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• Travel Story – Tunisia • Inside SA Home Affairs• AUPSA Chairman Stephen Twinoburyo • Nigeria’s ‘Toye Abioye

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Contents

6 Editorial

8 Inside Home Affairs

13 Expat-tivities

20 Dr. L. Desire Kikomba :

CEO of Buphe Health Insurance

24 James Mwangi

Dalberg’s Global Managing Partner

28 Kelly Kalumba:

Louis Karol Architects’ Senior Partner

32 Lynnsanity:

The Blank Page

34 Expat-travel:

Tunisia

40 Actress Abena Ayivor

44 AUPSA Chairman Stephen Twinoburyo

46 Book Review:

Dark Continent My Black Arse

48 ‘Toye Abioye:

Investing in Nigeria a no-brainer

51 Chio Sakutukwa:

To Serve and Protect

52 Last Word::

Intrigues of a Ghanaian Funeral

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he 13th hole at Leeuwkop

Golf Club (where we are

having our golf day this

year) has always been my

Achilles heel on this course. When

I last played there, the sight of the

water over which I was expected

to drive the golf ball automatically

had my fingers twitching with sheer

apprehension. Needless to say I

topped the poor thing and it rolled

like a bowling ball through the reeds

on the near side of the dam. This

was inevitably met by the merciless

laughter of my fellow players who

stood to benefit from a round of

drinks at my expense for my failing

to make it past the ladies tee off

point.

But I cannot blame the hole and

the unlucky reputation of the number

after which it is named. The scene

described above is not uncommon

when I am on the course.

It is our first issue of 2013. Still

very much a new year and I hope

all our readers will defy the notion

of an unlucky number 13 and make

this year memorable for the right

reasons. Still on numbers, this is our

tenth issue and it is only with your

support that we have achieved this

landmark.

In this issue, we open with the

cover profile story of Dr. L. Desire

Kikomba, a Congolese born public

health practitioner and pioneer of a

pan African medical insurance cover.

This is followed by our interview

of Kenya’s James Mwangi who is

the global Managing Partner of the

reputable consultancy firm Dalberg.

It is fitting that we cover Dalberg’s

tenth anniversary in our tenth issue.

It is also a privilege for us to file

a report on Zambia’s Kelly Kalumba

whose work you have probably

encountered as the structures he

has designed include well-known

establishments such as the Gautrain

Stations and Greenpoint Stadium.

Be sure to read our one on

one with Jacob’s Cross’ Abena

Ayivor, AUPSA’s Chairman Stephen

Twinoburyo and Nigeria’s ‘Toye

Abioye alongside our regular columns

of a book review, travel story, expat-

tivities and opinion pieces from our

contributors.

KC Rottok, CA (SA)

Creative & Fin. Journalism (Wits University)

Managing Editor.

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Inside Home Affairs

My ‘Adventure’ in the Dragons Den – The Department of Home Affairs‘Although there is a place for agents... few can afford the prohibitive cost of a reputable agent whilst the risk of encountering an incompetent one is too high.’

n 2009, amidst skepticism from

family and friends, I undertook

to submit my Work Permit

application to the Department

of Home Affairs (DHA) myself. A

decision birthed by a quote of R 10,

000 (excl of costs) to submit through

an agent, my then ailing bank

balance, and numerous horror stories

- starring agents - related by friends

or ‘friends of friends’. My thinking at

the time was that the inefficiencies

and incompetence of the DHA were

grossly exaggerated.

To my delight, my gamble paid

off. Having gathered the requisite

documentation, I trepidatiously

proceeded to the dragons den that

is the Harrison Street DHA office.

Save for the broken lift and having

to contend with the six flights of

stairs, the experience was painless.

All 7 counters were manned which

expedited the process and I was done

in about 2 hours. Thirty (30) days

later - to the day, my permit was

ready.

Fast forward three years and in

2012, I found myself in need of a new

permit. With my recuperating bank

balance I chose to ‘splurge’ on an

agent - a decision I quickly rescinded

when quoted R 15, 000 and R 20,

000 respectively by agents clearly

working off a significantly different

inflation rate from my employer.

My previous positive experience still

fresh in my mind, a helpful employer,

and several accounts of an improving

DHA discouraging the use of agents,

I figured it could only be easier this

time.

Again, putting together the

application was straightforward. On

advice from a former DHA employee,

I made my way to Pretoria where I

was informed that applications for

a Johannesburg based employer are

not accepted in Pretoria. I requested

a review of my application to ensure

compliance and confirmed that other

than one document (of which no

mention is made in the application

forms) my application was ‘perfect’.

Armed with my amended ‘perfect’

application, I proceeded to the

Harrison street office where I was

oriented into a new system – all

applicants of Temporary Residence

Permits need a number to be served.

I joined the long, largely unattended

queue outside the DHA, got to

the 6th Floor an hour later and on

producing my ‘pass’ gained access to

the empty submission area.

This time, only one official was

accepting applications at a rate that

felt like an eternity per person. As

I sat in the queue - geared up for

a long wait - I noticed that agents

seemed to have an unspoken ‘fast

track’ queue. Three hours later, I was

next in line when the official serving

us ‘plebs’ left, promising:

“My colleague will help you in 5

minutes, ne”

Half an hour later the elusive

colleague appeared and firmly

declared my application to be

incomplete. The DHA now requires

both the SAQA certificate and the

academic documents that were

initially submitted for evaluation.

She then informed me (with a

straight face) that only salary

benchmarks from Deloitte, KPMG,

Ernst and Young or the Department

of Labour are acceptable, and

proceeded to produce the ‘prevailing

list of requirements’ sending me on

my way dumbfounded and perplexed.

The following day, gathering as many

of the documents on the ‘prevailing

list’ as I could, I endured much of

the same in getting to the 6th floor

and this time by God’s grace found

a different officer. Bar the academic

certificates, the application I

eventually submitted – complete

with the benchmark from an

‘unacceptable’ auditor - was identical

to what I had the day before. The

‘prevailing list’ did not re-appear.

Despite my less than heart-

warming experience, I do not regret

my decision. Although there is a

place for agents who offer a service

that many need, few can afford the

prohibitive cost of a reputable agent

whilst the risk of encountering an

incompetent one is too high. A more

efficient submission process would

benefit both applicants and DHA

staff who at this stage of the process

are seemingly overwhelmed.

Leah Maina

Which leads us to the big

question about foreigners in South

Africa. The government still needs

to answer loud and clearly whether

it wants foreigners here or not. For

the country’s sanity, we need to

have a debate. There are various Acts

in place, covering issues of asylum,

refugees and “normal” immigrants.

The Immigration Act of 2002 is a

great document, drafted to attract

both foreign investment as well as

skills. However, in practice, there

seems to be an underlying mistrust

towards foreigners.

Our government needs to ask

us, its people, whether we want the

free movement of people within

Africa or at least Southern Africa. Do

we want well-qualified academics

and tradesmen from Zimbabwe to

compete with South Africans? Do

we give the Nigerian mathematics

teacher, who is presently on a

6-months asylum seeker permit

operating as a car guard, a chance to

teach our children? Should Lesotho

nationals be allowed to harvest

grapes in the Western Cape?

Or do we want to continue

only looking after our own and

expose them to neither global nor

African competition? The National

Development Plan 2030 actually

answers this question in part. In

Chapter 3 one of the suggested

actions is to adopt a more open

immigration approach in order to

expand supply of high-level skills and

I believe the emphasis should be on

high-level skills.

We can only hope that the new

administration will be brave enough

ith the former

Minister of Home

Affairs taking up

the position of the

head of the African Union, far away in

Ethiopia, President Zuma appointed

Mrs Naledi Pandor as her successor.

As Minister of Science and

Technology, she was instrumental

in bringing the Square Kilometre

Array (SKA) Telescope to South

Africa. During the lobbying process,

she travelled extensively overseas

and we are confident that she

learned about the importance of

attracting international investors

to our country and to source the

necessary skills to keep South Africa

ahead in global competition. Mrs

Naledi is already making a positive

impression by being more accessible

and appears intolerant of non-

performance. In a recent meeting

with Alan Winde, Minister of Finance,

Economic Development and Tourism

in the Western Cape, he confirmed

that Pandor is committed to

addressing the shortfalls of her new

department and actually reaches out

for feedback.

Most people agree that Home

Affairs has improved its services for

citizens. A new passport can now

be delivered within a week and ID

Books can be issued quickly as well,

provided that the applicant is on

the national database. Cleaning up

this citizen database was a priority

for the former Minister, and we can

expect card sized smart ID’s to be

rolled out soon. This will ease the

administrative burden in the future.

to not only draft an open minded

Immigration Act, but to also create a

culture of welcoming foreigners with

desired qualifications. To appreciate

the economic power foreigners bring

to this country. To support and fund

an efficient administration, so that

we can quickly distinguish between

desired and undesired immigrants

in an ethical, humane, fair but also

predictable way.

As a personal wish I would like

to add that this culture of welcoming

should start with the South African

embassies and consulates abroad.

Some of them do just the opposite

of being welcoming; they actually

hinder foreign direct investment into

South Africa. Clearly, this is not in the

best interest of our country.

Andreas Krensel is the owner and managing

director of IBN Consulting in Cape Town. He is a

qualified German attorney with an LLM from

UCT and has been assisting foreign investors in

South Africa for the past ten years.

www.ibncapetown.com

Inside Home Affairs

New Minister - Quo Vadis – Home Affairs?“We can only hope that the new administration will be brave enough to not only draft an open minded Immigration Act but to also create a culture of welcoming foreigners with desired qualifications. Do we give the Nigerian mathematics teacher who is currently operating as a car guard, a chance to teach our children?”

All-Danquah very soon turned

into a very competitive and

successful rental and maintenance

business with a considerable number

of properties in Kempton Park and

Johannesburg CBD. He also ventured

into a steel business by acquiring

a factory in Vanderbijl Park which

he registered as Comet Steel (Pty)

Limited. The group’s head office is

situated at 45 Albatross Street in

Rhodesfield, Kempton Park.

All-Danquah staff compliment

consisted of only three employees

when it was established in 2003. In

2012, the staff compliment expanded

to a total of 37 of which four are

Executive Managers reporting

directly to the CEO.

ll Danquah is the

brainchild of Mr. Kwabena

Danquah who fell in love

with South Africa during

his first visit from his country Ghana

in 1999. Mr. K. Danquah ventured into

all kinds of new business possibilities

other than that of the steel industry

he had refined to a growing success

story in Accra-Ghana. His passion for

architectural renovations of buildings

soon became very profitable as he

acquired buildings and turned them

into commercial and residential units

in record time to be rented out as

return on his investments.

As an entrepreneur, he

handpicked a management staff that

mirrors his business strategies.

On 1 March 2012 the CEO

and Management of All-Danquah

decided to venture into new fields

of hospitality due to All-Danquahs’

rapid growth and successful rental

management structure.

All-Danquah’s tranquil new

Guest Lodge in Edleen, Kempton Park

came to life in February 2012 as well

as a cosy sit-down diner Restaurant

with ample space for 40 people. The

Conference facility can host up to 60

delegates and caters for the most

discerning of clients. There is also a

Quantum bus available to transport

visitors.

Food lovers will simply love

the All-Danquah Restaurants’

continental dishes as well as African

cuisine.

Contact Details:

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All Danquah Guesthouse: Tel 011 393 6583

Ryna Snyman (Group Consultant), Kwabena Danquah (CEO), Kofi Arthur (Project Manager) and Barbara Benhura (Finance/HR Manager)

Ryna Snyman (Group Consultant), Kwabena Danquah (CEO), Kofi Arthur (Project Manager) and Barbara Benhura (Finance/HR Manager)

Okavango Flats (20 Units) Beeman BuildingSome members of staff

All-Danquah Guest House All-Danquah Restaurant

Quattro Building NBS Building

Comet Steel premises, a member of the All-Danquah Group

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r L. Desire Kikomba was until

recently a non-executive director

of the insurance giant, Resolution

Insurance. He is currently a

director of Genric Insurance and is the founder

and group chairman of the pan African

insurance company Buphe. The Expatriate SA

magazine had the opportunity to interview Dr.

Kikomba at the company’s offices in Edenvale,

Johannesburg.

“I moved to SA in 1990 soon after

graduating at the University of Kinshasa with

a medical degree,” he recalled with a very

distant French accent.

He continued to explain that the move

was initiated by the need to pursue post-

graduate studies and to find an advanced

environment to practice medicine. On arrival,

he got a position as a general practitioner

at Boksburg Benoni Hospital (now O. R.

Tambo Memorial Hospital). He worked in the

obstetrics and gynaecology department and

later served in a management position at the

hospital until 2005 when he moved to the

Edenvale General Hospital. In the same year

he completed an MBA from The University

of Luton and went on to pursue a diploma in

public health at The University of Pretoria.

“Buphe is an acronym for Business in

Public Health. The idea to start the company

came from the number of people who visited

SA from other African countries for treatment.

I was seeing five to six people from the

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) each

month. I believed the situation was similar for

other African Countries also. That gave me the

impression that there is a significant amount

of inward traffic for medical reasons to SA and

my partners and I began thinking of ways to

help.”

Top business speakers always say that

the best enterprises are built around creating

change and serving peoples’ needs. Dr.

Kikomba says that he noted that a number of

patients struggled with medical bills as they

had no medical insurance and had to rely

on their savings which were frequently not

sufficient.

“In addition, in African culture, we are

accustomed to taking care of members of our

extended family. A good number of people

from other countries here often have to send

money to their home countries to assist with

medical bills for their family members. We

have devised a universal medical insurance

that provides cover for a family of five for as

little as USD 1,500.00 a year.”

Buphe was registered as a private

company in South Africa in 2004 and was

subsequently listed as a financial services

provider with the Financial Services Board

(FSB). They invested heavily in information

technology (I.T.) establishing a platform that

is unique to the company called BUMAS

(Buphe Medical Administration System).

“We decided to set up our own customised

system rather than purchasing what is in the

market given that the needs of our members

are very unique. For example, we needed a

system that could handle multiple currencies

and multiple languages. It is a support system

that is integrated to speak to the online

inputs from our members such as insurance

claims. An effective I.T. system is important to

remain competitive as it is a key cost driver.”

The company is strategically located in

Edenvale as it centrally placed between the

business hub of Sandton, Pretoria and the

airport. Soon after registration, they partnered

with Resolution Insurance who underwrote

their services and established a similar entity

in DRC. This was the first country that they

ventured into on the way to setting up offices

in Zambia, India, Congo, Mozambique and

Mauritius. It is an international group with a

mission of extending a helping hand to the

African market as Dr Kikomba believes in the

saying that “a person who has forgotten where

he comes from, surely does not know where

he is heading to”.

“Our organisational structure begins with

Buphe International Limited PCC, a holding

company which is registered in Mauritius and

a licensed financial services provider with the

local Financial Services Commission. We set

up this company following our move from

Resolution Insurance to Guardrisk (a wholly

owned subsidiary of Alexander Forbes) who

are our underwriters today. Buphe in Mauritius

holds a captive cell with Guardrisk International

PCC. Below the holding company, Buphe has

what it calls management structures, which

are the locations where most of our members

seek treatment being South Africa, Morocco

and India. The distribution of the management

structure is intended to cover the three

African regions as follows: Morocco to cover

West Africa, India to cover East Africa and

South Africa to cover Central and Southern

Africa. Finally, our operational structures are

in Zambia, Mozambique, Republic of Congo

and DRC where most of our members seeking

treatment hail from.”

DR. L. DESIRE KIKOMBA Group Chairman and CEO OF BUPHE

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Buphe is able to provide medical

insurance in partnership with a number of

local insurance companies in the countries

where the operational structures have been

established. In SA, Buphe is registered as

a medical insurance company rather than

a medical aid and the company’s products

here are underwritten by Guardrisk Insurance

Company.

“A medical aid

is registered under

the Medical Scheme

Act and as such they

pay out claims to

the service provider

such as a doctor,

testing centre or

hospital. We are a

health insurance

company registered

with the Financial

Services Board and

we pay out to the

insured person a

stated benefit rather than the service provider.

The registration presents challenges in that

there is a significant amount of compliance

required. Another challenge in other African

countries is that the culture of business there

is not as formal or straight forward as it is in

SA. Sometimes a “yes” is not really a “yes”.”

In SA, Buphe has international medical

cover that is essential for African expatriates

that gives local day to day cover and access to

all private companies. From as little as R385,

one can have medical insurance that covers a

family of five both here and in your country

of origin. You could also opt to add a further

two dependent adults to the cover. Buphe

Insurance provides additional benefits which

include medical credit card, death cover, cover

in your home country when you travel there

and repatriation of remains to one’s home

country.

Another great product is medical cover

for students. The product includes assistance

“I do not believe that you have to venture into politics in order to effect change. Our vision is to become an active partner in the development and growth of healthcare in Africa by benefiting the continent with best healthcare practices, appropriate healthcare investments and professional and innovative healthcare solutions.”

with meeting requirements for study permits,

pick up from the airport on arrival in SA,

comprehensive health insurance cover in SA

and back home when on holidays.

Buphe currently has a membership

of over 5000 and is looking to establish a

greater presence on the African continent

and play their

part in improving

healthcare in Africa.

“I do not believe

that you have to

venture into politics

in order to effect

change. Our vision

is to become an

active partner in

the development

and growth of

healthcare in Africa

by benefiting the

continent with

best healthcare

practices, appropriate healthcare investments

and professional and innovative healthcare

solutions.”

- Keith Kundai

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“My plan was to work at Dalberg

for a few years while waiting to

join Harvard’s Kennedy School of

Government for their joint graduate

programme with the Business

School. But when I got admitted into

the programme in 2005, I decided

to defer for a year as I had just been

promoted to manager. The following

year the prospect of a partnership

position was on the table so I deferred

my admission for a further year. By

the end of my second deferred year,

I was now a partner and in a position

to hire graduates of the programme

so I opted to continue learning by

doing.”

he number one primary

school student in the entire

country of Kenya in 1991

would be elected to the

position of number one partner in a

reputable global strategic advisory

firm 19 years later. In between those

two number ones, James Mwangi

was admitted to one of his native

country’s top high schools, Alliance,

en route to the Ivy League institution

of Harvard where he pursued a four

year Economics degree.

In his final year at Harvard, he

got his first real spell as a CEO when

he was secretary general of the

university’s Model United Nations

conference in Greece managing

a budget of USD100, 000 with

delegates from over 300 countries. In

the same academic year he worked

at Salomon Smith Barney (now part

of Citigroup) as a trainee investment

banker, a stint which convinced him

that investment banking was not for

him.

“On graduating in 2000, I joined

consulting giant Mckinsey in New

York as an analyst,” he said when I

interviewed him in Rosebank one

sunny November afternoon. He

struck a much calmer tone than

the one I can recall him adopting as

Deputy School Captain at Alliance

when he once meted out harsh

punishment on me and other errant

form ones.

The partnership has established

itself as a preferred provider of

development advice with a view of

building an institution which pursues

long term sustainability rather than

a business that achieves short term

profit.

“A typical project would

be advising a multinational

pharmaceutical manufacturer

to develop business models and

strategies to profitably serve lower

income consumers who currently

lack access to its products,” James

explained.

He initiated the move to open

an office in Africa in 2007 favouring

Johannesburg as a gateway to

the rest of the continent. It was a

difficult beginning as the firm was

still very much a start up compared

to much larger and more established

consulting firms. Today they are very

much part of the conversation as

they are doing work for a number

of African Heads of State and have a

track record of servicing about 40 of

the Fortune 500 companies.

“We are a global partnership of

15 partners in 11 locations on four

continents. We recently celebrated

our tenth anniversary and we have

been growing in excess of 25% year

on year since 2010.”

DALBERG’S GLOBAL MANAGING PARTNER JAMES MWANGI Celebrating 10 years of Development Consulting

24 EXPATRIATE

The Dalberg group has an

impressive set of case studies

indicative of their ability to identify

trends in international development

and develop an “inclusive growth”

strategy. This is demonstrated by

their work which has included,

charting a course to mobilise

effective integration of mobile

health technology into global health

systems, assisting a global health

advocate with strategic direction,

assisting a large donor with gender

assessment, transforming the

Asian energy landscape, impacting

investing in education and building

global suppliers for a global energy

leader.

On the African continent, one

case study is the assistance given

to The Comprehensive African

Agriculture Development Programme

(CAADP). The African Union’s

NEPAD engaged Dalberg in several

defining initiatives in support of the

CAADP at the national, regional and

continental level. Their work resulted

in a significant increase in country

endorsements of the CAADP and key

While James is based in the

Johannesburg office, he is frequently

aboard a plane to the other locations

including Mumbai, Copenhagen and

New York for a few days at a time.

He joked that he gets more sleep on

a plane than he does at home given

that he and his wife Sharmi had just

celebrated the birth of their first son.

His high school classmate Edwin

Macharia is head of the Nairobi

office which is the best performing

location as it achieves the highest

contribution to the partnership

bottom line. Edwin is the director of

the Africa region which includes an

office in Dakar. Other partners are

drawn from more than ten countries

on all continents. The team’s track

record includes more than 600

projects aimed at raising living

standards in developing countries

and addressing global challenges. The

assignments affect over 90 countries

in all regions of the world and

they have done strategic work for

nearly all of the world’s significant

multinational agencies.

global initiatives and financiers in

African agriculture now anchor their

work in their agenda.

Another case study worth

mentioning is the advice given to

a global investment group on the

small and growing business sector in

Africa. Dalberg acted as an advisor/

gatekeeper leading the marketing

to potential funds and investors, the

development of calls for proposals

and the analysis and due diligence of

fund managers. The due diligence led

to the selection of four funds with

a total investment of over USD150

million for new capital flows into

Africa.

James concluded our interview

by saying: “As Dalberg concludes its

tenth year in existence, we celebrate

the creation of a distinctively

strong brand in advisory, capital and

research. We go into the next decade

in the firm belief that all of the tools,

ideas and discipline developed for the

private sector can have application in

a meaningful way to driving change

for society at large.”

- KC ROTTOK

“As Dalberg concludes its tenth year in existence, we celebrate the creation of a distinctively strong brand in advisory, capital and research. We go into the next decade in the firm belief that all of the tools, ideas and discipline developed for the private sector can have application in a meaningful way to driving change for society at large.”

28 EXPATRIATE

KELLY KALUMBA SENIOR PARTNER AT LOUIS KAROL A R C H I T E C T S Partner in-charge of Johannesburg Office

orn in Luanshya, Zambia

in 1970, Kelly Kalumba is

the partner at Louis Karol

Architects charged with

replicating in Gauteng the success

that the 60 year old firm has achieved

from its base in Cape Town.

“We moved in a year ago,” he

informs me as we settle down in

the office boardroom on the 2nd

floor of the Rosebank Mews building.

“It is a challenge for me to head

a new office but one that I am

embracing. We are a firm of over 100

professional employees and have

done a lot of work in South Africa

and internationally in the UK, Israel,

Dubai and other parts of Africa. We

decided that we should open this

office given the fact that we have

missed out in the past on a couple

of opportunities in Gauteng from

clients who preferred competitors

with a physical presence in the

province.”

Kalumba is one of ten partners at the

reputable organisation having been

appointed to the position in 2003.

He had only been at the firm for

five years at the time and by-passed

the associate level by leaping into

partnership on the strength of his

work. It is the enviable consequence

of a hard worker pursuing a career he

was cut out for from an early age.

“I was placed second in my lower

secondary school class at Kabulonga

Boys and the government determined

that I should go to either Hillcrest

in Livingstone or David Kaunda in

Lusaka. These were number one and

two respectively of the technical

high schools in the country that

taught building drawing, a subject

that offered a good introduction to

architecture. I left Lusaka for Hillcrest

but only spent a year there because I

contracted malaria.”

Kalumba’s parents insisted that he

return to Lusaka and he therefore

completed his studies at David

Kaunda and joined Copperbelt

University (CBU) in 1990 for a five

year architecture degree. In his third

year, he got the opportunity to travel

to SA as one of four representatives

of CBU at a competition in Pretoria.

He fell in love with the country

and therefore did not need much

convincing to return. He joined Louis

Karol in 1998 after a three year stint

with Lisulo and Bwalya architects in

Lusaka.

“The construction industry in

Zambia had declined at the time and

I therefore decided to leave to seek

greener pastures with the aim of

building my exposure and experience

in modern building design and

detailed construction techniques. My

plan was to come to SA and use it

as a gateway to living and working

in the west in a country like England.

But through Louis Karol, I got the

opportunity to travel to London

and witnessed the lifestyle of my

peers from Zambia based there. They

lived in small houses and used the

subway everyday in a congested city.

I decided that Africa was definitely

the place to be.”

When I ask what projects he has been

involved in, he gives me his business

card which is designed to open like

a folding door to reveal a number

of high profile designs. He has


been the project architect for well

known structures such as the V & A

Waterfront Extension, three Gautrain

Stations (Pretoria, Midrand &

Centurion), the up-market residential

tower block 100 Crown Street in

Glasgow, Birmingham International

Airport terminal extension, The Zone

in Rosebank and Intercontinental

Hotel at OR Tambo Airport in

Johannesburg and more recently the

Liberty Life headquarters and Hotel

in Umhlanga.

“I was also involved in the Greenpoint

Stadium project which we did with

a German firm we had enlisted to

assist us. I recall when I made the

presentation; I was convinced that

we had no chance from the hostile

reception we received. It was quite

a surprise when we got the call

confirming that we were one of

two firms appointed to work on the

project.”


More recently, Kalumba has been

involved in the design of the Society

House Mixed Use Building in

Lusaka, a 98 million dollar contract

that includes a hotel, retail park,

commercial offices and parkade. This

adds to many other projects Louis

Karol have completed in Zambia.

He is also working on ECO Towers in

Accra (Ghana).

“If you ask around in Zambia, you

will find that a significant number

of buildings there were designed by

South African firms. Some of these

firms are quite small such that

their biggest jobs are their Zambian

projects. That means we have the

potential to do a significant amount

of work there. We are also doing

work in Ghana and Nigeria. With the

construction industry having dipped

in SA since the World Cup, we are

keen now more than ever to expand

our African footprint.”

Kalumba says he is inspired by Louis

Karol himself, who at the age of

84, is still involved in the business

as Chairman alongside his son Dr.

Eitan who is the company CEO and

daughter Simone who is the partner

charged with marketing.

After over a decade in SA, Kalumba

has permanent residency status but

his loyalties continue to lie in his

native Zambia. He donned the black,

red and green colours of his country

to visit the FNB stadium recently to

watch the Chipolopolo beat Bafana

Bafana in the Nelson Mandela

challenge.

“I am a staunch supporter. I recall

during the early rounds of the 2012

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Africa Cup of Nations, I flew into

Zambia wearing the team jersey and

a South African sitting next to me

thought I was a football player. A

few Zambian friends asked me why

I was clad in the colours of a team

that keeps losing and I bet them a

new shirt for every win they got in

the tournament. They owe me quite

a few shirts today!”

I remark that I can see how he could

be confused for a footballer given

that he has the physique of a man in

his twenties. He reveals that he jogs

frequently and other than keeping

fit, he also enjoys attending business

networking functions.

- KC ROTTOK

“He has been the project architect for a number of well known structures such as the V & A Waterfront Extension in Cape Town, three Gautrain Stations, upmarket residential tower block 100 Crown Street in Glasgow, Birmingham International Airport terminal extension, Liberty Life Regional headquarters in Umhlanga, the Cape Town stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, The Zone Shopping Centre in Rosebank (Johannesburg) and the Intercontinental Hotel at O.R. Tambo International Airport....”

Building pics courtesy of Louis Karol

32 EXPATRIATE WWW.EXPATRIATE.CO.ZA

nyone who knows me

well has seen me running

around for some reason

or the other, usually

because I’m on the verge of being

late for something, or because I’m

running from something (like my

editor when I’ve missed deadline).

Those closest to me know that one

of my signature phrases is “let’s go,

quickly, like NOW!” Then the race

begins, running around grabbing

my handbag, running to the car,

then speeding on the highway. The

amusing part about it all is that the

running never stops and I generally

either get everything done just in the

nick of time, or late.

I am the first to admit

(with some shame) that

I find it all very exciting. I

enjoy the adrenalin rush of

beating the clock. Maybe I

just love the drama; I can’t

help it, I went to an all-

girls school all my life, it’s

a natural predisposition.

The problem is that the older I get,

the more inconvenient this lifestyle

becomes. Appointments have to

be met, people entrust me with

things to do and so forth. Thus in

the quest to avoid letting people

down, being labelled as unreliable

or a procrastinator, I’ve had to take

a good look at the source of the

problem and have pinpointed “The

Blank Page”.

For all my running, I’m actually

not an active person at all. I am quite

capable of sitting dead still for hours

in the same spot without moving a

single muscle, a skill my mother finds

horrifying. When I do move, it may be

that I need to turn a page or change

the channel. The reason for this is

that I’m driven by passion. When

something resonates deep within

my spirit and excites me, I dedicate

boundless amount of energy to it.

There are times when I can be done

with a column in five minutes flat

and others when I can easily take a

month to write a paragraph. These

are the blank page moments where

I literally stare at a blank page (or

screen). Then I need to a take time

out, read a book, listen to music, visit

friends, or go to a few parties to look

for inspiration.

When that is done, I go back to my

blank page and inspiration comes out

of nowhere. The wind of motivation

is upon me and I maximise on my

moment of creativity. I am by nature

a creative being and the creative

process is not one that can be rushed

or given deadlines, it moves at its

own pace and experiences highs

and lows. It needs to function at its

own pace in order to fully bloom.

That is why blank page moments are

essential, because in the time that is

spent staring at the blank page, the

seed of creativity is growing

and flourishing.

That said, I crossed the

line when I applied my blank

page principles to every facet

The Blank Pageof life. Adulthood means that for

the most part, indulging in only the

things one is passionate about and

inspired by is a luxury. So my usual

routine definitely needs a review.

If for no other reason, that it’s not

really possible to drag the world

along on a 100m sprint through the

day, then reach a sudden stop, where

we all wait for yours truly to refuel on

inspiration, passion and motivation.

So in the spirit of being a better

member of society and contributing

to the greater good, I have taken my

blank page and kept it in safe storage,

to use for moments when I deserve

a reward for meeting all daily

deadlines, meetings, commitments

and requirements.

That said, I need to run

and quickly find a good

explanation for my editor as

to why my first column for

the year is being submitted

after deadline (blame it on

the blank page)…Lynnsanity

at its best!

- SHEILA LYNN SENKUBUGE

Lynnsanity

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T U N I S I AI left the southernmost country in

Africa destined for the most northern

nation on the continent. The strange

thing was that the cheapest options

available involved spending a few

hours outside the continent in a

stop-over either in Paris, Rome or

Dubai. I chose to mount Emirates

given the pleasant experience I had

the last time I flew on this airline,

the highlight being generous space in

economy class which I find to be a

must for a lanky individual on a long-

haul journey.

After a lazy waltz through the

thousands of Dubai duty free shops

When I heard that I was being

dispatched to Tunis, I expected a hot

dusty city with burka clad women

concealing their faces. Surprisingly,

it was fresh air, cool temperatures

and although the women were of the

Arabic persuasion, they were dressed

like Europeans with all the takings of

modern fashion, beautiful skin and

long, flowing hair.

Deterred by folklore of such

countries that claim that the hands of

thieves are chopped off and imagining

what they do to fornicators, I decided

to halt my admiration of the women

and instead expressed a verbal

ten hours later, I embarked on my

onward six hour journey to Carthage

airport in Tunis. When I emerged

through customs, there was no

one to meet me and I panicked

momentarily. I was about to pull out

my laptop to search for the last email

I had received from my hosts when

I spotted a board with a name that

I recognised – that of a colleague

from our Lyon office who was joining

me on the four day assignment.

The driver, Abdel, had confused our

arrival times and we had an uneasy

laugh about it on the way to the car.

ExpaT-TraveL

appreciation of the fascinatingly first

class highways in my passable high

school French. Abdel responded with

a hint of a gloat that the country was

as good as anything in the West of

Europe.

I would have agreed with the

comparison had he not pounded a few

shallow pot-holes and flown past a

couple of beggars at a malfunctioning

traffic light. We eventually arrived at

the hotel located in an area known

as El Menzah VII and I retired for

the night as the hard work was

scheduled to commence

the following day.

When dawn broke, I

opened the curtains and

took in an aerial view of

the city. What struck me

most was that almost all

the houses and buildings

were painted white. As soon

as I set up my lap top at

the client’s office, I decided

to Google the reason for

this as Abdel had mumbled

something unconvincing when

I enquired in the car. It turned

out to be a popular search item

with similar questions about other

Mediterranean countries like Greece

and Spain. A plethora of explanations

were proposed by online ‘experts’

including keeping the

houses cooler, the

Presidents being displaced. Salem’s

view was that, although their

overthrown Head of State Ben Ali was

a dictator, he had surrounded himself

with technocrats who developed the

country. Tunisia, he said, had a more

enviable economy than Libya and

Algeria despite not having mineral

resources like these two neighbours.

He concluded that things

seemed worse following

his departure with the

economy having dipped

and people not knowing

what to expect from the

government of the day.

We left

the restaurant two

hours later, a routine

that we were to

repeat for the

remainder of

my stay. Long

l u n c h e s

seemed to

be the

o r d e r

of the

d a y

use of white-wash on the buildings

and the blue and white colours of the

Greek flag.

Our host, Salem, took us out

to lunch where I was treated to

the freshest and tastiest fish of my

life. I noted in this and the other

restaurants we were to visit, that

Tunisians do not drink much alcohol

but smoking and the consumption

of strong shots of black tea was a

pastime of the majority.

The conversation centred on the

recent Arab revolution which began

in Tunis and spread to a number of

countries with various long-serving

GREAT FISH LIES BEHIND WHITE WALLS

ExpaT-TraveL

which the locals compensate for

by working until the early evening.

The restaurant we visited was in an

area that resembled Fifth Avenue

New York with various perfume and

clothing stores and the big apple feel

was compounded by the numerous

yellow cabs that patrol the town.

We took a drive that evening to a

part of the town called La Medina and

dined at a restaurant known as the

Dar el Jeld. Our table was close to an

on their hands on the way out;

another common theme in all the

restaurants we would visit in the few

days I was in the country.

Three days of relentless

paperwork passed with us repeating

the long lunch-fancy dinner routine

of the first day. Dark Africans are as

common in Tunisia as Mongolians

in Mangaung so I was very pleased

to meet, on my last night, a fellow

Kenyan to whom I had been

old man playing a very discrete tune

on a stringed instrument known as

the kanoun. No sooner had we made

our orders than an array of various

starters was placed on the table; it

was explained to me that this was

customary in most fancy restaurants.

I enjoyed another sea-sourced

culinary delight while admiring the

ancient Arabic architecture. As we

departed, I followed my hosts lead

in proffering their palms to the

doorman for him to sprinkle perfume

“I expressed a verbal appreciation of the fascinatingly first class highways in my passable high school French. Abdel responded with a hint of a gloat that the country was as good as anything in the West of Europe.

36 EXPATRIATE

introduced on Facebook. We spent

most of the evening looking for a

nightclub but it seemed as if the only

places open were smoking dens for

men. We ended up at a spot built into

the sea and the ambiance created by

the waves slapping the walls was not

enough to keep us there having been

put off by the techno-like music and

immature crowd of campus students.

On the final morning, our hosts

surprised the Frenchman and me

though I had run out of Dinar to pay

for the brief touristic experience.

As Abdel dropped me off at the

airport, he warned that I hadn’t seen

Tunisia if I hadn’t travelled to the

popular beach destinations of Sfax

and Hammamet. I vowed to return

one day, but with a painfully long

journey to make back home, I was

not sure that was a promise I was

bound to keep. KC ROTTOK

with a hamper each of chocolates

and other treats for our “wives back

home”. Then we were treated to a

tour of Sidi Bou Said, a small historic

town, not far from the Carthage

airport, where every single building

was white with blue windows. It is a

popular spot for tourists with great

sea views and a bustling market

place for all kinds of memorabilia. A

friendly man on the street insisted

on taking a picture of me with a live

falcon he was carrying around even

I would have agreed with the comparison had he not pounded a few shallow pot-holes and flown past a couple of beggars at a malfunctioning traffic light....”


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ActressAbena Ayivor 40 EXPATRIATE

would do for free and don’t regret

for a single minute choosing this as

a career.”

Abena was born in 1975 in

Zambia to a Ghanaian father and

Zambian mother, and grew up in a

big family of eight children in the

Eastern Cape. She had a rebellious

streak to her, to the extent of being

expelled from primary school for

beating up other girls. Even when

she had found her passion in drama

school, she would often skip class.

But her first year drama lecturer Liese

Bokkelman would not give up on her

and insisted that she take her talent

seriously. She passed away as Abena

was going to her second year and to

this day she believes that Liese is her

“guardian angel”.

On completion of the course in

1999, she auditioned for Boesman

and Lena starring Angela Bassett and

Danny Glover. She would stand in for

Bassett during technical set up and

recalls that the Hollywood actress

was just as shy and reserved as she

(Abena) is. It was after this stint that

she joined Generations for four years,

leaving in 2004 as she wanted to do

something new.

“Only when I left Generations did

I realise that being a free-lance actor

could be difficult. I had a support

role in a Pieter Toerien produced

play called Honour but after that I

had a whole year of no work. I had

just turned 30 and thought that my

career as an actor was over.”

This turned out to be just a dry

spell. After a short period working for

her friend Isaac Chokwe’s production

“To this day, people still call me

Lerato!” Abena Ayivor says.

It is not surprising that this is so.

This is the name of the controversial

character she played from 1999 to

2003 in arguably the most popular

soap opera in SA – Generations. She

graced multiple magazine covers

and could probably stake a claim to

influencing the show’s good ratings.

“Lerato was a drug addicted alcoholic

prostitute so she easily stuck in the

minds of the millions who followed

the programme. Outside of the show,

many fans could not distinguish

Abena from Lerato. Women would

stop me in malls and question my

behaviour and men in clubs would

whistle at me thinking they could

buy me. They all felt like they were

dealing with Lerato,” she sighs.

“But Generations was a great

experience, we were like a family and

only when I did the show did people

believe that I could make a career out

of acting.”

Abena’s father had dismissed

drama as a career option and instead

dispatched his daughter for a BA

degree in law at the University of

Cape Town. She simply had no interest

in the discipline and abandoned it in

her third year to enrol at a college in

the city that had a two year drama

programme.

“I decided as a thirteen year old

that I wanted to act after my role in

Oliver Twist as the rose seller. I was

a teenage ‘scene stealer’, doing more

of my share in the play. It felt good

and to this day I love being able to

be someone else, it is something I

company, Abena was cast in the

drama series Jozi H which is currently

being screened for a second time

on SABC 3. It is a hospital based

production which is particularly

memorable for the actress because

the story had an interesting twist to

it that touched on her own life.

“When I read the script, I

discovered that I was to play the

mother of a son called Kwame

with congenital heart disease. The

shocking thing was that the script

writers knew nothing about my

past...my younger brother is called

Kwame and he suffered from this very

disease as a boy and needed surgery

from Christiaan Barnard, the doctor

who is famous for having performed

the world’s first heart transplant. It

was quite a fascinating coincidence

and quite a big story. A number of

magazines at the time heard about

it and featured both Kwame and I in

articles about how real life imitates

art.”

After Jozi H, Abena had a small

part in The Royal, a British series

playing a woman in the Nigerian

Biafran war whose daughter moves

Twelve year career now reclaiming her name and regaining

her fame on Jacob’s Cross


harsh. I found her very intelligent

and talented and remember looking

forward to working with her. When

she passed away, I was devastated

and for some reason I felt guilty

being Dineo on the show as everyone

was accustomed to having Leonie as

Barkers only daughter.”

Abena left Isidingo soon after

and acted in the BBC miniseries

Blood and Oil. She had another quiet

year in 2009 but was cast in Machine

Gun Preacher starring Gerard Butler

in the following year. She enjoyed

learning from the director Marc

Foster who has directed well known

productions

to England. Her film career also

includes a role in a short film by Jo

Horn called the Mamtsotsi Bird.

“I don’t think I could act in

[another] film like that as the story

line revolved around witchcraft. I

am much more spiritual now than I

was then and know it is something

that would unnerve me. I was not

paid for my role in that movie but

at least I got to accompany Jo Horn

to the Cannes Film Festival in 2007

which was awesome. I thoroughly

enjoyed mixing with others in the

film industry and meeting a number

of international stars.”

Abena subsequently joined

the cast of Isidingo as the long lost

daughter of Barker Haines, a nasty

magnate who runs a successful

business empire with his daughter

Leonie. The story line revolved

around Dineo (Abena) and Leonie

(Ashley Callie) feuding over their

fathers attention. As the plot

developed, Ashley passed away in a

tragic highway accident in 2008

which rattled Abena and the

entire cast.

“I recall that

on the day she

passed away,

she and I

had just

acted a

s c e n e

w h e r e

Leonie was

very mean

to Dineo. After

shooting the scene,

she hugged me and

apologised for being so

like Monsters Ball and Quantum of

Solace.

At the end of 2010, her agent

scheduled her for two auditions on

the same day, one for Jacob’s Cross

and another for a British series Wild

At Heart. She focused her attention

on the former as it had continental

appeal and she didn’t think she had

a good chance of being called up for

the latter.

“It was the first time I forgot my

lines and had to apologise and reach

for the script during the audition for

Wild At Heart. I was shocked that I

got cast for the role. I learnt never to

take any opportunity lightly.”

In Jacob’s Cross, Abena plays a

highly placed lawyer by the name

of ... well... Abena. It is a welcome

turn for a foreign born actress who

has for a long time been unable

to divorce her identity from

the controversial character

that was Lerato. Although

she grew up in SA and

her accent and humour

are local, she still has some

attachment to her roots.

She recently visited Zambia

where she gave drama

classes to aspiring actors

and she has done a couple of

Ghanaian commercials shot

in SA.

“I sometimes

get a call from the odd

aunty who has spotted a

billboard of me in Accra.

I consider myself African

and not once did I shy away

from this career because

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I wasn’t born here. I remember a

Zimbabwean actress telling me that

she decided to pursue drama when

she saw me being successful here

in spite of not being able to speak a

local language.”

Abena concludes by saying she

would like to do more teaching

in future and pursue a degree in

English. She has linked up with a

couple of partners to launch a media

company christened “Big Bad Wolf

Media”. Although she is single, she

looks forward to getting married

and having children one day. She

also hopes to get over her phobia for

being behind the wheel and plans to

finally learn how to drive.

KC Rottok

“In Jacob’s Cross, Abena plays a highly placed lawyer by the name of ... well... Abena. It is a welcome turn for a foreign born actress who has for a long time been unable to divorce her identity from the controversial character that was Lerato.”


STEPHEN TWINOBURYO AUPSA FOUNDER AND OWNER OF SCIMATICS SOLUTIONS

orn in 1970, Stephen

Twinoburyo grew up in the

Western part of Uganda in

a town called Mbarara. After

high school, he enrolled in Makerere

University where he pursued a four

year degree in Electrical Engineering.

“My father and the headmaster

insisted I should pursue medicine

instead of law or journalism which I

had a passion for. Engineering was the

eventual compromise,” bemoaned

Stephen when interviewed by this

magazine in November 2012.

In 1994, soon after South Africa

held its first democratic elections,

Stephen got the opportunity to

travel to Soweto with South African

veterans who were stationed in

Uganda. The ten day visit made

him fall in love with the country

compelling him to return in 1997

and he has never looked back.

“I was fortunate to have friends

from Uganda living and working in

Pretoria so life was not that lonely.

My aim was to further my education

in the capital city and pursue a career

related to my studies. I initially

struggled to get these plans going

so to keep busy I started teaching

maths and sciences and surprisingly

I ended up enjoying it.”

What began as a simple effort to

earn an extra buck became a decade

long career tutoring students in

various colleges including Progressive

College in Pretoria CBD, Boston

House College in Cape Town and

most recently, from 2008, Montessori

College Pretoria. He also managed to

complete a part time Bachelor of

Peter Mugisha. We also managed

to organise a number of events

including a business and investment

expo in Melrose Arch in September of

the same year.”

A year after its establishment,

Stephen decided to step down as

chairman and was replaced by Allen

Mutono, the proprietor of Inkwazi

Hotel. Mutono served for a year and

stepped down as chairman in the

subsequent election where Emmy

Muzamil was elected to the position.

“In those two years, I managed to

focus my energies on my college. I

resigned from Montessori in 2008

and took up a teaching position at

UP’s Department of Mathematics

and Applied Mathematics.”

Stephen is a frequent blogger on

www.ugandaspeaks.wordpress.com.

He had this to say in one of his posts

about his experience in opening up

his own institution:

“I sold my car to set up my

business. Even my first secretary,

who unlike me had a vehicle, did not

believe in me along with a number

of friends who thought I would not

succeed in Menlo Park as it was a

‘white area’. To some extent they had

a point because although most black

students would book classes for long

periods, white parents would first do

a trial run. One mother even insisted

on sitting through one of my classes

to test my ability, something I rejected

insisting that if her daughter found the

lesson worthwhile, she would tell her.

At the end of the year, the girl was so

happy with the tuition that she bought

me a gift to show her appreciation.”

Sciences degree in mathematical and

statistical sciences in 2007 through

UNISA following advice from friends

that mathematical finance courses

were lucrative in the job market.

“In 2008, I completed a

science honours degree in financial

engineering at University of Pretoria

(UP). I soon realised that, like

engineering, finance was not my thing

and that I will probably never pursue

employment in this field. A year later,

I decided to register my own maths

and science tuition centre christened

Scimatics Solutions (SS) but was

unable to give it much attention due

to the formation of the Association

of Ugandan Professionals of SA

(AUPSA),” Stephen remarked.

The road to the formation of

AUPSA began on 30th May 2009

when Stephen convened a meeting of

a number of like-minded Ugandans in

Sandton. Those present agreed that

this was a good idea, with benefits

for Ugandans in South Africa, Uganda

as a country and SA the host country.

It was therefore decided to spread

the idea beyond the confines of

friends to all other Ugandans in the

professional Diaspora in SA. Stephen

was asked to communicate this and

through a vast network of emails,

ideas flew and this association

started taking shape.

“In July 2009, the association

had a formal launch at Inkwazi

Hotel in Kameeldrift and was

subsequently registered as a non-

profit organisation with me as

the chairman assisted by a hard-

working committee. The website

was soon established courtesy of

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From a few students and one

sceptical staffer, SS today has eight

members of staff and teaches about

250 multi-racial students a year as

well as conducting special matric

classes at UP. Stephen’s vision

also encompasses contributing to

research in the areas of maths and

science and improvement to teaching

methods in these disciplines amongst

disadvantaged groups. He notes in

the aforementioned blog post that

his success could easily be viewed as

accidental given that when he began

high school, he averaged 15-19%

in these subjects, and furthermore,

teaching was never part of his plans.

“With SS fairly established,

I have now re-joined AUPSA as

chairman. There was a feeling that

the organisation was beginning to

drift into inactivity. Having been

instrumental in its formation, I would

not like to see the association

die. I am passionate about

it because I am distinctly

aware of what people

can achieve when they

come together; it is

the reason why blocs

such as BRICS or the

European Union are

formed,” explained

Stephen.

There has been

a visible revival of

the organisation

with a number of

events having been

organised by the

recently elected

c o m m i t t e e

including a

spring celebration at Zoo Lake

in Johannesburg and a very well

attended Uganda Independence

dinner at Mokha Restaurant in

Pretoria. These events addressed

the association’s objectives of social

cohesion, education and national

heritage. At the time of this

interview, well laid plans were in

place to conduct a charity event

in December 2012 in support

of two orphanages, one in SA

and another in Uganda, and

to organise a business and

investment expo in early

2013.

KEITH KUNDAI


on a journey from Cape Town to

Cairo seeking adventure and fresh

challenges. This he does in just four

weeks. He uses his own money and

motivation, and documents his

experiences and views. It is all about

embracing and living life to the

fullest.

The book tries to capture personal

and somewhat hilarious accounts

of the thrill seekers’ movements

around Africa. It is one of

those books that

o n e

picks from

the shelf and thinks,

“A travel book by a “black” African!

Well it is about time!”

It is a refreshing and reasonable

cause for excitement to have a travel

t was a hot Sunday afternoon and

I was busy at work in Oshakati,

a semi-urban town in Northern

Namibia, when my colleague

whispered to me, “You spend too

much time on the road, moving

around. How do you manage as a

woman all alone? Do you have a

personal journal?”

Now, at that time I was

desperate for a good book by an

African author which was proving to

be very difficult to find in Oshakati.

My colleague’s “concerns” reminded

me of the book “Dark Continent my

Black Arse”. Though published

in 2007, I had yet

to read it and

so two days

later whilst in

Windhoek I finally

picked up a copy

albeit with some

effort.

“Dark Continent

My Black Arse; by bus,

boksie, matola...from Cape

to Cairo” is a travel memoir

written by Sihle Khumalo. It

is the story of an African man

who decides to travel around

Africa just because he can. Born

in Nqutu, rural KwaZulu Natal,

South Africa, Khumalo later moves

to the cities to study. He eventually

lands himself a good job with Anglo

American, but quickly gets bored

with the routine of corporate life and

decides to do something different.

He describes the change as deciding

to “live my own life, in my own way

on my own terms”. To celebrate

his 30th birthday, Khumalo quits

the corporate world and embarks

book by a black African author. Most

travel books about Africa are written

by white men (and white women on

very rare occasions), and describe

4x4’s, campfires, roaring lions,

vulnerable antelopes, half dressed

Africans with spears and machetes,

and endless clear landscapes.

Khumalo’s book is an “unusual” travel

book; he tells of rattling busses that

people share with chickens, describes

congested cities, smelly guesthouses,

and conmen. He also writes of

interesting culture, good people, new

friends, good food and how it feels to

be an “African foreigner in Africa”.

The title of the book betrays

the mood and tone of the story. It

is an easy and light read, offering

moments of both laughter and

irritation. He makes playful

resolutions depending on his

experiences and discoveries,

and toys with silly

“revolutionary” ideas.

He writes not as

a spectator but

as a participant

of different

African cultures,

i l l u m i n a t i n g

p o p u l a r

culture and

the effect of

cosmopolitanism in

Africa. His subtitle, “by bus, boksie

and matola”, prepares the reader for

his movements which are mainly

confined to the underbelly of towns

and cities, hence capturing the

disillusionment of many African

states. On the one hand he describes

corruption, poor infrastructure, and

ignorance in Africa and on the other

Book review:

46 EXPATRIATE

Wanjiru Waichigo is an MA (Literature) graduate from the University of Witwatersrand. She currently works with CIET in Southern Africa as a researcher and programme manager.

the spirit of laughter, survival and

pride is not lost.

He further tries to merge the

personal with the political; by

giving the political history of each

of the eight countries he visits,

explaining how such histories frame

his perceptions. This provides some

sombre moments in the book.

His narration is simple, carefree,

but his thoughts are loaded with

s t e r e o t y p e s . Perhaps this is

indeed a true

r e f l e c t i o n

of African

p o p u l a r

cultures .

Even so,

at the

end of

t h e

b o o k ,

one is left with

the feeling of being rushed

through something that has the

potential of being more exciting

and informative. While we can

appreciate and respect the author’s

personal opinion, his misogynist

and sometimes careless statements

are bound to make a reader

uncomfortable or even petulant. For

example, when describing the women

he meets in the different countries,

his obsession with the female body/

physical appearance gets a little stale

after a few chapters. There are only

so many ways you can say a woman

has a gorgeous behind.

Nevertheless, it remains a

splendid travel book that can be

enjoyed if one is looking for an

easy and entertaining read. The

writer is politically and gender

incorrect yet unapologetic about it

and his interaction with people and

perceptions of issues and

culture is amusing.

Paul Theroux, a famous African travel

author describes the book as “very

likeable and engaging”. It certainly

does grow on you with each turned

page. It is just what travel writing

in Africa needed to spice things up.

WANJIRU WAICHIGO

Dark Continent My Black Arse

“It is a refreshing and

reasonable cause

for

excitement to have a travel

book by a black African

author but his obsession

with the female body gets a

little stale after a few chapters.

There are only so many

ways you can say a woman

has a gorgeous behind.....”


competitor MTN is making an

absolute killing.

‘Toye is a Nigerian living in South

Africa and working as a business

development manager at Connemara

Consulting where his responsibilities

include growing the company

footprint on the continent. He was

a Nigeria civil society representative

at the World Summit on Sustainable

Development in 2002 and decided

to stay in the country for further

studies. He describes himself as a

social entrepreneur and is engaged in

additional post-graduate studies in

African politics at the University of

South Africa where his wife Prof.

Funmi Abioye is a lecturer in the

College of Law.

The discussion

on Vodacom’s opportunity in

Nigeria makes him shake his

head and offer half a wry

smile.

“That market is

lost to them forever. They were

given the first chance of all foreign

cellular networks to open up

shop there but shied away citing

poor infrastructure and other

difficulties. With these

detoyese “‘Toye” Abioye

begins our interview at

a Joburg restaurant by

showing me an article

published in the Business Times in late

2012 titled “Vodacom sees light at

the end of Africa tunnel”. The article

highlights the giant of the SA cellular

market’s notable failure to replicate

its local success on the rest of the

African continent, central to which

is the company’s decision not to

enter the Nigerian market where its

same difficulties, MTN Nigeria now

contributes over 60% of the Groups

global profit after tax.”

And MTN is not the only South

African company that is finding a

profitable footing in Nigeria. Other

companies like Shoprite, Standard

Bank, Multichoice and First Rand are

having similar results in this market

of 160 million people. It is clear that

many SA companies believe that

the future of their businesses lies

in pursuing opportunities north of

the border. A recent PWC survey of

SA CEO’s found that 94% of those

interviewed believed that there will

be growth in their businesses on the

continent within the subsequent 12

months.

‘Toye has taken up the role of

facilitating investment in Nigeria by

business people from both South

African and from other parts of the

continent. He is excited about the

Lekki Free Zone - a proposed city close

to the commercial capital of Lagos

which comprises 16,500 hectares

and according to the Zone’s website

is “one of the fastest developing

urban areas with an annual economic

growth rate of 16.8%”.

TOYE ABIOYE INVESTING IN NIGERIA A COMPLETE NO-BRAINER

Limited with a 60% stake with the

remaining shareholding held by

the Lagos State Government. There

are several free zones backed by

the Chinese government in Africa

and according to ‘Toye, Lekki is the

biggest of them all in terms of land

mass, project scope and benefits.

“There is strong support from

both the Chinese and Nigerian

governments and multiple

investment opportunities in various

economic sectors. The preferential

policies and incentives include

“I got involved with the project

when I was conducting business

tours from South Africa to Nigeria

through a company I co-own called

Abby Tours and Travels (ATT),” ‘Toye

states. “We began operations in 2002

and our initial focus was organising

leisure tours for Nigerians to South

Africa. The market became flooded

and we moved towards business

excursions under the banner of ATT

Consult in the Business Investment

Tours to South Africa (BITSA) series.

To gain credibility we registered

this entity with the Johannesburg

Chamber of Commerce and the SA

Department of Trade and Industry.”

ATT Consult provides

consultancy services for entities

looking to invest in Nigeria including

business registrations and tax

regulation. He explains that whilst

established legal and accounting

firms take three to six months to

assist potential investors to set up

in Nigeria, through the Lekki Free

Zone they are able to get the process

completed within 24 hours and

provide a minimum cost saving of 30

percent in establishment costs.

The majority shareholder of the

Zone is China Africa Lekki Investment

a complete tax holiday from all

government taxes, custom duties

and levies, one-stop approvals for all

operating permits, duty-free imports,

100% foreign ownership and profit

repatriation as well as a waiver of

expatriate quotas.”

‘Toye says that plans are

underway to establish an

international airport, a port and a

metro rail system that feeds from

Lekki into the rest of the Lagos area.

- KEITH KUNDAI

“The Nigerian market is lost to Vodacom forever. They were given the first opportunity of all foreign cellular networks to open up shop there but shied away citing poor infrastructure and other difficulties. With these same difficulties, MTN Nigeria now contributes over 60% of the Groups global profit after tax.”

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Lekki pics courtesy of Mr. Abioye

hen I was younger,

it was drilled into

our heads at school

and at home that

policemen are there to help you;

they are there to serve and protect.

Startlingly however, danger lies

in the very place where we should

seek safety. Soon after moving to

Joburg, I was invited to a birthday

party at a local cocktail bar. My then

boyfriend and I stopped at an ATM on

the way there and as we pulled up,

I noticed a dark, unmarked Citi Golf

parked close by. A chilling feeling

assaulted my senses as we drove

past the car and I made eye contact

with the man in the driver’s seat.

I turned to my boyfriend and told

him something was wrong. He said

he would be quick and left the car

door open and engine running as he

approached the ATM. The headlights

of the Golf came on as he walked

back. Right then, we both knew we

were in trouble. He threw the money

and card on my lap and we took off.

The Golf gave chase. We were in a

two litre engine vehicle, theirs was a

1.4L. We could get away.

Then came the curve ball.

A police siren began howling

from the Golf. We saw blue lights.

Then a loudspeaker identified our car

by its license plate number, colour

and make and asked us to pull over.

They did not identify themselves but

we were both too shocked to think

clearly and decided not to disobey a

direct order from the “police”.

TO SERVE AND PROTECT ”My chilling experience of robbery and attempted rape in the hands of the ‘police’....”

Two angry looking men dressed

in all black and wearing what looked

like army issue black boots stepped

out. One had an automatic weapon

and ordered my boyfriend out of the

car and started patting him down.

The other had a handgun which

he cocked and held against my

head. I was torn between relief and

horror when I saw the word ‘police’

embroidered on his jacket. He started

verbally assaulting me and removed

his name tag when he noticed I was

trying to read it. Something very bad

was about to happen.

Just then, a marked police vehicle

with two uniformed officers pulled

up across the road. Our confronters

waved them away and to our horror,

the branded vehicle drove away. My

boyfriends papers where in order but

his wallet was empty and my clutch

bag had nothing but make up.

“Who goes to an ATM and

comes back with no money?” yelled

the one holding the handgun. I

recalled that it had dropped

to the floor when I got up

but said nothing as every

time I spoke I seemed to

antagonise them even

more.

My boyfriend started

talking to them calmly,

negotiating; asking what exactly

they wanted. I didn’t have my

passport with me and instead

showed them my student

card which they had no

interest in inspecting.

What they wanted was

for him to drive away

and leave me with them.

My knees buckled and I sat on

the sidewalk knowing that I was

about to be raped having heard

many news stories of women being

raped by police officers.

But my boyfriend would not

let it happen. Again and again they

ordered him to leave, pointing their

guns at him, raising their voices,

hurling insults and jerking him. He

kept talking calmly and steadfastly

refused to leave. Eventually, having

given them all the money we had,

they let us leave. I was shaking like a

leaf and cried like I would never stop

shedding tears.

Looking back, we should have

driven to the nearest police station

at full speed with hazard lights on

and I should have remembered, as

a law student, that a male police

officer cannot legally detain a

female between 6pm and 6am.

CHIONESU SAKUTUKWA

The Last Word

ate last year, I travelled

through Europe and was

intrigued by countries like the

UK where they have efficient

public transportation systems. It is

no wonder that a little mud island

managed to conquer large parts of

this world. It got me thinking – is it

that we Africans just can’t get things

right, or perhaps are we comparing

ourselves to a western way of living

which is clearly not a natural way of

life for us.

When my father left us in Ghana

in early 1982 to move to SA, we

couldn’t go with him because my

mother was pregnant. While he was

away, my parents’ friends, neighbours

and relatives were more than willing

to assist. I remember many an aunt

coming and bringing food over. I

noted the same thing when we

moved to Umtata; it is inherently

African.

On my return from Europe, I heard

that my grandmother had passed

away. We attended the funeral a few

weeks later. Even though it was a

rather sad occasion, it was a fantastic

experience because I learnt quite a

bit about my people.

The funeral activities began on

a Wednesday when we went to the

family home where we sat and talked

for several hours. Later that evening

my gran’s body was brought to the

house.

Ashanti’s hold the dearly departed

in high regard, so prior to burial a body

is well ‘prepared’ for passage into the

afterlife. With my grandfather having

passed away decades ago, my father

was responsible for this process.

First, some palm kernel is chewed

and used to prepare her hands and

feet, the old school manicure and

pedicure. Some lime is provided which

is cut in half and used under the arms

to eliminate odours. Thereafter they

take a bucket, sponge, soap, towel,

chewing stick (old school tooth

brush) and lotion; she gets a good

washing. She then gets dressed with

some beads around her waist called

Amoase and very stylish cloth before

being laid on her kete (mat).

The following day was the burial

day. We all wore dark brown and

black cloth and arrived at the family

home at 6.30 a.m. where we said

our goodbyes. I expected something

to happen, but nope, we just sat as

people played drums and sang quite

badly. At noon, there was a church

service where after we made our

way to my gran’s village where

she was to be buried in the

royal cemetery. We once again

sat around my cousin, the

Chief’s house for a few hours

because members of the

royal family are buried

at a certain time in the

evening.

Friday was a day off and

on Saturday we dressed in red

attire which was to symbolize

the fact that we were serious.

Ghanaians are such generous

people and I now understand

why life insurance isn’t

big in that country.

My uncle and aunts

spend so much

time going to

funerals and

I now know

w h y .

People sang, told Nana Mary’s life

story, and much money was donated

by those that attended to help the

family with the costs of the funeral.

Each donor was named together with

their connection to the deceased.

This is what it is all about; looking

after the elderly, the young and your

fellow man. We then spent plenty

of time doing a traditional dance

called Adowa. On Sunday, we went

to church dressed in white to give

thanks for the 94 years of her life.

All days were well attended

and the Westerner in me kept on

wondering “don’t these people

work”. But still I say, as an Ashanti

raised in Xhosaland, we Africans are

rich in heritage and innately humane.

Yaw Peprah is a self employed entrepreneur pursuing interests in business advisory, consultancy and commodity brokering. www.asitissoitis.blogspot.com

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