Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-09-18 i Sunday Independent

Much unsown seeds of export opportunity lay in the Eastern Cape’s agricultural sector, delegates heard at the annual Eastern Cape Export Symposium in East London this week. The sector boasts substantial global competitiveness through its citrus exports that are second only to Limpopo, and wool and mohair exports – just over 51 percent of global mohair production is processed through the province, and it produces 38 percent of that amount. Agriculture was touted as one sector that could help to diversify the province’s reliance on the automotive industry for much of its economic activity, its exports and imports, as well as go a long way to generate employment in the region. According to Ntandazo Mbenya, an economist at the Eastern Cape Development Corporation, exports from the Eastern Cape amounted to…

There is no way to justify eating junk food, so why do we crave it? We keep reading about how harmful junk food can be for our health. It can lead to cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, obesity, high blood pressure and a myriad other health problems. But most of us are unable to control these cravings – not all the time anyway. Kajal Wattamwar and Bushra Qureshi, dietitians and co-founders of Healthy Steady Go, have this to say about why you crave junk food: Beliefs around food A lot of us believe that healthy food cannot be tasty. Many adults don’t like eating fruit and vegetables; after all, they didn’t like it when they were children. Good news! You aren’t 5 any more. Don’t let those old beliefs stop you…

Warren Masemola is one of the country’s most sought-after actors, as is Vusi Kunene. Now the two will be acting in the e.tv telenovela House of Zwide, a South African Film and TV Award winner. On September 19, Masemola will enter the show as Alex Khadzi, Funani Zwide’s (Kunene) biggest rival. Khadzi is a design genius, who creates colourful, provocative and eye-catching pieces. He is part of that new crop of young, bold South African designers, who are starting to make a name for themselves internationally. “Alex is a high-flyer, and his biggest achievements include featuring in Forbes’ ‘30 under 30’ as well as winning the coveted LVMH Prize for young designers. But don’t let the charm and bright outfits fool you, Alex has a heart of darkness,” said e.tv.…

Research has proven that mindfulness training reduces stress. With mindfulness-based therapy, it may be feasible to change the affective and cognitive processes that are at the root of a number of clinical disorders. On Monday, it was Mindfulness Day, with the goal of educating people about the benefits and worth of practising mindfulness as well as how to do so. There are many ways to include mindful practises into your everyday routine; here are three: Mindful snacking According to studies, mindfulness therapies are being used more frequently to treat obesity in the hopes that these techniques may encourage behavioural change and boost weight loss. You could notice yourself snacking excessively or stress eating on occasion while working or watching online entertainment. When you eat, it's crucial to be in the…

The Black Phone (Cinemas nationwide) A coming-of-age supernatural horror film, directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill, who both produced with Jason Blum. The film stars Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, James Ransone, and Ethan Hawke. In the film, an abducted teenager (Thames) uses a mysterious telephone to communicate with the previous victims of his deranged captor (Hawke). The Queen - 70 Glorious Years (R579 on loot.co.za) Delightfully informal family photographs of The Queen as a young girl, as a young wife and mother, on holiday and enjoying the company of her children and dogs are joined by more formal images illustrating the official life of the monarch, on grand state occasions, such as the Coronation, the State Opening of Parliament and Trooping the…

This time last week the people of Jagersfontein, a small mining town in the south of the Free State province, woke up to a nightmare when the tailings dam of a mine collapsed, unleashing a mudslide that wreaked havoc in the area, killing at least three people at the last count, and injuring scores others. Families were displaced as their homes and other assets like vehicles were destroyed. The disaster plunged the Itumeleng and Charlesville townships into darkness as the main power source was disrupted. What makes the situation even sadder is that this was not an act of God. It was man-made. The mine bosses Jagersfontein Development were warned a good two years ago that the water levels in the dam were rising above capacity. Typical of profit-driven capital,…

THE Competition Tribunal on Friday granted interim relief to the Sekunjalo Group and related entities in a ground-breaking decision to interdict three banks from closing the group’s bank accounts. The tribunal ordered five other banks to reopen accounts that had been closed. The Black Business Chamber welcomed the ruling. It said it had written to the Competition Commission in February requesting it to investigate possible collusion between the major banks with regard to closing the Sekunjalo Group’s accounts. The chamber’s secretary-general, Mntuwekhaya Cishe, said: “While the Competition Commission is still deliberating on the conduct of these banks and is yet to make a ruling, (the chamber) is hoping that there is no other logical determination that the commission can reach other than concluding that these banks have colluded against (the…

THE Department of Health loses over R2 billion annually to medical malpractice at the hands of staff at hospitals in the country. According to Gregory Whittaker from the Wits School of Statistics and Actuarial Science, almost 2 000 complaints are laid with the department due to medical negligence. That translates into lawsuits. In his presentation at the Actuarial Society of South Africa Annual Convention last year, titled “Medical malpractice in the South African public sector”, Whittaker indicated that contingency liabilities were about R100bn and were continuing to grow. These cases include a 17-year-old who was pregnant when she lost her child in the Free State after waiting six hours for an ambulance at a clinic, where she claims staff ignored her when she sought assistance. Her baby was in a…

ThE DA this week approached the Hawks to lay criminal charges against Nhlululo Development. The action comes after the party’s Gauteng shadow MEC for Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation Kingsol Chabalala and his team discovered the service provider had allegedly failed to pay the Gauteng Women’s Rugby Institute R180 000. Chabalala said the institute had engaged the department on the issue, and they claimed the department told them it was no longer their problem and that they must solve it. He said the party had tabled written questions to the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation MEC, Mbali Hlophe. The party said it wanted to know how the service provider was appointed, and what measures could be put in place to recover the money. “We have not received…

A MAN of God and a former South African middleweight champion have exchanged blows over the control of a piece of land. Armando Capriello and Gregory Clark are fighting over ownership of allocated land in Rosettenville, south of Joburg. They have made accusations of harassment, gangsterism and intimidation against each other since operating on the same plot of land. The ordeal began when Clark approached ward 57 councillor Faeeza Chame back in 2017, requesting space to open a boxing club and offer lessons to young students at a small membership fee of between R10 and R30. “I approached Faeeza because I wanted to open a boxing club that young children can use and help it benefit the community. I come to this hall from 4.30am and we train until it…

MOST PEOPLE are unaware of how black elites in the colonial era were formed and that many of their liberation heroes came from this privileged group of people. The topic concerns the black elite of the colonial era, “amazemtiti” – a Nguni bastardisation of the word “exempted”, meaning those who were exempted from the Bantu laws designed to manage and control black people. These products of the colonial elite manufacturing factory were distinguishable for their “self-induced Anglicisation”. Ndebenkulu was a caricature of black elites of his time. Anglicisation also meant that these pseudo-elites adopted English morality, manners and habits. Choral and classical music became their choice of entertainment to set them apart from “pagans” who were neither educated nor converted to Western religious faith. Thus, no traditional dances or playing…

DEFENDING DStv Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns will battle AmaZulu in today’s headline fixture when the two sides meet at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium at 3pm. The Brazilians, still buoyed by two consecutive victories over Chippa United and Golden Arrows, will be looking to continue their rich streak of form by damping down Usuthu’s prospects of a potential league title bid. Sundowns co-coach Rulani Mokwena admitted that his camp were well aware of the danger Brandon Truter’s men will pose, but relished the opportunity to go head-to-head with a difficult opponent. “AmaZulu are a very good team with very good players. As you can see from the work that went on in the transfer window, they are a very good technical team,” he said to members of the media. “It’s going…

Flights from London Heathrow airport were disrupted during the transfer of Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin for her lying-in-state, with more upheaval likely next week when her funeral takes place. Departures faced delays and adjustments for almost two hours from 1.50pm on Wednesday, Heathrow said. The measures were aimed at ensuring an absence of jet-engine noise as a gun carriage took the Queen from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, King Charles walking behind. Planes leaving the hub west of London are still departing eastbound, according to a spokesperson, a routing which, though taking them over the city, allows them to peel away as they climb. Were aircraft to land from the east, they’d need to fly for longer at a low altitude above the centre of the capital. London City Airport…

A new tourist season is about to begin with World Tourism Day on September 27, but the city of grand monuments that draws over 8 million visitors annually is hardly ready to welcome the guests. The hospitality industry, including hotels, travel agents and guides, is waiting anxiously for tourists after nearly three years, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. They are expecting a boom as international travel is now near normal. With the number of international chartered flights and air connectivity with several cities in India going up, the number of tourists is expected to increase significantly this year, say hotel industry captains. This year, a new beginning is being made. Mayor Navin Jain has announced that Sharad Purnima, on October 9, will be celebrated as the birth anniversary of Agra.…

Walt Disney Co has sketched the contours of a plan for how the entertainment, theme parks and consumer products conglomerate will use technology to enhance storytelling for the next 100 years. Speaking backstage at the company's biennial D23 Expo fan convention on Sunday, chief executive Bob Chapek was at pains to avoid what he called the “M-word”, or metaverse, despite pushing the company in that direction last year. Chapek described Disney’s vision for the metaverse as “next-generation storytelling”. He wants to use data gleaned from theme park visits and consumers’ streaming habits to deliver personalised entertainment experiences, including from the company’s Marvel and Lucasfilm studios. “Disney is absolutely a lifestyle,” he said in an interview at the convention in Anaheim, California. “The question is, how is our next-gen storytelling leveraging…

WHILE the entrepreneurial journey can be riveting and full of promise, entrepreneurs will inevitably encounter challenges as they progress towards achieving their goals. Three of the most common mistakes that small and medium enterprise (SME) owners make, particularly in the first few years, involve two of the most important business pillars – people and profit. It is important that you look out for these frequent pitfalls and understand how to mitigate them. Not managing cash flow efficiently Poor financial management can have huge ramifications on the sustainability of your business. A survey of 400 local entrepreneurs, conducted by Xero, found that “being irresponsible with cash flow” was the most expensive mistake businesses made in the past 12 months. The mistakes, caused due to a lack of financial knowledge, cost South…

They might feel stuck in a rut, wondering: “Is this all there is to the rest of my professional career,” or they might regret the earlier decisions they made, like the route not taken. Sawan Kapoor, a career coach, advises on how to navigate your mid-life career crisis. Reasons why Working professionals who have a mid-life career crisis often become disengaged from their jobs. Professionals who chose a career path that is not their genuine calling are most likely to experience this. This is known as being in a misaligned career. In other words: “I’m in the incorrect field or position, now what?” And the remorse starts to be seen as the cause of the mid-life career crisis as you decide what to do next. There are six main stages…

Despite me holding out hope of stumbling across a decent – not brilliant, just decent – horror TV series, I’m disappointed once again. Allow me to explain. When I saw The Baby, a British horror comedy, was streaming on Showmax, I thought, “What the heck, let me give it a go”. How bad could it be, really? Talk about being foolishly optimistic. Well, let me put it to you this way. It’s akin to that unsatisfying feeling you get when you order your favourite meal only to find that the restaurant has a new chef and it’s no longer the same. The eight-part series follows 38-year-old Natasha (Michelle De Swarte), who is surrounded by baby-booming and baby-obsessed girlfriends. She’s clearly not a baby person. Nor does she have a filter…

One of the first things Zara Julius did once she got access to the Gallo Vault was explore its vast archives for apartheid propaganda music and music that is sympathetic to the apartheid regime. Having just come off an episode of the Talking Drum podcast, where Sudanese musician and ethnomusicologist, Alsarah, spoke about the weaponization of music as propaganda by a repressive state and how the government tightly controls music production, she was eager to interrogate this same theme in South Africa. “I think we don’t often think about South African music history in this way,” she said. “I was thinking about that and how those questions apply to the South African context. And that for me is really, really interesting because we never think of the construction of Afrikanerdom…

The NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma. Yet Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, will carry the rating – a first for the company. On September 28, it will debut on its streaming platform, following a Venice Film Festival premiere. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’s 2000 book and starring Ana de Armas, the film reportedly includes a graphic rape scene and a vaginal point-of-view shot in its treatment of the Hollywood icon’s life and career. I study the rating system and am the author of The Naked Truth: Why Hollywood Doesn’t Make X-Rated Movies. Movies carrying the NC-17 rating were often difficult to screen and promote, as they were locked out of some movie theatre chains and…

Billionaire Johann Rupert has been accused of intimidating and bribing residents and employees after they raised concerns regarding the dam wall which collapsed at Jagersfontein Development. At least four people were killed, more than 70 injured and scores of people left homeless following the collapse of the dam wall last Sunday. Jagersfontein Development employees and residents said Rupert could have stabilised the dam long before it collapsed, but opted to do nothing. Instead, he allegedly bribed community leaders who raised concerns regarding the potential danger to the community. They said the dam had been leaking for years. In April 2022, Rupert’s Reinet Investments sold Jagersfontein assets to Stargems Holdings, a global diamond cutting and polishing company. Community leader Lefa Shale said they had been warning the company since 2019, but…

What is happening to hold the country’s banks accountable for enabling money laundering, as South Africa scrambles to meet the deadline for its inevitable greylisting? Former managing director of Banking South Africa Cas Coovadia says he has no idea whether anything is being done to hold South African banks accountable. Coovadia was responding on Wednesday to a question posed to him during the state capture commission conference hosted by the Public Affairs Research Institute. One of the attendees inquired whether there had been a reckoning in the banking sector about the role played by local banks in enabling systemic money laundering and suspicious transactions, and whether the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) was addressing this, or whether the banks were not reporting those activities? “Has there been a reckoning within the…

Gauteng public hospital staff and patients fear for their safety after attacks by psychiatric patients. According to the DA, there have been at least 43 attacks by psychiatric patients at 17 public hospitals since January last year. Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi disclosed this information earlier this week in response to DA concerns about the attacks. It is alleged that psychiatric patients are not adequately confined in secure wards. As a result, attacks also occur in departments other than psychiatric units. A radiographer working at Leratong Hospital in the West Rand, who preferred to be identified only as Nora, said staff had to be careful when handling mentally ill patients. “You can’t afford to get your sight off a mentally ill patient, otherwise anything may happen. Tuesdays are our ‘psychy days’,…

Recreating the works of the art masters takes self mastery, doing so using origami butterflies is a special feat. Cape Town artist Juanne-Pierre De Abreu is attempting to use origami butterflies to reproduce six of the most famous art pieces in history. De Abreu holds the Guinness World Record for the largest display of origami butterflies which totalled 29 416 after the final count, in 2019. His aim is to recreate one famous art work per month, and so far he has finished Van Gogh’s Starry Night and Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. He also plans to complete The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Klimt’s The Kiss and Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer, by the end of the year. De Abreu said his…

Poet WH Auden’s phrase “those to whom evil is done, do evil in return”, taken from a poem he wrote on September 1, 1939 to commemorate the invasion of Nazi Germany, arguably states the obvious. Tit for tat is universal, leaving an unbroken cycle of vengeance. Others perpetuate evil because they know no better. They have no other models to learn from apart from their own experience. Instances of this happen when the formerly oppressed employ the very same methods as their former oppressors. The ANC has somehow taken copious notes and lessons from the apartheid government. The party has, after all, inherited all of apartheid’s repressive apparatus. Every evil trick reminiscent of apartheid is on full display. This includes instilling fear, use of force and abuse of the courts…

HUGO Broos has been the Bafana Bafana coach for just over a year, but the silver-haired Belgian has done more talking off the pitch than on the field. “I was very surprised that people were blaming me for disrespecting the nation. I just said what I felt at that moment. And I said what I said,” he said. “I know now that in future I will think twice before I say things like that. I see that it’s not really accepted if a foreigner says some things (unlikeable). “I read articles in the press of South Africans who said exactly the same thing as I said and there was no reaction. I will do it a bit differently than before.” Broos made this admission while announcing his 23-man squad…

The warmer months are here and many are starting to plan their summer holidays. With that in mind, here are five tips shared by experts on how to choose the perfect hotel for you this summer. Family, friends, fun and sun Spending quality time with the people we love should be a priority; because if there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that we can lose our loved ones in a blink of an eye. Therefore, the holiday season is a good time for friends and family to reconnect and genuinely check up on each other. Marius Earle, general manager of Radisson Blu Hotel, uMhlanga, Durban, says it’s important to take into consideration what works for the family, ‘’from ugogo and umkhulu to baby Lethabo.” Health and healing…

The disaster at Jagersfontein mine tailings, in the Free State, is symptomatic of a much broader problem South Africa faces – one of poor leadership. It is beyond being the canary in the cage that miners used in coal mines to detect the presence of carbon monoxide. It goes even beyond the legend that has it that lightning, or the juju bird, does not strike the same place twice. History has shown that system failures are not single events, but come about through a cumulation of related and non-related factors. When these converge on a weak platform, they become an unmitigated disaster. What is worse is when those in authority run for cover, with several excuses. They paralyse society and any form of social compact. South Africa fails to act…

Fruits and vegetables are a great way to get many healthy nutrients into our diet. Research shows that the red colour in fruits and vegetables contains antioxidants that reduce the risk of hypertension and high cholesterol. Red foods consist of everything from fruits, including watermelon, strawberries, cherries, raspberries, and apples; and vegetables like tomatoes, red peppers, red onions and red cabbage. They offer many health benefits because they have some of the following nutrients; lycopene, ellagic acid, quercetin, hesperidin, fibre, vitamin A and vitamin C. Tomatoes Tomatoes are known as lycopene superstars. One of the key components of the Mediterranean diet, lycopene is particularly beneficial for cardiovascular health and heart disease prevention. Cooking tomatoes (think tomato sauce) greatly increases the bioavailability of lycopene. Tomatoes also make a great choice for…

While Queen Elizabeth II was a constant presence in British life during her record-long tenure, the monarch fought to keep her family’s private affairs out of the public eye, attempting to avoid controversy. Even so, the royal family weathered several scandals during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign – drama that inevitably captured worldwide attention. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest dust-ups of the queen’s decades on the throne. Charles and Diana King Charles III, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, has faced criticism from the public for decades, much of it stemming from troubles that emerged during his marriage to Princess Diana. Charles, who succeeded to the throne after Elizabeth’s death last week, married Diana in 1981, in a ceremony that was televised across the world. Over the…

From the moment she appears on the screen – rising up from tall grasses while leading an all-female army into battle – Viola Davis owns The Woman King, a movie every bit as majestic and monumental as its title implies. Davis plays Nanisca, the ferocious, forbidding general of the Agojie, the legendary women’s fighting force that helped defend the West African kingdom of Dahomey. Set in 1823, The Woman King spins a fictional tale rooted in the real-life Dahomey Amazons who were among the most feared warriors of the era. In this stirring tale, written by Maria Bello and Dana Stevens, Nanisca fights not only external foes – the Oyo Empire intent on destroying the reign of Dahomey’s King Ghezo (John Boyega) – but her own country’s involvement in the…

AFRICANS must start investing in their children instead of the unnecessary and unhealthy obsession with the British royal family. The Queen is dead! May she rest in peace. But charity begins at home. It is time governments on the continent started putting the children and women of Africa first rather than wasting time and resources on people who do not care about the continent. While messages of support for the royals is one’s democratic right, some African nations, despite the pressing needs of their citizens, have gone overboard with mourning for a royal as removed from reality as Queen Elizabeth II was from Africans. In some countries, they are flying the flag at half-mast and declaring a mourning period, while in Nigeria, one person has proposed renaming a university after…

THE public protector’s office wants former State Security Agent (SSA) director-general Arthur Fraser to give reasons why he opened a criminal case against President Cyril Ramaphosa. Fraser opened the case at Rosebank Police Station after Ramaphosa allegedly failed to report a robbery at his farm where an undisclosed amount in US dollars was stolen in February 2020. The public protector’s office also wants Fraser to reveal who are the sources of his information about the Phala Phala farm robbery. These are some of the questions Sunday Independent understands were sent to Fraser by the public protector’s office this week. Initially, the public protector’s office sent Fraser’s lawyer, Erick Mabuza, the letter with the list of questions on Wednesday with a veiled threat of “a fine not exceeding R40 000 or…

The ANC is proposing drastic changes to its constitution which would allow the party’s more than 691 000 members to vote for leaders at national, provincial and regional conferences. This is among the amendments on the table ahead of the governing party’s five-day national conference scheduled for December. ANC treasurer-general and acting secretary-general Paul Mashatile last month gave all party structures until this past Thursday to comment on the proposed constitutional amendments. In terms of the ANC constitution, any constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority of voting delegates to present a national or special conference and this year the party’s national executive committee is obliged to give a month’s notice of the proposed changes no later than November 15. The current practice ahead of national, provincial and regional conferences only…

SPORT has the power to change your fortunes and set you up for a life of riches and stardom. Thanks to this power, background and limited resources become irrelevant. Springbok Rugby World winner Makazole Mapimpi is testimony to this. Organisations are working in the background to unearth more Mapimpis, but they encounter mountains of challenges that threaten to shut their doors. The Gauteng Women’s Rugby Institute (GWRI), established in 2020 but officially launched in March 2021, was intended as a beacon of hope for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to become great rugby players and emulate the likes of Mapimpi. The GWRI prides itself on being the country’s first rugby women’s institute. Today, 32 women between 18 and 24 are registered with the institution full-time. The institute…

WHEN outgoing University of Johannesburg (UJ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Tshilidzi Marwala relocates to Tokyo, Japan, next year, he has no intention to leave the African continent behind. Marwala wants to ensure that his work to advance the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) does not stop when he takes up his new job in Japan. As one of the continent’s foremost authorities on the 4IR, Marwala told University World News that he plans to engage more strongly with Africa once he takes up his new role as rector at the United Nations University (UNU) on 1 March, 2023. UNU is the academic and research arm of the UN. “My idea for this new role in the UN is, firstly, to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are about the reduction of poverty…

AT ITS 54th National Conference, the ANC resolved to renew itself and forge unity. The latter would enhance its electoral appeal. The ANC has been on an electoral decline since 2009, declining from 69.7% (a two-thirds majority) to 57.5% over the past three electoral cycles. It declined further to below 50% in the 2021 local government election (LGE). If the governing party fails to renew itself and forge unity, it would lose its grip on state power, thus rendering the country “ungovernable”, warned its former president Thabo Mbeki. He is right on two accounts. First, the ANC is still a dominant party by a huge percentage. Although a single-party dominant system can be undesirable, especially in a multi-party democracy, it does bring a great deal of political stability, which is…

CAPE Town City assistant coach Diego Parel is confident the Citizens will progress to the next round of the CAF Champions League as his team will not look to defend their two-goal advantage in the preliminary round second-leg clash against AS Otoho’ at the Stade Alphonse Massamba-Debat in Brazzaville this afternoon (4.30pm kick-off). City defeated the Congo Ligue 1 champions 2-0 last weekend at the Athlone Stadium, courtesy of goals from Taahir Goedeman and Marc van Heerden. “We are going after the away goal, that’s big. We are an offensive team and we’ve not gone anywhere to draw a game or hold on to results,” said Parel, who will be in charge on the bench due to head coach Eric Tinkler not being in possession of a CAF A coaching…

SOUTH Africans could see more rands in their pockets as the price of flights is likely to drop this spring. This is great news for cost-fatigued travellers, who have been facing rising airline ticket prices internationally as well as to local destinations this year. Among many reasons behind this significant rise in flight prices during the winter months might have been the folding of local carrier Comair, rising fuel costs, and airport chaos, following an increase in demand for flights as travellers spread their wings after travel restrictions were eased. However, relief is in sight as “Cheapflights” flight search data from June to August showed around a 26% decrease in flight prices for long-haul destination trips during spring (September to November), compared to the travel period over the past winter…

South Africa The Queen visited South Africa on Her Majesty’s 21st birthday in 1947. The young Princess Elizabeth was on a Royal Tour with her parents and sister Princess Margaret in Cape Town when she made an oath to the Commonwealth. The tour was a three-month trip, travelling through South Africa and Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, by boat, train and aeroplane. Not long after this visit, in 1948, the National Party was elected and the apartheid regime began, during which time members of the Royal Family avoided South Africa, despite the Queen being Sovereign of the country until 1961. Apartheid ended in the early 1990s with the formation of a democratic government in 1994. Kenya Princess Elizabeth left her ailing father, King George VI, and set off for Kenya, in February…