‘AFRICAN FAMILY QUEEN’

PLAYING board games is one of the Hermanns’ favourite pastimes as her family looks to spend quality time together during the rush of daily life.

The family also love the bush, and in a bid to combine their two passions, they went on a hunt for a wildlife-themed game but were disappointed when there were none in sight.

“There was nothing that really captured the essence of our rainbow nation and gave a tourist a little piece of South African culture to take home,” Tzvia Hermann told the Saturday Star this week.

The mother, change-maker and founder of The Beautique Group, which includes The Laser Beautique, Beautique Brands and Beautique Academy, as well as Beauraze, was determined to set this right.

And in the lockdown back in 2020, she began creating ‘African Family

Queen’, a board game full of quirky

South Africanisms. The game also has educational value as it seeks to develop memory, strategy, bonds and times tables, as well as a strong female stance.

“Although the game is light-hearted and fun, it sends a strong message of how valuable women are in our society as well as how men and women unite with a common goal of success,” said Hermann.

The proudly South African game sets the scene of a magical place in South Africa where there are characters like a