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African cricket captain Faf du
Plessis has single-mindedly
turned the Proteas fortunes
around. His leadership abilities
are in direct contrast to those
of the confederacy of dunces
who take this country from one
SNAFU to the next. Du Plessis,
who only became Test captain
by default when SAs star
player AB de Villiers pulled
out, has a straightforward
approach. My policy will
always be one of being honest.
I value the team above myself.
Im not as good as AB so
I have to rely on other qualities
interested only in
enriching themselves.
Fafs modern
leadership style
has given sports fans
hope at a dismal
time, and his leading
by example has
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post-1994 was enthusiast, with Australias specialising in
an inspiring rugby his first features editor, photography,
and fertile love. He hung covering Koopmanss
environment in up his boots everything from work
which Polkey when the pop culture to explores our
found his feet as props began fashion, travel relationship
a photographer. resembling Os and long-form with the built
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back in Cape pinned down Man Guide, Kazakhstans
Town) shooting a toned Faf du a cheeky style weird capital.
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 hes known as
South Africas
diamond, and it
doesnt take much
looking around to
see just how bright
Minnie Dlaminis
many accomplishments shine. While
shes got the kind of star power that
can break the internet, she leads
a pretty normal life I found the trick
is just not to post things you want to
keep to yourself and reveals that
you can spot her doing groceries in
oversized track pants and sneakers.
A Durban girl through and through,
its her reputation as a total
sweetheart who also happens to
possess potent sex appeal that has
the nation following her every move.
Im very deliberate about the people
I choose to keep around me, Dlamini
says about staying grounded. My
family and friends play a huge role
in my daily life and are never afraid
to tell me the truth.
The 26-year-old began her
career as a TV presenter while still
at university, and has since hosted
numerous local shows and awards
ceremonies across the continent.

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 Dlamini established herself as an
actress on TV soapie Generations,
and has since taken it a step further:
her production company, Beautiful
Day Productions, will see its first TV
show air later this year.
Shes made the cover of our sister
publication Glamour, and recently
became the first woman to grace
the cover of Kick Off magazine.
Her passion for sport also landed
her hosting duties at SuperSport.
Whether shes glammed-up or not,
shes got what it takes to continue her
rise to the top, and shes helping those
who need it most along the way. The
Minnie Dlamini Foundation works to
help young South Africans receive
a good education.

Find the rest of

our exclusive
with Minnie at
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 Moving between his many
passions music-fashion-TV-
design at a pace that would
overwhelm most of us, what
does he find they have in

Dash
common? I love that theyre
all mediums to communicate.
I love sharing my interpretation
of how I see or hear the world

does
with people. I was truly born
to entertain, whether its visual
or sonically.
Entertain he will, with a new
Dreamteam EP entitled Level

it all
The showman who
Up dropping soon, and a few
more fashion collaborations
planned to follow (keep an eye
on these pages).
Through it all, how does
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loves to entertain hype? My family has always
been my anchor. The industry
Words by Nkosiyati Khumalo Im in is very fickle and Ive
learnt to just focus on the craft
and bettering myself. I dont do
anything for money, likes or
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projects I truly believe in.

I was truly
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whether its
visually or
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D I G ITA L A R M S R AC E
WORLD
WAR 3.0
SO FAR
Cyberattacks have created
an invisible war zone
across the globe
Words by Kim Zetter
EVERY MONTH, IT SEEMS
a mammoth cyberattack sponsored by
a nation state comes to light. In recent
years, more than 20 countries have
announced their intent to launch or beef
up their ofensive cyber capabilities.
he result is a burgeoning digital arms
race that presents a major threat to the
security of our data.
Heres a look at the countries that have
garnered the most headlines during the
past few years and a comparison of how
their cyber-ofensive capabilities stack up.
Our assessment is, of course, based only
on known attacks. Attribution is tricky.
Its diicult, forensically, to distinguish
nation-state attacks from those of
independent groups even more so when
China and Russia use state hackers and
also pay freelancers when they gain
access to useful systems.
Weve ranked a selection of attacks and
the players accused of launching them.
Amid the intrigue and mystery, one thing
is clear the online world is becoming an
increasingly dangerous place.
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UNITED KINGDOM
2009-2013: The UK hacked Googles and
Yahoos undersea cables to siphon
unencrypted traffic. OUTCOME: According to
documents leaked by Snowden, the UK accessed
data through taps of undersea cables belonging
not just to these companies, but to major
telecoms, too.
2012: The UKs Government Communications
Headquarters (GHHQ) hacked Belgacom to
monitor all mobile traffic passing through its
routers. OUTCOME: Although the hack
successfully penetrated the network, the
telecom has never been clear about whether
the attackers intercepted customer traffic.
UNITED STATES
SEVERITY: 1
2001-2017: Target: the world. Seriously, the
NSAs reach appears to be limitless, according
to documents leaked by Edward Snowden,
which describe a vast hacking operation aimed
at subverting the internets infrastructure.
OUTCOME: Global paranoia and a subsequent
reduction in security for all.
2007: The US launched the Stuxnet worm
against Iran to sabotage that countrys nuclear
programme. OUTCOME: Stuxnet succeeded in
briefly setting back the Iranian nuclear programme.
The attack set a precedent for cyberwarfare:
countries now launch digital assaults to resolve
political disputes.
W
H
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S
IRAN
2012: Iran allegedly launched a virus called
Shamoon against oil conglomerate Saudi
Aramcos computers. US officials blame Iran for
the attack but have not produced evidence.
OUTCOME: Shamoon wiped 30 000 machines
and destroyed files, while preventing reboots.
2011-2012: Iran launched a series of
denial-of-service attacks on US banks.
Although Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters
took responsibility, US officials claimed Iran
was retaliating for Stuxnet and UN sanctions.
OUTCOME: The attacks consumed resources
but no long-term damage was reported.
 ISRAEL
2014: Israel allegedly hacked Russian security
firm Kaspersky Lab to obtain intel on its
research about nation-state attacks. It also struck
venues in Europe where the UN Security Council
met to negotiate Irans nuclear programme.
OUTCOME: The attackers may well have obtained
intel about Kasperskys research.
2012: Suspected of launching the Wiper attack
against the Iranian oil ministry and the National
Iranian Oil Company. OUTCOME: The malware
wiped hard-drive data, then erased system files,
causing the machines to crash and preventing them
from rebooting. Iran insisted it had data backups.
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W
G
K I N
H A C
CHINA
2009-2011: China allegedly hacked Google,
RSA Security and others to get source code.
OUTCOME: The hackers who breached RSA
obtained core data used in the companys
two-factor authentication scheme used by
ILLUSTRATION BY FRANCESCO MUZZI
governments and corporations.
2014: China breached several databases
belonging to the US Office of Personnel
Management. OUTCOME: The hackers stole
sensitive data, including Social Security
numbers, relating to more than 21-million
people who had been interviewed for
government background checks.
RUSSIA
2014-2016: Russia allegedly hacked the US
State Department and the White House.
OUTCOME: The attackers had access to
unclassified emails for President Obama as well
as non-public details about his schedule.
2015: TV5Monde, a French-language
broadcaster, was hacked reportedly by
Russia. A group calling itself the CyberCaliphate
took credit, but French officials have pointed the
finger at the Kremlin. OUTCOME: The hackers
blacked out broadcasting for several hours and
posted messages expressing support for ISIS to
the TV channels social-media accounts.
NORTH KOREA
2014: Sony Pictures Entertainment was
attacked. The US attributed it to North
Korea and applied additional sanctions against
the country and specific officials. OUTCOME: The
attackers nabbed gigabytes of internal data and
comms, which they later posted online.
2013: Computers in South Korea were struck
by a logic bomb that caused data deletion
as well as preventing rebooting. South Korea
blamed North Korea for the attack but it has
never produced solid evidence. OUTCOME: Two
broadcast-media companies and at least three
banks were affected.
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THE MONEY
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ike the mighty Bengal tiger once was to the wild
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GROOMING

How to stay
fresh after a
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An overnight success story

he red-eye light is practical and eicient, but it makes

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You often need to look presentable right away, whether youre
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IN-FLIGHT TRAVEL TIP
As much as wed like to take credit for ensuring
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11 SIGNS
THAT YO
SHOULD
NOT TAK
THAT JOB
Be sure that youre not leaving one
terrible workplace for another
Words by Brendan Jack
Y
ou abandoned
all your New Years
resolutions before
February that happens to the
best of us. But what about that
resolution to start a new job?
To ditch working for your
creepy, micro-managing boss?
To stop having to see your
boring co-workers again, like
ever? To never have to smell
people chomping on tuna
sandwiches right next to your
cubicle, or deal with the
awkwardness of unisex toilets?
Hey, but its already May, you
say. Correct. I cant resign,
I have so many important
meetings and emails to attend
to. Incorrect.
It might be mid-year year to
you, but its the beginning of
the year somewhere else in the
world. So why not stick to just
one resolution: Operation Get
the Fuck Out of Your Current
Place of Work (GTFOYCPOW).
ILLUSTRATION BY KEENAN JEPPE
A new job is almost always
exciting due to new challenges,
better opportunities and
Starting a call centre in your living
room might be a good idea. The calls
never stop, so you must be doing well
hopefully better pay. But you
dont want to be stuck in a job
that wont deliver for you,
otherwise whats the point?
You might as well stay where
you are and suck up your
current terrible work
environment, or otherwise take
a mini-retirement to your
couch like many millennial
self-help gurus like to suggest.
Starting a call centre in your
living room might also be
a good idea. hey never stop
calling, so you must be doing
well, right? But lets not lose
focus from the point being
made here.
When meeting with
Prospective New Work
Opportunities (PNWO), treat
them like youre a private
investigator or Avi, that tough
but sensitive hitman from Ray
Donovan. Scope out the work
environment for potential
telltale signs that it might not
be right for you. hey can be
subtle, so dont underestimate
due diligence.
Look out for these signs
when choosing a new job:
You arrive for your
interview and the board of
executives are all being
handcuffed by government
agents. Your short term
prospects are cloudy; wait
until the offending cronies
have left the building
permanently before trying this
particular company again.
The boss casually
suggests that, at some
point, you might have to stuff
a condom filled with diamonds
into your back passage
on a business trip (and
receive a bonus for doing so).
A jittery, overworked
employee pulls a
flick-knife on you in the toilet
cubicle. Worse if its a unisex
toilet. (Awkward AND
life-threatening.)
As in China, they have
suicide nets outside the
building windows. (Expect to
be working long hours at this
place, with no leave on offer
for the first five to seven
years, at least.)
There are there more
than four boardrooms
(aka prison cells) in the
building. Theres no science
behind this, but a place that
loves having meetings should
be a massive red flag.
CE
Your potential new boss
greets you with a hug,
then gently caresses your
thighs and buttocks, and sighs
into your neck.
It smells like everyone in
the office has stepped in
dog shit.
Team building exercises
involve nudity. Staff call it
an opportunity for growth
then wink and mime an erect
penis hand gesture.
The financial director
asks if you can loan him
cash for a boerie roll across
the road, then starts crying
and runs into the traffic.
Someone arrives
at the office with
semi-automatic rifles, firing
at middle management. (This
might be the new marketing
guy hired from the US.)
Michael de Broglio
Attorneys and the Carte
Blanche team are hiding out
in the reception area waiting
to interview the boss for an
expos theyre running.
here are more signs indicating
that you shouldnt take that job
at that place, but these are
some of the most relevant,
according to research. Good
luck. And remember, theres
always next year if you dont
want to rush things.
MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 25
 G E NTLE MAN S CORNE R

Away READER: Do people actually travel

THE STYLE carry-on

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in suits? Whats the point? Surely
that messes them up and then you have a
creased garment to wear when you get

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there? Why not bring a big suitcase with a
few suits and casual clothing options and
travel in a comfortable tracksuit?

GQs Jason Basson GQ: There are a couple of things to consider

answers your questions here. First off, if youre travelling business
about carry-on cases class chances are that a tracksuit wont
and travelling with suits be considered an appropriate look for
that environment. Another thing is that
businessmen often do business in transit,
meaning that youll want to be dressed
appropriately. You also never know what
hurdles air travel can throw at you, so its
best to keep the clothes you need for your
business meetings on your person, should
you encounter any issues, like lost luggage,
that could prevent you from rushing to
a meeting from the airport. Its easier to
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Learn to pack strategically so that you
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a suit carrier bag or
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 WHY WE LIKE IT

Practicality aside, were obsessed with the graphite

version of the classic Damier print. It has all the
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It conveniently folds in half to form
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TECHNOLOGY

SWITCH
IT UP
A game console that works just as
well plugged into your TV as on
the go is the kind of crazy idea Love your gadgets?
Find more tech
we like. But will gamers love it? news and reviews at
GQ.co.za
Words by Joshua Rivera

intendo, it seems, is committed to trying to Nintendo Switch, but that big to make fun Mario games, but

N wild stuff, and hoping youll love it. Like the

Nintendo Switch. Its a home console that you
can also take on the go, built to be shared
with friends, like a pizza. It sounds strange and unwieldy
but extremely compelling. Heres how itll work: at home,
publishers are on board, hopefully
bringing Call of Duty-sized hits to the
console and keeping it competitive
with the Playstations and Xboxes of
the world.
because its one of the only video
game companies really interested in
changing how you play, whereas most
console makers are concerned with
what you play. Were looking forward
Nintendo Switch rests in the dock that connects the Nintendo remains interesting and to the seamless, practical experience
system to the TV and lets you play with family and relevant not only because it continues being sold here.
friends. By lifting the console from the dock, the system
will instantly transition to portable mode, and that same
gaming experience now travels with you.
The Switch is controlled with the Joy-Con, the trick The most important gaming
of which is in its modularity the sides of the portable
display portion of the console can slide off and function
platforms in 2017
as two controllers, or slide into a larger gamepad for
multiple players.
On paper, its very cool. However, there are some
practical concerns questions to be answered before we
jump on the hype train: how long do the batteries last in
portable mode? How much storage space does it have?
How much does it all cost? Will the left Joy-Con fault be
fixed? But overall, the Nintendo Switch looks like a really
elegant way to pull off no-boundaries gaming.
And the games look cool! Not only does the product
trailer show the gorgeous Zelda game running, but it
also includes footage of fantasy role-playing favourite
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and what looks like a
brand-new Mario game. The implication here is that
Nintendo isnt just going to bring its classic franchises

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SEX
A SLOW CLAP
FOR THE QUICKIE
If youre a good one-minute man, youre capable
of high-quality sex, at any time
Words by Maureen OConnor
reak me of, show
me what you got,
cause I dont want
no one-minute
man, Missy Elliott once sang.
But Missy had it wrong. Just
as a talented rapper can slay
in a 30-second guest verse,
good sex is about taking
advantage of the time you
have especially when you
dont have any time at all.
Bad sex, on the other hand,
is acutely aware of time how
much time has passed, how
much is left, and can you
please hurry up, Id like to
beat rush hour? Bad sex is
interminable sex, the kind
30 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
where neither party knows
how to get the other one of,
so you just keep plugging openly communicate and
away, hoping for a miracle,
cluelessly bopping your
bodies together in a useless
game of erotic Whac-A-Mole.
Now, its true that mind-
blowing orgasms generally
take more than one minute.
Hookups where everything
clicks immediately, and on
the irst try, are rare. (But
when it does happen, good
God! Consider breakfast in
bed? Efortless chemistry is
hard to ind; dont mess this what youre doing, you can
up.) Missteps are normal,
especially when a partner is
new. I begrudge no one those
errors, nor the opportunity to
learn from each other. But
when Im fucking, Im not
there to teach a sex seminar
Im there to get of.
he ironic truth is, good
quickies take time. Not in
the moment, of course, but
in preparation for it: getting
to know a partners body,
getting to know your own
body, accruing sexual
experience, gaining enough
conidence. So once you know
extra time to get to know him.
pull the trigger on that inal
moment whenever you want.
You know that a lick right
there makes her squirm with
delight, that a inger just here
makes him gasp. You can
bring it all the way home
in one fell swoop or take
your time with it, stretch it
out. Because heres the key:
if youre capable of a high-
quality quickie together, then
youre capable of high-quality
sex, at any time, any length.
The ironic
truth is,
good
quickies
take time.
Not in the
moment,
of course,
but in the
preparing
for it...
After all, anyone can
memorise enough moves
to last all night but only
a few can pull of the one
that makes you weak at the
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D E S TI N ATI O N

Escape
to Mexico
Ignore that stupid wall,
go for the awesome LAS POZAS
outdoor landscapes Surreal jungle garden

o country in the world (not

Until a freak frost in 1962
even Kazakhstan see p84) is
killed his beloved flowers,
more misunderstood than the
Surrealist art patron and
land across the Rio Grande.
certified eccentric Edward
For whatever reason, gringos always seem
James had been living on
to visit only the absolute worst places:
a former coffee plantation
all-inclusive tourist hellscapes where you
in the village of Xilitla
need a wristband to order a watery margarita
among 18000 orchids.
and the quesadillas come with a side of
Deciding hed make a more
ketchup. But Mexico has quietly become
permanent paradise, James
a world-class travel destination, without
spent the next two decades
sacriicing its character and history its soul.
constructing 36 WTF-ish
Its insane to think that while weve been
concrete structures in the
backpacking in hailand and foodie-
middle of the rain forest.
pilgrimaging through Europe, Mexico has
Called Las Pozas for its
been right there all along, getting better
many spring-fed ponds, its
(more stable, more progressive, more
an outsider-art masterwork.
sophisticated) all the time. xilitla.org
In the past few years, the countrys
interior has become as compelling as its
shoreline; parts of its landscape feel like a
diferent planet. Extravagance abounds if
thats your thing, but the countrys cheap thrills (like the tasty
carnitas) ofer at least as much primal pleasure. his is, after all,
the culture that gave the world chocolate, guacamole, mezcal
and Salma Hayek. It deinitely knows how to have a good time.

32 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017

 ENCUENTRO
GUADALUPE
Freaky solitude
What you see here is not
some new glamping
situation in Marfa. Its not
Mars 100 years after Elon
Musk plants his lag. Its
Encuentro Guadalupe,
a design hotel thats easily
the strangest, most
exhilarating base for
exploring Baja Californias
burgeoning wine country.
Each of the 20 eco-lofts is
a freestanding pod,
reachable only by shuttle
and/or hiking trail. heres
no TV, no ice machine.
Just you, a view, and the
realisation that youre doing
Mexico the right way.
grupoencuentro.com.mx
If youre into wilderness adventures,
the southern state of CHIAPAS has
much to offer. And most of the action
is around San Cristbal de las Casas.
WORDS BY JESSE KATZ, NICHOLAS MARINO, NILS BERNSTEIN AND JEFF VRABEL
A place to trip out underground
Head to Sima de las Cotorras just before
sunrise, when the thousands of green
parakeets that live in this sinkhole about
160m across and deep rise in spiralling
flocks in search of food. Rappel to the bottom
and gawk at wall paintings believed to be up
to 10000 years old. Chiapas is littered with
other dramatic caves, including El
Chorreadero, a vast network of caverns with
underground springs (think Tomb Raider).
HOLBOX ISLAND
Idyllic island vibes
A short, spray-in-your-face
boat ride of the Yucatn
coast on the Gulf of
Mexico, Holbox Island is a
cigar-shaped spit so
narrow you can practically
heave a coconut from
shore to shore. With golf
Bike, hike your way to the pyramids
carts for taxis and sand for
pavement, it is literally
To get a feel for the bonkers topography of where the streets have
Chiapas, where pines battle palms for real
no name. All you do is
estate, sign up for Jaguar Adventours bike sunbathe and swim, taking
excursion to the Ro Totolapa it starts on
daily lunch breaks to eat
a mountaintop and ends at a waterfall. Or, the life-changing ceviche
if youre more into hiking, visit the Mayan
at a mom-and-pop stand
site of Tonin, the tallest pyramid in Mexico, called La Chingada. At
at almost 71m. All the structures (and their night you swim again,
360-degree views) can be explored without only this time the water is
a guide. adventours.mx bioluminescent; turquoise
sparks ly of your
ingertips as you wave
them through the water
and realise that you dont
Kayak, dive or go white water rafting
miss civilisation even one
little bit.
Chiapas may have the most aquatic diversity
in Mexico, with countless freshwater bodies SAA, Lufthansa and United
Airlines offer long-haul flights
and 290km of secluded ocean beach. So to Mexico City.
kayak your way through Lagunas de
Montebello, a network of 59 lakes, each
a vivid colour due to its mineral content. Or
raft Agua Azul, a series of stepped waterfalls.
Or plunge into Cenote Chucumaltik, a
crystalline lake (a sinkhole, really), and dive
above petrified trees, a quartz deposit and an
altar to the Virgin Mary.
MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 33
TA S TE
WINELANDS
DINING
Constantias newest restaurant is attracting
local foodies with serious chops
Words by Paul Sephton
C
ape Towns Constantia winelands
can feel like a game of potluck if
youre a stranger to the area.
Pocketing all sizes of estates and some of
the best restaurants in the country, a
commitment to navigating the Capes
leafy back roads is what led us to Blanko,
the Alphen Boutique Hotels newly
opened ine dining restaurant.
Populated by locals day in and day out,
the modern eatery ofsets an all-white
interior with exposed ceiling beams and
thick-planked wooden loors, revealing
the Cape Dutch buildings heritage.
hanks to owner Paul Kovenskys
fondness for art, youll ind Kentridges
and Goldblatts on the walls.
34 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
Group Head Chef Amber-May
Deetlefs curates an Italian-hearted
menu, laying the white marble tables
with pre-dinner canaps like cured
and marinated seafood or fried green
olives. Wed fault you for missing the
White Anchovies on the starters menu,
while your mains will call on your
decision making skills with Crumbed
Veal, Lamb Shank and Balsamic Fillet
Tagliata crowning the ield of choice.
Set in extensive grounds in which
its worth walking of your meal,
youll likely ind yourself thinking that
a room in the hotel might have been
the best decision youve made yet.
021-795-6300, alphen.co.za
 Best of
the valley
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This left-field whisky from Japan
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Perhaps the most revered among whisky aicionad
Bubbles
Steenberg 1682
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Brut R160 is Nikka from the Barrel. hough Japan had been
distilling grains since the 12th century, no one
anticipated that the outcome would be so great wh
Nikkas founder, Masataka Taketsuru, travelled to
Glasgow in 1918 to study chemistry and apprentice
scotch makers. With this blend coming from Nikk
two single malt distilleries Yoichi and Miyagikyo
and a single grain whisky, the bourbon and sher
cask blend is deeply reined and complex, with wa
after wave of fruits, spices and honeysuckle.
Red varietal
Eagles Nest
Nikka From the Barrel R650
Shiraz R255

With a little cask experimentation

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Desert wine
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Beau Constantia wines apricot and up subtle hops and cocoa, butterscotch to appreciate its a light, malty
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EXPOSURE

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cocktails
We invited eight lucky winners to spend
a night with us and Jack Daniels

hat old Jack magic was in full effect last

month as UK brand ambassador Cam
Dawson took us through an American
whiskey tasting while guests enjoyed 3
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Rim & Rubbers dude food menu, and our special
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M OV I E S

MEET ANA
FROM
HAVANA
The Cuban sidekick in the
Blade Runner sequel
Words by Clay Skipper

T
wo years ago, Ana
de Armas could
barely speak
English. Which is
a hurdle when youre trying
to become a movie star in
the US. The 28-year-old
Cuban remembers her first
meetings with LA agents:
I was just nodding like,
I dont know what youre
saying. Now I speak
English, she says.
Of course, since shes
mastered the language,
shes hardly been in the US.
First, she saw Robert De
Niro and Usher share a
Panamanian dance floor
during filming of boxing flick
Hands of Stone; then she hit
Jordan with Jonah Hill and
Miles Teller for the bro-y
gunrunner comedy War
Dogs. Recently shes been
in Budapest with hunks
present and past (Ryan
Gosling and Harrison Ford)
for the Blade Runner sequel.
If youre noticing a theme,
yes, her films have largely
PHOTOGRAPH BY THOMAS WHITESIDE

been dude dominated. But if

the roles shes playing are
any indication, De Armas
wont be just another
beautiful sidekick. Theyre
both the rock of their
partner, she says. They are
understanding, and they
forgive. And their motto?
Dont fuck with me.

MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 39

 M OV I E S
FANTASY
WORLDS
Our heroes do battle with
otherworldly beings
Edited by Evert Lombaert
THE FOUNDER
Directed by John Lee Hancock;
with Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman,
John Carroll Lynch
While Hancocks gritty film starts out
as a paint-by-numbers biopic, the
second half takes a peek at the darker
side of the McDonalds golden arches.
Keaton, enjoying in his recent career
renaissance, is effervescent as Ray
Kroc, a down-on-his-luck salesman
who stumbles upon the burger pioneer
McDonald brothers, Dick (a controlled
performance by Offerman) and Mac
(an incredible likeable Lynch).
Rather than the conventional rags to
riches trajectory, Hancock turns it into
a parable of business ethics. If you
enjoyed Michael Douglass Greed is
good! ethos in Wall Street and live by
Alec Baldwins Always be closing!
credo in Glengarry Glen Ross, youre
about to welcome a new celluloid
favourite to your list in Keatons Kroc.
In a world of fast-food American
movies, this is one of the tastiest
contemporary offerings.
+++++
Released 19 May
40 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
directing duo are a natural fit for some fresh
air in the series sails. Its enjoyable to see
Depp returning as Captain Jack Sparrow,
pitted against Javier Bardem as the ghostly
taking over from Hans Zimmer, rises to the
ALIEN: COVENANT
Directed by Ridley Scott; with Michael
Fassbender, Katherine Waterston
As usual, Scott delivers an impeccable
production Dariusz Wolskis phenomenal
cinematography perfectly complements
Chris Seagers production design. And what
would an alien film be without its creatures?
Double thumbs up to Creature Nfx Workshop
for their beastie animatronics creations. The
set-up is familiar: a colonisation ship crew
discovers a world and sets out to explore. It
isnt long before strange goings-on lead to
full-blown chaos. Fassbenders acting genius
is on full display and Waterstons turn as
Daniels would make Ellen Ripley proud.
+++++
Released 19 May
GUARDIANS OF THE
GALAXY VOL 2
Directed by James Gunn;
with Chris Pratt, Zoe
Saldana, Dave Bautista
Were glad to rejoin the
ragtag crew of one of
Marvels lesser-known
titles, and even gladder that
writer-director Gunn and
company remembered to
turn up those 80s jams;
the spirit which made the
first instalment a pleasure
is alive and well. We get
to spend more time with
blue-skinned fan-pleaser
Yondu (Michael Rooker),
while also welcoming
green-hued fan-favourite
Mantis (Pom Klementieff).
If you enjoyed the first one,
strap on your seat belts,
youre in for a fun ride.
+++++
Released 5 May
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
Directed by Joachim Rnning and Espen
Sandberg; with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey
Rush, Orlando Bloom
The fifth instalment sails into port after some
stormy waters. After Rnnings 2012
Oscar-nominated Kon-Tiki, the Norwegian
Capitn Salazar. Composer Geoff Zanelli,
occasion. Swashbuckling fun, delivering
exactly what it promises. Arrrrrrr matey!
+++++
Released 26 May
 BOOKS

PAIN
KILLER
Fast-rising fashionista
Cat Marnell tells the
story of her addiction
and downfall
Words by Cayleigh Bright

ddiction memoirs should make for

A engaging reading, satisfying the less

likeable side of human nature with
their cocktail of vice, gore, decadence and
tragedy as well as the comforting thought
that no matter how badly were messing
up, theres someone whos made bigger
mistakes than our own and (usually) lived
to tell the tale.
A decade or two ago, the likes of James
Freys controversial A Million Little Pieces
kept readers enthralled and horriied with
what came to be known as misery lit
tales of woe that often spanned from
unhappy childhoods through a series of
harrowing incidents, usually with a lot
of bodily luids spilt along the way, and
redemption at the end. Whether the Author Cat Marnell
genre was helped or hindered by Freys
confession that his tell-all was a little more
ictional than hed led his audience to very funny, which is important: while close to losing
believe, it lost its appeal. Maybe theres youre reading about someones life not a life she loved,
only so much misery that one reader can falling apart but being butchered at their and thats where
endure, or perhaps it was the bodily luids. own hands, youll need some comic relief. its power lies.
In former beauty editor Cat Marnells But what makes the story diferent from Is this the
tale of lies, drugs and designer lipstick, its predecessors is something that sounds beginning of
theres plenty to shock and horrify. he a little sick in the re-telling: that the another era of
vomit is there (the author battles bulimia narrators clear enthusiasm for her life at titles about
for much of the story), the blood is there the time of her addiction is still evident. amphetamines
(in violent conlicts, a fall of a porch and Even through near-crippling addiction, and self-sabotage?
a particularly vivid mouse murder), but clever management of the medication Probably not. And
theres a healthy dose of humour and How to Murder she ingested meant that Marnell was thats a good thing:
relatability that elevates the plot beyond Your Life by Cat high-functioning in the most literal sense, the world doesnt
a typical tale of privilege and pain. Marnell (Simon often excelling at her job and ensuring that need a lot of
and Schuster)
hats not to say theres any lack of either her professional life was on the up and up cautionary tales,
R348 at
of those elements: Marnells wealthy but Exclusive Books
right up until it wasnt. Far from misery just a few that
troubled family, elite education interrupted lit, this is the story of someone coming do the job.
by addiction and party girl years are all too
familiar. Its thanks to the authors light
touch, humour and understanding that
she doesnt make for an altogether likeable While youre reading about someones life not
character, that the story feels (almost)
relatable even if youre not an addict, a rich
falling apart but being butchered at their own
girl, or an aspiring beauty editor. Its also hands, youll need some comic relief
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THE EDIT

GAMING

TALES FROM
A HAUNTED
AFRICAN FARM
An abandoned Free State farmhouse
is the setting for this eerie adventure
Words by Alz Odendaal

mong the Innocent: A Stricken Tale (2017) is a locally-

A made point-and-click meets irst-person exploration

game released earlier this year, with more chapters
set to follow. To learn more we caught up with Geof
Burrows, formerly of NAG, and founder of the Zero Degree
Games studio which brought us this brooding title.

GQ: TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT likes of The Shining,

AMONG THE INNOCENT? but it never really
GEOFF BURROWS: Players take on the made sense
role of struggling writer Peter York, who finds narratively.
himself trapped on a remote, deserted farm in It was only once my
the Free State. But theres a lot more to this girlfriend suggested
place than rusty old ploughs and dilapidated that I drop the snow GQ: IVE ALWAYS FELT THOSE SPACES GB: I have a lot of
buildings youll have to uncover its dark altogether that AS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF intentions for the
history, and use this to help you escape. things clicked into THEIR CLOSE TIES TO APARTHEIDS series that will only
GQ: YOUVE USED CLASSIC POINT-AND- place, both in my WHITE ELITE. DID YOU HAVE really take shape
CLICK ELEMENTS COMBINED WITH mind and in the SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN MIND? around the third
FIRST- PERSON EXPLORATION. WHY? game. It was around GB: Not when I chose the setting (although instalment of the
GB: Its a combination of practicality and that time that I was the areas history did its part in creating that game. But for now,
nostalgia. I love classic adventure games on holiday in the odd atmosphere), but as I worked on the I want people to
more than any other genre, but when I set eastern Free game I mixed doses of real-world stories with start thinking about
out to make my own game, I came to the State, and I was my own fantastical creations. I chose to set a bigger picture
realisation that a first-person game is so inspired by the this game in South Africa because I wanted while enjoying
simply more practical to make for a mostly environments to create something both familiar and strange, the juxtaposition
one-man-show. [Burrows worked alone for eclectic mix of depending on whos playing it. I wanted to of peaceful
much of the games development.] But serenity and an draw from my own experiences, history, environments and
what began as a necessity has grown into odd sense of an and surroundings, and plunge them all into haunting mysteries.
something that Im very proud of: finding underlying darkness an interesting narrative. Doing this hasnt just The prominent
interesting ways to merge the gameplay of that I knew this was given me a familiar template to work from, theme in this first
modern first-person exploration games with the location for the but a chance to interpret, twist, and play with game is denial,
classic, point-and-click adventure. game. Ive added a combination of ideas in the real world and motivated
GQ: WHY THE FREE STATE SETTING? a little more grit to in my own mind. by contrast and
GB: When I first started on Among the it for the game, but GQ: THE GAME USES THE KBLER- misdirection.
Innocent, I wanted the game to be set in South theres no denying ROSS MODEL THE FIVE STAGES Expect to be
Africa, but it took a couple of months before theres something OF GRIEF AND LOSS. WHAT ARE messed with!
the idea really came together. I was building eerie about YOU HOPING PLAYERS WILL GET
this snow-covered landscape inspired by the abandoned farms. FROM THIS? R109 on Steam

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GQ&A
TAKING ON
A HOT TOPIC
Writer Richard Mason tackles colonialism
in his latest work of fiction
Words by Cayleigh Bright
Photograph by Michael Lionstar
44 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
ith colonialism
W romanticised by everything
from decor, party themes,
Halloween costumes to
fashion and Taylor Swifts music videos,
Richard Masons latest novel is a much-
needed tome that tackles the topic both
insightfully and entertainingly. Who Killed
Piet Barol? follows the title character as he
searches for riches in 1913 South Africa,
and sees his initially appalled attitude
to the treatment of the countrys black
population take a sharp turn in line with
his own fall from prosperity.
GQ: Youve been described as being
part of a brat pack of young literary
sensations. Do you feel that you were
a bratty writer after the success of your
first novel, The Drowning People?
Richard Mason: Thats an interesting
question because Im aware that some of my
friends do think that Im a bit of a brat. But in
a way I was too polite. I always said yes to
everything. I felt a great burden to say yes
to every interview, to every festival, to every
speech and to show up and to really be
polite. I spent a year on tour, answering the
same questions 10 times a day, in multiple
languages, some of which I didnt speak, and
I had to learn them. So, no, I hope that the
people who work with me dont think Im
a brat. You can ask them, when Im gone
GQ: What inspired the plot of your
latest novel?
RM: Im interested in these colonial
personalities who came to South Africa
from Europe in the late 19th century or early
20th century and made stuff happen in
a very big way a lot of it appalling. These
individuals were gifted. Cecil John Rhodes
rocked up here as a teenager, ended up
owning the worlds diamond business,
being the prime minister and setting up
a country next door. But you know,
Rhodes, on one occasion when the tribes
in Rhodesia revolted, went up into the
mountains on his own and negotiated
with them in their own language, and
I decided I would write one
more book, but do it my way
not send it to anybody,
not ask anyones opinion.
I went on a personal quest
for the joy of telling a story

made them promise to lay down their
weapons and then broke his word. Its
too simplistic to say things were different
in the past. If youre one human being
talking to another human being,
persuading them to take a life-changing
decision, in their own language, and
making a commitment to them, what
does it do to your own soul
when you break that
commitment? What is it like
to be someone who can
persuade someone like that,
which is extraordinary in
itself, and then to break it
what does that do to you?
And so this character, Piet
Barol, came to me. Hes
a risk-taker, hes actually very
tender-hearted, but I gave
him the ability to read people
well, which sometimes I have.
But I often dont use that Who Killed
information, whereas I Piet Barol? by
thought it would be quite fun Richard Mason
to have a character who reads (Orion, R340)
people and does things with it.
GQ: Youve tackled topics relevant to
everyday South Africans, and in your
philanthropic work youve aimed to help
the poorest citizens. Do the privileged
have a responsibility to help others?
RM: I guess I do, but Id phrase it more as
being an opportunity. Its an audacious
thing for a privileged white South African
to try and write black characters. Apartheid
kept us very successfully apart, and I had to
go on a major quest for lived experience
to do that. My feeling is that South Africa
is a great country because individuals can
make a difference, and we cannot just wait
for the government to fix everything. Yeah,
the government can do a much better job
than its doing, but actually the problem is
too vast. The solution to South Africas
issues is for each of us to say, How can
I help someone else? Its not required that
you give away everything you have and sell
your house, but you know,
Whose kid do I know who
needs a textbook that they
cant afford? Do I know
someone who lives in a shack?
Can I waterproof that shack?
Theres only so long that you
can expect people to live in
a township and not face
some serious and justifiable
anger. So I do think that its
a responsibility. But its an
opportunity because being
generous drastically enriches
your own life. Watching
someone get an education,
knowing that the things
youve done have had an
impact, is an amazing feeling.
GQ: Youve spoken about getting the
joy back in your writing. How do you do
that in a process thats become work?
RM: Writing, for me, has always been
a private pleasure I couldnt not do it. Then
suddenly the thing you love doing becomes
your job. Also suddenly, The New York Times
is going to review the next thing that youre
going to write. You know that youre going to
write something, and then someones going
to sit down and read it, and write about it for
a national newspaper, and in fact a lot of
people are going to do that. What you start
to do is writing to please other people.
I had quite a lot of personal suffering while
I was writing Us, my second book, and the
Kay Mason Foundation was just taking
off and Id actually had no idea how
hectic it is to educate 30 kids, and the rand
strengthened a lot after the Iraq War and
we didnt have enough money. Then my
American publishers wanted me to make
the book I was working on a lot more
commercial, so I pulled apart a complicated
literary novel and turned it into a pot-boiler,
just to make the money, which is a terrible
thing to do to yourself psychologically.
In the end, I didnt have to publish it,
because my readers gave a lot of money to
the foundation, but I did it, and after that
I was in the position where I didnt want to
write another sentence. I thought, Ive lost
who I am. What am I going to do? Theres
only so much psychological strain you can
take, and I thought, Should I just stop?
but I realised that at some point I would
regret it, because I have a career, I have
readers, Ive worked for that. Instead of
endlessly asking myself if I should become
a lawyer or a waiter, I decided I would write
one more book, but do it entirely my way
not send it to anybody, not ask anyones
opinion, anyones permission. I went on a
personal quest for the joy of telling a story.
And that book was The Lighted Rooms.
GQ: If you had one piece of advice for
yourself before you wrote your first
novel, what would it be?
RM: Be patient. I was impatient with life
I was up for an adventure and I wanted it to
start. I went to the same school as Shelley,
the poet, and I remember that he had a
book of poems on sale in the High Street
while he was still at school, and I was like,
right game on! When I was young, I felt
that life was going to be very short, and
that I had to accomplish everything
tomorrow. As you get older you see that
while life is very short in universal, cosmic
terms, actually its quite long, and theres
time to do all these things.
Franschhoek
Literary Festival
Catch Richard Mason and authors
including Jonathan Ancer, Zahira Asmal,
Mike Nichol, Rebecca Davis, Antjie Krog,
Fred Khumalo, Justice Malala, Marianne
Thamm and Zapiro talking about their
writing. From 19-21 May
f lf.co. za
MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 45
LA CARRERA
THE TOUGH ONE
I
La Carrera s there a better way to celebrate the opening of
a new road than with a road race? Especially
Panamericana is when the piece of tarmac is as iconic as the
widely regarded as Pan-American Highway. In May 1950, the
the most gruelling Mexican government commissioned the La Carrera
Mexicana a race that would go on to become one
road race on earth. of famous events on the motoring calendar. It also
GQ motoring editor became one of the most dangerous: 27 people died
Dieter Losskarn between 1950 and 1955, and only one third of all the
cars ever entered crossed the inish line.
drove a small At the time it was one leg of the worlds sports car
section of it championship series, along with the Mille Miglia,

46 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017

 La Carrera
follows
3 114km
of Mexican
roads over
seven
days, from
Tuxtla in
the south
to Jurez
in the
north,
from the
tropical
coast to an
altitude of
3 000
metres

and had captured the attention of

Porsche made its mark on the race
with wins in 1953 and 1954, later
naming its new racer the Carrera
Targa Florio and the Le Mans 24 Hours.
La Carrera follows 3 114km of Mexican
highway from Tuxtla in the south to the
border city of Jurez in the north, from the
tropical coast to an altitude of 3 000 metres,
from humid temperatures in the mid-30s
to just above freezing. At racing speeds it
takes about 72 hours to complete.
American Hershel McGrif won the
irst La Carrera Panamericana in his
Oldsmobile 88 at an average speed of
142km/h. he following year Piero Tarui
and Alberto Ascari won in their Ferrari
212s. By 1952, the annual event had been
placed on the international racing calendar
carmakers: Mercedes-Benz sent its newly
released 300 SL sports racers to Mexico
(and dominated the race).
1952 was also the year in which Porsche
made its irst appearance in Mexico, with
two race-tuned versions of the 90hp Super
1500 engines. One was a coup, the other
one a limited production 356 American
cabriolet with aluminium body; the irst
hint of the Speedster to come. It was also
the irst-ever Porsche to be equipped with
a synchronised gearbox.
In 1953 there was a major rule change,
aiding Porsches race efort. he organisers
created two classes: one for stock cars and
one for sports cars, based on horsepower.
his levelled out the playing ield.
At this stage the Porsche company was
still fairy young and was focused on
building a race reputation. In 1952 it had
won its class at both Le Mans and Millie
Miglia. In 1953, 10 Porsches (out of the 15
cars in that class) driven by some of the
best drivers in the world entered to race
La Carrera Mexicana.
he conditions were gruelling, and by the
end of the second leg only seven cars were
left in the race. Six of them were Porsches.
he other car another German model,
a Borgward was dominating the race.
he Borgward had such a big lead over
the Porsches that when its engine began
cutting out, the driver pulled over to
leisurely change the spark plugs. he
problem persisted, but the driver kept >>

MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 47

pushing until he was running on three WHATS
cylinders at a signiicantly reduced speed. IN A NAME?
he Borgward was the third racer to
Bentley
arrive at the inish in Jurez. he driver had
Flying Spur
thought he had built up more than enough In a race the last
time to win, but had forgotten about the thing you want is
maximum three hours set for the 222 anything flying
mile leg of the race. He had inished around.
seven seconds over the limit, and was
Maserati
disqualiied. Imagine his and Borgwards Quattroporte
despair. For Porsche this became one of the At first it sounds like
biggest wins in their racing history. a well-packed pizza;
Another great win two years later irmly translated it simply
established Porsches reputation. In 1955, means four door.
Porsches irst Carrera the 356 A was
Porsche Doppel-
released. It became known as the La kupplungsgetriebe
Carrera Panamericana. (PDK)
he golden era of motor sport came to an If you get the
end in 1955 after the deadly crash at Le pronunciation right,
Mans in which 83 spectators and one driver all youve said is
dual clutch; and the
were killed. Mexico cancelled the La newly developed
Carrera immediately, and it was only eight-speed PDK,
34 years later, in 1988, that the race was in manual and
reinstated. It has run each October since. automatic, offers
he course still follows those highly extremely fast
gear changes
abrasive roads, paved with a mixture of
with tremendous
volcanic ash, that cuts even the hardiest drive force and
of tyres. In the 2016 race, 18 of the 71 cars acceleration.
that entered were Porsches.
And now here I am in one of them on Panamera is a much
the Races special stage, 9.4 kilometres of better name...
the same stretch of road driven annually
in the event. he new four-door Panamera,
like the Carrera, gets its name from the
infamous race. I am conident that on
these narrow, winding country roads
the mortality rate in this new Porsche
sports car will be much lower than in its
predecessors. Ive now ticked of one more
item on my bucket list: driving La Carrera
Mexicana in a Porsche.

PORSCHE POWER PERFORMANCE CLAIMED FUEL BASE PRICE

PANAMERA 4.0-l. V8 bi-turbo 0-100km/h in 9.4 l/100km R2 491 000
TURBO (8-speed auto PDK) 3.8 seconds;
404kW and 770Nm top speed 306km/h
porsche.co.za

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G WHIZZ! THE
BABY BEEMER
For the first time in 50 years BMW has a bike under 500cc,
and the new G 310 R takes boring out of small two-wheelers
Words by Dieter Losskarn
Y
oull ind the Snake just
past the biker meeting
point of Rock Store. Its
a popular, yet treacherous
stretch of road in the Santa Monica
Mountains outside LA, irst
popularised by Steve McQueen
blasting through on his Triumph.
I am driving BMWs newest bike,
the G 310 R. Its been a while since
BMW built a one-cylinder motorcycle
under 500cc the last one was the
250cc R 27 in 1966. At irst glance
the G 310 R resembles a F 800 R. he
snub-nosed S 1000 RR look-a-like
front end gives it thrilling presence
and street cred for a mere 310cc,
though it doesnt feel downsized at
all. With a seat height of 758mm even
taller riders will have no problem.
Surprisingly, this is the irst BMW
motorcycle not made in Germany.
It was designed and developed in
Munich, but is being produced more
cost eiciently in Bangalore, India
in co-operation with the sub-
continents third-biggest bike
manufacturer, TVS. It took almost
three years to transfer the Bavarian
BMW spirit to India; like getting
a lavoursome fusion of crispy pork
knuckle and
tandoori right.
he G 310 R is
assembled in
adherence to
BMW G
310 R
bmw-motorrad.co.za
GREAT DRIVE
the strict and non-adjustable central shock,
standards of the the Continental ABS, LCD
Berlin facility. instrument and 17-inch Michelin
hough 80 per Pilot street tyres are imported.
cent of the parts
(frame, brakes,
fairing and seat)
are made by TVS
At the heart of the bike is a
brand new liquid-cooled one-
cylinder with four-valves and
a power output of 25kW. he
or sourced in engine is itted backwards into
India, the G 310 the frame, with the inlet at the
R conforms to front and the exhaust at the back
BMWs brand to create a more eicient air low
identity in terms into the powerplant. he motor is
of performance, closer to the front wheel for better
quality and weight distribution and front-
styling. he other oriented driving behaviour.
components like At 160kg it is an agile and
the Kayaba comfortable everyday bike that
upside down fork will attract novice customers
without aggravating seasoned
BMW enthusiasts. he carmaker
The predicts sales of 200000
310cc motorcycles annually by 2020.
has no And there is more good news.
An enduro version, the G 310 GS,
problem is already available (and may even
keeping outsell its sibling).
up with Back along the curvy canyons
bigger outside LA, the premium lea
bikes awakens above 5000rpm with
a crisp sound. Rev it high, shift
gears often and the G 310 R has
no problem keeping up with
bigger bikes. To answer your
pressing question: does a BMW
from India work? Yes, it deinitely
does. Trust me, I am Bavarian.
he G 310 R is a real BMW, and it
will be a best-seller.
POWER PERFORMANCE CLAIMED FUEL BASE PRICE
310cc liquid-cooled 0-100km/h in 14 l/100km R65 000
one-cylinder 6.8 seconds;
25kW and 28Nm top speed 145km/h
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 NEW CARS

SWEDISH
LIMO
NAILS IT VOLVO
S90 D4
POWER

2.0-l. turbo diesel

and petrol
PERFORMANCE
0-100km in 8.2
seconds; top speed
230km/h
CLAIMED FUEL
4.4 l/100km
BASE PRICE
R727 500

140kW and 400Nm

The luxury Volvo S90 cmhvolvocars.co.za

proves that safe can

be sexy too points in the otherwise the four-cylinders perform well. he all-wheel
Words by Dieter Losskarn Autonomous drive makes the car stick like wet snow to an unwaxed ski.
Emergency Braking With its two money-makers in place, I am optimistic that
for Pedestrians test Volvo will soon be embracing its heritage. Next, take a look at

V
olvos revival and reinvention procedure plus the breathtaking Concept Coupe (pictured top left) which
under Chinese rule was kick- ive-star ratings for reintroduces the P1800 (1961-1973) in a contemporary guise.
started in 2014 with the fabulous both cars. he Cmon hor, hammer this one out.
XC90. Based on the super cooled SUV, the results surpassed
new S90 business limo continues the the best overall The S90s iconic
carmakers success. score of any model Thors hammer
My irst impression is that its a really tested in 2016 and LED headlights
beautiful car. he S90 is understated with now make Euro
distinct Scandinavian lines. he headlight NCAPs top three
design referencing hors hammer is best performing
unique, and the 23 metal rips in the cars all Volvos.
concave grille are reminiscent of the iconic My conclusion
P1800. he S90 blows a fresh Northern then? he Swedes
wind into the executive sedan segment are safe and sexy.
Find more new
dominated by the Mercedes-Benz E-Class To prove it I drove
cars to drool
and BMW 5 Series. the S90 diesel and over at
For decades Volvo lived by the motto petrol up and GQ.co.za
better safe than sexy. While the S90 is down the winding
indeed attractive, drivers need not worry Franschhoek pass.
that safety has been afected as the car is In the diesel there
packed with driver assist programmes. is a slight hesitation
With the S90 sedan and V90 wagon, Volvo while overtaking
became the irst carmaker to score a full six uphill, but

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 Tinder

A REAL my ride
Find your perfect
four-wheel match

CUTIE
Audi completes its SUV portfolio
Y ou can buy anything online. So why
not brand new cars at great prices?
Thats what a couple of guys thought, so
they developed Carter, an app that
with the chic entry-level Q2 matches you with your perfect car.
crossover. The Q3 is not amused If you dont like it, swipe left. If you do,
swipe right to shortlist your choice. Once
Words by Dieter Losskarn youve found your ride, you can request
quotes from the dealerships on the

I
pull up next to an Audi Q3. As the light a fun car with endless individualisation platform. Order your car in the evening
turns green, the agile Q2 has no problem packages, from connectivity to driver assist and have it delivered the next day. All car
leaving its bigger brother behind. If looks programmes. Audi hopes to attract new specs are on hand, too.
could kill, I would be stone-cold dead the entrants to the brand with this sporty, Seeing is believing, so I try it out. My
driver is obviously annoyed to be one- compact and youthful car. first priority for a potential match is hard
upped by the very same manufacturer that Based on the A3, the Q2 has the same core 4x4, second is speed freak and
produced his SUV. wheelbase but shorter overhangs, and the third fashionista. Next
Audis new Q2 crossover is a really sitting position is 8cm higher. he MQB I add my price range:
attractive car with a self-conident exterior platform used can handle even more power optimistic R800 000
design that doesnt resemble any of its than is currently available, which tells me R2m. Fuel type: petro
brethren. Instead it boasts new edges and that an even cooler Q2 is on its way. Gearbox: auto. I am
lines; the updated Audi look. And it has matched with Audis
popular written all over it. RS6 for R1 554 500.
he entry-level SUV is positioned just I swipe right.
under the BMW X1 and Mercedes-Benz Audis new Q2 crossover
GLA, though I would say its closest is a really attractive car heycarter.com
competitor is the Mini Countryman. It is with a self-confident Free for Android
the fourth Q, after the Q7, Q5 and Q3, and is exterior design and iOS

AUDI Q2 POWER PERFORMANCE CLAIMED FUEL BASE PRICE

1.0 TFSI 1.0-l petrol 0-100km/h in 10.7 5.1 l/100km R434 500
200Nm and 85kW seconds;
top speed 194km/h
audi.co.za

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There are plenty of rich opportunities for
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Words by Paul Sephton
Y
ossi Hasson co-founded internet
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GQ: If we gave you $1bn right now,
what would you do with it?
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hen, Im involved with an organisation
called WehinkCode_ so I would put a big
amount into the foundation. I would
also use it to build relationships with
billionaires around the world to pour
more money into the continent. here is
a strong opportunity to bridge capital that
is available overseas and use it to leverage
opportunities in Africas infrastructure and
Some 80 per cent of adults
on the continent are unbanked,
which is a massive opportunity
development and make an impact, in
terms of a return and the actual net result
of what its able to do.
GQ: If you were going to invest in one
company right now, what would it be?
YH: heres a company Im invested in
called i-Pay that has great global ambitions
its an EFT payment solutions company.
GQ: Which industry will the next tech
unicorn come from?
YH: Im heavily involved in intech and
there are a fair share of unicorns from that
sector and there will be more over time,
speciically relevant in Africa. Some 80
per cent of adults on the continent are
unbanked which is a massive opportunity.
Outside of that, education is probably
where the next big unicorn will emerge.
GQ: Has there been a trigger point for
the fintech industry to have been so
disruptive over the past few years?
YH: he irst was when the mobile device
became more than just a phone and seeing
its potential to be used as a utility tool.
Number two, the world of big data and the
potential transactions that can take place
through information collected by service
providers. New companies are able to
move faster and come from a diferent
space which allows them to see diferent
opportunities. For a long time, Facebook
has had the ability to accept payments,
and theyre testing it now, but when they
have all your information theres no better
company, potentially, to provide you with
credit facilities and know whether youll
be good for it.
GQ: Credit is an issue in Africa,
particularly getting a credit rating.
Are any startups addressing this?
YH: We invested in the Nigerian company
Social Lender, which allows people
without a credit history to use their social
reputation to build a credit proile. So your
Facebook proile is used to build a credit
proile, and people on Facebook can be
social guarantors. It gives you a fortune of
information and a powerful tool to get an
idea of a persons credit worthiness outside
the typical methodologies. >>
MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 53
PROFILE

GQ: Will traditional lenders have

Kodak moments within a decade?
YH: he way I look at it is by asking how
long it takes for an incumbent to
incorporate the technology of a startup
versus how long it takes a startup to get
access to the market that the incumbent
has. Which one will get which irst? Will
the startup get the market or will the
incumbent get the technology?
GQ: Do you think fintech has potential
to redistribute global wealth?
YH: Access to inance and inancial
services doesnt necessarily mean
redistribution of wealth. Fintech is making
access to inancial services far easier
and at lower cost. Will that result in the
redistribution of wealth? I dont think so.
Capital structures and power dynamics in
society are not fundamentally changing
the structure of who beneits and gains out
of those relationships. Tech has improved
the lives of individuals but the gap is still
getting bigger between the haves and have Find advice on
nots. Redistribution of wealth would have how to bootstrap
to come from policy changes and mental your business at
shifts in how we see the role of production GQ.co.za
and access to capital.
GQ: Are startups offering services that
compete with existing providers or
were previously not in existence?
YH: I think its a blend of both. here are that your idea has merit and youve GQ: What is the role of a mentor?
companies trying to give access to people managed to sign up customers and convert YH: It depends on the mentor and mentee.
who never had it through diferent tools users and show that theres some growth I would say that meeting with someone
and technology, and there are companies in that. Often, companies think the irst once a month for an hour and focusing on
that are using new technologies to thing they need to do is raise funding in areas that youre struggling with is good.
drastically change the cost base of order to get the traction for an idea, but you We recommend having a mentor pool of
servicing a client and which therefore need to validate that idea irst. hen, know two to three individuals who love what
have an advantage. which investors you want to talk to and get youre doing and want to support you.
GQ: For startups in Africa, would you a warm introduction to start talking. Also, send out a monthly update email
recommend B2B or B2C models? GQ: And how do you find a mentor? with a call for help on problem areas.
YH: I think a B2B company in South Africa YH: It starts of with identifying an interest GQ: Speaking of networking, is there
is simpler to build not easy but in terms in what someone else is talking about and value in LinkedIn?
of being able to get revenues and cash into saying what youre trying to do. Take them YH: hose tools are incredibly valuable for
the business earlier, they dont require as out or phone to ask a few questions. If its a number of reasons. First, getting access
much capital to get true scale. With the not someone youve met, start by emailing to people through introductions. Also,
capital markets we have here, investors questions, and be speciic. Be considerate advanced searching on LinkedIn is
understand their business better and their of the persons time: ask the right kinds of a powerful way of inding people with
appetite to invest in them is higher. If your questions in your email so that they can similar interests and skill sets. We use it
business could go either way, the path to answer quickly. At Techstars, we talk about extensively to ind companies to invest in.
monetisation, scale, capital, growth and giving irst, so seeing how you can add GQ: What single characteristic do you
proitability in this type of market is better value and then building a relationship. he look for in an entrepreneur?
on the B2B side. Outside of this market it fear of asking for help is what stops most YH: he ability to self relect. It shows an
could be very diferent. people from reaching out in the irst place. ability to learn and grow.
GQ: If youre bootstrapping a company
how do you get your first investment?
YH: Nothing says invest in me more than
traction, so showing that youve been able Nothing says invest in me more than traction, so showing that
to execute and get traction in a short space youve been able to execute and get traction in a short space of time
of time. hat traction can mean diferent
things, but generally it means validating is the best way to get an investor to gain confidence in you
54 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
 ealth
CLASS

HOW
TO STAY
SOLVENT
Over the years weve learnt that investm
professionals are good at one thing:
making money for themselves.
Which is why you need to master
these 5 basics, as compiled by GQ

1 Have a target and stick to it.

Aim to save 15-20 per cent of your gross
earnings (including what you put into your
pension fund). Be clear about what you
are saving for over the short (a wedding),
medium (a new car) and long term (your
childs education) as this will determine
the amount youll need to save, as well as
the savings vehicle. he best long-term
savings vehicle from a tax perspective is
a retirement annuity.
2 Compound interest is your friend.
WORDS BY GQ STAFF. ILLUSTRATION BY KEENAN JEPPE. INFORMATION SOURCES: DIGITAL FUEL MONITOR AND STATISTA
BEST AND WORST SURFING
SPOTS IN EUROPE
he EU is dropping roaming prices for
mobile and data. Prices are set to drop
from 7.70 per gigabyte in June, with a
doubts about the companys ability to turn
further drop to follow in a few years.
However there still are huge differences
when it comes to providing low-price
high-speed 4G data. While some
countries have scrapped the data cap
altogether, in others (hello, Portugal!)
you get an astonishingly bad deal. South
BOOM OR BUST? TECH IPOS
SWING BOTH WAYS
The initial public offering of Snap at an
incredible $33bn was the most highly
anticipated IPO in recent years. Despite
a profit, investors scrambled to buy into the
company behind messaging app Snapchat.
While the IPO made dozens of Snap
insiders and early investors very rich
overnight, those buying into the IPO are by
no means guaranteed a windfall. Snaps
stock soon dropped back to earlier levels.

Invest a portion or all of your balance in
Africa is not great either, by comparison.
one or more index funds. An index fund
buys all the stocks in the proportion in
which they make up an index. hey can be
general, such as the Satrix, or speciic, such
as property. hese will be good company in
your old age.
Some companies are now trading far below
their IPO prices, leaving those who bought
shares with a hefty loss, and a realisation
that tech IPOs can swing both ways.
HOW MANY GIGABYTES 30 BUYS
YOU IN SELECTED EU COUNTRIES
(WITH RSA EQUIVALENT) Stock prices gains and losses
of selected tech companies since the IPOs*

3 Diversify. Put your money in a range Estonia 60GB

+259% 2012
of asset classes of equities, property and France 50GB
bonds. Listed property in South Africa +203% 2014
has topped annual returns over the recent United Kingdom 30GB +99% 2015
years, promising healthy returns. Buying
a place to live, however, is a lifestyle choice,
Austria 20GB +86% 2015

not an investment. Money market accounts Luxemburg 10GB +52% 2014

are for cash you need in the next ive years.
Netherlands 8GB +37% 2015

4 Insurance is a must. But buy term risk

insurance, which pays your heirs if you die
Spain 7GB
and has no saving element. hat amount of Germany 6GB
insurance should be the amount over and -18%
above your assets to cover the existing Romania 5GB -38%
lifestyle of your dependants. Avoid
insurance rackets (more on this on p64). South Africa 5GB -60%
Portugal 0.5GB -68%
5 hink big. Youll come across companies -73%
that are likely to deine the countrys
future; invest in 10 of the best of these *maximum 30 (R420), 4G LTE -78%
directly (say, 25 per cent of your portfolio) smartphone plans with at least 1 000
to win big. Anything consumer-facing can national minutes and SMSs and 4G LTE
mobile broadband (data only) plans. *closing prices on February 27, 2017
be expected to be a big winner for the next September 2016 compared to IPO prices
two decades.

MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 55

FINANCE

TRICKS
THE
SAVINGS
INDUSTRY
PLAYS
ON YOU
Look out for these rackets
when investing your money
Words by Bruce Cameron

M
ost life assurance investment your job and cannot you pay the tax on the interest at your a double pay out if you
(endowment) policies are sold aford to continue tax rate with the exemptions applying. die in an accident
with a condition that if you saving you will be Capital gains tax is only paid when you rather than by natural
do not keep paying for a contracted penalised. Its like cash in your savings and the exclusion causes. If the natural
number of years you will be penalised. being kicked in also applies. his is a far better deal. cause of death beneit
he penalty is deducted from the the ribs when However, the entire savings industry, is good enough you
amount you have saved until recently youre down. except banks, gets away with the dont need the double
this could be 100 per cent of what you he amount of percentage racket. It costs no more indemnity it simply
had saved. Now, by regulation, there is a savings policy is if you save R500 a month or R10 000 costs more.
a tiered structure that reduces the a percentage of how a month but you pay a lot more the here are yet more
percentage of the penalty every year. much you save more you save. nasty tricks out there.
When you are sold the policy there is multiplied by how his percentage trick is also used in For example, your
much obfuscation about this and other many years you are other ways. Very few people are aware so-called independent
things. For example, you will be told by contracted to save; that most insurance companies do not adviser may avoid
the company agent (operating under and at least half the automatically reduce values every year, telling you that
the guise of your adviser) that when you commission is paid particularly of motor vehicles. hey a certain inancial
receive the beneits (your investment upfront with the continue to levy premiums at the services company
plus any returns) when the policy balance paid over same or even increasing levels. Come may have a sizeable
matures it will be tax free in your hands. a fairly short period. to a claim, and unless you have investment in his or
he problem is that the beneits are You would be far insured your possessions for her company that
only tax free in your hands because the better of investing replacement value, you will receive obliges your adviser
life company has paid a heck of a lot of in a unit trust, the market value the price at which to sell a targeted value
tax on your behalf more than most even though the you could expect to sell the item. of that companys
people will pay on a unit trust commission is also here is no incentive for the products to clients.
investment, for example. based on a percentage company or its commission-earning One of the easiest ways
he life company pays tax on any of your savings. he agents to reduce the values and for the adviser
interest earned on your savings at diference, however, therefore your premiums because to meet the target is
a rate of 30 per cent every year and is that the commission the greater the value, the greater the to switch you over to
on any capital gains realised each year. is only paid as-and- rands you pay. the new company. Its
Very few income earning people pay when you save. You he same thing applies in risk life imperative that you
ILLUSTRATION BY LEANNE BOTHA

an average rate of tax greater than 30 can stop saving assurance. he greater the premium, do your own research
per cent. Your annual tax exemption anytime you wish the greater the commission earned. to ensure youre not
on interest does not apply, nor does the without paying any So you may be sold a policy which has being duped.
capital gains exclusion. But this is not penalty, and you can
pointed out to you. negotiate the amount
Neither are you warned that even if you pay. The entire savings industry, except banks,
your investment performs badly, you A principle called gets away with the percentage racket you
will not be able to cancel the contract conduit tax applies to
without a penalty, or that if you lose unit trusts: every year pay a lot more the more you save

56 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017


THE TROUBLEMAKER
WHOS CHANGING
SILICON VALLEY
Venture capitalist Dave McClure is ready to be taken seriously
Words by Rowland Manthorpe
D
ave McClure doesnt
like venture capitalists.
Most VCs dont work
that hard, he says. hey think
theyre great stock-pickers.
heyre all full of shit. heres
only one he respects: himself.
McClure believes he has
cracked the code of early-stage
venture capital. Rather than
focusing on a few high-value
companies, the traditional
measure of VC success, he is
pursuing a hitherto untried
strategy: investment in bulk.
Since launching Silicon
Valley seed fund and
accelerator 500 Startups with
Christine Tsai in 2010, McClure
has invested in more than 1 600
companies, making lots of
little bets at a rate that now
exceeds 500 a year. Were the
most active investor in the
world. VCs have traditionally
seen themselves as skilled
craftspeople guiding carefully
selected startups towards
a successful exit. McClure
describes 150-person 500
Startups as a factory.
So what is his strategy?
Its stupidly simple. I bet on
a lot of stuf thats low priced
and most of its going to go back
down to zero. But some of its
going to go up. According to
venture capital database CB
PHOTOGRAPH BY RAMONA ROSALES
Insights, nearly one in 100 seed
deals end up being worth more
than $1bn. So if McClure has
500 companies in his portfolio,
he should get ive unicorns.
McClure arrived at this thesis
after two years as an investor at
Sean Parker and Peter hiels
Founders Fund. McClure went
on a pretty fucking amazing
streak, backing Twilio, Lyft,
SendGrid, Credit Karma and
TaskRabbit all multimillion
dollar companies with strong
prospects for exits. But he left
in 2010 feeling his success was
largely down to luck.
I turned down Uber at
a $10m valuation because
I thought Travis [Kalanick] and
Garrett [Camp] were lazy and
rich already, he says. Selecting
unicorns was impossible, he
decided: one could sense
Dave McClure
I turned down Uber at a $10m valuation because
I thought Travis and Garrett were lazy and rich
someone was clever and hard
working, but even the perfect
candidate failed often.
He sees himself as a rebel
against Silicon Valley
consensus. Everybody in limited partnerships should
the industry thinks Im the
crazy person, he complains,
shooting my guns of. But you
get the sense that he couldnt
stop, even if he wanted to.
At a time when rival
accelerator Y Combinator
struggles to explain its links
getting started.
INVESTING
with Trump-supporting hiel,
McClure hopes to become the
go-to for founders outside the
Silicon Valley bro-ocracy.
His brash manner causes
him diiculties. He admits that
large limited partnerships the
funds which provide most of
the capital for VC have been
put of by his sweary criticism
of their approach, or even just
by his appearance. So, as 500
Startups raises its fourth fund,
McClure is trying to win
himself respectability.
He took the step of releasing
detailed data on 500 Startups
performance, to prove that
give us money.
For a man who says his
biggest threat is other people
realising Im right, McClure
spends a lot of time and energy
advertising his approach to
investment. He tweets and
blogs. He appears on podcasts
and speaks at conferences.
he bad news for McClure
is that his message might be
getting through. Y Combinator,
his biggest competitor, has
started investing in much
greater numbers.
But McClure isnt worried.
For him, the real competition
isnt among accelerators, but
between accelerators and
traditional business. Where
many people see a bubble, he
sees a world in which startups
are becoming the dominant
form of business. Cost of
computing is cheap, the
accessible audience online is
very large its less intensive
to build online businesses that
can access the world.
But in the midst of all this
innovation the venture
system has remained largely
unchanged. Its an incredibly
ineicient industry thats in
the business of disrupting
everybody else but it hasnt
been disrupted itself. Why is
there no Amazon for VC, why
is there no Google for VC? Well
there is its Y Combinator
and its us. But were just
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 Ermenegildo
Zegna jacket
R63 850, shirt
R4 280. Calvin
Klein jeans R2 499.
Veja Bastille
sneakers R2 190.
BMW motorbike
Fafs own

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SS ACT
South Africas
cricket
captain Faf du
Plessis is a
rare individual
hes a biker,
a surfer,
a hipster,
and an
unflappable
leader whos
turned his
team into
a winning unit

Words by Grant Shub

Photographs by Justin Polkey

rancois du Plessis is
one of a handful of
Proteas cricketers
who play in all three
formats of the game,
the diference is he captains the
Test and T20 teams. He has earned
plaudits for his leadership style and
won the hearts of many for staying
true to his principles. Its a role he
appears to relish . A few days after
this interview he scored a career-
best 185 runs. He talks here about
how controversy galvanised the
Proteas into a winning unit, the
Versace Collection
absence of his close friend AB de sweater R5 750,
Villiers from the Test arena, and his shirt R4 695
individual sense of style. >>

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 Puma x Daily Paper
track top R2 199,
T-shirt R699, track
pants R1 799.
Puma Blaze of
Glory Limitless
sneakers R2 599

I see
myself
heading
towards
the 2019
World Cup
playing all
formats of
the game
and then
calling
time
on my
career
Inns N.O. Runs Best Ave

Tests 38 60 8 2336 137 44.92

ODIs 107 103 13 3943 185 43.81

T20s 36 36 6 1129 119 37.63

His 185 vs Sri Lanka was the second highest score for
South Africa in ODIs and 11th best in the world. He is South
Africas most consistent batsman across all three formats.

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GQ: Mintgate blew
up on the tour of
Australia this year.
Did you secure
any endorsemints
as a result?
Faf du Plessis: No, strangely
not. Im so surprised that no
one has contacted me over
a mint endorsement. Surely
someone should tap into this
because I believe its the best
advertisement you can get for
your brand. On a more serious
note, the mint controversy was
so ridiculous. We were in
Australia but it was like being in
Hollywood. here were cameras
everywhere and I became
the centre of attention. he
Australian media is a powerful
beast and they turned the story
into a monster. It was pretty cool
for me to see how the team stood
up against it together and backed
me. heir message was clear:
you dont take on our captain
and get away with it. he situation
galvanised us as a group and it Emporio Armani
provided an opportunity to suit R18 650,
sweater R6 250
show people how strong we are
as a unit. >>

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GQ: How did the
Proteas change their
fortunes around?
FDP: We sat down as a team and
really got stuck into the ghost of the
2015 World Cup and the snowball
efect it had on the team. We were
all in diferent places emotionally
and we asked tough questions,
such as: were we still as proud and
as driven to play for South Africa as
we should have been? Perhaps there
was a shortfall in that department
and we discussed it in real depth
for a long time. We were extremely
honest with one another.
Conversations happened in a real
way and Owen Eastwood, a team
culture expert, guided the process
and drove the camp. When you play
cricket for South Africa you are
expected to perform at a very high
level because we are an extremely
proud nation when it comes to
results. he right culture in our
team has enabled us to turn things
around. We are going places where
not many teams have gone before
and thats really exciting for the
future of our side. We have discussed
our long-term goals and the aim is
to get back to being the number one
Test team in the world. We also
want to win the Test Championship
and reach the inal of next years
T20 World Cup because once you
reach a inal its anyones game.
And a number of the senior players
and I are aiming to win the 2019
World Cup in order to end our
international careers in style.

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three piece suit
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Sherman shirt
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 GQ: Whats your
assessment of
AB de Villierss
absence from the
Test format?
FDP: I cant sit and say he should be THE
playing Test cricket because the guy
has being doing it for 12 years and CAPTAINS
106 Test matches. It translates to so
much time away from home and
CHOICE
people have to understand that there
is the human side of the decision to
consider. However, from a cricket COLOGNES
point of view, I would obviously be Tom Ford and
the first to say that AB needs to play Valentino
Tests for South Africa as he is one of
the best batsmen in the world. For B E AT S
him, its about spending more time at he Chainsmokers
home and getting to the 2019 World and Hillsong United
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Cup. He wants to ensure that he

remains mentally fresh and his body
is still going strong. Im in a different CASUAL WEAR
boat. I see myself heading towards Puma
the 2019 World Cup playing all
formats of the game and then calling
SUITS
time on my career. I fully respect
Giorgio Armani
ABs decision but I dont agree with it.
and Hugo Boss

GQ: How
TOUGHEST
disruptive is OPPONENT
Kolpak and what Saeed Ajmal
are your views
TWITTER
on professionals FOLLOWERS
taking up better
contracts? 1.06M
FDP: Every single player in Dolce & Gabbana I N S TAG R A M
our country will have a diferent jacket R17 000, FOLLOWERS
top R6 000, pants
motivation for leaving and one
can never sit on the outside and
challenge them for making those
R12 000, shoes
R9 786. Panerai
499k
watch Fafs own
decisions. Its their future and has
nothing to do with me or Cricket
South Africa (CSA). For Kyle Abbott
it was a case of job security. It was
about securing his future in the
best way that he could. Rilee
Rossouws defection underlines
that players are also leaving earlier GQ: Tell us about your sense of style and the
in their careers owing to the threat adrenalin fixes you have found away from the field.
of missing the boat if the Kolpak
window closes due to Brexit. CSA FDP: When it comes to casual wear Im actually a massive hipster and enjoy wearing funky,
needs to be proactive, by paying street-style clothing. I love fashion and shopping. If you put me in a mall I can easily shop for two
more and ofering longer or three hours! When it comes to smart functions, I really like the look of a quality, tailored suit.
contracts. Stability is the key to I hardly ever get the opportunity to wear suits, so hopefully post-cricket its something I will be
success and you want to build able to do. By relocating to Cape Town over two years ago, my eyes have opened to a new world.
a team that is going to take the he Mother City convinces you to try outdoor activities. I ride a vintage BMW R65 Cafe Racer
country forward. motorbike, and suring is a new hobby which teammate Dale Steyn introduced me to.

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An easy DIY guide to improving
your apartment

64 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017

 INSIDE STORY

NORDIC HACK: ADD COLOUR TO UNLIKELY PLACES

Another thing Scandinavians do exactly right (other than perfect bicycles,
knits and blonde Bond girls) is the surgical and thoughtful use of paint on floors,
THREE WAYS furniture, trim and ceilings, and as a sparing accent against walls of cloud white.
Its a look that couldnt be sleeker. Heres the case for our favourite Nordic hack.
TO MAXIMISE
THE SPACE IN
YOUR FLAT
Tips by Holly LIGHTING
Hamlyn, interior Installing downlights,
co-ordinator with dimmers and recessed
lighting keeps things soft and
urban apartment
inviting, while strip lights
developers Blok provide illumination when
you need it.
DECLUTTER
Dont over complicate
things. Choose smaller,
lightweight pieces,
especially for the main
items. Sofas with feet will
feel less bulky, elevating
them and making them
seem lighter. Coffee and
side tables with frames
instead of solid bases
allow for other elements
to be seen through them
and dont feel so intrusive.

LIGHT UP
Lighting can totally alter
how a space feels. Firstly,
a slightly warm light will
be a lot more inviting than
WORDS BY PAUL SEPTHON, ANDREW GOBLE AND SARAH BALL. PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARL ROGERS.

a cold blue one. Then,

select areas to focus on:
down lighters in the
functional areas such
as the kitchen and more
play with pendants over
SEVENONT DEVELOPMENT BY BLOK AND INTERIORS BY PINCANSSO DESIGNS
SHELVES
Dont hide your cool
kitchen accessories.
Displaying them on
floating shelves makes

a dining table. Table lights them part of your decor.

are great to create a cosy
space, while LED strip
lights under shelving add
extra detail.

LAYER
Get bedside lighting in
a brass finish to add
a masculine luxe finish.
Large scatter cushions
are an opportunity to add
colour and texture. Other
styling layers can be
added such as beautiful
books, a darker toned
wall behind the bed,
a simple geometric rug
and even a beautiful black
and white drawing or print
above the bed.

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 YOUR BEDROOM SHOULD BE AS WELL
DRESSED AS YOU ARE
Its the last stop and your last chance for taste

Some of the most stylish guys we know have a bad habit of

ignoring their bedrooms: humdrum sheets, suspiciously
off-white pillowcases, and duvets so threadbare they look like
the same ones their moms bought them before they went
to college. But overhauling your bedroom is easy: when youre
shopping for bedding, look for the designers youre already
wearing. Whether theyre vibey geometric shapes, classic chalk
stripes, or enough palm fronds to shade all of Bermuda, youll
give your favourite patterns more real estate than your tie rack
ever could.

A LITTLE LOVE FOR THE

BATHROOM, PLEASE
Designers know their way around
a renovation. Learn from Jessica
Helgerson on how to elevate
your lavatory

Replace your hardware

Swap out plastic towel bars, rusty shower
fixtures and banged-up faucets for natural,
unlacquered brass the right kind of patina.

Throw in a few plants

They provide visual texture, bringing softness
and giving the eye a refreshing pause from the
hard surfaces throughout most bathrooms.

Make your towel a design piece

Its a way to add colour and pattern without
committing to a more long-term finish, such
as paint or tiles.

TAKE NOTE
Craig Raeside,
proprietor at Crma
Design, shares five
pieces of golden
advice he wished
hed known when
he was younger
1 Dont buy pieces of furniture or lighting
immediately, as you see and like them.
Decide on a style (starting a Pinterest
board will soon steer you in a direction)
and stick to it.
2 Less is more. Rather than filling your
space with average pieces, take your time
and save up to buy investment, quality
pieces that will stand the test of time.
3 Try to avoid investing in quality pieces
until youre in a home you feel youll be in
for a while. The space itself influences the
pieces you end up buying to a large extent.
4 Keep the space neutral and introduce
up to two accent colours only.
5 Be careful when mixing timbers rather
contrast them than try to match.

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 INSIDE STORY

THE RETROFIT
FIVE APARTMENT ESSENTIALS
FUNDAMENTALS YOUR RENTAL
Superbalist.coms apartment buyer
Chevaune Morrison takes us through Dont be afraid of Senior designer
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an empty apartment, start with these On ceilings, it brings in
Sawyer Berson
more natural light and
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1. Quality 5. Art higher ceiling. And on any your lease
combos Art is a great
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and timeless colour
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just a few accents.
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Go for a natural close to the ceiling as
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material, like cotton possible (and allow the
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Fewer things
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One thing. Maybe two. is to disappear them
Think of your house as Shelves and the stuff
a museum. If youre going you put on them are an
to the trouble of hanging underrated design
something up, it should element. The simpler the
be showcased. The spot better, says Sawyer. You
on your wall is almost want to place the focus
more important than on the objects the
what you place on it. Feel shelves are supporting:
free to swap things in and art in the form of a print,
out as an easy way to books, or your Jordans
reboot your interior. collection.

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 Bruce Greenwood
(as Gil Garcetti)

A salute and a question

to Team OJ
Words by Caity Weaver
Photographs by Peter Hapak

David Schwimmer Sterling K Brown

(as Robert Kardashian) (as Christopher Darden)

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Courtney B Vance Kenneth Choi
(as Johnnie Cochran) (as Judge Lance Ito)

Cuba Gooding Jr Sarah Paulson

(as OJ Simpson) (as Marcia Clark)

MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 69

 time and the mistreatment of earlier
DID HE and I had decided
on this without
examining the
people. So this was almost a making-up.

DO IT? facts. But given

what Marcia went
through and given Its not my job to claim
We ask the cast of he what I was asked to
do [in playing her],
Simpsons guilt or
People vs OJ Simpson: perception was
very much in the
innocence. heres still
American Crime Story forefront of my questions either way
mind and how
the question everyones decisions are made Cuba Gooding Jr
still wondering about based on very little
information.
Sterling K Brown (as Christopher
Cuba Gooding Jr (as OJ Simpson) John Travolta Darden)
I had an opinion when the trial came out (as Robert For me, with all the evidence that I saw,
that I didnt care if he did it or not. I just Shapiro) and playing Christopher Darden, its the fact that he did
didnt want another black man railroaded. I think that the hard for me not to think like [Darden] it. And theres so
As I researched this role, I would go evidence feels thought. The evidence led to one person. much damning
through all of the documentaries that overwhelming that A lot of people have questions as to evidence that he
proved his innocence, and all the he did. But I cant whether somebody else couldve possibly had to have done it.
documentaries that proved his guilt. And declare that. I been involved, which is possible.
now Im overrun with information from think my character Anythings possible. But I definitely Bruce Greenwood
almost every perspective and point of thought he did think he was present at the deaths of Ron (as Gil Garcetti)
view. [Producer] Ryan Murphy and I got to I never talked to Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. The evidence is
a point where he would say, Do this take Shapiro, but all the beyond clear. Yes.
where Simpson is struggling with the guilt recommendations Courtney B Vance (as Johnnie Cochran)
of what he has done. And then, On this he was making... I dont know. I dont. Its like, Who shot David Schwimmer
take I need you to do it where hes innocent Toobin wrote the Kennedy? I think we will find out in the (as Robert
and hes feeling the frustration. book [on which by and by. I know hes in jail now. Kardashian)
Its not my job to claim [Simpsons] guilt the series was And there was some angst there about Im not going to
or innocence, because I dont want people based] with the something. Only he knows. Theres answer that. I
to see my performance and think it was declarative. And something about our American psyche mean, I definitely
based on one concept or the other. heres I think he wrote theres a river of discontent thats going have an opinion.
still questions either way. And I think my character with through our country. And it was always It seems that
anybody who believes hes guilty theres that declarative. going through our country, from the time Kardashian had
nothing Im going to say thats going to Its hard, when you we began. The slavery issue, our issues his, his doubts
sway them. Or anybody that thinks hes put all the pieces of sexism, and racism But thats life. that he himself
innocent if he came out of jail and said, together, to not see Were always going to be battling against expressed in
I did it, theyll be like, Jail must have that [Simpsons something. The question is: are we going other interviews
broke him. What I dont want is for people guilt] is a strong to deal with it? Are we going to look at it? after the trial.
not to tune in because its like that actors possibility. But Or are we going to continue to bury it? Specifically, with
giving that performance. could I absolutely And I think [ producers] Murphy, Brad Barbara Walters.
say? I cant. I think Simpson and Nina Jacobson brought the That there was
Sarah Paulson (as Marcia Clark) the implication project to the fore at the right time to a lot of the blood
Does it matter what I think? I do think he is there. here continue our discussions. The madness evidence was
did it. I thought he did it before I played was too much of our country, but the beauty of it, is something that he
the part. But, in all fairness to him, [evidence] for you that the fabric is stretchy. It stretches, could not get his
I thought he did it based on my loose not to come to that but it cannot break. We cannot allow the head around. So
understanding of what had happened conclusion. But the fabric of our society to tear. And some I think even
because I wasnt that focused on the trial. win had so much things are worked out in the courts, and one of Simpsons
I was 19 at the time. Now my opinion is more to do with in the Congress, but some things are closest friends had
one based on what I think are irrefutable other things, as the worked out in the human heart. reservations and
pieces of evidence, plain and simple. hat show explained. was conflicted
comes from having played Marcia. But To do with the race Kenneth Choi (as Judge Lance Ito) about his
I had a moment of, wow, I did think this, situation at the I think that the hard evidence points to innocence.

70 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017

John Travolta
(as Robert Shapiro)

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Donald Glover plays
Earnest in Atlanta
HOW THE TOPOGRAPHY
OF TV HAS SHIFTED
Streaming is ringing in the changes
Words by Jason Parham

W
hen TV by now pioneering comedies comedy; John
I think like Good Times and The Cosby Ridleys potent
back Show seemed like relics of a more serial drama
DONALD GLOVE R to growing up conventional time and over the course American Crime;
Homecoming king of Atlanta in 1990s Los of 11 years, UPNs show creators and Amazons
Angeles, its staff writers rendered black Americans Transparent
the cultural in full, vibrant strokes. These were not tackles trans
Words by Mark Anthony Green touchstones tales of the exceptional but of the identity and
Photograph by Peter Hapak I land on first. mundane. On sitcoms like Moesha and ageism with
Of those, none The Hughleys , the rigours of teenhood compassion
Sometimes you have to give remains quite and family life were made plain in and quirkiness;
people what they dont know so vivid as the episodes dealing with financial security Netflix boasts
they want, says Donald Glover. launch of United and substance abuse. Malcolm & Eddie Orange Is the New
Before he was the creator Paramount introduced the peaks and valleys of Black and Narcos .
of FXs Atlanta, he was kind of Network. UPN black entrepreneurship. With The All of them, in
a professional friendly face couldnt match Parkers and Girlfriends , the image varying ways, tap
(see The Martian and the budget of of the Black Woman morphed and into the rich and
Community). But with Atlanta, broadcast rivals, expanded before viewers eyes she complex palette
we saw something different. but it was the only was loving, she was witty, she was of daily life.
People want the myth of one of the big vulnerable, she was free. These shows Yet for all the
Atlanta, but we didnt want to US broadcasters were disruptive by virtue of their very inclusion the
give them just that, Glover says. that devoted a perspective: blackness was the default, streaming
So instead of a half hour of hefty slate of not the subject matter. These were revolution has
voluptuous women, Ferraris and programming people I knew. cultivated across
rappers eating lobster platters to investigating And UPN wasnt totally alone. Major gender, race,
which is how every hip-hop black lives. Even US networks featured an array of shows sexual orientation
song depicts the city Atlanta is more important, devoted to working-class angst (Roc), and religion
about how everyone else in somehow it found brotherhood (New York Undercover), roadblocks persist,
Atlanta lives. The weirdos and an unprecedented and social integration ( The Fresh both in front of the
the conspiracy theorists. The breadth in its Prince of Bel-Air). Still, UPN seemed like camera and behind
ones still chasing their ATL focus. an outlier among a patch of networks it. According to
dream. And its sneaky-brilliant It was a post- more concerned with safer and whiter a 2016 report
Louie if comedian Louis CK boom era for black narratives. And in spite of show ratings, from the Writers
were young, black and which were never anything to brag Guild of America,
not depressed.
Like when Glover created
I am about, the message was palpable:
these stories our stories mattered.
West, minorities
account for 13 per
a black Justin Bieber as in, making The landscape of TV has changed cent of TV writers
a black actor playing Justin since those sitcoms were first aired 20 and remained
Bieber. In a show grounded in TV look years ago, in large measure thanks to the underrepresented
reality, Glover giggles, its introduction of online streaming hubs nearly three to
pretty cool to make Justin
like the like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. one. Even worse:
Bieber black, right? world The sweep of shows is as robust as
its been in decades. Theres The
among scripted
television creators
looks Carmichael Show, a quarrelsome family on broadcast >>

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 Aziz Ansari created
and stars in Master
networks, minorities are of None
underrepresented 11 to one.
The increased viewership among
people of colour arrives at a moment
when companies are offering money and
opportunity in unprecedented amounts.
Out of this cornucopia, online streaming
platforms like Amazon Prime and Netflix
which shelled out $5bn on scheduling
last year have emerged as the new
gatekeepers, holding the keys to a more
idyllic TV topography. Its time to ask
ourselves what new stories should be
told and how creators will go about
telling them.
Shows like Empire and Power traffic
in a one-sided notion of black affluence:
their protagonists acquired wealth
through illegal means selling drugs.
Even Aziz Ansaris Master of None was
criticised for its marked absence of South
and East Asian American women. The
USs middle class is rapidly dissolving, yet
few shows engage the countrys working
poor (though Donald Glovers Atlanta
captures a vision of middle-class atrophy
in brilliant fashion). Despite TVs current
gold rush, shows fail to portray the full
plurality of our day-to-day existence.

Its time to ask Wagner Moura as

Pablo Escobar in
ourselves what new Narcos

stories should
be told
In 2015, Shonda Rhimes creative
architect behind ABCs scheduling block
of Greys Anatomy, Scandal and How to
Get Away With Murder gave a speech
at the Human Rights Campaign gala in
which she voiced her contempt for the
way in which we describe shows that
offer more radiant interpretations of
the human experience.
I really hate the word diversity, she
said. I have a different word: normalising.
Im normalising TV. I am making TV look
like the world looks.
When I think of Rhimes speech, I think
back to UPN and the crop of shows that,
to a young black kid growing up, felt
like the world my world. And I have to
wonder how this era of TV will look to us
in another two decades. Will it seem as
inclusive in hindsight as we professed at
the time? Or will it prove to have been
just a momentary gain?

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 Money spent on
dental work and
travel is never
wasted. Plan to die with
good teeth and great
memories.
2. A man should always
have access to the best
plumber, accountant and
personal trainer that he can
possibly aford.
3. Dont expect the state to
do a thing for you. Ask what
you can do for yourself,
not what your country
can do for you.
4. Seek wealth but despise
riches. A lack of money is
the root of all evil. Nothing
is more time-consuming
than poverty. Money does
not buy you happiness it
buys you time.
5. You can skip anal sex and
bondage, but you should try
a threesome at least once.
Expect a large part of it to be
someone staring out of the
window. Probably you.
6. Drugs should be
behind you by the
time you are 25,
unless your day job
is playing guitar for
the Rolling Stones
TO LIVE BY
(lead or rhythm,
not bass).
Not all rules are made
7. Never hit anyone if
you can avoid it. There
are really only two good
reason to hit someone
geared towards making
you are fighting for
your life or if your
family has been insulted.
76 GQ.CO.ZA MAY 2017
8. Never hit a woman,
a child, and animal or
a man who is incapable
of breaking your jaw.
9. If you hit someone, then try
to keep it neat dont throw
wild, swinging punches. Your
punches should be straight as
a piece if scafolding, and they
should snap back as quickly
as they snap forward (as if
you are catching a ly). he
exception is hooks, which
should be powered by your
hips, not your arms.
A good hook to the
body will break your
assailants ribs and
his will.
10. GOOD MANNERS
ARE IMPORTANT.
here is never an excuse for
rudeness. he quality of
MANIFESTO a life is largely about small
human transactions, and
politeness makes human
existence bearable.
11. You will sometimes
fail. There will never
be a point in your life
when you are too
successful, too old or
too wise to fail. Expect
failure and let it put
steel into your soul.
Be made strong by
your failure and be
made grateful by your
success. Like night and
day, both will surely
come to every life.
to be broken.
GQs Guide to Life is 12. Look after your knees.
If you play sport, then they
will wear out quite soon. If
yours as fulfilling you dont play sport, then
they will wear out quite
as possible suddenly almost certainly
on your childs irst sports
Words by Tony Parsons and Anish Trivedi day, during the parents race.
 13.
Learn
to live
with
what
you
cant
rise
above
Bruce
Springsteen
14. If you and your father have
loud, shouty arguments, then
this is completely natural
but you should make every
efort at reconciliation. he
time that fathers and sons
have together is limited. he
tears you shed at your fathers
funeral should be tears of loss
and grief, not of bitter regret.
15. Always treat your
parents as if they are close
friends who are soon to
move to a distant land from
where it will be impossible
ever to return. Never take
them for granted, no matter
how busy life gets.
You cant imagine your
mother and father dying.
And then they do.
16. Do not become
a father until you
are prepared to
put another
human being
before yourself.
17. Try not to walk past
someone selling he Big
Issue without buying a copy.
Its not a charity. Its a job.
18. For as long as possible, 24. Money spent on education
keep the weight of, the hair is the one investment that will
on and the cock hard. his always show a huge proit.
is the holy trinity of eternal
youth. Technology can help
look at Wayne Rooney or
Hugh Hefner. But resist 25. A lifetime is a lash of lightening
anything that makes you
look like a 65-year-old
in the sky
dinner lady.
Buddha
19. Nobody knows the full
story of a marriage. Not even
the husband and wife.
20. The best cure for jet
lag is sunshine. The best
cure for a hangover is the
Back Doctor Coca-Cola
(regular, not diet). The
best cure for diarrhoea
is live yoghurt. The best
cure for a broken heart
is another trip to the
moon on gossamer wings.
26.
21. Once you
are past 30,
get regular
medicals. An
here will be one night in your life when you
unexpectedly good
turn up for a black tie event in a lounge suit.
calcium score on And there will be another time you are
your arteries will instructed to wear a lounge suit but you arrive
mean as much as an in black tie. We all mess it up sometimes.
unexpected blow When it happens, you just have to butch it out.
job did when you
were 17.
22. Do not prepare begin.
Time is always accelerating.
With every passing season,
a year is always a smaller
percentage of your life.
23. If you and your
woman have loud
arguments, then you
are with the wrong
woman.
MAY 2017 GQ.CO.ZA 77
26. he only success that
matters is being able to live
the life that you want. his
does not mean that there
will never be failure,
disappointment or more
work than you can handle.
Living the life you want
means you will still be
regularly visited by all
of these. And yet it will
always be worth it.
27. Your body will tell
you when it is time to
see a doctor. Only
a fool doesnt listen
to his body.
28.
28. Pay your way. Buy
your round. Avoid
those who go to the loo
when the bill arrives.
No matter how much
money they have, these
are cheap people.
29. Unless you run a global
corporation that will file for
bankruptcy if you dont reply to
email immediately, put away
your phone in a social gathering.
Stop texting. You are not telling
people how wanted you are; just
how rude.
31. Dont worry you will
get a second chance to
get everything right.
Even if it all goes wrong
the marriage, the
career, the life you get
a chance to try again. But
you dont get a third
chance. A lifetime is just
not long enough for
a third chance.
32. Never marry
anyone you do
not intend to
spend your life
with. The average
marriage lasts 10
35. Learn which bridges
to cross and which
bridges to burn.
36. When possible,
get there by walking,
cycling or taking
public transport.
37. Friendship true
friendship with that
special handful of people
takes efort. Left to itself,
it will wither on the vine.
So think about your
friends. Love them and
cherish them. Cut them
some slack when they
make mistakes. Friendship

Only you will know if you need

is important. But
a tattoo. Remember every tattoo is years, so the odds remember that we are
a statement (even a drunken one). are that you will all alone in the universe.
Itll help if you know what these not spend your Never be afraid to ly solo.
symbols mean before inking yourself. You were born alone. And
life with them. you will die alone.
1. Numbers 3. Jesus 4 . Semicolon
But that should be
You may be Sailors would The semicolon your intention.
a gang member. get Jesus on started as a
Gangs often
used numbers
their back,
hoping that
mental health
support group.
38. Fashion is for
to signify seeing his face It was adopted people who want
membership. would mean their by campaigners to be something,
officers would in 2013, and 33. here are lots of or someone. Style
2. Bar codes go easy on marks fabulous women and
When scanned whipping, says membership to is being somebody
GR and bar author of Tattoo the US non-profit
men in the world, but that everyone else
codes can reveal Master Trent Project you can only truly love wants to become.
messages of Aitken-Smith. Semicolon. four or ive of them in
health details Jason Alexander Basson,
about the wearer. 5 . Swallow
a lifetime. GQ Executive Fashion Editor
In sailors terms,
it meant that
youd sailed more
than 5 000
nautical miles
34. Public speaking and practising safe sex are two
skills you need to master. You will be expected to
do both, sometimes at the same event. When
speaking to an audience, you should never reply
too heavily on written notes, but nor should
you try to simply wing it. Both will end in
disaster. Public speaking is
one of those things where you
just have to get through the
pain barrier. When practising
safe sex, make sure you do
not get the thing inside out.
his is surprisingly easy to do,
and will make breakage,
leakage and asso
disaster highly li

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 39. If you do not
have regular 46. Self-pity is
orgasms, you 42. Never more destructive
will die. Your drink at than heroin.
prostate gland lunchtime
will assume unless it
that you have is some
49. You decide if
no further kind of you are going to
celebration. succeed or fail.
interest in the Luck does not
human race come into it. The
and it will rise decision process
goes by many
up and smite names creative
you down. visualisation, the

When the 43. Stun power of positive

thinking, self-
coming stops, them with your hypnosis but it
47. Happiness will
the breathing talent. Dazzle come and go the all comes back to
the same thing. If
is never far them with your important thing is to
recognise it when it you tell yourself
behind. genius. Never be is here. you are going to
do something
half-hearted. well, and you tell

40. Never sleep with

Never be 48. Eat plenty of ibre.
yourself until you
can actually see
Dean Martin
a crazy girl, no lukewarm. maintained that yourself doing it
the key to his
matter what she Attempt to well, then you will.
ADDITIONAL WORDS BY OLIVER FRANKLIN-WALLIS. ILLUSTRATIONS BY GARETH GREY AND OLIVIER BONHOMME

happiness in his
Believe in yourself.
looks like. You knock every last years was not
Do not let
fame, money or
learn the hard way negative thoughts
that it is just not ball out of his friendship
with Frank into your mind.
worth it usually the park. Sinatra, but
the massive
There will be
when she is bowel enough people in
movements your life who will
standing in your he had every be only to eager
driveway at 4am morning.
to underestimate
spray-painting I you, to put you
hate you on your down. Never do it
neighbours car. 44. Routine is good. Routine sets you free. to yourself.
Routine gives structure to the unholy
messiness of existence. But never develop
a routine that you cant walk away from
with ive minutes notice.
50. Enjoy every
sandwich.
41. Never trust a politician,
a prostitute or someone
45. Be decent
who wants you to change and kind to all the
your mobile phone, energy
plan or true love for people who cant do
absolutely no charge. here
is always a charge. anything for you.
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 The
worlds
kitsch
capital
W E L C O M E T O A S TA N A T H E
WORLDS SECOND COLDEST
C A P I TA L A N D I T S M O S T
B E DA Z Z L E D BY FA R

Words by Jake Millar

Photographs by Ryan Koopmans

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 REPORT

K
azakhstan rarely
makes news headlines
internationally. Not
since Borat, anyway.
But back in 1997, the
countrys long-serving
president, Nursultan
Nazarbayev, decided he didnt like where the
countrys capital was sitting, so he moved it
1000km to the north.
Until then, Kazakhstans base was
Almaty, a city of 1.7-million inhabitants in
the countrys south that remains its most
populous metropolis. But that was too close
to China for Nazarbayevs liking.
His new capital, named Astana Kazakh
for capital would be moved further north,
towards the Russian border about 1 000km
away. Over the next two decades, the former
Soviet state poured billions of dollars into
building the most surreal artiicial city the
world has ever seen.
Amsterdam-based photographer Ryan
Koopmans irst visited Astana in 2011.
I sort of just discovered it online, he says.
I was looking for cities that have been
built from scratch like a planned city
and Astana was just one of the most
extreme versions. I went there to take
pictures of the buildings, and realised,
over time, how much material there was
for a long-term project.
In 1999, Astanas population was 281000,
a number that had doubled to at least 600000
by 2007. Latest igures indicate theres now
more than 800000 residents, making it
Kazakhstans second-biggest city.
he population has gone up as quickly
as it can, says Koopmans. But considering
the sense of scale, it doesnt feel like a lot
of people. heres no urban density, so
its underpopulated, considering the
magnitude of infrastructure large
thoroughfares and boulevards without
much traic.
Getting around usually means trains
(which transport Kazakhs between the
countrys major centres and which can be
old and unreliable), cars and so-called >>

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 and just built it all.

Kazakhstan exported Its very considered

in its layout, but its
hard to place
$35bn worth of oil some buildings are
reminiscent of
last year hence the certain styles, but
then the structure
taste for flashy next to it totally
throws you of. A bit
architecture like one would
Astana Arena looms over humble dwellings
presume a
futuristic city to
look like, minus the
lying cars.
gypsy cabs Planned cities are
unlicensed taxis nothing new. Like
that take passengers Washington DC or
for an agreed fare. Canberra, Astana is
here are also a capital built to
shared mini buses, order. And while
marshrutkas, which Canberra delivers
transport locals roundabouts,
within the city. Astana ofers
he people are a spectacular
very friendly and cityscape of
hospitable. Its ultramodern
common to see buildings with
families taking a total construction
their kids out on bill estimated at
the weekend, and $15bn-40bn. Sitting
Ive noticed a lot of in the otherwise lat
children running Kazakh landscape,
around or being these gleaming
walked by their structures stand out
parents, says like a collection of
Koopmans. pricey, futuristic
heres deinitely trophies.
a large business heres the
presence, but its Palace of Peace and
not like the streets Reconciliation,
are illed with a 77m glass
businessmen. pyramid, completed
heyre presumably in 2006 to the tune of
holed up in the big $75m. heres the
modern towers that Kazakhstan Central
hover above. he Concert Hall (cost:
people seem to use $175m), a jumble of
this new landscape glass shards that
as sort of an resemble a lowers
amusement park. The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre by UK architect Norman Foster is shaped like a yurt petals. he
Koopmans Khan Shatyr
has returned to was irst built there was absolutely nothing Entertainment
photograph the city around, he says. Its still a very remote little Centre ($520m),
several times in the metropolis in the middle of nowhere. Its very designed by British
past ive years, and kitsch and over the top, with gold sculptures archtect Norman
says that while it was everywhere. Everythings sort of bedazzled. Foster, is shaped
initially rare to see Hes not wrong. he city serves as like a traditional
foreign tourists, Kazakhstans political and business hub, Kazakh yurt. he
locals are now and is home to the countrys Parliament top loor has a big
becoming used to House, Senate, Supreme Court, Presidential indoor beach very
visitors. Its pretty Palace and a number of large, state-owned Dubai with sand
isolated. Its located corporations. and palm trees.
in the [Kazakh] It feels like someones charted out a big The landmark Bayterek Tower was designed his is in addition
Steppe, and when it symmetrical plan for this amusement park by president-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev to stadiums,

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mosques, shopping buildings were designed by acclaimed global gas resources that Its almost like theyre reappropriating
centres, a glass arts architects, including Brit Norman Foster and have fuelled their own culture, says Koopmans. A lot of
centre known as the late Japanese luminary Kisho Kurokawa, Astanas dramatic these symbols are from the nomadic Genghis
Dog Bowl, a circus who was also responsible for the citys master rise from the Khan era and theyre trying to revive them to
building that looks plan. But its central landmark a colossal Eurasian Steppe. rebuild an identity that was wiped out during
more like a lying pillar known as Bayterek Tower was Kazakhstan the Soviet rule.
saucer, a velodrome President Nazarbayevs own handiwork. exported $35bn Nazarbayev is seen as the father of the
shaped like a cycling Stretching 105m towards the heavens, it worth of oil last year country. People may chuckle at the fact he
helmet, a pair of resembles a giant poplar tree, with an alone hence the has such ultimate rulership, but since his
conical golden observation deck that overlooks the main taste for lashy reign Kazakhstan has turned around from
towers known as square, 97m above ground level a tribute architecture. a dusty place where the Russians used to do
the Beer Cans, and to the year Astana was adopted as the Nazarbayev has nuclear tests. Hes really tapped into the
man-made rivers countrys capital. also used that energy and natural resources of the country,
and lakes. It has a big golden egg on top, adds money to reairm which have actually made it quite wealthy.
Also in development Koopmans, and inside is a huge gold imprint the traditional Still, beyond the conines of the capital,
is Abu Dhabi Plaza, of the Presidents hand, but its way bigger Kazakh identity, things look rather diferent. he majority
a cluster of than a regular persons hand would ever be. dotting the capital of the population would be fairly poor or
skyscrapers It shows his godlike status. with symbols of the existing in this post-Soviet environment,
containing oice, Nazarbayevs been leader of Kazakhstan nations past. where theyre still living in homogenous >>
residential, hotel since the nation
and commercial gained
spaces. he projects independence
due for completion from the Soviet
in 2018, at a cost of Union in 1991,
more than $1.4bn. and remains the
heyre building countrys irst
a bunch of new stuf and only
right now and president. He
theyre doing a lot of was returned to
renovations. When oice for a ifth
I irst went in 2011, term in 2015,
a lot of the major after winning
buildings had just almost 98 per
been inished and cent of the vote.
were so new that he leader
maintenance wasnt has this cult-like
an issue. Over the status where he
years, Ive noticed can do whatever
some of the sheen he wants. Astana
has deteriorated means capital
a little. in Kazakh, and
Koopmans says the idea is that
the city is more when he dies it
fascinating than will be renamed
fun. I wouldnt say Nazarbayev or
I go there to enjoy it. something like
Its interesting for that. But
curious adventure- corruption is big
traveller types, there highways are
are things you could constantly being
ind to do. But by no dug up because
means is there a a contract goes
A golden beer can in a city built to order in the middle of nowhere
bunch of attractions. to a friend of
heyre trying to so-and-so.
change that, but And while many people may consider it to
the extent of the be a relatively minor state, tucked away
entertainment
would be the
somewhere between Central Asia and
Eastern Europe, the truth is its anything
Its kitsch and over
mall and walking
around looking
but insigniicant.
Spanning almost 2.8-million square
the top, with gold
at the garden
landscape and weird
kilometres (an area roughly equivalent in
size to Western Europe), its the worlds
sculptures. Everything
ornaments and
whatnot.
biggest landlocked country and the ninth
largest in the world. It also happens to be
is sort of bedazzled
Many of the sitting on enormous reserves of oil and

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The Khazakhstan Central Concert Hall stands out like a pricey futuristic trophy

concrete 1936, it became part of the Soviet Union created, Astana was heard its absolutely miserable.
communist-era and despite its subsequent independence, named the worlds Astana also has bold ambitions
buildings. In Russia remains its closest ally a large second-coldest nominated as one of the potential host
Almaty, theres part of the reason why Nazarbayev chose capital city after cities in Kazakhstans bid for the 2022
some modern to move the capital closer. Ulaanbaatar in Winter Olympic Games. Its stadiums have
development and Culturally speaking, theres a huge Mongolia held international cycling and speed
thats where a lot identity and relationship with Russia, knocking Ottowa skating races as well as basketball and
of wealthy people says Koopmans. Half the population is in Canada down football games. his year, the city will host
live, but Astana is ethnic Russian in the north, and the to third spot. the 2017 World Fair, an international
the big CBD. language they prefer is Russian. Ive largely been in convention on sustainable energy options
Kazakhstan Politically, theyre still on good terms the spring and ignoring the fact that the whole place was
shares borders because Nazarbayev has been in power summer, says paid for by oil.
with Russia, since the fall of the Union. Its deinitely Koopmans, so the As for its future, Koopmans remains
China, Kyrgyzstan, their closest partner. main thing I want unsure. Its so dependent on the global
Uzbekistan and Summer temperatures in Astana can to do is go back and markets for resources. Plus, Nazarbayev
Turkmenistan, and hit 35C, though winters are cruel and the shoot during the hasnt declared a natural successor and
a large part of the months between December and March dead of winter hes quite old. But if all things are good,
Caspian Sea. In can get as cold as -35C. When it was irst even though Ive I imagine it will just continue to grow.

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Look sharp Live smart

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earth
Mother Nature has the
98
best taste when it
comes to coordinating
colours. Use the desert
as inspiration to convey
a sense of strength and
timelessness through the
combination of brown,
Look expensive
camel, khaki, beige, on a budget
grey and sand tones.

Emporio Armani coat Page

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R26 195, cardigan R6 895.
Versace Collection shirt
R5 150, pants R5 100.
Thom Browne at Extreme
Eyewear glasses R12 000.
Clarks shoes R2 499

Gerald Butler
on masculinity

Khaki
Page

106
Classics
Feeling the call of the wild?
Give your adventure gear an
upgrade, courtesy of these
Inside Virgin Actives
safari-inspired heritage looks newest Classic
Collection gym
Creative direction by Jason Alexander Basson
Photographs by Nikola Borissov

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 A sense
of drama
Bring a sense
of cinematic drama
to your look by
contrasting hard
with soft or formal
with rugged. For
instance, pair a
flowing scarf and
overlong shirt
thats your Eastern
exotic look with
chunky utility
boots. Wear with
a blazer to add
some polish.

Ruald Rheeder
blazer R4 499, shirt
R1 899. Polo pants
R999. The Kooples
scarf R1 899. Jeep
at Footwear Trading
shoes R1 499

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Steampunk
shades
When braving the
elements ensure
your lenses are
polarised and/or tinted
in the correct colour
for your environment.
Also consider a form
of peripheral defence,
like a leather or metal
mesh eye guard
as seen on these
steampunk shield
sunglasses, famously
worn by reggae
musician Peter Tosh.

MrP jacket R369. Zara

shirt R529. Samson
pants R279, scarf R269.
Old Khaki belt R225.
Thom Browne at
Extreme Eyewear
sunglasses R22 700

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 The safari
trench
A throwback to
WWII, this staple is
vital to your outdoor
attire. It has all the
functionality of the
traditional trench
coat, without being
cumbersome. It
also gives you the
refinement of an
urban gentleman.

Resist at Spree
trench coat R699.
Replay shirt R2 450.
Topman pants
R1 499, tie R259.
Zara shoes R1 299

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The safari
shirt
One of your best
go-tos is the
traditional khaki
look. Its a practical
colour for insulating
and radiating heat,
and doesnt show
off dirt too easily.
A sturdy safari shirt
or shirt jacket will
offer you warmth
and protection.
Focus on functional
and formal details.
These will give you
rugged appeal
without loosing that
old school elegance.

Zara shirt R629,

pants R799. Topman
necklace R229,
bracelet R189. Arthur
Jack at Tread+Miller
belt R250, shoes
R1 299

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The dusty
leather jacket
The brown leather
jacket is a must-have
for the outdoor
adventurer. Whether
smooth, scratched,
patched or made of
suede, it adds to that
worn and weathered,
tough guy look. Aside
from being functional,
its also an investment
piece that only gets
better with age. Worn
with a white shirt,
itll make you look like
a seasoned explorer
with a bank account
searching for leisure
and adventure at the
end of the Earth.

Old Khaki jacket

R3 599, shirt R399,
pants R499, belt R275,
scarf R160. Aldo
backpack R999,
boots R2 499

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The white
shirt
From a practical
standpoint you may
not be inclined to
wear white shirts
outdoors, but
combined with
rugged attire it is an
elegant and effective
way of conveying
style. Pay attention
to textile. Given the
context, youll want
something thicker,
sturdier and more
functional than
a simple work shirt.
Wooden buttons are
a unique detail that
elevate the look.

Dickies shirt R399.

Zara pants R629.
Thom Browne at
Extreme Eye-wear
glasses R25 000.
Buren at S Bacher
and Co watch R1 695.
Arthur Jack at
Tread+Miller shoes
R1 299

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 Dont limit
your horizons
You dont have to wear
khaki shorts or chinos
on safari. And who said
blazers dont belong in
the wild? Think outside the
box. Jeans are a practical
option for the wild, and
these days its easy to find
a wash in warm colours,
as seen here. Hybrid shoe
design also means that
there are more elegant
choices when it comes
to outdoor shoes. While
a boot or desert shoe is
a firm favourite, brogues
and other smart-casual
styles of urban footwear
also come with rubberised
soles built for rougher
terrains.

Zara blazer R1 799. Country

Road top R429. Replay
jeans R3 400. Simon & Mary
at Tread+Miller hat R925.
Zenith at Boutique Haute
Horlogerie Pilot watch
R100 000. Clarks
brouges R3 190. Dickies
bag R299

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Pack your
knitwear
Texture goes a long way
in roughing up your
look for the outdoors.
Chunky knitwear plays See whos
wearing what
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and killing it at
adds a textural layer GQ.co.za
without making your
look too soft plus it
keeps you warm.

Diesel jersey R2 799.

Calvin Klein pants
R2 199. Old Khaki belt
R275, bracelet R225.
Herms at Boutique
Haute Horlogerie Arceau
watch R119 500. Aldo
shoes R2 299

Creative Direction, Styling and Set

Design Jason Alexander Basson
Image Retoucher Ivan Yonkov
Groomer Toni Greenberg at One
League Creative Management
Production Thane Barnardo at
Freelink Productions
Fashion Assistant Sasha Mahlalela
Fashion Intern Tina Tshangela
Model Jazz at Cover Model
Management Props Propellor Props

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 Chic
for less
Money cant buy you style. That comes
with good taste and careful consideration.
Here are a few tricks of the trade to help
you fake it till you make it

Words by Jason Alexander Basson

Photographs by Arnaldo Anaya-Lucca

SUITS SELL

Old school or unfashionable, truth is, a suit makes a man look

affluent and influential. There are many affordable suits out
there wear them until theyve helped to leverage you to
a place where you can afford the real deal. Many of these
come in trendy slim cuts and can be worn with sneakers,
pops of colour and prints to make the look more youthful
without compromising on the power of the suit.

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PICKING UP
THE CHECK
Certain print motifs are
considered heritage styles,
like this windowpane check
in charcoal grey. They evoke
a sense of old-world charm
and elegance, which goes
a long way towards helping
you feign that luxury feel
without having to sell any
organs. Pair with a white or
grey shirt featuring a micro
motif at a contrasting angle,
a black tie and black shoes
people will wonder where
youve parked your Bentley.

ROLLING
IN DOSH
Some are wary of rollneck
sweaters, even more so when
theyre worn with suits.
However, the look alludes
to money, sage, sophistication
and a knowledge of culture.
And any man bold enough to
wear a rollneck with a suit has
clearly graduated beyond the
playground of suits and shirts.

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 tyle ADVICE

A W E A LT H O F
COLOUR AND
TEXTURE

In the same way that print

adds depth to a suit,
so does colour and texture,
but be careful. While some
options are trendy and
playful, its the warmer,
more sophisticated
options, like this caramel
brown, that really make
you look expensive. The
combination of the textures
in the sweater and suit add
a sense of maturity to the
look, meaning youll look
older and experienced.
Mission accomplished.

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 PICKING
UP THE
CHECK
SUITS SELL

th & Label
H&M blazer
eater POR
R799

Simo
Cart
blaze
R10
(full
Clot
Lab
shirt
POR Zara shirt R529

Simon Carter
nith El Primero
handkerchief R750,
Chronomaster Power
cufflinks R965
Reserve at Picot & Moss
watch POR
Converse
sneakers R1 749

A W E A LT H O F C O L O U R
AND TEXTURE

Trenery blazer R2 999.

Ben Sherman shirt R1 399
ROLLING
IN DOSH
Zara blazer
R1 799
MODEL: TOM WARREN AT SELECT MODEL MANAGEMENT

Tag Heuer at H&M sweater

Picot & Moss R429
Carrera Calibre
5 Day-Date
H&M rollneck watch POR
sweater R629
Tag Heuer at
Picot & Moss
Trenery pants
Carrera Calibre
R1 599
16 Day-Date
watch POR
Zara pants
R899
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Edited by Bernd Fischer

Gerald Butler exclusive /// Blackheads be gone /// A guide to body hair

The meaning
of masculinity
Gerard Butler is
the quintessential
image of rugged GQ: Your Hugo Boss ad campaign
masculinity. Here threads a narrative of modern
the Hugo Boss masculinity. How did you want
to convey that message?
ambassador GERARD BUTLER: hats what struck
shares his views me immediately when I was irst given
on manliness, that description, like wow, these
guys are really trying to make a
mantras and deinition that can help a modern
his obsession man understand himself and in some
with jackets ways be meaningful something that Boss Bottled Tonic
by Hugo Boss
makes you think about your life and
100ml R1 265
perhaps who you are. I am all about
understanding masculinity having
Words by played a lot of these heroic characters,
Paul Sephton
sometimes modern, sometimes classic.
I am fascinated by that blend of what
a man is supposed to be and the best
way to live your life.

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GQ: What do you consider
the key things in modern
masculinity and your
projection of them?
GB: I think the commercial is
in some ways a more classic
deinition of what it is to be
a man that still holds true today.
To be a man of your word,
authentic, dedicated, to give
your best in everything you do,
to be courageous and stand up in
the face of adversity. Deinitions
need not all be classic examples of
heroism and masculinity but also
show that there is more going on
than that. You want to be strong
but compassionate, to win but not
at all costs.
Winning not just in your career
but also as it applies to all areas of
your life, whether its friendship,
family, recreation or contributing
back to the world. It becomes
a little more freeing and dynamic.
GQ: Hugo Boss has done
a really good job of
integrating classic and
contemporary with its suits.
Whats your view on the way
suiting has changed?
GB: What Ive noticed in my time
is that there has been a deinite
shift. I think suits used to be worn
stily as a uniform and perhaps
less for expression. Nowadays
there is more lexibility in how
you wear a suit and you can
make more of a statement
GQ: Have you picked up any
style tips from working with
Hugo Boss?
GB: Well, the most important
thing to me is how they tailor-
make my suits. Ive learnt the
importance of tailoring a suit and
the diference that it makes that
2mm adjustment makes the world
of diference. he other thing is
how you stand in a suit. I really
enjoy the feeling of actually
wearing a suit, of standing up
holding my shoulders back and
enjoying the presence and
charisma you get from being
in a suit.
GQ: Do you have any other
modern mans uniform?
GB: I never have anything that
I think every guy should own. In
fact, thats not the type of person
I am. I feel quite strongly about the
deinition of a modern man being
able to choose whatever it is he
wants to choose. Dress how he
wants and groom how he wants.
For me personally though, Im
all about jackets cause Im from
Scotland where the weather is
rarely a temperature where you
dont wear a jacket. Jackets have
I am fascinated by that
blend of what a man is
supposed to be and the
best way to live your life
become our way of expressing
ourselves or a style. I live in LA,
and I have all these jackets in my
cupboard and Im like, I know Id
be really hot today if I wore it, but
I really want to wear it.
GQ: Do you have an attitude
that made you beat your
own track?
GB: here are diferent mantras
and principles that have brought
me along the way. In some ways
the most important one was at the
very beginning. Its very simple
and silly but my life was a bit of
a disaster back then: I was a week
away from qualifying as a lawyer
and I was ired because they knew
it wasnt what I wanted to do, or
where my heart lay. It could have
gone two ways, I could have had
a meltdown or I could have taken
advantage of the situation. It
built this mantra of Screw it, Ive
messed it all up so why not aim for
the stars. I allowed that mishap to
make me feel unhindered and free,
like I was able to go to wherever
I wanted instead of being tethered
to a particular career.
When I irst met Larry Moss,
whos a great acting coach I did
one session with 15 years ago just
when I moved to LA, he said. If
not you then who, so why not you?
hat simple slogan helped me
so much because I came from
a culture that was always No,
thats not for you. No, you go
and be successful, and there was
always that kind of chip on your
shoulder. Allowing you to feel
almost like youre not deserving
and like somebody else is going
to beat you there anyway.
Larrys [idea] gave me the
biggest boost of conidence. A lot
of my mantra has been about
ownership of my destiny, just
fulilling my destiny. Another one
Ive had is everything is going to be
alright I remember having that
in my head the irst time I arrived
in LA.
GQ: How have you chosen
your roles?
GB: I always wanted to try and
challenge myself in diferent
genres and diferent roles. I always
felt I had these parts of me that
I was still waiting to show
everybody and I found that
exciting. Even moving into
a musical or an animation or
a black comedy. Ive kind of
deined them in leagues and
worked my way up that way, but it
was always subject to an amazing
script. If there was a great script, it
didnt really matter what genre it
was because once you get that bug,
its hard to let go.
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SKINCARE
Eliminating
blackheads
the right way
Clear skin, closed pores, cant lose
Words by Stephen J Praetorius
F
rom shaving properly to
remembering to moisturise,
combatting oil to managing
acne as a grown-ass adult, youve
got a lot on your plate when it comes
to taking care of your face. But
even with all that efort, chances
are that at one point or another,
a blackhead or two is going to pop
up somewhere between your ears.
Lifes just unfair that way.
Now, though they may be less
conspicuous than their pulsing
acne cousins, blackheads can
be just as unsettling. And if left
untreated, they can and will get
exponentially worse. hats why its
important to do everything in your
power to fend them of at irst sight.
Here, a few of our best tips on how
to clean out clogged pores and
regain clear, pothole-free skin.
Step away from the strips
Weve all seen the commercials:
a pretty girl, lamenting the poor
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quality of her obviously lawless
skin, applies what appears to be
a piece of tape to her nose. hen,
what were told is 10 minutes later,
she removes the tape, scrunching
her little brow upon seeing all the
muck now stuck to it. Its all very
convincing. Unfortunately, its
also kind of bullshit.
he fact of the matter is,
while skin strips may work in the
short term to get rid of ofending
blackheads, they do nothing to treat
the root of the problem the oil, dirt
and dead skin cells buried deep in
your pores. On top of that, theyre
not at all gentle on skin, especially
if its already vulnerable due to
dryness, breakouts or sunburn. So
instead, we suggest trying a pore
extractor, like this double ended
Blackhead Remover from he
Body Shop (R85). he same tool
a dermatologist would use, itll help
to force out all the gunk thats really
ground in there, so your blackhead
problem wont come back to haunt
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CLEAN Get your hands on the
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PORES Looking for a solution thats a little
less hands-on? hen the irst thing
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regular grooming products for
those that contain a few key
blemish-ighting components.
One such ingredient: salicylic acid.
Found in products like Eucerins
DermoPURIFYER Cleanser (200ml
R140), itll help keep blackheads
at bay by unpacking pores and
The Body Shop encouraging skin to shed dead
Blackhead cells. Another ingredient, retinoids,
Remover like those in Dermaceutic Activ
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Eucerin
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While dirt and oil are often seen as
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200ml R140
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skin is particularly blackhead-prone.
hat could mean switching up your
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Men Expert Pure & Matte Deep
Exfoliating Wash (150ml R90).
Or it could mean going heavy-duty
Dermaceutic and investing in an exfoliating
Activ Retinol 0.5 face brush, like this one from
Anti-Age Serum Dermalogica (R295). Either way,
30ml R1 000 scrub well for best results.
As always, moisturise
Weve said it before, and well say
it again: only good things will
ever come of moisturising. hat
sentiment holds true just as much
LOral Men
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Leave it to the pros
Want clear skin on your face, but
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trying to grow it back to your
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5 EYEBALL IT
After the initial pass on
the chest and once youve

to do with it
How to not get carried away
trimmers; they tend to be wider
at the head since the task at
hand is less cosmetic. Just dont
get them mixed up. Check out
the Philips Bodygroom Series
Words by Adam Hurly 3000 (R669). his showerproof
device can trim
longer hairs
with its
adjustable
guards or
shave
everything
right to the
skin (with a
minimal risk of
razor burn and
ingrown hairs).
START WITH A
4 HIGHER GUARD
SETTING
Just like the barber says when
you get a haircut: you can
always cut it shorter if the irst
pass is too long. And, while
this might add minutes to your
chest-trimming routine, it
saves days (or even weeks) of
settled on that desired length
you may notice a few patches.
Its hard to get a uniform trim
across the contours of the
chest. his is where you may
just have to go in without
a guard to trim away the hairs
that escaped the trimmer. As
a backup, you can always bring
in some nose-hair trimmers
for this step. Dont rush it
the slightest slip of the wrist
could lead to a totally bare
patch. his gets trickier with
shorter hair, but theres
one good way to cheat: use
a ine-toothed comb as your
guard, and comb against the
grain to get the hairs to stand
up. As you trim, you should
have more control over the
end result. We recommend
Tweezerman Facial Hair
Scissors and Comb (R300).

L
ets get one thing
established: body hair is
great. Nobody least of
all us should demand that
you keep it trimmed, waxed
or shaved at all times. But
charming as your hirsute
situation may be it still needs
periodic taming, for both
aesthetic and hygienic
reasons. Here are the baseline
parameters to follow, even
if you have no plans to go
shirtless any time soon.
AVOID RAZORS
1 Razors invite an entire
skincare regimen that wed all
rather skip: constant blade
replenishment, a warm shower
to prep the skin, messy
shave cream application and
a disinfecting post-shave
wash. he best way to uphold
a low-maintenance body-
grooming routine is to stick
with an electronic trimmer,
and just accept that youll
always have a baseline of
stubble. (Do you really want
to be hairless anyway?) If you
dont involve a razor, you
wont break out since theres
far less risk of bacterial
infection. Hopefully youve
got a signiicant other who
can get those back patches.
DONT USE A
2 BEARD TRIMMER
he point here is to save
time, without compromising
hygiene. heres a diference
between a beard trimmer and
H E R E S H O W T O TA K E C A R E
OF THOSE SPECIAL REGIONS
FOR THE PITS
Take of a centimetre or two of armpit hair to buy
yourself a couple months of time. hen, rest your arm
at your side, and trim away any hair that sticks out
between the arm and chest.
FOR THE PACKAGE
Be careful down there. Put a short guard on your
clippers, hold your member in your less dominant
hand and try not to touch down on the skin. Dont
shave your shaft or balls all the way down to the skin,
cause no one wants to encounter stubble down there.
FOR THE FEET
You dont need to trim your feet hair, but if you insist,
snip things down with those nose-hair scissors.

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YOUR GYM JUST

GOT UPGRADED
What do you expect from a gym? Work stations? Uncapped WiFi?
A wine bar? A groom den? For the right price, the Silo District Virgin
Active has that, and a whole lot more
Words by Paul Sephton

Lounge and work station

I
m doing my usual is gym, right? We endure weight dropping, grunting, sweat
routine, and waterfalls and narcissism hives for the greater good of a healthy
theres this guy on body with which to forklift those 2am pizza slices into our mouths.
a stationary bike Now, while the pizza slices wont change, the gyms and health
next to me. I swear clubs are. Resilient to all nature of exercise fads, the health club
to God his body has stands the test of time, and is now getting a serious upgrade.
some kind of sluice Leading the pack is Virgin Actives Classic Collection, most
or slipway; sweat recently unveiled at Cape Towns Silo District (read: shit hot
has never left trend spot).
someone with So whats diferent about a Classic Collection Club? Well
such enthusiasm like its everything. he curation behind the Silo District health and
trying to escape his body wellness space rivals the neighbouring Zeitz Museum of
with Shawshank Redemption Contemporary Art Africa (due to open in September).
levels of commitment. Such

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Bath and sauna
Its not so much whats in the play
pen as much as waiting for you out
of it that separates this club
Rain shower
It features the latest of
everything in cardio and
strength equipment,
Wattbikes decorate the
intelligent spinning studios,
and suspension yoga is just one
of the classes on ofer. Its not
so much whats in the play pen
as much as waiting for you out
of it that separates this club.
Spa pools, steam rooms and
saunas, rain power showers,
a Kohu Caf & Wine Bar,
FoxBox Groom Den and
shoeshining services cover
your upkeep, and if you wanted
to bootstrap a startup, youd
also be covered. iMac work
stations, uncapped WiFi,
wireless printing and lockers
with built-in charging points
make taking business meetings
and getting the job done easier
than your yoga class.
Virgin Active Collection, Silo
4, South Arm Road, V&A
Waterfront, virginactive.co.za
Aneeka Buys
is one of the Silo Districts top
personal trainers, so we checked
in to find out what she likes
seeing most in a guy. Follow her
on Instagram at @fitgirlza.
Shoulders
Theres something to be said about
a really beautiful pair of shoulders.
Theres nothing more sexy than great
shoulders filling out a shirt.
The exercise:
The important part to remember is
that there are three muscles that
make up the shoulder complex. The
full ROM (Range of Motion) shoulder
raise is the one exercise that targets
the entire shoulder complex. Start off
as you would a front barbell shoulder
raise, and extend the bar all the way
overhead, keeping your arms straight
Strength training equipment all the way through your reps.
Glutes
Just as much as guys love a great
bum, we love them, too. A guy with
a great bum just moves differently
with more sway in his shoulders.
The exercise:
The greatest glute, and overall lower
body exercise, is the squat. An
important thing to remember is the
high chest position, dropping the
glutes back and as low as possible,
Changing room and making sure the knees dont
extend beyond your toes.
Shoeshining bar
Hamstrings
It may be that athletic thing I was
talking about earlier, but Ive got
a real thing for great hammies.
The exercise:
Deadlifts are best. It not only works
on the hamstring, but the entire
posterior chain. >>
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WHAT IS A
WATTBIKE?
Designed in partnership with
Olympic cyclists, the Wattbike is
an indoor bike which replicates
the smooth feel of the road and
measures your performance,
specifically your power output,
in watts 100 times a second
for instant feedback on your
pedaling technique, muscle
activation and heart rate.
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post-workout
snacks
We often forget that nutrition
is actually the most important
part of our training. After
your workout have a snack
containing proteins,
carbohydrates and fats.
You want to replenish the
lost nutrient stores as soon
as possible.
Whey protein
pudding
1 scoop whey protein,
3 tablespoons full fat
Bulgarian yoghurt,
Handful of raspberries
S TO P Mix whey and yoghurt and top
D O I N G TH E S E with raspberries.
TH I N G S N OW
DROPPING WEIGHTS
I always find it fascinating why some guys feel it necessary to press 40kg
a side during a shoulder press, and then drop the weights at the top of the rep.
I know its heavy, but if you could pick it up, Im sure you could put it down.
Chia pudding
NOT REPLACING WEIGHTS
2 tablespoons
chia seeds,
More often than not, this happens at the leg press. The machine is stacked
Almond milk
with 120kg a side, the person does six reps (very impressive) and then leaves
it for the next person to replace.
Soak the chia in the almond
milk overnight. Add banana,
SELF-TALK DURING WORKOUTS chopped almonds and honey.
I love that people can motivate themselves to push through a workout, but Ive
seen men stare at themselves and scream at a mirror just before starting a set.
Its distracting and makes it very awkward for the rest of us.
NOT DOING CARDIO BECAUSE
YOURE GOING TO LOSE YOUR GAINS
Cardiovascular exercise is good for you. Most athletes do a combination of
strength and cardiovascular exercise, and theyre not losing their speed or Banana pancakes
power. Whats the point of having muscles, but youre not fit? 1 egg
1 banana, mashed
STARING AT WOMEN WHEN Whisk together and pour
THEYRE IN THE FREE WEIGHTS SECTION pancake-sized dollops into a
I know its something men arent used to, but its no longer the 80s and we heated pan coated with coconut
dont only want to do aerobics with Jane Fonda. Strength training is good for oil or cooking spray.
us, too.
 ody HEALTH

HOW TO
EAT RIGHT
The quickest way to optimal health
is to eat balanced, nutrient-dense,
whole foods. And to keep exercising.
Heres what should be on your plate

CUT THAT OUT!

Sugar, obviously. We
trust you know enough
by now to want to avoid
diabetes, heart disease
and an ever expanding
waistline. Look out for
added sugar in snacks.
Eat a piece of fruit
instead.

Sweetened beverages,
especially soft drinks.
Even those with a health
halo around them, such
as veggie juices and
smoothies can be
problematic. The calories
add up quickly, and they
may cause spikes to
COLLAGEN FERMENTED NUTRIGENOMIC SOUPS blood sugar levels. And
Great for muscles, FOODS MEALS Switch from detoxing they cant take the place
bones, skin and A healthy gut (were This is a precise technique to with store-bought fruit of chomping down on
tendons, it is the glue talking about the figure out what foods will keep juices (many of which a healthy meal.
that holds your body good bacteria that you feeling light. Nutrigenomics have added sugar) to
WORDS BY RYAN FERNANDO AND STAFF. ILLUSTRATION BY KEENAN JEPPE

together. Your diet reside in your gut (gene testing for nutrition) home-cooked soups. Processed foods
should have plenty of here) means a identifies food groups that work Soups have nutrients are often full of added
collagen-rich foods, healthy you. Eat best for you depending on what from veggies and tons sugars, flavourants and
including fish (salmon probiotic-rich foods your body processes most easily. of fibre, so youll be chemicals which cant be
and tuna), dark such as sauerkraut, There are four genes that fuller for longer and good for you no matter
green and orange kimchi, kefir and govern the absorption, digestion take in fewer calories. how convenient.
vegetables, as well kombucha daily. and processing of food in the
Red meat, while not
as strawberries human body, says nutritionist GOOD HABITS
bad for you in limited
and raspberries. TURMERIC Ryan Fernando. If someone TO KEEP UP
amounts, has been
This wonder spice cant absorb gluten properly, Swap processed
classified by the WHO as
NATURAL contains curcumin, for example, the result can be sugar for natural a probable carcinogen.
SUPPLEMENTS a super-healthy a cascade effect of gluten sweeteners like honey. High intake is linked to
Shift from chemical compound that has intolerance, which could lead to Favour coconut oil for chronic diseases like
protein supplements anti-inflammatory an auto-immune disorder, bad healthy fats. Include diabetes, cardiovascular
(such as whey) to and pain reducing skin, acne, dandruff, irritable a shot of apple cider disease and cancer. Red
more natural ones: properties. Its best bowel syndrome, thyroid issues. vinegar to boost meat and dairy are the
organic brown rice consumed with Its simple: eating according to weight loss and lower most environmentally-
protein powder, black pepper to aid your genetic composition will give blood sugar levels. Up disastrous foods around.
vegan pea protein, its absorption into you optimum results, as your your number of daily Enjoy a few meat-free
soya supplements. the body. brain will function better, too. steps to 15 000. days in your week.

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FAKE OR 5 Sundae
his insane
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of bacon, vanilla ice Sh
cream and rich maple A
topping has, at press of
time, killed 137 people cr

REAL?
Half the foods on this list are
in the US. Ha! Just
kidding, Dennys
regulars and lawyers!
Most of them are still in
ca
a
camel milk, which is known
to pack a wide variety of natural
the hospital having their antioxidants found only in humps.
terrifyingly real. Take our quiz to intestines removed.
find out which ones are fake and
which you can actually eat
The Tobacco
9 Flatbread Pizza
WEIRD FAKE FOOD MASH-UP Available only at an artisanal-
OR ACTUAL MENU ITEM? wood-ired-pizza house in Texas, the
Tobacco Flatbread mixes roasted red
peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh
Beef Guac-hos basil and a light sprinkling of tobacco,
1 Nachos are designed to be shared, which is good, giving it a raw yet earthy lavour.
as this party platter, topped with three avocados and
countless scoops of ground beef, can comfortably nourish
the entire Springbok forward pack. Double
6 Down
Quesadilla Burger sandwich
2

S
o a New A US restaurant chain took Bread is stupid. I know
York bar a cheeseburger and wrapped it, and you know it and me ham
created a quesadilla around it. Or took a Colonel Sanders knows shoe
a gourmet quesadilla, pried it open with tongs it. Nows he taken the y we made
pizza topped with and shoved a bacon cheeseburger in boring old sandwich, one up,
Cheetos; its a fancy there. Its unclear. removed its idiotic eriously,
blend of cavatappi bread and installed long can
pasta, Bchamel two fat chicken lanks
sauce, a signature instead. Comes combo
cheese blend, and The Skittles with fries and a soft
the number-one 3 and Twix drink, in case youre
reason your video- Bar Shake worried about making
game controllers no A Dunkin Donuts it through the rest of
longer work. It looks, concoction that the afternoon on just
well, delicious lets takes your kids 42 000 calories.
not be elitists about two favourite
it. But its hardly the convenience-store
WORDS BY JEFF VRABEL, ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEANNE BOTHA
only curious kitchen treats and
mash-up weve seen. submerges them in Hot n Juicy 350g Triple
And it has to be said, 21 grams of saturated 7 A popular US fast food chain took
a lot of the results fat. Its the shake you its usual burger. hen they installed
make that Cheetos can eat with a fork! another burger atop it. hen they went
pizza look like out back and noticed a delivery truck
an organic-kale containing 5000 extra patties, and
quesadilla by thought, Well, we either have to use these
comparison. See Bacon Dog or theyll go to waste and all those dogs
if you can tell the 4 Its a hot dog, sliced in two will have died in vain. Hence, the nearly
real food-lavoured and snuggled up with some 2kg of burger meat in a 35cm-tall sandwich
objects here from the bacon. Have you ever stared at that you have to eat with a ladder.
very, very fake. something so wonderful that you
literally began smacking yourself on A N S W E R : N U M B E R S 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , A N D 7 A R E , S A D LY, R E A L .
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