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'Star Trails above Table mountain' wins earth and sky photo contest

South African photographer, Eric Nathan, has won the International Earth and Sky Photo Contest. Read more on page 2

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image of Table Mountain wins 6th A closer look at South African expats living in the UK [infographic] annual Earth and Sky Photo Contest | Eric Nathan has perfectly captured the natural beauty of South Africa’s starry skies in his winning image, ‘Star Trails Above Table Mountain’

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| 85,000 South Africans living in the UK identified as White British in the 2011 census, according to the recent Office for National Statistics’s Census Analysis

South African photographer, Eric Nathan, has won the 6th annual International Earth and Sky Photo Contest on Dark Skies in 2015.

Nathan was the overall contest winner and took first prize in the Against the Lights category for his ‘Star Trails Above Table Mountain’ image.

“The image juxtaposes a moonlit Table Mountain and the star trails above it with the artificial lights of Cape Town, a stack of over nine hundred 30-second exposures,” explained Nathan.

The competition is organised

by The World at Night (TWAN).

This year’s theme is Dark Skies Importance and, according to

TWAN, the contest aims to “reclaim the natural beauty of starry sky and to help preserving the dark skies which are not yet dominated by artificial lights”.

The contest saw approximately 1,000 entries from 54 countries.

Contest Judge James Richardson, a long-time National Geographic photographer, said the following about the winning image: “The play of light patterns here, with the circling stars set against the urban labyrinths, makes this image a delight to explore, while at the same time showing the power of city lights to dominate the natural world.”

Nathan captured the image during a 15-hour camp out on Lion’s Head,

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By Katy Scott An analysis of the 2011 UK census published last week reveals that South Africans living in the United Kingdom are the second largest group of non-UK born residents identifying as White British.

According to the Office for National Statistic’s Census Analysis, the largest group who identified as

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44% of South Africans identified as White British

White British were German born (155,000) while the second largest group were from South Africa (85,000).

This 85,000 however, is only 44% of the total number of South Africans living in the UK. Of the 191,000 South Africans living in the UK, 84% identified as White.

New reports prove disastrous impact of visa regulations | The latest trends in global travel numbers are demonstrating the disastrous impact of South Africa’s visa regulations on our tourism sector By western cape government Two reports released this week, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s (UNWTO)Tourism Highlights 2015 Edition and Statistics South Africa’s Tourism Migration: February 2015, provide clear evidence that we are closing the doors to tourists.

The UNTWO report included the following statistics: ∞ China is the world’s top spender in international tourism. Chinese tourists spent US$165 billion during overseas trips in 2014, a 27% increase from 2013; ∞ International tourist arrivals to Africa increased by two percent and by three percent to Sub-Saharan Africa. In contrast, arrivals to South

Africa were flat.

Stats SA’s Tourism Migration report highlighting the following: ∞ In February 2015, 1 133 411 foreign tourists arrived at South Africa’s ports of entry. ∞ In February 2014, 11 457 Chinese tourists visited South Africa, compared to 7 748 in February 2015 ∞ Between February 2014 and February 2015, arrivals from India fell from 6 707 to 4 989 ∞ Over the same period, arrivals from Argentina decreased from 1 698 to 422. ∞ Figures show 3 245 Brazilian tourists arrived in South Africa in February 2014, compared with 2260 in February 2015 Destinations across the world are paying attention to these numbers.

Australia has just announced a 10year multiple entry visa for Chinese

visitors.

China’s Southern Airlines is also set to launch direct flights to Kenya in August.

In South Africa, Air China postponed the launch of direct flights to our destination. A move caused, in part, by our onerous visa regulations.

Put simply, we have deliberately excluded ourselves from this massive opportunity.

In his budget speech earlier this year, National Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom stated the target of attracting 12 million international tourists arrivals to South Africa by 2018.

In the Western Cape, just over 200 000 residents are employed in formal jobs in the sector. Under project Khulisa, we have the aspirational goal of adding up to a further 100 000 jobs in the sector.

The goals we have set for the tourism sector are being threatened by the new visa regulations.

Independent research has found that the new regulations could cost the South African economy up to R10 billion in lost income and over 21 000 jobs.

National Cabinet announced that Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will head an inter-ministerial team to look into objections against the regulations. There’s one fatal flaw, this amounts to the Minister investigating himself. Instead, he should simply look at the numbers and listen to the industry.

These visa regulations are destroying opportunities. They are killing hope.

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Scott Parker pleads guilty to importing £1.2 million of heroin into the UK | Scott Parker returned to court on 18 June 2015 to amend his plea to guilty of the charges of smuggling £1,2million worth of heroin into the UK as well as carrying an article with a blade or a point in a public place. Parker was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison

Scott Parker was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 21 November 2014, for importing a large quantity of heroin into the United Kingdom.

Parker, a dual South African and United Kingdom citizen, was already in London when the cats were loaded for transport at OR Tambo on the evening of 20 November 2014.

On 19 February 2015 a second charge was added to Parker’s charge sheet, namely that Parker was “having an article (a lock knife) with a blade or a point in a public place namely Heathrow Airport” at the time of his arrest.

Parker pleaded not guilty to both charges when in court on 19 February 2015. Parker’s trial on these matters, was set for the first week of August 2015, with video links to South Africa were to be established to interview witnesses. The video links were going to be funded by the United Kingdom’s Legal Aid fund.

Parker requested a hearing with the Judge and returned to court on 18 June 2015, amending his plea to guilty on both counts.

The reasons for Parker’s change of heart remain unknown at this time.

Parker has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, and his sentence is already underway.

The Heathrow Animal Reception Centre discovered the drugs in the empty crates used to transport cats that had been relocated to the United Kingdom from OR Tambo. The exact weight of the heroin seized was amended in court on 18 June 2015 to 9kgs of high-purity heroin with a confirmed street value of £1,2 million.

The cats were later reunited with their owners, who were unaware their animals had been used as a front for smuggling.

During the court hearing of 19 February 2015, the Crown Prosecution Service stated that there were investigations continuing in South Africa particularly in relation to the two owners of the company and if there is any question or any evidence that they are involved in this then the Crown’s attitude would be to proceed against them. The CPS has not issued any further charges on this matter.

The South African reached out for comment from Parker’s employer at

the time the drugs were smuggled into the United Kingdom to little success.

TheSouthAfrican also reached out to the National Crime agency for comment regarding further investigations, but they were unable to comment.

Photos provided by the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom show the wooden crates that were used to transport the animals for Parker and the company he works for.

The photos show how the drugs were deeply concealed within these wooden crates.

Ian Truby, from the National Crime Agency’s Border Investigation Team at Heathrow, said: “This was a highly unusual attempt to bring a substantial quantity of class A drugs into the UK. “Parker thought he would avoid our attention. But the Heathrow Animal Reception Centre staff were vigilant and our investigation showed that he knew the drugs were there.

“Working with Border Force we will continue to target those who attempt to bring illegal drugs into the UK.”

South African trafficked children to return home from Malawi

By Hayley Short An adult (aged 20) and a minor (aged 14) were allegedly taken from their grandmother in Mpumalanga in July last year, Department of Social Development spokesperson, Lumka Oliphant, told the SABC on Monday.

According to reports, a woman allegedly posed as their former teacher and promised to take the children to the UK to further their education and provide specialist care for the 14 year old’s special education needs.

Preliminary investigations by the Department of Social Development

suggest the children were physically abused and exploited during their ordeal. The minor is also said to be suffering from malaria.

Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, said the case highlights the need for society to be vigilant about the trafficking of children.

A delegation led by the Minister of Social Development together with Interpol will head to Malawi to bring the children home. It is hoped they will return home by the end of the week.

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Greens are great because they’re so quick to prepare, and many are in season in the UK right now. I like to add a burst of flavour with a simple sesame and lime dressing, which works well with a range of vegetables. Add variety to your dish by using different colours of beans now available, like yellow or purple.

Bobby beans grown in the UK are a little thicker than the green beans we commonly buy from Kenya. You’ll find them in local farmers markets and they taste great. Look out for beans

that “snap” when broken, as these are the freshest.

Serves 4 as a side Ingredients 1 large head of broccoli, floreted 1 packet of green beans, top and tailed 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped For the dressing: 2 tsp lightly toasted sesame seeds 30 ml sesame oil 1 tsp soya sauce juice of 1 lime and zest salt and pepper to taste

Method To make the dressing, mix together the sesame seeds, oil, soya sauce, lime and seasoning.

Blanch the broccoli and green beans for a couple of minutes. Drain.

Add the butter to a frying pan over low heat, and gently sauté the clove of garlic.

Add the broccoli and green beans, sauté for a few more minutes, then drizzle over the sesame dressing.

Serve immediately, as the beans will go a dullish khaki colour if left in the dressing for too long.

Putting the crunch into crunchies

| Nothing beats the delicious taste of homemade traditional South African crunchies!

By MOIRA ROWAN

One thing I do miss eating is crunchies , the nearest equivalent in the UK is ‘flapjacks’ which are thick, soggy and with no crunch.

It is possible to buy these biscuits from a South African shop, but why not make your own?

Ingredients 180g of butter 2 cups of oats 1 cup of unsweetened coconut 1 cup of flour 1 cup of sugar 2 tablespoons of golden syrup 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda Method Melt butter and syrup together and then add bicarbonate of soda Mix dry ingredients together, create a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the melted butter and syrup mixture Mix together, then flatten the mixture into a greased pan.

Bake for 20 – 30mins at 180 C.

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Tessa Uys lunchtime recitals at London’s St Lawrence Jewry | South African pianist Tessa Uys returns to St Lawrence Jewry to perform weekly performances in June. Uys’s undeniable talent warms and comforts the listener, as she performs some wonderful pieces of work from some of the world’s greatest composers

by John Cole-Morgan Tessa Uys returns to the St Lawrence Jewry for weekly lunchtime performances throughout the month of June. These performances are free, but a suggested donation of £3 is accepted, and they are set at lunchtime so that office workers in the surrounding buildings are able to enjoy the

performances during their day.

The Church is unspeakably impressive, and for a relatively small church, it was wonderful to sit and listen to the noises of the city passing by in the lead up to the performance.

Uys is so unassuming and without airs and graces, that even the usher mistook

her for a patron offering her a program, which was amusing for all.

To accurately place into words the performance by Uys is profoundly difficult. 45 minutes of intense music recital and not once did Uys refer to her music sheets. Standard for some I am sure, but the detailed complexity of the

of the MacFarren Medal. Two periods of intensive study followed: the first under Maria Curcio and the second at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

Returning to England, she won the Royal Overseas League Competition and subsequently took up permanent residence in London, where she still lives, in Highgate.

Tessa Uys, an exceptionally private person, has a career that has spanned decades. She has performed in the great concert halls of Europe and South Africa and, more recently, she has been chosen to perform to more select audiences and on a much smaller scale than the years gone by.

music played entirely from memory is simply incredible to witness.

Uys continues to remind us how talented South Africa’s scatterlings are. Uys, was born in Cape Town, and is the sister of Pieter-Dirk Uys. Having Evita Bezuidenhout as a member of the family has not made her any more revered, instead, if anything, it helps show Tessa Uys for the phenomenal talent that she is, as Tessa has chosen to let the music speak for itself.

Tessa started very young, making her concert debut at age 13 with the Cape Town Symphony Orchestra. Winning a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Gordon Green, Uys was the recipient

The mind behind South African rapper AKA | South African hip-hop rapper, AKA, impresses us with his vision for music across the African continent

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With a number of SA music awards already in the bag, AKA has made a serious impact on the airwaves across South Africa in recent years. I caught up with him at his rented apartment in London this week to find out who AKA really is, why he is here and about his big plans for the future.

Kiernan Jordan Forbes, better known as AKA, was born in Cape Town and has been involved in music since his early teens. He has been dubbed the Prince of South African rap and has opened for big names such as Snoop Lion, Rick Ross and Kanye West. He is currently in the UK to perform in cities such as Birmingham and Manchester as well as promote his latest album Levels.

The words ‘hip-hop rapper’ probably brings to mind someone with a Hollywood ‘living in the fast lane’ lifestyle. Touring, recording, networking and performing requires any artist to have a lot of discipline, and energy but there’s something about AKA’s long term vision and drive that really surprised me.

I asked AKA to describe who the person behind the name really is: "I am who I am, what you see is what you get and there’s no fake persona attached to the name AKA." An obvious question that had to be asked was ‘what was it like opening for international superstars?’ to which AKA replied, "It was fun and a novelty at first but then it got me thinking, why am I opening for them when they are in my country? They should be opening for South African stars instead! We

have incredible musicians in this country and across Africa. Local talent should be in the limelight more than stars from other countries. My ultimate goal is not to be a massive international star like Kanye but rather to be the biggest rapper on the African continent."

AKA went on to explain that part of this goal is also to spread the message of African hip-hop which is essentially to feel good about yourself and who you are as a person. He bases most of his lyrics on his own life experience and believes this helps him connect with his fans as we all share similar daily struggles. He hopes to be a source of inspiration to as many people as he can.

AKA would also like to make English hip-hop more acceptable across Africa by collaborating with artists who perform in vernacular languages. His vision is that this will encourage local mainstream media channels to air African rather than Western or Euro-centric music.

On a more personal and lighter side and with a twinkle in his eye, he mentions that he is really excited about becoming a dad for the first time. He also supported SA business in the UK last week when his friends took him to a South African barber in Essex for a hair cut.

With a strong business sense and vision not only for his own career but also for his genre of music across the African continent as well as his down to earth approach to life, this young man’s future certainly looks bright.

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Toya Delazy takes SA music to new heights

| Toya Delazy once described herself as being ‘a bit of a lucky packet’ as she says everyone will find something they enjoy from her music

By Hayley Short Toya’s music is an unusual mix of jazz, electro, hop and pop but her unique character is what brings this fusion to life.

Toya caused a stir in the SA music world last month after she dropped her new album Ascension on Soundcloud for fans to hear her music entirely free of charge as she was frustrated at the lack of opportunities and red tape which makes it difficult for South African artists to create awareness and access in music stores in the country.

The album has since been removed from the website.

In collaboration with Pascal & Pearce Remix, she has also recently launched the world’s first video remix with her track “My City” featuring Cassper Nyovest.

Hailing from Mahlabatini in KwaZulu Natal, Toya began classical piano and composing at the age of nine. Toya has a degree in jazz piano, played hockey for KZN and started out playing gigs in Durban.

It would be easy to come up with a long and versatile list of words to describe Toya so I asked her to sum herself up in just three, to which she replied “colourful, driven, dreamer”.

Meeting up with her in London was

Unsigned London: South African launches first free music festival | Unsigned London aims to revitalise London’s undiscovered music scene for an exciting weekend of eclectic performances

By Staff Reporter Unsigned London is about all things live, unknown and unsigned, yet full of potential. Taking place across four stages, an ensemble of over 100 of the city’s brightest talents in indie, rock, jazz, folk, R&B, reggae, classical and electronic genres will have their opportunity to perform in front of an eclectic audience of music lovers.

And better yet, it is free, being organised by a South African and will feature some awesome South African artists.

Unsigned London came into existence in 2014 after two years of planning. South African organiser, Patrick O’Donnell, believed that London was desperately in need of a new festival.

“As a family man it’s all to apparent to me that my taste in music differs vehemently from that of my teenage son! I wanted to create an environment that families and groups of friends with different opinions on music could attend together and still share the love of summer and the festival environment,” said O’Donnell.

This 4 and 5 July, Shoreditch Park in London will be hosting the first Unsigned London festival. This twoday event will feature a selection of specially produced music programmes curated by some of the top names in the business.

“Having South African roots means that I have an affinity towards our own homegrown talent,” said O’Donnell.

“Babies Events, run by a fellow Capetonian, will be programming a segment of the Central Stage and all of the artists in this segment are from South Africa.”

Prolific venue Glasswerk will work alongside promoters and artists such as Urban Development, Dead or Alive, Hotvox, Slug Couture, Chaos Theory, Secret Society, Unite PR, All Night Long, Plug In To Perform, LC Collective, Folk Law, Babies Events and Before the Gold Rush to elevate their chosen acts, resulting in the most authentic live music experience of the year. YouTube music channels Garage Door and Get Lifted TV are also on board to add another dimension.

Along with the extensive music line-up, the event will feature a fashion market packed full of edgy and creative new designer brands, alongside some of London’s finest street food traders creating a buzzing bazaar-like experience. A record fair will also be central to the festival selling a mix of musical genres by the coolest national and international dealers of quality vinyl, CDs and music memorabilia. To top it all off, a funfair will be onsite keeping all the family entertained.

London has long been a mecca for music fans of all kinds yet in recent years a combination of venue closures and extortionately priced gigs and festivals have made it all too difficult to stumble into a free gig and discover an amazing new band. Inspired by these challenges, Unsigned London aims to revitalise London’s undiscovered music scene for an exciting weekend of eclectic performances.

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South African photographer steps into the frame to reimagine her family history | Johannesburg-based photographer, Lebohang Kganye, explores the trajectories of family memory and history by merging herself into old family photographs. Kganye’s solo exhibition, Ke Lefa Laka, is currently showing at Tiwani Contemporary in London

by Katy Scott Three years after losing her mother, Lebohang Kganye turned to her family’s photographic archive to embark on a journey of mourning with the aid of her camera. Through exploring her family memory, Kganye constructed a visual narrative in which she became an active participant in keeping these memories alive.

In her project, Ke Lefa Laka, now showing at Tiwani Contemporary in London, Kganye inserts herself into family photographs in the guise of her grandfather.

“My grandfather passed away before I was born and we carry his surname,” explains Kganye.

He carried the surname Khanye, which changed to Khanyi and finally Kganye due to careless recording by officials during the apartheid era.

Her grandfather was the first in the family to move from di’plaasing in the Orange Free State to the Traansvaal to look for work. “As a result everyone in the family has stories about my grandfather, and even though I was born in his house, I never got to know him except through stories passed down from family.

“So Ke Lefa Laka is also about being at the same place at different times and not meeting.”

In Ke Lefa Laka, Kganye enacts stories about her grandfather in order to “construct a visual narrative, in which we meet, through the use of life-size flat mannequins of the characters related to me in various family stories”.

Growing up in Katlehong, a township in the East Rand of Johannesburg, and attending multi-racial schools left a lasting impact on her views of her identity as a young, black South African woman.

Turning the camera to herself happened organically. “I felt an urgency to become the author and the subject, exposing myself to the public, showing my vulnerabilities, my desires, my contradictions and my feelings of always having to play ‘catch up’.”

Kganye visited the different locations in South Africa where her family lived to collect photographs and memories, and to trace how her family came to call these different spaces “home”.

“Family photographs are more than just a memory of moments or people, but they are also vehicles to a fantasy that allows for a momentary space to ‘perform’ ideals of ‘family-ness’, and become visual constructions of who we think we are and hope to be, yet at the same time being an erasure of reality.”

The View From Here at Tiwani Contemporary, presents works

by Kganye and six other artists from Africa and the diaspora, who challenge and explore the status of the photograph’s potential for subjective, fictional and poetic musings.

Kganye’s photomontages that form part of The View From Here interrogate photography as autobiography and raise questions about the social role of photography.

“Through the process of attempting to trace my family history, I have discovered that identity cannot be made fully tangible, just like the products of a camera; it is a site for the performance of dreams and the staging of narratives.

“While these images record history, it is only a history imagined.”

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Megaversities at the tip of Africa: Four interesting facts about higher education in South Africa | The recent #RhodesMustFall and Open Stellenbosch campaigns at two of South Africa’s most prestigious universities put the spotlight on the need (or at the very least, a popular desire) for racial transformation within the country’s system of higher education

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Although 80% of the South African population is black only 14% of the country’s approximately 2,200 professors are black. This is quite the thought provoking statistic, one that is supplemented by the following four, equally interesting, statistics and facts about higher education in South Africa.

1) Stellenbosch University is South Africa’s richest university Stellenbosch University is one of the top 2000 richest companies in the world… at least it would be if Stellenbosch University (PTY) LTD were ever to be realised sometime in a dystopian future. Currently, however, the institution of higher learning nestled in the heart of the scenic Winelands remains a public entity subsidised by the State, but if it were to one day decide to trade on the JSE rather than in racial scandals then it would quickly find itself in the company of Big Business.

The most recent financial report from Stellenbosch University (SU) indicates that the academic institution had almost R11 Billion in assets in 2013 – close to a third of the total assets of Shoprite Holdings (Shoprite, Checkers, Hungry Lion, OK, House & Home) at the time. This means that SU effortlessly beats Wits (R9.5b) and UCT (R7.2b) for the top spot as the country’s richest University.

And then, if SU decided to become a publicly traded company, it would comfortably have enough assets to be included in the Forbes Global 2000, an annual list of the top 2000 of the world’s biggest public companies.

2) SA was the first to offer the MBA (outside of the US) in the 1950s Wanted an MBA in the 1950s? Well you were out of luck unless you were willing to move to the US… or South Africa.

During the steady revival of the world economy in the 1950s, following the Second World War, large transnational corporations were eager to employ a new breed of university educated managers. Thus the unprecedented growth in the Masters of Business Administration, the MBA , during the era of Elvis.

And where better to look for MBA graduates in the 50s than the birthplace of the MBA, the United States, where the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration would establish the world’s first MBA programme as early as the 1908.

By the 1950s, the MBA had not yet caught on outside the US, and the only international alternative was, naturally, in South Africa, 15,000km away.

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would deliver its first batch of 25 MBA graduates, making it the first, and at the time the only, alternative to North American MBA programmes.

Today, more than 200,000 students graduate from MBA programmes across the world.

3) UNISA was one of the original Mega Universities in the world If you thought that all universities were ivy-adorned institutions of privilege where the elite few would congregate to share their secrets on the best BMW or Mercedes payment plans, then think again.

Mega Universities are huge distanceteaching institutions with over 100,000 active students in degreelevel courses. In 1996 the University of South Africa (UNISA) was one of only 11 such institutions in the world.

The past 20 years, however, have seen a major swell in the ranks of Megaversities, with the Indhira Ghandi Open University in Delhi, India the most impressive by far with more than 4 million students, almost the entirety of the New Zealand population, enrolled in 2015. Today there are at least 60 distance-learning institutions across the world that can claim to have more than 100,000 students at any one time.

UNISA, however, with 400,000 students currently enrolled across 130 countries, is still be able boast about being at least in the top 20 when it comes to the highest number of university enrollments.

4) Massive demographic discrepancies between black population and professors The removal of a statue of Cecil John Rhodes from the heart of the UCT campus at the beginning of 2015 was the result of a virulent campaign by students, of all races, against what they perceived as systemic racism at a historically white university,

and in fact most universities across the country. And unfortunately, to the detriment of 21 years of transformative efforts, their argument is supported by statistics, at least at the employment level.

According to the Council on Higher Education approximately the same amount of black and white staff, 46,000 and 43,000 respectively, are employed in the higher education sector of South Africa. However, almost two thirds of black employees are employed in an administrative capacity, while only 33% can be found in senior management and as academics. Inversely, and in stark contrast, two thirds of white higher education employees are either senior management or academics.

While the population of the country consists of 80% black people, only 14% of all professors are black. This translates into almost 5.7 times less black professors than there would be if the professorial cohort was demographically representative.

However, this seems to be a tragic trend that is continued throughout the rest of the world as well. In the UK, for instance, only 0.46% of professors are black while 3% of the population is Black, meaning that there are 6.5 times less black professors in the UK than there should be a demographically representative academia.

MEGAversities and MBA exclusivity. Multi-billion Rand institutions and demographic discrepancies. These are just four of the interesting elements that characterise higher education in South African . But then again, that’s South Africa for you – interesting, contradictory and a little bit funny at times.

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On being a passionate South African expat | There seems to be an ongoing ubiquitous online ‘war of words’ about angry South African expats...

by Hayley Short We, the ‘expats’, sound like snotnosed brats defiantly stomping our feet, trying to justify to those on the motherland as to why we left, why we may or may not return and why we still have every right to criticise South Africa when in reality, for the most part, we’re really just a passionate bunch who are concerned about the motherland At first glance, many of our country’s problems seem insurmountable. In 2012 we ranked 6th out of 132 countries on crime, 1st for people living with HIV/AIDS, 1st for rape, 11th for cost of living, 13th for education and 1st in emerging markets for unemployment and to date, approximately one quarter of our population is still out of work. The statistics paint a grim picture.

Many expats that I engage with say they feel powerless and that the numerous issues back home are “somebody else’s problems” and that “the politicians must sort it out”.

Instead of throwing tantrums about whether we do or don’t have a right to criticise our country’s leadership (or lack thereof), every single one of us should rather be asking ourselves “What am I actively doing to drive South Africa forward?”

Feeling powerless or empowered?

Here’s a little nugget of wisdom for you: This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

I am ‘Anybody’ and so are you.

If your heart beats to the sound of the African drum, then it is not “somebody else’s problem” to fix our country so that one day you may decide to move back when crime is down, employment is up and poverty is a thing of the past. The future and sustainability of our South Africa’s precious democracy, economy and success lies squarely on OUR shoulders. Each and every single one of us, without exception.

We all know that our South Africa is incredibly diverse and overflows with aesthetic and cultural beauty. The tourism industry back home currently provides 1 in 8 jobs and long term, sustainable employment growth is the ONLY way for communities to break

free from the poverty cycle. You do the math. You take responsibility for the future of South Africa. You be the ambassador. You encourage tourists to visit our beautiful country and by doing so, not only will you create jobs but YOU will create change.

Living and building the legacy I’m sure that those of you who are parents only want the best for your children. For many of you, that means wanting to raise them with the standard of education and safety that many foreign countries offer BUT because you want the best of both worlds, you also want to raise your children the “South African way”.

Most of you will agree that this means seeing our kids run around carefree, kaalvoet (or kaalgat: weather permitting) and with a strong sense of respect, manners, a good work ethic and an inherent love for the great outdoors and our incredible wildlife.

We work hard to instil a strong sense of patriotism in our children (even those who are born abroad) yet how can we teach this to our children when so often we, as adults, do not always remain true to this ideology with our own thoughts, words and actions? In the international corporate world we are generally well known for being hard workers and team players yet somehow when it comes to our South African teamwork we all fall apart.

Everybody is so busy being busy or rather, selfishly existing. So many South Africans I meet abroad say they are passionate or proud South Africans. I disagree. Wearing your Boks shirt, throwing some boerie on the braai, attempting to sing our national anthem (admit it, how many of you really know ALL the words?), eating biltong and screaming at the ref during a Saturday afternoon rugby match does not constitute being a passionate, proud South African.

Embracing the spirit of Ubuntu by actively going above and beyond the call of duty to make a difference is what makes a person a true South African.

Some of you may be wondering why, if I am this passionate about South Africa, am I not already back on home soil? Simply put: not every passionate person abroad is in the position to return home although it is something I have my eyes set on.

For the interim, I do something every day towards helping my fellow South Africans. Yes, really! Every. Single.

Day. Carpé Diem If you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, “Yes, I do want to be a team player and drive Mzansi forward,” then consider a few ways you can get involved: from fundraising or volunteering for registered SA charities, helping South Africans in need in your current country of residence, educating others about Home Affairs issues that affect all of us expats at some point (from basic

passport renewals to the new child travel and immigration laws to how to keep or what to do if you have lost your SA citizenship), to mention just a few.

If there’s an opportunity to make a difference in a fellow South African’s life, no matter how small, I urge you to grab it with both hands. If you’re looking for an opportunity then let me

know!

When apartheid ended, I was too young to understand and appreciate the phenomenal change that our new democracy brought about and with so much negativity about the current challenges my country faces, I’m hell-bent on wanting to see positive change of epic proportions in my country during my adult lifetime. And no, I’m not living in my own little fantasy world wearing rose-tinted glasses. After spending my early twenties with the “SA is becoming another Zimbabwe” frame of mind, I simply chose to adopt the glass half full approach instead.

I’ve read hundreds of comments and debates on social media regarding expats and despite your difference of opinions, one thing is very clear: if you’re engaging with and commenting on anything South African related, you still carry some degree of concern or perhaps even a glimmer of hope in your heart about our beautiful homeland.

So, here’s my challenge to all you expats: what small thing can you do, today and every day, to help create the true rainbow nation South Africa we all dream of?

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by 1st contact The Rand was relatively unchanged against the Dollar on Friday after a fleeting rally, on the back of the US Federal Reserve’s delayed interest rate hike, which fizzled out, and due to investors awaiting the latest news from negotiations with Greece.

The Rand gained ground against the Dollar earlier in the week, giving its strongest performance in the last three weeks, following a non-committal interest rate announcement by the Fed. This reduced the likelihood of the Fed adjusting borrowing costs in September. Meanwhile, a further breakdown between Greece and its creditors prompted the EUR-ZAR exchange rate to fluctuate between 13.7724 and 14.1004.

Africa include the release of the first-quarter current account figures and Producer Price Index for May. The current account deficit is alleged to have widened from R198 billion to R223.8 billion. The forecasted Producer Price Index slowed from 0.9% in April to 0.3% in May, with the annual figure climbing from 3.0% to 3.6%.

Due to the correlation between the Rand and Euro, events in Greece will likely influence trading in the week.

Demand for the Rand is also likely to be driven by US data, with the US’s durable goods orders and first quarter growth figures due to be reported.

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London O2Touch Spring Season Finals | The spring season is now complete and with a large number of finals being played during the past week, we at In2Touch would like to give you a snapshot of what happened in this very successful 2015 spring season

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It all started in King Georges Park at our Tuesday Putney/Wandsworth league where the Moose Knuckles and Shake & Bake went head to head in the Men’s final. In a very closely-fought contest, Moose Knuckles emerged the victors by six touch downs to three.

The game in the mixed division almost went to a nail-biting drop-off as the teams were tied 3-3 right up until the final hooter sounded.

That did not deter Ralph Wiggums Wingmen, who continued to play and were able to score in the righthand corner to crown themselves champions and beat Organised Confusion 4 – 3.

On Wednesday there were 10 finals taking place all the way from Surrey Quays in Southwark Park to Richmond’ s iconic, Old Deer Park.

The Richmond league has grown consistently over the past four years, with 16 teams competing in this years spring league.

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The game was free flowing with both teams creating many opportunities in the first half. By the second half the teams had tightened up, which resulted in a few heated moments in the game. By the time the final hooter sounded neither team knew who had won until the ref consulted his scorecard to reveal that the Richmond spring winners were Scrummers 2015 winning 8 – 7.

The In2Touch team would like to take this opportunity to thank those people responsible for the smooth running of the venues across London. A big thank you to all the Venue Managers and referees who have given up their time to make sure the teams, players and supporters enjoy touch in London each week.

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Kevin Anderson comes close at Queen’s

Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates winning the Aegon Championships with Moet Imperial and the winners trophy after defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa during day seven of the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club on June 21, 2015 in London, England. Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for Moet

by staff reporter Kevin Anderson’s hope of becoming the first South African to win at Queen’s since his childhood idol Wayne Ferreira in 1992 was dashed when Andy Murray eased past him in straight sets 6-3 6-4 in just over an hour on the grass courts of London Kevin Anderson fought his way

into his first Queen’s final with 34 aces against Gilles Simon. This took his tally for the tournament to 96.

Anderson easily reached 100 aces for the tournament in his meeting with Andy Murray, but made too many errors during the rallies.

Murray raced to a 3-1 lead in the opening set and never looked back.

In the second set he took advantage of his sole break point to go 4-2 up and swiftly demolished Anderson 6-3

6-4, winning him a record-equalling fourth Queen’s Club title.

"I'm playing better than I did in 2013 but it's extremely difficult to win these events," the 28-year-old said on court after the win.

"People are improving all the time.

You want to go into Wimbledon with grass matches under your belt. It's been a long few months and I need to take a day or two off and prepare as best as I can."

Meanwhile, the South African, who was bidding for a third ATP World Tour title, was full of praise for Murray.

"He's a terrific player and has had such great success on all surfaces," said the world number 14.

"It's just tough playing him here.

I really felt like I played some good tennis throughout the week. I had some close matches. My game went really well. I can take a lot of pleasure

from this week."

Murray is set to be a real contender for a second title at Wimbledon, and Anderson, who has moved up three place in the ATP World Tour Rankings, has every chance of going beyond the fourth round for the first time in his career.

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