Delighted to be on the cover of the magazine and for the cover the man who put it together Sahil Harilal who is the fashion editor Sunday Times Group SA asked some questions:
(Follow all the creatives on instagram please @sahilharilal @aartverrips @wantedonlinesa)

What was your style identity in the 70’s during your “Harari” days and how has that evolved into the sleek suiting you are known for now? 

 The Afro hair hippie  look. I have always maintained image enhances artistic stature, so I always evolved my style in accordance with trends, I do always want to look good, even in the early days when the band started, remember the Beaters evolved into Harari, we had a look, we had style.

 What are the 3 most essential items you could never perform without?  (be it a lucky charm/favourite piece of equipment or fashion/jewellery item?)

 My fashionable  spectacles, I like Raybans,  a good time piece,  and my Versace sneakers make me  feel good.

 You are a master of many instruments from drums and piano to flute and saxophone, what is your earliest or most favourite musical memory?

 A performance at high school (the school I attended was Orlando West at the top end of the now famous  Vilakazi Street)  with my Band the Beaters.

 There’s an immediate correlation between time keeping in watches and time keeping in rhythm, what other sensibilities do music and watch making share?  

 Time keeping gives  rhythmic sensibility and  makes for extraordinary musicianship and discipline, be on time for all things you do, respect time and space in the music.

 The Rolex you are wearing in our fashion editorial is aptly called the “Wild Cat”, in a career spanning nearly 50 years having done and seen it all, what’s next?
Hopefully continued good health, I am 72 believe it or not. The stage is my happy place and  the beat goes on and my desire is to inspire the youth to take charge.

I am deeply involved in the NPC Music Exchange  www.musicexchange.org.za for last 13 years and would like to see more practical  business music education happen which Music Exchange does so well.

 Neva Burnout, Smiles