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Mmusi Maimane speech in London calls for South Africans to return home | The Edmund J Safra Hall of King’s college in London was jam-packed with South Africans coming to hear the DA parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane speak on 23 March

by David Wilkins The massive turnout was a source of delight for DA Abroad UK Chairperson Francine Higham.

“We’re very lucky that the Homecoming Revolution meant Mmusi was in town,” she said. “We made the most of the opportunity by holding our own event. It’s amazing how many South Africans have turned out to hear him speak.”

Marky Warren, a blogger and DA supporter, was equally thrilled.

“I’ve been to a lot of DA events,” Warren told the South African, “and this one gives me the opportunity to meet the future president of South Africa. When he speaks he installs confidence in you.”

Indeed the South Africans in attendance, from students to pensioners to DA supporters sat spellbound as Maimane took the microphone. Maimane told the audience that South Africa has come a long way despite its many challenges since 1994. He implored people to come back to South Africa and start their own businesses.

“We need your skills,” he said. “If you’re an entrepreneur – the DA will help you.”

He also defended the DA walkout of parliament and predicted an electoral victory in Port Elizabeth as well as the Western Cape.

In an interview afterwards, Maimane insisted that South Africa can work well, highlighting the Oscar Pistorius case. “It put South Africa’s judiciary to the test, and I think the judiciary did an excellent job,” he argued. “It proved that South Africa has a judicial process where everyone can have a fair trial, as opposed to our history where all

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of those things were overridden.”

But Maimane is also not sanguine about South Africa’s negative portrayal internationally. “People should be concerned about South Africa’s records on crime, but that’s something we’re monitoring, to get to a point where South Africa has a Police Service that works for people in the country.”

Maimane ended his speech by saying: “What’s wrong with South Africa can be fixed by what’s right with South Africans.” They are great people and we can innovate a culture where South Africa becomes the nation it can be. It can’t be done by the Government alone, we must do it together.”

But how successful was Maimane’s call for South Africans to return home?

Francine Higham was most impressed. “I work in digital media,” she enthused, “and I think there’s a lot of opportunity in South Africa for digital and tech. Africa’s environment can be challenging but there are fantastic entrepreneurs.”

However, student Caitlin Power was less certain, saying she will stay in the UK a few more years.

Marky Warren agreed: “I've often wondered if I should go back or stay in the UK,” he reflected. “But one thing Mmusi does is inspiring you to go back to South Africa and build the country with him.”

Francine Higham argued Mmusi’s inspiration was the night’s biggest achievement. “We've had a fantastic turnout and Mmusi has inspired South Africans to vote for the DA, and to contribute to South Africa’s future.”

But is the DA really the best party to do this? Marky Warren had a surprising reply. “Julius Malema has grown up a lot since the ANC kicked him out,” he admited. “He’s turned from someone I couldn’t stand to someone I will listen too now. But the DA is still the frontrunner in my mind.”

Maimane ended his speech by calling on the audience to get family and friends back home. “Call them, text them, e-mail them, stalk them bribe them… I don’t care,” he enthused drawing a laugh from the audience. “But get them to come out.”

SA embassy flooded with complaints about communication failure | A large number of South Africans living in the UK have complained about a communication breakdown with the South African High Commission in London

by Katy Scott South Africans living in the UK and in South Africa have complained on the High Commission’s website that the embassy staff were not cooperative and that their calls were cut.

There were further complaints involving visas, passport renewals and driver’s licences, as well as consular services, reported the Weekend Argus.

The department’s spokesman, Clayson Monyela told the publication that the commission in London was an extremely busy embassy. He listed technological issues as one of the reasons for

the commission’s communication problems.

“It’s a technology issue. The London office is often bombarded by calls. Getting through can depend on the quality of the line, whether you’re using a cellphone or landline and where you’re calling from,” he reportedly said.

“I’ve had to call several times to get through. We get these complaints every day, but for every two people who do not get through 10 do.”

Former eThekwini mayor Obed Mlaba, the current High Commissioner of South Africa to the United Kingdom, has not yet commented on the situation.

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Trevor Noah confirmed to replace Jon Stewart as new host of “The Daily Show” | A big congratulations to Trevor Noah who has been chosen as the new host of “The Daily Show” by katy scott

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After three appearances on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”, 31-year-old Trevor Noah has, according to The New York Times, gotten “a huge and unexpected promotion”.

Comedy Central is set to announce that Noah has been chosen as the new host of “The Daily Show” when Jon Stewart

steps down later this year.

Noah appeared as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show” in December 2014, where he gave his unique South African perspective on all things American.

Stewart said in a statement that he was thrilled with the news and may even rejoin as a correspondent just to be a part of it.

“I’m thrilled for the show and for

Trevor… He’s a tremendous comic and talent that we’ve loved working with.”

Speaking to the New York Times from Dubai, Noah commented on his new job: “You don’t believe it for the first few hours. You need a stiff drink, and then unfortunately you’re in a place where you can’t really get alcohol.”

Nominate your favourite business person for the Chamber Awards 2015 | The South African Chamber of Commerce nominations are now open for the South African Business Awards 2015.

This year, there will be seven awards up for grabs by staff reporter The third annual South African Business Awards recognises the achievements of the crème of the South African business community in the UK. The first award ‘Business Leader of the Year’ has received the following nominations so far, namely John Andrew Boyd, Avi Lasarow, Michael Abromowitz and Paul Gardiner. The award is for an individual who displays outstanding leadership qualities, which have contributed to the growth and management of a business. The judges will be looking at how openness, engagement, strong values and strategic vision for change helped them achieve their objectives, and how they have influenced the growth and success of their business.

The second award is ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, which is awarded to an individual who has displayed outstanding entrepreneurial flair and successfully employed an original idea to launch their own business.

So far, these candidates have been nominated: Pily Mirazi, CV Pillay, Ross Goodwin and Gordon Glyn-Jones. The judges will be looking at entrepreneurial qualities such as drive, ambition, vision, tenacity, inspirational leadership, inventiveness and confidence, as well as levels of growth and financial performance.

The third award is for ‘Innovator of the Year’, awarded to an individual who consistently proves to be at the cutting edge of their field and employs new technologies to spur growth, for which Avi Lasarow has been nominated so far.

The ‘Woman in Business of the Year’ is for a businesswoman who displays an enterprising spirit, determination and business acumen in the male-dominated business world. The nominees who are in the running are: Pily Mirazi,

Odile Ham, Natalie Immelman and Tolene van der Merwe. The judges will be looking at how hard work and courage has led to them climbing the ladder to the senior ranks of their organisation, and if they have set an example for women everywhere, as well as their influence and impact on the growth of their business.

The award ‘Rising Star of the Year’ will be awarded to an individual under the age of 35 who displays great potential and is a breakthrough talent in any industry. The nominees currently in the running are Carlos Menezes, Adele Walker and Dibabatso Masooa. The judges will be looking at challenges they have faced and how their hard work and determination continues to place them on an upwards trajectory, as well as if they have been a significant contributor to their organisation.

For the ‘New Business of the Year’, judges will be looking for a small business that has achieved significant financial growth.

Adele Walker, Dean Deetlefs, Avi Lasarow and Simon Bozzoli have been nominated.

The final ‘Giving Back Award’ is for a business leader or company that has excelled in promoting corporate support for charities either within their own organisation or across the private sector. The judges will be looking at their contributions to charities, the community or the environment, and the level of corporate social responsibility. Nominees are Hayley Short, Xolani Xala and Jill Ritchie.

Voting and nominations are open until 19 April. It’s only possible to vote for one person in each category, and previous award winners may not be nominated for the same award category.

Irma Stern’s painting sells for £338,500 in London | Last week, Irma Stern’s painting ‘Fisherman, Madeira’ sold for £338,500 (R6.1 million) at Bonham’s gallery in London by staff reporter It’s the most expensive painting to be sold in the United Kingdom this year. It appears that the art world is still enamoured with South African artists, showing a great demand in the UK and other European countries.

Bonhams’ R25m sale of South African Art on 18 March in London was led by the prices for the country’s two favourite artists: Irma Stern and Jacob Hendrik Pierneef.

Stern, a great portraitist, holds the world record for South African

art, closely followed by landscape specialist Pierneef.

‘Fisherman, Madeira’ by Irma Stern (1894-1966) executed during a particularly difficult period in the artist’s life in 1931, was regarded by the former director of Pretoria Art Museum, A.J. Werth, as one of Stern’s “finest oils”. As of yesterday it is the highest-priced painting achieved for South African art this year, sold by world record holders for South African art, Bonhams, the international fine art auction house head-quartered in New Bond Street.

Stern’s visit to Madeira coincided

with the collapse of her marriage to Johannes Prinz. Shortly after arriving on the island, she suffered a nervous breakdown. Many of Stern’s Madeiran paintings reflect her anguished mental state. When exhibited in Cape Town in 1935, a critic commented on the work’s “sinister” colours and “hectic, feverish atmosphere”.

Bonhams holds the world record for an Irma Stern, ‘Arab Priest’ which sold for £3.1m (R34m) and the world record for a Pierneef, ‘The Baobab Tree’ sold for £826,400 (R14.5m).

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Reg Bamford to speak at Breakfast Indaba at the South African Chamber of Commerce | The Breakfast Indaba in London will be talking about the budget update, and what it means to individuals and small businesses

by staff reporter What’s great about working with other South Africans? They speak your language. They are friendly, clear, honest and direct in their business dealings and, like you, know what hard work means – and they have fun doing it. You and your business need people like that – people you can trust.

The event is aimed at South African or businesses owned

by South Africans, those who

do business in South Africa or employ South Africans, and who simply like South Africa and its people.

The Breakfast Indaba will offer a one-minute business presentation by each business present, a presentation on educational and other opportunities by the Chamber, and a special offer to attendees who want to join the South African Chamber of Commerce.

To have exclusive rights to present your chosen profession

or industry please ensure you register.

Join us for our April Breakfast Indaba where Reg Bamford from Sable will be our guest speaker.

Date: 16 April Time: 7 - 8:30am Price: £12.50 Place: Carluccios Putney Please note that it is Chamber policy to allow non-members the chance to attend two Breakfast Indabas before we invite you to become a member.

South African bass lands first solo concert in London | It’s all about this bass, and his London solo debut. Don’t miss out on Simphiwe Simon Shibambu

by Katy Scott 27-year-old South African bass, Simphiwe Simon Shibambu, who is currently studying at the Royal College of Music in London, is performing on 26 April in Notting Hill.

In February, Shibambu won First Prize and the Audience Prize of the Clonter Opera Competition in England. Contestants competed for a prize of £2,000 (R35,000) before a distinguished panel of judges.

Shibambu was one of several contestants nominated by the UK’s leading conservatories to compete at the prestigious competition. While studying a degree in Vocal Art at Tshwane University of Technology, Shibambu performed in opera productions, oratorios, requiems, chorus festivals and solo concerts.

Shibambu won the inaugural Amazwi Omzansi Africa Singing

Competition in Durban in 2013.

In November 2013, he was awarded a full scholarship from the Royal College of Music in London. A year later, he performed the part of Sarastro in Mozart’s The Magic Flute at

the Royal College of Music in London.

Date 26 April 2015 Place: St Peter’s Church, Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill W11 Price: £5 at the door

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by Katy Scott These little habits and South Africanisms are sure to bring a little sunshine to your day.

Only you have the right to be critical of South Africa Even though you mock, criticise and moan about South Africa, your country holds a special place in your heart. And, just like only you can complain about your husband, wife, brother or mother, so only a South African is allowed to find fault with South Africa. If any foreigner dares criticise her, well, they can expect a groot snotklap.

You are able to find the good in the worst of situations Because, let’s face it, South Africa has seen the worst of situations. When the going gets tough, South Africans toughen up.

You will see it in the everything of the white-toothed smile of a child with next to nothing, and in the toothless smiles on the back of a bakkie.

Your family is enormous and inclusive Everyone you encounter is Auntie this, Uncle that, Mama, Sisi or Bhuti. And not because you’re forced to call them that. But because you do, quite naturally.

You reply with “shame” to a diverse range of situations “Need a ride to the shops?”

“Shame man, don’t worry!”

“Look at this lion cub!”

“Ag shamepies man, it’s so oulik!”

You have a practised story you tell foreigners Every time you travel abroad and someone asks where you’re from, you launch into your summary of South Africa’s history and current situation. You find yourself explaining that Africa is not a country (in the nicest way

possible) and that no, you do not know their friend in Kenya. Now leave me alone, before I set my pet lion on you.

You have a reflex response to every hawker or beggar in SA Either a sympathetic smile, a curt “No thank you,” a complete blanking or a cubbyhole full of coins.

You have respect for your elders Because you were probably with a wooden spoon when you were a laaitie.

You associate Christmas with fun in the sun Braais, dips in the pool and cold desserts (like don pedros and peppermint crisp tart) are all part of the Christmas parcel. You will take sand between your toes over snow and frostbite, any day.

Everything is lank chilled And if you’re not chilled, someone will tell you to chill out.

Or your mother or auntie will tell you to take a chill pill.

You are very apologetic, all the time You say sorry to get someone’s attention if you need attending to.

You say sorry when pushing your way through a crowd. If you didn’t hear someone? Sorry.

Your braai is in use all year round You shall braai, no matter what the weather. No power?

No problem. You'll just braai everything you’ve got in the fridge.

You’re pretty patriotic about most sports Or at least the ones South Africa’s good at. You are South Africa’s number one rugby or cricket fan at the World Cup, but when it comes to soccer… well you support Bafana Bafana until they lose, then you move swiftly

along to support your favourite 573560 PG Blue Sky Advert 101 x 127.indd European team.

You’re used to public transport working on African time You know to avoid the train unless you feel like a leisurely low-speed commute punctuated by brief pauses. If you’re seeking a thrill, you know exactly how to hail a South African taxi. And you also know how taxi drivers (and many other cocky South African drivers) are above the law when it comes to the rules of the road.

You will choose South African snacks over any other snack No fancy appetisers or pre-dinner snacks top biltong and a beer.

You’ve pretended that it’s your birthday at the Spur Just that one time. Just to get your free ice cream with a sparkler and your birthday song.

You are surprised by very little And you know that absolutely anything can be strapped to the back of a bakkie.

You take public holidays very seriously Because in South Africa, if the holiday falls on a Sunday, you know for sure that you will have the Monday off. Hell, the kids get the entire week off school, just for fun.

You can (hopefully) speak two or more languages And use them interchangeably, code switching and adding a South African flavour to your conversations.

And you probably slip some of the following words or phrases into your conversations Nooit, izit, howzit, lekker, shap, bokkie, yebo, klap, swak, tune, kak, big time, now now, just now, ja nee, befok, bliksem, lank, smaak, skeef, kif, jol, jislaaik.

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Women in entertainment: Pieter-Dirk Uys as Evita Bezuidenhout | This month’s feature on South African women in entertainment explores Evita Bezuidenhout’s role in South Africa’s comedy landscape

by John Cole-Morgan This article starts off a new monthly segment about the women in South Africa's entertainment industry. Given South African culture, no series of women in entertainment can begin without a story of Evita, famously dubbed as “the most famous white woman in Africa”.

Evita Bezuidenhout has been a part of South Africa’s culture for almost 35 years. Starting as a small character in a three week show in the early 1980s, Evita was born, and has become a household name in the years that followed. Uys famously said he is delighted he will never meet Evita face-to-face as the thought terrifies him.

Evita took off like a rocket. She

is a character that owes a lot of her success to the basic principle Uys has used when playing Evita, “Women must recognise the woman and men must forget the man”. Inspired by the grace and extraordinary talent and beauty of his mother, his deep admiration for woman like Sophia Loren, Miemie Coetzee, Uys has used their essence to help create the enigma that is Evita.

Uys’s incredible ability to read a person, started in the days when Uys would observe people in Cape Town’s coffee shops during his university days. Uys would watch the people going by and was fascinated by the different things he saw. The tiny differences in their behaviour that went by has helped inspire his characters and is still

something he does to this day.

Uys is the ultimate down-to-earth industry personality. Starting off in the years of apartheid, when homophobia was rife, having an entourage was not an option. If you needed to go anywhere, having many hangers-on could get you into big trouble. It was difficult to have too many fans around if you got into a situation with the police during the years of apartheid, and that ethos has influenced how independent he still is today.

This started a way of performing that has kept Uys grounded and without airs and graces. Uys, performs his shows alone, sets up alone, writes alone, drives himself to the theatre and publicity events, creating what is, in some ways,

a secluded working life. There is only one person, who does it all and that is Uys. Having studied stage management, Uys is completely able to create all of his sets, arrange the lighting, all with minimal input from others. With just the audience to keep Uys company, and an audience that means no two shows of his more than 7,000 performances have been the same. Uys says that his audience laugh in different places and react differently in each show, and the characters he plays keep him on his toes and the monotony at bay.

His methods have helped Uys become a national treasure.

The photograph of Uys on the beach in Blouberg taken a little

over 25 years ago, the day Nelson Mandela was released from prison, was the turning point in South Africa. It is easy to forget that while Uys has been making us laugh all the way through the last 40 years of politics, he has been at the forefront of what could be classed as cutting edge education. Uys was there and gave us both devastating truth and humour. Uys educated us with his work and made us laugh while doing so.

Uys has created over 80 different characters. His extraordinary talent made each character come to life. With the subtle changes to his face or inflection of his voice, Uys can

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turn P. W. Botha into Angela Merkel or Mrs Pietersen in a second and with each subtle change you know precisely who they are. His talent is truly exceptional and Uys is without question one of the greatest entertainers to come out of South Africa.

In 1974, Uys wrote his Afrikaans play ‘Selle Oe Storie’, which got him into such trouble with the National Party. It is easy to see Uys as simply the other part of Evita, but Uys has been writing and performing for over 40 years, almost a full decade before Evita came into existence.

When asking Uys what his

favourite piece of writing was he replies, “Gosh, that is like saying to a grandmother who is your favourite grandchild”.

Highlights of his career for him are ‘Selle Oe Storie’ and ‘Die van Aardes van Grootoor’, which is being rewritten as a musical for the end of 2015. “Success is lovely. Success is something you hang on the wall and you very seldom look back on it. Failure is something you always go back to. First of all the word is wrong, failure is so negative but when something doesn’t work it doesn’t mean it is a failure, it just means it hasn’t worked the first time round.” The plays Uys loves with

sadness are the ones that didn’t work.

Uys has made all of his plays available on his website www. pdu.co.za. Uys loves the fact that he can share everything with the world, firmly wanting his works to be enjoyed instead of gathering dust on a shelf or sitting in a drawer.

At an age where most are slowing down, 70-year old Uys has no intention to do so: “It is very dangerous this thing where people think at a certain age you can slow down. No darling, that’s when you die. You don’t slow down, you

change gear, you reinvent yourself.

You actually maybe dye your hair, put in botox or cut off your penis, or whatever you want to do, but don’t just sit back and think you are going to be rewarded… I will keep going until, well if I fly away, I hope I do it on stage. If I die on stage I will be magnificent and people will remember me for the rest of their lives.”

Uys’s philosophy is simple. Uys believes that everyone has talent, teaching is terribly important and leading by example shows the way to those people who don’t know

how to use their instincts. What you do with your talent is important, be as original as possible, be inspired and be something different. Balance the pros and cons of what other people have given you and what you think you have, to what you know should be there. Go out there and seduce us with your guile and take over the world.

“Make it work, it might take twenty years… Don’t just talk about it do it. Don’t wait for somebody to help you because they won’t. Be careful of advice, always listen to it and work through it and enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy what you are doing it will kill you.”

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Why is African art so popular in the UK? | Giles Peppiatt, Director of the South African Art Department of Bonhams, addressed the question of why there has been such a huge global rise in value of South African art in recent years at the Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town

by Staff Reporter Recently, Giles Peppiatt spoke about the explosion of value in South African art to a group of 22 arts journalists at the Irma Stern Museum in February.

“What we continue to see is a new ‘Scramble for Africa’. It’s no longer for land, gold or diamonds but for art. I say this advisedly as I stand here at the Irma Stern Museum, almost in the shadow of Cecil John Rhodes, who led another scramble for Africa. The scramble I am talking about, is a rather different kind of tussle, one that is making art a viable occupation for artists across Africa, bringing hope to communities in many of its 54 nations. It is a new development taking the message of African ingenuity to the wider world – a rather different message the kind the world has grown used to hearing from Africa. It has been our very great privilege to play a small part in taking that message to the wider art market.”

Bonhams decision to start specialist SA art sales in Europe back in 2006 paid off almost immediately with the first sale totalling £1.5 million. Soon the auctions were grossing £10 million and were achieving numerous world records. Currently it holds world records for all major South African artists.

How have Bonhams done this?

How is it that works by Irma Stern which sold for figures around £100,000 ten years ago now go for millions? How is it that Tretchikoff who was seen as a mark of kitsch taste is now selling for hundreds of thousands, and Gerard Sekoto who fled the country to die in poverty in Paris has work that reach auction prices of hundreds of thousands of pounds?

To understand the answer one has to remember that South African art had not really been seen in London or on the international market before, and certainly had not been marketed in such a prestigious manner with all the attendant events, such as reception and dinners associated with auctions.

Bonhams found that international collectors were delighted to view these works and even more delighted to purchase the best examples for what they perceived to be reasonable prices.

In international terms the best examples of South African art were very good value. So when the auction house offered this work to those with deeper pockets they found an enthusiastic response Once it became common knowledge that the highest prices were being paid in London, many collectors around the world and in South Africa were keen

to take advantage of this price differential.

The fact is that modern and contemporary African art is today one of the hottest properties on the art block. Africa is the new China when it comes to art. When the Tate, the Smithsonian and other similar institutions start openly acquiring Contemporary African Art, then one knows that something strange and wonderful has occurred and that real change is in the air.

The Romans (in fact it was Pliny the Elder) had a phrase for this: “Ex Africa semper aliquid novi”. It means, there is always something new out of Africa.

Today, that new thing is art.

The scramble is to acquire this art and the educated view in the capitals of the world is that South African and African Art is a bull market, with one’s investment liable to return a handsome profit in the years ahead. That is the brutal truth, but it is only half the story.

Picasso, and many of his contemporary artists saw the wellsprings of their own creative drive in Africa. They acknowledged Africa’s creative genius and their work pays homage to it. Now the African artists are demanding part of that acclaim and also a proportion of the kind of sums earned by those master artists whose names are household words.

So how has this change in attitudes to African and South African art specifically occurred?

Bonhams is the only international auction house to have had the vision to hold specialist South African Art and Contemporary Africa Art sales in Europe. The auction house specialists fly some 50,000 miles round the world each year to the South African diaspora abroad as well as to South Africa itself.

Their travels start in London and moves to New York, Toronto, Vancouver, San Francisco, Sydney, Melbourne, Tel Aviv and back to London. Then down to Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town – even to Bloemfontein. Bonhams has put South African art on the international map by redrawing that map in air miles.

They’ve also spent a great deal of money advertising and have turned their sales into networking opportunities for South Africa’s financial houses, banks and insurance companies and for the universities. They have used

[●] Gerard Sekoto, 'Yellow Houses, District Six'

[●] Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, 'The Baobab Tree'

sales as a backdrop to entertain clients and alumni at private dinners and large social events.

They have used the compliment of South African art and its power to attract interest, as a means of reaching audiences they wish to connect with. Their boardroom regularly hosts dinners with household names from South Africa talking art, politics, connections, and business.

They have focused their hugely successful international PR machine, led by South African, Julian Roup, on getting the message out about South African art sales and the increasing number of world records achieved at Bonhams.

Peppiatt concludes: “Today that door swings open much more readily that it once did.

People want sale valuations; they want insurance valuations; they want to buy; they want to sell; they want advice on starting collections. And they want to be part of the track record of success in maximizing value that we have added to South African art.”

Giles Peppiatt, Director of the South African Art Department of Bonhams, the international fine art auction house, is possibly the person most responsible for creating an international market

for South African art. Bonhams hold the only specialist auctions of South African art outside of Africa.

SOME OF BONHAMS WORLD RECORDS: Irma Stern (South African, 18941966) ‘Arab Priest’ Sold for £3,044,000 (R34,270,000) Gerard Sekoto (South African, 1913-1993) ‘Yellow Houses, District Six’ Sold for £602,400 (R10,542,000) Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (South African, 1886-1957) ‘The Baobab Tree’ Sold for £826,400 (R14,462,000) Alexis Preller (South African, 1911-1975) ‘The Garden of Eden’ Sold for £748,000 (R13,090,000) Vladimir Griegorovich Tretchikoff (South African, 19132006) ‘Chinese Girl’ Sold for £982,050 (R17,185,875) Jean Welz, (South African, 19001975) ‘The Three Graces’ Sold £132,000 (R2,320,000) Ben Enwonwu, M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) ‘The Mirror sculptures’ Sold for £361,250 (R6,321,875) El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944) ‘New World Map’ Sold for £541,250 (R9,471,875)

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Joburg artist explodes on London's art scene | Born in Botswana, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum lives in the creative capital of Johannesburg and will be exhibiting at London’s Tiwani Contemporary

by Mareike Pietzsch Her recent exhibitions and performances have seen her globetrotting from France to New York.

Pamela’s drawings and video animations allude to mythological musings on the beginning of time, geological speculations of the earth’s structure, theories on the nature of the universe, and, most recently, 18th-century European Romanticist landscape painting.

Her drawings appear simultaneously futuristic and ancient but shhh…we don’t want to give too much away.

We asked Pamela a few questions: I watched a video of you installing your exhibition astro_nautic in 2009. You

were drawing large scale portraits on gallery's black walls. Do you have moments of self-forgetfulness when making art?

I think a certain amount of self-abandon is necessary in any creative process. When I work on these large wall-sized drawings you are referring to, I am essentially translating my drawing practice— which is usually a very private endeavour that takes place in the small amount of space between my hand and my drawing desk—and expanding it to the size of a gallery wall.

These drawings take place in public and often with other people walking in and out of the space, so I really have to be able to let go

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and just dive into the work.

Which has been your favourite country or space to exhibit in so far?

That’s a difficult question to answer since I have been fortunate that each space I have been invited to exhibit in presents its own unique and positive experiences.

I think one of my earliest exhibition experiences still holds itself as being particularly special.

It was the Spelman College Summer Art Colony in Panama that I participated in in 2003.

As artists we were given space to work and exhibit in the small and beautiful village of Portobelo on the Caribbean coast of the country. It really was quite a magical place and I think the fact that it was one of the first times I had presented my work publically made it all the more precious for me.

You mentioned that you are influenced by Bjork, ee cummings and other poets. Who is currently your favourite artist/ writer/ singer who has inspired your work?

There are so many! Some of the mythological references in my recent work come from stories in South African mythologist, Credo Mutwa’s anthology, Indaba, My Children. I am interested in the ways ancient mythologies and scientific theories intersect and have referred to the writings of physicist Wallace Thornhill and comparative mythologist David Talbott, the forerunners of the so-called “Electric Universe Theory.”

Recently I have been looking at 18th century European Romanticist landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Albert Bierstadt and Robert S Duncanson because I am interested in their obsession with epic landscape and sprawling

vistas as a tool in communicating the sublime power of nature.

Julie Mehretu is a contemporary artist whose work I greatly admire because of her ability to fuse architectural, archaeological and lyrical visual references into enormous, explosive paintings.

In an interview, you mentioned that you were born in Botswana and that your “See you again” landscapes were based on memories from there. Do you ever miss it?

Botswana is only a four-hour drive from Johannesburg so fortunately I am able to return there often. I go there particularly when I’m craving vast, uninterrupted views of the horizon or clear access to the stars in the night sky.

What is your connection to South Africa?

Johannesburg is a powerful place for creatives. I am fortunate to be part of a community of artists, curators, writers and intellectuals who are all committed to discovering, sharing, and creating new platforms for African women in the arts in South Africa. From communal studio spaces and collaborative exhibition concepts to reading groups and workshops, Johannesburg provides the physical and conceptual spaces that make it a great place to grow up in as an artist.

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“…and why do we need a reason to open a bottle of champagne?” | I always use the wise words of my dear mother to justify drinking wine at inappropriate times, like on a rainy Wednesday morning in June

By Johann Obermeyer I also think of that saying whenever I stand in front of the wine library, deciding which one’s coming home with me.

On the other hand, is there an inappropriate time for drinking or tasting wine in the Cape Winelands?

A good friend of mine is completing his Master’s degree in Viticulture and holds a winemaking degree and accordingly knows all the small, boutique wineries in Stellenbosch. One day whilst working in the library on our dissertations, he promptly told me

that it would be lunacy working on our studies on a cold and rainy day.

We should leave at once for a place called Super Single Vineyards. I was planning on being productive that day.

Few things in life, including good food, excites me as much as a new or previously unknown boutique winery.

When we went to the farm, which is also a lavender farm, the rain and wind forced us into the modern yet classic tasting room.

The website states that Super Single Vineyards take precautions to retain the original character of the

tasting room, and I have to agree completely.

We sat next to the fireplace and as we were the only customers, the tasting room manager had the time to explain the story behind the winery and its wines. The concept behind Super Single Vineyards is simple and unique. The winemaker, Daniel de Waal and his team, source single vineyard grapes from all over the Western Cape, coastal and even the Sutherland-Karoo area.

This means that the grapes from the specific block have been isolated from others due to their superiority, usually this superiority is due to the

age of the vines, the topographical features and terroir in general.

I love that this type of wine making is happening in South Africa.

We tasted two ranges of wine, namely the Pella and Mount Sutherland range.

As it was a cold and rainy day, I was looking forward to the reds and this actually brings me back to my main point. Drinking – not in the negative sense of losing your job, fiancée and car – is about the simple enjoyment of wine. The red wines were wonderful especially the rich 2011 Syrah from the Mount Sutherland range, and there was a decadent oaked Chenin Blanc that made me miss summertime.

It complimented the day so well.

White wine and red wine both have a place in my life. Wine accompanies food and weather; they should be bought, enjoyed and ingested as a set. There’s an incredible romanticism that accompanies opening a bottle of wine. By this I mean that drinking wine should be an event, it should be made into a moment. Opening a bottle of wine, smelling the cork, pouring the wine into a big wine glass and enjoying the nose before taking a sip is a moment in itself.

Many times people (including myself) are in a rush to have a glass

after work or after bad week. This is wrong. Firstly one should never rush the enjoyment of wine and secondly, drinking wine only once a week is a terrible idea.

Food can be bought or made to accompany the wine and visa versa, as they feed off of each other in the best possible way. Big and bold cuts of red meat ask for the same characteristics in the accompanying wine, a grilled fish needs a light and citrusy white wine. Pasta of course can go either with white or red depending on the sauce.

When it is hot outside, I need a crisp Chenin or Sauvignon Blanc in my life and when it’s a stormy Cape night, or even morning, I need a big, bold red wine like Cabernet, Syrah or even a nice French blend.

Of course a Methode Cap Classique can be enjoyed everyday, or all day as my mother’s quote states, and we do have some of the nicest sparkling wines around.

That night we decided to have a blokes’ steak night. We each got the biggest piece of steak we could get our hands on, because we bought some of the wine at the farm, and being in possession of a great South African wine is always an event of its own. [●] Images of Super Single Vineyards with special thanks to Ingrid de Waal

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Cooking with Chef Petrus | Braised shoulder of lamb

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| Spring has sprung and Easter is around the corner. One of my absolute favourite meats is lamb, and there’s no better time to enjoy it

by Petrus Madutlela Lamb shoulder is a relatively cheap cut, but it’s difficult to beat for texture and flavour especially when braised slowly. This keeps the joint moist, as the fat and connective tissue in the shoulder dissolve, leaving meat that’ll melt in the mouth. Serve with your choice of spring vegetables as a perfect dish for Easter.

Ingredients (serves 6) 2 shoulders of baby lamb 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 shallots, peeled and halved 6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

10 sprigs thyme 6 sun-dried tomatoes 6 dried shiitake mushrooms 250ml red wine 500ml lamb stock Salt and freshly-ground black pepper Method Place the dried shiitake mushrooms in a bowl. Pour boiling water over. Soak until the mushrooms soften for at least 45 minutes. Strain the mixture. Cut the stems from mushrooms and discard.

Cut the caps into thin slices.

Preheat the oven to 120°C/250°F/ Gas 1.

Rub oil into the shoulder of lamb, then season with salt and ground black pepper. Place into an ovenproof casserole pot large enough for the shoulders to lie flat in.

Brown the meat all over at a high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and add the shallots. After five minutes, add the garlic and cook for a couple of minutes. Add the shiitake mushrooms, thyme sprigs and sundried tomatoes.

Pour the stock and red wine over the joint. Bring to the boil, cover the pot, and then the pot in the oven.

Cook for four hours, turning the lamb every hour. The meat will be very tender, and will fall off the bone.

Remove the lamb shoulder from the oven and carefully transfer the lamb, mushrooms, tomatoes and shallots to a serving dish.

To make a sauce, spoon off any excess fat from the cooking juices.

Pour into a frying pan and heat over a medium heat until the volume of liquid has reduced by one third.

To serve, pull some of the lamb from the bone and pour over the red wine sauce. Accompany with mashed potatoes and your favourite spring vegetables.

How to make perfect hot cross buns | If you’ve ever wondered how to knead the softest dough, shape perfect rolls and achieve a flawless rise, then this recipe covers all of the essentials and adds a little twist by staff reporter If you want to spice things up a little – try adding some dried fruit to this traditional Easter recipe like chopped dried apricots, dried cranberries, dried cherries or dried dates for a different flavour and as a great substitute for the currants and chopped peel.

Ingredients 100ml milk 10g fresh yeast 2 tbsp water 30g castor sugar 1 egg 250g strong plain flour ¼ tsp salt 2–3 tsp ground mixed spice 40g butter, at room temperature Oil, to grease 50g currants 1 tbsp chopped mixed peel For the crosses and glaze 50g plain flour Pinch of baking powder 2 tsp oil 15–30ml milk 1 teaspoon castor sugar Method Pour the milk into a saucepan and bring to scalding point over a medium heat, then remove from the heat and leave to cool to tepid, about 38°C. In a small bowl, mix the yeast with the water and ½ teaspoon of the sugar to create a loose paste.

Beat the egg and add it to the yeast

mixture.

Put the flour, salt and mixed spice in a large bowl. Cut the butter into cubes and rub it into the flour with your fingertips. Stir in the remaining sugar.

Make a well in the centre and pour in the yeast mixture and three quarters of the milk, making sure all the yeast is scraped into the well.

Stir with a cutlery knife, then with your fingers, adding enough of the reserved milk to make a soft but not sticky dough.

Tip the dough out onto a very lightly floured surface and knead for about 8–10 minutes until smooth and elastic, using as little extra flour on the work surface as possible.

Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with lightly oiled cling film or a damp tea towel.

Leave in a warm place to rise for about 1½ hours until doubled in size.

Transfer the risen dough to the work surface and knock it back, kneading for 2–3 minutes and

adding in the currants and peel (trying to keep the currants and pieces of peel whole).

Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces, shape into rolls and place about 2cm apart on a large, oiled baking sheet. Flatten each slightly with the palm of your hand, then cover with oiled cling film and leave to prove until doubled in size.

Meanwhile, heat the oven to 200°C/ gas mark 6.

To make the crosses, sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. Stir in the oil and enough cold water to make a thick but pipe-able paste.

Put into a piping bag fitted with a 5mm nozzle. Once the buns have risen, mix the milk with the sugar and use to lightly brush the buns.

Using a sharp knife, cut a shallow 1mm deep cross in the top of each bun and pipe a cross on top.

Bake in the oven for 15 minutes then brush the buns again with the sweetened milk and return to the oven for 5 minutes, or until golden brown. They should feel light and sound hollow when tapped. Transfer to a wire rack to cool and serve fresh with butter, or split in half and toasted.

A tip for glazing: For extra shine, brush the cooked, cooled buns with a light sugar syrup, in place of the milk glaze.

This recipe was found in Leiths School of Food and Wine new cookbook “How to Cook Bread”.

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New Immigration Act 2014 explained

by Breytenbachs Two years after full rights of appeal were abolished for family visitors comes the welcome case of Mostafa (Article 8 in entry clearance).

Our readers will be aware that full rights of appeal have already been removed for certain categories under the Immigration Act 2014, and these will be extended to other

routes for applications made after 06 April 2015.

Unfortunately the Immigration Act 2014 has been made unnecessary complicated as to which migrants will lose full rights of appeal and which migrants will still have a full right of appeal for those applications lodged before 06 April 2015.

Currently all Points Based System migrants can only appeal on asylum

or human rights grounds.

In the case of Mostafa, a husband had applied to visit his British wife in the UK. His application was refused under the visitor Immigration Rules. An appeal was lodged and the appeal was allowed. The First-Tier Judge held that the Immigration Rules were satisfied and the husband did have the required intention to return and

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The Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey (President of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber) found that the Tribunal was not bound by the facts as established by the Entry Clearance Officer, as had been argued in the grounds of appeal and instead applied the five-step Razgar approach to the determination of human rights issues and found that human rights were engaged on the facts of this particular case.

President McCloskey held: We regard it as settled law that in an Article 8 balancing exercise the rights of all those closely affected, not only those of the claimant, have to be considered. It is our view that the decision in Shamin Box [2002] UKIAT 02212 is to be followed and that the obligation imposed

by Article 8 is to promote the family life of those affected by the decision.

However, President McCloskey did add some caveats in his determination and stated: We are, however, prepared to say that it will only be in very unusual circumstances that a person other

than a close relative will be able to show that the refusal of entry clearance comes within the scope of Article 8(1). In practical terms this is likely to be limited to cases where the relationship is that of husband and wife or other close life partners or a parent and minor child and even then it will not necessarily be extended to cases where, for example, the proposed visit is based on a whim or will not add significantly to the time that the people involved spend together.

In light of this very useful determination, it may well be argued in certain cases e.g. spouse entry clearance applications which are lodged after 6 April 2015 that Human Rights are engaged and even though there is no right of appeal in that category, an applicant may still be able to get the valuable right of appeal on human rights grounds.

We would say to all our clients and readers that before proceeding with any kind of application please seek legal advice because failure to do so may seriously jeopardise your application and your right to appeal. www.bic-immigration.com or info@ bic-immigration.com

The Rand review | Rand continues to weaken against the US Dollar by 1st contact The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) left interest rates unchanged last Thursday, which was expected to support the ailing economy. This extended the losses that the Rand had against the US Dollar even though we thought the Rand had fought back, when it was at USD-ZAR 11.85, last Tuesday.

RMB Analyst, John Cairns said, “Almost all the USD/ZAR moves since the start of March have related to the Dollar - as best expressed in EUR/USD - rather than to the Rand itself.” This is a good thing to keep in mind when tracking the changes that could happen to the currency.

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SA athlete breaks another record | Lebogang Shange broke a South African race walk record for the second time in eight days. His time on 15 March for the 20km race walk event in Lugano, Switzerland, was 1 hour 21 minutes and 50 seconds

by Hpc, univertity of pretoria Shange was second behind the Frenchman, Yohann Diniz, who broke the 20km world record in March.

The time walked by Shange, an athlete from the High Performance Centre, is 32 seconds faster than the previous South African record (1:22:21) that was set by Chris Britz in 1996 in Eissenhuttenstadt.

His record time means that Shange has qualified for the World Championships in Beijing (22-30 August).

At the University of Pretoria last week, Shange bettered another SA record that was set by Chris Britz, his coach, by winning the 3000m walk in a time of 11 minutes and 20.39 seconds. His time was

nearly seven seconds faster than the previous record of 11:27.20 that was set in 1989.

Diniz’s winning time in Lugano (15 March) was 1:17:24. Caio Oliveira (Brazil) was third in 1:22:00 and Tom Bosworth (England) fourth in 1:22:23.

Race walking might just be the most exciting athletics event at the moment because hardly a weekend passes without a world record being bettered.

Diniz broke the 20km race walk world record last week (8 March) at the French Championships in Arles, clocking 1:17:02.

However, his record was broken on 15 March by Japan's Yusuke Suzuki at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Numi, Suzuki’s home town.

Suzuki improved it by 26

seconds, winning at the IAAF Race Walking Challenge meeting in 1:16:36.

Britz is quite excited about his protégé’s performances. He does not hesitate to predict that Shange is undoubtedly capable of even faster times.

“It would seem that Lebogang’s time for the first 10km was 41 minutes and 20 seconds and his time over the last 10km was very near to 40 minutes.

“The challenge now is to get him to go out a little bit faster over the first 10km.

“There are still a few small things in his technique that needs to be sorted out and it is very important that Shange should believe in his own abilities.”

Shange will be competing in Dudinska, Slovakia next.

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Spring brings new format for Touch Rugby | Lots of different styles of touch are on offer this spring By in2touch If you and your friends are looking for something to do during the Spring and Summer seasons then why not try out some games of Touch.

We will be running the much anticipated new format to touch in April before the Spring season starts with the Shoot Out leagues in Clapham Common. These leagues are only four weeks long and each team gets to play two x 20 minute games against two different teams each week. This ensures teams get to benefit from the social aspect of the leagues as well as getting to play lots of different styles of touch. This is a social league so many teams like to sit and watch the other games while on their break and also have a few social drinks. It is a great atmosphere for all and this league is a perfect way to build up to the spring and summer seasons.

As per normal our O2 Touch Spring and Summer Leagues will run at many different venues throughout London starting in late April and each league will run for 8 weeks.

There is also our O2Touch Spring and Summer leagues taking place at seven different venues across London on Mondays to Thursdays from 19:00 – 21:00. Venues include:

Clapham Common, Clapham/ Wandsworth Common, Putney/ Wandsworth, Regents Park, Hyde Park, Surrey Quays and Richmond.

Registration and confirmation of the dates of these leagues are on our In2Touch website. There will also be various tournaments throughout the year, so be sure to keep a look out for those on our website. If anyone is interested in furthering their touch career there are plenty of opportunities to play for a touch club which plays in the NTS (Nation Touch Series) or CTS (Challenge Touch Series) as well as even playing for your country in the Touch World Cup in the upcoming years.

If you would like to get some more information on joining a club or playing for England then just send an email to london@in2touch. com Don’t forget you can also sign up as an individual to play in any of our leagues if you don’t have a team yourself.

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British South African swimmer braves five Antarctic swims in a Speedo | Extreme swimmer Lewis Pugh has just finished five record-breaking swims in freezing Antarctic waters to help save the Ross Sea from irreversible damage

[●] Photos by Kelvin Trautman/Facebook.com/LewisPugh

by Katy Scott Earlier this month Lewis Pugh swam further south than any human has swum before in order to gain global support for the Ross Sea to become a Marine Protected Area (MPA) as a means of limiting human interference. Pugh was born in the UK, schooled in South Africa and calls both London and Cape Town ‘home’.

Wearing nothing but a Speedo swimming costume, a swimming cap and a pair of goggles, Pugh undertook five record-breaking swims in freezing Antarctic

waters, three of which broke the world record for the most southerly swim.

According to Pugh, the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea was “the most terrifying place” that he had ever swum. Here the average air temperature was -37C, and sea temperatures were approximately -1C. Pugh swam to show his support for the creation of the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area, where fishing will be banned.

The Ross Sea covers an area of Antarctica claimed by New Zealand, and is bigger than the UK, Germany and France put

together.

After completing the swims in Antarctica, Pugh flew to Moscow, where he met Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, to discuss the creation of this new marine reserve. Serge Shoigu is also the president of the Russian Geographical Society.

The Ross Sea MPA proposal has been unsuccessful for four consecutive years. The most recent proposal was vetoed by Russia and China. It needs 24 countries and the EU all to be in agreement, reported the BBC. Pugh plans to travel to Washington to continue discussions.

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