The short film “Umama” tells the true story of a South African domestic worker who wakes to find her son missing. Directed by South-African born Talia Smith, the short film won Gold at the Student Academy Awards and received high praise from director Spike Lee. The film explores both South African specific issues along with universal themes, including the major class contrasts that exist in the legacy apartheid has left behind; crime and safety in South Africa; South Africa’s melting pot of cultures; to be “in” but not “of” a specific group and above all else the dichotomy in which love exists.

We’re excited to open our doors to you this week and, judging by the flurry of messages we’ve received recently from our members and well-wishers, we sense that that excitement is shared. Whilst a lot of what members will experience might feel familiar, here are five new things to look out for as we reopen...