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ALL THAT JAZZ: Veteran South African musician Hugh Masekela entertains the audience at London’s Barbican theatre on Saturday. The show marked the start of Commonwealth Week in the UK. Photo by Gabriel Fraga del Cal.

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Move over Chuck Norris – 60-year-old South African hero roundhouse kicks thief by NICOLE HOLGATE

Durban-born Neil Gevisser, 60, became a London hero just 24 hours after becoming

a British citizen.A woman in Brook Green was

subjected to a ‘smash and grab’ attack in which her hangbag was snatched, but Gevisser, who works as a poet and massage therapist, used years of karate training to halt the attacker. The woman had been sitting in her parked car near Brook Green Tennis Courts, when the robber smashed open the window and snatched her bag.

Gevisser was leaving the nearby Tube station when he heard a smash and the woman’s scream.

The robber, dressed in full cycle gear, attempted to escape on a motorcyle with the stolen handbag, when Gevisser karate-kicked the scooter over and then delivered a roundhouse kick to the man’s stomach. He then kicked him in the shins, at which point the attacker left the hangbag and hobbled away.

Police arrived swiftly but the thief had already escaped. The woman retrieved her handbag from the scooter, which was also discovered to be stolen. Bystanders applauded, and Gewisser’s friend Emma Elliot commented that he was brave in an age when ‘good samaritans are a dying breed’.

Gevisser was modest about

his actions. “It was completely spontaneous and I don’t feel heroic. I know he could have been armed but I’m glad I stepped in.”

This was not Gevisser’s first act of heroism, either. On the same date in 1997, he saved a woman who was being strangled by her husband in the hallway of an apartment block in Manhattan.

Over the eerie conincidence of the date, he added “It is really spooky and every time 9 February comes around I’m going to be wondering what the day has in store.”

Gevisser is no stranger to taking action against any form of wrongdoing. As a poet at the height of the apartheid era, his verse spoke directly against racism with poems such as ‘Once Proud’, ‘Inferiority’ and ‘Bar-Bar, Black-Man’.

London’s hero, Neil Gevisser (60).

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The 88-year-old writer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, and is widely recognised for her activism and for confronting moral and political issues in her writing.

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Stern, Pierneef on auction in Londonby DAN SWINHOESOUTH African artists are expected to fetch a pretty penny at a London auction on 21 March.

The South Africa sale at Bonhams on New Street will feature works by Irma Stern and JH Pierneef, some of SA’s most prestigious painters and could make almost £3 million.

Stern’s ‘Zulu Woman’ and ‘The Pink Sari’ are expected to fetch a combined total of £1 million to £2.5 million between them.

Giles Peppiatt, director for South African art at Bonhams, said Stern’s work continued to remain in high demand on the international art scene. “Stern didn’t paint Zulus often. It’s current because Jacob Zuma is president and he is a Zulu,” he said.

“Her most valuable works were painted when she went to Zanzibar in 1945. This work is the most valuable works sold by a South African artist.”

Zanzibar frames were reserved for her most treasured works and the ones she considered her very best examples. The works are worth more if they they are still in their original frames, like the Zulu painting, which was painted in 1925 during Stern’s time in Zanzibar. “She was a terrible vandal. She got these Zanzibar doors and sliced them up to make wooden frames. You can’t export these doors from Zanzibar now. They did provide the most exquisite frames. That adds enormous value,” Peppiatt said.

‘The Pink Sari’ was painted in 1947 and this is the first time it has been put on the open market, as it was bought directly from Stern in the early 1960s and is expected to fetch more than £1 million.

Last March, her painting ‘Arab Priest’ fetched around £2.8 million, and previously her ‘Bahora Girl’ sold for more than £2 million.

Also on sale will be a series of landscapes by J.H. Pierneef, renowned as one of SA’s greatest painters, and often inspired by the beauty of the African landscape. Born in Pretoria in 1886, many of his paintings were of the highveld. ‘South West African Mountains’ was painted in 1944 and estimated to sell for £100,000 to £150,000, while ‘Bosveld’ is estimated to fetch in the region of £120,000 to £180,000.

Peppiatt said his search for SA art took him to Australia, Canada, Israel, South Africa and the US.

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The use of iPads in South African schools may become a reality soon.

I write this on the evening of the launch of the iPad 3. Or HD. Or 2.75. Or 360. Or whatever Apple choose to call it. I can’t claim to be that interested – especially since, by the time you read this, it’ll be out, dissected, digested and regurgitated all over the Internet. But then, I don’t really want to talk about the iPad 3. I want to talk about something rather more interesting.

Earlier this week, I came across a story about a drive to give products like the iPad to South African teachers, for use in their classrooms. Senior teachers (I loathe the word ‘educators’, which is as limp-wristed as the word ‘learners’) reckon this would spur on the development of computer skills, and result in more interested and interesting pupils.

And so it would – after all, what kid doesn’t enjoy the chance to jab their finger at several thousand rands worth of sexy hardware? And even when the accounting teacher’s breast implants aren’t available, they can still have a go on an iPad. It’s a brilliant idea.

But then again, the scheme has been criticised because it is felt that some teachers simply won’t be able to deal with the new technology. Indeed, the head of PETS (Programme for Educational Tablets in Schools), Michael Rice, has said, “You can’t simply give every teacher an iPad and leave it at that.” According to Rice, teachers – many far less technologically savvy than their pupils – simply won’t cope, dissolving into a fit of nervous hand-wringing and toyi-toying.

Get real. I could understand this argument if Rice were in favour of bringing in, say, Excel lessons for

primary school kids. I’m a grown man – just – and I still don’t even know what Excel is actually for, beyond raising the average number of confused looks in any office in which it is deployed. But an iPad? We are talking about one of the simplest, most intuitive pieces of technology to be invented in the past 20 years. It takes zero technological ability to master an iPad. Five minutes of playing around, and you’re a master. All it requires is an ability to read and a basic level of curiosity. If, as a teacher, you do not have these two things already, then I’d submit you’ve got bigger problems on your hands.

Teachers do not need support for iPad use. They do not need training, beyond an elementary two minute explanation. The only obstacles to this plan that I can see are the funds to get the iPads (always a bugger), the know-how to keep them safe from thieves

(ditto) and the faith that stupidity won’t rear its ugly head and have teachers and pupils mistaking an iPad for a cricket bat. But then, that’s not

something you can plan for.Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off

to camp outside the Apple store. Because despite myself, I’m a hopeless addict. I was lying earlier about not being interested.

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How would Hockney have painted South Africa?Without having ever been to South Africa, David Hockney sums up the

colours and spaces of home with his new landscape exhibitionby MARIANNE GRAYON a very grey London day I went to see the David Hockney exhibition, A Bigger Picture, at the Royal Academy. Despondent about the weather, and the heaving and slightly dazed crowds at the exhibition, I strode into the gallery of paintings quite angrily.

And then I saw his massive, vivid picture of the Grand Canyon, which looks just like the Augrabies Falls at sunset; his oil on six canvasses of a tunnel of trees in Yorkshire which could have been the bit of road from Cape Town to Darling, lined with tall eucalyptus trees; his picture of Pearblossom Highway with its big blue sky and rush of road signs which could have been anywhere along the road

around Mokopane in Limpopo.What a relief to see space and

light and a strong sense of place leaping from the walls so far from South Africa. It was almost as though I had been transported back to a big, open country, passing through a landscape using my eyes, my mind and my emotions.

And what, I thought, would Hockney have done in South Africa?

Seven years have passed since Hockney left the swimming pools, lawn sprinklers and cloudless blue skies of California. He has returned home to live in Yorkshire, where he has hurled himself with a headlong passion into recording the seasons which, living for so long in California, he had missed.

It is very unlikely now that Hockney, 74, is ever going to paint in South Africa, but for the homesick South African his view of the world is so often of big skies and hot landscapes that he takes you on a journey to warm the heart, open the eyes and feel the space of distance.

It’s obviously not quite the same as an actual trip South but for the price of a ticket (from £3 to £14), it’s a cheap way to step out of the clutter, cram and crowds of London for a few minutes and walk through nature’s unfolding spectacle.

Book tickets at www.royalacademy.org.uk or telephone 0844 209 051.

The exhibition runs until 9 April.

AS jy musiek hoor, onthou om te dans, die lewe gee jou net een kans.

RSG speel vrolik al van vroegoggend af in ons koue kombuisie met skoonpa se mooi affodille in die vensterbank. Terwyl ek die wasgoed uithaal, begin speel “Hiepie-Haai” van Jak de Priester. Ek gooi sommer die bondel klere net so op die kombuisvloer om eers van die woorde te gaan neerpen.

My “Ruff day” notablok op die yskas is die naaste.

Later gaan stap ek ’n draai en die liedjie bly maal steeds om-en-om in my kop. Ek begin dink aan alle riele wat ek al gedans het. Die mooi musiek wat so dikwels in my lewe speel. Musiek wat verdien om op gedans te word!

Ek onthou Vrydae in Kakamas. Ek onthou die laaste periode en die groot afwagting as jy koshuis toe stap. Jy weet die wit “double cab” staan voor die koshuis. My pa is reeds besig om die dieselkanne so te rankskik dat die koshuissakke langs die kanne kan inpas. Mamma is waarskynlik besig om die koek by die huis te versier – sodat dit

Hiepie-HaaiSUNE COETZEE

Om die

Kombuistafel

gereed is vir koffietyd as ons by die huis aankom. Sy sou ons op die voorstoep inwag vir ‘n warm ontvangs, voor daar koffiegedrink is. Koffie en sjokoladeplaatkoek of kaas-en-marmitekoek of melktert. Laatmiddag sou ons sussies saam met Mamma gaan stap en die week se stories goed deurgesels. En lag. Baie lag. Aandete is Makkiesplaas se Nelle om die kombuistafel vir kuier en deel en lag en kla. En net wéés.

Daai’s móói musiek.Ek onthou hoe ek my man op

’n afstand raakgesien het op 31 Desember 2009. Hy het ’n groen kraaghempie aangehad en hy was so aantreklik. My beste vriendin het daardie aand gewaarsku: “As jy nie vir hom flikkers gooi nie, gaan ek.” Ek onthou die dag daarna en die een daarna en die

een daarna. Hoe saamwees tye net lekkerder geraak het. Vandag is niks lekkerder as saamwees op ons sitkamerbank met ’n glasie wyn en lekker hartsgoed gesels nie.

Dis heuningsoet melodieë.Ek het ’n ouerhuis bygekry. My

hart raak warm as ek dink aan kuiers in Newport Pagnell saam met my ander pa en ma. Ek dink aan Skoonma se ongelooflike lekker koffiemasjien koffie saam met haar beskuit. Die kombinasie loop mooi saam met Skoonpa se stories en grappe uit Kenhardt en Namakwaland se wêreld. Die lappies idees en resepte uitdeel in die kombuis raak deel van ons heerlike verhouding. Die alleen-geselsies oor hartsgoed, sommer so staan-staan in die kombuis, tussen my en my ander Ma raak iets waarna ek elke keer uitsien.

Dis ’n nuwe, spesiale liedjie.Die Here maak my lewe vol

musiek, besef ek vanoggend. So op my stap-pad, stap ek verby ’n prentjie wat my voete weer net wil-wil laat dans.

Dan onthou ek die laaste, belangrikste deel van die liedjie ewe skielik…

Hiepie-Haai, Hiepie-Haai,Dis die Here wat geluk in my

rigting waai.

Ek begin dink aan alle riele wat ek al gedans het. Die mooi musiek wat so dikwels in my lewe speel. Musiek wat verdien om op gedans te word!


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SA opera stars captivate Londonersby HEATHER WALKERON Thursday 1 March two award-winning South African opera singers, Njabulo Madlala and Pumeza Matshikiza, performed at St James’s Piccadilly in London to raise awareness and funds for Foodbank South Africa. The church was packed with music lovers who were held spellbound right from the start by the pair’s dramatic, expressive duet “Cinque, dieci, trenta”, the opening number from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.

Accompanied by pianist Will Vann, they went on to perform well-known arias from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Puccini’s La Boheme and compositions by Debussy, Strauss and Schumann. Njabulo’s renditions of traditional South African songs such as “Ntyilo Ntyilo”, “Thula Thula Mama” and “Malaika” were enchanting.

The singers reunited to bring the evening to a humorous conclusion with South African favourite “The Click Song”.

Their immense talent, passion for music and obvious joy in performing rubbed off on the appreciative audience, reflected by

The concert’s title, From the Townships to the World Stage, aptly summed by the career paths of these two rising stars

Pumeza Matshikiza and Njabulo Madlala perform Mozart’s “Cinque, dieci, trenta”. Photo by Heather Walker.

their hearty applause.The concert’s title, From the

Townships to the World Stage, aptly summed by the career paths of these two rising stars. Njabulo, who is based in London, comes from the Inanda township outside Durban and was awarded a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Pumeza grew up in several Cape Town townships and won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. The soprano performed at the wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock and is currently on a three year contract with Stuttgart Opera.

Janet Broadhurst of the Foodbank Foundation said the concert raised almost £8,000 for Foodbank South Africa, which currently feeds 35,000 disadvantaged people a day at an average cost of 12p per meal. “We also have donations and membership for Fill the Gap Club streaming in. For as little as two cappuccinos or glasses of wine per month you can feed a person for a month ie £6.25 per month (£75 a year),” she added.

Details: www.foodbank.org.za


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Anglo-Zulu War Celebrity Speakers DayLondon’s National Army Museum presented a day of talks on the war

by ANTON VAN ZYL A Celebrity Speakers Day on the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 was held at the National Army Museum in Chelsea on 25 February.

Five speakers were invited to present lectures highlighting different aspects of the Anglo Zulu war, including personalities, Welsh involvement, equipment used by the British colonial forces, and the ambivalent use of firearms by the Zulus. The lectures were presented to an audience of at least 200 people.

The day started with well-known author Ian Knight’s presentation on the one person the Colonial Office at the time tried to pin the blame for the disaster of Isandlwana on – Colonel Durnford. The lecture discussed whether Colonel Durnford should be classified as a hero or a villain, and looked at his career from when he entered Woolwich Military Academy till he died at the battle of Isandlwana.

The next two speakers were Bill Cainan and Dr Paul Bryant-Quinn, doing an exposition on Welsh involvement in the war. The view at the time of the war was that the 24th of Foot was a British Regiment based in Wales, and although the British army did not discriminate in its recruiting policies, recruiting was done mainly in the counties surrounding the regimental base.

Welsh was not recognised as a separate language at the time, and all official reporting was done in English only. Despite this state of affairs a number of Welsh newspapers published stories on the war in Gaelic in Wales. Welsh newspapers also heavily criticised British Colonial meddling in Zululand.

Craig Appleton’s lecture was on the Martini Henry Rifle of the time, as well as the equipment available to the colonial soldier in the 19th Century, as demonstrated by Corporal Church of the 24th of Foot. This demonstration included a live firing as well as a bayonet drill exercise.

Katie Stossel presented a lecture about Nurse Janet, a heroine of the Anglo-Zulu war for the Stafford House Team, carrying a red cross on their arms. This lecture went into Nurse Janet’s seeming unpopularity with the Colonial Office for treating British as well as Zulu soldiers during the war, and her scandalous treatment after the war.

The last speaker on the day was John Laband, who lectured on the ambivalent use of firearms by the Zulu nation during the war. John highlighted the practice of labourers working on the diamond mines at Kimberly in exchange for firearms, but noted that these were either cheap trade guns or cast-offs from

the European nations who were modernising to breach loading rifles.

John also touched on a very contentious issue: the refusal of Cetswayo to allow Zulu men to work on the mines as labourers. Firearms were not properly understood by most of the Zulus, and simply seen as an extension of an existing practice of throwing a spear and attacking by hand. The result was that the Zulus used all the rifles they possessed ineffectively, and it played no major part in the war on their side. This was a war that Cetswayo never wanted nor understood.

Drill demo. Photo by Ronel van Zyl.

THE winds of change ruffle my hair. Africa muddles my brain; brings to the fore my worst prejudices and in truth, I end up with a mixture of excitement and doubt. So what’s new, say us South Africans?

The latest cause of my endless dilemma is an article by John Arlidge. ‘The Lion Kings’ is a piece about the new ‘young lions’ of Africa; entrepreneurs who are taking chances and creating successful businesses in their respective countries. Africa is known as the cradle of humanity, yet in development terms is still way, way behind the other continents. Globalisation and new technology however, is providing the impetus for these high achievers to tap into the fields of communication, economic growth and vast underground mineral wealth.

In finer print, Arlidge also states that ‘Africa is still the poorest place on the planet.’ It’s also a place where tourists and locals are kidnapped, civil wars are ceaseless and massacres commonplace.

Where dictators have no end or conscience; where crime is something children think ordinary. The breadbasket of Africa is barren and torn. People die too soon. Dark Africa. Enough to make one Afriphobic. How to take these pieces of an incongruent puzzle and make them fit?

The first trick is to ignore the die-hards. Those doomsday prophets that are still fighting the war – the Boer War, the African wars – any war. They will never bend like the young willows of today. Recognise the potential and that it must be firstly for Africans, because the rest of the world is waiting to pounce. Learn why they want in on the cake.Ex Mr Easyjet is opening nearly 50 hotels in Africa, it is claimed, and he’s a smart money-maker. China is there in a big way. More importantly, it’s time everyone born in Africa accepts that all people born in Africa are African.

To quote Manz Denga from the same article: ‘ We Africans only have ourselves to blame for the mess we got ourselves into. We screwed it all up... Lousy, collectivist postcolonial policies. Bad governance. Corruption. Kleptocracy. Genocide.Wars that killed more through famine than actual conflict… But everything’s different now. We’re fed up with being the victims of the world. We have the chance to put it right. This is our moment. The African century.’

Get over the Afriphobia. Get into the Afrifabulous.

AfrifabulousKAREN DE VILLIERS

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Budget 2012 and the property marketby DENISE MHLANGAIn his budget speech, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says South Africa’s new story is about building a vibrant economy.

The macro economic climate presented in the 2012 National Budget suggests that the South African property market will in the next year, continue to trade in an environment characterised by uncertain and subdued economic growth.

This is the view of property economist Professor Francois Viruly from the Department of Construction Economics and Management at the University of Cape Town.

Viruly explains that the possibility of a rising inflation rate, escalation of electricity and municipal related costs continue to impact negatively on operating costs and has become the central concern for households and the South African property sector.

He points out that the focus of the 2012 budget on infrastructural expenditure offers opportunities for the property sector.

“Infrastructural expenditure not only underpins the performance of the built environment, but also plays a critical role in creating development and investment opportunities in cities and rural areas,” he says.

The residential property sector continues to show considerable weakness and the budget does little to promote household investment in the sector.

It is critical that government should deliver a housing policy

that not only delivers to the lowest tier of the housing market, but which also starts to address the financing and development bottlenecks that exist in the middle tiers of the residential property sector, he says.

Viruly believes the housing sector should be seen as a means for households to save and create a strong asset base.

Meanwhile, the commercial property sector continues to suffer from high vacancy rates and rapidly rising operating costs.

Apart from government’s commitment to focus on the creation of Special Economic Zones, there is very little in the 2012 budget to promote the sector.

“If anything, the vigorous focus on infrastructural expenditure could result in escalation of building related costs and possibly crowd out development activity in the private sector.”

Lew Geffen, chairman of Sotheby’s International Realty in South Africa, says the budget holds excellent prospects for the speedy improvement of the real estate market and the sustainability of that recovery.

Geffen notes that the most important macro aspects include Gordhan’s strong stance against corruption and financial mismanagement, which will undoubtedly boost investor confidence and the property sector.

He says the new housing subsidy scheme (subsidies of up to R85 000) aimed at individuals earning between

R3 500 and R15 000 a month will give the lower end of the market much needed impetus.

Dr Andrew Golding, chief executive officer of the Pam Golding Property Group has welcomed the new Cities Support Programme focused on improved spatial planning, public transport systems and management of infrastructure in eight metropolitans.

“Home buyers increasingly seek to live in areas within easy reach of transport to places of employment to avoid the increasing effects of rising fuel costs, toll roads, traffic congestion and time wastage.”

Golding says they had hoped for further reduction in transfer duty payable by home buyers to help encourage home ownership, which in itself helps provide future financial security for home owners.

“The housing market remains under pressure, and while interest rates remain historically low, a recovery in the market is expected to remain relatively muted for the remainder of this year.”

Craig Hutchison, chief executive officer of Engel & Volkers Southern Africa, says the budget’s focus on job creation, education and infrastructure improvement bodes well for the property market.

Bond originator Betterbond says the positive sentiment expressed in the Budget will further stimulate housing demand and increase the ability of home seekers to qualify for housing finance.

Property24.com

by DENISE MHLANGAOn 23 February 2011, South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan raised the transfer duty threshold by R100 000 to R600 000.

According to Lightstone, the 2011 adjustment also changed the ruling to allow juristic entities, i.e. trusts, CCs and Pty Ltds to also benefit from the R600 000 transfer duty allowance.

Lightstone conducted a study of the impact of amendments to transfer duty in respect of property sales.

Hayley Ivins says in order to understand whether these adjustments had any impact on sales in the property market, they examined the frequency of property sales in the R500 000 to R600 000 price bracket in the six month period pre and post the date of implementation i.e. 23 February 2011.

She says they excluded those transactions that were directly from property developers as they do not carry transfer duty costs and portions of title shares.

The study also looked at sales to natural persons and juristic entities independently.

Results from the study revealed that property sales increased by 8% for natural persons.

Looking at people buying property in their personal capacity registered against their ID number at the Deeds Office, the number of sales in the R500 000 to R600 000 band in the six-month period prior to the transfer duty amendment was 6 378 and this rose to 6 879 in the six months post the adjustment, she points out.

In the case of juristic entities, the study identified a 36% lift in property sales between the R500 000 and R600 000 band in the six month period post the announcement, from 635 to 866 sales.

“This indicates that the adjustment served as an impetus for purchases in the names of juristic entities, in the price band exempt of transfer duty.”

Ivins adds that the study results indicate that an increase in the minimum value for transfer duty appears to stimulate the appetite of buyers in the value band exempt from transfer costs.Property24.com

Transfer duty and the property market

South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his annual budget speech recently. Photograph courtesy World Economic Forum.

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by DENISE MHLANGAWhether buying a primary residence or for letting purposes, the new residential property developments in Johannesburg and Cape Town are in demand.

In Johannesburg, Melrose Arch’s latest residential development Forty on Oak is set to deliver a super-modern cosmopolitan lifestyle to a privileged few.

Forty on Oak has 59 apartments measuring between 95 square metres for one bedroom apartments to 886 square metre penthouses.

It has set a new standard for sustainable living and boasts the first ever Four-Star Green Star Rating awarded to a multi-unit residential development in South Africa.

Built on an existing ‘green’ infrastructure, further energy reductions are accomplished via the use of revolutionary technology that intelligently reduces and monitors energy consumption.

Developers Amdec say those that buy to live at Forty on Oak will enjoy the ultimate in enviable lifestyles, just steps away from the very best in shopping, wining, dining and more.

“Forty on Oak seamlessly delivers everything the heart desires in a luxury lifestyle investment that will appreciate over time,” says Amdec.

According to Amdec, this development has attracted significant interest from foreign buyers and local corporations.

They say the top-end buy-to-let investors appreciate the superb returns that Melrose Arch apartments have achieved to-date.

Beyond the qualities evident in the apartments themselves, appreciating value may also be attributed to the excellent security and brilliantly managed and maintained environment.

Peet Strauss, Melrose Arch development manager for Pam Golding Properties (PGP), says 35 of the 59 units available in the five-storey apartment block situated adjacent to the Protea Fire & Ice Hotel have already been sold.

This represents more than 70 percent of the apartments, which were placed on the market by PGP in June 2011.

The apartments will be ready for occupation by the end of this year and are valued between R3.7 million and R28 million.

The total value of the units in the new apartment block is R400 million.

Strauss indicates that two of five luxury penthouse apartments available have also been sold for R25 million and R28 million respectively.

Strauss explains that demand is spurred on by the limited accommodation on offer in the highly fashionable mixed-use development, as much of the space in Melrose Arch is devoted to offices and retail.

There will only be a total of 172 units available once the third phase is complete, and because Melrose Arch offers secure high street living, these apartments are fast proving to be a sound investment, he says.

In Cape Town, Little Moorings, the first new residential development to be built at Century City in the past 18 months is almost complete, with transfers scheduled to take place this month.

Comprising 42 one and two bedroom studio units, Little Moorings is the first new development to be linked into Century City Connect, Century City’s revolutionary fibre optic open access network.

This provides the country’s fastest last mile open access network over which a select number of Internet Service Providers can offer those living and working in the precinct the fastest voice, broadband and multimedia services.

Brian Usher of Property World, the official on-site agency at Century City, says only two of the 44 apartments remain to be sold.

Buyers at Little Moorings were investors who bought to let, and tenants were snapping up these apartments, many of which are water facing.

“There is no doubt Century City Connect has been an

additional drawcard with tenants prepared to pay a premium to stay there,” says Usher.

One bedroom apartments command rentals of between R6 500 and R6 800 per month and two bedroom units from R8 800 to R9 000 per month, he says.

Little Moorings is set in a secure, private garden fronting a canal which links into the 8km of waterways at Century City The site is secured by means of perimeter palisade fencing with access control.

Priced from R750 000 to R1 750 million, apartments measure between 50 square metres for one bedroom units, to 99 square metres for two bedroom, two bathroom apartments.

The Herschel, which was launched in 2011, is an iconic luxury apartment building which continues the transformation of Claremont’s central precinct, which started

with the construction of Cavendish Square 30 years ago.

Set within 150 square metres of Cavendish Square, and within easy cycling or commuting distance to the University of Cape Town, The Herschel comprises 66 apartments priced from R1.2 million.

Berman Bros and Sandak-Lewin Developments formed a joint venture to develop this R140 million project on a prime site of 2 364 square metres, on the corner of Herschel Road and Herschel Close.

Paul Berman says they have sold 30 percent of these top-end apartments to a wide range of buyers.

Buyers include local people downscaling from larger, older homes to reduce their overheads, and looking for a lock-up and go lifestyle, and young entrepreneurs, businesspeople, investors and

parents of students at UCT.Buh-Rein Estate, the

largest private development currently being undertaken in the Western Cape suburb of Tygerberg will have 3241 apartments, 133 freestanding homes and 137 townhouses once complete.

Two-bedroom apartments fetch rentals of R4 000 per month, and Roos attributes the success of the estate to a good balance between lifestyle, security and convenience at a very affordable price.

Buh-Rein Estate offers a state-of-the-art five-tier security system, 20 pocket parks, multipurpose sports fields and green zones, more than 2000 indigenous trees, 10km of jogging and cycling tracks, a shopping centre and a petrol station, a fast food drive-through, a sports clubhouse and management centre.Property24.com

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Forty on Oak is one of the latest and hottest property developments in South Africa. It is located in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg and boasts the benefit of living just a few steps away from the finest shops and restaurants in the area.

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Dullstroom is a small town situated only two hours away from Pretoria and three hours from Johannesburg. It’s well-known as a safe tourist destination where you can enjoy outdoor activities such as fly-fishing, endless kilometres of mountain biking and horse riding. Property in the area is a mixed bag, from working farms and guest farms to village properties categorised as permanent residences and luxury holiday homes. These properties are also rented out over weekends and generate a good return on investment.

“Most of our properties are of a leisure/second home nature. The second home market has taken a definite knock during the recession period and sales in 2011 were

very slow,” says Charmane Horn, team leader of Engel & Völkers Dullstroom. “Average farms in the area start at the R2 million mark for a typical weekend farm, and up to R10 million for a working farm. Village stands are in the region of R350 000 and homes average around R1.5 million. In 2012 the enquiries for the area have increased rapidly,” she concluded.

Futher east, about 320km from Pretoria, is Nelspruit ,a city surrounded by majestic mountain ranges and with a subtropical climate. It is the ideal area for citrus fruit farming and forestry, and perfect for either investing in developments, buyers looking for holiday homes or anyone

looking to move away from the metropolis areas to the quiet bushveld suburbs of the Lowveld. “We are currently focused on the Elawini Lifestyle Estate. What makes this estate noteworthy is the fact that it’s the only lifestyle estate in Nelspruit with a complete and fully functional central facility, which includes a gym, 25m swimming pool and squash court. The estate offers stands right next to the beautiful Nelsriver, says Kobus Bosman Licence Partner of Engel & Völkers Nelspruit.

“Full title stands with an average size of 800m², are selling from R410 000. Building packages with a private stand fenced

off with a brick perimeter wall start at R1,2 million. A three-bedroom, two-bathroom sectional title duplex with two carports goes for R845 000 and single storey 3 bedroom, two-bathroom sectional title units with a double garage, for R1,045 million. Building contracts, depending on structure and finishes, are around R6000 per m² (excl. the stand),” Kobus added.

Moving north into Limpopo province, nestled between the Kruger National Park and the Blyde River Canyon, you find the small agricultural and tourist town of Hoedspruit. Hoedspruit finds itself in an enviable position because of its access to the private game areas of the Timbavati and

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Mpumalanga and Limpopo are truly provinces with hidden treasures around every corner. They are home to luscious green vegetation, some astonishing mountain ranges, and are an investor’s paradise.

If you’d like to find out more about properties in this area, please contact Engel & Völkers at +27 12 346 7777 or [email protected].

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Rand firmer after largest debt restructuring in historyTHE Rand began trading last week Monday 5 March around the 11.91 mark against its British counterpart and 9.93 to the Euro. The Rand closed significantly stronger on Friday 9 March at 11.77 to the British Pound and 9.97 to the Euro.

Once again the European Single Currency is the big market mover on the forex front. The Rand flew to strength in anticipation of positive feedback coming from Greece on Thursday. The GBP/ZAR cross strengthened some 15 cents in a matter of hours in

preparation for positive feedback from the EU.

Greek debt holders seem to be supportive of the proposed bailout plan whereby Greece will restructure its current debt situation to a longer maturity and lower yield debt instrument. This will ease their short term borrowing pressure and make the debt repayments more manageable.

We can expect the Rand to continue to track the Euro as investors rekindle their appetite for risk under the new current market

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THE GRAFT IS GREENER

by PAUL HARRISON

• Born: Sandton, South Africa

• How long in UK: Since November 2000 (11 years)

• Job: Regional manager for one of the UK’s largest self storage companies, Access Self Storage

• Background: I studied Sports Management and Business Management at RAU and qualified at the end of 2000. In 2001 I came to the UK to begin my career and gain experience in business management with a goal of returning to South Africa. In February 2001 I found a job with Access Self Storage and then I found a wife, and have never looked back.

• Motto: Always try to achieve your best every day by doing your very best every day.

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What do you do in your job? I am responsible for 13 self storage sites throughout the Greater London region. The main purpose of my role is to ensure my stores are staffed with motivated teams with the necessary skills to tackle a difficult and competitive industry and to encourage them to generate new business and exceed their store budgets.Most exciting thing about your job? In such a competitive industry it really excites me when I exceed my monthly sales targets. I am also motivated by team-building and staff development. I get great satisfaction when I see that my teams are energised, motivated, hungry and have a commitment to their jobs. It also excites me to see individuals who have worked hard and made a contribution to the

success of the business go on to make fantastic careers within our organisation.Most challenging thing about your job? Increasing our business during the current economic downturn. The self storage industry thrives when

the housing market is buoyant and since 2008, when the market fell sharply, together with the credit crunch, it has been an extremely challenging period. We are still receiving lots of enquiries but converting them into sales is extremely challenging.

Future plans? I am in a stable place right now. I have worked and lived in the UK for the past 11 years and will most likely stay here for the rest of my life.

I am ambitious and would like to continue developing my career with Access Self Storage.Do you think being South African helps you in your job? I think my upbringing in South Africa has really helped me progress in my career at Access Self Storage. South Africans are driven, direct and very motivated.

Those from my generation grew up during a lot of political change and lots of uncertainty about employment prospects. Therefore we had to study harder, work harder and play harder than most, in order to have a chance to succeed in later life.

Coming to the UK with my South African background also helped me to integrate well. During my time in the UK, I have learnt a lot more about life and about running a business.

South Africa back in the 1990s was a very sheltered place whereas the UK is more exposed and has allowed me to learn and develop.

AH, bullying! Something we have no doubt all experienced. It can happen at home, school, in the street and yes, unfortunately, it happens in the workplace too.

A lot of people have asked me to write on bullying in the workplace, especially by upper management.

My thoughts on this basically come down to training. When a human being wants to assert their will on a situation, there are basically two ways of doing it, using the “carrot” (motivation) or the “stick” (demotivation) to get the outcome they are after.

Motivation is always a nicer way to go but people by nature will react quicker away from pain than towards pleasure. Humans know this instinctively and if we don’t feel that we can get what we want by being nice, we can revert to being nasty, in this case, bullying. The problem with this kind of approach is that it incurs strong resentment from the person being bullied and someone with a strong self image could react quite strongly after being bullied.

If senior management are respected by their employees, they will be well supported. If they are feared or deemed bullies, they may get short term results but should not be surprised if loyalty wanes…

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Decide for yourself whether Guiness tastes different in Ireland at the Gravity Bar on the top floor of the Guiness Storehouse. Photography by José María Mateos.

It’s St Patrick’s Day this Saturday and in honour of it NINA McGRATH recounts her visit to the Emerald Isle

In Dublin’s fair cityby NINA MCGRATHMY husband and I spent a long weekend in Dublin last summer. We flew with Aer Lingus and were greeted by the cabin crew in their lilting Irish accents. The pilot’s voice informed us that it was ‘A pleasant tir-teen degrees in Dublin’. That’s summer in Ireland for you.

We went straight to O’Connell Street, Dublin’s main thoroughfare. You don’t have to look far to ascertain you're in Ireland – the pillar boxes aren't red but a sedate shade of green and we spotted shamrocks decorating the street lamps. Street signs are in both Gaelic and English, which is handy as you can’t get by just pronouncing the Irish phonetically, for example ‘Dan Laoghaire’ is pronounced ‘Dan Leery’.

Up the DubsO’Connell Street is home to The Spire of Dublin, a 398ft stainless steel spike that looks like it's waiting to receive a receipt the size of a city block. The Spire is located on the site of Nelson's Pillar which was bombed by former IRA members in 1966.

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‘Black’ nectar of the godsWe crossed the River Liffey via the Ha'penny Bridge (so named as this was the

toll once charged to cross it) and wandered through the narrow cobbled streets of Temple Bar. We were keen to find a pub and see if there was any truth in the rumour that Guinness tastes different in Ireland. There certainly is. The delicious dark pint I sampled was a world away from the bitter brew I had grabbed at the off-licence last St Patrick’s Day in London.Our newly discovered taste for Guinness inspired us to visit the Guinness Storehouse and ascend seven floors of the pint shaped building. Thankfully we didn’t have to wait until the seventh floor to taste it, instead sampling it in the tasting lab on the first floor. We finally visited the Gravity Bar, where we sipped Guinness while taking in 360 degree views of the Irish capital.

The ghosts of Irish pastOur next stop was Trinity College, Ireland’s oldest university. Its graduates include writers Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker and Oscar Wilde. We took in the art, architecture and tall tales on a walking tour of the campus. At the sculpture of George Salmon, provost of the College from 1888 to 1904, we were told that Salmon fought bitterly to keep women out of the College, threatening to admit them 'over my dead body'. He fulfilled this promise by dying shortly after the College was finally opened to female students. To add insult to injury his statue is dressed in women's clothes one day a year.

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‘The Gentleman’ is a proudly Zimbabwean film that tells a ‘story of corruption, love, deception and social degradation’.

Nominees announced, let the voting commence!by MARY ISOKARIARITHE shortlisted nominees for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards were announced at a Public Nominations event on Saturday 25 February at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel.

The evening was presented by Zeb Manatse, the chief panellist of the ZAA, who described the nominees as “making us proud to be Zimbabweans.”

More than 100 names were shortlisted in the six categories: Business; Sports & Culture; Community; Media; Music and the Special Category including the Outstanding Achievement Award, ‘given to an individual who has reached a milestone in their career.’

Whittling down the 600 entries was said to have been a mammoth task. “We received a large response, said Zeb Manatse, therefore we tried to follow a rigorous approach to recognise this challenge.”

Zimbabwean film previews in London

by STAFF REPORTERBASE Africa proudly presents an exclusive London screening of the hit Southern African movie The Gentleman on 24 March at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square.

The high-speed action crime drama is produced by Zimbabwean based Ivory Pictures and the Decent Arthouse and is

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Lauren Penny Member of the women’s hockey team that qualified for the Olympics

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by KWAME WILSONBALANCING her 9-5 sales job during the week and her sporting commitments abroad on the weekends, hockey player Lauren Penny spoke to us about

her excitement ahead of the Olympics, and how she acquired the nickname ‘Spiko’!Where in London do you live?Bow, East London, almost next door to the Olympic Stadium.

What was it like for you growing up in South Africa?Growing up there was about being outside in the sun, playing sport and having a good time with friends. I love the diversity of SA and because I had a few circles of friends from the various teams I played in, I got to understand some of the many cultures. I am still very much a proud South African.How excited are you after defeating India in the final of FIH Road to London, to now be heading to the Olympics?It’s been incredible, I cannot explain the feeling. I’m still on such a high and even after getting back to normal life and my full-time job I still relive the memory again and again in my head. That was a special moment I will cherish for a long time, and the prospect of potentially being at the Olympics is very exciting.Excelling in tough tournament conditions like you did in India, do you think this bodes well for the team at the Games?Absolutely, it gives us a great foundation to build upon. We’ve worked hard over the last few months and a big focus has been on coping in mentally tough situations. There’s been a change in SA hockey recently, especially with the appointment of a new coach in the last 18 months. He has instilled a lot belief and drive within the players and I genuinely believe this is the start of a great era for SA hockey.Has it been a whirlwind affair for you, making your debut in January and grabbing a World Championship medal just a month later?It’s been like a fairytale. Everything just seemed to fall into place. It might sound a bit clichéd but it feels like this is what I was born to do. Although it’s been tough at times and I suffered a chest infection from travelling to

Team SA ‘Head & Shoulders’ above the restby KWAME WILSONTHE South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) last week confirmed that consumer product company Procter & Gamble (P&G) had agreed to a 10-year partnership that will start in time for the preparation of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

P&G, the company behind many household staples such as Fairy Liquid, Head & Shoulders and Pampers, will also contribute to the development of South Africa’s stars of tomorrow by assisting youth sports development.

This will come as great news

for South African sport, as Sascoc President Gideons Sam recently asked for financial backing for the South African Olympic team.

Sascoc receives most of its funding from the National Lottery but has had trouble securing enough capital to allow top athletes to travel to the most prestigious tournaments and to train with the best facilities and coaching staff. Chinese clothing company Erke, which will serve as Team SA’s Olympic sponsor through to the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, is locked into a deal worth R25 million.

“This assistance is appreciated

and we are very excited about it,” Sam said at the press conference in Johannesburg. “It goes towards assisting athletes and ensures that every athlete gets a fair deal.”

Stanislav Vecera, P&G’s vice president for South and East Africa said, “This collaboration is much more than a sponsorship. For P&G, it’s about bringing together our purposes of touching and improving lives and the Olympic purpose of building a better world through sport.”

With the new deal in place, let’s hope the sponsorhip will allow Team SA to be ‘Head & Shoulders’ above the competition.

SA every weekend, it’s all been worth it.Working 9-5 in London and playing home games for the national side on the weekend must be hectic. What is it like balancing two jobs on two different continents?My job is in sales, so there is a lot of pressure. This has probably been my biggest challenge especially as January is the biggest month of the year for us. I would love sport to be my full-time job and think it would make a big difference to my peformance but with the lack of funding this just isn’t possible, so balance is really important. I am now a frequent flyer and regularly have my dinner on a Friday night at the Heathrow Pret after work. After a weekend in South Africa it’s straight back into work on the Monday morning.Moving to England in your teens and playing for SA at the Olympics will be pretty surreal. Do you feel familiar surroundings will help you?It has all happened so quickly that it’s still sinking in. Playing for my country has always been my dream and to have the opportunity to play in the Olympics is one thing but for this to happen in such a

short period of time is something I didn’t even dream about. I hope to grab this opportunity with both hands because I have the added advantage of not only living down the road but also a lot of support from family and friends who will be watching and already have tickets.After the success in Delhi, do you feel the team can go all the way at the London Games?I don’t see why not. We have a great squad and when we click we are really dangerous. The key will be consistency.Favourite SA food?It has got to be a braai with Niknaks and biltong as a pre-snack.Lastly, out of pure curiosity, how did you get the nickname Spiko?When I first came to England they asked me to name all my nicknames, one of which was Spykerkop, which I got when I lost a dare and agreed to shave my hair off. Obviously the English folk couldn’t pronounce this so they just called me Spiker instead and it stuck. My other nickname is Rooney, because I apparently play like him and I’m also a big Man United fan.

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THE latest decision by the IRB has amplified the inconsistent application of the international player eligibility rules. The governing body’s Regulations Committee Panel last week declared promising flyhalf Steven Shingler ineligible for Scotland – despite the player having already trained with their national team – and that he is tied to Wales as he had already represented Wales Under 20 last year.

Player eligibility is governed by IRB Regulation 8, which states that if a player is selected (the key word) for one of the senior or next senior national 15-a-side teams, or the national Sevens team, he is committed for life – or until the IRB change the rules – to that country. In order to qualify for a specific country, a player has to be born there, have one parent or grandparent born there, or complete 36 consecutive months of residency. As stated by the IRB in its explanation of the application of the rules, “such a national link is essential to maintain the unique characteristics and culture of elite international sporting competition between unions.” Any first tier union in breach of the regulations could face a £100,000 fine.

Shingler is somewhat of a rugby schizophrenic: he was born in Wales to a Scottish mother and represents London Irish in England. What is unfortunate for the 20-year old is that he clearly wants to represent Scotland (he accepted a call-up to the Scottish training squad for this year’s 6 Nations) and so Welsh coach Warren Gatland – with

Rhys Priestland and James Hook currently the first-choice flyhalves – is unlikely to pick Shingler given his lack of loyalty to the red jumper. As such, it’s hard to gauge the motivation of the Welsh union, apart from setting a precedent for similar cases. What we do know is that Wales has declared its Under 20 team as its next senior team (all IRB unions have to do so), thereby protecting its youthful assets. Scotland argued that Shingler never signed the declaration for Wales, however the IRB ruled that his appearance for Wales under-20 was deemed acceptance.

However, there exists an inconsistency where the Pacific Islanders and British & Irish Lions are concerned. These outfits play fully recognised Test matches, yet IRB Regulation 8 does not apply to them. For example, Sione Lauaki and Sitiveni Sivivatu played for the Islanders in 2004, yet were both picked for the All Blacks soon afterwards. Closer to home, Sharks lock Steven Sykes departed for Ireland last year and was keen

to qualify for them. This after he sat on the Bok bench (so he was “selected”) once in 2009, but since it

was against the British Lions, he entered Ireland through a proverbial loophole.

Tiaan Strauss, a Springbok loose forward 15 times between 1992 and 1994, also gained 11 caps for the Wallabies in 1999, but the above rulings only applied after 1 January 2000. Clyde Rathbone, the Springbok Under 21 captain in 2002 was free to move to Australia as South Africa A is the next senior team, and he qualified for the Wallabies on the grounds of his Queensland-born grandmother. Perhaps it’s high time the IRB revisit the regulations. Clearly, some tweaks are required.

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Shingler is ineligIble to play for Scotland. Photo by Steve Nottingham.

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Elite Ladies winner Ashleigh Moolman (left) and Elite Mens winner Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (right) at the annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tour which took place on Sunday.

Janse van Rensburg and Moolman claim their maiden Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour victories

ARGUS WINNERS BEAT HEAT AND CRASHESby STAFF REPORTER

Reinardt Janse van Rensburg of Team MTN Qhubeka steered clear of two early

crashes to claim his maiden Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour victory in a sprint finish on Sunday.

Herman Fouche (Team Bonitas) improved on his third-place finish of last year by claiming second place in the 111km race, while Team Nu Water/CTM cyclist Jaco Venter came in third.

Last year’s runner-up in the women’s race, Ashleigh Moolman

(Team Momentum Toyota) managed to avoid a massive crash involving more than 20 elite women riders to take the title. Defending champion Cherise Taylor was placed in a neck brace, and several other favourites were taken to hospital.

Close on Moolman’s heels was teammate Lynette Burger, who fell to third place just before the finish after a spirited charge by Team Bizhub-fcf’s Catherine Williamson, who came second.

An estimated 32,500 cyclists

took off from Hertzog Boulevard early on Sunday in what could only be described as perfect riding conditions. “The wind died down at about 4am, leaving cyclists with clear skies and mild conditions. However, temperatures really picked up toward midday and we had to dispatch additional water, Powerade and Coke supplies to refreshment stations along the route,” said David Bellairs, Marketing and Sponsorship Director of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust.

Janse van Rensburg said after the race that the front riders launched a series of attacks from about 10km from the finish. “The leading bunch really tried to tire each other out. When we were 400m from the finish line I looked back and saw two climbers – Kevin Evans and Jaco Venter – with sprinters like Arran Brown behind them. I decided to edge ahead of the bunch, just managing to hold the lead until I crossed.”

Sports minister Fikile Mbalula completed the race in tandem

with professional rider Andrew McLean, raising awareness of the ‘I Play Fair’ anti-doping campaign.

“We can’t just tell people they must live healthy lifestyles. We must lead from the front,” Mbalula said after completing the ride.

Western Cape premier Helen Zille also finished the race on a tandem bike.

Japie Malan, the oldest finisher, completed the race in five hours, 49 minutes, at the age of 92.

Read Japie’s story on www.thesouthafrican.com/sport

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