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Welcome to the first edition of The

South African. We have decided

to continue a community magazine, to

the people, for the people. Many miss the

Connections Magazine and we still feel there

is a place for a hard copy magazine for the

South African Community. This is quite a daunting task trying

to create a follow on magazine with limited resources and

little assistance from the community. Maybe it’s the time of

the year.

I would like to wish you all the best for 2008, a lucky year for the Chinese,

so why not a lucky year for all. We can overcome the share market slide as

well as the leveling off of the residential market by being positive in our

endeavors in this beautiful land.

New Zealand still has lots of plusses to offer all who settle here and

want to be successful. The tourist and the dairy industries will offset any

expected downturn in the economy and Australia is still looking for places

to put their huge amounts of money from their super fund. So a good year

is still expected. Jobs are still in abundance. If you are a tradesman or a

qualified person there are positions to choose from.

South Africans are now prominent in every type of trade and business and

are respected for their work ethic and are becoming valued employees.

We are going to run a series of successful South African businessmen and

businesses. If you are one of those successful people, please contact me so

we can feature your story. As a nation we have lots to celebrate, unfortunately

we will have to celebrate those achievements in a new land.

Most South African’s struggle for the first three years, adapting to this

new environment but soar thereafter, most living in houses they could not

afford back in their home country. If you are an entrepreneur you will put

all your experience together to get ahead. New Zealand is one of the easiest

countries in the world in which to start your own business.

All you have to do is get a GST number and trade. Please support this

publication by word of mouth and advertising and please send in those

stories of other South Africans who have settled successfully in this land

of opportunity.

Regards, Peter Woodberg

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This year is a big year

for New Zealand. It’s

our opportunity to make the

step-change we need to take

on the 21st century.

Over the coming months National

will be detailing policies that will

allow all of us to make a fresh

start. We’ve started the year by

releasing policy aimed at our young

people.

The energy and enthusiasm

of the vast majority of our young

people make me hugely optimistic

for our country. But, sadly, a growing

number of them aren’t meeting

their potential. We all see it – early school leavers unable to read or write well

enough, drug and alcohol problems, newspaper headlines describing teens

walking around bashing people.

This week, National outlined policy that forms part of our plan for giving

young people the future they deserve.

National’s Youth Plan has two major aspects to it.

The first part will be a new education entitlement - National’s Youth

Guarantee.

The Youth Guarantee will allow every young person under the age of 18

to access, free of charge, a programme of educational study towards school-

level qualifications. This new entitlement will be on top of, not instead of, the

education entitlements they have now.

Many 16- and 17-year olds will continue to choose school as their

preferred option, but others might prefer to continue their education through,

for example, a polytechnic, a wananga, a private training establishment, an

industry training organisation, or a combination of these options.

School doesn’t work for all young people, so let’s apply some common

sense and get them into a form of education that does. Sixteen and 17-year-

olds who are not working, and who fail to take up this new entitlement, will

not be eligible to receive a benefit (except in special circumstances such as

illness). Teenage parents will be specifically catered for.

The second part of our Youth Plan will tackle youth offending.

It will give the Youth Court new powers to get young people back on the

rails, and tougher sentencing options to deal with those who pose a serious

threat to the safety of our communities. We will back those powers up with

increased funding to the services involved.

We are proposing new powers for the Youth Court:

1) Parenting orders: Parenting courses to address problems at home that

may be contributing to a young person’s offending.

2) Mentoring programmes: Providing role models to young offenders for

a period of up to 12 months.

3) Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programmes: Designated funding to

help get young offenders sober.

National will also enable the Youth Court to impose tougher sentences

where needed.

1) Longer residential sentences: Up to six months in a Youth Justice

facility.

2) Fresh Start Programmes: Revolutionary, year-long, intensive programmes

designed to instil discipline and address underlying causes of offending; including

up to 12 weeks of residential raining at, for example, an army base.

3) Spotlight Sentences: Non-compliance with court-ordered supervision

contracts will result in electronic monitoring using an ankle bracelet. We will

also extend the jurisdiction of the Youth Court so it has the power to deal

with 12-and 13-year-olds accused of serious offences. National thinks the

Youth Court, with its wider range of powers, could play a much stronger role

in getting these young offenders back on track.

National’s Youth Plan is about giving young New Zealanders the opportunity

and responsibility to better themselves, no matter what their circumstances,

abilities, or track record.

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Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand with a

population of 1.2 million people a little less than a third

of the total population. Auckland is a beautiful city perched

on the Waitamata Harbour and has a big city feel with its tall

buildings, sky tower and lovely Viaduct area on the waterfront,

abounded by lively restaurants of all types and sizes. The Viaduct

is a smaller version of the Cape Town V & A waterfront with

access to the heart of the city. Safe and secure during the day

and night. During summer hundreds of locals mix with the huge

amount of tourists that flock to the restaurants and nightlife.

Auckland is a vibrant city and stands up to the best in the world,

rated 5th as a city in which to live for the quality of life. New

Zealand was rated 2nd as an honest country and number one

as a country that has adopted the internet.

Auckland’s climate is temperate and on the same latitude as Cape Town.

The winters are never colder than 9 degrees and it gets very hot in summer

which is from January to the end of April. The sea is warm in summer and

reminds one of the Durban Beaches. This changes in winter when the sun

moves north and the cold currents swirl around New Zealand. The climate

is predominantly Mediterranean with winter rainfall in July and hot drier

summers, without the Cape Town winds. Auckland is a very easy place to live

and raise children in a safe environment. Schools are very good in most areas

and parents have access to teachers and the headmaster when checking on

their children’s progress.

The culture of Auckland is hard to describe as it has changed dramatically

over the last ten years with a huge influx of Asian Immigrants from Japan,

China, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Taiwan & Singapore. They have

brought their culture with them, so Auckland is now regarded as totally

multicultural, cosmopolitan. There is a proliferation of restaurants of all types

with genuine authentic cuisine, to suit any traveler’s palate.

As a South African you will notice the absence of Greek and Portuguese

restaurants. They, for some reason, have not found New Zealand a place to

settle. The South African population has boomed over the last ten years and it

is now difficult to go anywhere where you do not bump into South Africans,

at work in the Malls and supermarkets.

They have also brought a little of their culture with them. There are

numerous shops specialising in South African goods and you do not have to

go far to get your favorite biltong and borewors.

I think the boerewors is better in New Zealand because everyone that

makes it is competing with each other, so the quality is of a very high

standard. Woolworth and Foodtown supermarkets have a shelf dedicated to

South African goods. So when you get to Auckland you will still be able to

buy Pro-Nutro and Mealie Meal.

If you are a sport lover, you are spoilt for choice, as all sports activities are

available from Rugby, ski-ing, mountain climbing, caving, basketball and golf

the widest spread sport. Golf is the number one sport played in New Zealand

with the result that there are some of the most spectacular golf courses in

the world close to Auckland. Irene Van Dyke, a relatively unknown net ball

player in South Africa, who is now the number one shooter for the Silver

Ferns netball team, is a huge celebrity in New Zealand and is in a number of

television adverts.

House hunting in Auckland can be daunting as house prices have risen

considerably over the last 5 years, an international trend, in fact South African

properties have had the highest increases in the world, recently. However the

increase in the exchange rate has reduced that increase to virtually nothing.

The Exchange rate is now R6.2 to one New Zealand dollar and the average

house price in Auckland is now $520,000 only R2.7 million. Wow. So property

can look impossible to purchase.

Not so, when you are earning NZ dollars and both parties work, with the

lower than South African, interest rates, it is still affordable to buy in a good

area. All cities have their good and bad spots, so it is important that you take

advice from people who have lived here for a while, on which are the better

areas and good schools.

Renting is another option and 35% of all Aucklander’s rent with no

intention of buying their own property. Rents range from $350 per week

for a modest home to $550 for an average 3 to 4 bedroom home or $700

per week for a very nice modern 4 bedroom property with 2.5 bathrooms and

modern kitchen.

When new immigrants arrive they normally choose an area to live and

then look for a job.

This is not the best policy as Auckland has serious traffic congestion early

morning and after 5pm. The suggestion is live close to where you work

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and where the kids go to school. Two

main areas, where South Africans

settle very comfortably is Howick/

Pakaranga area and the North Shore.

It is not always possible to live and

work in the same area but reduce

the stress and choose wisely.

The bus system and the trains

are alleviating the morning crush, so

look at this as an alternative mode of

transport to and from work.

Auckland is surrounded by

beaches and no suburb is more

than 15 minutes from one of the

safe, pristine beaches. The surf is

not dangerous, but there are backwash currents that can create difficulty, if

you are not a seasoned swimmer, so always ask before venturing in too deep,

in an unknown area. Spending time in summer after work at the beach, until

8 o’ clock, with a bottle of wine and the best local fish and chips, is a great

treat and family time; A real bonding experience. All the local dogs come out

to socialise with each other all very friendly and well trained and so are their

owners. No biting, no fighting just tails wagging.

This is an experience to behold. Very different from anything in South

Africa, even in the good old days.

Auckland has more book shops per capita than most countries, proving a

well read society with only garden shops beating them in numbers. There are

numerous art galleries and the museum in the domain is in a league of its

own. There are lots of places to listen to live music and all the biggest bands

from all over the world come to perform in Auckland. Bob Dylan has been to

Auckland many times.

For the theatre going

public there are always

good shows at the City

hall or the ASB theatre,

as well as local halls

and theatres. If you like

revolving restaurants,

Orbit, at the sky tower

is renowned. Not overly

expensive with a nice well

balanced menu. When

you book for the Orbit

restaurant you can go

to the viewing platform

at the top of the tower

for free, normally $25 per person which is good value.

The cost of living is low if you compare Johannesburg salaries to costs.

Cars are cheaper, insurance is less than one month’s payment, annually,

and very few people take out medical aid, because the free hospital

system is so good, food is very affordable and fresh veggies are always

available in the supermarkets. City council house rates are very low and

conveyencing costs, for a new house purchase, rarely are as high as $1,400.

Estate agents earn half the commission than in South Africa with the

commission rates being a maximum of 3.5% for the first $500 and 2.5%

thereafter. Eating out can be expensive, if you go to the more exclusive

restaurants. Going to food courts and buying takeaways although expensive,

is value for money and on a par with most countries.

Clothing and up market fashion items are expensive relatively and can be

bought elsewhere much cheaper, however there are lots of discount stores

where prices are more or less similar to other countries.

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Malcolm McDonald and his beautiful wife Ann

SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ZEALAND

The Success Story of Malcolm McDonald

So many successful businessmen living in South

Africa who want to emigrate to New Zealand are wary

to take the step because they think that it will be hard to get

re-established here.

Fortunately it is extremely easy to re-locate here because New

Zealand’s registration procedures for new businesses are

quite streamlined and the economy is extremely buoyant,

making room for expansion in virtually all industries.

Take the interesting story of Malcolm McDonald as an

example.

Malcolm was born in Zambia and spent most of his life

in Durban, South Africa and after school he studied

at a tertiary institution to become a refrigeration

technician.

In the late 1990’s he became disenchanted with living

conditions in South Africa and decided to emigrate to

New Zealand with his beautiful wife Ann and their young

family.

He settled initially in Nelson and it did not take long

before he got a job in his chosen profession.

After two and a half years he decided to move to the North Shore of

Auckland and at the same time he opened up an ice cream shop in Browns

Bay that he called Penguino’s. Being a refrigeration expert, making and mixing

his own special brand of ice cream came as second nature to Malcolm.

He does not buy his ice cream from any manufacturers.

During the hot summer months of Auckland, Malcolm gets up at 4a.m.

every morning, 7 days a week, and he prepares his special ice cream mix.

It has a unique flavour as all of the residents of Browns Bay and the

surrounding areas will tell you; making Penguino’s the

most popular ice cream shop on the North Shore.

This may sound like hard work, but Malcolm makes

sure that he and his family are well rewarded for all of

the sacrifices that they have to make during summer

in order to make Penguino’s the roaring success

that it is.

During the cold , rainy, winter months, Malcolm

closes his shop and whisks his family off every year

for a 4-6 week holiday overseas to some exciting

destination that the whole family will enjoy.

By Ted Woodberg

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In 2005 Malcolm conceived of the “Select-a-

Sub” franchise that sells the healthy concept

of fresh food in a bread roll. He has followed in the

footsteps of the McDonalds style of merchandising

by having his special outlets custom built, with

unique, recognizable design and colouring.

He already has four highly successful

outlets in Hamilton, Orewa, Airport Oaks

and Papakura. He is in the construction

phase of three more outlets which will

be in Victoria Street, Auckland City;

Karangahape road in Ponsonby and

Kerwin Drive, East Tamaki. By the end of 2008

he will have seven outlets around Auckland.

And the rest of New Zealand?

“Well, the sky’s the limit!” Malcolm will tell you, with a gleam in his eye.

Fortunately Malcolm has taken on a business partner to help him with

the Select-a-Sub franchise operation, making it easier for him to take his

annual holiday overseas.

With the time it takes during a

normal day to run Penguino’s and

Select-a-Sub, one would think that Malcolm

would be too busy to do anything else. Not so

for this energetic entrepreneur. In addition to his

two operations Malcolm also runs a successful cold

room and freezer installation company, doing work for

big companies in all corners

of New Zealand.

Malcolm’s advice

to any businessman

in South Africa

who wants to take

the plunge and emigrate

here is: make sure that you are

sufficiently qualified to obtain a work permit in New Zealand so that you can

be classified as a skilled migrant.

Once you have employment and have obtained permanent residence,

starting your own business will be relatively easy.

Malcolm works hard, but he also plays hard, and there’s nothing wrong

with that!

Select-a-Sub: a healthy concept

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Mark Shuttleworth of

Cape Town has the

renowned title of being the first

African in space. This is quite

an achievement, because the

whole exercise, which included

his training, was self-funded,

and believe me, it cost him a

fortune.

Mark did not receive one cent of state funding for his brave escapade. But

he was incredibly rich at the time, probably one of the youngest billionaires

of the last century.

Mark did not inherit his money. He earned every cent of it the hard way.

He was born in the dusty Free State gold mining town of Welkom, but

his parents moved to Cape Town when he was quite young, so he ended

up at the University of Cape Town studying for a Business Science degree,

majoring in Finance.

His fascination for technology started at an early age when he discovered

computer games. However it was only when he was introduced to the internet

that his business brain started ticking over and he started thinking about how

this medium would affect business and society.

In 1995, his final year at university, at the tender age of only 22, Mark

founded Thawte Consulting , as an internet consulting business. The focus

of the company quickly shifted to internet security for electronic commerce.

Thawte became the first company to produce a full-security e-commerce

web server that was commercially available outside the United States. This

brought Mark’s company to the world of public key infrastructure, which is the

basis for all encrypted and authenticated internet transactions. By the time

it was acquired by VeriSign in the USA, it was the fastest growing Internet

Certificate Authority, and the leading Certificate Authority outside of the U.S.

When Shuttleworth sold Thawte to VeriSign in December 1999, he became

an instant billionaire, raking in R3.5 billion, the equivalent of NZ$875 million,

at the time. His first action after he had cleared the payment through his

company’s bank was to reward his staff. From his top IT consultants down to

the tea girl, they each received R1 million.

It was their best Christmas ever! Mark has always been interested in

science, from the study of particle physics, software engineering, digital

media and biotechnology. This led to his fervent desire to venture out into

space. In 2001, while he was still recovering from his newfound wealth, he

applied to the Russian Space Training Centre at Star City to become a trainee

astronaut. His training took him a whole year to complete. At last on 25th

April 2002 he participated in the Russian Soyuz TM-34 mission, which arrived

at the International Space Station two days later, where he spent eight days

carrying out experiments on AIDS and genome research.

While in space he had a conversation with Nelson Mandela and a 14 year

old South African girl, Michelle Foster, who was terminally ill from cancer.

During the conversation she asked him if he would marry her. Mark skillfully

dodged the question, and before the year was out she had passed on. Her

conversation with Mark was funded by the Reach for a Dream Foundation.

Mark’s entire space venture cost him personally US$20 million, but he

achieved instant fame and recognition as the first African in space.

Mark also became interested in education and in 2001 he founded the

Shuttleworth Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to social

innovation which also funds educational and free and open source software

projects in South Africa.

Mark is a shy person, despite his intelligence and fame. I remember telephoning

his Foundation in Cape Town in 2004 and asking his staff whether he would be

able to attend a cultural excursion of tertiary business students and address

them on the secrets of his business success, but the staff member very politely

turned me down, saying that Mark did not like public speaking. Mark ‘s other

business interest besides Thawte was a company called HBD Venture Capital,

a business incubator and venture capital provider, which he formed in 2000.

In March 2004 he formed Canonical Ltd., for the promotion and commercial

support of free software projects. Mark currently lives in London and holds

dual citizenship of South Africa and the United Kingdom.

Mark Shuttleworth

The First South African In SpaceBy Ted Woodberg

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Jacob Zuma , currently President

of The African National Congress,

is an enigma. He has had an extremely

successful political career and he

now stands at the door of the most

important office in South Africa, that

of State President. Next year, Thabo

Mbeki will be standing down when South Africa goes to poll,

and his most likely successor will be Zuma.

So what lies in store for South Africa when this colourful politician takes

the stage?

More importantly, what will be the fate of some 4.3 million white people

who still live in South Africa? (9% of the current population of 38 million)

One can certainly guage from his career to date that, despite his success as

a political leader, he has been guilty of some real classic blunders and fatal

faux pas that would have ruined any ordinary man. His supporters follow him

blindly and brush over his weaknesses as though they don’t even exist. Let us

examine his profile so that we can get a better idea of the real Jacob Zuma

The most striking item in Jacob Zuma’s profile is the fact that he has had no

formal schooling. This does not mean that he is unintelligent. We have several

highly successful people around who were born either autistic or dislexic.

Richard Branson is a good example of a highly successful dyslexic who

wasn’t very good at school. However there are some aspects of Jacob Zuma’s

darker side that could be some cause for concern. He was allegedly involved

in a serious corruption scandal after his financial advisor, Schabir Shaik, was

convicted of corruption and fraud, leading to Zuma’s dismissal by Thabo

Mbeki as deputy president of South Africa in June 2005. In the aftermath

of this trial Zuma was formally charged with corruption by the National

Prosecuting Authority, but escaped criminal prosecution on a technicality

relating to evidence.

At one of his court appearances Zuma’s supporters numbering in their

thousands gathered to support him ; he addressed them in Zulu, urging party

unity and singing the apartheid-era struggle song Lethu Mshini Wami with

lyrics that translate literally to “bring me my machine” but understood to

refer to a machine gun. This certainly does not auger well for whites living

in South Africa. In December of the same year he was also charged in the

Johannesburg High Court with rape. Again, Zuma escaped conviction when

the court dismissed the charges, agreeing that the sexual act was consensual.

But it is what came out of this trial that leads one to believe that Zuma’s lack

of education was beginning to manifest itself.

He stated in court that he knew the woman he had sex with was HIV

positive, but he had a shower afterwards in order to “cut the risk of contracting

HIV!” He also admitted that he had not used a condom. At the time of his

rape trial Zuma was head of the National AIDS Council!

As his rape trial ended , many South Africans wondered how their political

system would recover from the rifts that Zuma’s trials have exposed. A Mail

and Guardian analysis saw these events as especially troubling:-

The Zuma factorBy Ted Woodberg

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KiwiSaver

As a Chartered A ccountant I have been inundated with

questions relating to the new KiwiSaver scheme that

comes into effect on 1 July. It is important that all employers

comply with the new regime. Herewith a very brief summary.

All new permanent employees aged 18-65 must be enrolled in a KiwiSaver

scheme. They have a small window of two to eight weeks to opt out of this

compulsory enrolment, which sees their contributions locked in until they reach

Superannuation age. There are a few situations that can allow a contribution

holiday, or ability to receive the funds back, such as permanent departure

overseas, death, financial hardship or serious illness. Existing employees can

also opt in, at their own request.

The employee has to chose their own scheme provider, employers are urged

not to advise their employees which scheme to chose, and that the employee

seek out their own advice on this, independently. There is also no guarantee

offered by the Government were a scheme to fail in the future, just like any

other superannuation investment scheme available.

The Government offers $1,000 upon enrolment (not refunded in the

above circumstances); a subsidy towards scheme fees; a first-home deposit

subsidy of $1,000 per year of membership up to $5,000; and some technical

tax breaks.

The monthly PAYE returns will be showing new key-points to fill in the

employee contributions, which need to be included with the other deductions

already made from their wages. Non payment incurs similar penalties as already

in place. The IRD has issued various booklets, and you can also access their

website for more information. If still in doubt, don’t hesitate to contact your

accountant, as it is important to do it right.

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Anybody who lived in South

Africa between the years 1950

and 1985 will

have fond memories of the most popular

radio station of that era - Springbok

Radio.

It all began on 1st May 1950. It was the first

commercial radio station to be established in

South Africa following almost 5 years of intense

investigation by the South African Broadcasting

Corporation (SABC) and after consultations with

both Lord Reith of the BBC and the South African

Government. The only other stations broadcasting

on medium wave in those days were the SABC’s

existing public service English and Afrikaans networks.

The first voice heard on the air on that morning was that of Eric Egan, who

ran the breakfast show for many years. I remember at exactly 7.15am every

morning before the family would leave home for work and school, we would

all gather around the radio in the lounge and wait for Eric to give us his daily

“Corny Crack.” Whether it was funny or not, we all laughed and then headed

off in our various directions.

Without the luxury of colour television, the radio became the focal point

of home entertainment in those days. In addition, radio programming was

carried out on a totally different style compared to today. There were regular

fifteen minute news broadcasts, hour long radio

plays, half hour quiz shows, exciting fifteen minute

cowboy serials, court dramas etc. There was never any

programme interruptions for commercial advertising.

The advertising was done by specific sponsors either

before or after the programme, but never in between,

which made for much more relaxed listening.

The advertising sponsors even added their name to

the programme, for example, “The SURF SHOW, Pick-a-

box “ or “Lux Radio Theatre.” Surf was a popular brand

of washing powder and Lux was a family brand of body

soap. The sponsors would also provide funding for the

cash prizes on offer during the show.

The art of radio broadcasting was a complex medium

in those early days and the performers behind the

microphone could be extremely flexible in what they were doing without

having to worry about being seen. As a result radio became “the theatre

of the mind” as different sounds evoked different mental images for the

listener. The techniques used were varied but some were incredibly simple,

for example the shaking of a piece of masonite board to create the sound

of thunder, the rattling of sand in a box to create the sound of someone

walking on gravel etc.

Eric Egan and his friend “Wentworth”

Continued on page 17

Springbok Radio“THE SOUND OF SOUTH AFRICA”By Ted Woodberg

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SA duo make South Pole history18 January 2008

South Africans Alex Harris and Sibusiso Vilane made history

on Thursday when they became the first South African

team to walk unassisted to the South Pole.

The duo set out on their epic 65-day journey on 10 November, dragging

130-kilogram sleds almost 1 200 kilometres across some

of the most hostile terrain on the planet.Antarctica generates much

of the bad weather in the southern hemisphere, and storms there can be

fierce. Temperatures range from an ambient of about -8 degrees to about

-40 degrees Celsius.

They completed their journey

without the help of support

teams putting out food or rigging

up tents, and without using

wind power or sled dogs, in

what Harris described as “the

purest form of getting to the

South Pole”.

Harris and Vilane are no

strangers to extreme feats, with

Harris becoming the second

South African to summit the

highest peak on each of the

seven continents, the so-called

“seven summits”, in 2005 and

Vilane becoming the first black

South African to climb Mount

Everest, the world’s highest

mountain, in 2003.

The two men spent almost a year training for the trek, dragging tyres

requiring a pulling force of 30-40kg every second day, covering a distance

of about 17 kilometres per training session.

The trip was premised on covering at least 20 kilometres a day - they

carried only an extra five days’ worth of emergency fuel and food - meaning

that any mileage lost in a day would have to be made up for, or they would

risk running out of supplies.

They just made it, taking exactly five more days than planned - one day

more and they’d have been running on empty.

The physical and mental toughness it took to achieve this is hinted at in

some of the extracts from Harris’s trip journal...

No painkillers..

- extracts from Alex Harris’s journal

21 November 2007

Have only covered distance

of 45kms so far, but the last

6 days we have been stuck

in our tent with high winds,

so it is very frustrating

23 November 2007

Finally on the move again.

whiteout today so tough

going. Broke a ski in the wind

the other day. did a repair job,

just hope it lasts

27 November 2007

Hi. only managed 14km in 8hrs. weather was perfect but it was the toughest day

yet. soft snow made pulling desperate. but we finally made it to 81 degrees!

01 December 2007

at last. Day 18 and did 20.48km in 8.5hrs. felt good, weather perfect and snow

improving all the time. 42 more days!

02 December 2007

Another good day. dDay 19. We did 19.4km. my heel is starting to act up. there

is a monster bank of clouds rolling in from the east.

04 December 2007

Day 21. I battled today. Heel burning like a hot poker. Trying different things.

Sibu is fine

11 December 2007

Day 28. Last two days have been desperate conditions. Zero visibility and thick

snow. Only managed 15km today. Heaviest the sleds have felt!

13 December 2007

This place deprives us of the luxury of nighttime but the gloom of the day

robs us of the light. Instead we move through a grey twilight that knows

not dawn nor dusk. It is fit for

neither the living nor the dead.

Battled for 10hrs in the same

conditions just for 15km

04 January 2008

Day 52. Feel exhausted. Did 22.3km

but getting colder measured -25.9

in my pocket! Done 800km

12 January 2008

Day 60 comes at last. Perfect

weather. Still -22. did 25.4km

in 10 hrs. Tomorrow its on to

emergency rations some juicy

tidbits not mentioned before

for fear of freaking the folks

out. In that very windy spell in the first week, I got frostbite on my inside

left thigh, about the size of my hand. Not serious though as there is nothing

to freeze solid and fall off. Unless it was higher up my leg! Anyway I have

had to doctor it every day and make sure it doesn’t go septic. But it is finally

healing and forming scabs.

14 January 2008

Day 62. Mon 14th. Gloomy day but still did 25.4km. Countdown! 3 more days.

67km. Unbelievable! JTB #3. In the first week sibu and I had a huge argument

about whether it was acceptable to do a #2 in the bell of the tent if conditions

outside warranted it! thankfully it never came to that!

15 January 2008

Day 63. JTB #4 We have had no painkillers on this trip. Zip! Must have fallen

out when i was consolidating 2 kits into 1 at home

16 January 2008

Day 64. Wow, we have only 15km to go. listen to 702 thurs 4to6.

You might catch us. I cant believe this day has finally come!

Alex Harris and Sibusiso Vilane drag sleds

weighing 130 kilograms behind them

The first S A to walk to the South Pole.

Alex Harris and Sibusiso Vilane

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Life & General InsurancePension Transfers Investments

1. Most South Africans are

probably more used to

Medical Aid Schemes

as such than Health

Insurance as we now call it.

The nearest to the SA schemes

is Southern Cross or Tower,

which offer a variety of

plans ranging from only

Hospital Cover to Hospital

and Specialists/tests and then

Hospitals/specialists/test and

GP’s and then dentistry

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for the Ultra Care plan. A major difference is also that few employers pay

towards the costs of health insurance - they often have a “Group Scheme”

which offers slightly cheaper rates to employees, but the employee actually

pays the whole cost.

The only advantage to the member is a group scheme (if large enough) does

sometimes avoid problems arising from pre-existing health conditions.

2. Free Health is a myth! Most South Africans are employed or earning so do

not qualify for this. Children up to the age of 6 years are entitled to free

health care, including GP. For persons over 45 and those on a Community

Services Card, GP visits are subsidised as are prescriptions and then only

drugs on the Pharmac list.

The State does pay for operations and hospitalisation in a public hospital

- there are, however, long waiting lists and one has almost no choice of

hospital or medical provider or medication. You probably know more about

the maternity side than I do because of your wife and having had your

own children “in the system”. Dental care for children is free up to their

18th birthday. However, orthodontic treatment is not covered by the public

system or any private provider.

Spectacles are covered to a limited extent by Tower’s and Southern Cross’

GP cover. It is up to the individual to determine what cover, if any is needed.

My advice is that we all need some form of health insurance, if only the

Hospital cover. We can usually afford to pay GP costs and thus cut our

overall medical bill.(I have a good presentation to illustrate this).

3. When buying health insurance, it is usually best to deal with an adviser who

has a good, in-depth knowledge of what is available and who understands

their clients’ requirements/affordability. Some schemes purport to cover all

treatments 100%, but (like Southern Cross) are actually limited to paying

out according to a pre-determined cost schedule. When treatment for a

major health problem occurs, there is often a great deal that the insurer

does not cover! To my knowledge, there is only one company that covers

drugs not on the Pharmac schedule (this is extremely important, seeing that

Herceptin, used in the treatment of breast cancer, is not on the Pharmac

list).

There is only one company that covers treatment in Australia fully. Another

has limited Australian cover, while the rest of the insurers do not cover

treatment in Australia at all. The contract wording is extremely important

- some insurers can change their policies by giving 30 days notice. Only

one company can not do this. Some insurers offer treatment overseas,

but only if there is none available in New Zealand.

4. It is important to determine which conditions are not covered ever, or

may be offered on Special terms. How much will the insurer pay? Would

accepting a voluntary excess reduce the premiums?

5. It may appear a “minefield”, but there is an ever-increasing need for health

insurance because the public system is reneging on its responsibility and

the health system is a “political pawn” Having our own plan, can save

much unecessary financial loss as well as trauma having to wait for the

public system to take action. I have personal experiences of clients whose

health insurers have looked after them in times of need.

It is important to differentiate between what ACC covers and what health

insurers cover, too. All accidents are covered under ACC! Health insurers may

assist if there is a concern over time, for example and a real urgency that they

cannot meet in their system. It is important to note that, in the event of an

accident, ACC must be consulted first and a claim made!

Also, having health insurance may mean returning to work after an illness/

treatment sooner than waiting for treatment in the public system and thus

back to earning again. Many South Africans here do not have the necessary

“support systems” in place that they had in the past (resources) and thus

actaully have a greater need than most for health insurance.

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PROFILES OF GREAT SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN

One of the most iconic cricket

players of our time , Kevin

Pietersen, who now plays for England,

was born in Pietermaritzburg, a beautiful

city set in a huge hollow of the Umgeni

River basin in Kwa Zulu Natal.

Kevin attended local Pietermaritzburg

schools during his youth and even after his

family moved to Durban he continued travelling

to his home city every day in order to stay at

Maritzburg College until he had completed

his matriculation. He had three brothers who

were just as sport mad as he was and on any

given day all four boys were involved in some

sort of sporting activity, which kept his parents

extremely busy ferrying them back and forth

between home and various sports venues.

The fact that all four boys were very good at

sport made Kevin extremely competitive from

a very young age. “I could be a stroppy kid but

above all I was a bad loser,” says Kevin. “I’d

break tennis or squash rackets when I’d lose

against one of my brothers and I regularly

ended up having fights with them when one scored a try against me in rugby

or a goal in football.”

Kevin did not grow up as a spoilt kid. His father was quite strict and had

a saying:- “Buy what you need, not what you want!” If Kevin or his brothers

messed up or did anything wrong at school, his father would discipline them

with a cane he called an army stick. Kevin says that the discipline he received

in this way did him no harm at all.

During his final year at Maritzburg College he spent most of the season in

the second cricket team despite his obvious talent for the game. The current

coach of the first team, Mike Bechet, was biased against Kevin for some

unknown reason and kept him out of the team. As soon as Bechet emigrated

to New Zealand, he got his chance to play in the first team and immediately

excelled as their best player, going on to be selected for the South African

Schools eleven. After a short stint with SA Schools, Kevin went on to play for

Natal B, which meant first class cricket. He honed his batting skills, he was a

reasonable off-spin bowler and became

quite good in the field.

Finally Kevin was admitted to the Natal

A team and toured Western Australia

with them, playing against the touring

England side of 1999/2000. He then

played a bit of club cricket with Cannock

in Staffordshire, UK.

Kevin says that his stint with Cannock

was his first time away from home, and

the experience matured him as a player

and human being.

Kevin always fancied himself as a

bowler, but the Cannock captain insisted

that he was a better batsman, which

turned out to be true in the longer term.

Then, completely out of the blue, Kevin

was dropped from the Natal first team

during the summer of 1999/2000 as part

of the quota system adopted by the SA

cricket authorities in order to fast track

the inclusion of players of colour into the

provincial teams, as a precursor to including

them in the national team. This left him

extremely bitter and totally heartbroken

at a time when his cricketing career was

blossoming and his sights were set on gaining a place with the “big boys”

in the South African side. Kevin was replaced by Gulam Bodi, a talented off-

spinning Asian batsman, who was included with two other non-white players

in the Natal team. When he was told Kevin lost his temper and shouted at

the selectors : ”I’m leaving here!”

There were quite a few options open to Kevin; his mother was born in the

U.K. and he had a British passport, so when it came to looking for a place

to play cricket, England naturally was on top of the list. Then Clive Rice, one

of SA’s greatest players, who was instrumental in getting Kevin into the SA

Schools’ eleven, approached him with an offer to play for Nottinghamshire, a

team that Clive was coaching at the time. The offer included a contract worth

£15 000 to play for the team during the 2001 season.

For a 20 year old this added up to a substantial amount of money,

especially considering that the exchange rate at the time was about R12 to

the English pound.

Kevin PietersenBy Ted Woodberg

continued on page 20

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Some of the more popular programmes on Springbok Radio during its

hey days were:-

1) Serials: These were short 15 minute programmes broadcast daily

during the week. Week-end programming had a different format to the

weekday shows.

Kid Grayson Rides the Range - cowboy series.

No Place to Hide – sci fi space series featuring Adrian Steed as “Mark

Saxon.” (1958 to 1970)

The Mind of Tracy Dark – detective series.

The Creaking Door – horror series. This show ran from 1963 to 1970

Jet Jungle – drama set in Africa similar to “Tarzan.” (1973 to 1985)

Strangers from Space – sci fi series.

2) Quiz Shows : These were normally hour long once-per-week programmes

that had a lot of audience participation.

The Surf Show Pick-a-box - some of the prizes were big – motor cars,

electrical home appliances etc.

Test the Team – listeners were invited to send in tricky questions to a

panel of experts.

Nice Work – a panel were selected to work out an

audience member’s job by asking leading questions.

3) Action/Adventure series : Once-off weekly shows with a specific theme.

Squad Cars – Police series set in Johannesburg.

The Avengers – Detective series which ran from 1972 to 1973.

Wolwedans in die Skemer – Africaans drama series. ( 1982 – 1983)

The Sounds of Darkness – horror series. (1967 to 1974)

4) Comedy series : Shows that portray a variety of comedy sketches.

Snoektown Calling – Set in Cape Town amongst the Cape Coloured

community.

The Pip Freedman Show – In this series Pip rips off all of SA’s colourful

cultures. This show was extremely popular and ran from 1968 to 1985.

The Men from the Ministry - Based on the antics of government

employees.(1969 to 1985).

Next Stop Makouvlei – Written and presented by Pip Freedman.

Africaans comedy.

Caltex Kaskenades – Another series by Pip Freedman.

The Loudspeaker Show – English comedy from Pip Freedman.

5) Courtroom Drama/Crime/Detective series: Once per week drama shows.

Consider your Verdict – A courtroom drama series, one of the longest

running shows on Springbok Radio (1954 to 1985).

Inspector Carr Investigates – Detective drama featuring Hugh

Rouse as the voice of Inspector Carr (1957 – 1985.)

6) Music Shows : Disc Jockeys give airplay to the latest music releases.

The Springbok 4.30 Special - half- hour daily show of latest pop hits.

The Springbok Radio Hit Parade – once per week show of the top ten

most popular songs as reflected by record sales by music shops.

7) Feature Shows – regular shows on specific themes.

So Maak Mens (roughly translated : “What People Do) – Afrikaans

cultural series. (1957 to 1985) Call Back The Past – history

programme dealing with major events of the past. (1968 to 1982)

Lux Radio Theatre – weekly play series. Longest running programme on

Springbok Radio – from 1950 to 1985.

In order to preserve the heritage that was Springbok Radio, a special

non-profit organization was set up in Johannesburg just after the closure

of the station, known as “The Springbok Radio Preservation Society of South

Africa.” It has carefully archived and collected all sorts of material including

photographs of personalities and places and it is recognized as one of the

largest sound recording archives in the world.

The archive holds many original recordings on tape, reel to reel and

transcription discs and also has many private off-air recordings of different

activities involving the station. The society is currently engaged in a massive

restoration project to convert all of its analogue recordings into a digital

format.With the introduction of television into South Africa in 1976, radio

listenership declined and the big sponsors started channeling their money

into TV advertising when the service went commercial in 1978.

The introduction of commercial TV and the excitement that its late

introduction into South Africa caused, led to the ultimate demise of Springbok

Radio at the end of 1985.

Another major factor was the introduction of FM radio during the 70’s which

gave listeners superb sound reproduction quality on their home hi fi systems,

contrary to the medium wave reception that Springbok Radio offered.

The format of FM radio was also quite different, concentrating more on

broadcasting 24 hours of music, with short newscasts, traffic updates and

sports commentaries at regular intervals during the day. It must have been a

very sad day for all involved when the colourful radio station that represented

everything South African had to finally close its doors on 31st December 1985.

I am sure that a few listeners shed a tear as well!

The Studio on 31st December 1980

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“The political damage is incalculable, with the ruling African National

Congress now an openly divided and faltering movement. The trial has

been fought against the backdrop of a bitter succession war between

Mbeki and Zuma….Mbeki’s support in the ANC has crumbled, with the party

faithful refusing to accept that he will anoint a leader….But even Zuma’s

most diehard supporters privately acknowledge that he cannot now be

president, regardless of the trial outcome.” The prospect of Zuma’s return

as a contender for the presidency has reportedly caused South African

business leaders to work on reassuring international investors; but even

as they reassure, an Independent analyst suggested, “The fear of seeing

Zuma and his crowd marching to the Union Buildings wielding machine

guns is unnerving mostly to the middle class and businessmen, according

to recent surveys.”

How Zuma will unfold as the country’s leader if he is appointed,is difficult

to guess at this stage, but his attitude towards Zimbabwe could give us a

clue. He is reported to have implied that Western criticism of Mugabe was

partly motivated by racism, saying:- “The Europeans often ignore the fact

that Mugabe is very popular among Africans. In their eyes, he has given

blacks their country back after centuries of colonialism. The people love

him, so how can we condemn him?”

Zuma has obviously not noticed the constant stream of refugees who are

crossing the border from Zimbabwe to South Africa in an effort to survive.

On a positive note, Zuma has been widely acclaimed in Natal of bringing

peace to the deeply divided Xhosa and Zulu factions living there. The ANC

has long been a Xhosa dominated organization whereas Zuma was a Zulu,

so his influence amongst the Zulus living in Natal has been immense. On

28 December 2007, the Scorpions served Zuma an indictment to stand trial

in the High Court on various counts of racketeering, money laundering,

corruption and fraud, according to Michael Hulley, Zuma’s attorney.

The trial is to proceed on 14th August 2008. The charges are believed

to be linked to the $5billion arms procurement deal by the South African

government in 1999. Should Jacob Zuma be convicted of corruption and

sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year (without being

pardoned by Thabo Mbeki) he will be ineligible for election to the South

African Parliament and subsequently will not be able to serve as President.

To sum up, what are the chances of Zuma becoming president especially

in the light of his corruption trial?

A lot depends on the evidence, the crowd support and on the sympathy of

other ANC party members. The only other contender for the job is Phumzile

Mlambo-Nguka, the wife of Bulelani Ngcuka, who had been Minister of

Minerals and Energy since 1999.

While her appointment as Deputy President of South Africa was widely

welcomed by the business community, her popularity with rank-and-file

ANC members remains uncertain.

Whatever happens, the future of South Africa will most definitely be

strongly influenced by the “Zuma Factor.”

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Caesar Salad

1 iceberg lettuce, trimmed

1-2 tbsp oil or about 50g garlic

butter

2-3 thick slices crusty bread

4-6 bacon rashers, rind removed

3 hard boiled eggs, quartered

Caesar Salad Dressing

Method

1. Cut the iceberg lettuce into chunky pieces and arrange on a serving platter.

(If wished wash the chunky pieces in running cold water and then shake

gently in a clean tea-towel to dry off excess water).

2. Cut the bread into large crouton size dice and chop the bacon roughly. Cook

in the oil in a hot frying pan, tossing until the bacon and croutons are crisp.

Alternatively melt the garlic butter in an oven proof pan or roasting dish,

add the bacon and bread and cook at 180°C until the bacon and bread is

crispy.

3. Scatter the cooled bacon and croutons on top of the lettuce with the

hard-boiled eggs.

4. Pour over plenty of Caesar Salad dressing and serve.

Serves 4-6

The classic combination of lettuce, bacon, egg and croutons, combined in a

Caesar dressing. It’s addictive – especially when you know how easy it is.

Ingredients

# Hint: For this recipe, the eggs should be just hard-boiled. Size 7’s will

take 8 minutes placed from cold into boiling water.

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Kevin was total disillusioned about his future in SA cricket and knew that

he couldn’t stay, but a move to the UK where he had no family or friends

was quite daunting.

Then came the meeting with Dr Ali Bacher, the most powerful man in

SA cricket.

He was very rude to both Kevin and his Dad, who had joined him for the

meeting, saying that the quota system would soon stop and selection will go

back to the old system of taking on players based on their ability. However,

when Kevin asked whether there would be an all-white cricket team for

Natal A for the 2001 season if

the non-white players were not

good enough, he said no, they

WILL be good enough and they

WILL play. That was the end for

Kevin. He made up his mind there

and then that he was leaving

for the U.K.

Kevin’s stint as player for

Notts county was a real education

because he came across a lot of

mediocrity, cliques and lack of

ambition. This was quite frustrating

for the new go-getter from South

Africa, but he played his heart out

and during the 2001 season he

chalked up 1 275 championship

runs, scoring at a rate of 82 runs

for every 100 balls, which was

impressive to say the least.

Kevin was showing at an early

stage that he was able to play

first-class cricket. Then came

the crunch. At the end of the 2001 season Clive Rice lost his job as Notts

coach and was replaced by one of the players. Kevin was relegated to the

second team.

Emotions ran high during this season because Kevin felt he deserved

better. His relationship with the team got so bad that he used to warm up on

his own rather than be with some of his teammates.

Eventually Kevin announced that he was leaving, at the same time running

down the team captain. Then he received a call to say that Jason Gillian, the

team captain, had dumped his cricket gear over the balcony at Trent Bridge!

Fortunately Kevin got a job with the English Academy that winter, saving him

from a horrible situation.

Finally Kevin broke his ties with the Notts club and joined Hampshire,

an extremely well-run club that was coached part-time by Shane Warne of

Australia.

Here he grew and matured and he has been with the club ever since and

supported them as and when his England commitments have allowed.

Kevin’s biggest breakthrough came when he was selected to play for

England on a tour to Zimbabwe in 2004. He got some positive feedback from

the English coach, Duncan Fletcher, announcing that he wanted Kevin to play

in South Africa as part of a series of ODI’s.

Kevin was apprehensive about the South African tour because he realised

that the SA public wouldn’t take kindly to someone they considered to have

walked out on their country returning to play against their team so soon

after becoming eligible.

Then in January 2005, the first ODI

against South Africa got off to an emotional

start. Both teams stood for the national

anthem, and Kevin wondered whether he

was standing in the right place. But he had

no doubts. He was an Englishman now,

standing in the country of his birth.

The crowd in general gave their displeasure

towards Kevin, calling him a “Judas” and

a “racist” when he was working in the

outfield.

The abuse was not pleasant, but Kevin

stood his ground and consoled himself when

he took an early catch to dismiss Herschelle

Gibbs in the first ODI. Unfortunately Graeme

Smith, the SA captain, compounded the

situation by announcing in the press that

Kevin had turned his back on the country

of his birth.

This soured the relationship and Kevin

and Graeme no longer talk to each other.

By the end of the tour the South African

public began to warm to Kevin because he

was such an entertaining player. In Centurion at the end of the last test the

South African crowd, at last, rose to cheer Kevin. It was the end of the tour,

England had lost 4-1, but they gave him a standing ovation. The biggest

highlight of Kevin’s career to date was England’s victory over Australia to take

the Ashes Trophy, the biggest prize in cricket.

Kevin scored 150 runs in the final match of the series to clinch victory for

England. In addition, he was awarded Man of the Match.

Today Kevin is a happy, contented man, continuing to surprise spectators

with his inimitable confident style, now an entrenched member of the English

team. He is engaged to Jessica Taylor, who is a member of the British pop group

Liberty X. The group was discovered by the first UK Pop Stars TV show.

As he reflects on his life so far, Kevin says that despite his fiery temperament

and many disagreements, he has no regrets and looks forward to a rewarding

and stimulating cricket career.

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The South African music business is a thriving industry

that has grown in leaps and bounds since its infancy in

the early 50’s of last century.

We have seen phenomenal growth in all of the modern genres especially

amongst black music. Hip hop and kwaito have experienced the most growth

over this period.

Being the avid music lover that I am, I love surfing the radio waves for

new and different sounds. We are extremely fortunate here in New Zealand

to have local radio stations enjoying considerable state funding, hence the

proliferation of different and extremely interesting on-air programming.

I counted more than twenty local radio stations in Auckland alone, and I

have played them all. It’s a real pity that they don’t give a lot of airtime to good

old South African music, after all, there is so much variety to choose from

and South African musicians have made a genuine impact around the world

with their unique style. Who can forget Paul Simon’s collaboration with black

South African group Ladysmith

Black Mambazo back in the 80’s

and the beautiful “Diamonds in

the Soles of her Shoes?”

Even today, SA artists like

Karen Zoid perform at sell-out

concerts all around the world.

Her appearance at the Ukkasie

in London in 2003 caused a stir

in the British pop scene at the

time. For 2008, she has planned

concerts for London, Belgium

and Holland.

Boy! I do miss her song

“I’ll get stuck in a small room

with you” which received so

much airplay in South Africa

just before I emigrated to New

Zealand.

And when we go back even

further to the 70’s the world held its breath when the super SA rock group

Rabbitt hit the international music scene. They sold hundreds of thousands

of records and band leader, Trevor Rabin is now one of the top movie score

producers in the world. Then we had the all-girl super group Clout who

had a monster hit with “Substitute” which reached number 2 on the British

charts and number 1 in numerous European cities. Not bad for a bunch of

local lasses, hey?

The 80’s boomed with a glut of hot original acts spanning crossover to

power-pop to hard rock to Afrikaans bubblegum to alternative/indie: the likes

of Tribe After Tribe, eVoid, Petit Cheval, Hotline, Bright Blue, Johnny Clegg

(Jaluka and Savuka), Mango Groove, The Helicopters, Ellamental and that

doyen of the Cape Karroo, David Kramer.

Then along came the nefarious 90’s with groups like Fetish, Boo!, Just Jinger,

Springbok Nude Girls, Sugardrive and our one and only Steve Hofmeyer. All of

these acts were (and some still are) huge sellers and crowd pullers and have

filled venues across South Africa and abroad. And I haven’t even mentioned

the plethora of massive African bands that have been around for decades;

some of whom still command deity status in the country and regularly sell

millions of albums across the African continent.

At the turn of the century a new breed of SA muso’s emerged that have

now firmly placed South Africa on the international map as far as the music

scene is concerned. A recent addition to the popularity polls is a new Cape

Town band known as Freshlyground. They have managed to combine a tuneful

type of backstreet kwaito with unique African rythms and have come up

trumps. Their first mega-hit, “Do be doo” (not to be confused with Frank

Sinatra’s ending in “Strangers in the Night!”) has become a national best

seller. They describe their music as ‘contemporary urban afro pop’ and lead

singer African lady Zolani Mahola, who hails from the Eastern Cape, - has a

voice like fresh spring water.

So why aren’t the local radio station disc jockeys sitting up and taking

notice? When I was living in South Africa we could always switch on our radio

dial and hear New Zealand stars like Split Enz and Crowded House. Why not

the other way round?

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I leave that up to the music afficiandos of this beautiful land that we

(including a large crowd of ex-South Africans!) all live in.

I must say, however, that Pretoria-

based hard rock/grunge outfit

known as Seether are enjoying a

bit of airplay on Auckland’s local

“The Rock” radio station. This is

extremely encouraging and we hope

that the trend catches on with the

other stations.

Seether have had long associations

with other USA groups like Breaking

Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, Three

Days Grace and The Nixons . Their

breakthrough came in 2002 with

their second album “ Disclaimer”

which received much airplay on

local rock stations and prompted a

worldwide tour with Evanescence.

On this tour, the band reworked the

acoustic ballad “Broken” into an

electric ballad and Amy Lee, lead

singer of Evanescence shared vocal

duties with lead singer Shaun Morgan

during live performances.

In 2005 follow-up album “Karma

and Effect” was well received by the

grunge-loving SA music public. In

August of 2006 lead singer Morgan

went into rehab for alcohol and

cocaine abuse forcing the band to

cancel their tour with Staind and

Three Days Grace.

Evanescence’s hit “Call Me When

Your Sober” was written about this

incident.

Seether’s music has been used

widely by the international film

industry. Their song “Hang On”

features on the soundtrack for

the movie, Daredevil and “Out

of My Way”was featured on the

soundtrack of the 2003 movie,

Freddy vs Jason.

So why aren’t the local radio

station disc jockeys sitting up and

taking notice? When I was living in

South Africa we could always switch on our radio dial and hear New Zealand

stars like Split Enz and Crowded House. Why not the other way round?

I leave that up to the music afficiandos of this beautiful land that we

(including a large crowd of ex-South Africans!) all live in.

The longest running ever South African musical festival, Splashy Fen will

be happening around Easter time again this year. It is hard to imagine how

a small group of tents pitched on the foothills of the Drakensberg mountain

range in the Underberg farming district in April of 1989 has now grown

into the huge annual festival that it is today, with attendances of over 15

000 being the norm. The organizers have now put out a request to all South

African muso’s to come up with a song that epitomizes the festival, in the

same vein as “Woodstock,” which was composed by Crosby, Stills & Nash to

commemorate that huge festival of the same name. There should be enough

talent in the country to come up with something that reminds one of the

mountains, the trout streams, the three different sound stages, the smoking

campfires at night….it certainly brings back fond memories for me.

There was quite a lot happening in the SA music scene last year. One of

the most noteworthy events was the tragic shooting of Lucky Dube on the

18th October last year. The South African music

industry was shocked by the news of the death

of this much loved reggae star who was shot

dead by car thieves while he was dropping his

teenage son and daughter off in a Johannesburg

suburb. He was 43 years old. He will be missed as

a great musician and an untiring freedom fighter.

Alongside Bob Marley, Lucky Dube was thought

of as one of the great reggae artists – singing

about social problems. President Mbeki honoured

him by attending his funeral and he called on the

people of South Africa to “confront this terrible

scourge of crime.”

Music producer TK of TS records and a friend

of Dube’s told the BBC the killing was tragically

ironic.

“The whole continent has lost a performer,

musician, a guy that fought for freedom in his own

way, in his own right; he was just shot by some guy

who wanted to take his car, you

know, which is Mickey Mouse

really,” he said.

Opposition parties and the

youth wing of the ruling African

National Congress party have

called on the government to

take drastic measures against

crime.

South African musical

journalist Peter Makurube

told the BBC’s Network Africa

programme that: “Lucky filled up

stadiums all over the continent.

I would say he was far bigger

outside South Africa than he

was in South Africa.” Dube

began his career by singing

mbaqanga (traditional Zulu)

music and recorded his first

album with the Super Soul band

in 1982. He later moved into

reggae, producing “Rastas Never

Die,” which was banned by the

apartheid government.

In 2004 a song that Dube

wrote in 1989 as an anti-apartheid hit “Together as One,” which calls for

world peace and harmony, was voted one of Africa’s top ten songs by BBC

readers and listeners.

Goodbye, Lucky, we will all miss you.

Before signing off, I must make mention of a band that started in

Johannesburg in the early 80’s that is now carving a significant niche in the

international musical arena.

They are the band Off The Edge which was started by original guitar player

Peter Hanmer in 1981 as the group Boss. Changing their name to Streetalk in

1982 and then ultimately to Off the Edge, their latest albums “On the Run”

and “Just Another Band” have made inroads into the Norwegian, Swedish,

German, Japanese and American markets.

Their music is decidedly popular hard rock reminiscent of the era that

belonged to Led Zeppelin and Foreigner.

We hope to hear much more from this highly talented group in the

future.

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