One out of 12 people in the UK were born overseas - about 5 million out of the 60 million population. It is said that at least 1 million of the 5 million are South Africans. Wherever you go, in London especially, you hear South African accents.
London has 2 South African newspapers. Casper de Vries sold 2 298 seats for a show at the London Palladium, two years running. Pieter-Dirk Uys, Karen Zoid, Johnny Clegg, Arno Carstens and Dozi are regular visitors. The South African Business Club has a few hundred members. SABMiller, Old Mutual and Dimension Data have headquarters in London. When Richard Branson sold Virgin Records to EMI, one of the major shareholders was Simon Draper, his nephew from Pietermaritzburg. Ernie Els and Retief Goosen have homes in the UK, Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Strauss represent English cricket, and the former junior Springbok Matt Stevens and SA under-23 player Stuart Abbott play English rugby.
