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GENERAL

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Surface area: 824,268 km .

Capital: Windhoek.

Independence: 21 March 1990.

Current president: Hage Geingob.

Multiparty Parliament, Democratic Constitution Division of power between executive, Legislature and judiciary.

Secular state—freedom of religion (90% Christian).

Freedom of the press/media.

Mobile communication system is available throughout the country. It is also possible to rent cell & satellite phones at the Windhoek International Airport, or buy local Sim cards.

Postal service: affiliated to the Universal Postal Union.

Schools: over 1700 and various vocational and tertiary education institutions.

TAX AND CUSTOMS All goods and services are priced to include value-added tax of 15%. Visitors may reclaim VAT. Enquiries: Ministry of Finance, Tel (+264 61) 23 0773 in Windhoek.

ENVIRONMENT Nature reserves: 15 % of surface area.

Highest mountain: Brandberg.

Other prominent mountains: Spitzkoppe, Moltkeblick, Gamsberg.

Perennial rivers: Orange, Kunene, Okavango, Zambezi and Kwando/ Linyanti/Chobe.

Ephemeral rivers: Numerous, including Fish, Kuiseb, Swakop and Ugab.

FLORA 14 vegetation zones; 120 species of trees; 200 endemic plant species; 100 plus species of lichen.

Living fossil plant: Welwitschia mirabilis.

ECONOMY Main sectors: Mining, fishing, tourism & agriculture. Biggest employer: Agriculture (46%). Fastest-growing sector: Tourism.

Mining: Diamonds, uranium, copper, lead, zinc, magnesium, cadmium, arsenic, pyrites, silver, gold, lithium minerals, dimension stones (granite, marble, blue sodalite) and many semi-precious stones.

PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Roads: 5,450 km tarred, 37,000 km gravel.

Harbours: Walvis Bay, Lüderitz.

Main airports: Hosea Kutako International Airport, Eros Airport, 46 airstrips.

Rail network: 2,382 km narrow gauge.

Electricity: 220 V AC, 50 Hz with outlets of round three-pin type.

Fixed phone coverage throughout the country with direct-dialing facilities to more than 220 countries.

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

MONEY MATTERS

One medical doctor per 3,650 people.

Several state of the art private and state hospitals in Windhoek with intensive-care units, as well as in main towns, with medical practitioners (world standard) and 24-hour medical emergency services.

Currency: The Namibia Dollar (N$) is fixed to and equals the SA Rand. The South African Rand is also legal tender.

Foreign currency, International Visa, Master Card, American Express and Diners Club credit cards are accepted.

POPULATION

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2.3 million; Density: 2.2 per km; 240 000 inhabitants in Windhoek (15% of total). Official language: English. 14 regions, 13 ethnic cultures, 16 languages and dialects. Adult literacy rate: 85%. Population growth rate: 2.6%.

FAUNA Big game: Elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo, cheetah, leopard, giraffe, 20 antelope species; 240 mammal species (14 endemic); 250 reptile species; 50 frog species; 676 bird species.

Endemic birds including Herero Chat, Rockrunner, Damara Tern, Monteiro’s Hornbill.

FOREIGN REPRESENTATION More than 50 countries have Namibian consular or embassy representation in Windhoek.

DRINKING WATER

Public transport is available to most tourist destinations in Namibia. In Namibia one drives on the left. There are bus services from Windhoek to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Vic Falls, Swakopmund, Harare, Lusaka and many other smaller busses which connect most of Namibian regions. Namibia’s main railway line runs from the South African border, connecting Windhoek to Swakopmund in the west and Tsumeb and Oshikango in the north.

There is an extensive network of international and regional flights from Windhoek. Domestic charters to all destinations.

HEALTH No inoculations are necessary. Should one enter from a country in which yellow fever prevails, one should have proof of vaccination against such disease. Malaria-prophylaxis is recommended if traveling to far northern Namibia during summer.

Tap water is purified and safe to drink. Bottled water is available almost everywhere in the country as well.

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The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book waiting to be written.

Adv. Mandi E.P. Samson Acting Managing Director

Dear Passenger, Thank you for choosing Air Namibia as your carrier of choice!

positively contributes to growing the business and increasing

It’s the start of a new year, time to forget the past year and

our footprint on the African Continent and Namibia itself.

celebrate a new beginning. Cheers to a new year filled with opportunity, hope and promises of a brighter tomorrow.

The routing for the two new destinations will be WindhoekLagos-Accra, and the return will be Accra-Lagos- Windhoek four

During the early days of the New Year, most of us set goals or

times per week using the Airbus A319- 100 aircraft. Apart from

make resolutions. This makes us masters of our destinies and

providing direct connection from Namibia to West Africa, the

allows us to take charge of our lives. These resolutions and goals

operation will further transport passengers and cargo on the

provide focus and motivate us to excel and become better

Lagos-Accra-Lagos route.

people. Best-selling author; Melody Beattie once said; “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book waiting to be

Our promotion for the festive season is still ongoing. Air Namibia

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Let 2018 be your year of travel and adventure. If you have

To conclude, let’s work towards achieving our goals. Being

limited days to travel and want to spend quality time with your

hopeful is not enough, we need to plan ahead and take action.

family, or visit your business associates at their destinations,

Not just as Air Namibia, but personally as well in attaining our

then you should consider travelling by air. Locally, we need to

own resolutions and goals.

reduce pressure on our roads and start utilising airline services.

Air Namibia takes you there within a blink of an eye.

Thank you for flying Air Namibia, we look forward to welcoming you on board again soon.

We would also like to remind you that effective 25 March 2018, Air Namibia will start to fly to Lagos and Accra in West Africa.

The addition of new routes is in line with our Strategic Plan and

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Textile And Textures – The Exhibition When in the city, head for The National Art Gallery of Namibia, where Textiles and Textures, an exhibition of historical and contemporary artworks runs until 2 June 2018.

Edited by Anne Schauffer Photographs supplied by NAGN

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extiles and Textures is an exhibition designed around the tactility that textiles and textures evoke and propose, and the works form part of the permanent collections of the National Art Gallery of Namibia and the Arts Association Heritage Trust, as well as contributions by contemporary artists: Maria Caley, Lynette Diergaardt, Ina- Maria Shikongo, Mielja Magobelilo, Cathy McRoberts, Wilka Mumangeni, Maria Mbereshu and Laimi Mbangula.

You’re invited to experience the artwork not only by means of a visual and intellectual approach, but also through actual touch and feel. The exhibition offers an interactive installation, where the visitor is invited to participate through touch and to allow for new and unknown sensations and associations to emerge. In this technologically advanced age where often the human touch is reduced to the press of a button, this show seeks to offer other options of expression of emotion.

According to Colchester (1990), there was a rapid growth in the practice of textile art around the time of the Second World War. During this time, an artistic revolt against the European aesthetics of beauty arose, and traditional notions of beauty were rejected. The way that art was created changed.

Across Africa, textiles are historical documents loaded with various narratives over distance and time. Thoughts, convictions, fears and hopes are conveyed through symbol systems in cloth design. Brett-Smith notes that African geometric patterns function as hidden codes of multiple associations; layered with a wealth of spiritual and practical significance far beyond its apparent simplicity (2007).

Communication through cloth has become such a refined and subtle art form, according to Spring (2012).

Some works displayed in the exhibition are those of Laimi Mbangula and Wilka Mumangeni who also transfer symbols onto cloth using stencils, created and based on their culture and identities, creating fabric representing contemporary Namibia.

African textiles are used for commemorative purposes, to mark special occasions such as historical events. The dress and poem

by Rika Nel is an ode to old age and fragility; a commemoration of Martha Fischer, an elder of the Topnaar community along the Kuiseb River. Certain textiles are also used as material for clothing, which symbolises a variety of things from the level of status in the community to entrance into a rite of passage.

Texture refers to the surface quality of a work of art, meaning the way it feels or looks like it feels. Actual texture really exists and can be experienced through the touch sense. Combining different material techniques allows for interesting new textures to develop. Visual texture gives the illusion of a texture or surface, and is created through marks such as lines, shapes, colours and tones on the surface.

This exhibition hopes to give an insight into the vast world of textiles and textures in Namibia, both historical and contemporary. Visitors are encouraged to engage with the works and to especially participate with the interactive installation, in exploring hidden and unanticipated sensations.

In times where realities are intersecting, actual touch and feel might well be a last reminiscence of a past world.

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Life In Pictures Photographers Claudia & Wynand du Plessis lived many years in Namibia, and although they’ve now moved to Germany, their return journeys have been numerous and frequent.

After all, Namibia is every nature and wildlife photographer’s dream destination.

Text and photographs by Claudia and Wynand du Plessis

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laudia was born in 1966 in Ingolstadt, Germany. After school she studied Geography at the University of Regensburg, and finished her Diplomarbeit (equivalent to M.Sc degree) in 1993. As part of her studies she did field work on water quality relating to wildlife in Namibia’s Etosha National Park, and when she’d finished her studies, she returned to Namibia and worked as a freelance researcher for the Namibian Government and NGOs in the field of environmental geography and animal ecology in Etosha.

Claudia’s interest in photography was sparked around the age of six seeing her dad developing film and black-and- white prints at home. She received her first camera before leaving school. Her interest in different countries of the world led her to study geography and to travel to Namibia, where she fell in love with the untouched wildernesses. In Namibia she continued to develop her long-time passion for wildlife and nature photography.

Wynand was born in 1963 in Pretoria, South Africa. After school he studied biology and completed an Honours degree in Wildlife Management at the University of Pretoria in 1987. He was appointed as plant ecologist in the Etosha National Park in 1988, and completed his M.Sc in Wildlife Management in 1992.

Wynand worked on various areas of ecology in Etosha and surrounding areas, and published scientific papers related to ecology, fire management and remote sensing in regional and international journals.

Wynand’s interest in nature and art started in his pre-teens with drawings and paintings of birds, mammals and landscapes, as well as catching snakes with his older brother André. This progressed into collecting and describing over 100 different

types of eggs and nests from wild bird species in his later teen years, which sparked his interest in biological research.

Wynand had art as a school subject until matric (grade 12), and seriously contemplated studying visual arts at university, but his desire to work and study nature steered him towards biology.

He purchased his first camera after leaving school. Living and working in Etosha gave Wynand the ideal opportunity to further pursue his interest in nature photography and photo art.

Claudia and Wynand married in 1998, left their jobs in Etosha and moved to Swakopmund in 2000 to pursue a business as self-employed nature photographers and publishers of photo products such as calendars, guide-and-map brochures, postcards, posters, and more. They also self-published a coffee-table book on the Etosha National Park entitled Etosha – Rhythms of an African Wilderness, in 2003, which appeared as English, German, French and Italian editions.

Apart from self-publishing their photography, their images have been published in various international calendars and magazines, including National Geographic, Oprah, Nature’s Best, Terra & Mercedes. Their photos have been awarded several times at the BBC/BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions in the UK. Claudia is a member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen (GDT).

They had their first solo wildlife and nature photography and photo-art exhibition of fine art prints at the Swakopmund Art Gallery in 2011. In January 2015 they exhibited Namibian wildlife and landscape images, as well as photo-art images at the Naturmöbelhaus Ridder in Ingolstadt, Germany. In April 2015, they held an exhibition of Namibia wildlife and landscape fine art prints at Haus zur Wildnis, Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Germany.

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Towards the end of 2012, Claudia and Wynand moved to Germany with their daughter Julia, and are busy expanding their photography and business activities to Europe and elsewhere.

Selling their fine art prints at galleries and through their website is now a major aspect of their career.

One of the key elements of their business is teaching others to take better photographs: “After 30 years of photographing in Namibia we now teach other passionate nature photographers visiting Namibia in our new photographic online course about ‘How To Take Better Photos In Namibia’. More info on the course and a FREE webinar on ‘How To Take Better Photos In Namibia’ here: https://takebetterphotosflamingo.gr8.com

FOR MORE INFO:

Tel: +49 841 97061192 (Germany) Emails: wdunam@gmail.com; claudiaduplessis13@gmail.com Websites: www.photo-art-prints.com; www.photos-namibia.com; www.claudiawynandduplessis.com; https://takebetterphotosflamingo.gr8.com

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Rosy-faced Lovebirds waiting for the bird seed to be put out at Erongo Wilderness Lodge.

Birding Namibia No birder would consider NOT visiting Namibia, and when you do, consider doing so with an experienced guide…especially one with a sense of humour, adventure and a determination that you leave Namibia with more than a great birding list.

Words and photographs by Leon Marais

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he slightly elevated view point just before the Tsauchab River crossing is usually the first stop on the way into Sossusvlei, a magical place that’s included on virtually every tourist’s Namibian itinerary. Not long after sunrise the daily convoy arrives and people pile out of stretched ‘Cruisers, Land Land Rovers and the ubiquitous white double cab 4x4s to snap a few shots, before barreling on to climb ‘Big Daddy’ dune and photograph the skeletal dead trees of Deadvlei. Some of the local guides will start their narratives here, introducing guests to the wonders of the Namib Desert – Ostrich grass, White Lady Spiders, Dune Ants, Tenebrionid beetles and a little brown bird known as the Dune Lark (Certhilauda erythrochalmys). Sometimes the lark will already be visible from the vehicle as you come to a stop – at least one individual has gotten quite used to foraging around people - but other times you may have to follow its tracks

through the dunes, literally tracking it down as it scurries around looking for insects. Why track down a little brown bird, you may ask? Well, because it’s Namibia’s only true endemic bird – an endemic bird is a species whose entire global range falls within the borders of a single country. Now that makes the Dune Lark a rather important species for visiting birders, the more serious of which are very concerned about seeing a country’s endemics (seeing all of a country’s endemics means that they don’t have to return to that country and can then spend their next fortune on another destination and new birds to add to their life lists). In fact, many serious birders don’t even visit Sossusvlei, because Dune Lark also occurs around Walvis Bay, and thus one need not ‘waste time’ visiting Sossusvlei, despite it being one of the country’s top destinations. The less serious birders however, are quite happy to bag the Dune Lark and see the quintessential Namibian landscapes of Deadvlei and Sossusvlei, which for the

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Hartlaub’s Gull, endemic to South Africa and Namibia, hovering overhead on a Mola Mola harbour cruise.

Black-faced Babbler is best seen in the gardens of the lodges outside the eastern side of Etosha near Namutoni. This species is restricted to northern Namibia, southern Angola and north-western Botswana.

Marvelling at a Sociable Weaver nest with a guide from Wilderness Safaris’ Kulala Desert Lodge.

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A cracker, isn’t it? (a ‘cracker’ is a very nice bird in birder’s parlance). Dune Lark, near Sossusvlei.

Greater and Lesser Flamingos at Walvis Bay.

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Pelicans getting fed on a Mola Mola harbour cruise.

Seals and Terns on Pelican Point – spot the Damara Terns!

Boat captain and pesky Great White Pelican on board a Mola Mola harbour cruise.

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The Spreetshoogte Pass between Windhoek and Sossusvlei provides a jaw-dropping introduction to the Namib Desert, and a chance to bag the near-endemic Herero Chat.

The almost white Namib Desert form of the Tractrac Chat.

Rϋüppel’s Korhaan is found in the Namib Desert of Namibia and south-western Angola.

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Rosy-faced Lovebirds add a splash of colour at the Erongo Wilderness Lodge feeding station.

‘normal’ person can never be described as a waste of time.

Whatever your level of interest in birds – hard-core ‘lister’ or casual spotter – Namibia is a must-do destination. And not just because there are nice birds there, but because there are special birds there. While there’s only one true endemic, our little lark, there are a number of species which only occur in Namibia and its northern neighbour Angola, into which the Namib Desert extends, these species being referred to as ‘nearendemics’. Now Angola is not exactly the land of Uber rides, Air BnB and Couch Surfing. It’s a somewhat more challenging travel destination, challenging enough to effectively make Namibia the only place to see these near-endemic species for all except the most intrepid of travellers. Throw in the huge variety of more wide-spread species both colourful and spectacular – a gaudy Lilac-breasted Roller perched next to the road will force even the most uninterested to a stop – the unique landscapes and cultures; top-drawer game viewing; wonderful food; 1 litre German style beers, and you have an amazing travel destination.

Most Namibian birding itineraries are set up around hot spots for the special bird species, and generally don’t go further south than Sossusvlei, but rather concentrate on the central and northern regions. If you are hard-core enough to skip Sossusvlei your first stop is along the coast, with Walvis Bay providing some of Southern Africa’s best wader watching (waders are sometimes referred to as shorebirds and are definitely for the higher-grade birder); great numbers of both Greater and Lesser Flamingos; good chances for the near-endemic Damara Tern; as well as the chance to do a highly entertaining harbour cruise with one of the local boat operators such as Mola Mola, which allows for very close encounters with Great White Pelicans and the chance to see a few pelagic species such as Pintado and White-chinned Petrels. Just up the coast the more agreeable town of Swakopmund provides a wide range of restaurants and accommodation and an easy-ish stakeout for Gray’s Lark, a species of the seemingly lifeless Namib gravel plains. Moving on from the coast, Spitzkoppe is a popular stop off offering a chance for Herero Chat, arguably one of the top birds for the country, again a near-endemic extending into southern Angola.

The Erongo Mountains are a must as you make your way north, where the exquisite Erongo Wilderness Lodge offers birding in style and comfort – Hartlaub’s Spurfowl and Damara Rockrunner are two of the near-endemics occurring on the property, while

the morning rush at the feeding station outside the restaurant will enthral even those less keen on feathered fauna, the masses of gaudy Rosy-faced Lovebirds being particularly popular.

Etosha National Park is a short hop further north from Erongo, and is of course one of the main attractions in Namibia. Big game aside, the birds will keep one occupied for days on end with everything from Coursers to Canaries, Finches to Flycatchers.

LBJ’s (‘Little Brown Jobs’) are particularly well represented, be on the lookout for Pink-billed Lark, Eastern Clapper Lark, Stark’s Lark, … or wait, is that a juvenile Red-capped Lark? From Etosha one can head back to Windhoek via the Waterberg, or continue on to the Kunuene region – Angola Cave Chat is a relatively recently recorded species for the country, seen only in the Zebra Mountains near Ruacana – or through to the Caprivi region which, although is not rich in endemics or near-endemics, is extremely rich in overall biodiversity, birds included.

There are two ways of doing a birding safari in Namibia – self-drive, hunting down the specials on your own; or with a dedicated birding guide doing the driving and all the hard work for you – your main job is to make sure you see the species being pointed out! While the former is by far the cheaper way of doing it, being escorted by a guide will significantly increase the chances of bagging all the endemics, near-endemics and other specials. That way it might actually be cheaper in the long run, because you won’t have to revisit Namibia to clean up on missed species… But that’s perhaps the logic of a hard-core lister, and for most normal people; a guided birding and wildlife safari through Namibia will be one of the trips of a lifetime, and if you have to come back again at some stage to bag a bird or two well, that won’t exactly be the end of the world…

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Lifting The Lid On Quantitative Equity Investing’s Black Box Different themes drive the market at different times, writes Seeiso Matlanyane, Portfolio Manager at Prescient Investment Management.

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hen it comes to equity investing in South Africa, the word quantitative carries with it a somewhat negative connotation. Even the more astute investors among us are usually quick to dismiss this approach briefly as backward looking, or rather elaborately as an unnecessarily complicated and incomprehensible black box that dispenses largely unsubstantiated investment ideas.

This is the euphemist’s likely description, and is to some extent understandable. People are generally sceptical or fearful of what they do not fully comprehend. Therefore, in response, this is a modest attempt to lift the taboo-like lid that sits on quantitative equity investing, and at the same time hopefully shed some light into the mechanics of our proverbial black box.

The fact is that the majority of South African based managers employ a fundamental approach to equity investing. The typical analyst will spend hours studying a given company. They will likely assess, among other things, the broader macro-economy and industry trends, the company’s strategic objectives, the strength of its management team, their corporate governance policies and so forth. With a firm view on these the analyst will then form an opinion on how the company is most likely to fare given their assessments of the expected forthcoming landscape, before proceeding to the meat of their analysis which typically transpires within the company’s financial statements. This is where the analyst will spend time understanding the drivers of financial performance and try their best to model its future performance based on all the information available to them. This analysis typically culminates with an estimate of the company’s intrinsic value, which then informs the portfolio manager’s investment decision: overweight companies that are trading cheaper than their intrinsic value, and underweight those that aren’t.

South African equity funds have performed very well relative to their global counterparts, and given that most employ the fundamental approach described, it is difficult to argue that there are no merits to this type of investing. The question that should be asked, however, is if this method can be applied systematically to deliver superior performance. The short answer is that this is extremely difficult to do.

For instance, imagine a brilliant analyst with a knack for accurately assessing material upcoming economic or political atmospheres and their impact on a company’s prospects. This analyst, employing the fundamental approach, will still have to accurately model the company’s future financial performance, within what’s reasonable, and then accurately determine its intrinsic value. This is not a menial task. It involves appropriately forecasting the company’s revenue, costs, operating expenses, capital expenditures, funding costs, impairments and so forth in order to estimate the upcoming cash flows. Even after having done this with reasonable accuracy there’s still the task of obtaining the company’s intrinsic value. Whilst there are various ways to estimate intrinsic value, the most commonly employed method today is still some variant of the discounted cash flow method.

This method makes intuitive sense, particularly for fixed income instruments where both the amount and timing of the cash flows are known in advance. Applying the method to equity valuation, however, introduces a fair amount of error to the appraisal, as not only must the analyst estimate both the amount and the timing of the cash flows, but also the appropriate discount rate to apply to the cash flows. Any small amount of error or misjudgement in any of these ‘guesstimates’ will likely lead to a material impact on the resulting intrinsic value and hence the investment decision.

Assuming the analyst gets everything spot on and correctly identifies companies that are undervalued to invest in, the implicit assumption is that the rest of the market subsequently recognises the mispricing and that as the company’s share price re-rates the investment manager realises that favourable performance.

This would be the best-case scenario for the fundamental value manager, but it can be appreciated that there is a fair amount of room for error in this approach and that systematically realising this ‘best-case scenario’ becomes a challenging proposition at best.

What we have in fact witnessed is that different themes drive the market at different times.

Value investing might be in favour for a period but may also be completely out of favour for another period when undervalued shares continue to trade cheaper for extended periods of time, hurting the manager’s performance. For instance, share prices in

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South Africa have been largely driven by the Momentum factor in recent years. This is whereby shares that have performed well in recent periods continue do so due to favourable market sentiment. A pure value manager, even having accurately analysed and determined those value offering shares, would have still severely underperformed the market during this period.

It is for this reason that a different approach is essential to manage the risk of continued underperformance.

Regardless of the approach, the cornerstone principle to investing in equity markets is uncertainty, and the larger the uncertainty the larger the potential reward. By investing one assumes risk. This is why at Prescient we consider whether or not the risk being assumed has proven to offer the commensurate reward overtime. Our quantitative approach focusses exclusively on this uncertainty and specifically evaluating the risk that we are taking on when making investments.

Instead of trying to project or forecast the future performance of a company, we try and determine what risks drive the share performance of the company and if these are risks that we are willing to expose our clients’ funds to given current market conditions. The core of our analysis, therefore, is in determining those factors that systematically drive returns and how best to measure and exploit them.

There is extensive literature with comprehensive behavioural and economic reasoning for Value, Momentum, Growth and Quality, among others, as systematic drivers of return, or risk factors. Using Momentum as an example, a quantitative analyst would first try and determine the best way to define and measure Momentum. Suppose we can either define Momentum as net income growth or share price appreciation over the preceding year. One of the simpler ways to determine which is best would be to take a given universe and simply rank each share based on each measure, then create equally weighted portfolios consisting of the higher ranking shares and the lower ranking shares. If this is done on a periodical basis going back in time, the performance of the higher-ranking portfolios for both measures can be compared to determine the best definition. To avoid cherry picking the best measure, however, the quantitative analyst will typically average across the measures.

“What we have in fact witnessed is that different themes drive the market at different times.”

Having found a suitable measure for each factor, the analyst will quantitatively determine which of the factors most explains current market performance. What we have found is that just as the bulk of active returns can be attributed to asset and sector allocation, rather than specific stock selection, active performance within equities can be explained largely by factor allocation. Typically, a regression model is utilised to determine the extent to which the market performance is driven by each of the risk factors.

So, by tilting a portfolio towards those factors or risks that are paying off, the likelihood of outperforming the market is maximised. The quantitative manager’s dilemma at this point is to construct risk-managed portfolios that are tilted towards those risks that are offering the appropriate rewards and tilted away from those that are not. Again, the analyst will have a choice from various factor rotation models that can be used to this effect.

In addition, we will perform, albeit to a lesser extent, similar macroeconomic and political analyses as a fundamental analyst to ensure that the portfolio is insulated from severe underperformance by screening out blatantly bad or volatile investments. This can range from screening out shares that are not sufficiently cash flow generative, or are illiquid to trade, or have material governance issues, or those that derive their earnings from regions subject to material political or economic shocks.

By doing this we ensure that we systematically exploit factors that have proven to work overtime and that are currently in favour, while avoiding those that are out of favour. This approach allows us to slowly but consistently outperform as we are not confined to a particular investment style.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: SEEISO MATLANYANE Portfolio Manager at Prescient Investment Management Seeiso joined Prescient in February 2015 in the Africa Equity Fund where he is responsible for research, development and maintenance of the quantitative equity portfolio models, assisting with the management of equity portfolios, general equity and quant research.

Seeiso is a 2013 Business Science (BBusSci) Graduate from the University of Cape Town, specialising in Economics. He is currently pursuing the Chartered Financial Analysis (CFA) designation. Seeiso joined Bloomberg L.P as a Fundamental Analyst Temp in the Global Data department in 2014 where he conducted market and data analysis for the Sub Saharan African Markets.

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PICHULIK – Designed For Bold Women Owner and designer Katherine-Mary Pichulik’s brand, PICHULIK, is a mindful array of jewellery and accessories handcrafted in Cape Town, of unusual and locally sourced materials.

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atherine-Mary Pichulik is the founder and designer of PICHULIK and had a circuitous route to becoming a jewellery designer.

A BA Fine Arts graduate from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town and a qualified pâtissier, she travelled to India and Spain where she collected interesting and unique pieces not knowing that these would become the start of PICHULIK. After returning to Cape Town, she began making jewellery from rope and found pieces. When strangers began stopping her to enquire about her neckpieces she decided to turn to jewellery design in earnest. Thus PICHULIK was launched in August 2012.

The distinguished components of any PICHULIK piece are the rope, fabrics and unique found materials such as fossilised pieces from Niger, brass from West Africa, recycled glass from Ethiopia, Ghanaian agate and silver trade beads, all intricately handcrafted by a team of women based in Woodstock, Cape Town.

Katherine-Mary Pichulik believes, “If the PICHULIK brand was a person she would have a wicked sense of humour, a strong yet inspired presence. Kind, wise eyes that speak of many journeys through exotic lands - humbled by self-discovery.

She would smell the way jasmine smells in Johannesburg at the end of winter - promising spring. She would taste of rose syrup from Morocco and the earthen red clay of the Marico dam in the North West.

Pichulik says she’s inspired by her travels, books she’s read, people she’s met, as well as patterns, shapes and palettes she’s seen. She’s inspired by the intimate relationships women have with jewellery – her brand speaks of her travels, her mother or grandmother, and the people she has loved. Her PICHULIK label is committed to turning this inspiration into bespoke, wearable pieces that re-conceptualise the tribal, African aesthetic.

Katherine-Mary Pichulik

“I create neck pieces and accessories for bold women,” she says.

All PICHULIK products are made from 90% African materials reworked in South Africa, thus growing the knowledge and skills base in the local jewellery industry.

PICHULIK purposely employs women and outsources to small businesses to promote job creation and economic activity in local communities. All crafters are educated on the fashion industry and trends, introduced to clients and empowered by growing their design skills and sensibilities. Nadya Von Stein is the garment designer for the PICHULIK by Nadya clothing.

PICHULIK has gone beyond the shores of Africa, to other continents, into other cities, other worlds where women seek meaning and authenticity in what they wear. Each piece has a story behind it, and ahead, one still to be told.

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Pichulik currently supplies 16 stores locally including its first retail outlet at The Watershed at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, and Joburg’s 44 on Stanley. PICHULIK is available on its online store, and up to 25 international stockists. It is currently stocked at the Conran store and has previously been stocked by Selfridges of London and Colette in Paris.

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Pathways Africa Conference 2018 In Windhoek The Pathways Africa Conference 2018 in Namibia in January, explores how people and wildlife can co-exist Text and photographs by Cheetah Conservation Fund

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heetah Conservation Fund (CCF), the global organization dedicated to saving the wild cheetah, and Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources (CSU WCNR), an academic leader in the understanding and management of the world’s natural resources, are partnering to bring the 2018 Pathways Africa Conference and Training to Namibia.

The six-day event takes place from 6 to 11, January 2018, at the Safari Hotel in Windhoek.

“The goal of Pathways Africa is to bring together visionary natural resource professionals, students and academics who are forging new frontiers, so we may learn from each other”, said Dr Laurie Marker, CCF’s Founder and Executive Director. “We are extending the invitation to anyone who cares deeply about wildlife and the fate of our planet, including the public. We hope they will share their ideas and energy, too”.

Pathways Africa takes place in two parts. The first is a threeday training workshop for early and mid-career conservation staff 6 to 8 January, 2018. The participants are travelling from all over Africa for this unique opportunity to exchange ideas while building their human dimensions skills. Workshop participants will attend sessions focused on leadership, community-based conservation programme management, human-wildlife conflict mitigation, and communications. The training will be followed immediately by the three-day conference.

APathways, the conference on the Human Dimensions in Wildlife was first launched in Colorado, USA in 2008 with bi annual conferences following (every 2 years) with the 1st international conference in Kenya in 2016. This is the 2nd international Pathways conference and the 2nd in Africa. Participants representing more than 20 countries are expected to attend. The theme is “Living with Wildlife”, and sessions are designed to increase professionalism and effectiveness in the human dimensions of natural resource and wildlife management. The goal is to raise the standards for future research, innovation, and collaboration and extend the application of these disciplines in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

“Pathways has been stalwart in its mission to increase professionalism and excellence in the human dimensions of conservation and we look forward to this opportunity to increase the understanding, skills, and capacity of motivated African early-career practitioners”, said Michael Manfredo, Professor and Department Head of The Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources at CSU. Topics for the conference include The Changing Nature of Wildlife Conservation; Wildlife Trafficking and Demand Reduction; Landscape Connectivity; Human-Wildlife Conflict; Community-based

CONFERENCE SPEAKER: Maxi Pia Louis, Director of the Namibian Association of Community-Based Natural Resource Management Support Organisations

Conservation; Linking Science to Action; Policy and Legislation, and Transboundary Species Management. The conference features keynote speakers from Namibia’s highly respected communitybased conservation organisations, including Maxi Pia Louis, Director of the Namibian Association of Community-Based Natural Resource Management Support Organisations (NASCO), and John Kasaona, Executive Director of Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation (IRDNC). The Honourable Pohamba Shifeta, Namibia’s Minister of Environment and Tourism (MET), opens the conference.

The Large Carnivore Management Association of Namibia (LCMAN) and the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF) have joined with CCF and CSU as partners to bring Pathways Africa to Namibia. Conference sponsors are Go Green Fund; Namibian MET; USAID East Africa; WWF Namibia; WWF/The Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program; Air Namibia; LCMAN; NNF; First National Bank of Namibia; Cincinnati Zoo; San Diego Zoo Global; African Wildlife Foundation; Namibia Breweries Limited; Geka Pharma (Pty) Ltd; Namibian University of Science and Technology; CSU WCNR, and CCF. “We are very pleased to have so many wonderful partners and sponsors for Pathways Africa. We would not be able to put on an event of this size without their support”, said Dr Marker.

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A Brief History but Major Impact The inaugural Pathways event, Pathways to Success: Integrating Human Dimensions into Fish and Wildlife Management Conference and Training, took place in Estes Park, Colorado in 2008. This and the subsequent five conferences in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 (in Kenya, the first international event), and 2017, resulted in hundreds of research presentations by contributors from around the globe.

“The high-quality presentations, enthusiasm of trainers and participants, and intense dialogue sparked across national, state and institutional boundaries made these events successful”, said Manfredo.

Based on overwhelmingly positive input from attendees, CSU plans to repeat Pathways biennially. The next Pathways conference will take place in Germany.

Why Namibia?

“Conservation is part of Namibia’s constitution, and a key component of our CCF mission is to train the next generation of African scientists and conservationists. I attended several Pathways conferences, and inviting Pathways Africa to Namibia seemed like the next natural step”, said Dr Marker. “Our holistic approach to conservation in Namibia is based on the notion that people and wildlife can co-exist. We firmly believe this is how Africa can achieve sustainability over the long-term”.

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A French Culinary Adventure Pack your bags. Le Calabash is an extraordinary cooking school based in the Loire Valley in France, and this particular culinary adventure with chefs Sidney and Alison involves accommodation in a 15th century castle, chateau de La Celle-Guenand‌

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he Loire Valley, France. Chefs, Sidney and Alison will tell you that “the region is unsurpassable for pure depth in the quality and variety of ingredients in the culinary world” and this is why they chose the Loire Valley to locate their Cooking School, Le Calabash. They enthusiastically share their knowledge and passion for Fresh, Seasonal and Local produce-inspired cooking vacations they call, a Culinary Adventure.

Le Calabash is near St-Maures-de-Touraine, where you will find goats cheese sought after by the finest chefs around the world, and on the door step, foie gras which is supplied to Michelin Star restaurants around Europe and the Far East. The French call the Loire Valley “the garden of France” for good reason. Fruit, Vegetables, Sea and Freshwater Fish, Poultry, Truffles, Saffron, Goats Cheese, and Wild Mushrooms are just a few of the remarkable ingredients found in abundance.

Sidney and Alison are both international award-winning chefs who have cooked for royalty, celebrities, movie stars and heads of states, including President Njomo of Namibia.

Every year this husband and wife team create award-winning cooking programs that have guests from all continents returning to learn more and be inspired by them either in France, or at their new kitchen on the Zevenwacht Wine Estate in Stellenbosch South Africa.

Alison, the pastry chef, says, “I always enjoy witnessing how guests start building up confidence when they realize how easy it is to prepare stunning desserts, once they have been given the hands-on classes we provide. The French Macaron is always a big hit. Soufflés are the ultimate achievement and are the ones our guests can't wait to show off when they get home; Chocolate, Cheese and Grand Marnier Soufflés are favourites”.

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It's all about having fun in the kitchen at Le Calabash, in a relaxed and informal environment. However, “we do try to stress the importance of cooking with quality ingredients,” says Sidney, Chef at Le Calabash. “I have never been inspired by a recipe, but it was ingredients that inspired me from an early age to cook and finally embark on a culinary career. I would fish in the rock pools of the Indian Ocean, shoot Guinea Fowl which I grilled over the fire, pick Morogo (also known as wild or African spinach) with my nanny as well, as we were surrounded by exotic fruit trees”.

“Go to the market, butcher, fishmonger or local store and see what is fresh, local and seasonal and let that inspire you to create a dish using basic cooking methods,” Sidney exclaims.

For the past twelve years, Sidney and Alison have shared their knowledge with people from all corners of the globe, offering culinary vacations in France. Building on their success, Le Calabash has recently put together an incredible Culinary Adventure that includes historic accommodation, a food tour, meals, and more.

Guests will be accommodated in a 15th century castle, chateau de La Celle-Guenand, with its medieval turrets and secret passageways. Sidney and Alison’s friend Steve – owner of chateau de La-Celle-Guenand – says he is “delighted to have teamed up with Le Calabash to offer this unique cooking vacation where guests are taught and cook some of the most wonderful French dishes.”

To enhance the experience guests will visit one of France’s finest produce markets, Tours les Halles – home to a world champion Cheese maker, and a World Champion Pastry chef – they will choose from fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, then cook and dine at the chateau.

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Steve adds, “We enjoy sharing the chateau with Le Calabash guests, where they can visit the wine cellar, enjoy a wine tasting in our eight-hundred-year-old cave, dine in the chateau, and experience the tranquillity of our ancient little village in the Loire Valley”.

There will also be time during the vacation to visit some of France’s finest historical sites. The Loire Valley has UNESCO world heritage status, and is still known as the Valley of the Kings. Chateau de La Celle-Guenand itself was built by Antoine de Guenand, who was Captain-Governor of Loches under King Charles VII. Steve will tell you that the area is home to the most famous French chateaux and that nowhere on the planet has as many Renaissance chateaux.

It is fitting that this region was also home to King Louis IX, who in the 11th century started the world’s first cooking body of recognition for chefs, the Chaine des Rôtisseurs, which Alison, Sidney, and Steve are all affiliated to and members of.

Start planning your Culinary Adventure in France; Le Calabash is just a one-hour and fifteen-minute train journey from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport with several flights a day from Frankfurt Airport – Air Namibia flies direct to Frankfurt daily.

FOR MORE INFO VISIT: www.lecalabash.com; www.chateaucelleguenand.com

Petit Conservatoire de la Cuisine

You will leave ‘le Calabash’ with a new-found confidence and enthusiasm, impatient to return to your own kitchen to experiment with your skills.

Your school is set in the heart of France and The Touraine is without question the home to European Renaissance which brought with it a rich and diverse Culinary History and Depth. Your Chefs are both Qualified and Award-winning chefs who have competed and won gold medals at International level as well as having cooked by demand for heads of State, Celebrities and finally on several occasions on demand for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Nestled in a quiet medieval village surrounded by some of the Loire Valley’s most famous sites and activities, this is your home whilst on your ‘French Culinary Adventure’ Chateau de La Celle-Guenand itself was built

by Antoine de Guenand, who was Captain-Governor of Loches under King Charles VII. www.lecalabash.com email: bonds@lecalabash.fr www.chateaucelleguenand.com email : stephane@chateaucelleguenand.com

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Michelangelo Seal is the Mark of International Wine Excellence The significance of the coveted Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Award lies in that this award and that special Michelangelo seal of approval embodies the remarkable inroads the South African wine industry has made over the past decades.

Text by Don Shimoda Photographs supplied by Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards

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or a large period of the industry’s history, South African wines were predominantly produced by CoOperative cellars. Here, more than 3 000 wine grape growers – mostly from the Western Cape - sold their grapes to a handful of massive wine cellars who in turn employed the most gifted wine makers and cellar masters to produce the crème de la crème of South African wines for local consumption, as well as for global export markets.

As with all financial models, the market changed as winedrinkers demanded greater diversity and many wine makers chose to ply their trade for smaller estates and boutique cellars rather than in the mammoth co-operative operations. Many of the wine farms who once delivered to the larger co-ops elected to erect their own cellars in order to produce phenomenal top quality wines under their own labels and brand names.

Thus – in South Africa alone – this gradual move away from the massive co-operative wine cellars resulted in almost 1 000 independent South African wine cellars – each producing between three and 50 different wines under their own names and branding. The result was a gradual increase in superb offerings – each under its own label. The unintended consequence however, was the dawn of the age of confusion.

This was also the dawn of the age of Nirvana for wine lovers.

As wine farms moved away from co-operative cellars, more than 8 000 South African brand names and different wine labels began to compete for the consumers’ attention. This was also the dawn of the age of Nirvana for wine lovers and connoisseurs – they were – as they are today – absolutely spoilt for choice in terms of wine style, varietals and price.

It was at this point where the visionary Lorraine Immelman conceptualised the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards, and stepped in to significantly ease the resulting tensions created by this avalanche of superb offerings. Realising – on the one hand - that wine lovers from across the globe were bombarded with a plethora of fantastic offerings, and – on the other hand – that consumers were generally very receptive to advice from an international panel of wine judges, the Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards was born – and is now in its 21st year of continued existence.

“… only one third of all international entries received in the annual Michelangelo Awards are awarded the coveted medals…”

As only one third of all entries received in the annual Michelangelo Awards are awarded the coveted medals, and as these awards are bestowed on the winning entries by a panel of 28 international wine judges hailing from five continents, there is absolutely no debate when it comes to unrivalled quality: If a wine carries the Michelangelo Award – it is world class.

When consumers, wine lovers, restaurateurs, caterers, airlines, lodges and hoteliers see the coveted Michelangelo Award on a wine, superb quality is assured, confusion and doubt disappears as they rest assured that they offer the finest quality to their colleagues, guests, passengers and friends.

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In the 2017 judging season, no less than 149 entries from Asia, Europe and South America were entered into the Michelangelo Awards competition – as the international market recognised the prestige and quality assurance that comes with a Michelangelo Award.

The first Michelangelo Award Winners Wine Show will be hosted at the prestigious Tsogo Sun Montecasino Hotel 6 & 7 April 2018 Some of the finest restaurants, lodges and airlines are now offering wines and dedicated wine menus comprising of only Michelangelo Award winning wines. The first Michelangelo Award Winners Wine Show will be hosted at the prestigious Tsogo Sun Montecasino Hotel 6 & 7 April 2018 – and only wineries whose wines won Michelangelo Awards will be offering their winning wines and its siblings for public tasting and sales. Bookings open in March at Computicket – see www.michelangeloawards.com for further details.

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The End of the Age of Confusion: Wine connoisseurs, wine lovers, wine experimenters, restaurateurs, hoteliers and airline catering executives are bombarded by a bewildering offering of fantastic wines, spirits and liqueurs… From the South African perspective alone, more than 8 000 labels vie for attention and good homes.

With the prestigious Michelangelo Award gracing these fine flasks - all doubt and anxiety disappears: If it carries the Michelangelo Award – it is truly world class! 21 years of wine judging excellence and acceptance internationally as one of the world’s great wine competitions attests to this.

Cheers!

SCAN HERE AND WIN: For the month of January 2018 – TWELVE lucky readers of FLAMINGO in-Flight magazine will each win a case of award winning Michelangelo Award Winning wines – delivered at their homes. Simply scan the QR code below and enter!

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The EPSON International Pano Awards 2017 Professional and amateur photographers around the world were invited to enter The EPSON International Pano Awards to compete for more than $50,000 in cash and prizes.

This year the competition received 5377 entries from 1322 photographers in 71 countries, a new record for the awards. The 8th EPSON International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography.

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The overall winner of the 2017 Open competition is Jesus M Garcia from Spain!

‘Good Morning Damian Shan’, China – Jesus M Garcia ‘This photo was taken in China. We get up early about 3am for climbing at the top of the mountain, between trees and vegetation.

After 1 hour of climbing and carry all the photographic gear we arrived at the top of the mountain. This image is the result of 7 vertical stitched images. Nowadays when I see this photo, I remember a great effort to get this picture, but I remember too...one of the mostbeautiful sunrises of my life.’

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The runner-up in the 2017 Open competition is Javier de la Torre also from Spain.

‘Flying Shanghai’, China – Javier de la Torre

The overall winner of the 2017 Amateur competition is Darren Moore from the United Kingdom.

‘Ten Huts’, UK – Darren Moore ‘These minimalist huts sit on a secluded section of the Essex coastline here in the UK. Each hut sold for £25000 a few years ago and provide (on a clear day) panoramic views over a beautiful estuary. At high tide they sit just 8 inches above the surface, creating your very own private island. Fuji X-T1, 16-55mm lens, 100 second exposure using a 6 stop filter.’

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The runner-up in the 2017 Amateur competition is Ray Jennings from Australia.

Incoming’, Australia – Ray Jennings

The winner of the VR/360 competition this year is once again Oleg Gaponyuk from the AirPano Team in Russia. The interactive version can be viewed on the website.

‘Split with the Sharks’ – Oleg Gaponyuk

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The winner of the Carolyn Mitchum Award is Wojciech Kruczynski from Poland.

‘Eye of Stokksnes’, Iceland – Wojciech Kruczynski Wojciech says, ‘The relationship between you and nature can be very close and intimate. If you listen to her, she will be grateful.

Then you can feel this strong relationship. But first you have to be ready to meet the different requirements of nature. You must be able to survive in difficult weather and field conditions. To make this shot I was circulating around Stokksnes a few cloudy and frosty days, waiting for the perfect weather. If you want a lot of something, you have to keep hope and wait steadfastly. You have to devote your time and comfort - just like with a loved one, important person. This time the result exceeded my expectations. It was probably the most beautiful night in my life, as if nature began to wink at me and speak to me by name. I hope that she is also talking to you.’

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2017 Carolyn Mitchum Award Winner 2nd Place ‘Freedom’, Tonga – Rita Kluge I like to share with you where I find freedom, a place of hope and beauty. This is a cave I was taken to named Swallows Cave in the south pacific of Tonga. Its very tall and about 14 m deep.

I have been visiting this place three years in a row and longing overtime to be in there again.

Swallow birds,hence its name, are flying around and making birdy sounds, then when you swim in you enter a darkness; first it echoes in there, its magical. Then you make it to the it to the end of that cave which is like the inside of being in an egg, so its sort of oval in there like a cocoon and you feel safe. You turn to look to the entrance of that cave, half is where the birds are flying in and out and half is underwater. You can see the ground of it as on this picture and you see blue in such a beautiful way as I tried to capture for you.

I was lucky that day, it was filled with hundreds of fish each the length of my hand swimming in circles in there. It’s so beautiful and I wish I could take you there to feel what I felt. It is such a place of nature I just need to share with the world; it’s important to show how humans and marine life can share planet Earth if in balance!

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2017 Carolyn Mitchum Award Winner 3rd Place.

‘Temperate Breeze’, Canada – Adam Gibbs The Fairy Lake fir is like an old friend. Each time I drive out to Port Renfrew I always make a point of stopping at Fairy Lake to check in to see if my old friend is still hanging in there.

The first time that I discovered this little Douglas fir was on my first photography trip to the southwest coast of Vancouver Island in 2009. At first, I couldn’t see how a tree could survive in the middle of a lake. After some scrutiny, I realised that the fir had taken root on a massive old growth stump that had lodged itself into the bottom of the lake. At first glance, I thought that perhaps the conifer was a small sapling that had only recently taken root. However, it turns out that the Fairy Lake fir is at least thirty years old and known well in the community of Port Renfrew.

Over the years I have taken many images of the Fairy lake bonsai. Each photo is often entirely different, but due to its simplicity, each image carries a similar message. The Fairy lake fir lives on a thread, a tough life that for many portrays its struggle of endurance.

Everyone is rooting for this little tree to carry on surviving, at least one more year. With every tide and heavy rain, Fairy Lake ebbs and flows, sometimes almost immersing the tree under water completely. But again and again, the fir emerges defiant from these depths as the ultimate survivor. The wilderness that surrounds Fairy Lake and the wild lands that lie beyond have lost much of their old growth forests. Perhaps in some small way, the Fairy Lake Fir symbolises natures tenacious ability to survive even in the harshest of conditions.

I like to think that perhaps this image portrays hope, survival and the knowledge that even though life does end in a physical sense, it will always endure to those that have been touched by its past existence.

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The winner of the EPSON Digital Art Prize is Mads Peter Iversen from Denmark. This award aims to reward excellence in modern digital postprocessing.

‘Sand & Stars’, USA – Mads Peter Iversen ‘This is a composite photo from Death Valley National Park. We spent four days in this fantastic environment and went into the Mesquite Sand Dunes twice. I didn’t manage to capture a proper Milky Way photo while in the dunes, so I composited one from Badwater Basin – also located in Death Valley National Park.

I found this beautiful curve in the dunes, which I could extend with the Milky Way to create one long S-curve. On top of that the Milky Way lines up with the foreground sand curve, making two parallel lines. All this makes one strong and simple composition.

I’ve been fascinated with astronomy my entire life and fusing the Milky Way with a sandy foreground seems obvious to me. It’s fascinating that there’re more stars in the universe than grains of sand on planet Earth!’

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2017 EPSON Digital Art Prize 2nd Place.

‘Flysch’, Spain – Juan Pablo De Miguel Moreno

2017 EPSON Digital Art Prize 2nd Place.

‘Consumer’, California – Peter Coskun

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The winner of the Curator’s Award is Nate Merz from the USA. This prize is awarded by competition curator, David Evans.

‘Stranger Things’, South Korea – Nate Merz ‘As an American photographer currently living full time in South Korea, part of my drive in photography comes from a desire to capture as much as the hidden beauty that this country has to offer. South Korea certainly doesn’t pop into most people’s minds when they think of landscape photography, but there really is a lot of beauty here, even if capturing it in the right conditions can seem particularly challenging.

This shot is just one example of that beauty. This is actually just one of the country’s smaller pine groves, but on a foggy morning it transforms into quite a dreamy scene. The curve and bending of the trees is natural and a wonderful attribute of the pine trees found in this part of the world, Korea in particular. The light in this photo is a car parked on the edge of the grove and combined with the first hint of pre-sunrise blue hour light made for an eerie and dreamy scene that I couldn’t resist.’

Craig Heckenberg, General Manager – Business Division, Epson Australia said, “The Pano Awards go from strength to strength and the benchmark is raised each year. They bring out the very best talent and perfectly complement Epson’s ethos of producing the best equipment in order to be able to create the very finest images. For this reason and many others, Epson is delighted to once again sponsor these excellent awards and salute all the entrants, winners and finalists."

Prizes include US$22,000 cash, an Epson SureColor P-7070 printer, an Epson SureColor P-5070 printer, and an Epson EB1776W Ultra-Slim Projector.

The judging panel includes some of the world's top panoramic photographers and industry professionals, including Jeff Mitchum, Lucie Debelkova, Aaron Chang, Karl Strand, Christian Fleury, Mark Handy, Monish Mansharamani, Sean Davey, Perri K Schelat, Stefan Hefele, Marcio Cabral, Aaron Spence and Bill Bailey.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.thepanoawards.com

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X Marks The Spot New from the ground up, the BMW X3 could well startle its jolly good Germanic peers, reckons JAMES SIDDALL...

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n the former alone you have, to take but two examples, the Mercedes GLC and the Audi Q5. Both are superb with perhaps the Audi having just the slightest edge, and it's no accident that it's also a contender in the current SA Car of the Year competition.

But now the old apple cart might be well be upset (yes I know – my dear old editor always used to say that cliches should be avoided like the plague). Doing the upsetting will be the allnew BMW X3. A vehicle that was just about to be launched as I write this, and which will be on sale by the time you read this.

Now the X3 is billed as the vehicle that launched the midsize SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle) segment in 2003. Since then, well over 1.5-million have been sold over two generations.

Now the third generation promises to give even Audi and Mercedes something to choke on their collective eisbein, and that's just on the styling front.

Indeed it mixes rugged looks with very short front and rear overhangs, and it boasts a perfect 50:50 weight distribution, and naturally a chunky kidney grille.

At the rear, the light clusters (whose three-dimensional look in optional full-LED guise give them big visual impact), markedly downward-sloping roof spoiler and twin exhaust tailpipes bring matters to a suitably muscular conclusion. So says BMW, and I can only concur.

This new baby will be available in xLine, M Sport and Luxury Line trim variants, with a long and tempting list of optional extras available (that's very much a German thing with all Teutonic marques having an awful lot of extra boxes you can tick).

For instance, you can spec wheels as big as 21-inches or three-zone climate control.

Fit and finish, and perceived quality in and out is as superb as you'd expect from the Bavarians.

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Those industrious BMW engineers have also employed far-reaching chassis modifications to hugely enhance driving dynamics, directional stability, The result? A car that's yet sportier than its predecessor yet more comfortable too.

Under the hood is a range of highly efficient, lightweight powerplants.

Two diesel engines and three petrol units will be available from launch (or shortly afterwards) for the new BMW X3.

The 265kW X3 M40i will top things, and is joined by the X3 xDrive30i producing 185 kW. The two diesel variants are the X3 xDrive20d with 140 kW, and the X3 xDrive30d developing 195kW. Meanwhile, the range will start off with the X3 20i with 135 kW – and baby of the range it might be, you can still expect swift progress from it.

All versions will use BMW's super-slick, seminally refined eight-speed Steptronic transmission.

The new car is also up to 55kg lighter than the old one, yet more engaging to pilot, magnificently equipped even without dipping into those options lists – and guaranteed to startle the existing competition. And let it be said that the existing competition from Mercedes and Audi is pretty darn magnificent and accomplished in its own right.

Watch out for our driving impressions of individual X3 models...coming soon to a page near you.

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Every new ride on your KTM is an ADVENTURE waiting to be experienced – a dream that is yours to realize. The adventurous spirit lurks in all of us, but few ever answer its call. For those with the courage and vision to follow their sense of adventure, KTM is the perfect match. True adventurers, permanently challenging themselves, looking to new horizons for the next goal, destination or opponent to conquer.

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Visit us at 4 Ruhr Street – Northern Industrial Area for the latest bike equipment and clothing.

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The CLA Coupé A CLA Coupé is impressive. The design makes it stand out from the crowd, while the technology allows it to always be at the forefront, so you can get the job done your own way and in style

Take a closer look The CLA Coupé is the perfect vehicle to let you Grow Up Your Own Way. With highlights like these, you can’t help but agree. The cutting-edge design of the CLA Coupé is the modern interpretation of the coupé silhouette – a true masterpiece.

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The interior and its chrome elements Luxury lovers will not be able to do without the interior chrome elements. Starting at the dashboard and on to the media display, the elegant chrome look is present throughout the entire vehicle interior.

Distance Pilot DISTRONIC When you hit the town in the evening, Distance Pilot DISTRONIC and ATTENTION ASSIST work together to make sure you get there ready to have a good time. Distance Pilot DISTRONIC automatically keeps a safe distance behind the cars ahead while ATTENTION ASSIST lets you know when you’re not focussed on the road; all in the name of safety.

HANDS-FREE ACCESS With the optional HANDS-FREE ACCESS function, you can open and close the boot door of the CLA CoupĂŠ without having to touch it. Simply hold your foot under the rear of the vehicle for less than a second, two sensors will trigger and activate the opening of the boot. Particularly practical when you have your hands full, and your key is out of reach.

4MATIC all-wheel drive 4MATIC all-wheel combination of dynamism, traction and efficiency has been brought together with fully variable torque drive which gives you better grip and control in every driving situation. The best possible distribution. This allows the vehicle to be set up with various ratios from purely rearwheel drive to a 50:50 split between the front and rear axles.

No matter the weather conditions, feel greater safety behind the wheel.

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The Italian Brand's first SUV in more than a century of history

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he first Alfa Romeo SUV is born, delivering a thrilling driving experience, outstanding performance and sporty style. For the first time in more than a century of history, these distinctive features of the genuine "Alfa spirit" have now come together in a sport utility vehicle. Its name is the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and it aims to rewrite the rules in the mediumsized premium SUV segment.

Exciting handling The name itself tells us that this model will provide a thrilling driving experience and still excel in the comfort and versatility typical of its category. The Stelvio is Italy's highest mountain pass and Highway 38, which crosses it, over 20 kilometres in length and with more than 75 hairpin bends, has iconic status. To enjoy it as it is meant to be enjoyed, alone or in the company of friends and family, there is now a SUV capable of offering an unrivalled combination of driving pleasure, Italian styling and versatility: the Alfa Romeo Stelvio.

In true Alfa Romeo tradition, the new SUV delivers impeccable handling, worthy of a real sports car, proven by balanced weight distribution, the most direct steering ratio in the segment and state-of-the-art suspension with the exclusive AlfalinkTM technology. Not to mention the lavish use of ultra-lightweight, hi-tech materials including carbon fibre for the drive shaft and aluminium for the engines, suspension systems, hood, wings, doors and the tailgate. What's more, for the ultimate in roadholding, the Stelvio SUV offers the Alfa Romeo Q4 all-wheel drive system, and can be equipped with mechanical self-locking rear differential on request. More than just performance and handling, the car has plenty of room available for passengers to enjoy and share the pleasure of travelling regardless of the destination.

100% Alfa Romeo sporty design The Stelvio's proportions, with a length of 468 cm, height of 167 cm and width of 216 cm, express strength, dynamism and compactness. Externally, its attractive line is the perfect blend of tradition, design and performance, an integral part of the brand's history, dating back over a century. Achieving this mix, now as in the past, involves combining the three ingredients of Alfa Romeo design: proportion, simplicity and top-quality surfacing.

These same ingredients gave us the Giulia - the new Alfa Romeo benchmark and precursor of the brand's future - and have been comprehensively reworked to adapt them to the altogether different volume of a Sports Utility Vehicle. To underline its beautiful lines, the customer can choose from 13 body colours and 13 different alloy wheels, which highlight its sleek silhouette.

The same elegantly sporty imprint is found in the interior, which is simple, stylish and tailored like a bespoke suit, with painstaking craftsmanship and premium materials: the leather, including full grain, real woods and fabrics have all been chosen for their visual and tactile appeal and assembled to give a palpable sense of human artistry. The driver is central, a concept underlined by the diagonal tunnel, the slightly undulating dashboard and the small, direct-ratio, leather-wrapped steering wheel that adapts effectively to all driving styles. Also provided is a clear TFT colour information display cluster (with 3.5" or 7" display) which supplies all essential information, while the driver/ car interface consists of two rotary controls for easy, immediate use of the Alfa DNA selector and Alfa Connect system. Depending on the version, Alfa Connect has a 6.5" or 8.8" high resolution display, with integral 3D navigation function, the new frontier in infotainment developed in partnership with Magneti Marelli.

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New SUV Stock now available at M+Z Motors! #EveryTerrain You’ll find the DNA of the legendary G-Class in a range of SUVs designed to meet the needs of a driver who knows what he wants. Whether you’re looking for comfort, innovation, versatility, heritage or something sporty to express your individuality, we have the best and there is no alternative.

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At first glance, the New Tiguan makes a powerful statement. Unique and bold character lines accent the vehicle, creating a seamless feel that reflects its masculinity.

Longer, wider and lower, the New Tiguan’s striking SUV design is sportier and more powerful-looking with sharp lines and flared wheel arches. Body-coloured bumpers, door handles and exterior mirrors fuse effortlessly and all models have a black graineffect protective trim on the lower front and rear bumpers, side sills and wheel arches.

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Introducing the most feature-laden and progressive car in its class.

The all-new Audi Q7.

Introducing a progressive 5-door executive SUV. With the courage to defy the limitations of its category with ultra-lightweight construction, and class-leading features like the revolutionary new Audi Virtual Cockpit and optional Audi Traffic Assist™ system. Add to this, quattro® all-wheel drive for extremely secure, agile handling, and you’ve got the breathtaking all-new Audi Q7.

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Prana Lodge Private Beach Estate And Spa Best you find out for yourself why Prana Lodge on the South African Wild Coast was named one of the best “Hotels for Romance” at the 2017 Trip Advisor Choice Awards.

Edited by Anne Schauffer Photographs supplied by Prana Lodge Private Beach Estate and Spa

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he Eastern Cape is a captivating part of South Africa, a province rich in diversity and renowned for its scenic beauty, culture and history. Prana Lodge Private Beach Estate and Spa is a mere 40 minutes from East London Airport on an uninterrupted 21 km stretch of pristine beach, and is the ideal location to enjoy five-star accommodation, superb cuisine and breathtaking scenery.

Named one of the best “Hotels for Romance” at the 2017 Trip Advisor Choice Awards, Prana Lodge stands out as one of the Wild Coast’s premier honeymoon and romantic destinations – offering peace and tranquility, as well as utmost privacy.

The lodge comprises eight luxurious suites, each with its own private garden and plunge pool (with the exception of the Forest Suite). These stand-alone havens boast luxury touches such as Persian carpets, fine linens and other five-star mod cons and provide total security in an intimate environment.

The property has nurtured a culture of goodwill and an ethos that promotes wellbeing. The lodge employs talented young ladies at the wellness spa, from an inspiring organisation known as ‘African Angels’. This initiative provides women, often from challenging backgrounds, with the opportunity to develop skills in beauty therapy, cosmetology, massage and the like, equipping them to enter into the work world, thus uplifting themselves.

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THE PLASTIC ROAD – The Future–

A Dutch consortium - KWS, a VolkerWessels company, Wavin, and Total - has been working for years on the prototype of a road consisting of recycled plastic, called PlasticRoad. They’re in the process of the pilot installation, and are hoping to test drive the project early 2018.

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t’s such an exciting concept, and if it’s successful, could effect a change in global landscapes and mind sets – bottom line, PlasticRoad has a far smaller carbon footprint than traditional road structures. PlasticRoad is produced from as much recycled plastic as possible – plastic that is treated as waste. An estimated eight billion kilograms of plastic ends up in our oceans and a great quantity of plastic is still incinerated today. As these innovators say, “This is in line with the cradle to cradle philosophy – it will be possible to recycle a PlasticRoad at the end of its life into elements for a new PlasticRoad, in other words, a circular economy.”

The PlasticRoad concept consists of a prefabricated, modular and hollow road structure made from (recycled) plastic. The prefabricated production, the light weight and the modular design make construction and maintenance faster, simpler and more efficient compared to traditional road structures.

In addition, the PlasticRoad has a hollow space that can be used (temporarily) to store water, thus preventing flooding during extreme precipitation. The hollow space can also be used for the transit of cables and pipes, thus preventing excavation damages. There are numerous other conceivable applications, including the installation of sensors or the electric charging of vehicles.

PlasticRoad will go directly on to sand, so no foundation needed. It also saves two to three layers of asphalt which no longer need to be produced. Initial calculations indicate that a road made out of PlasticRoad elements, requires 85 percent less transport than a traditional road.

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Yes, there are dozens of What if questions still attached to any untried innovation, but the team behind PlasticRoad haven’t spend years designing their prototype to give up easily. They’re determined to make it work, and thereby making a monumental change to the planet.

Anne Koudstaal and Simon Jorritsma, inventors of PlasticRoad, say, “The idea was conceived by looking at the problems that municipalities, provinces, regional water authorities and contractors (like us) deal with. This includes societal problems such as plastic waste, extreme precipitation, consolidation of the subsoil, an increasing need for mobility, and a crowded subsurface. That was our motivation.

“Together with Wavin and Total, we now have a vast pool of knowledge, experience and resources, and can take concrete steps in the development of PlasticRoad. We expect to have a first prototype completed by year-end 2017,” say Koudstaal and Jorritsma.

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70 percent faster: The expected construction time of a new road will be reduced by approximately 70 percent.

4 x lighter: PlasticRoad is four times as light as a traditional road structure.

100 percent circular. The plastic road is 100 percent circular, and is made from recycled plastic as much as possible.

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The rainmaker Hospitality & Tourism Marketing Academy The rainmaker Tourism and Hospitality Marketing Academy keeps you up to date with the most recent developments in Digital Presence Exposure, Optimization, Reputation and Distribution Management.

Every month we publish a dedicated marketing tip or highlight certain travel and consumer trends for the Tourism and Hospitality Industry. rainmaker is the brainchild of some of the most experienced hospitality, tourism and digital marketing veterans in the industry. We bring 50 years of experience in the hotel, tourism, sales and marketing fields, as well as more than 35 years of experience in IT and 15 years’ digital marketing experience to your project. This is enhanced by over 7 years of in-depth research and involvement in the Southern African hospitality and tourism industry, giving us peerless insight into the various source markets, market segments, value chains and market dynamics.

TIP #9 | Don’t Fight the Increasing Popularity of OTA’s, Here’s Why...

(Part 1 of 4) “Thomas Müller CEO @ rainmaker digital Google Agency and Digital Marketing Agency for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry with 35+ years of experience in IT and 15+ years of experience in digital marketing in the hospitality and tourism industry, as well as 8 years of experience in the Southern African tourism industry, Thomas has an in-depth understanding of the relevant source markets, value chains and the market dynamics in Southern Africa. Thomas used to work in Digital Marketing and in on site Resort management at the 5-star TUI and Thomas Cook properties.

As General Manager Marketing & IT he was part of the turnaround team of O&L Leisure Hotels & Lodges in Namibia. From the marketing perspective, he was part of the design, development and opening team of O&L’s Strand Hotel Swakopmund.”

Over the last few years I have found that many roleplayers in the tourism industry are still fighting the inevitable future and are completely unaware of the fact that it has already arrived. They are still trying to recruit followers who will join them in protecting the so-called tourism traditions practised by their “tourism family”, at any cost.

The question is, why have Online Travel Agents (OTA’s) become so popular lately?

In my opinion, OTA’s have essentially achieved their business success by embracing and managing the inevitable digital trend and are thus very effectively serving the consumer along with addressing the needs of their partners—the principals in the tourism industry such as hotels, lodges, airlines, tour operators and car-rental companies.

In support of this opinion, let’s look at the facts: Google did a travel study back in 2014 that confirm that 65% of potential travellers start their journey whilst being online researching and seeking inspiration; 78% of potential travellers use the Internet for planning their itinerary; 60% use search engines followed by 48% using hotel and other principals’ websites; 40% use OTAs for their travel planning. At the same time, 67% of this activity is done from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. When it comes to idea gathering or inspiration, some 90% of potential travellers use the Internet, while only 10% make use of the traditional travel agent.

In short, when it comes to idea gathering, research and inspiration, 10% of travellers are making use of the traditional tourism channel whilst 90% use the Internet. Obviously this number is a bit skewed when it comes to the actual booking process as the traditional channel still processes a lot of bookings. Simply put, there

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are two reasons for this. One is that many of these bookings are done following the traditional route as the consumer in question, mostly from a declining ‘older’ age group in the market, finds it convenient and is more comfortable doing so. However, above statistics confirm that many of these did research via the Internet and then followed this traditional route knowing what he/she wants. The second reason, which is also definitely applicable to the growing ‘younger’ market, is that what the consumer wants is not effectively or efficiently available online, despite us all doing business in this digital world we live in.

This consumer then reluctantly follows the traditional route or, at the industry’s peril, decides to book an alternative product.

Today’s potential traveller, the ‘younger’ growing market, gets inspired, does his or her research and planning and decides what to book and then books and pays, all on the Internet, by using resources from Google, OTAs and meta engines, social media and review platforms.

Let’s now look at this consumer or world traveller in a Namibian context. As we all know, Namibia is not usually a ‘one stop destination’ such as, for example, Cape Town or Mauritius can be. Most travellers see Namibia as an ‘itinerary or touring destination’ and, as such, it basically attracts, or should attract, both the traditional traveller who is

more comfortable with an escorted tour or pre-planned set itinerary and the growing more independent traveller who wants to do his/ her own thing. All the above-mentioned principals in the tourism industry, such as hotels, airlines, etc should realise, and many do, that any independent individual traveller in today’s digital world can and definitely does, with a click of the mouse, research and book whilst comparing facilities, services and prices and even paying for a flight to Namibia, a car rental along with any number of hotels or lodges. Yes, some of these consumers find it too laborious to process all required bookings and then resort to the more traditional channels involving travel agents, tour operators and their DMCs. It is also true that many find it frustrating that the products they want are not adequately available online via the Internet and then decide to satisfy their needs, wants and desires with products that readily are.

It is the consumer’s choice as to how he/she wants to BUY and it is each member of the tourism industry who must choose how to fulfil the consumer’s choice. The best strategy is to follow the route the consumer wants and, if that is both, either the traditional and/or the electronic (aka OTA) route then it is surely a wise business decision to do both rather than ‘kicking OTAs out’ and not welcoming them into your so-called tourism family.

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riving along the streets of Windhoek, I notice a cyclist careening past me, dressed in close-fitting lycra cycling gear with a cycling helmet on his head, sleek as a racehorse. I take a few moments to entertain my active imagination, exchanging his modern bicycle with one of the first wooden bicycles of the 1800s, which without pedals would have required him to propel it forward with his feet on the road, rather like a child’s scooter.

Cars hooting behind me bring me back to the 21st century, with a chuckle. The bicycle has come a long way. Indeed.

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his year marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the bicycle. At the beginning of the century, it was estimated that more than one billion bicycles had been manufactured worldwide.

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he forerunner of our modern bicycle was called a ‘Dandy Horse’, ‘Draisienne’ or ‘Laufmaschine’, and was invented

by Baron Karl von Drais in 1817. People were hugely impressed to be connected to such a small patch of ground as they propelled themselves forward; it was almost like flying! The only limit to your speed was your muscle power and endurance. There was a strong, promising feeling of freedom in the air. And, the world was ready for it.

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n 1842, one of the early pioneers, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, was convicted for committing the first cycling traffic offense. The Glasgow newspaper reported that an anonymous gentleman from Dumfries-shire knocked over a little girl in his velocipede of ingenious design. He was fined five shillings.

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he next leap in development of the bicycle took place in the early 1860s when Frenchmen Pierre Michaux and Pierre Lallement added a crank drive with pedals. Later that year, lightweight bicycle wheels with wire spokes were patented by Eugène Meyer. By the 1890s bicycles were the rage in Europe and cycle clubs popped up throughout the continent. Until then, personal transport was limited. Travel was by horse, or by foot.

The world was hungry for alternate transportation. The humble bicycle ushered in an era of mobility.

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he bicycle was also readily available to women, whose clothing had limited them on horseback, providing them with a freedom and independence that was unheard of until then.

Some even say that the bicycle - or ‘freedom machine’ as it was known by the late 19th-century suffragettes - led to a movement for more comfortable clothing, replacing the restrictive dress of the time. Who knows?

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vehicles travelled at more or less the same speed, needed fuel, were noisy and messy, and were far more labour intensive. Eventually motorcycles and motor vehicles took over as the most popular and quickest form of transport, although bicycles remained in use for carrying mail and for general deliveries for many years to come.

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he bicycle was revived during the oil crisis of the 70s when fuel was in short supply and prices skyrocketed.

It is still popular at universities and many large cities worldwide are implementing bicycle programmes, where the bicycle provides an easy (healthy) alternative to braving the traffic. Cycling has also evolved into a popular recreational activity and a sport. Some cycle races, like the multi-stage Tour de France, have gained

international prestige. With the advent of mountain bikes, a variety of gruelling mountain-bike events like the Desert Dash now fills the cycling calendar. Adaptations and developments are continual.

The latest advancement, the e-bike - an electric bicycle enabling the rider to reach faster speeds with less effort - is the ultimate bicycle to date, catapulting us into the future. Gondwana’s Kalahari Anib Lodge now offers e-bikes to its guests as a leisure activity.

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route between the northern and southern parts of the country, and Lenssen came into contact with many a passer-by. His bicycle made a huge impression. One of the first encounters caused a stir when he approached a group of men on his bicycle at tremendous speed. It appeared larger and larger as it drew near, causing them to drop their luggage and flee into the bushes. It was a misunderstanding that was easily resolved, ending in laughter.

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icycles soon found their way to the north, becoming a luxury - and a much-treasured - item. An extra metal or wooden seat at the back transformed the bicycle into a taxi that could transport passengers, goods, firewood or water. In many areas it remains a valued and important means of transport.

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Weighing at just 17lbs or 7.73kg, you can use any kind of wood chunks to grill, but it is recommended to use hardwoods and fruitwoods to get the best flavour and longer cooking times. They are not hard to find, you can purchase them at home improvement stores. This device is equipped with a heat diffuser plate that allows heat to be pushed out to the very edges of the grill; in this way, heat is spreading across the entire surface evenly.

To avoid excessive smoke, you need to use chuck wood instead of chips or pellets; don’t over load the cook top because the fire needs to get the air out, otherwise, you’ll get smoke. Velocity Grill features a stay-cool base, it means that even though the grill is very hot, it won’t damage any tabletop surface. The heavy-duty rubber grip handles make it easy to carry this hot and steamy grill. Each unit has 15’ cord with car/wall/usb power attachments; you can use your own USB battery, the bigger, the more cook time you have.

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Sometimes, a conventional fitness roller is not enough. VYPER 2.0 offers the next generation of powerful vibrating fitness roller with 3 speeds of high intensity vibration. This award winning fitness equipment provides deep massage therapy for your stiff muscles, allowing you to warm up, activate, and recover faster compared to a conventional roller on the market.

VYPER 2.0 from Hyperice has 3 vibration frequency levels: 45, 68, and 92Hz. It is claimed to be the world’s most powerful vibrating roller on the current market; it has the ability to maintain its amplitude and G-force even when body mass is applied. The dual-zoned exterior shell offers a grooved and smoothed exterior for a customized roll.

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HEXAkit Office Organizer is the all-in-one solution for your office’s organizational needs, or at least “try to be one” with its simplicity and minimalist look. And does this with style. And fits well into many office environments. You can roll it and close and put it away after finishing your work and it still looks good. The equilateral triangular profile also works as a container so you can store some cables, etc.

The geometry also offers portability; if you need you can move your stuff easily from your desk to another or take it away if you have such needs.

HEXAkit Office Organizer by Peter Dudas is made from rubber and aluminum extrusion (or bent aluminum sheet). The concept was designed for versatility which was a major point of view of this concept. The horizontal development has been chosen for a better stability and for easier maneuverability.

KA-BAR Tactical Spork set is a combo of a spork (fork/spoon) and a plastic serrated knife, a nice utensil to have when you enjoy outdoor adventure. This tactile spork is made from chemical resistant Grilamid, which is low moisture absorbent; the design makes sure the knife is kept in the handle, user can access it by pulling the spork in opposite directions from each extreme end. Made in USA, this unit would be a nice additional multi-tool utensil for your next outdoor trip.

There’s a lock mechanism in the middle panel so that the knife won’t accidentally slip out; that’s why when you try to pull out the knife, don’t grip this area, it’ll be more difficult to do it.

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ENGLISH Thank you for choosing Air Namibia. We will do everything to ensure you have a pleasant flight. if you need assistance, please ask any of our cabin attendants.

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Obrigado por ter escolhido Air Namibia. Faremos de tudopara garantir que tenhas um vôo agradável. Se vocêprecisar de assistência, por favor, pergunte a qualquer um dos nossos assistentes de cabine.

Danke, dass Sie sich dafür entschieden haben mit Air Namibia zu fliegen.

Wir werden alles tun um Ihnen den Flug so angenehm wie möglich zu gestalten. Wenn Sie Fragen haben oder Hilfe benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an einen unserer Flugbegleiter oder Flugbegleiterinnen.

Our highly trained cabin Os nossos assistentes de cabin, altamente profissionais, attendants are at your service on estão ao seu dispor em todos os nossos vôos para a sua all our flight, for your safety and segurança e conforto. comfort.

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We carry first-aid kits on all our flights, should a passenger need assistance for minor conditions.

Existe kits de primeiros socorros a bordo todos os nossos Eine medizinische Erstversorgung ist vôos, se os passageiros precisarem de assistência com auf allen unseren Flügen sicher gestellt.

Eine Erste-Hilfe-Ausrüstung befindet sich condições médicas relativamente menores. immer an Bord.

Zu Ihrer eigenen Sicherheit bitten wir Sie, sich die in der Zeitschriftentasche vor Ihnen benfindliche Sicherheits-Instruktionen aufmerksam durchzulesen.

As a safety precaution, it is important to read the safety card stored in the seat pocket in front of you

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Life vests are stored under your seat. Only use them as demonstrate, and only when instructed by the cabin attendants.

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Smoking is prohibited on all Air Namibia flights.

É proibido fumar em todos os vôos da Air Namibia.

Auf allen Air Namibia Flügen gilt ein absolutes Rauchverbot.

Seats must be in the upright position during take-off and landing. For your own safety, you are required to fasten your seat belt whenever the seat belt sign is illuminated and we recommend that you keep your belt fastened throughout the flights.

Assentos devem estar na posição vertical durante a decolagem e aterragem. Para sua própria segurança, você é obrigado a apertar o cinto sempre que o sinal do cinto de segurança é iluminado e nós recomendamos que mantenhas apertado o cinto durante todo o vôo.

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We offer complimentray meals, and beverages on all our flights.

Special-diet or vegetarian meals are available upon request when making reservations.

Nós oferecemos refeições e bebidas de cortesia em todos os nossos vôos.Dietas-especiais ou refeições vegetarianas estão disponíveis mediante uma solicitação ao fazer reservas.

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ENGLISH We carry an extensive range of duty free products at competitive prices on selected flights. please refer to our catalogue for details.

PORTUGUESE Nós carregamos uma extensa variedade de produtos com isenção de direitos a preços competitivos em vôos selecionados. Por favor, consulte o nosso catálogo para mais detalhes.

GERMAN An Bord ist ein umfangreiches Sortiment an Duty-Free-Produkten zu attraktiven Preisen erhältlich. Informationen hierzu entnehmen Sie bitte unserem Duty-FreeKatalog.

Audio and visual entertainment Programas de entretenimento de áudio e visual estão programmes are available on disponíveis nos vôos operados através dos nossos Flights operated using our A330 aeronaves A330 e A319. and A319 aircraft.

Audio- und Videoprogramme sind an Bord unserer Airbus A330 und A319 Maschinen verfügbar.

Our A319 and ERJ 135 aircraft Alguns dos nossos aviões têm saídas de ar individuais, have individual air vents which que podem ser ajustados para fornecer um fluxo de ar can be adjusted to provide a refrescante. refreshing stream of air.

Unsere Fluggeräte des Typs Airbus A319 und Embraer ERJ135 verfügen über individuelle Frischluftdüsen.

Health regulations in some countries require that the aircraft cabin must be sprayed.

The spray is harmless, but if you think it might affect you, cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief.

Um den Gesundheitsvorschriften einiger Länder zu entsprechen, muss die Flugzeugkabine mit einem für den Menschen unbedenklichen Spray behandelt werden.

Wir empfehlen dennoch, die Atemwege durch Vorhalten eines Taschentuchs zu schützen.

Regulamentos de saúde em determinados países exigem que a cabine da aeronave deve ser pulverizada.

O pulverizador é inofensivo, mas se você acha que pode afetá-lo, por favor, cobrir o nariz e a boca com um lenço.

Should you travel with a baby Se você viajar com um bebê recomendamos que você we recommend you request a solicite um berço especialmente nos vôos de longo curso. bassinet especially on the longhaul flights.

Sollten Sie mit einem Baby reisen, empfehlen wir Ihnen besonders auf Langsteckenfügen ein Babybett zu beantragen.

Please do not place any luggage Por favor não coloque bagagem por de baixo do assento under seats at the emergency de saída de emergência. Bagagem de mão deve ser exit seat. armazenado na estiva sobrecarga

“Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Verstauen von Handgepäck unter Ihrem Sitz an den Notausgängen nicht gestattet ist.“

Carry-on luggage should be stored in the overhead stowage.

Handgepäck ist in den Gepäckfächern über Ihrem Sitz zu verstauen.

We suggest that passengers do Sugerimos que os passageiros effectuam exercícios de stretching exercises, and move alongamento e movementam-se durante vôo para melhorar a circulação sanguínea. during the flight to improve blood circulation.

Versuchen Sie, sich während des Fluges möglichst oft zu strecken und zu bewegen.

So wird Ihr Kreislauf angeregt.

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THE TRAVEL UPDATE NOVEMBER 2017 VOL. 2, NO. 17

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We are a proudly Namibian hospitality and service company. We manage resorts and camps within our National Parks across our beautiful country on behalf of the Namibian Government. We have professional, knowledgeable and customer-driven staff who are dedicated to providing you with a relaxing, comfortable, memorable and a liberating Namibian experience. We look forward to hosting you on your next visit.

TORRA BAY CAMP Starting from as little as N$ 230 Key activity: Fishing

EXCITING AND UNIQUE KAZA TOUR PACKAGE LAUNCHED Ourselves in partnership with three of the other four Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation (KAZA TFCA) countries, namely Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe have come up with an exciting route earmarked at promoting tourism within the KAZA area. The conservation area is unique in that it includes the Okavango Delta, which is the world’s largest inland river delta, as well as the famous Victoria Falls. The KAZA TFCA, which spans five southern African countries - including Angola - is also likely to be the largest conservation area in the world.

With all of this to offer, we saw an opportunity to put together a unique package that would present all these different offerings, in addition to showcasing our Popa Falls Resort in the Kavango East region. The package is

a book once, comprehensive (offerings specified) opportunity for our guests to experience four countries within six days.

“Our main aim is to bring unity amongst African countries and promote cross-border domestic tourism while expanding our product offering”, says Mrs Zelna Hengari, our Managing Director. “It was important for us to try out the route before opening it up to the general public. Thus, some of our colleagues undertook a pilot/ introductory tour with some of the ambassadors and high commissioners of the respective countries forming part of the KAZA. We felt that through experiencing the tour themselves the officials would be better placed to promote this unique package in their respective countries”, says Mr Mufaro Njabulo Nesongano, our Corporate Communications and Online Media Manager.

DISADVANTAGED EMPOWERED

SA College for Tourism Graduates flank NWR's Managing Director, Mrs. Zelna Hengari.

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Five young disadvantaged women from the /Ai-/Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (ARTP) recently graduated from the SA College for Tourism (SACT) in Graff Reinet town in South Africa with certificates in hospitality. The women were part of a class of graduates all from the Southern African region. The five young women mainly from vulnerable groups within the ARTP were selected as part of a development programme in Southern Namibia and Northern South Africa, based on the mandate that we received from the two Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) partner countries to develop tourism in the region. The programme aims to empower marginalised women with the necessary skill sets to operate within the hospitality industry. Since tourism contributes significantly to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Namibia and

NWR Team with some of the ambassadors and high commissioners of the KAZA countries, in the Chobe National Park, Botswana.

South Africa, the work that SACT instils goes hand in hand with the philosophy that Dr Anton Rupert believed in when he founded the Peace Parks Foundation together with Nelson Mandela and Prince Bernard of the Netherlands.

He believed in conserving crucial landscapes which surpass international boundaries and training people to manage these areas, from a conservation and tourism perspective to stimulating economic growth through ecotourism within these areas.

Mrs Zelna Hengari, our Managing Director illustrated this by saying, “as NWR, we embraced this mandate and as a result, have overseen the development of tourism products such as the Desert Knights Mountain Bike Tour Challenge and the Desert Kayak Trails which are all within the ARTP". With regards to the graduates, she said that "we aim to employ them to provide a platform where they can showcase their newly acquired skills”.

BOOK ON THE GO

Our app has been reimagined from the ground up so you can get a little more from it. You can now make and pay for your bookings while on the go. View our resorts and camps even when you are offline. NamLeisure Card applications can also be made right from the app. Download it now for your iOS and Android device.  www.nwr.com.na/app

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Schedule 19 November till 24 March 2018 ( ALL times local) NOTE: check-in time should be two hours before departure.

International Flight no SW 286

From Frankfurt

To

Days

Departure Arrival

Windhoek

Daily

20:10

07:30+1

SW 285

Windhoek

Frankfurt

Daily

21:50

07:15+1

Flight No SW 708

From Cape Town

To

Days

Departure Arrival

Windhoek

Daily

18:55

21:05

SW 716

Cape Town

Walvis Bay

Daily

11:00

13:10

SW 716

Cape Town

Windhoek (via Walvis Bay)

Daily

11:00

14:15

SW 742

Durban

Windhoek (via Gaborone)

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

12:15

15:40

SW 742

Durban

Gaborone

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

12:15

13:55

SW 741

Gaborone

Durban

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

10:20

11:35

SW 742

Gaborone

Windhoek

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

14:10

15:40

SW 412

Harare

Windhoek

Tue, Fri, Sun

11:20

13:35

SW 722

Johannesburg

Windhoek

Daily

06:40

08:45

SW 726

Johannesburg

Windhoek

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 11:20

13:25

SW 726

Johannesburg

Windhoek

Sat

11:30

13:35

SW 728

Johannesburg

Windhoek

Daily

17:55

20:00

SW 730

Johannesburg

Walvis Bay

Daily

07:20

09:45

SW 304

Luanda

Windhoek

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

11:55

15:25

SW 376

Lusaka

Windhoek

Mon, Wed, Sat

11:25

13:45

SW 406

Victoria Falls

Windhoek

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

16:30

18:10

SW 303

Windhoek

Luanda

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

09:30

11:10

SW 375

Windhoek

Lusaka

Mon, Wed, Sat

08:40

10:55

SW 411

Windhoek

Harare

Tue, Fri, Sun

08:45

10:50

SW 405

Windhoek

Victoria Falls

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

14:15

15:50

SW 703

Windhoek

Cape Town

Daily

08:20

10:20

SW 741

Windhoek

Gaborone

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

08:15

09:45

SW 741

Windhoek

Durban (via Gaborone)

Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun

08:15

11:35

SW 723

Windhoek

Johannesburg

Daily

08:35

10:20

SW 727

Windhoek

Johannesburg

Daily

14:10

15:55

SW 729

Windhoek

Johannesburg

Daily

17:30

19:15

SW 715

Walvis Bay

Cape Town

Daily

16::05

18:15

SW 715

Windhoek

Cape Town (via Walvis Bay)

Daily

15:00

18:15

SW 737

Walvis Bay

Johannesburg

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18:55

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SW 101

Eros

Ondangwa

Daily

07:00

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Eros

Ondangwa

Tue, Thu, Sat

10:00

11:00

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Eros

Ondangwa

Mon,

14:30

15:30

SW 107

Eros

Ondangwa

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

17:45

18:45

SW 107

Eros

Ondangwa

Sun

17:25

18:25

SW 125

Eros

Rundu

Wed, Fri

14:30

15:35

SW 125

Eros

Rundu

Sun

14:15

15:20

08:00

SW 133

Eros

Katima Mulilo

Mon, Wed, Fri

10:05

11:35

SW 133

Eros

Katima Mulilo

Sun

10:00

11:30

SW 143

Luderitz

Oranjemund

Mon, Wed

12:55

13:30

SW 143

Luderitz

Windhoek(via Oranjemund)

Mon, Wed

12:55

15:15

SW 146

Luderitz

Windhoek

Fri, Sun

14:05

15:05

SW 134

Katima Mulilo

Eros

Mon, Wed, Fri

12:15

13:55

SW 134

Katima Mulilo

Eros

Sun

12:05

13:45

SW 126

Rundu

Eros

Wed, Fri

16:05

17:10

SW 126

Rundu

Eros

Sun

15:50

16:55

SW 144

Oranjemund

Windhoek

Mon, Wed

13:50

15:05

SW 145

Oranjemund

Luderitz

Fri, Sun

13:10

13:45

SW 145

Oranjemund

Windhoek (via Luderitz)

Fri, Sun

13:10

15:15

SW 102

Ondangwa

Eros

Daily

08:30

09:30

SW 106

Ondangwa

Eros

Mon,

16:00

17:00

SW 108

Ondangwa

Eros

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri

19:15

20:15

SW 108

Ondangwa

Eros

Sun

18:55

19:55

SW 104

Ondangwa

Eros

Tue, Thu, Sat

15:00

16:00

SW 153

Ondangwa

Walvis Bay

Tue, Thu, Sat

11:30

12:45

SW 154

Walvis Bay

Ondangwa

Tue, Thu, Sat

13:15

14:30

SW 164

Walvis Bay

Windhoek

Daily

10:15

10:55

SW 716

Walvis Bay

Windhoek

Daily

13:40

14:15

SW 143

Windhoek

Luderitz

Mon, Wed

11:25

12:25

SW 143

Windhoek

Oranjemund (via Luderitz)

Mon, Wed

11:25

13:30

SW 145

Windhoek

Oranjemund

Fri ,Sun

11:25

12:40

SW 145

Windhoek

Luderitz(via Oranjemund)

Fri, Sun

11:25

13:45

SW 167

Windhoek

Walvis Bay

Daily

15:35

16:10

SW 715

Windhoek

Walvis Bay

Daily

15:00

15:35

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