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Interrupted reverieIt’s winter, but that’s no reason to be discontented, or whatever Shakespeare said (grumpy old blighter).

In this edition, we haven’t set out to say something worthy and unrealistically chirpy like “Always follow your dreams” or “Like, rainbows and unicorns, you know” or whatever the contemporary equivalent is. But as it happens, many of this month’s articles touch on the value of setting a goal and aiming at it.

In Country roads (page 39), a family leap off the hamster wheel and out of the rat race, moving beyond rodent-related metaphors to settle in the Klein Karoo and focus on, you know, being happy. In A bee-plus idea (page 46), a young industrial designer imagines – and then realises – a solution to at least part of the food production problem. In The autism revolution (page 56), we learn about understanding a common condition better and by doing so help those dealing with it to achieve more. And in Having a Greenhouse gas, we meet a chef who is inspired and excited by his work every day.

The notion of attempting to follow in those inspiring footsteps may leave you feeling exhausted before you’ve even begun, but we’ve thought of that, and you can pre-emptively organise yourself some relaxation by winning a getaway in either Mpumalanga or the Western Cape (page 44).

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SPOTLIGHT22 Visa-vis successDoes having two passports increase your chances of building your business?39 Content in the KarooCape Town family realise a dream in Matjiesvlei66 Born in the USAThere’s an American whiskey for every palate

TAKE-OFF 10 To-do listEvents calendar12 News in briefBite-size bulletin76 Sky caféAccommodation and services directory85 Flight schedulesAirlink lodge-hopping and regional timetables

EXECUTIVE DECISION16 Mastering communicationProject competence, confidence and charisma

20 Let your people go!Increasing the autonomy of your workforce is important28 Courting disasterSome countries in Africa have no accessible records of law

TECH INNOVATION46 Bee-autifulDesigner causes a buzz with new concrete hive design48 Tech reviewExclusive content from MIT50 From Korea with sportThe new Hyundai Tucson gets a workout in Mpumalanga

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GREAT ESCAPES32 Azura continuaFishing adventures off Quilalea Private Island in Mozambique36 Vistas and visionTable Bay hotel offers that view from your room, and the dining room, and the beach ...

IN ACCORD54 Taking stock of our seasIt’s World Ocean Day this month – time to consider our impact on those ecosystems56 The autism revolutionUnderstanding how autistic people function can help reveal their strengths

TIME OUT58 MediaBooks, DVDs and music

62 The hole storyParkview Golf Club has a fascinating heritage64 Having a Greenhouse gasTalented young chef Ashley Moss explores new taste frontiers70 Better on boardHow to adapt your wine choices when flying92 National Arts FestivalFill up your fest schedule now96 TalespinThe Picnic Papers

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The Full MortyJoin critically acclaimed theatre and TV actor and vocalist Mortimer Williams in his one-man show, The Full Morty, as he discovers uncharted territory – the mind of the South African male.

After a highly successful season in 2015, the show returns to the Joburg Theatre, combining stand-up comedy and cabaret. 1-5 June 2016 The Fringe, Joburg

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J Cole LiveHip hop is the order of the day as internationally acclaimed artist J Cole brings his chart-topping tracks, inspirational lyrics and unforgettable beats to Johannesburg, where he will appear at the Ticketpro Dome. Ticket prices range from R250 to R490.

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N O R T H E R N C A P ERichtersveld Transfrontier WildrunFive days, two African countries, one ancient mountain wilderness with lunar landscapes – local and international trail runners alike are racing to put their names down for South Africa’s first cross-border trail race between SA and Namibia, the

Richtersveld Transfrontier Wildrun. The event is a 200km five-day trail race through the ancient arid landscape of the /Ai/Ais-

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G A U T E N GPretoria Whisky Live Celebration Expect a range of whiskies – from single malt Scotch to blends, and bourbon to Irish – presented by knowledgeable and passionate whisky experts from 6:30pm until 10pm daily. Tickets cost R180 via www.whiskylive.co.za and include 15

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E A S T E R N C A P EKirkwood Wildsfees A ‘wild and wonderful’ experience is promised by the organisers of

Bushmans Kloof Food & Wine WeekendEnjoy a gourmet event in the Cederberg. The weekend will combine gastronomic pleasures with a selection of Cederberg’s finest vintages from Cederberg Private Cellar, officially known as South Africa’s highest winery. A cool continental climate, diverse soil types, unpolluted air and crystal-clear waters combined

the annual Kirkwood Wildsfees. Hosted in the Eastern Cape agricultural centre of Kirkwood (about 75km from Port Elizabeth), the Wildsfees features over 350 specialised stalls, food and wine stands and a free kids’ festival-within-a-festival. 24-26 June 2016 Kirkwood, Eastern Capei www.wildsfees.co.za

K W A Z U L U - N AT A LDurban International Boat & Lifestyle ShowThis exhibition will feature a range of boats of all shapes and sizes, from one-man dinghies to island-hopping luxury catamarans. The lifestyle section will feature luxury vehicles, SUVs and 4×4s, as well as caravans and outdoor equipment. There will be attractions for all, including free boat rides for children. 24-26 June 2016 Durban Marinai www.durbanboatshow.co.za

W E S T E R N C A P EWild Mushroom HuntBlusher, porcini, boletus, pine rings – Mother Nature’s elusive delicacies are waiting to be unearthed at the legendary Delheim Wine Estate, when it opens its private forest to avid fungi foragers during its annual Wild Mushroom Hunt. These excursions are led by Delheim’s Nora Sperling-Thiel and seasoned field expert Gary Goldman, aka the ‘Mushroom Fundi’. 16-17 June 2016 Delheim Wine Estate,

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Up your vitamin C intake this winterWith winter in full swing, staying healthy should be a top priority. Vitamin C plays an important role in your health, so if you’re not a regular user, start upping your vitamin C intake now.

Your immune system relies on having healthy lymphocyte and leucocyte cells – vitamin C is essential for both. It is also a very strong anti-viral against viruses such as the flu and cold, improving the performance of antibodies, hindering the growth of bacteria in the body, and detoxifying many bacterial toxins to varying degrees. Vitamin C, alongside vitamin A, is also an essential antioxidant nutrient for the skin. It stimulates non-lysozyme antibacterial factor found in tears, which means it is important for people who suffer from eye irritations or infections. It can also help with sore eyes and a runny nose because it’s a natural antihistamine. Studies have proven vitamin C to be associated with improved bone density as well as the absorption of iron, ultimately increasing our intake as we get older.

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Trees for Fees campaign successEvery year, Greenpop – a Cape Town-based tree-planting and

eco-education organisation – hosts a tree-planting and sustainability education Festival of Action in Livingstone, Zambia. The event runs over three weeks and offers participants the chance to score discounted or free tickets by raising funds for trees. The event has hundreds of people from around the world come together to plant trees, learn about sustainability, share knowledge and enjoy a festival.

The campaign has seen funds raised for more than 1,700 trees this year. The funds raised go towards planting trees across southern Africa.

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The ultimate Olympic experience fit for a champion – use AirbnbWith the Rio 2016 Olympic Games around the corner, Airbnb has announced the launch of the first-ever bedroom built inside the Rio Olympic Arena. The company is offering a winner and their guest the once-off opportunity to live the dream, train with world-class

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athletes, and sleep in the gold-medal-inspired bedroom. The bedroom features a hammock, rubberised floors, a hanging rope ladder, and a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the centre of the arena. The experience will be hosted by Brazilian gymnasts Diego and Daniele Hypolito. The siblings will welcome the winners to the Olympic stadium, give them a guided tour of the venue, and later provide a private training session on Barra Beach. The winners will also receive exclusive seats to the final international rhythmic gymnastics qualifier.

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First robotic-assisted prostate surgery performed in KZNMedical history was made on 14 April at Netcare Umhlanga Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal. Fifty-year-old Bheki Mdlalose suc-cessfully underwent a robotic-assisted prostatectomy to remove his cancerous prostate.

Dr Marius Conradie, who has completed numerous robotic-assisted procedures, performed the operation. More patients are scheduled to undergo the same procedure. The Da Vinci robotic technology features a magnified 3D high-definition vision system and tiny instruments that bend and rotate to a greater degree

than the human hand, enhancing the surgeon’s vision, precision and control.

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China builds police robot to control riots and terrorismThe ‘AnBot’ security droid was developed by the National Defence University in China to help combat terrorism and rioting. The droid patrols automatically and captures audio and video footage. The 1.5m robot is designed to keep rioters under control using electric shocks. It can reach speeds of 18km/h.

According to a local Chinese newspaper, People, the droid “will play an important role in enhancing the country’s anti-terrorism and anti-riot measures”. The robot’s controllers can opt to remotely deploy its “electrically charged riot control tool” if things become too violent. The robot also features an SOS button that people can press to alert police to problems. Although the robot has been revealed to the public, it’s not clear when the robots will be introduced to service.

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London’s first naked restaurantThe Bunyadi offers a natural eating experience where people are free from phones, electric lights – and their clothing. Guests are given a robe and are allowed to dine naked in specific areas of the restaurant. Weeks before opening, the restaurant had a waiting list of 27,000 people. The restaurant (scheduled to open this month) is a pop-up and only open for three months, with a capacity for 42 diners at a time, so disappointment is guaranteed. Guests at the restaurant can expect to enjoy wood-flame grilled meals served on handmade crockery and edible cutlery. The restaurant uses candles instead of electric lights.

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Self-driving cars on trial in the UK early next yearVolvo has announced plans to conduct the most ambitious trial of driverless cars yet on United Kingdom roads early next year.

A limited number of semi-autonomous driving cars will be on trial on a public highway, and the scheme is scheduled to extend until 2018 and include up to 100 adapted versions of the Volvo XC90.

The vehicles will be fitted with additional computer systems, cameras and sensors that will guide the vehicles’ steering, lane changes, acceleration and braking without driver control. Hakan Samuelsson, president of Volvo, commented: “Autonomous driving represents a leap forward in car safety. Experts have estimated that new cars will be fully automated within 20 years.”

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Study reveals artists might share characteristics with psychopathsA recent study published in the Personality and Individual Differences journal concluded that some artists, actors and musicians share certain neuropsychological traits with people who exhibit psychopathic behaviour. The study conducted by psychologists at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines, found that creative people exhibit higher levels of emotional detachment as well as dishonesty and risk-taking.

The study comprised three parts. The first was a questionnaire that accessed 503 participants for indications of narcissism, duplicity and psychopathy. The second part looked for signs of boldness,

meanness and detachment in college students. The third asked 93 students to participate in a series of gambling and other divergent-thinking tasks while the researchers measured the electric conductance of their skin. The results revealed that the most creative participants showed the least signs of excitement during the tasks, suggesting emotional detachment. The results also determined that creative individuals displayed more signs of psychopathic traits, as well as narcissism. The researchers suggested that these traits develop over time, and traits such as audacity and shrewdness are critical for the challenge of creating innovative and intellectually challenging art.

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Your mindset really is the first step to projecting ease and confidence. Ask yourself the following: do you get nervous before you give a presentation or contribute in a meeting, or do you remain calm and speak clearly, energetically and succinctly?

One of the best ways to overcome any sense of unease is to focus on positive past experiences, or develop a Positive Emotional Memory Database. This is a series of personal success stories that you mentally insert before entering a daunting situation. Another powerful technique is to develop a great opener or a ‘hook’. Your hook, or opening sentence, can be a question, a fact or a story. However, always try starting with a question where possible. It relaxes you, and it gets your audience involved.

For example, rather than chastising a group of employees for their lack of engagement, you could start with a question focusing on the positive. Asking group members what they consider their greatest contribution in recent weeks is likely to positively engage their attention, even if your query is rhetorical. Make people feel that you are talking directly to them, and that what you say has personal relevance.

Listen and learnWhile coming across with polish, charisma and confidence is important, never underestimate the power of being an attentive listener. One of the exercises to try out next time you are in a conversation is to ask questions around what the other person is saying, such as, “Tell me more about that” or “How did that make you feel?” Challenge yourself to never say “I”. The point here is to focus on the other person.

This is not to say that you should never relate a

topic back to your experiences. Rather, focusing on yourself usually means not giving the other person your full attention. In developing communication skills, the ability to listen is as important as the ability to speak with clarity and charisma.

Poet and author Maya Angelou put it magnificently when she said, “People don’t always

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It’s also changing the expectations that employees and job applicants have of the employer experience. HR departments need to make faster decisions, even as the amount of information they need to manage grows. Meanwhile, a volatile labour market, growing competition for scarce skills, and tighter regulation all bring with them complex and constantly evolving pressures.

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The world of human resources (HR) is changing at a speed that is leaving most HR departments behind. New technology is bringing more transparency into the job market and into the performance of these departments, creating new challenges for HR directors.

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As a result, HR departments need to become more tech-savvy. They need to put in place systems that allow them to automate routine paperwork, make sense of growing volumes of data, and respond to the needs of the business and employees in a more agile fashion.

Digging through dataThe recruitment market poses challenges for HR managers. They have access to a wider potential pool of talent via the web and social media, but that means that they need to be able to process more information. Online applicant tracking systems and career portals can help in filtering and managing data.

In the same way as the internet has given employers access to jobseekers, it also gives talent access to expanded employment opportunities. Anyone who has a CV on a career website is on the job market for the right price and opportunity. This makes the HR department’s job harder when it comes to skills retention.

Engage and retainWhen it comes to managing staff, HR departments can gather rich data about the business and use it to analyse skills gaps, performance, costs, and more. In the background, a robust HR platform enables the department to capture data about employees’ key performance areas and indicators, performance reviews, training and development requirements, medical history,

occupational injuries, and so on. This information can help the business to make better hiring and training decisions.

IT also has an important role to play in employee engagement. Tools such as employee self-service can reduce paperwork while delivering better service to the workforce. When people can apply for leave, fill in expense claims and pick up payslips online or from their mobile phones, everyone wins from the gains in efficiency.

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remember exactly what you say, but they always remember the way you make them feel.” Indeed, a leader’s ability to make employees feel valued and heard is critical to productivity and motivation.

Supersede stressThere is no one factor that sabotages a career more than an individual’s inability to handle conflict

skilfully. Take a moment to think of the last time you were engaged in a conflict situation. What

was the outcome? Did you handle it as well as you could have? Did the other person?

In the words of American author Donnell King, “Interpersonal communication is

inescapable, irreversible, complex and contextual. It’s inescapable because we’re dealing with other people, irreversible because we cannot take back what we say, complex because things get lost in translation, and contextual because when and where

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you speak will impact on the meaning of your message and how it is received.”

One can say the same thing about conflict: it is also inescapable and complex. Because conflict arises when one person’s ideas, concerns or desires differ from those of another, it’s almost unavoidable. However, skilfully and creatively managed conflict can be a positive force. Rather than contending with resentful employees, you could have a confident, innovative and productive workforce.

Back off a bitExecutives are primed to act quickly and decisively, so the advice that follows could be counter-intuitive: when you find yourself faced with conflict, the first step is to take a step backwards. Don’t react immediately, but take care not to ignore the issue in the hopes that it will resolve itself.

Indeed, conflict that is not addressed is likely to fester and can cause long-term problems.

Conflict management is also

about timing. If you need to resolve a conflict, or if you sense that a conflict is brewing, be selective about the timing of your conversation. When the person you need to have that conversation with is stressed out, defensive, distracted, or in full ‘fight or flight’ mode, it’s not the right time to confront them.

How you start the conversation is also critical. Defensiveness is the enemy of collaboration, and you’ll have little chance of a resolution if the person you’re talking to feels under attack. Neutrality allows for a mature, open and honest discussion.

Conflict resolution is rarely clear-cut. In fact, there are more grey areas as the workplace becomes more generationally and culturally diverse than before. We see things differently because of our different backgrounds – our cultures, religions, philosophies and personalities. Respect these differences. Instead

of imposing your hierarchy or rank, value the unique differences in people and learn to see things from differing points of view so that you can understand how to avoid conflict better.

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So how do you encourage self-direction? Vermaak says that this is actually very simple and just requires employers to give people greater autonomy in their roles.

“It has been proven that when people have more

sovereignty over their working aspects relating to time, team, task and technique, they do better work,” she notes.

Vermaak dials employee engagement back and asks the question: ‘Why do people go to work?’ The answer to this is driven by the individual’s behaviour and outcome expectations or beliefs. The primary efficacy belief is that an individual will only stay engaged if they are confident in their ability to achieve their goals. Vermaak explains that these beliefs are based on:

• personal ability – an individual’s ability to influence the team and to achieve valued outcomes.

Helene Vermaak, Director at The Human Edge, says that international research has revealed that a staggering 80% of the US workforce is unengaged. “What leaders need to understand is that we cannot manage people into engagement. Self-direction is the technology for engagement in today’s workplace,” she says.

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Increased autonomy leads to successThere is a need for employers to update the way that they motivate their workforce if the staggeringly low motivation levels across organisations are to be combatted

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Remote controlWorking from anywhere but the office is common practice nowadays. Here are

Techrepublic.com’s top 10 reasons to work remotely:

• Remote workers are less stressed: people feel empowered to work in a way that

suits them and the business.

• Remote workers are well connected: smartphones and social media mean

communication is constant.

• Remote workers cost less: companies can reduce their rent and property costs.

• Absenteeism is good: not having to be in the office adds flexibility to the

business.

• The new agile workplace creates new jobs: new ways of working require new

roles in the organisation.

• Remote working provides choice: technology-driven ways of working can be

made more diverse.

• Companies benefit from happier remote employees: workers can fit their jobs

into their lives, not the other way around.

• Remote workers are more engaged: less formality means greater freedom to

communicate.

• Remote venues are better than the office: other venues may be more conducive

to getting work done, or have better facilities.

• Commuting is bad for you: working from or close to home means a smaller

carbon footprint and less stress.

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• social ability – collective ability of the team to help one another achieve goals.

• structural ability – capabilities of the systems, tools and methods employed by the organisation.

“These enduring and intrinsic motivators should not be mistaken for one key motivator, and that is money. To increase employee engagement, all these elements need to work together,” says Vermaak.

Accountability versus autonomyShe says that many leaders believe that accountability and autonomy are at odds with each other, but this

is not the case. In fact, accountability is the fruit of autonomy and will not hinder the process. Vermaak provides employers with some tips that they can incorporate to give employees autonomy and thereby improve employee engagement. These are as follows:

• Start with the premise that people want to do good work; they want to contribute and be more effective.

• Give people sovereignty over their team.• Give them autonomy to do great things.Our default setting as human beings is not to be

passive and inert. We have garnered this learned behaviour from schooling and working at organisations.

“Instead, we should handle employees as active and engaged – just as we were when we were four years old,” says Vermaak.

Vermaak quotes international bestselling author Daniel Pink who says that if organisations see employees in organisations as grown-up versions of these children – inherently active and engaged – they will be able to grow the economy, build organisations that work and allow individuals to live up to their potential.

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Bordering on successAcquiring a second passport can help you grow your business

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For South African businesses, it makes sense to quote on products or services to buyers in other currencies, in particular the currencies of the established economies (such as the euro, British pound and US dollar), since these keep strengthening in relation to the value of South Africa’s rand. Central to this is to be able to travel with ease.

“Being able to travel to countries visa-free provides mobility for businesspeople but, as the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index (HVRI) shows, South African passport holders are limited to 97 visa-free locations out of a possible 218 countries worldwide,” explains Sandra Woest, Senior Manager at Henley & Partners South Africa.

“Limited access to countries without needing a visa is true of most southern African countries. In the Southern African Development Community (SADC), only citizens of the Seychelles and Mauritius have greater access than South Africans to visa-free destinations.”

Preferred destinations for businessThe countries South Africans can visit without a visa are not the most desired locations for business. To travel to the core business markets such as the EU, the UK, the US, China and India, for instance, South Africans must go through the costly and time-consuming process of acquiring a visa.

“Improving one’s mobility is increasingly becoming a focus for people all over the world, and we see many South Africans who want to enjoy this freedom,” Woest says.

“Global developments in transport mean that it’s become a lot easier to get around, but holders of passports from many states, in particular those classified as emerging economies, don’t enjoy the same ease of movement as their counterparts from first-world countries. This is driven by a perceived need to protect their strong economies and, increasingly, because of security concerns.”

in a slow growth environment, South African businesspeople are

searching for new markets for their products and services. International expansion is crucial when a business has saturated the local market.

South African passport holders are limited to 97 visa-free locations out of a possible 218 countries worldwide

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Second chanceA second passport is an invaluable business tool, and can be acquired via suitable residence or citizenship-by-investment programmes. According to Woest, “The majority of South Africans who need greater mobility are not looking to leave South Africa, but would like the flexibility that another passport can provide. Since dual citizenship is permitted, it’s definitely a potential solution for the businessperson who needs to travel outside of the country regularly.

“These programmes are suitable for wealthy South Africans looking to acquire a passport from another country, ideally one that offers greater options than the South African passport in terms of visa-free travel. They involve the investment of funds in the other

country, often through the purchase of fixed property and government bonds, and may also entail a donation to the state in exchange for citizenship rights. Where the country selected is part of the EU, this would allow for visa-free travel to 28 EU member states, as well as

many other countries – none of which can be visited without a visa if you travel on a South African

passport.”The Malta Individual Investor Programme

(MIIP) has significantly boosted Malta’s status, and today the archipelago holds the

ninth most powerful passport in the world, with visa-free access to 168 countries. Dual citizenship with South Africa and Malta, for example, would improve your passport to third place on the Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index – up by 51 places – and add a massive 78 countries to your existing South African visa-free travel list, giving you a new total of 175 countries you can travel to freely if carrying both passports.

This means your passport power would be the equivalent of the UK’s, and it would be stronger than the US, Canada, and several European countries including Belgium, Austria, Portugal and Switzerland.

Another option is to acquire a South African-Antiguan passport; the combination of which provides you with extremely good travel documents, offering access to any of the 28 EU member states as well as the UK, the US and Canada. Antigua and Barbuda runs the most successful citizenship-by-investment programme in the Caribbean and provides visa-free travel to 134 countries around the world, making it another appealing location for investors.

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Tips for international business travellers• Plan proactively before travelling to a new location. Once you have been stamped

as ‘undesirable’ where caught breaching rules, reversing your status is a long process.

• There are many valid examples of long delays in getting permits, but corporate business travellers and legitimate expatriates always get a permit – do not let rumours prohibit you from doing business in Africa.

• Always plan holistically. For instance, work permit category selection should not be done in isolation from tax and exchange control planning.

Source: www.workpermitsouthafrica.co.za

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It is on this basis that employers allow the accused to be represented by someone from inside the organisation rather than from outside.

However, this practice has been questioned. In the case of Blaauw vs Oranje Soutwerke (1998 3 BALR 254), the employer was represented at a disciplinary hearing by an attorney, but the employee was

denied the right to external representation. The CCMA decided that the employee should have been allowed an attorney in order to ‘level the playing field’ and awarded the employee seven months’ remuneration in compensation.

Get the lawyers in?In the case of MEC: Department of Finance, Economic Affairs and Tourism vs Schoon Godwilly Mahumani (case number 478/03; report by Dr Elize Strydom 30 January 2005), the Supreme Court of Appeal decided that the chairperson of a disciplinary enquiry could, under certain circumstances, be entitled to a legal representative at a disciplinary hearing.

In this case the employee requested that he be allowed to bring a legal representative. This request was denied on the grounds that such representation was prohibited by clause 7.3 of the disciplinary code and procedures for the public service. The presiding officer said that this code did not give him discretion to grant legal representation.

The employee went to the High Court to dispute this ruling. The court found that the ruling of the presiding officer of the disciplinary hearing was wrong and

ordered that the employee be allowed to have legal representation at the disciplinary hearing.

The employer appealed against this judgement to the Supreme Court of appeal. This court found that clause 2.8 of the employer’s disciplinary code labelled the code as a guideline that may be departed from under appropriate circumstances. This gave presiding officers the right to use their discretion in deciding whether to depart from the prohibition on legal representation.

Correct contextLegal representation should, in my view, be considered in situations where, among others things:

• the complexity level of the case is high.• the consequences of an adverse finding could be

serious.• there would be no significant prejudice to

the employer if legal representation would be allowed.

• the employee’s ability to deal with the case is low in comparison to that of the employer.

Complications for employersThe above findings have major consequences for employers engaging in disciplinary hearings.

In particular:• An employee’s request for legal representation

can no longer be dismissed out of hand. While such requests must not always be granted, they must be given very careful consideration.

• This in turn means that employers will need to ensure that their presiding officers are skilled in chairing disciplinary hearings, able to make the right judgement as to whether to allow legal representation or not, and able to deal with the legal challenges posed by attorneys and advocates at disciplinary hearings.

Managers must be thoroughly trained in the disciplinary process and the employer must use genuine labour law experts to chair and/or prosecute hearings.

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lvan lsraelstam is the Chief Executive

of Labour Law Management

Consulting. He may be contacted on 011 888

7944 or via email: [email protected]

The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (The Code) contained in Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states that, when an enquiry is held into an employee’s alleged misconduct, “The employee should be allowed reasonable time to prepare the response and the assistance of a trade union representative or fellow employee.”

at disciplinary hearingsExactly who is allowed to be in the room when there’s an enquiry into employee misconduct?

Legal representation

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This story may come as a surprise, but in many African countries, local laws are not readily accessible. A history of conflict has left large gaps in the published law of many African nations. For many years, the only collection of Liberian legal cases and published legislation was held at the University of Cornell Law Library in the United States. In Lesotho, law reports have not been published since 1989. The rule of law usually rests on precedents, and these precedents are often unavailable in their original form. African lawyers, both government and private,

Some countries in Africa have no accessible

records of law

in 2009, former Chief Justice Fredrick

Egonda-Ntende arrived in the Seychelles to take up the highest judicial office. By his desk stood only two books – volumes of the Laws of Seychelles, published back in 1990 – and in the courts, he found lawyers referring to morality to support their legal arguments.

Why business needs online law in Africa

A lack of clarity and consistency in law and policy impedes the growth of small businesses

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Mariya Badeva-Bright is co-founder and director of the African Legal Information Institute, a project of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town. For more information, go to www.africanlii.org.

as well as judges, academics and other researchers often do not have any (even commercial) access to records of the law. This has serious implications for the work of the legal sector, and it has big implications for business too.

An avoidable predicamentIn 2015, an international development partner who wanted to harness Rwanda’s immense investment opportunities realised that lack of clarity and consistency in legislation regulating business, employments, contracts and property created substantial operational difficulties for businesses.

This predicament is not unique to Rwanda. In developing economies, lack of clarity and consistency in law and policy impedes the growth of small businesses. This is particularly serious given that small businesses play a vital role in stimulating entrepreneurship, employment, technological innovation and human capital development. These difficulties (the aforementioned partner noted) called for legal interventions to create an investment climate that stimulates economic growth and sustainable development.

The World Bank Group weighed in on the importance of access to legal information in its Doing Business 2016 flagship report. The report shows that countries where courts effectively enforce contractual obligations have better credit markets and rank higher in overall development indices. This business climate facilitates the rapid development of small firms and attracts foreign investments. Tax revenues are also secure. An important factor in creating such environments has to do with the transparency of the judicial system. According to the report, when countries make commercial dispute judgements publicly available, citizens are encouraged to rely on existing case law and judges are able to develop the law consistently. This strengthens the predictability and transparency of the legal system, incentivising businesses to invest because the scope of their rights and duties has been clarified.

Online solutionWhen it comes to fostering legal transparency, the internet has played an increasingly important role in providing free access to the law. The continent’s most important player in this space is the African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII), an umbrella project based at the University of Cape Town, which works with national partners across the continent

to offer free, open, up-to-date and comprehensive access to judgements and legislation from multiple African countries. The Institute believes that access to law is a basic pre-condition for transparency into the legal systems of African countries, and for the rule of law to be meaningful.

In recent years, AfricanLII  has placed hundreds of thousands of pages of Africa’s laws online, sometimes by scanning hard-to-find copies of primary materials.  Collectively, their institutes across Africa now serve close to 300,000 users per month. The group is also embracing technology in many other ways to help overcome obstacles to access. For example, they have equipped judges in the Seychelles with digital tablets loaded with key national legislation, for access even in the most remote courts where no internet exists.

It is clear that in the case of developing countries, and emerging and frontier markets, good business requires a stable legal and regulatory regime supported by an independent judiciary and a working court system. Free access to law is one critical element in this ecosystem.

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Know your MP Do you know who your Member of Parliament (MP) or Ward Councillor is? Do you know what they do or how to contact them? Many South Africans don’t. If citizens are facing problems in their community around housing, water, electricity, crime or other issues, they don’t always know where to turn.

Enter www.pa.org.za, the People’s Assembly website, available on your mobile phone.

Find out who your MP or Ward Councillor is or where your nearest constituency office is located, and provide feedback.  

People’s Assembly also shows you what each MP has been saying in Parliament, and whether they have been attending meetings that they are supposed to attend, in order to help resolve your problems!

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In this instance, after much deliberation, we had decided that we were between a bit of a rock and a hard place. In an unguarded moment we had let slip to our wives that we were looking forward to visiting Quilalea Private Island, where we would be forced to grind away fishing in this coral paradise in the blazing sun. It seems they

had done some homework and become convinced they would be a decided asset on this trip. Now, we’ve taken our wives on one or two shoots in the past and found it discouraging, to say the least, when they appeared to enjoy themselves while out-fishing us from time to time. But when we tried to dissuade them, we found that many of our husbandly privileges fell by the wayside.

In the end we simply buckled and decided discretion was the better part of valour.

Pemba, ahoy!A two-hour Airlink flight from Johannesburg to Pemba and then a spectacular short hop by helicopter over

Fishing off an Indian Ocean idyll is not

easy, but fortunately, there are brave men

and women willing to step into the gap

our crew, on the other hand, were there to work. Filming TV shows at

remote and special fishing destinations is what we do. Not everyone’s cup of tea, I know, but we put on a brave face and force ourselves to get on with it.

A real catchHad Robinson Crusoe been washed up on Azura Quilalea Island in northern Mozambique, he would never have left. And he certainly would not have had all his work done by Friday ...

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Brad Cartwright is part of the team behind the Wildfly Fishing Series and Inside Angling television shows, which air on SuperSport throughout Africa

glorious mangrove forests and turquoise open water had us on Quilalea Island with time to put in a couple of casts on the first evening. The warm welcome we received from Leon and Claudia, the managers of the lodge, along with chilled white facecloths scented with lemongrass and a frosty coconut water, set the tone of things to come. Years of hospitality experience have assisted the couple in instilling an ethos of discreet yet attentive service. 

At many of the destinations we’ve fished and filmed in Mozambique over the past decade, the severe pressure being placed on the marine environment is obvious and distressing to see, with the result being a marked decline

in the fish species we target (and release). But from the first moment at Quilalea, we realised this island was different and that the efforts expended by the owners to control netting and indiscriminate fishing practices were paying off. Schools of bait fish were visible close to shore and the regular telltale ‘nervous water’ indicated the presence of larger predators moving in. We were excited.

The fact that we were there over spring tides, and only 12 degrees south of the equator, meant we experienced dramatic tidal changes, practically allowing Quilalea to join with the nearby uninhabited island of Sencar at its lowest ebb. Gareth George and his wife Genna, filming for the Wildfly Fishing Series, took full advantage of this to walk the flats, flicking small crustacean pattern flies at the various species on offer. Given the speed with which the water pushes back onto the flats as the tide changes though, it’s prudent to have a boat nearby at all times to avoid what could be a long swim against fierce currents if your timing is out.

Game onI joined Craig Thomassen, anchor of our Inside Angling show, and his wife Pam on their boat in search of the famed giant trevallies, or GTs as they are affectionately known, rumoured to abound a short distance offshore. Although the fishing was slow the first day, Tristan, head guide and marine activities manager at Azura, assured us this was unusual. Temperatures of around 35 degrees and high humidity made popping and stick baiting

Something fishy• Azura Quilalea Private Island offers opportunities for both fly fishing and

conventional angling. • It is well known for giant trevallies, which can be targeted on surface lures and

other methods. • Trolling and live-bait fishing will produce a number of species in this area.• The resort supports catch-and-release angling.

Airlink connects Johannesburg and Pemba, Northern Mozambique. See page 88 for flight schedule.www.flyairlink.com

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on heavy tackle taxing, but I was rewarded toward the end of the day with a beautiful blue fin trevally, which exploded onto the surface after my popper.  

We returned to the beach on the island in time to experience a spectacular sunset accompanied by the cool daily cocktail on offer. Al-fresco fine-dining at judiciously placed tables scattered on the beach sand

under a glittering canopy of stars added to our ongoing problem of explaining that we were actually at work and could not simply take time off to appreciate the surroundings and delectable cuisine.

Calm havenEach of the nine guest villas on the island has been cleverly situated to offer views of the ocean while at the same time maintaining privacy and tranquillity. The Spa at Azura, perched precariously on a cliff and lapped by the tides, took care of the rest.

Safe snorkelling directly off the beach in front of the villas is a delight, and while scuba diving is on offer as a further activity, the freedom to explore the coral wonderland on our doorstep, when we had a short break from work, sufficed.

‘Island chic’ are the words that spring to mind at Azura Quilalea and the understated personal touches are soon taken for granted. This is a honeymoon destination that would be hard to beat anywhere in the world, with options of picnicking on white sand beneath gently swaying palms or taking a bubble bath together in a huge iron tub beneath towering baobabs in a forest clearing.

By day three of our trip it was somewhat disconcerting that both Genna and Pam had hooked, landed and released larger fish than their respective husbands, leaving the gentlemen concerned to hurl their flies and stick baits with ever-increasing desperation. Fortunately, on our last day, the guys managed to land a couple of specimens worthy of their efforts and some semblance of pride was restored.

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Azura Quilalea Private Island – private

and tranquil

GT power • Giant trevally is another name for giant kingfish, and the first part of both names

is accurate in that the adults of the species can weigh up to 80kg.• Their range extends from South Africa to Australia and Hawaii.• Youngsters can survive in water with very low salinity, and are sometimes found

in the upper reaches of rivers.• They are intelligent hunters, sometimes shadowing seals or even sharks to

attack the prey that escapes their fellow predators.• The fish, known as ulua in Hawaii, where it is respected for its strength and

courage, was used in time past in various religious rites, including, apparently, standing in for human sacrifice.

Sources: www.hawaii.edu; Wikipedia

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When you arrive at the hotel, you’re offered one of their signature cocktails rather than the standard cold towel and glass of orange juice. Benevolent barman Bevan makes it from scratch as you watch – vodka, sage syrup, lemon juice and pineapple juice made fresh that afternoon – mixing it, garnishing it and depositing in front of you to allow for a sugar rush as you recover from your flight and/or drive.

That new spin on the hospitality formula is continued throughout the venue. The key card for your door is coded to also open the safe in your room and the pedestrian gate that opens onto the strip of Table Bay Nature Reserve that runs past the venue and is all that separates you from a beach that stretches unbroken for kilometres in either direction.

There’s further innovation in the bedroom, with surround-sound speakers situated in the roof above the bed, making you feel like you’re in the stadium for whatever sports match you check in on, or are seconds away from being gobbled by a T. Rex in the blockbuster later that night as you relax after a tough day of beach-walking, bird-watching, lolling around in a hammock on the verandah as you keep an eye on Robben Island or working your way through resident chef Dean Correira’s menu.

A tip: When visiting Bliss Hotel, arrive hungry. Dean wants to feed you. It’s a burden worth bearing, too, as his creative ideas are matched only by the skill with which he prepares and plates his dishes and the rich flavours that surprise and satisfy your palate.

The dining room and bar area are the heart of the venue, and where you’re most likely to meet fellow guests to share anecdotes. And if you’re alone while waiting for Dean to put the finishing touches on your meal, check in with Bevan again – he’s a great conversationalist. So much so that he may talk you into trying the King George whisky in one corner of the impressive bar display, at R918 per tot.

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It’s that view – Table Mountain from directly across Table Bay, with the city centre, the harbour and Sea Point spread out below its bulk – that will be your defining memory of a stay at the Bliss Boutique Hotel in Sunset Beach, between Milnerton and Bloubergstrand.

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CountryRealising a dream to become farmers

has allowed a Cape Town family to make a new life in the Karoo

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Matjiesvlei is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place. The sign to this hidden country idyll appears at the top of a rise on Route 62 just before you descend into Calitzdorp, the closest town. But if you slow down and take the time to turn off and travel the lumpy, bumpy 7km dirt road that is the only way into the valley, the reward is more than worth it. Here, just four farms inhabit the narrow valley through which the Gamka River runs. Lined with striking aloes and blessed with jaw-dropping views of the Klein Swartberg mountain range, Matjiesvlei is a little slice of paradise where time stands still and the passing of the seasons dictates your days.

It is this promise of a life less ordinary – living close to the land – that seduced Colin and Bronwyn some 13 years ago. At the time, Colin was teaching philosophy and critical thinking at UCT, and Bronwyn, who studied graphic design, combined work in a design agency with a successful career as a fashion model. After immersing himself in a handful of short alternative-farming courses, including permaculture, Colin decided once and for all to act on his lifelong dream to farm.

“I spent many childhood holidays on my great-uncle Denis’ farm outside Steynsburg in the Great Karoo, and I just couldn’t shake the desire to have my own farm,” says Colin.

Going off the gridThe intrepid pair set off to carve a new life for themselves. The couple’s adventures at The River Farm haven’t all been plain sailing, though: it took some degree of fine-tuning to settle on the best way to manage the intricacies of farming livestock, including sheep, goats and pigs. It is their Nguni cattle who have now won a special place in Bronwyn’s affections. But Colin and Bronwyn have flourished, and so has their family. Their two boys, Cole (10) and Berkeley (6), have never known any other home than the farm. Their Huckleberry Finn-esque life consists of morning home-schooling sessions, with the rest of the day given over to spending time with their parents doing farm chores and scuttling around barefoot, making innocent mischief. Despite the inevitable effort required to run a farm, the family relishes the satisfaction and pleasure they derive from everyday life.

For Colin and Bronwyn Lumb, moving to the Little Karoo in the South African hinterland was less about opting out of city life and more about working towards their dream of a life less ordinary

The River Farm situated in the Matjiesvlei valley, close to Calitzdorp

in the semi-arid region of the South African Little Karoo

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1. Most summer afternoons, the family heads for the Gamka River that cleaves a path in the

Matjiesvlei valley to cool off

2. The passageway between bedrooms features a portrait

of Colin’s great-great-grandmother Hester Daniell;

the chalkboard was found at a local school

3. A wedding-day photo-booth kiss takes pride of place in the

couple’s bedroom

4. The family pitches in on all jobs in and around the farm – the chickens are the boys’

responsibility

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“It’s just the four of us on the farm, and we thoroughly enjoy being involved together and sharing everything,” says Bronwyn. “It honestly doesn’t feel like work; we just get stuck in with anything that needs doing and help each other.”

Update necessaryWhen the Lumbs first arrived at their rural escape, the farmhouse was not much more than a shed that, having been built in a rudimentary, make-a-plan fashion at the turn of the last century, was a little short of architectural finesse. What it lacked in design gravitas it made up for in charm, however, and some delightful original features remain. There are appealing reminders of its heritage at every turn, from an original handcrafted rietdak (reed ceiling) discovered above a false ceiling and metre-thick walls that keep the home cool in the stifling summer months to generously proportioned rooms and a quaint stoep for late-afternoon relaxation.

The couple worked on a shoestring budget, doing much of the renovation themselves, but occasionally bringing in local artisans to help them with aspects such as staining the floors the rich colour they are today. Colin refashioned a variety of found objects into furniture, while Bronwyn worked alongside him to design their kitchen cabinets (currently a navy blue, although she says she has her sights set on painting them army green).

To accommodate their family’s needs and to make space for regular guests – “Some come for three days, some for three weeks,” laughs Bronwyn – they added a bedroom wing. They also knocked the kitchen through to the living room to create more flow, and set about decorating their space with furniture and details that felt right and reflected their penchant for vintage finds. Much of the couple’s furniture was sourced at local auctions,

which works perfectly with family hand-me-downs to create an eclectic and thoroughly charming picture, with an intensely personal touch. A Persian carpet that was a gift from Colin’s parents sees daily traffic from man and beast alike, while old ‘Aladdin’s lamps’, retrieved from Uncle Denis’ farmhouse, are a regular reminder of the long-ago childhood memories that have helped shape this family’s reality.

“Many of the items in our home have great sentimental value, but there’s nothing that’s too valuable; we’re conscious of having a space that works well for us, whether as part of our working life on the farm or in our downtime,” says Bronwyn.

Inviting others in This down-to-earth approach extends to the interiors of the Old School House and River View Cottages, the enchanting self-catering accommodation situated on the farm, which Colin and Bronwyn have developed into a successful business over the years. Here, lucky families and couples seeking together-time tuck themselves away, enjoying the rhythm of country life, the whoosh of the wind through the valley, and the sense that the world and its worries are far, far away.

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By George! Three Klein Karoo highlights Use Airlink to get from Cape Town or Durban to George (see page 85 for details) and then factor in the following en-route to or from Matjiesvlei:• Redberry Farm: As you begin your drive, pop in at this family-friendly venue for

some food and drink: cocktails, ciders, smoothies, milkshakes and teas, all made out of berries. Info: www.redberryfarm.co.za

• Cango Caves: It doesn’t matter if you’ve been before – the splendour of this incredible natural wonder bears revisiting. Info: www.cango-caves.co.za

• Boplaas Wines: Fantastic port wine is the major drawcard at this Calitzdorp winery. You’ll still be driving, but stock up for your holiday and beyond. Info: www.boplaas.co.za

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The Last Word Long Beach in Kommetjie has been South Africa’s Leading Beach Hotel in the World Travel Awards for six consecutive years. Spacious and uncluttered, all six en-suite bedrooms are sea-facing. Walks or horse riding along the beach, township tours, lighthouse tours, bird watching, Chapman’s Peak Drive, Cape Point Nature Reserve, Cape Point Vineyards, and whale watching are among the activities the area offers.

The Last Word Franschhoek is an intimate five-star hotel with nuances of Cape Huguenot heritage that has been a finalist in the World Travel Awards for  South Africa’s Leading Boutique Hotel. Activities and attractions in the area include gourmet wining and dining, boutique shopping, hiking, mountain biking, wine tasting, chocolate tasting, cheese tasting, historic buildings and championship golf courses.

The Last Word Intimate Hotels is a member of Mantis. For details phone 021 794 6561, email [email protected] or visit www.thelastword.co.za.

Competition One Skyways reader can win a two-night Last Word experience for two people sharing, valued at R12,500. The prize includes: • airport trransfers on arrival and departure.• one night at The Last Word Long Beach on a bed-

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• one night at The Last Word Franschhoek on a bed-and-breakfast basis.

The prize is valid until 31 October 2016 and excludes weekends and public holidays. Extras such as lunch, dinner, beverages, laundry, phone calls and other additional expenses will be for the winner’s account. The prize is subject to availability and is not transferable or redeemable for cash.

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Always look on the BrightsideBrightside Eco and Aero Estate is located 9km from the Mpumalanga town of White River, close to the Kruger National Park. It offers a tranquil lifestyle option giving aero-enthusiasts and pilots, as well as those wanting to build their dream home or holiday home, one-hectare full-title stands on 100 hectares of Lowveld savannah. The estate is home to 138 bird species and a variety of small wildlife.

There is a grassed runway on the estate, with ample space for new hangars. Less than an hour’s flight away from Johannesburg and Mozambique, residents will be able to fly directly to their own doorstep. With a limit of 27 stands to be developed, Brightside has only 13 stands still available.

For more information, go to www.bright-side.co.za.

Competition10 On Brightside, a luxury guesthouse located inside the Brightside Eco and Aero Estate in White River, is offering one Skyways reader the chance to win a two-night, self-catering stay for six people in a three-bedroom apartment, for a Friday and Saturday night. The prize is valued at R6,600. Terms and conditions apply.

Enter nowTo win, email [email protected] with either ‘The Last Word’ or ‘Brightside Eco and Aero Estate’ (depending on which competition you’re entering) in the subject line, and include your name, surname, contact number and email address in the body of the mail. The competition closes on 30 June 2016.

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There is an item about the challenges of farming, the impact of drought or potential shortfalls in food production in just about every newscast nowadays. How do so-called ‘urban agriculture’ projects aim to help minimise that impact?Urban agriculture is all about making food production local (reducing the cost of food and reliance on remote GMO farms), getting people to eat healthily (cheap and abundant healthy foods in cities) and creating jobs (farming opportunities for unemployed people in cities that will in turn produce skilled farmers for the agriculture industry).

This movement, often called ‘Slow Food’ (the opposite of fast food), encourages people to grow their own food or support local farmers, using sustainable practices to protect the sparse resources – soil, water and space – available in cities, and produce as much food as possible. The damage the extensive farming operations in rural areas are doing to water, soil and biodiversity all over the world is becoming evident.

How do bees and beekeeping fit into that equation?One of the results of the damage done is that our insect pollinators, which we rely heavily on, are on their way out. I found examples of beekeeping being used to support impoverished rural communities and thought it’d be great if I could find a way for beekeeping to become a component of urban agriculture.

How serious is the honeybee population decline (another headline story in its own right) and what are the reasons for it in South Africa?The honeybee crisis is a huge problem that has come about for a number of reasons. The reason it is so serious is that, with the dwindling amount of

wild insect pollinator species (due to industry and agriculture), we now rely on domesticated bees – those kept by beekeepers in hives – for almost 70% of our food crops. This has led to the creation of the migratory beekeeping industry that sees beekeepers renting their hives to farmers to pollinate crops. However, by doing this, beekeepers are effectively transporting and sharing diseases and pests. A lack of legislation for importing and exporting honey has also led to worldwide outbreaks of viral bacterial diseases. 

The list of problems that affect bees is endless: pesticides, radio frequencies, malnutrition, and more.  In China, fruit farmers are already forced to hand-pollinate crops due to a lack of bees. In South Africa, we import honey from China and Brazil, and now we have American foulbrood – a destructive disease affecting bees – in the Western Cape. If your hive contracts this disease you have to burn it and bury the remains. Local beekeepers also lose about 30% of their hives, honey and bees each year to thieves and vandals (including honey badgers).

How does your design aim to help all of those involved above – the bees themselves; potential small-scale farmers; or their established large-scale colleagues, who may not farm with bees directly but need the insects to pollinate their crops?My design is intended to make beekeeping more accessible to low-income communities by reducing the cost of the beehives and making the manufacturing process low-tech – no machinery or skills are required. Using concrete as a material increases insulation from noise and temperature, while reducing the risk of vandalism or robbery. This concrete is also lightweight, made from perlite, cement and reinforcement fibres. The design enables the owner to lock the hive shut and protect the bees from pests and diseases. The components can be burn-treated in the case of American foulbrood, allowing the beekeepers to keep their equipment. The moulding tools I designed would allow beekeepers to make their own hives on site, cheaply and easily. 

Bees, and the role they play in our food

production, are in the spotlight at the moment

Innovator Ivan Brown explains the science – and the soul – behind his current project. Helping small-scale operators to more easily farm with bees could have positive economic and environmental effects

A bee-plus idea A Johannesburg industrial designer has come up with an invention that

could contribute positively to a number of pressing societal issues

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In layman’s terms, what technology and design techniques were used in developing your invention – Beegin Urban Beehives? You use the phrase ‘human-centred design’. What does that mean?My project falls under ‘appropriate technology’, a field that focuses on indirect means of poverty alleviation through the development of tools and products that give people the means to generate an income. I used a human-centred design (HCD) approach to develop the ‘appropriate beekeeping technology’, as I call it. HCD attempts to develop solutions to problems by including the end-user as well as multi-disciplinary experts in the process. The process requires active involvement of the user to achieve products that are feasible, viable and desirable. The process is not yet finished – the hives require testing, refinement, retesting, further development and so on before a final solution emerges.

What’s your vision for this product? Obviously selling a million units is great for your bank balance, but in conceptual terms: what do you hope the design will achieve?The project is ongoing. I have just taken it forward into a Master’s of Industrial Design research project where I will be further developing and testing the appropriate beekeeping technology. Although the concrete beehive is a crucial part of the system, a system that will allow low-income farmers to set up sustainable apiaries and learn about beekeeping will be the real design outcome. This will include a whole variety of products and components. My goal is definitely not the bank balance. I want to radically challenge the beekeeping and farming industries to work towards protecting our pollinators.

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Could a neck-worn device protect the brains of athletes and soldiers against traumatic injury? That’s the promise of technology that researchers are beginning to test in humans.

The idea behind such a ‘collar’, which was originally inspired by studies of animals who tolerate repeated blows to the head, is to slightly increase the amount of blood in the brain and thereby cushion it in a way no helmet can, says  Julian Bailes, a co-inventor of the technology, who is chairman of neurosurgery at NorthShore University HealthSystem and co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute in Evanston, Illinois.

Studies of the brains of deceased athletes have linked repetitive head trauma to neurodegenerative disease. Bailes, the former Pittsburgh Steelers doctor who was instrumental in first  alerting the public to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE – and who is portrayed by Alec Baldwin in the Hollywood drama Concussion – says helmets fall short in protecting against injuries that occur when the brain, which floats in cerebrospinal fluid and is not connected to the skull, ‘sloshes’ around. The researchers wanted to find a way to contain that sloshing.

Inspired by natureIt turns out that woodpeckers and bighorn sheep – both of which tolerate repetitive, high-impact blows to the head – may do so by adjusting the pressure and volume inside the skull so that their brains don’t slosh. They also looked at data on reported concussions in contact sports and found that concussion rates were roughly 30% lower in games played at higher altitude. This could be because the human brain tends to

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increase in volume at high altitude, giving it less room to move around inside the cranium, says  Gregory Myer, director of the human performance laboratory at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Achieving a tighter fit between the brain and the skull is the idea behind the new collar, a U-shaped device that fits snugly against the back and sides of a person’s neck. It applies gentle compression (about as much as a necktie, says Bailes) to the jugular veins, slightly reducing the amount of blood flowing back to the heart after every beat. Tests in rat models suggest that such jugular compression leads to reduced signs of brain injury, and the researchers hypothesise that this is due to a decrease in sloshing.

Still learningMyer is also directing human studies, which entail using electroencephalography and advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to capture information about the brains of athletes – hockey and football players so far – in the preseason, midseason and postseason. Helmet-mounted accelerometers track the quantity and magnitude of head impacts during competition. In a given experiment, one group of players wears the collar and a control group does not.

Demonstrating the efficacy of this technology will be challenging because scientists still understand very little about the connection between the signs of injury and a person’s symptoms. Further, it’s not well understood why and to what extent the risk of injury or disease varies from individual to individual, although prospective data sets like the ones Myer is collecting could begin to shed light on these questions.

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Researchers have begun human clinical trials for a device that’s meant to keep the brain from moving around so much inside the skull when it gets hit

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The Magoebaskloof mountain pass, on the R71 between Polokwane and Tzaneen, snakes through the mystic, picturesque Modjadjiskloof.It’s turn after turn, framed by some of the Lowveld’s finest greenery, plantations and jungle. The road surface was recently recoated, said to be smooth, beautiful, challenging.

The suave new Hyundai has so far proved to be quite a comfortable long-distance tourer. The Tucson had only 55km under its belt when we took off from Johannesburg. We were driving at a lackadaisical 120km/h, the standard cruise control ensuring that the quota-chasing cops on the N1 did not have to get off their comfy chairs. The straight, narrow N1 allows us to have a good look at the new interior – classy execution with a quality, refined feel that was previously only the reserve of more expensive German compact SUVs.

New kitWe are driving the 1.6T-GDI Executive model. It’s the six-speed manual, and the smooth gearbox with its short throws sends power only to the front wheels. This Executive model gets plenty of standard kit, including imitation black leather trim for the seats, climate control, a good-quality sound system with Bluetooth connectivity and remote buttons on the four-spoke steering wheel, electric windows all round and an electric driver’s seat.

This is the only derivative in the new five-model Tucson range that gets Hyundai’s Flex Steer system. The rack and pinion system is linked to a motor-driven power assisted steering system (MDPS) that has two modes: Normal and Sport. The ‘Sport’ setting provides a heavier feel, and more feedback.

The engine roomThe new Tucson range only gets petrol engines. Thanks to the weaker Rand the brand’s 1.6ℓ turbodiesel derivative would simply be too expensive to be competitive in the local market.

Our 1.6T-GDI model’s 1.6ℓ mill breathes through a turbocharger and has 130kW of power and 265Nm of torque on tap. In the city and traffic the engine had already proven impressive. It’s smooth and tractable, even with just 1,000r/min on the rev counter and with no apparent turbo lag.

This is the first Hyundai that was designed under the watchful eye of award-winning designer Peter Schreyer. The result is an eye-catching, modern look that shares DNA with its bigger brother, the Santa Fe, especially up front. The tail is a particular highlight – it looks powerful and modern with the two exhausts and the ‘Turbo’ badge on the boot lid adding some spice and sport to the equation.

On the R71, we arrive at the start of the twisty sections, ahead of the Magoebaskloof Pass proper. The road is empty, so gradually we up the pace a bit, exploring the relationship between the 1.6ℓ engine and the slick six-speed gearbox some. And as we push the engine closer and closer to the 7,000r/min limit, pushing ever harder through the corners, the Tucson leaves us speechless. There is very little body roll, and in the corners you’d think you are driving a hot hatch, not a compact SUV. The engine’s tractability, free-revving

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nature and power, and the gearbox’s beautifully weighted, short action add more hot-hatch qualities to the package. And there is also the steering – in ‘Sport’ mode the feedback is excellent, the weighting most pleasant.

Another trick is active yaw control, or AYC. This system uses an active, electronically controlled differential to transfer torque to the wheel with the most grip. It works a charm.

As solid and dependable as the original Tucson and the iX35 were, they were never this much fun to chase through a mountain pass. And when you do push too hard, the Tucson’s standard electronic stability programme (ESP) and vehicle stability programme (VSM) discreetly intervene and bring the Hyundai back into line with minimal drama.

Worth a look Sometimes you get into a new vehicle expecting something, and it gives you completely the opposite of that something. The new Hyundai Tucson is like that, in a good way. We knew it was sporty, that it looks good, and that 130kW sounds pretty impressive on paper. But the reality of the matter is that this Hyundai surprised us no end.

Exceedingly sporty with the handling of a hot hatch, beautiful, modern, classy, fast – it’s a massive step up from the iX35.

Text | Danie Botha Photography | Deon van der Walt

Hyundai Tucson 1.6T-GDI ExecutiveEngineFour-cylinder, turbo, D-CVVT, 16-valveCapacity1,591ccPower130kW @ 5,500r/minTorque265Nm @ 4,500r/minGearboxSix-speed manualGround clearance172mmPriceR419,900

1.0 EcoBoost TitaniumPower (kW @ rpm) – 92 @ 6,000 Torque (Nm @ rpm) – 170 @ 1,400-4,500Transmission5-speed manualOverall length 4,077mmExtrasRear-view camera, cruise control and rain-sensing wipers all standard

At first glance, the Ford B-Max looks like just another choice in the Mercedes B Class or Honda Jazz corner of the market. But getting into the vehicle for the first time gives the lie to that thinking, as the rear doors slide backwards like a minivan, and no central pillar (that’s built into the heavy leading edge of the doors).

This makes getting kids in and out of the back seat considerably easier than in a car with a more traditional layout, particularly if you’re carrying something else in your hands (which parents always are). The convenience of that feature is slightly tempered by the high seating position, but once you’re in, the improved visibility has obvious benefits for the driver – at all times – as well as for the passengers when taking the car on a road trip.

The B-Max’s performance is surprisingly good, given that it has a one-litre engine. It really shows off on hills, roaring – and that’s the right word; the turbocharger gives it an unexpected snarl – past far more powerful cars courtesy of Ford’s direct injection EcoBoost system. The promised fuel economy doesn’t quite materialise, but on longer trips, especially if you use the cruise control, it’s still pretty handy.

Where the everyday usability details are concerned – comfortable seats, excellent air-conditioning, a good sound system – the B-Max delivers, making it a good choice as a zippy urban run-around or as a hardworking family car.

Text | Bruce Dennill Photography | Supplied

Relative comfortNovel design gives Ford family car plenty of appeal

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Beyond the blueResearch has shown that the number of individuals who are suffering from sleep disorders has increased dramatically in recent years. Some of the blame is thought to be the amount of blue light in our modern environment – from LED televisions and cellphones to tablets and other sources. This blue light suppresses the production of melatonin – commonly called the ‘sleep hormone’ – which is responsible for controlling sleep cycles.

“Our body clock is controlled by our circadian rhythm,” explains ophthalmologist Dr Robert Daniel, developer of the SleepSpec, a product he believes can help counter this problem. “This is the 24-hour cycle of day and night which controls our sleep patterns and is adapted to the earth’s natural rhythm of day and night.”

Sunlight also contains blue light, therefore, as the sun rises, melatonin production is suppressed and our bodies wake up. At night, as the sun sets and light fades into darkness, there is less or no blue light and melatonin is produced, preparing the body to move into sleep mode.

SleepSpec spectacles have special orange lenses that absorb all blue light, allowing for melatonin production, and users are encouraged to wear them for a few hours before going to bed to allow our melatonin levels to balance even as we wind down by watching TV or reading e-books.

For more information visit SleepSpecs' Facebook page.

To the power of 10The HTC 10 has been developed using customer feedback and includes camera, audio and body design upgrades. The handset was subjected to extreme temperature tests, ranging from -20°C to a scorching 60°C, plus over 10,000 drop, bend, scratch and corrosion tests.

The phone offers optically stabilised, larger aperture f/1.8 lenses on both the front and rear cameras, new larger sensors, 12 millionpixels, faster laser autofocus powering the main camera, and a wide angle lens and screen flash on the front UltraSelfieTM camera. It launches in as little as 0.6 seconds, and laser autofocus helps you focus faster.

The phone’s 4K video with stereo 24-bit Hi-Res audio recording allow for easy, high-quality recordings. For audiophiles, there’s a headphone amp that delivers two times the power of a conventional headphone amp, the ability to upscale from 16-bit to 24-bit audio, and high performance digital to analogue conversion. Users can also create their own personal audio profile.

This hardware strength is complemented by a fingerprint scanner for added security, boasts the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and enhanced battery life.

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With so little being known about our oceans, scientists believe they offer almost immeasurable resources for the planet. From undiscovered medicines to developing marine resources as a sustainable food source, we cannot afford to overlook what the oceans offer us.

But we do.Our oceans are as imperilled as other wilderness.

We often only consider the state of them when faced with massive industrial accidents, but we endanger our oceans on a daily basis.

Product perilThe US recently took action against a product that millions have been using since the 1970s. Microbeads, the tiny plastic balls or exfoliants contained in products like facial scrubs and toothpastes, were banned in a law passed in December 2015. The law, effective from July 2017, is the culmination of years of activism by scientists. In 2012, scientists proved that these tiny plastic particles

were finding their way into the waterways of North America and moving up aquatic food chains.

Research showed that microbeads, which fish mistake for food, were not only a danger to marine life, but alsovto humans. The pellets sometimes harbour dangerous chemicals that can cause problems in our food supply. There is growing concern that deep sea mining may pose a huge threat to ocean environments. Multinational companies have explored opportunities to mine in deep ocean areas, but environmentalists argue that it is impossible to know the extent of the impact massive disruptions of the ocean bed could have.

Large-scale contaminationAccording to a report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), more than 80% of ocean pollution comes from land-based sources. Together with microbeads, other sources of ocean pollution include pesticides, insecticides, chemicals and radioactive waste that make their way into our oceans. While pesticides and chemicals are clearly dangerous, even the most seemingly innocuous products end up being pollutants.

‘Non-point sources of pollution’ – a harmless-sounding scientific term – refers to micro-sources of

Marine pollution is a huge concern from

a biodiversity and ecological standpoint

With the oceans being the least explored part of Earth (only 5% has been explored), thinking that they have largely escaped the ravages of humanity is almost logical.

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contamination: vehicles (even the drops of oil deposited on roads), septic tanks, movement of land on farms, and so on. All these ‘non-point sources’ make their way into rivers, lakes and oceans. Sewage is also a major problem, especially where large populations live around waterways. The WWF report estimates that 80% of urban sewage discharged into the Mediterranean is untreated.

Brunt of the litterWorld Ocean Review cites a 1997 report by the National Academy of Sciences in the USA that estimates around 6.4 million tonnes of litter enter the world’s oceans annually. It is estimated that in Indonesia, the coastal waters comprised four items of debris per square metre.

A study that mapped the total human impact on the seas revealed that the effect humans have on oceans is far worse than the scientists imagined. According to the study, 40% of the world's oceans have been negatively affected by human activities, including fishing, coastal development and pollution from shipping.

There are also studies looking into the premise that a form of bone marrow cancer – multiple myeloma – in humans is linked to ocean contamination. There are even reports claiming that fish should no longer

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automatically be considered a healthy food source, as toxic contaminant build-up in the food chain has started affecting dietary toxicity.

Possible solutionsAs seen with the microbead legislation, there is some progress, however slow, being made. In February 2016, South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa published draft notices and regulations in the Government Gazette to declare a network of 22 proposed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) as part of Operation Phakisa. The network will create about 70,000km² of protected marine area, protecting off-shore ecosystems, marine biodiversity and fisheries management.

In SA, several organisations also lobby and run conservation programmes. The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s (EWT) Source to Sea Programme is one such initiative. The programme emerged in the 1990s with a project to monitor the status of humpback dolphins, a threatened species negatively affected by shark nets off the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Interactions with specialists, government and NGOs have revealed an increasing number of impacts negatively affecting oceans and coastlines in southern Africa. Since 2006, the programme has redefined its objectives and been working to develop a comprehensive programme to tackle some threats and promote healthy marine and coastal ecosystems.

Bridget Corrigan, EWT’s Source to Sea Programme Manager, says: “Marine pollution is a huge concern from a biodiversity and ecological standpoint as well as from a human health aspect. Oceans are not dumping grounds and we cannot consider dilution to be a solution. Eventually, our waste will catch up with us and make it impossible to ignore.”

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In 1970, only one in every 10,000 people received an autism diagnosis. The latest statistics claim that one in 43 boys and one in 68 girls are diagnosed as autistic. The criteria for being deemed autistic has been changed, adapted and added to throughout the short lifespan of the diagnosis more readily than any other disorder. The rise of autism diagnoses is a mystery that some justify with an increase in awareness. Others believe in an evolutionary theory in which autistic people are seen as superior humans.

Different manifestationsThere is an entire spectrum of autistic people. There are autistic savants – the Stephen Wiltshires of the world. Stephen can draw every detail of a city he

has only seen once from an aeroplane from memory. Yet Stephen only fully started speaking at age nine and was diagnosed with severe autism. There are people like Ido Kedar, who doesn’t speak a word, but does presentations for hundreds of people by communicating through a computer and has recently completed a tertiary degree. Another profile is the Asperger’s syndrome individual – like Temple Grandin. She has not only revolutionised how many see autism, but also completed her PhD, written many books about breakthrough theories, and consults on the humane treatment of animals. Some autistic people need high support structures and others need smaller accommodations.

In the spotlightAutism is definitely the new ‘it’ word and advocacy groups are receiving multiple queries on what exactly qualifies someone to receive an autism diagnosis. A balanced view might involve looking at autistic people through their eyes. Sounds might be exponentially louder, lights brighter, and the sense of touch might become unbearable. Due to autism being an ‘invisible’

Autistic individuals are often highly intelligent,

detail-oriented and hyper-focused

in the past, autism was considered a severe mental disturbance

and people with this diagnosis were institutionalised. Today, a sudden increase in global interest in these individuals with a said ‘different operating system’ and a fascination of some of their unique abilities have emerged.

Autism spectrum disorder has long been a misunderstood diagnosis, but that is now changing

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diagnosis that many only become aware of in their twenties, all of these heightened senses might be seen as being ‘naughty’ behaviour instead of intensely intuitive in the autistic person’s younger years, or ‘difficult’ instead of ‘different’ in their adolescent years.

Many clinical professionals see these heightened abilities as a disability. In recent years, there has been a shift to accepting autism instead of trying to cure it and this has brought on the phenomenon of neurodiversity. This movement allows individuals who are different to express their individuality and respect the many forms of talents differently-abled individuals offer.

If you specifically look at the working of the autistic brain, you find individuals who are highly intelligent, detail-oriented, hyper-focused, task-oriented, meti-culous, blatantly honest and systems-driven. These qualities, combined with an eager attitude to develop and grow, make autistic people highly sought after as future employees.

Managing expectationsAs with any individual, there will be challenges – an autistic individual might be different to your average employee. The autistic person will not struggle to be on time or attend every workshop – these are rules and details that they appreciate. They may struggle with basic social cues from colleagues, but not with the work or what is expected of them. With the appropriate support structure, autistic people can function independently and at times on a superior level in the right work environment.

These accommodations include environmental adaptations – dimmer lights, soundproof rooms, closed-plan environments and a general understanding of the

perceived quirkiness of autistic people. If corporates cannot afford structural accommodations, it is possible for the individual to adapt to the environment if they are aware of their challenges.

Overcoming challengesAutistic people are required to learn a ‘second language’ that other people are usually born with. This includes being social when it feels awkward to do so, or to engage in business etiquette when it seems impractical. Successful inclusion in the workplace commands a compromise from both the general society and the autistic community. If society is open to accept different abilities and the autistic person is open to learn new skills, the evolutionary theorists might be correct. Autism might be part of a kind of evolution, where society is required to evolve this subgroup in a symbiotic manner.

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Karla Pretorius is the Director of Start Up (www.startupautism.com), a company that supports autistic individuals in finding and maintaining appropriate high-end employment. For more information, email Karla on [email protected]

Artist Stephen Wiltshire has severe autism

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Simphiwe Dana – Celebrating Ten Years Live at the BasslineA concert performance featuring audience adulation and song introductions by Dana as she places songs new and old in their proper contexts, Celebrating Ten Years assembles all the much-admired facets of Simphiwe Dana’s sound. Her band are on fabulous form, providing a lush bed of guitar, sax and rhythm on which Dana can arrange her resonant vocals. The over-arching mood is contemplative and cool – great to spend a mellow afternoon with.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Live: Singing for Peace around the WorldTheir reputation almost overshadows the actual music they make nowadays, but Ladysmith Black Mambazo has earned their place in the spotlight and this, a re-release of their Grammy-winning 2013 release, begins strongly with Ofana Naye and maintains momentum throughout, with its many precisely performed pieces linked by Joseph Shabalala’s gentle, charming patter. The audience’s obvious pleasure in their performance adds to an already vibrant atmosphere.

The Drop Box (PG)Director Brian Ivie’s tender, affecting documentary examines

The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Eighth SeasonRemarkably, this sitcom about a gang of geeky scientists and their friendships, romances, trials and successes refuses to age. Perhaps it’s because the subject matter at the core of all of its jokes is as old as the universe. More likely, it’s that the writing remains sharp – Penny gets a grown-up job, Raj has a serious relationship, and Amy makes further inroads into Sheldon’s inability to commit. Of the guest stars, Billy Bob Thornton’s deadpan delivery as an unlikely suitor for Penny takes the cake.

This Is Botswana by Daryl & Sharna Balfour and Peter Joyce

As the title suggests, this compact coffee table book is an introduction to

Botswana, rather than a detailed guide to every facet of the country. Its brief overviews of various facets – the people, the economy, key points of interest – are informative without being overwhelming, with the lovely picture spreads that follow, grouped by region, being the major drawcard.

Books, DVDs and music

A recent visitor to South Africa as part of his tour for this album, Josh Groban is only growing in stature as a leading voice in both pop music and its classical crossover cousin. On his new album Stages, he pays tribute to the source of some of his most consistent inspiration: stage musicals.

That’s a space bristling with clichés, and the collection could have been nothing more than a sort of Now That’s What I Call Musicals 2016 that would have added nothing to the genre. Instead, Groban has not only chosen to include a number of lesser-known but beautifully written numbers, but also arranged the remainder – those songs that are more celebrated; better understood – in such a way as to give them fresh life.

He begins with Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which is a lyrical invitation not only to the story that follows but, in this case, to the tracks that follow. Later, he closes with Unusual Way, from Nine, a show that relatively few South Africans will be familiar with, but one that may receive a spike in interest once this song and its imaginative lyric line are properly appreciated.

In between are a couple of old faithfuls, but with added sparkle. All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera features the powerful pipes of Kelly Clarkson as a duet partner, hitting the high soprano notes with conviction equal to – if not greater than – her more operatically inclined predecessors singing the same part. From Les Miserables, there is the heartbreaking Bring Him Home, re-positioned as a plea to the authorities in the US, the Middle East and everywhere else soldiers are sent into conflict zones, and performed with palpable sensitivity.Two of the album’s best moments include compositions by two of the very best writers who have contributed to the canon: Marvin Hamlisch and Stephen Sondheim. Groban has grafted two of the latter’s works – Children Will Listen and Not While I’m Around (from Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd respectively) – into a single, satisfying whole. And Hamlisch’s What I Did for Love, from A Chorus Line, is the highlight of the lot, allowing Groban to stretch his voice to its bar-setting limits.Le Temps des Cathedrales from Notre-Dame de Paris and If I Loved You from Carousel (a duet with Audra McDonald) fall short of the quality of the rest of the collection, but two good tracks alongside 11 great ones is hardly worth complaining about.

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the actions, past and present, of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak. Discovering that hard-up mothers were abandoning their unwanted babies in the area around his parish, he built a ‘drop box’ in the wall of his church

where those unfortunate kids could be left. Lee’s heart for his charges and the example he sets for every viewer (such boxes exist locally, too) make watching this film a scary, perplexing and ultimately inspiring experience.

Several years ago the Rock Art Research Institute (RARI), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), received an important donation of materials from the collection of the acclaimed South African artist Walter Whall Battiss.

The collection includes:• watercolour copies of rock art on cellophane.• pen sketches of rock art on cellophane.• watercolour copies of art on paper (final versions).• original notebooks from rock art fieldwork.• photographs of Battiss in the field and of rock art

sites he visited.

A Bank of America: Art Conservation Programme grant has been awarded to RARI for the extremely important work of stabilising and housing this collection in a manner that complies with international standards of conservation. With that conservation work being completed, an exhibition is now planned at the Origins Centre Museum (the public education partner of RARI).

Increasing fameWalter Battiss is fast becoming one of the most significant South African artists. Posthumously, his career is on an upward trajectory and the interest in his art, and by extension in the life story of the artist himself, is at an all-time high. The conservation and exhibition of this collection is of great significance for researchers, artists, collectors and the general public. It is the first public showing of this material.

Battiss is recognised as one of South Africa’s great artistic innovators. Born in 1906 in the Karoo town of Somerset East, his artistic talent manifested at a young age as he used drawing to express himself. Explorations of his environment soon led him to discover what, to him, were mysterious depictions of nature that used colour and form in ways yet unseen in modern art. Battiss’ self-taught organic style coalesced in his mind with the rock art he was introduced to by friends and family.

Battiss was the first South African artist to infuse a South African aesthetic with modernist concerns.

Text and photography | Supplied

For more information, go to www.wits.ac.za/campus-life/arts-and-culture/origins-centre/

or call 011 717 1000

Rock star artist

Between mid-June and mid-September this year, works

from the Rock Art Research Institute’s Walter Battiss archive will be on display at the Origins

Centre in Johannesburg

Exhibition conceptThe exhibition will have three main areas of focus:• Conservation of the collection: A number of the original pieces conserved in

this project will be exhibited. The conservation of all aspects of the collection will be recorded photographically. This will allow for large prints detailing the conservation work to be displayed. Information about how the pieces were conserved and why this work is so important will accompany the photographs.

• Battiss as a rock art copyist and collector: Battiss was one of the most important rock art recorders and copyists in the first half of the 20th century. Between the 1930s and 1950s, he spent a great deal of time making copies and also removing panels of rock art (note – this is illegal) from various sites across southern Africa.

• Battiss as an artist influenced by the rock art: His work from the 1930s to 1960s was most directly influenced by rock art. It is clear that the acid-coloured forms enmeshed in hyper-abstracted colour field backgrounds are taken from the rock art he so loved to document.

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I’ve given Fraser an off-hand brief to “let me know where the bodies are buried” as we play a round, and he looks a touch disappointed as he considers this, conceding that the best he can do is the scattering of the ashes of a former greenkeeper’s daughter on the fourth hole after the unfortunate child passed away after an illness.

In a less macabre vein, he gestures towards the suburb of Parkview on the left of the first hole as we await our turn to play.

“We’ve really made an effort to embrace the

community in the last year. Guys are not playing five or six times a week the way they used to anymore, so we need to provide options. One of those is a walking club – though that’s been going for about 15 years.”

He points to a young fruit tree about two-thirds of the way up the fairway.

“That was donated by a mystery caller in honour of her late husband, who, she said, ‘really loved Parkview’. I asked her how often he played here and she said, ‘Oh, only two or three times.’ Weird.”

After our fourball has all had a couple of putts on the excellent first green, Fraser describes enjoying watching the reshaping of the surfaces in a course overhaul a few years back.

“He drove around in one of those little Bobcat diggers,” says Fraser, “and he could do with that machine what I can do with a teaspoon and a whisk. Incredible to watch.”

Partnerships aplentyWe’re waiting to play again – not something a course manager would ordinarily withhold comment on, but it turns out there’s a rather moving reason for

the club’s centenary celebrations

have already included the unveiling of an impressive statue of one-time member and four-time Open winner Bobby Locke, but a round with club manager Jerry Fraser reveals a number of other tales from the archives that are unlikely to make the official newsletter.

Parkview Golf Club has been in existence for a century this year, and there’s been a lot of water

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it. As part of the club’s FIFO Wednesday format (the earthy acronym stands for Fit In Or F#%* Off), a group of players take turns hosting a fellow member who suffers from advanced Alzheimer’s. It’s such a thoroughly decent thing to do – not in keeping with the perception that golf clubs are snobby old boys’ playgrounds – that playing slowly suddenly feels like more of a privilege than a chore.

From time to time, Fraser steals a peek at the sluit that runs down the centre of the course – probably the property’s most famous feature.

“With all the rain we’ve had, we’re keeping an eye on the banks and the erosion – we’ve had some problems further down,” he says.

It turns out that, because parts of the Braamfontein Spruit run through sections of concrete canal and are thus defined as formal thoroughfares of some sort, the upkeep of those sections falls under the Johannesburg Roads Agency. And anyone who’s tried to get a pothole fixed or railed against the bizarre tendency of traffic lights to shut down if there’s so much as a light drizzle will understand the challenges of partnering with that body …

Diversified attractionsAnother of the centenary celebrations designed to embrace the community is the hosting of bird walks on the course.

“Twitchers really open your eyes to what’s always been there,” admits Fraser.

Likewise, Fraser was amazed, after commissioning an enthusiastic gardener who embraced the opportunity with great gusto, to discover that there are over 4,000 trees on the course, a number that is kept constant or increasing via planned planting programmes.

The 12th hole, a flat par four sheltered by a line of tall trees, used to be municipal grazing ground. Farmers bringing their cattle to market in central Johannesburg would spend their last night on the way in on that spot before pushing on and over the Parktown ridge the next day.

Just next to the river on the par five 13th hole, a new building is being erected, with a small parcel of property in one corner at a lower level than the main section.

“The architect of this new place came to us with the building plans and said, ‘Do you guys know you own this little corner?’ We didn’t – and now the developer’s made a good offer for it, so that’s a bonus.”

One of the great challenges of golf clubs today is attracting young golfers.

“We’ve just signed Linden High School, and Parktown Boys High already use us as their home course for their golf programme,” says Fraser, “so there’s good growth on a competitive level. And we have a young pro now, James Searson, who has some wonderful ideas, so the youth side is going well.”

Text | Bruce Dennill Photography | Supplied

Learn more about Parkview Golf Club’s centenary celebrations or book a round at parkviewgolf.co.za

A Locke on greatnessFormer Parkview Golf Club member Bobby Locke, celebrated with the erection of a statue at the club this year, counted the following among his achievements:• Four-time Open Championship winner (1949, 1950,

1952, 1957).• Elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977.• Won tournaments around the world: 15 on the PGA

Tour (US), 30 on the Sunshine Tour (South Africa), and 29 in the rest of the world.

• Defeated Sam Snead in 12 out of 16 contests during an exhibition series in 1946.

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Moss’ training includes studying at the South African Chef’s Academy, a stint at the Mount Nelson and experience gained in England, including a whirlwind stop at Heston Blumenthal’s famous The Fat Duck in Berkshire. Those encounters have given Moss an exciting take on his day job.

“Fine dining, for me, is about taking exceptional ingredients and presenting them in a theatrical way. For instance, on the current menu, we use liquid nitrogen to make a salad dressing that arrives frozen and then melts on your plate.”

The food, while the centrepiece of what Moss and his colleagues do at Greenhouse (they’ve dropped the ‘The’ in the name, making it starker but less comfortable as it rolls off the tongue), is only part of the equation.

“Pete and I are involved in all aspects of the restaurant,” Moss explains.

“After the serving – we only do dinner, so we have time – we sometimes sit in the office and brainstorm new ideas. We’ve lost the classic white tablecloths and gone for bespoke tables now, and for the crockery, we’ve worked with local potters, including Mervyn Gers from

Creativity and enthusiasm are the

watchwords of talented young chef Ashley Moss

With his multiple tattoos, beard and earrings, Ashley Moss hardly fits the five-star hotel stereotype, but the dishes he helps create, along with mentor Peter Templehoff, executive chef for all of the hotels in The Collection by Liz McGrath and their team, are bar-setting extravagances.

Ashley Moss, head chef at Greenhouse restaurant at Cellars-Hohenort in Cape Town, gets a buzz from being busy

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Paarden Eiland, whose plates are on the tables.”The venue’s tasting menus (there are five- and

seven-course options) are a major drawcard.“We change the menus with the seasons, but

obviously seasons don’t change overnight, so there’s plenty of overlap,” says Moss.

“And it’s not all exotic ingredients – we use mushrooms from the garden, and we planted some Jerusalem artichokes recently and are waiting for those to come up. We also get all the flowers we use for garnish from the grounds here at Cellars.”

Moss and Templehoff clearly had plenty of fun putting together the autumn menu, which includes dishes such as ‘The Beet Goat’s On’, ‘Age of Ovis’ (involving sheep of three different ages) and ‘Four Degrees of Cheese’.

Moss grins as he explains the latter.“We take the cheese from a huge wheel of

Huguenot, which we present in four ways: as a soufflé at 56°C, at room temperature at 20°C, in a panna cotta at 8°C and then in an ice cream at -2°C. We call that a ‘bridging course’, as it takes you from your hot main course to your cold dessert, getting colder and sweeter as you go.”

The creativity involved is exhilarating, and there’s further almost mischievous exuberance in the seven-course menu, which includes beer, crisps and pretzels – but not as most patrons would know them.

“That was one of those brainstorming sessions,” says Moss.

“I’d made a beer-flavoured ice cream, which I brought to Pete to taste and comment on. He liked it, and said: ‘What goes best with beer?’, to which we both replied, ‘Crisps and pretzels!’ So we have a custard made from crisps and pretzels sprinkled with a special sugar mixture we put together.”

Beer is a South African standard, and positioning Greenhouse as a product of its context is important to Moss.

“We want the restaurant to be a true reflection of where we are – South African food with South African origins,” he states.

“Part of that is leaning on our hunter-gatherer beginnings: we go out and find what we can to work with, and make the best food we can with whatever that is.”

Text and Photography | Bruce Dennill

Greenhouse is situated at The Cellars-Hohenort, 93 Brommersvlei Road, Constantia. Phone 021 794 2137 or go to www.greenhouserestaurant.co.za for more information

Greenhouse is where cuisine is stretched and reinvented, while The Conservatory, situated in the main hotel building at Cellars-Hohenort, is about (to use their own words), “featuring classic dishes made to only the highest standards.”

This allows for a comfortable familiarity, but still in elegant, beautiful surroundings, and with fantastic food. The restaurant occupies a couple of rooms featuring nearly as much glass – and thus nearly as much ambient light – as Greenhouse, but with added talking points, like the 300-year-old oak tree around which the structure is built.

For starters, get the double-baked Underberg cheese soufflé, firstly because it’s a signature dish and secondly because it’s warm and rich without being heavy and it has a layered, textured taste. For mains, a deconstructed Cape Malay beef bobotie allows you to play alchemist with your desired tastes, combining the parts of the dish, served elegantly in different dishes on a wooden board, as you prefer. Note: there is no rice, if that’s how you’re used to eating your bobotie – poppadoms are the capable stand-ins.

For dessert, the Banoffie Marquis offers a stylish upgrade to the two-level tert your granny makes, with a range of textures and temperatures teasing your taste buds. If you’re in on business and eating alone, there are a number of ways to pass the time between courses. The staff are attentive and available for a bit of banter should you require it, but otherwise, you can play ‘place the accent’ while listening to your fellow guests chat, or identify the potted herb on your table and figure out if it will complement whatever you’ve ordered (I had rocket, and added a leaf to my salad).

The Conservatory is great as a business or destination (anniversaries and other celebrations) eatery.

Text and Photography | Bruce Dennill

Review: The ConservatoryClassic tastes and a setting to match

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There are several good reasons why American whiskies are becoming more popular: palates are maturing, preferences are moving from sweet to savoury, and people are calling for real taste in their drinks. Few spirits can compare with American whiskies for rich, full-bodied taste and flavour complexity. I love the taste of all the styles – the mouth feel, the body and the warmth. These whiskies are immensely social drinks bringing people together to share, toast and tell stories. American whiskies also have a long history to add to their allure.

Products of the pastThe best-known American whiskies are produced using the same basic methods used in the US for generations. Consumption of whiskey is part and parcel of American history. For example, soldiers, from revolutionary times

to the end of the Civil War, received part of their pay in whiskey rations. At one time, practically every farm had its own distillery – even George Washington had a successful set-up. In most cases, producers have moved away from smaller potstills in favour of column stills for larger volumes, but the basic production methods have barely changed.

What makes American whiskies stand apart from Scotch and Irish varieties are the ingredients and production methods. Where Scotch and Irish whiskies are all malt or barley based, only a few US distillers have a malt whiskey style, and most are produced using mainly corn, wheat or rye. In the American process, the grain stays with the product throughout distillation, which means more of the grain’s character comes through in the final drink.

Spirits grouped under the American whiskey banner

Thanks to their broad taste portfolio, there

are American whiskies to please every palate,

appealing equally to men and women

Bourbon: a kind of American whisky distilled

from maize and rye

tennessee whiskey, American rye whiskey and bourbon are enjoying renewed popularity around the world, thanks to

authentic, distinctive flavours and a rich heritage.

Going against the grainExplore American whiskeys for new taste experiences

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include Tennessee whiskey, American rye whiskey and bourbon. Tennessee whiskey is a grain-based spirit distilled and aged in oak barrels in the Tennessee region, using production methods very similar to those used to produce bourbon. Bourbon, produced using corn-based mash and aged in new white oak barrels, is distilled primarily in the Kentucky region – known for its iron-free water. The unique flavours of these spirits are attributed in part to the quality of the water used in distillation, with Tennessee whiskey further noted for the charcoal mellowing process it undergoes.

Taste the differenceAmerican whiskies typically feature corn and yeast notes, along with hints of caramel and vanilla from the barrel and even spicy notes in the case of rye-based spirits. Bourbons tend to be viewed as sweeter and the ryes tend to be spicier. New variants even include hints of honey, maple or apple for those who prefer flavoured spirits, while the distinctive flavours also add depth and flavour to cocktails.

To fully appreciate American whiskies, always taste the spirit neat first. Nose it and taste it for the first time at room temperature. After that, if you prefer, you might add a few drops of water to see how the taste changes. Then you might add an ice cube. Drink what you enjoy – it’s about what is pleasing to your palate.

Given the number of brands available, there’s a wide variety out there in terms of quality. But this doesn’t mean one whiskey is good and another is bad. Generally, one doesn’t like a lot of dirt in the taste, but other than that, the brand you choose is really about what suits your taste. If you like a sweeter drink, you might want bourbon, while if you like something spicier, you might prefer rye.

Text | Dave Pickerell Photography | Shutterstock

Master distiller Dave Pickerell, also known in the US as ‘Mr Whiskey’, headed American whiskey tastings in SA recently as part of a US trade mission to SA.

Keep your spirits up

Grant's Old FashionedA classic cocktail, the Old Fashioned originated at the Pendennis club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, in the mid-1880s, right around the time William Grant was laying the foundations of his first distillery. It later made its way to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. Only later was the muddling added, said to be a way of covering the taste of poor alcohol during prohibition.

Ingredients:• 50ml Grant’s Family Reserve• Dash of angostura bitters• Dash of orange bitters• Sugar (or sugar syrup)• Garnish with a twist of orange zest

Method:• Muddle an orange slice in a tumbler and remove. • Add one dash of angostura bitters. • Add three dashes of orange bitters. • Add 3 ice cubes. • Add 15ml Grant’s Family Reserve. • Stir well. • Add 2 more ice cubes. • Add 15ml Grant’s Family Reserve. • Stir well. • Add 2 more ice cubes. • Add sugar or sugar syrup. • Stir well. • Pour. • Garnish with a twist of orange zest.

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All about the brewThe 2016 SAB Heritage Tour was proof of one thing – beer is serious business, and a lot of work and passion go into ensuring that every one of the golden beverages that we enjoy is a work of perfection.

Danie Odendaal, SAB Consumer Science and Sensory Manager, is a perfect example of the personal passion that goes into making beer. So much so that after a long day of beer tasting, he goes home only to brew more beer! When asked what his favourite beer is, the reply was simple: “There is a perfect beer for every occasion, so why limit yourself to only one?” Danie explains that every beer we drink has been tasted by trained professionals, and that he himself has signed off thousands of litres of

beer. Of course alcohol has risks, and SAB’s tasters get tested on a regular basis to make sure they stay healthy.

Hops farming in SA A visit to the Helderkruin hops farm in George provides insight into hops as a vital ingredient in making beer. The flower looks a bit like a tiny artichoke, and when you break it open, your nostrils are treated to an unmistakable beery-bitter aroma. The South African hops industry is unique in that it’s the only hops industry in the world that flourishes at low altitudes. Hops are mostly grown in the northern hemisphere where the climate is typically very cold in winter, and the summer days are very long. In South Africa, all our hops are grown in George and its surroundings, where the climate is obviously different, and the summer days can be up to three hours shorter than in the northern hemisphere. Still, farmers manage to grow hops of high quality. Interestingly, to make up for the shortage of daylight, bright night lights are used on local hops plants.

Apart from hops, the basic ingredients of beer are barley, water and yeast, which go through an intricate chemical process to combine into one of the world’s most popular drinks.

Text and photography | Noleen Fourie

Hops is a member of the hemp family

(Cannabaceae), closely related to

marijuana, also part of the hemp family

imagine a Friday afternoon at the office. One

of those afternoons during which every hour feels like five. It’s safe to say that many South Africans are thinking about the same thing during that long walk to freedom: getting home, getting rid of uncomfortable work clothes, firing up the braai, and then – that first long, deep sip of an ice cold beer.

Brewing is about more than just beer; it’s a work of passion

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Glass half-fullIn 1864, British-born brewer Charles Glass established Glass & Co – a small brewery in northern KwaZulu-Natal that would eventually change the face of South African brewing. With the discovery of the Witwatersrand gold reef just two years later, Glass made the move to the mines in Johannesburg. Henry Marshall, Glass’ business partner, purchased a large plot of land where Glass established his brewery. By 1884 Glass’ brew became what is today known as Castle. Source: www.sabstories.co.za

Train your taste budsThere is an art to tasting beer, and during the SAB Heritage Tour Danie Odendaal presented a masterclass in sharpening your beer senses. The group was presented with three beers treated with flavours used to train beer tasters, and a control glass of Castle Lager. The first step is to cover your glass with your hand and give it a swirl to release the flavours. Then move the glass sideways underneath your nose to just get a whiff, ensuring that the flavours aren’t too overwhelming. Only then do you taste. The beers tasted by the group were treated with sour, acetic and diacetyl (buttery) flavouring – all examples of how your beer is not supposed to taste. “If your beer does not taste right, do not hesitate to send it back,” said Danie. “This will help taste testers to identify where the problem is, and besides, life’s too short to drink bad beer.”

Did you know?• All beer brewed at the Newlands Brewery contains

only pure spring water. There is also a collection point near the brewery where members of the public are welcome to collect free spring water.

• Beer contains up to 95% water and is in fact good for you, but like everything in life, moderation is important.

• Empty draught bottles returned to liquor stores are properly cleaned, along with the crates they came in, before they are used again.

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Adapting your taste to the conditions

onboard an aeroplane will increase your

enjoyment

michelin stars are taking to the skies in

an attempt to banish boring cuisine. The result is a culinary renaissance that makes short work of traditionally bland and unpalatable in-flight flavours. One trend sees airlines spending their shrinking budgets on discovering optimum wine and food pairings to appeal to their valuable travellers.

In-flight cuisine gets an upgradeOnboard food and wine choices are ever more sophisticated on long-haul flights

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Airlines around the world have hired celebrity chefs and sommeliers to curate in-flight meals to satisfy their first- and business-class customers. Culinary luminaries are rising to great heights with British chef Heston Blumenthal studying the effects of colour, sound, light and background music in the air for British Airways; Gordon Ramsay sharing his talents with Singapore Airlines; and Air France seeking the wisdom of Alain Ducasse, Joël Robuchon and Guy Martin. Qatar curated dishes with Nobu Matsuhisa, Tom Aikens, Vineet Bhatia (India’s two-Michelin-starred sensation) and Lebanese celebrity chef Ramzi Choueiri; American Airlines teamed up with Richard Sandoval; Delta collaborated with Iron Chef Michelle Bernstein; and Japan Airlines brought in chef Seiji Yamamoto whose combination of molecular gastronomy and traditional kaiseke has earned him three Michelin stars.

Why in-flight refreshments sometimes miss the markFlying is a stressful experience: meeting transport deadlines, amassing the correct documents, travel cards, computers, chargers and phone chips for each continent – and that’s before having to squeeze a week’s clothing into a shoebox-sized space. The enjoyment of a glass of wine and good food onboard is vital to relaxation, yet often this marriage does not step up to the gourmet’s plate.

Scientific explanations have identified the lack of flavour in sky-high meals. Our taste buds suffer from altitude sickness. When the plane ascends, the change in air pressure numbs a third of them. At a cruising altitude of 30,000 feet, there are low cabin humidity levels to reduce the risk of fuselage corrosion, as well as re-circulated air and dust particles that dry out our nasal passages, dulling the olfactory sensors and significantly reducing our lack of smell and taste.

Taste buds are chemical receptors that sense taste in our mouths and throats when food is partially broken down by saliva. Each flavour has its own position on the tongue: salt and sweet at the front, sour at the sides, and bitter at the back. We have five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (a Japanese word that denotes that mysterious, delicious fifth flavour detected when we taste complex savoury dishes containing fish, soy sauce, tomatoes, bacon, cheese and MSG). Saltiness stimulates the appetite, while sweetness satiates it.

The decreased humidity, noise and vibration numb your taste buds, thereby creating the sensation of having a cold. Our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops by around 30% at high altitude.

Blanc de NoirThe red grapes are crushed and the juice is slowly drained off. As the juice moves through the skins, colour leaches out, and the colour of the final wine is in what remains. This coloured juice is then fermented as if it were a white wine. Because there is no skin contact during fermentation, the colour character of this style of wine is distinctively different from that of Rosé. Blanc de Noir is a good complement to any meal, especially duck, calamari and cold meats.

RoséThe delicate pink colour of Rosé is achieved by allowing the juice, once pressed, to have very limited contact with the skins so as to extract a little of the colour. The result is a light wine with some of the characteristics of a red, but without the accompanying heaviness. It’s perfect for hot days and as a sundowner. Warm-climate cuisines sometimes work best with Rosé.

Michelle Michaels is sommelier for The Collection by Liz McGrath.Text | Michelle Michaels Photography | Supplied

What’s the difference between Blanc de Noir and Rosé?The variance in taste and appearance can be attributed to different wine-making methods

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Choosing a tipple for your flightThere is nothing more rewarding than a flute of champagne after fighting the queues at immigration and being stripped to bare essentials at the x-ray machine. Yet the first glass is often too warm, showing a fat, ripe flat flavour with a mushroom bouquet. The second glass is chilled to perfection and you have time to savour it despite the bubbles not lasting long in the pressurised cabin.

Acidity and tannin are accentuated at altitude and sweetness is toned down. Your palate yearns for the ripe fruit in Chenin Blanc or round, aromatic Chardonnay because Sauvignon tends to be tight, lean, green and herby with its asparagus and gooseberry fruit.

When selecting red wines, rather go with the soft, ripe red berry fruit, supple tannins and subtle oak of Merlot, soft cassis and mushrooms in Pinot Noir, or the ripe and spicy flavours in Shiraz, rather than the hard texture and

unrelenting tannin of a Cabernet Sauvignon. High altitude causes dehydration, so stock up on liquids

before boarding and skip alcohol and caffeine in favour of water and herbal teas. Tomato juice is a favourite, with more tiny tins consumed on flights than beer, probably because it tastes savoury and far less acidic in the air than it does down on the ground.

Spice things upIf you find carrier snacks dull, pack a spice selection of pink peppercorns to sprinkle on chicken, fish or rice; sweet curry powder to add to salad dressings or mayonnaise; dried tarragon or truffle salt to enliven poultry or scrambled eggs; and powdered ginger, cocoa and cinnamon for your own in-flight spiced latte.

Text | Juliet Cullinan Photography | Shutterstock

The 26th annual Juliet Cullinan Standard Bank

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Try the addictive game of Sudoku. The aim is to fill each block with a number from 1 to 9. Each number must not appear more than once in each row, column and square.

If you can’t finish this puzzle during your flight, please take this free copy of Skyways with you. The cabin attendant will make sure that the next passengers get their own magazine, with a clean Sudoku for them to puzzle over!Puzzles taken from www.krazydad.com

sudoku

Each Battleship puzzle represents a section of ocean with a hidden fleet of one battleship, two cruisers and three submarines.

The ships may be oriented horizontally or vertically within the grid so that no ship touches another, not even diagonally. Any remaining squares in the grid contain water segments, which are shown as a symbol of water or as an X.

The numbers on the bottom and on the right of the grid show how many squares in the corresponding rows and columns are occupied by ships. The object is to discover where all six ships are located.

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F L I G H T S – Domestic

Cape Town - George - Cape Town

SA8621 Cape Town - George 7:15 8:05 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 AirlinkSA8625 Cape Town - George 8:15 9:05 6 ER3 AirlinkSA8631 Cape Town - George 11:45 12:35 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8631 Cape Town - George 11:45 12:35 6 AR8 AirlinkSA8639 Cape Town - George 14:15 15:05 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8639 Cape Town - George 14:15 15:10 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8635 Cape Town - George 16:45 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 AirlinkSA8622 George - Cape Town 8:30 9:20 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 AirlinkSA8630 George - Cape Town 9:25 10:15 6 ER3 AirlinkSA8632 George - Cape Town 13:00 13:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8632 George - Cape Town 13:00 13:50 6 AR8 AirlinkSA8638 George - Cape Town 15:25 16:15 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8638 George - Cape Town 15:40 16:35 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8636 George - Cape Town 18:10 19:05 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8611 Cape Town - Kimberley 6:15 7:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8617 Cape Town - Kimberley 16:50 18:20 1 2 ER3 AirlinkSA8617 Cape Town - Kimberley 16:50 18:25 3 4 5 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8612 Kimberley - Cape Town 8:15 9:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8618 Kimberley - Cape Town 18:50 20:25 1 2 ER3 AirlinkSA8618 Kimberley - Cape Town 18:50 20:25 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8663 Cape Town - Nelspruit 10:00 12:35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8664 Nelspruit - Cape Town 13:15 15:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink SA8651 Cape Town - Skukuza 10:35 13:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 AirlinkSA8652 Skukuza - Cape Town 11:20 13:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8645 Cape Town - Upington 7:10 8:30 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8647 Cape Town - Upington 10:45 12:05 7 ER3 AirlinkSA8646 Upington - Cape Town 8:50 10:10 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8648 Upington - Cape Town 12:50 14:10 7 ER3 Airlink SA8678 Cape Town - Pretoria 10:00 12:15 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 AirlinkSA8672 Cape Town - Pretoria 15:00 17:15 6 AR8 AirlinkSA8676 Cape Town - Pretoria 17:30 19:45 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8675 Pretoria - Cape Town 06:45 09:15 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 AirlinkSA8671 Pretoria - Cape Town 08:45 11:15 6 AR8 AirlinkSA8677 Pretoria - Cape Town 11:15 13:45 7 AR8 AirlinkSA8679 Pretoria - Cape Town 14:15 16:45 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 Airlink

SA8531 Durban - Bloemfontein 6:50 7:55 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8533 Durban - Bloemfontein 12:00 13:25 7 J41 AirlinkSA8535 Durban - Bloemfontein 15:15 16:40 7 J41 AirlinkSA8537 Durban - Bloemfontein 16:35 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8532 Bloemfontein - Durban 8:15 9:15 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8534 Bloemfontein - Durban 13:45 14:50 7 J41 AirlinkSA8536 Bloemfontein - Durban 17:00 18:05 7 J41 AirlinkSA8538 Bloemfontein - Durban 18:00 19:00 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8515 Durban - George 9:40 11:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 AirlinkSA8514 George - Durban 11:50 13:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8507 Durban - Nelspruit 6:45 8:05 1 3 5 J41 AirlinkSA8505 Durban - Nelspruit 13:45 14:45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 AirlinkSA8508 Nelspruit - Durban 8:25 9:45 1 3 5 J41 AirlinkSA8506 Nelspruit - Durban 15:10 16:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 ER3 AirlinkSA8510 Nelspruit - Durban 17:40 18:40 7 ER3 Airlink SA8427 Johannesburg - Kimberley 16:30 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 AirlinkSA8428 Kimberley - Johannesburg 18:20 19:30 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

Cape Town - Kimberley - Cape Town

Cape Town - Nelspruit - Cape Town

Cape Town - Upington - Cape Town

Cape Town - Pretoria - Cape Town

Durban - Bloemfontein - Durban

Durban - Nelspruit - Durban

Johannesburg - Kimberley - Johannesburg

FLIGHT ROUTE DEPARTURE ARRIVAL FREQUENCY AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY

Durban - George - Durban

Cape Town - Skukuza - Cape Town

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Johannesburg - Polokwane - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Upington - Johannesburg

SA8823 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 7:00 7:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8827 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 9:00 9:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8843 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 10:00 10:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8841 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 11:10 11:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8845 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 15:30 16:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8829 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 16:30 17:20 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8849 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 17:15 18:05 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8837 Johannesburg - Nelspruit 18:05 18:55 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8838 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 6:55 7:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8824 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 8:25 9:15 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8836 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 8:30 9:25 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8828 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 10:10 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8842 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 13:35 14:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8830 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 15:05 16:00 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8844 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 15:45 16:40 1 2 3 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8846 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 16:40 17:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8848 Nelspruit - Johannesburg 18:25 19:20 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8851 Johannesburg - Phalaborwa 6:25 7:35 1 2 3 4 J41 Airlink

SA8853 Johannesburg - Phalaborwa 11:45 12:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 J41 Airlink

SA8857 Johannesburg - Phalaborwa 16:00 17:10 5 J41 Airlink

SA8854 Phalaborwa - Johannesburg 13:15 14:35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 J41 Airlink

SA8858 Phalaborwa - Johannesburg 17:30 18:50 1 2 3 4 5 J41 Airlink

SA8801 Johannesburg - Polokwane 6:35 7:25 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8809 Johannesburg - Polokwane 10:50 11:40 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8809 Johannesburg - Polokwane 10:50 11:50 6 J41 Airlink

SA8817 Johannesburg - Polokwane 14:15 15:15 6 J41 Airlink

SA8815 Johannesburg - Polokwane 16:30 17:30 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8802 Polokwane - Johannesburg 7:55 8:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8810 Polokwane - Johannesburg 12:00 12:55 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8810 Polokwane - Johannesburg 12:10 13:05 6 J41 Airlink

SA8818 Polokwane - Johannesburg 15:35 16:30 6 J41 Airlink

SA8816 Polokwane - Johannesburg 18:00 19:05 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8747 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 7:00 8:00 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 Airlink

SA8735 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 12:15 13:15 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8735 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 12:15 13:15 6 AR8 Airlink

SA8743 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 15:30 16:30 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8741 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 17:00 18:00 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8739 Johannesburg - Pietermaritzburg 18:15 19:15 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 Airlink

SA8730 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 6:45 7:45 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 Airlink

SA8732 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 8:45 9:45 1 2 3 4 5 6 AR8 Airlink

SA8736 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 13:50 14:55 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8736 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 13:50 14:55 6 AR8 Airlink

SA8744 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 17:00 18:00 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8742 Pietermaritzburg - Johannesburg 18:25 19:25 1 2 3 4 5 AR8 Airlink

SA8861 Johannesburg - Skukuza 10:00 10:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8865 Johannesburg - Skukuza 13:20 14:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8862 Skukuza - Johannesburg 13:30 14:35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8866 Skukuza - Johannesburg 14:50 15:35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8761 Johannesburg - Upington 7:10 8:40 1 2 3 4 ER3 Airlink

SA8767 Johannesburg - Upington 11:00 12:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8769 Johannesburg - Upington 15:20 16:50 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8762 Upington - Johannesburg 9:00 10:35 1 2 3 4 ER3 Airlink

SA8768 Upington - Johannesburg 12:50 14:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8770 Upington - Johannesburg 17:10 18:45 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

Johannesburg - Nelspruit - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Phalaborwa - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Skukuza - Johannesburg

Golf Bags: 1 bag at 15kg free baggage allowance – golf bags must be pre-booked with your booking agent.

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SA8751 Johannesburg - Mthatha 6:15 7:30 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8753 Johannesburg - Mthatha 8:15 9:30 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8755 Johannesburg - Mthatha 15:15 16:30 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8752 Mthatha - Johannesburg 7:50 9:05 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8754 Mthatha - Johannesburg 9:50 11:05 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8756 Mthatha - Johannesburg 17:00 18:15 1 2 3 4 5 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8771 Johannesburg - Sishen 6:30 7:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8779 Johannesburg - Sishen 15:20 16:40 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8772 Sishen - Johannesburg 8:25 9:35 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8780 Sishen - Johannesburg 17:05 18:15 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8480 Port Elizabeth - East London 7:00 7:45 1 2 3 4 5 J41 Airlink

SA8488 Port Elizabeth - East London 16:15 17:00 1 2 3 4 5 J41 Airlink

SA8481 East London - Port Elizabeth 8:05 8:55 1 2 3 4 5 J41 Airlink

SA8489 East London - Port Elizabeth 17:20 18:10 1 2 3 4 5 J41 Airlink

SA8290 Durban - Maputo 10:10 11:25 1 3 5 J41 Airlink

SA8291 Maputo - Durban 11:45 13:05 1 3 5 J41 Airlink

SA8252 Johannesburg - Antananarivo 10:00 14:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8253 Antananarivo - Johannesburg 15:00 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8214 Johannesburg - Beira 11:30 13:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8215 Beira - Johannesburg 13:30 15:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8247 Beira - Johannesburg 16:55 18:45 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8110 Johannesburg - Bulawayo 10:40 12:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8111 Bulawayo - Johannesburg 12:50 14:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8458 Johannesburg - Gaborone 17:05 18:00 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8459 Gaborone - Johannesburg 18:30 19:25 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8306 Johannesburg - Kasane 11:45 13:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8307 Kasane - Johannesburg 13:55 15:45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8870 Nelspruit - Livingstone 11:35 13:10 1 2 3 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8871 Livingstone - Nelspruit 13:45 15:25 1 2 3 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8160 Johannesburg - Lusaka 6:35 8:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8164 Johannesburg - Lusaka 15:45 17:40 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8161 Lusaka - Johannesburg 9:00 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8165 Lusaka - Johannesburg 18:20 20:25 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8100 Johannesburg - Harare 6:30 8:20 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8102 Johannesburg - Harare 16:25 18:15 3 4 AR8 Airlink

SA8102 Johannesburg - Harare 16:25 18:15 1 2 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8101 Harare - Johannesburg 8:50 10:35 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8103 Harare - Johannesburg 18:45 20:30 3 4 AR8 Airlink

SA8103 Harare - Johannesburg 18:45 20:30 1 2 5 7 ER3 Airlink

Port Elizabeth - East London - Port Elizabeth

Johannesburg - Sishen - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Mthatha - Johannesburg

Durban - Maputo - Durban

Johannesburg - Antananarivo - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Beira - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Bulawayo - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Kasane - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Gaborone - Johannesburg

F L I G H T S – RegionalFLIGHT ROUTE DEPARTURE ARRIVAL FREQUENCY AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY

Nelspruit - Livingstone - Nelspruit

Johannesburg - Lusaka - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Harare - Johannesburg

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F L I G H T S – RegionalFLIGHT ROUTE DEPARTURE ARRIVAL FREQUENCY AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY

Johannesburg - Maseru - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Ndola - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Nosy Be - Johannesburg – Effective 20 March 2016

Johannesburg - Pemba - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Tete - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Nampula - Johannesburg

Johannesburg - Maun - Johannesburg

SA8080 Johannesburg - Sikhupe 06:50 07:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8082 Johannesburg - Sikhupe 10:05 10:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8084 Johannesburg - Sikhupe 12:50 13:40 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8086 Johannesburg - Sikhupe 16:05 16:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8081 Sikhupe - Johannesburg 08:10 09:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8083 Sikhupe - Johannesburg 11:25 12:25 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8085 Sikhupe - Johannesburg 14:10 15:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8087 Sikhupe - Johannesburg 17:25 18:20 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8050 Johannesburg - Maseru 6:40 7:35 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8052 Johannesburg - Maseru 9:45 10:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8060 Johannesburg - Maseru 13:00 14:00 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8062 Johannesburg - Maseru 14:55 15:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8051 Maseru - Johannesburg 8:10 9:05 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8053 Maseru - Johannesburg 11:00 11:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8061 Maseru - Johannesburg 14:35 15:45 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8063 Maseru - Johannesburg 16:10 17:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8300 Johannesburg - Maun 11:45 13:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8301 Maun - Johannesburg 14:00 15:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8230 Johannesburg - Nampula 11:10 13:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8231 Nampula - Johannesburg 14:15 16:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8152 Johannesburg - Ndola 8:30 11:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8156 Johannesburg - Ndola 16:00 18:10 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8153 Ndola - Johannesburg 11:35 14:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AR8 Airlink

SA8157 Ndola - Johannesburg 18:40 20:55 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8246 Johannesburg - Nosy Be 9:30 14:00 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8247 Nosy Be - Johannesburg 14:45 18:45 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8204 Johannesburg - Pemba 11:30 14:20 1 3 4 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8205 Pemba - Johannesburg 14:50 17:45 1 3 4 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8220 Johannesburg - Tete 10:35 12:40 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8221 Tete - Johannesburg 13:25 15:45 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8260 Johannesburg - Vilankulos 11:30 13:10 1 2 3 5 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8261 Vilankulos - Johannesburg 13:45 15:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8258 Nelspruit - Vilankulos 11:35 12:50 4 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8120 Cape Town - Windhoek 6:45 7:50 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8122 Cape Town - Windhoek 8:30 9:35 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8124 Cape Town - Windhoek 14:50 15:55 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8121 Windhoek - Cape Town 8:20 11:25 1 2 3 4 5 ER3 Airlink

SA8123 Windhoek - Cape Town 10:05 13:10 6 ER3 Airlink

SA8125 Windhoek - Cape Town 17:00 20:05 1 2 3 4 5 7 ER3 Airlink

SA8601 Cape Town - Maun 10:35 13:05 1 3 5 6 7 ER3 Airink

SA8602 Maun - Cape Town 13:35 16:10 1 3 5 6 7 ER3 Airink

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Connecting the City to the Bush.Experience the heart of the African bush with daily direct flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA as well as the iconic Skukuza Airport, gateway to the Sabi Sand, The Kruger National Park and the private game lodges. A short apron transfer connects you onward to the doorstep of your safari destination on Airlink’s lodge link service to the Ulusaba, Arathusa and Londolozi Airstrips. You also have the freedom to enjoy a short open safari vehicle transfer from the Ulusaba and Arathusa Airstrips to adjoining private game lodges in the reserve. A short air transfer from the lodge airstrips or Skukuza Airport to Nelspruit KMIA connects you conveniently to Livingstone (Zambia) and Vilanculos (Mozambique), gateway to the Bazaruto and Benguerra Islands.

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Arathusa lodge strip (ASS) servicing - Arathusa, Cheetah Plains, Chitwa Chitwa, Djuma Vuyatela, Elephant Plains, Nkorho, Simbambili

Flights FROM Arathusa TO:SA 8950 Arathusa via Londolozi to Nelspruit KMIA 10:10 11:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8952 Arathusa to Nelspruit KMIA 12:00 12:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8664 Nelspruit KMIA to Cape Town 13:15

SA 8954 Arathusa to Skukuza 13:50 14:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

Flights TO Arathusa FROM:SA 8955 Skukuza to Arathusa 14:30 14:45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

SA 8953 Nelspruit KMIA to Arathusa 13:05 13:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

SA 8945 Skukuza via Londolozi to Arathusa 11:15 11:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8861 Johannesburg to Skukuza 10:50

Flights FROM Londolozi (LDZ) TO:SA 8950 Londolozi to Nelspruit KMIA 10:30 11:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8940 Londolozi to Skukuza 10:40 10:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8652 Skukuza to Cape Town 11:20

SA 8947 Londolozi to Skukuza 14:05 14:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

Flights TO Londolozi FROM:SA 8945 Skukuza to Londolozi 11:15 11:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8861 Johannesburg to Skukuza 10:50

SA 8946 Nelspruit KMIA to Londolozi 13:00 13:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8507 Durban to Nelspruit KMIA on Mon, Wed and Fri 8:05

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8948 Skukuza to Londolozi 14:40 14:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

Flights FROM Nelpsruit KMIA - Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) (MQP) TO:SA 8953 Nelspruit KMIA to Arathusa 13:05 13:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

SA 8946 Nelspruit KMIA to Londolozi 13:00 13:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

SA 8932 Nelspruit KMIA to Ulusaba 12:55 13:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

Flights TO Nelspruit KMIA - Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (KMIA) FROM:SA 8930 Ulusaba via Skukuza to Nelspruit KMIA 9:55 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8930 Skukuza to Nelspruit KMIA 10:30 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8950 Arathusa via Londolozi to Nelspruit KMIA 10:10 11:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8950 Londolozi to Nelspruit KMIA 10:30 11:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8952 Arathusa to Nelspruit KMIA 12:00 12:40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8664 Nelspruit KMIA to Cape Town 13:15

SA 8842 Nelspruit KMIA to Johannesburg 13:35

Flights FROM Skukuza Airport (SZK) TO:SA 8930 Skukuza to Nelspruit KMIA 10:30 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8861 Johannesburg to Skukuza 10:50

SA 8945 Skukuza to Londolozi 11:15 11:30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8861 Johannesburg to Skukuza 10:50

SA 8945 Skukuza via Londolozi to Arathusa 11:15 11:50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8861 Johannesburg to Skukuza 10:50

SA 8955 Skukuza to Arathusa 14:30 14:45 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

SA 8948 Skukuza to Londolozi 14:40 14:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

SA 8933 Skukuza to Ulusaba 14:45 15:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

Flights TO Skukuza Airport FROM:SA 8954 Arathusa to Skukuza 13:50 14:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

SA 8940 Londolozi to Skukuza 10:40 10:55 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8652 Skukuza to Cape Town 11:20

SA 8947 Londolozi to Skukuza 14:05 14:20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

SA 8930 Ulusaba to Skukuza 9:55 10:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8652 Skukuza to Cape Town 11:20

SA 8934 Ulusaba to Skukuza 14:00 14:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

Flights FROM Ulusaba lodge strip (ULX) TO: Ulusaba Rock, Ulusaba Cliff and Safari Lodge, &Beyond Leadwood and Exeter, Inyati, Leopard Hills, Dulini, Savanna, Idube

SA 8930 Ulusaba to Skukuza 9:55 10:10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8652 Skukuza to Cape Town 11:20

SA 8930 Ulusaba via Skukuza to Nelspruit KMIA 9:55 11:05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8870 Nelspruit KMIA to Livingstone on Mon,Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11:35

SA 8258 Nelspruit KMIA to Vilanculos on Thu and Sun 11:35

SA 8934 Ulusaba to Skukuza 14:00 14:15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8866 Skukuza to Johannesburg 14:50

Flights TO Ulusaba FROM:SA 8932 Nelspruit KMIA to Ulusaba 12:55 13:25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8841 Johannesburg to Nelspruit KMIA 11:55

SA 8663 Cape Town to Nelspruit KMIA 12:35

SA 8933 Skukuza to Ulusaba 14:45 15:00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 SA 8651 Cape Town to Skukuza 13:05

SA 8865 Johannesburg to Skukuza 14:10

Applicable fare rules apply. 20kg checked baggage, soft bag only. 7kg hand baggage, soft bag only. Free luggage storage facilities available at Skukuza Airport and Nelspruit KMIA. These exclusive services are restricted to applicable lodges and their guests.

L O D G E L I N K N E T W O R K P R O G R A M M E

Ismail Mahomed, the outgoing Artistic Director of the National Arts Festival (this will be his final event), said he had relied on history to provide the context for building this year's programme, which creates space not for nostalgia but for critical reflection, analysis and re-invention. “While this is a challenging time for South Africa, and the arts sector in particular, we are proud to present a programme that is artistically strong, textured in its expression, and effectively representative of the diversity of the South African arts sector,” Mahomed said. 

This year, almost 80% of the Main programme is written, directed, curated or headlined by women, with acclaimed playwright, director and producer Lara Foot leading the charge as 2016's featured artist. Foot, the Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, will premiere The Inconvenience of Wings. Set in a landscape of memory and dreams, it features Andrew Buckland, Mncedisi Shabangu and Jennifer Steyn. Foot will also restage two of her previous works: the award-winning Karoo Moose, starring the original cast; and Tshepang, the poetic and redemptive telling of one of South Africa's most brutal stories.

  Next generation success storiesThe National Arts Festival’s support of the regenerative and catalytic energy of the youth is represented by the Standard Bank Young Artist

The 2016 programme taps into the national

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visitors to Grahamstown can look forward to world-class performances, reinvented and reinvigorated

classics, breath-taking contemporary dance and music, and some cutting-edge work from returning Standard Bank Ovation Award winners on the Arena programme.

Staging a revolutionThis year's National Arts Festival runs from 30 June to 10 July in Grahamstown

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Awards, with this year’s winners taking on issues such as identity, representation and change.

Dance winner Themba Mbuli is partnering with the Unmute Dance Company to present Sold!, a theatrical reclamation of historical identity. The work of Mohau Modisakeng, winner for Visual Arts, engages with questions of history, body and place within a post-apartheid society, while Theatre winner Jade Bowers is due to present her daring interpretation of Scorched, exploring the nuances of identity and difference beyond the simple black-white binary of our apartheid past.

Racial, cultural, sexual and historical identity are also examined in photographer Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail, the Dark Lioness), which confronts the politics of race and pigment in the photographic archive.

 Awards and beyond Previous winners of Standard Bank Ovation Awards, which reward Fringe productions for innovation and creative excellence, have been invited to participate in the Arena programme. Presented by Business and Arts South Africa, this segment includes productions spanning theatre (Denise Newman’s As Ever, Bessie; Tony Miyambo’s Secret Ballot; A Conspiracy of Clowns’ The Heart’s Hotel; music (Josie Field and Laurie Levine, Asanda Mqiki, Ottoman Slap and Umle), as well as dance and physical theatre (Jayne Batsofin’s No Fun ction alL anguage).

 International partnerships This year marks the 20th anniversary of the festival's collaboration with the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS). The anniversary will be highlighted with IFAS' support across a number of productions, such as Les Cenci, a performance that explores mental illness, violence and theatrical cruelty through the life of French poet, essayist, actor and theatre director Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud; and Songs Without Words From Three Generations, a piano recital by Ammiel Bushakevitz.

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Booking for the 2016 National Arts Festival is open. Go to www.nationalartsfestival.co.za

Edgy entertainmentOn the Fringe programme, subsidised by the National Lottery, there are more than 360 productions this year. With 115 productions, theatre is the mainstay of the National Lottery Fringe. Other sections in which arts lovers will be spoiled for choice include:• Dance and physical theatre (59 productions)• Comedy (56 productions)• Visual art (42 exhibitions)• Music (37 acts) • Cabaret (20 productions)

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Solid idea, ostensibly without a flaw. A short drive; pull up a patch of grass and settle for the afternoon – a family lunch that couldn’t possibly involve less work.

Right: so whereabouts in the park are we going to meet and lay out our blankets?

“How about somewhere near the playground? That way the kids will have something to do.”

That’s an option, but if we do that, at least one adult will always have to be somewhere near them in case they fall off a ladder or there’s a bully or some weird bug-eyed bloke lurking in the bushes.

“Um, good point. What about on the other side near the bird sanctuary?”

Best views on the property, certainly. Which is why everyone in the neighbourhood takes their dogs for a walk there. So we’ll have off-the-leash Terriers taking our titbits and Pointers polishing off our pie. Plus at least half of those walkers don’t bother to clean up after their animals, so the smell is pretty terrible.

“That’s not ideal for lunch, is it? No, no. We can’t do that. Let’s do the rose garden. Very elegant.”

Gorgeous to look at – you’re absolutely right. And you know who agrees with you? Wedding photographers. We can go there, but we’re going to have 15 different couples and their entourages heading down to the same spot to capture their posed spontaneity, and because of the layout of the area, we’ll be exactly in the path of the drunk uncles and forgotten cousins, who know they need to stay with the wedding party but won’t be asked to be in any of the pictures.

“Maybe they’ll let us share their champagne?”Probably not.“Okay, okay. Up at the top, then, next to one of those

little dams?”Keep in mind that that’s where all the weekend

fishermen are. These are not good fishermen – those guys are out on a boat somewhere, on a worthwhile expanse of water. These are the guys who are practising their casting and who won’t be able to tell the difference if they hook a branch or someone’s cheek when their hook is behind them.

“You’re a bit of a downer, you know that? Fine. Bring everything; we’ll just picnic next to the cars where the river runs alongside the road.”

The bit with the mountain bike trail?“Ah, shaddup. I’m calling the pizza place. Move your

coffee table – the picnic is now in your lounge.”

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All you need for a picnic is a blanket, a

basket full of food and an unsullied location. Easy enough. Or not

“Let’s go for a picnic in the park,” suggested my sister. “That way, we can get everyone to bring their own food and it’ll all be really simple. No admin.”

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lishing excellence

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