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Who are South Africa’s 10 richest people? | p3How much has 20 years of economic transformation changed the make up of South Africa’s rich list?

INSIDE:by SERTAN SANDERSONONLINE scammers have launched a new series of attacks on unsuspecting jobseekers looking to immigrate into the United Kingdom in a bid to find work.

Breytenbachs Immigration Consultants discovered several con schemes whereby attractive positions in the UK are posted on well-known online platforms, especially pertaining to the hospitality industry, giving false promises to facilitate work permit procedures – at a certain transaction charge. Once the alleged visa fee is handed over to the online scammers or personal bank details are exchanged, the hopeful jobseekers never hear from these alleged employers again and lose all the money they had paid.

Breytenbachs recommends that the safest way to avoid falling victim to such scam artists is to do your own homework, especially by verifying that the job posts are legit. You should contact the company in question directly and find out what positions are up for grabs and who is in charge of hiring new staff, i.e. the name of the HR manager. But take care to find the applicable contact numbers and email addresses yourself rather than using the ones posted on advertisements, as these are

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Also be wary of anyone who claims to work for a popular corporation while using a private email account, as this is another red flag hinting at online scams.

Watch out for any definite job offers without an actual interview taking place. Any employer would always want to meet a candidate

before hiring him or her – why should it be any different when applying online? However, the most obvious warning sign for dealing with such scammers is the exchange of money: if they ask you to pay for any alleged fees upfront you should run the other way. Work permits and visas are always financed by the person applying for them and not by any

employer or any other sponsor.Make sure that you never give

out any banking details online and don’t send any money to people you don’t know. Western Union and MoneyGram are often used as conduits by money launderers and scammers. It’s better to be safe than sorry. Share your views at thesouthafrican.com/news

South Africans are urged to beware of the latest UK immigration scam which is targeting online jobseekers on respected jobseeking websites by charging a supposed ‘visa fee’

LION’S SHARE: In this week’s episode of BBC series ‘Wonders of Life’, Professor Brian Cox travels to the biodiverse hot spots of Southern Africa and Madagascar. Using this lion cub in South Africa as an example, he searches for clues to the origin of life. Watch on Sunday at 9pm on BBC Two.

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by SULIET OLADOKUNSOUTH Africa’s Patrice Motsepe, who Forbes magazine lists as the sixth richest person in Africa, has vowed to give half of his fortune to a foundation to help the poor.

The executive chairperson of African Rainbow Minerals will transfer his riches to the Motsepe foundation.

He has pledged to use the money to address education and health issues in South Africa.

He hopes to create projects that will enable the beneficiaries to be self-sustaining.

Motsepe said, “I decided quite some time ago to give at least half of the funds generated by our family assets to uplift poor and other disadvantaged and marginalised South Africans.”

“[I] was also duty-bound and committed to ensuring that it would be done in a way that protects the interests and retains the confidence of our shareholders and investors,” the businessman added.

Motsepe cites ‘Giving Pledge’ members Bill Gates and Warren Buffet as inspiration.

Giving Pledge is an organisation which invites the wealthiest people (mainly billionaires) to donate the majority of their wealth to

SA billionaire Motsepe pledges to give half his fortune to the poor

philanthropist causes during their lifetime or after their death. The organisation has recruited almost 100 billionaires.

The organisation which initially started in America now encourages the wealthy across the world to donate.

The organisation was initiated by Buffet and Gates’ philanthropist wife Melinda.

Gates commended Motsepe’s decision in a live video shown at the Davos meeting last week. Motsepe of course was in attendance at the occasion.

He cites his upbringing and those in his community as the reason behind his donation.

“South Africans are caring, compassionate and loving people. It has always been part of our culture and tradition to assist and care for less fortunate and marginalised members of our communities” said Motsepe.

Motsepe’s net worth was estimated at $2.65-billion as of November 2012 by Forbes magazine. It was disclosed during a visit to Davos that Motsepe showed an interest in purchasing South African’s Independent Newspaper Group.

He also revealed to Bloomberg plans to expand African Rainbow Minerals by purchasing platinum mines.

Billionaire from humble beginnings to share family fortune on the Giving Pledge model

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by OLIVIA WAINWRIGHT While South Africa has seen great change over the past 20 years both politically and economically, have the demographics of the top 10 wealthiest changed that much? The following list speaks for itself:

Nicky OppenheimerWho: Had 40% ownership

of DeBeers Diamond mining company which he then sold to mining company AngloAmerica.

Worth: $6.8 billionHow: Inherited from his

grandfather Ernest Oppenheimer.Education: Studied Politics,

Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and went on to do an MA.

Lives in: London and Johannesburg

Ivan GlasenbergWho: CEO of Glencore

International Plc. the mining and trading company.

Worth: $6.7 billion.How: Self-made money.Education: Received a Bachelor

of Arts/Science from the University of Witwatersrand and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Souther California.

Lives in: Switzerland

Johann RupertWho: Chairman of the Swiss-

based company Richemont which sells luxury goods. He is also chairman of the South African based company Remgro.

Worth: $5.1 billion.How: Inherited from the

companies from his father, but has also made his own money through investments.

Education: Started a degree in economics and company law at the University of Stellenbosch, however dropped out to pursue his career. In 2004 Rupert was given an honorary doctorate in economics from the University of Stellenbosch. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate in commerce from the Nelson Mandela University in 2008.

Lives in: Cape Town

Christoffel WieseWho: Christoffel is the Executive

Director of Shoprite. His leadership in the company

has led to its growth from its original eight retail stores in 1979 to over 1 300 stores across South Africa and Africa.

Worth: $3.7 billion.How: Self-made.Education: Wiese studied at

the University of Stellenbosch receiving both a Bachelor of Arts/Science degree and a LLB.

Lives in: Cape Town

The 10 richest South AfricansPatrice Motsepe

Who: Owner and creator of African Rainbow Minerals, the mining conglomerate. Motsepe is also a stakeholder and deputy chairman of Sanlam and the president and owner of Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.

Worth: $2.65 billion.How: Self-made.Education: Gained a BA from

the University of Swaziland and a law degree from the University of Witwatersrand. He was also the first black partner at the law firm Bowman Gilfillan.

Lives in: Johannesburg

Stephen SaadWho: The co-founder of

Pharmacare, the largest publicly traded Pharmaceutical company on the Johannesburg stock exchange.

Worth: $975 million.How: Self-made.

Education: Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and Associates Degree from South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Lauritz DippenaarWho: Co-founder of FirstRand

Limited and the Chairman of Momentum, Discovery and OUTsurance insurance companies.

Worth: $625 million.How: Self-made.Education: Dippenaar is a

chartered accountant having graduated from the University of Pretoria and done his accountancy with Aiken & Carter.

Raymond AckermanWho: Chairman of Pick n Pay

until he left in 2010. In 1967 he bought the four existing Pick n Pay shops from their owner in Cape

Town, and today the company has 870 stores across Southern Africa.

Worth: $550 million.How: Self-made.Education: Bachelor of

Commerce from the University of Cape Town.

Gerrit Thomas FerreiraWho: Co-founder of FirstRand

group and is currently the executive chairman of RMB holdings.

Worth: $480 million.How: Self-made.Education: Ferreira has studied

for four separate degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He has received a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Business Administration Honours and a Masters of Business of Administration.

Lives in: Cape Town

Jannie MoutonWho: Founder of the PSG

financial services group. The business specialises in financial planning and investment banking, as well as a stake in Capitec Bank.

Worth: $415 million.How: Self-made.Education: Honorary Bachelor of

Commerce from the University of Stellenbosch.

Lives in: Cape Town

Michiel Le RouxWho: Chairman of Capitec Bank,

founded in 2001, which had 3.7 million customers by 20122.

Worth: $290 million.How: Self-made.Education: Bachelor of

Accounting from University of Stellenbosch; qualified chartered accountant.

Lives in: Cape Town

Despite two decades of economic and social transformation, the profile of South Africa’s richest has changed little

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by MARIANNE GRAYTHEY call artist Peter Clarke ‘the quiet chronicler of South Africa’ and this exhibition of his pictures observes and comments on his life in the Western Cape from 1956, when he gave up his job as a ship’s painter in Simon’s Town’s naval base to become an artist.

Self-taught, as in those days only whites went to art college, and inspired by Mpumalanga-born artist Gerard Sekoto, Clarke’s pictures are almost architecturally-painted scenes of urban, social and political realism in the context of apartheid and post-apartheid life in the Western Cape.

There’s nothing naturalistic about them and they tell their story vividly and passionately in

Peter Clarke: Evoking Cape Town life with passionate brushstrokesA stirring, exceptional exhibition by South African artist Peter

Clarke brings a bright slice of Cape Town and its people to London

bold strokes and dramatic colours. Clearly influenced by the German Expressionists and, he says, by Mexican art of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, his work is about people and human frailties and strengths. His people are resilient, interesting and well observed and he places them in their tough backgrounds with dignity.

The exhibition is of more than 80 thematically arranged woodcuts, gouaches, sketches, prints and collages, under sections like Daily Life, and spreads across two floors, confidently stylised and touchingly emotional. Sometimes with Afrikaans captions, like ‘Op pad’ or ‘Wind op die duine’ or a pregnant lady telling her friend ‘Man! En toe vertel ek hom’, they speak a

unique language, familiar and local.

He thrives depicting the life around him, like chilum smoking and queuing outside the construction site trying to find a job, from the harshly poignant to the deliciously witty. Clearly a humanist, nothing misses his visual eye. This is a stirring, exceptional exhibition.

The award-winning Clarke, now 81, still lives in Ocean View. His work is on display worldwide and this is his first major exhibition here. Don’t miss it.

The exhibition runs until March 9, 2013, at Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA

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‘Afrika which way’ (1978) and ‘Coming and going’ (1960) are two Peter Clarke works currently on display in London.

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EVERYBODY’S talking about it – well, those South Africans who went south for Christmas.

Two minutes into conversation and their sadness wells up in the eyes...like Puss in Shrek.

Few are immune to the furious blinking when you ask them about their trip. I can see the sun fading in the depths of their souls.

Ag man, it was great. The weather was great. Friends, family...wors sizzling on the braai. Jislaaik, it’s tough coming back to the dark, they say. They can’t help like little

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AFTER a very big Saturday night at The Dogs and then some really bad dancing in some super dodgy nightclub in the middle of nowhere, I woke up with a pretty bad hangover. In my world a hangover is all about sugar intake. Then it dawned on me, Sticky Toffee Pudding!! When last did you have it? The ultimate shock to the system!!! It’s an old classic, easy to make and always a winner – with or without a hangover…

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hamsters on the treadmill of winter.

Black to work, back to black in the evenings. My own black dog always lingers to take a hefty bite out of me until I feel like sitting in one spot, flicking through the pics on my iPhone until even those seem a millennium away.

So the first step to getting through this ‘when we’ phase is to admit to being depressed. Now men never admit to being depressed but I have seen plenty of skulking happening here.

Their shoulders droop as the tan fades and they swop braai tongs for Oyster cards.

Admit it – it’s grim coming back. It’s one thing entirely, having to return to work, and quite another facing the tubes in the morning, the pavements wet and nasty, but I am here to cheer you up.

Done with the angst and rootless dance.

Come on - how often do we get snow in South Africa?

Get to muscle with the windscreen and play chicken in the traffic when ice blocks your peripheral vision? Fun times! How often do we get to giggle at Sky weather in the morning

when the little sun kind of rises above the clouds

like a peeping Tom, and disappears a second

later? Where back home do you break into euphoria when the clouds

part and the sick, feeble sun says a brief hello, oh how we cherish the rays as never before.

Not buying it? Then think about the winter sales.

Think about the thrill of saying ‘one latte, dry with room for milk, one shot with extra sugar free hazelnut on the side.’ It certainly beats ‘een koffie asseblief.’

Umm, thinking here...what about wearing ‘glubs.’ Gloves are so cool and sort of distinguished. And what about feeling your nose thaw when you walk into a warm place, and not caring if it drips into your drink. Watching the daffs popping out of the frozen earth, such a promise to better times to come. Value the flight specials to Europe. Watching dogs walk in snow. Being able to genuinely moan to friends about something, everything – complaining is a national sport here.

And if all else fails to lift the spirits – take to the spirits. Drink plenty of wine - that is if the dears above do not succeed in boycotting our beloved South African wines. Only South African know-alls will call for a boycott of our own products.

No matter what, I still reach for the South African nectar, it feels as if I am there...in the heart of Franschoek. Die wingerd sing in die hart van Londen.

Here’s to the vine, the wine and getting toward the sun. Die Môreson.

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by STAFF REPORTERON Tuesday 12 March two award winning South African singers, Njabulo Madlala and Pumeza Matshikiza, will return to London to perform at St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square to raise awareness for FoodBank South Africa. They will perform a mix of opera, contemporary and traditional African songs.

Njabulo and Pumeza, who both grew up in the townships in South Africa, have taken the international stage by storm with their performances of opera and contemporary and African songs. Audiences across Europe have been captivated and transported to Africa by their musical artistry.

FoodBank South Africa (FoodBank) is a not for profit company which operates independently on private sector lines but has won government recognition as the national food banking network.

Launched in 2009, FoodbankSA has donated an estimated 50 million meals worth almost £15 million and now feeds thousands of disadvantaged people per day at a few pence per meal.

Ubuntu in Song: Madlala and Matshikiza in concert

Njabulo Madlala and Pumeza Matshikiza will return to London to perform at St Martin in the Fields to raise awareness for FoodBank

Tickets are priced at £10, £15 and £20. To purchase visit www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/music/concerts or phone 020 7766 1100.

Njabulo MadlalaThe highly acclaimed South

African baritone Njabulo Madlala comes from the Inanda township outside Durban and was winner of the 2010 Kathleen Ferrier Competition. He was awarded a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and studied further at Cardiff International Academy of Voice. He has performed at Glyndebourne, Sadlers Wells, Royal Opera House, Opera Holland Park, Wigmore Hall and for Scottish Opera as well as engagements abroad.

He has recently arranged and managed the Amazwi Omzansi Africa National Singing Competition with auditions throughout SA.

Pumeza MatshikizaPumeza grew up in the

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in London. She was part of the Royal Opera House (ROH)’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and won the Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in Dublin in 2010. She has performed widely including the wedding of Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock and is currently on a three year contract with Stuttgart Opera.Foodbank

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High Commissioner Dr Zola Skweyiya, Janet Broadhurst of Foodbank Foundation, pianist William Vann, Pumeza Mat-shikiza, Njabulo Madlala and Thuthukile Skweyiya at last year’s Foodbank concert in London. Photo: Heather Walker.

by RONEL VAN ZYLLAST week I attended a sold out once-off performance of A Handful of Keys by Ian von Memerty (one of the co-creators) and Jonathan Roxmouth at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room.

Cocktails were served to the audience before two pianos (one black and one red) and two men (one middle-aged and one young) greeted them in the intimate venue. Both South African entertainers

A Handful of Keys wows London are exceptional in their own right; performing together they captivated the audience for 75 minutes with song excerpts by artists such as Ally Macbeal’s Vonda Shephard, Richard Claydermann, Liberace (with Elton John shoes and trousers), Fats Waller and many more.

Roxmouth has a great voice and one can imagine him as the Phantom. His strip scene was applauded by the audience – never

thought we would get to see him only in his shiny black boxers!

More than simply two men on two pianos, this is an exceptional partnership. The almost seamless switches from solo to duet highlighted the consummate ability of both performers. This captivating mixture of musical theatre and comedy made for great entertainment. We hope A Hope Handful of Keys will return to London for more shows!

Jonathan Roxmouth and Ian von Memerty in ‘A Handful of Keys’. Photo by Ronel van Zyl



TOTAAL geskok was ek toe ek vanaand die Born Free Foundation se webblad oopmaak en die hoofopskrif lees “There is less than 24 hours to save the African lion!” Netso, soos ou Bertie van Egoli sou sê. My mond het sommer droog geword toe ek verder lees en besef dat dit nie 24 uur is nie, maar slegs 4 ½ uur voor die petisie sluit om die Koning van Afirka op die Amerikaanse lys van bedreigde spesies te kry.

Navorsing vir my artikel vir eers na agter gestoot, het ek gehaas om dié pleit te deel met my vriende regoor die wêreld en was tog te dankbaar vir die internet en al die sosiale netwerke tot ons beskikking. Sal dit nie tragies wees as ons die Leeu as ‘n wilde dier verloor nie? Dink net vir ‘n oomblik daaroor. Soos die Kaapse Bergkwagga wat onder ons oë verdwyn het is daar vele ander diere wat ons dink nog wild rondbeweeg, net om later geskok te leer dat dié spesie ook jare gelede uitgesterf het. So was dit amper ook die geval met die Namibiese Swartrenoster wat steeds sukkel om te oorleef, maar moenie dink dit hou die stropers

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Terug by die leeu. Was dit nie net die ander week wat ek genoem het van die Zambiese regering wat ‘n verbod op Leeujag geplaas het nie, en vanaand word ek geslaan met sò ‘n titel en openlike pleit na belangstellendes om kommentaar te lewer op die petisie wat dalk die oorlewing van die Afrika-leeu sal verseker?

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Afrika, nie net as jagtrofeë nie, maar vir die kommersiële verkoop van leeukloue, huide, koppe en ander dele.

Tussen 1998 en 2008 is 4139 (vierduisend eenhonderd nege en dertig ) leeu dele ingevoer na Amerika vir die jagtrofee-mark, dit verteenwoordig 3600 wilde leeus en 64% van die Internasionale handelstotaal, verder is die ekwivalent van 362 leeus vir die kommersiële mark geskiet wat 35% van die Internasionale totaal verteenwoordig.

Deur die Afrika-leeu op die Amerikaans lys van bedrygte spesies te kry sal dit die verbod op die invoer van die spesie vanuit Afrika beteken en sodoende sy grootste bedryging verminder. Kom ons hoop dat mense betyds was vir die petisie en so bygedra het tot die oorlewing van Afrika se mees ikoniese dier – Die Leeu.

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by STAFF REPORTERELIZABETH Glanville and Fiona McCready will be launching their debut novels, The Imaginist and Patchwork, in Camden on 21 February 2013. Both writers will be reading from their novels and selling and signing their books.

The South African’s Elizabeth Glanville launches debut novel The Imaginist

The Imaginist, which was longlisted for the inaugural Sony Reader Award in collaboration with The Dylan Thomas Prize, tells the story of Louise, who moves to London in search of the long-coveted young professional lifestyle, but finds the cold realities of real life

harsher than she ever imagined.Louise’s enthusiasm starts to

falter and she seeks solace in her daydreams. But when the line between reality and fantasy starts to blur Louise finds herself on the precipice between the two, with the pull towards idealism becoming just too strong to ignore.

Ryan, meanwhile, has high hopes from life, but when things don’t turn out as expected it becomes a struggle to keep face. As the gulf between real life and that which he portrays to others widens Ryan sinks deeper into despair and isolation.

“I’m so excited to be doing this,” said Glanville, who contributes articles to The South African. “I started writing novels nearly five years ago, so to finally have The Imaginist in print is just incredible.”

McCready’s book Patchwork tells the story of Anna and Sophie, two women who want more from life. They have passions, as most of us do, but these passions remain tucked away in a dusty hiding place obscured by everyday life. When chance presents them with an

opportunity to make their dreams a reality they grasp the chance, convinced it will bring them every happiness. So what happens when a dream comes true?

McCready, 33, has also published a collection of short travel stories, Stories from Afar, for which she won a national short story competition.

“I started writing Patchwork in 2009 after my flatmate and I gave up TV for Lent,” she said. “Dedicating all my time at home to writing became an addiction, and I loved it.”

The Imaginist and Patchwork will be launched at a joint event at 7pm on 21 February 2013, at 4 Crowndale Road, Camden NW1 1TT. Both writers will be reading from their books at 8pm. Glanville’s non-fiction book, The Quarterlife Crisis: Tips to Beat the Trials of the Twenties, will also be on sale, as well as McCready’s collection of short stories, Stories From Afar.

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Paul Holden: Corruption the brake on Africa’s economies by JEREMY KUPERTo what extent do you think the murky nature of corruption impacts on potential for growth in Sub-Saharan Africa?Basically it creates a dysfunctional state that is unable to deliver services to as wide a range of population as possible. Africa has grown a huge amount in the last few years but it’s largely been driven by primary extraction.For Africa to develop on a sustainable basis it needs to develop an industry that’s downstream from primary extraction – manufacturing – that would be adding value to the raw materials the country already has. I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that Africa’s a large part of the diamond trade, but the real value is added in Belgium…where the diamonds are cut, presented and made into jewellery.

The second thing is that it undermines the ability of the state to deliver basic services to the average person in Africa. Rather than the creation of a couple of urban elites that benefit a corrupt system, for a long-term sustainable development path you need education. You need a healthy population. That will only come about with an effective state mechanism to provide that, and corruption completely destroys the ability of the state to do that on a fair and equitable basis.

Why does corruption limit willingness of people to invest in ‘bricks and mortar’?For any stable development to happen you need really concerted commitment to property rights. Corruption completely destroys that concept, as well as placing a particular burden on the criminal justice system to remain independent, in order to prosecute people for corruption. You need more than just a lack of violence.

You need political stability, you need continuity, you need to know that the court system will be free

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from corruption so you can take investment decisions and business as normal – without that you operate in a vacuum.

Is democracy necessary for sustainable development?That’s a complicated issue. Look at China, which is incredibly successful and isn’t democratic. So to argue that democracy is the only requisite for development is to simplify matters. What democracy does do is it helps to achieve development and has a number of other beneficial impacts in terms of respecting human rights. These are not small things.

China functions well but it comes at a cost that I think is unacceptable. The complete lack of individual freedom at the most basic level to allocate your resources, allocate your time, allocate your labour in any way you wish.

It’s based on the inability to unionise, on a lack of protection of others. The reason China is successful is because they basically put in a system that allows for the mass exploitation of cheap labour without protection.

What impact does corruption have on development in South Africa – especially with regards to the Marikana protests last year?Two million people every year are engaged in service delivery protest. That’s five percent of the South African population. Huge numbers of studies have been done on this and the thing that always sparks it off is corruption.

The violence of Marikana needs to be seen in the context of the fact that the police, especially since Zuma’s presidency, has explicitly adopted a militaristic stance. It has adopted a shoot to kill policy.

So delivery protests turn violent largely because the police become violent first. There’s been an incredibly brutal response of the police to violence in those communities, and that leads to

broader violent protest. South Africa’s credit rating was

reduced largely on the back of that violence. That’s a major tangible impact on production. People are angry at corruption; at least with violent protest, it brings credit down.

What effect does corruption have on mining?Why was Marikana violent? There’s a direct link between corruption and the failing police system, and [the] response to that which is – the police shouldn’t be able to shoot whoever they want, as in the case of Marikana. The police service has become so ineffective because it is extremely corrupt.

I still think that within the mining sector itself the differential between a rock driller’s wages and the amount of profit the company still generates is the root problem.

The simple reality is that you still have a community of people, [who] despite working for a very profitable industry contributing a huge amount of tax, have a complete lack of basic services. Would a Marikana miner necessarily be demanding R12,000 if they knew that they would have cheap running water?

These are things that within the budget should be relatively cheap but it’s not cheap for a very particular reason, and that’s corruption.

How is unionisation going to factor in Africa’s prosperity?Primarily, unions provide a centralised bargaining mechanism, which leads to decisions that are collectively enforced. It provides a degree of contract making and discipline as a result. The problem [in Marikana] is the bargaining method excludes a union; the point is they’re not actually allowed to enter into a centralised bargaining mechanism at all.Where does the future lie for SA? Would you invest in SA if you were in business?Obviously I’m very pessimistic

about the state of corruption and about the state of ANC governance in South Africa.

That doesn’t mean I’m cynical about South Africa. It’s very clear to me the ANC is losing electoral support rapidly.

Now I don’t particularly like the DA [Democratic Alliance],

I completely disagree with their economic philosophy. But they will gain more seats and it will cut into the ANC’s majority, and I think that will lead to better governance.

Once that transition takes place, we’ll have a mature democracy.

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by STAFF REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Standard Bank has been ranked 98th on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World list, released during the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.

Standard Bank came in as one of nine banks, and the only African company, on the list of the 100 top-performing stocks worldwide according to a range of sector-specific “sustainability” measures.

The list is published annually by Canadian media and investment research company Corporate Knights, which commissions independent data collection for the project through direct engagement with the 350 companies that make the project’s shortlist, chosen from approximately 4 000 global mid- and large-cap stocks worldwide.

Canada and the United States led the way in country representation,

Standard Bank on global ‘green 100’each with 10 companies on this year’s list, followed by Australia, Britain and France, each with nine. Overall, the Global 100 drew companies from 22 countries on six continents.

Standard Bank’s head of sustainability management, Karin Ireton, told news publication Business Day that the group had made “significant investments in renewable energy, providing both debt financing and advisory services to project developers in South African renewable energy programmes.

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by MATTHEW CRIDGEDURING the period between the 28th of January and the 4th of February 2013 one Great British Pound fetched between R13.87 and R14.32 South African Rand’s. One Euro fetched between R12.05 and R12.29 South African Rand’s during the same period.

Last week started off very much where it left off the previous week, on the back foot and hovering around 3 year lows against its major currency counterparts. Foreign investors were pulling out of the emerging markets in droves and South Africa felt the full brunt of this risk aversion mindset.

“Portfolio outflows from the local bond market remain a real concern, given that we have seen R4bn of outflows since mid-January,” analysts at Absa Capital wrote in a note published on Wednesday.

Although the Rand started to strengthen towards the end of the week, breaking back through the psychological barrier of R9/1USD, it has struggled to regain lost ground from last year’s violent mining strikes and has subsequently fallen behind its emerging market peers who still remain firm favourites with investors wanting a good return.

A lot of the issues that the South African economy had to deal with have been sorted out, but international investors are still remaining very hesitant in putting their money back into South Africa, where it seems protests that cripple sectors of the economy occur weekly.

The Rand started off the 1st week of February on the front foot by strengthening against the major currencies. It broke through a key R8.85 barrier to the US Dollar and would remain range bound today, with possible further strengthening to follow.

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by JEREMY KUPERYou’re a former jazz musician?I thought I’d be a musician when I was 14 and we used to play in a little rock group in the West Rand for tennis club dances, 21st parties, and we’d get paid a little bit of pocket money.

And then I was conscripted. My grandfather was a conscientious objector in the first world war and I believe that he had quite a big influence on me and like him, I really didn’t want to evade my responsibilities, but I didn’t want to kill people…I felt that was wrong.

So I actually joined the band of the Light Horse Regiment, which was based in Johannesburg after my basic training and I carried on my professional career separately, whilst I was in the band in the army.

I played in the Plum Crazy club in the centre of Johannesburg, it was one of the first multiracial venues in the 1980s and we played there on a Sunday night sometimes, which was like jazz night – I took my wife there for our first date. The club was pretty seedy,

travelling schedule is challenging, you spend a lot of time on the plane. It’s tough on your family, it’s tough on your health.

After six months as CEO I got double pneumonia. And that’s a wake-up call. You can’t burn the candle at both ends, and it’s easy in this business - it’s a lot of entertaining clients, eating out, late night drinks, so you’ve got to have a very understanding wife.

What advice would you give to a young Saffer coming to London for the first time?If I can go back to my own experience, I applied for a job with EMI, I wanted to work desperately in the music industry and I thought EMI was the best company ever. And I’ll never forget going for an interview.

I was raw, straight off the plane having just qualified and spent a year post qualification working. And the first thing the recruitment consultant said, ‘You need to shape up a bit more’ and I see that echoed in a lot of South Africans who have come over; the market here is very competitive.

It’s highly sophisticated and in little things, like my hair was a little bit spiky. I wasn’t even aware that there would be a focus on how I looked as much. Dress code in SA is pretty informal, in most of Africa it’s informal, whereas in London I think the dress code is very formal, and also it’s

conservative. And I took that on board,

because those are just the cosmetic things. But this is a professional market; you need to look the part, you need to sound the part, you need to behave and you’ve got one opportunity and it’s very competitive. And so there was that adjustment and

that learning.

the middle of Johannesburg at that point (mid-80s)…wasn’t any safer then.

About four years into my career professionally, I realised that I wasn’t going to take over the world in music and I needed to maybe think of something different. And I was very keen on getting married (to my wife). I wasn’t making a living, so there was probably that pressure to look for something else as well.

As an accountant, how did you get involved in recruitment?I’ve been in the recruitment business since 1993, I know the business model. I still do recruitment now, even as CEO.

I’m still putting candidates in jobs from time to time, or referring openings and job opportunities for people that work for me. I’m very much hands on from that point of view – the financial side gives me a huge advantage in the sense that the outsourcing business is all numbers.

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Born: West Rand, Gauteng

Education: B.Acc (chartered accountant) from University of Witwatersrand, specialising in corporate law, taxation and business finance

Moved to UK: 1993

Career trajectory:

• 1982 to 1986: Completed compulsory military service and was a professional musician

• 1993 to 1998: Held various finance directorships within FTSE 100 Hays Group plc

• 1998: Joined Harvey Nash Group as CFO

• 2005: Appointed CEO of Harvey Nash, a £600m global professional recruitment and outsourcing group listed on the main Board of the London Stock Exchange with 40 offices across the USA, Europe and Asia

Lives in: Buckinghamshire, with his wife of 25 years, two children, two horses and English sheepdog

Hobbies: Road and mountain biking and the outdoors

What about the will to succeed – do you see that often in South Africans?There’s a few things I recognise in myself and other South Africans, such as a burning determination to succeed – you can look across at Europe and it’s not quite as evident.

For some reason South Africans love and reward success. Whereas here I’ve always been sensitive that success musn’t be shown too obviously. People in the UK don’t like overt bragging and success. For South Africans, success is

great and money is good. You are what you drive, you are where you live.

These outward demonstrations of wealth and status are important, whereas in Britain definitely it’s more understated.

There is a will and a determination to win, and I think it comes from the schools and the universities, particularly in Johannesburg, in the major cities.

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BY A.A.V. AMASIRISE Kagona is a musical icon, a play station guitar hero type, yet he is not even mentioned on the list of guitarists on Wikipedia. Has the world forgotten how to do the Jit Jive? Or are we Africans not appreciative of those of us who excel? If Keith Richards was one of two surviving members of the Rolling Stones, and ended up living a quiet life in Bulawayo, would Britain not pay attention to the legacy of his music? I bet there would be pilgrimages to Bulawayo.

My sidekick Arthur Matema and I decided to pay our own pilgrimage, to an African legend in the great cultural city of Edinburgh. We were afraid that on this road trip, we might not get an audience with the man himself. Rise has been busy lately; he is credited with teaching the lead guitarist of Afro-Scottish band Bwani Junction how to play the guitar. He is also fronting a band called Rise Kagona and the Jit Jive Band, while lending his skills to his protégé Ben Avison’s debut album, Good Day Mr Magpie.

It has been over 25 years since Zimbabwe’s Bhundu Boys took the UK music world by storm with their Harare sound. However, in the past few years, the British media has concentrated on sensationalising one of Africa’s biggest bands with a variety of recycled stories. We sat with a media-wary Kagona at Vodka

Rise Kagona: before the Bhundu BoysRevolutions in the heart of Edinburgh for seven hours, intent on understanding how the music came to be.

Kagona looks much younger than his 49, which is due to his daily gym regime, a routine that started in Lou Ferrigno’s (The Real Green and Mean Incredible Hulk) LA Gym. For a man who spent the first part of his career playing in the beer halls of Harare, he looked very uncomfortable in the bar. He later explained that because he does not drink or smoke, he stays away from places where people partake in the brew.

At some point you were hailed as one of the best guitarists in the world. When did you start playing the guitar?I can’t really say - as a kid. I taught myself with just three strings on a banjo, then a six-string acoustic. It was step by step, until I picked up an electric guitar. You had to do it yourself; we used to make drums with just plastic and wood. Where would you find a person to give you money to buy a guitar?

You are credited as the only guitarist in the world to have created your own genre known as Harare Jit. How did you create this sound?Well, I used to play mainly western pop and music by African legends like Franco because that was the type of music I was exposed to. That changed when

I met Washington Kavhai and Shakespeare Kagwena, who had just moved into my neighborhood from the farms. They played traditional rural folk songs in the style of Sinyoro Jackson Chinembiri. You know the type of music where the musician tells a story while playing a guitar; sometimes they would have a doll. What do you call it? When someone has a doll?

A ventriloquist?Yes, I made the conscious decision to learn how to play this type of music. Washie, Shakie and me did

a sort of musical cultural exchange program. I taught them how to play the music of the townships and they taught me how to play the music of the rural areas. I guess in a nutshell this is how the sound you have called Harare Jit was created, a fusion of different types of music. At what moment did you decide to take music seriously?They were many local bands that influenced me; in the early ‘70s I went to see a concert by the Zambian band The Witch and Osibisa (a British Afro-pop band)

at Gwanzura Stadium. I was very young; my uncle who used to love music took me to see them. This was at a time before big PA systems and watching them, I felt I wanted to be a real musician. It gave me a feeling that I wanted to be in front of a cheering crowd. How these guys had us in the palm of their hands; how we were responding to their music; I wanted that power, to be able to affect people that way.

Part I of our interview with the legendary guitarist traces his rise from Zimbabwe’s townships to British stardom in the ‘90s

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Rise Kagono and the Jit Jive Band, live at Clapham Common, August 2011 (Image: Vimeo)

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by SERTAN SANDERSONFROM Tennessee Williams’ plays to Mark Twain’s novels, the city of New Orleans has always been abundantly present in American culture though it is not often foreigners venture out to these banks of the Mississippi River on their transatlantic trips.

But as a fan of all things American, especially jazz, the city of New Orleans has been drawing me in each year for the past ten years. Located between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Delta and barely shy of the Gulf of Mexico, the “crescent city” has become known as much for its hurricanes as it is for its hurricane parties.

The laid-back and welcoming nature of New Orleans has always drawn me in, but the city has an even stronger spirit of conviviality every since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005 and devastated large parts of the city beyond repair. Out of this destruction rose a stronger and wiser city, turning lemons into the strongest lemon drops I have ever tasted.

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French Quarter street music (Image: Flickr/Entouriste)

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Mardi Gras masks festoon the city in February (Image: Flickr/Loren Javier)

The epicentre of this microcosm of jazz and booze lies in the French Quarter, a square mile of indulgence frozen in time. While infamous Bourbon Street is designed for crazy nights out, hen parties and the world-famous annual Mardi Gras in February, Royal Street tends to cater for the more discerned tastes with the local Cajun and Creole cuisine. But the real action with the local crowd happens just outside the quarter on Frenchmen Street, located in Faubourg Marigny.

Neighbourhood favourite ‘The Spotted Cat Music Club’ features all the up-and-coming artists who have come to New Orleans to find their own sound and to follow in the footsteps of legends such as Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong. ‘Snug Harbor’ across the street is also a world-renowedn jazz institution, attracting performers and music-lovers from near and far; reservations, needless to say, are pretty much mandatory here. If you follow Frenchmen Street up all the way to St. Claude’s, you will hit a small venue known as ‘Sweet Lorraine’s’; a hole-in-the-

wall that packs a punch. However, as in most neighborhoods in ‘N’awlins’, you have to be careful to put your safety first, as crime is a considerable issue here, and you most certainly don’t want to go down in history as another police statistic.

Beyond jazz, New Orleans is also home to a widespread counter-culture away from mainstream America, attracting artists, performers, chefs and other creatives to let their hair down. Brangelina’s mansion has become a permanent spot on any tourist map and the rich homes of former plantation owners in the Garden District continue to mesmerise visitors and locals alike, particularly those who love Anne Rice novels.

Perhaps it’s all because it should really be called “New Venice” and not New Orleans; a city always threatening to sink into tragedy or into the water it is surrounded by, standing immortally still in the spirit of the past but allowing everyone to enjoy every last ounce of the present like it were the last day on earth.

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Exeter-Chiefs match sold outby STAFF REPORTERTHE first Premiership match at Allianz Park is now sold out.

Saracens will play Exeter Chiefs at their new home ground in NW4 on Saturday 16 February, kick-off 15h00, before a capacity crowd of 10,000.

by STAFF REPORTERON Friday 1 February it was confirmed that Dr Louis Luyt, the rugby boss and The Citizen founder died at the age of 80.

The sometimes controversial former player, rugby administrator, newspaper proprietor, businessman and politician passed away at home in Ballito, north of Durban, after a long period of illness.

Luyt was a very successful businessman with a ‘rags to riches’ story. Born in Britstown in the Karoo on 18 June 1932 he represented Free State as a lock. Having started his career as a fertilizer salesman he became one of the most well-known South African rugby figureheads and founder of Triumf Fertiliser and Luyt Breweries.

Luyt was not only known for his business savvy and his heart for rugby, but also for his often controversial moves and statements. The English speaking paper he founded, The Citizen, was funded by a ‘slush fund’ of the Department of Information. He denied that he had known anything about this.

‘Doc Luyt’ was intimately involved with talks with the then banned African National Congress (ANC) to bring about rugby unity in South Africa. He was also the key figure in negotiations that ensured national federations

Controversial rugby boss Louis Luyt dies at 80

The sometimes controversial former player, rugby administrator, newspaper proprietor, businessman and politician passed away at home in Ballito, north of Durban, after a long period of illness

Two Olympic cauldron petalsfor South Africaby STAFF REPORTERTHE South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committe (Sascoc) has received two of total 370 copper cauldron petals from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games at their Johannesburg headquarters.

In a symbolic echo of the opening ceremony in which each participating country carried a petal into the stadium to create the giant flame, all 204 competing nations have now received their own petals. Crafted out of copper by world-renowned designer Thomas Heatherwick, “these petals will always remind us of Team

Olympic shottist Alistair Davis receiving the petals with Eezera Tshabangu and Vinesh Maharaj of Sascoc. (Image: Wessel Oosthuizen/SASPA).

retained control of rugby when the game went professional at the end of 1995.

In his time as president of the old Transvaal Rugby Union he turned it onto one of the richest and most powerful rugby organisations in the world. Luyt was made president of the SA Rugby Football Union in 1994 and is famous for the work he did with the Springboks before they won the 1995 World Cup, after over a decade of not competing internationally.

If, for nothing else, he will be remembered for being the man who brought the 1995 Rugby World Cup to South Africa, creating an occasion that showed the country what it could achieve in unity.

He also earned criticism for some outspoken statements and decisions. His determination to legally contest the government’s right to appoint a commission of inquiry

into rugby in 1998 led to President Nelson Mandela appearing in the witness box for five hours as a defence witness. The court action was successful but Luyt’s rugby colleagues passed a motion of no confidence in his leadership, which led to his resignation in 1998 due to accusations of racism and poor management of finances.

His single-mindedness and determination to defend what he thought was right led him into controversy on many occasions and he was not concerned that he was far from being universally popular, both within rugby and without.

Luyt’s interests went beyond rugby and business when in 1999 he became involved in politics. He led the Federal Alliance from 1998 and gained a seat in parliament from 1999. The Federal Alliance disputed the validity of the 1999 elections in South Africa.

Many were sad to hear the news of Luyt’s death. The Golden Lions Rugby Union described Luyt as “one of South Africa’s most iconic rugby figures.” “Doc Luyt was a single-minded and determined individual who dominated rugby politics following the death of Doc Craven,” said Oregon Hoskins, the president of the South African Rugby Union (Saru).

He leaves behind his wife Adri and four children.

South Africa’s fine performances at the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics and serve as an inspiration to the next generation of Olympians and Paralympians” said Sascoc chief executive officer Tubby Reddy.

Team South Africa won six medals at the Olympics and 29 medals at the Paralympics. Also on hand to see the delivery of the petals was South African Olympic shottist and Rio hopeful Alistair Davis, along with his father and coach Frank, and President of South African Shooting Sport Federation, Hennie Jacobs. Davis competed in the double trap event in London.

Mark McCall, Director of Rugby, said: “It’s fantastic news. There was a really good atmosphere at the match against Cardiff Blues, even with a restricted attendance, and the players can’t wait to run out at their own home stadium packed to the rafters. For so many people associated with

the club, this is a dream come true.”Tickets are selling fast for Saracens’

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by STAFF REPORTERBAFANA Bafana’s campaign in the 29th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations came to an end when they lost 3-1 on penalties to Mali after the two teams ended deadlocked 1-1 after extra time in the quarterfinal clash at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Saturday.

South Africa was the first out of the blocks with a goal from striker Tokelo Rantie in the 32nd minute.

Rantie did not last the entire first half due to injury and was replaced by Lehlohonolo Majoro in the 41st minute, playing his first match since he was injured in the 2-0 victory over Angola. South Africa continued to apply the pressure but could not add to their lead.

After the break, it was Mali who levelled matters through their captain Seydou Keita who nodded a free header past goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune. Both sides created good chances but could not find the deciding winning goal in regulation time. Thirty minutes of extra time ended in a stalemate leading to a penalty shootout.

Second half substitute Siphiwe Tshabalala was the only South African to score from the spot kick, while Dean Furman, May Mahlangu and Majoro failed to convert.

Mali kept their nerve and saw Diabate, Tamboura and M. Traore score to give the West African side a hard-won victory.

Bafana Bafana head coach Gordon Igesund said after the game,“Like everyone around the country, I am hugely disappointed we did not proceed to the last four. But I can

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Nailbiting penalty-shootout finish sees South Africa’s hopes of an AFCON semifinal dashed in tense Durban game

tell you now I am very proud of my team tonight. They came here and matched one of the best teams on the continent and even took them to penalties. Just a pity with penalties it’s the luck of the draw, tonight luck was on Mali’s side they took their penalty kicks well” said Igesund, adding “my players showed a lot of

guts, determination and most of all self-belief.”

Premier of KwaZulu Natal Dr Zweli Mkhize visted Bafana Bafana in their dressing room with the Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Safa President Kirsten Nematandani and Safa vice president Dr Danny Jordaan.

Mkhize said, “We are proud of you. You displayed great sportsmanship. With your excellent performance you have restored the dignity of Bafana Bafana and of the country. Do not let this setback put you down, you went down fighting which is what the people wanted to see.

“You can build on this going

forward; keep it up and well done.”West African neighbours Ghana

and Burkina Faso square off in the semi-final on Wednesday at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit.

The other semi-final contest will see Mali go against Nigeria in Durban on Wednesday.

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South Africa’s Siboniso Gaxa and Mali’s Modibo Maiga during the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations Quarter-Final soccer match, South AfricaVs Mali at Moses Mabdhiba stadium in Durban , South Africa on February 2, 2013. Mali won 3-1 on Penalties after Penalty Shoot. Photo by Christian Liewig/NCI/ABACAPRESS.COM

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