…

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on some of the good that we have done for our country. One gets so emotional about this stuff! My South Africa is like a box of Smarties. I prefer some colours, hate others. Suck on them till they turn white and then bite into the most delicious chocolate. Will I stop buying them because I don’t like green Smarties? You buy into the whole deal, good and bad and you do so because you would rather live with Smarties than without. I think that is what he saying and I respect any writer for saying what he feels – but why did it sound hollow and why did I feel lessened? Guess I am a little tres sensitive when it comes to my home gal. Or is it because I am one of those not still living there like other people? And am I the only one who thinks this nineteen-year old teenager called ‘democracy’ should get a ‘snot klap’; get over the angst and get down to work! Oh, and please don’t shoot the messenger … still love you Mr Uys.

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| Products designed by four South Africans and one Zimbabwean will be featured in Graphic Africa, which showcases new contemporary furniture by 16 leading designers from 10 African countries

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HABITAT in London will host Graphic Africa, an exhibition by Design Network Africa showcasing new contemporary furniture by 16 leading designers from 10 countries in East, West and Southern Africa – including four from South Africa. Design Network Africa is conceived, led and funded by The Danish Centre for Culture and Development. It looks at the current shifts and exciting developments in design happening across the continent. The designers have been selected for their original products and unique global identities, and represent the distinctive expression of a new African identity. The programme encourage collaboration between the designers, sharing common difficulties and solutions, mentorship and utilising new manufacturing processes and materials in a true interchange of skills, aesthetics and narratives. Design Network Africa is curated by South African team Trevyn and Julian McGowan of Source, the leading developers and exporters of Southern African design to the global marketplace. Since 2004, the McGowans have supplied Southern African design

to the leading retailers around the world and are responsible for significant growth in the local design industry and the majority of ongoing design exports. Trevyn and Julian are also founders of Southern Guild, showcasing Collectable South African on the highest international platforms, and the not-for-profit Southern Guild Design Foundation, which funds, supports and propels developing designers. Graphic Africa will feature more than 20 pieces of new furniture and a capsule collection of ceramics, glassware and lighting. As part of the exhibition, Habitat is collaborating directly with one of the designers to create a limited edition textile collection based on ‘mud cloth’ techniques. The result will be a collection of home textiles exclusive to Habitat.

Graphic Africa includes four designers from South Africa and one from Zimbabwe: Dokter and Misses (South Africa) Operating from their studio and showroom in Braamfontein, Adriaan Hugo and Katy Taplin produce furniture, lighting and

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100% merino wool to create her ground-breaking collection of rock cushions, pebble carpets, wall hangings and throws. Her range is continually expanding and her label can be found in outlets across the globe. Heath Nash (South Africa) Conceptual designer and creative thinker Heath Nash has been running a studio in Cape Town since 2004. His iconic and ground-breaking lighting designs made from postconsumer recycled plastic waste and galvanized steel wire have received world-wide recognition. Now as a designer, curator and artist he continues to explore new avenues in design with a passion for merging the hand made with the industrial.

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Imiso (South Africa) Andile Dyalvane and Zizipho Poswa are the winning team behind Imiso Ceramics Studio. Located in the buzzing district of Woodstock, the studio is known for its handmade collectors’ pieces and exquisite tableware. ‘Imiso’ means tomorrow in Xhosa, and these distinctly African designs, with a futuristic edge, draw inspiration from a mix of urban culture, local traditions and the wonders of nature. Ronél Jordaan (South Africa) Entirely self-taught and following her own creative instincts, Ronél Jordaan began by turning fine gossamer thread into robust felted forms. Inspired by the eloquence and serenity of nature, she uses

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Mutapo Pottery (Zimbabwe) A graduate of Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town, Marjorie Wallace is a gifted ceramic artist. She produces fine porcelain objects inspired by the traditional basket making familiar to her from her youth, which she scratches, presses and incises with linear designs and decoration. In a country where supplies and resources are a constant problem she opens her pottery to other ceramicists and trains younger artisans.

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Die ‘nou’ Suid-Afrika – mooi maar vol letsels – in Brynard se ‘Onse Vaders’

| Karin Brynard het ‘n talent om van die lekkerste van woorde te neem en soos ‘hundreds en thousands’ hulle met opwinding op die koek uitstrooi by KAREN DE VILLIERS

EK het in die Platteland grootgeword en ek kan swèèr daar was baie omies soos Beeslaar, veral in die Wimpy, of in die Kerk. Groot, harde polisiemanne wat trots die grys blou uniform gedra het; bors uit en penorent. Hare tot amper op die kopvel geskeer, sterk os manne met ‘n houding wat skrik vir niks. Brandewyn manne. Waar is die klomp nou? Ons praat nie so baie oor wat gebeur het nie, maar Karin Brynard doen so. Die manne wat, soos Beeslaar, of hul trots diep sluk en aanpas by die ‘nuwe’ polisiemag, of manne soos Duif wat net nie kans gesien het nie, en nou op die kantlyn ‘trekkie’ speel. Justice fighter. In Brynard se boek Onse Vaders kom ons weer saam op die stoep met Beeslaar. Hy bevind himself in Stellenbosch; laaste troon van ‘pure’ Afrikaans wees. ‘n Bekende, welgestelde wit vrou is wreed vermoor en hy word onwillekeurig meegesleep in die

ondersoek. Hier is waar die lekker van die Brynard se skerp sintuie met ons begin speel. Dit is mos die nuwe gedeeltyd, tog vind die familie, veral die ouer geslag, dit total onaanvaarbaar dat ‘n swart polisievrou in beheer van die saak is. Sommer met die intrapslag bars die nes perdebye oop. ‘En hy hoef ook nie met jou te praat nie.’ sê die Ouma. ‘Hy sal praat as ‘n regte polisieman opdaag.’ ‘Mevrou, ek ís die regte polisie. Ek lei die ondersoek.’ ‘Dit gaan nie hélp om met jou… julle te praat nie.’ Kap Rea haar af. ‘Want dis nie julle mense wat soos … soos vlieë dodge… Dit kan julle nie skéél as die hele lot van ons afgeslag en uitgemoor word nie. Inteendeel, julle is blý as nog ‘n wit mens vrek!’ Jinne, ek het geweet ek gaan die boek geniet! Brynard pluk lekker aan all die ‘issues’ wat beter in die donker bly lê en gooi dit so aspris in die kollig. Ons weet Beeslaar stry nog steeds met sy eie duiwels;

hy wil net terug Kalahari toe en vergeet. Die brandewyn-walm tipe vergeet. Buiten die moord in Stellenbos, vleg Brynard ‘n tweede storielyn deur die boek. Die jong Ghalla van Plaasmoord bevind himself in Johannesburg. Hy soek meer ervaring, Project Ghaap, en nou is hy in Soweto. ‘Gevaarlikste stad in die wêreld. Gevaarliker as Bagdad. Ghaap het ‘n hele lesing oor die plek gekry voor hy gekom het… En een ding is hy oor en oor vertel: Hierdie plek vrèèt cops… Blougatte soos hy… julle vrek soos vlieë…’ Terwyl Ghaap tot die uiterste getoets word, kom die nuus dat ‘n swanger wit vrou en haar baba ontvoer is. ‘n Kaping. Ghaap en die ‘trekkies’ met die lekkerkry name soos Duif en Galla (man ek onthou mos die soort name!) moet wikkel as die gyselaars die onheil van hulle omstandighede gaan oorleef. Brynard skryf soos ‘n mens wat glo die sny moet vinnig en diep wees. Die pas van die

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storie rus bitter min, en net sodra die leser se hart so bietjie bedaar, dan skiet die bloeddruk deur die dak. Verveeld? Nooit. Die pas en die passie van die karakters swyg heen en weer soos ‘n storm op die see. Dit ís die ‘nou’ SuidAfrika – mooi maar vol letsels. Wat so wonderlik is van die boek is dat Brynard die lief en leed van normale Suid-Afrikaners aan ons blootstel. Mense want net elke dag die beste daarvan maak, maar

hulself bevind in omstandighede wat meestal buitelanders nie kan verstaan nie. Ek het op soveel verskillende vlakke myself met die boek verseldig, ek as SuidAfrikaner, ek ken mos daai mense, ek ken die vrees …Andre P Brink sê van Plaasmoord, ‘Een van die kragtigste spanningsromans wat in jare gelees het.’ Ek stem saam met albei Plaasmoord en Onse Vaders. Kragtig, Briljant. Te gou klaargeslees.

The Cape Grand Cafe & Restaurant: A taste of modern South African cuisine by STAFF REPORTER

ALTHOUGH in the UK there are a handful of restaurants with South African owners or themed menu items, nobody has yet managed to assertively recreate a contemporary international South African restaurant of the sort you’d find on the beachfront in Camps Bay. Finally in Beaconsfield, bon vivant couple Mark and Jonette Seeby have done just that. Cape Grand Cafe has become a meeting place of wellheeled South African socialites and has the feeling of being welcomed to their private dinner party. Jonette is an ex-interior designer and this shows in her attention to detail and overall flair. Decorated in a tasteful combination of textured wooden surfaces and theatrical antique pieces, The Cape Grand Cafe is something of an antidote to existing cliches of colonial, safari or Disneyfied Africa. Additionally SA menus abroad sometimes take our legendary love of red meat to ridiculous extremes and although the Cape Grand’s menu does boast springbok and bobotie, it’s balanced with a great

range of fish: calamari, scallop, kingklip, sea bass (perhaps the clue is in the name of the restaurant). We had scallops and sea bass with springbok and crab salad. The meals have that rare home cooked feel to them, generous portions served quickly and efficiently by charming staff. Mark is an obvious wine enthusiast and takes pride in recommending a decent South African wine to go with your meal. So we can happily recommend

you put Cape Grand Cafe as a destination night out into your diary sometime very soon. If you’re coming from London, Beaconsfield is 20 minutes on the train from Marylebone and the restaurant is literally two minutes away. (Turn Right out the Beaconsfield station, walk up the road and at the T junction it’s diagonally across the road). Book now: 01494 681137 thecapeonline.com

Grappling with Black Consciousness on the Island

Nelson Mandela’s Living Legacy

BY the late 1960s, Mandela’s being out of the public eye had caused him to fade from the public mind somewhat. Since Mandela could not be quoted, his philosophies and his plight came slowly to be eclipsed by Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Biko’s rhetoric hewed better to the growing political tension of the day than Mandela’s doctrine of patient negotiation on a thoroughly

non-racial basis. Seeing the ANC as ineffectual and denouncing white liberals as necessarily compromised, the BCM called for militant action, but following the Soweto uprising of 1976, many BCM activists were imprisoned on Robben Island. Mandela tried to build a relationship with these young radicals, although he was critical of their racialism and contempt for white anti-apartheid activists.

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My South Africa is not Europe, no matter how hard some of us try… | My South Africa is not Cuba or China or USA or Europe. My South Africa is not Zimbabwe (yet). My South Africa is a 19-year old teenager on the edge of adulthood and a nation where the rainbow needs urgent re-inventing, says Pieter-Dirk Uys

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MY South Africa officially houses 50 million people of all colours, creeds, religions and genders. If we include the unofficial refugee population from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia and Somalia it might be closer to 65 million for all we know. My South Africa today has a thousand shades of black and the rainbow needs urgent re-inventing. My South Africa is blessed with the gifts of communication. We have eleven official languages. No one can ever say they didn’t know what was going on. Someone will eventually say it in their language. My South Africa has not changed its name with the birth of its democracy, but many of our roads, streets and towns need to reinvent their addresses. How long can we drive down Hendrik Verwoerd Boulevard, John Vorster Avenue or PW Botha Street without throwing up? My South Africa is not Holland where they think they understand Afrikaans and don’t want to be reminded that Verwoerd, the Architect of Apartheid, was Dutch and not Afrikaans. My South Africa is not the United Kingdom, because happily many of our racist youth have left our rainbow shores to create their own a De la Rey-style Blankostan Homeland in the London suburb of Richmond. My South Africa is not Europe no matter how hard some of us try. Black people were once referred to as ‘Non-Europeans’, which ironically meant that many Australians and Californians used the toilets meant for blacks. My South Africa is not Australia, even though so many South Africans emigrated to that far-off colony that the average IQ of both our countries went up. My South Africa is not Russia, although most of our ANC Politburo scraped through Moscow University or Leningrad College, and hide their Stalinist bent under frothy liberal chit-chat and gesture

politics. My South Africa is not China, but there’s a new China shop opening every week on the main streets of our country towns, giving truth to the old rumour that by the end of Robert Mugabe’s 100-year reign, the Chinese will rule the world. My South Africa is not the USA. Once the Americas inspired us with their Indian Reservation System, on which we then based our apartheid Black Homeland policies. We’ve moved on. They still have them. And now we Afrikaners can proudly claim to be an inspiration for the current American President. We once locked up our political prisoners on Robben Island without trial. Today, Barack Hussein Obama does the same thing on Cuba. My South Africa is not Cuba, although we also have a Communist Party with plans for the future, and are waiting to give the Castros political asylum in Pretoria if Obama decides to extend Guantanamo Bay. My South Africa is not Israel where they have built an 8m high concrete wall of separation to keep their enemies out, while we created a democracy to try and keep everyone in. But thanks Tel Aviv for the nuclear bombs, our apartheid regime needed to show some muscle against an unfriendly democratic world. My South Africa is not blooddrenched Iraq, which has now imported all our ex-South African police to do security service. We probably have the biggest unofficial army there! You can ask for a ‘lekker dop’ and get it. My South Africa is not Afghanistan, even though we have as many SUVs clogging our roads, not driven by tough soldiers clutching loaded machine guns, but by tipsy politicians, the nouveau noir and anorexic mothers with cellphones pressed to their ears. My South Africa is not Zimbabwe. Yet. My South Africa has the greatest Constitution in the world. We have a Bill of Rights. We had an unbelievable Truth Commission. We

are inspired by Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. And who do the rest of world have? The Kardashians. My South Africa had the greatest incidence of HIV/Aids in the world. We lost one thousand people a day thanks to a government that did nothing for ten years. Now our Number One leads by example from the shower. My South Africa is exciting,

frightening, hot, cold, dry, wet, hilly, flat, crowded, empty, arrogant, friendly, dangerous, gentle, nonracial, racist, wealthy, poor, healthy, sick, hopeful, corrupt, unbearable and addictive. My South Africa has not forgotten the past while looking forward to the future. My South Africa is where no democrat has been before. It is the

blueprint for hope where everything once looked hopeless. It is building a future in the faded footprint of despair. My South Africa is a nineteenyear old teenager on the edge of adulthood with all the confusions, expectations, demands, fears and fantasies that entails. My South Africa is my home. www.pdu.co.za

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Ryan Parsons | Tenor Singer RYAN joined the celebrated London Gay Men’s Chorus shortly after settling in London. Age, sex, date of arrival in UK? 29, Male, 17 August 2012 How long have you been in the Chorus? I joined the chorus in September 2012 and I have been singing in the Tenor 2 voice group since then. The chorus is split into 4 voice parts; tenor 1, tenor 2, baritone and bass. How frequently do you rehearse, and for how long? We usually rehearse every Monday from 7 till 10pm and occasionally on weekends when we have staging/catchup rehearsals. What is the level of professionalism/musical experience expected from new members of the chorus? There is no formal musical experience required to join the chorus. All new singing members are invited to a special intake evening which comprises a workshop and individual singing assessments but this is not an audition, it is merely for the music team to decide which section suites your voice best. Have you recorded a CD? Yes over the years the chorus have recorded a number of CDs, the latest being Accentuate the Positive

in 2007. We also have a Youtube page at Youtube.com/LdnGMC.

What does singing in a choir such as this one, mean to you personally? Singing in the chorus has meant a great deal to me as it enables me to be involved in a musical environment, which is my passion, as well as being amongst a supportive and welcoming organisation of like minded gay people. When I first arrived in London alone a year ago, the chorus provided a platform for me to build a friendship network and definitely helped with my transition to a new life here. The position of many religious institutions on LGBT issues like same-sex marriage remains fraught. Does this affect your choice of performance venue, or your choice of spiritual versus secular music, in any way? No, not really; of course there will be some religious sects with which a gay chorus wouldn’t gel, but we regularly perform spiritual music in our concerts and have performed in Cathedrals and are due to perform in a Synagogue later this year. We also present Christmas concerts in which we sing a number of spiritual/ religious material. Are there any signature works for which the Chorus is

particularly known? Not really as we vary our material so often for different shows and select our songs to correspond with each shows theme. I know that Your Disco Needs You is very popular on Youtube! What was the most professionally and personally satisfying moment for you, so far, in the Chorus? I would have to say when I was given the opportunity to sing a duet backed by the chorus of one of my favourite Christmas songs, ‘Oh Holy Night’, in our Christmas concert in 2012 at Queen Elizabeth Hall. Tell us about your uniform. We wear a variety of different costumes for various performances and often try to mix formal with casual. We also have a chorus T-shirt which was specially designed for us this year. I like the costumes we wear and wouldn’t want to change anything. We’ll be changing things up a bit in our upcoming Halloween show but I won’t give anything away now. The London Gay Men’s Chorus’s upcoming Halloween show, The Halloween Ball, takes place on 1st and 2nd November. Follow them on Twitter, (@LdnGMC) Like them on Facebook, or visit lgmc.org.uk for more.

Rand strengthens, but still vulnerable

| Rand improves against dollar despite disappointing US jobs growth due to good news from SA’s embattled mining sector by CHRIS DAVIS

THE Rand has slightly improved against the US dollar posting a positive gain of 2.2%, which has brought it back down to its lowest level since mid-August this year. The improvement of the Rand against the Dollar comes amidst the current release of the US nonfarm payroll numbers which fell below the anticipated expectations impacting the US Federal Reserve’s decision on Quantitative Easing. The South African mining sector has also seen a positive turn around with some miners returning to work. The National Union of Mineworkers seems to be coming to the party and has offered to lower its wage increase demands. Strikers in the

vehicle manufacturing sector have also returned to work, reaching an agreement last Friday. The Rand however will still remain vulnerable as further strike action is still to take place and talks on expectations of the US central bank to pull back from asset purchases that stimulate emerging markets is still prevalent. GBP/ZAR is currently trading at highs of 15.71 and lows of 15.64 The Rand seems to have gained a bit of ground on the Pound this week down 1.65% from the 15.82 GBP/ZAR on Friday to 15.64 this morning. With expectations of a widening South Africa’s current account as well as the emerging market meeting in Russia this week to discuss the impact of the US decision of their withdrawal of

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Double Dutch: Windmills and waterways | John Burke spends a leisurely few days exploring the picture postcard attractions of North and South Holland and its famous cities; Amsterdam, The Hague and Haarlem

by JOHN BURKE WINDMILLS and waterways form the classic image of Holland, as the low-lying Kingdom of the Netherlands is often called. The short name really refers to the two provinces, North and South, which are literally hollow land, being the country’s largest area below sea level. They are also the two most historic provinces whose ancient cities and rows of tulips are as picturesque as those canals and towers. The doughty Dutch began reclaiming their land in the thirteenth century, using windpowered technology that was eventually adapted for agricultural and industrial processing. By 1900, the 11 provinces had 10,000 wooden or brick windmills, most of which displaced water that is now pumped out electrically.

Usually, the cap swivelled horizontally to catch the wind, and the wooden machinery inside turned a massive vertical post connected with a paddle-wheel or Archimedes screw. As the sails turned, boosted by canvas and flaps during a breeze, water was drawn up and poured into the swift river over a dyke to turn the marshes into polders. Several of the 1,173 survivors can be seen working, especially on National Windmill Day. The best place is Kinderdijk, a former peat-bog 16 kilometres east of Rotterdam, from whose Zuidplein metro station an Arriva No 90 bus departs hourly. The 19 windmills, dating from around 1439, are mostly visible from each other on

what is now a World Heritage site. Holland’s highest pair rise 45 metres at Schiedam, 14 kilometres south of The Hague, while the same distance northwards at Leiden stands De Valk, a flourmill become museum. The three smallest windmills are two-metre models at Madurodam where the Netherlands is laid out in miniature alongside the tramway linking The Hague with the seaside resort of Scheveningen. Other models range from the historic Westerkerk (West Church) in Amsterdam to the cheese market at Alkmaar. Tiny trains whizz along Madurodam’s mini-railway that reminds visitors of the country’s dense network. Travellers should beware, however, of disruption due to restructuring at Rotterdam and other stations, besides which only Amsterdam Central and Schiphol Airport now allow tickets to be bought with credit cards. There is also an excellent motorway network right from Europoort, to which P&O Ferries sail nightly from Hull. The best deal for a car with two passengers is £119 one way, and there are several other options on the Pride of Hull that is almost a luxurious liner. For the 12 hours aboard, the 5,925grt ship’s facilities include a cinema and cabaret as well as a children’s playground and shops. There are four bars, including the Sky Lounge, and three restaurants – served by Portuguese staff. Fares are based on accommodation that ranges from four-berth cabins to club suites. Most of the 860 foot passengers booked a mini -cruise allowing a whole day or maybe two anywhere between Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The £75+ includes coaches to and from their city centres plus two nights in a cabin, but passengers must see to any stopover themselves. Accommodation deals are available in Amsterdam through hostelbookers.com, while Rotterdam is barely 20 minutes by

train from The Hague where I paid 104 euros for a night in a double room at Hotel La Ville. It is rated as two-star, but guests may fry ham and eggs at the breakfast buffet – suites have their own kitchen – and there are discount vouchers for local attractions. The red-brick building faces a canal behind NordeindePalace where King William-Alexander resides. Even in a single day, without booking extra excursions, one can just about view the bulb fields (Keukenhof) and see Anne Frank’s house (Amsterdam) or visit art galleries in three neighbouring cities (The Hague, Amsterdam, Haarlem) or go round the Peace Palace, Dutch parliament and Great Church (The Hague). For a quick bite, try two fried eggs on cold ham on bread (uitsmijter) with buttermilk (karnamelk) or a pair of breaded veal dumplings, also fried (croquetten), washed down with a pale Heineken lager. Not only waiters, but most people in the Netherlands speak English – and if you know Afrikaans, you will understand spoken or written Dutch. For a longer stay, it is only 104 kilometres to Arnhem where the rural museum’s 75 buildings include a flourmill, sawmill and three drainage mills from various provinces. Another flourmill, named Concordia, can be visited in nearby Ede whose residents hid 3,000 Allied evaders, including the pioneering parachutist, Captain David McCombe from Cape Town, in 1944. He led at least six South Africans among 10,000 troops who dropped over Oosterbeek, between those two towns, and that is where the Airborne Museum is housed inside and underneath the repaired Hartenstein Hotel that was the beleaguered British headquarters. Ceremonies take place each September to commemorate the disastrous yet heroic operation to capture key bridges over the lower Rhine.

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International outcry as Mugabe is elected UN tourism chief for Africa

| “The UN has hit a new low with naming Mugabe as a UN tourism envoy as if North Korea chairing the Conference of Disarmament and Cuba serving as vice-president of the Human Rights Council had not been enough” by SILVIA BIANCO ZIMBABWE was elected at a meeting in Livingstone, Zambia, last week to head the Africa commission of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) until 2015. After cohosting the summit, Zimbabwe will now also be co-president, with Zambia, of the UNWTO itself for the next two years.

Short-term memory deficit disorder Just over a month ago the international community was holding thumbs for a more democratic Zimbabwe and seemed perfectly aware of the shallowness of Robert Mugabe’s new peace rhetoric. His softer narrative, freed of threats against white farmers, the “servile” MDC opposition, and colonial powers, was considered a cunning attempt to soften the Southern Africa Development Community’s (SADC) verdict on the upcoming elections. A month later, the 88-year-old leader has already scored two successes: he’s been selected as the next deputy chairperson of SADC, and he’s been crowned head of the African chapter of the UN tourism body. Instead of cracking down on Zanu-PF’s irregularities, SADC has rewarded Mugabe by approving his victory and by

conferring him a leadership role within the organisation itself. This is not surprising given African leaders’ tendency to refuse to criticise each other or intervene in times of crisis. But one wouldn’t expect the UN to appoint a ruler accused of crimes against humanity as the UN chief of African tourism, thus satisfying Mugabe’s hunger for international endorsement. Moreover, Mugabe’s placement at the helm of a tourism body seems ridiculous, as his rule over the past 30 years has decimated a tourism industry that was once the country’s second-largest earner of foreign currency.

Human rights campaigners angry The UN’s decision to allow Zimbabwe to co-host the event has angered rights campaigners. Rights group UN Watch expressed “grave disappointment” at the decision, saying it was a “disgraceful show of support and a terribly timed award of false legitimacy for a brutal, corrupt and authoritarian regime”. “Amid reports of election rigging and continuing humanrights abuses Zimbabwe is the last country that should be legitimised by a UN summit of any kind,” said Hillel Neuer, the head of UN Watch, which monitors the UN’s observance of democracy.

“The notion that the UN should spin this country as a lovely tourist destination is, frankly, sickening,” Neuer said. But UNWTO secretary general Taleb Rifai said the body had no regrets about awarding the event to Zimbabwe. “The decision was correct, we do not regret it,” Rifai said.

Faking the beauty of a devastated Zimbabwe On Sunday, in the gardens of the colonial-era Victoria Falls Hotel, Mugabe hosted more than a thousand dinner guests, entertaining them with odes to the beauty of Africa. However, Mugabe neglected to tell his guests that for the occasion, hundreds of animals were transported across Zimbabwe to a poaching-prone nature reserve to make the area appear populated with wildlife. Giraffes, zebra, several types of antelopes and hundreds of wildebeest were transported for over 400 miles. The animals were released in the five square mile Zambezi National Park overlooking the Zambezi River and the Victoria Falls ahead of the UN world tourism body’s meeting for the benefit of visiting delegates, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force of independent environmentalists said.

Worldwide outcry John Baird, Canada’s Foreign Minister, said the president’s inclusion in the UN initiative was “outrageous” and symbolised “what is wrong with the UN”. It also drew criticism from United States House Foreign Affairs chairman, Ileana RosLehtinen, who said the UN had hit “a new low” and accused the UN of “propping up dictators”. “The UN has hit a new low with naming Mugabe as a UN tourism envoy as if North Korea chairing the Conference of Disarmament and Cuba serving as vicepresident of the Human Rights Council had not been enough,” she said in a statement. “They are legitimising him by enlisting Mugabe to promote tourism,” Baird’s spokesman Joseph Lavoie said.

“The continued rewards the UN bestows upon the world’s dictators has reached the point of absurdity. An organisation devoted to world peace and stability is propping up and aiding the very regimes that oppose such ideals.” In Europe, Scottish National Party MEP Alyn Smith wrote to Baroness Ashton to ask her to protest the UN action. “It also makes absolutely no sense,” he wrote. “As one of the world’s most barbarous dictators, Mugabe has wrecked his own tourist industry and brought Zimbabwe to the edge of economic ruin. He consistently betrays human rights, has defied democracy and uses violence to hang on to power.” Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister, has offhandedly dismissed the international outcry as “childish”.

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In2Touch Thames Boat Cruise Party ends huge 2013 season |In2Touch celebrated the end of one of their best and busiest seasons with a free boat party on the beautiful Thames River for over 250 In2Touch team organisers, players, referees and venue managers on Friday 23rd August by MIKE ABROMOWITZ

IN2TOUCH celebrated the end of on of our best and busiest seasons with a FREE boat party on the beautiful Thames River for over 250 In2Touch team organisers, players, referees and venue managers on Friday 23rd August. With some teams dressing up in fancy dress and then some coming in suits and party dresses, it was a stunning afternoon and perfect weather to cruise along the Thames river taking in all the spectacular sights such as Big Ben, The London Eye and The Houses of Parliament to name but a few. The boat we were all on, the Dutch Master, left from Tower Millennium Pier at 19:30 and began our cruise down the river towards the Thames Barrier. All the guests were in great spirits and were certainly in the mood to end the summer season with a bang. The In2Touch team started the evening by thanking its very hard working, dedicated referees and Venue Managers without whom we wouldn’t be able to have such great seasons. Each got their own bottle of French champagne a gesture of thanks and appreciation for all that they do. Then almost everyone moved up onto the top decks to admire the sights of the Capital, and it was a perfect way to let all the players

get to know each other off the field. There were teams from all our London venues such as; Surrey Quays, Richmond, Regents Park, Clapham Common, Clapham/ Wandsworth Common and Putney as well as a few from another two of of our venues, St Albans and Manchester. The boat sauntered down the Thames and turned around at Greenwich to make its way back to the docks at Tower Pier, when everyone seemed to be in a dancing mood and with the bottom deck being used for the dance floor with a D.J and a bar there was plenty of dancing, mingling and fun to be had by all. We had a professional photographer on board who was snapping some fantastic shots of all the guests. We have put all the photographs from that night up on our In2Touch Facebook page. To have a look at these photos go to the In2Touch Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/ In2Touch/144017442453667 The In2Team would like to thank all our team organisers for all the work they do each season in our leagues. There are a number of leagues running over the Autumn period such as the Clapham Common September Shoot out, the Regents Park Late Summer League, Clapham Common

Uncertainty and confusion over India’s tour to South Africa |BCCI-CSA tensions blamed for standoff

by JEREMY BORTZ

CONFUSION surrounds India’s scheduled tour of South Africa over the southern hemisphere summer in light of recent developments this past week. India were supposedly scheduled to play three Tests as well as seven one-day international and three T-20 matches in a tour lasting from mid-November to late January. Although released by Cricket South Africa (CSA) in July, the schedule was never actually finalised, leading the BCCI to object at its public release. At the time, a BCCI official was quoted as saying: “...Such a long tour wasn’t viable from either perspective. We need to space out tours so that cricketers get muchneeded breaks between them.” Last week, the BCCI announced its list of upcoming tours, which excluded the tour of South Africa altogether. The BCCI president N Srinivasan said the series is “definitely on”, though, and according to ESPNcricinfo.com, the BCCI is on the verge of offering CSA a revised schedule which would consist of two Tests, three oneday international and two T-20 matches.

Historically, the Indian and South African cricket boards have enjoyed a very strong relationship. India were one of the loudest voices in banning South Africa from international cricket in 1970 and they played an instrumental role in having South Africa admitted back into international cricket. The once-close relationship has, however, soured in the past few months and it appears to be as a result of CSA’s appointment of Haroon Lorgat as CSA President. The BCCI and Lorgat clashed on a number of occasions during his tenure as the chief of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the BCCI informed CSA about their unhappiness with his appointment. There was even talk then that they would cancel the proposed tour to South Africa. At a time when they are the world’s best, the Proteas look set to play just seven Tests over the summer (two against Pakistan and India and then three against South Africa). The BCCI and CSA are scheduled to meet in Dubai on 16 and 17 September to discuss the matter. Hopefully they will be able to mend fences and provide some clarity on the situation.

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BOKKE BREAK BRISBANE BOGEY |Superior depth of Bok squad put paid to listless Wallaby defence in game that showcased excellent SA scrummaging under the new scrum rules by staff reporter

The Springboks take on the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday with a clean bill of health and a one-point lead in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship after a stunning 38-12 victory over Australia at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The Queensland city had been a bogey venue for the Boks, but they broke their seven-match winless streak in style, outscoring the Wallabies by four tries to nil to edge ahead of the All Blacks, who beat Argentina 28-13 Hamilton, in the standings. Coach Heyneke Meyer said the victory was built on the team’s belief in itself. “We really, as a team, believe we can win,” he said at the post-match press conference. “Our whole message this week was that we need to believe we can win. ‘Nothing is impossible’ “The game is going to be won in the mind and I’m a proud South African and we wanted to show the country that if we work together, nothing is impossible.” Focusing on the big picture, he added: “I’m very, very proud of the guys, but it’s just a win and next week [against the All Blacks] is a bigger challenge.” Former Springbok coach Nick Mallett, working as an analyst for SuperSport, was positively giddy in his assessment of the men in green and gold, terming their performance “complete”.

One thing the match clearly showed is that the new engagement rules at scrum time reward the stronger pack. No longer is it a contest to see which team can get the hit on the other. It now comes down to scrumming and it was in this tight phase that the platform was laid for South Africa’s victory. South Africa’s props are looking very good, with the Sharks’ pair of Tendai Mtawarira and Jannie du Plessis starting and then being backed up by the experienced Gurthro Steenkamp and the exciting, young Coenie Oosthuizen. Between them, coach Meyer is spoilt with arguably the two best hookers in the world, Bismarck du Plessis and Adriaan Strauss. “You need to lay the platform and the foundation with the forwards and certainly our forwards did that,” Springbok captain Jean de Villiers said. “Our scrummaging is immense at the moment and not only the starting three, but the three coming on as well. I think out scrum is really strong as the moment, and the new laws definitely suit us.” In Hamilton, the All Blacks struggled in the scrums at times against the Pumas and this will, no doubt, serve as motivation for the Springboks that they can dictate matters up front against the world’s number one ranked team. De Villiers also paid tribute to the loose trio of Francois Louw, Willem Alberts and Duane

Michael Hooper of the Wallabies tackles Bryan Habana of the Springboks during the match between the Wallabies and the Springboks at Suncorp Stadium on September 7, 2013 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)

Vermeulen. “From a defensive point of view, a lot has been said about our loose forwards. They might lack pace,” he jibed at critics, “but what they bring to the party is just fantastic. I love having them in my team.” The Springboks were also sharp on the counter-attack, with De Villiers rounding off a fantastic sweeping move with a try, Ruan Pienaar and Willie le Roux setting up Zane Kirchner for a fine fivepointer down the right flank, and Le Roux going over after Duane Vermeulen had picked Quade

Cooper’s pocket and set the winger free.De Villiers suggested the Springboks have matured since their first season under Meyer in 2012. “For a team to go forward and for a team to evolve, you need to learn from your mistakes and certainly we showed that we have learnt,” he said. One of South Africa’s greatest strengths at present is the depth of the entire squad. Even in 2007, during the Springboks’ run to the World Cup title, there was a significant difference between the first-choice

starting 15 and the bench players. That was most noticeable when coach Jake White needed to call his his front-line players from the bench to help deliver a 30-25 win over lightly-regarded Tonga in a Group A clash. Looking ahead, South Africa take on New Zealand in Auckland three years since they last won in the Land of the Long White Cloud. To win, it will take contributions from the entire Springbok squad. Encouragingly, they have shown that they are functioning as far more than 15 players this season.

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