Column
James King
- South Africa Diaries: Part 8 – Back For GoodCutting the tiesOn October 22nd 1995, at the ripe old age of 53 and following a two week cheap package holiday in Malta, I left England’s green and pleasant land…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 7 – Tina Turner!Sea of changeThe thought of leaving England for Durban in February, for the third time, to soak in the balmy Indian Ocean was pleasing enough. Equally exciting was the thought…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 6 – Mission TwoPreparing For EnglandWithin minutes of our arrival I was on the beach and wallowing in the warm, shark-infested, waters of the Indian Ocean. Cape Town beaches are great; with wide…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 5 – Langebaan Here We Come Penguin Wake-up CallNo need for alarm clocks here. Inquisitive penguins were playing round the boat before dawn broke. Seagulls, cormorants and oyster catchers added their voices to the cacophony of the morning…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 4 – On To Cape Town [Dec 1990]Out of TranskeiAs Umtata disappeared behind us in the early morning mist I breathed a sigh of relief at escaping the rawness of this part of Africa. It was, indeed,…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 3 – Launching the Transkei Lottery [Dec 1990]Score-a-lotMvezo village, Umtata, is the birthplace of Nelson Mandela who was only released from prison in February 1990. Nine months later the main square in the centre of Umtata had…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 2 – Unexpected Welcome In Transkei [Nov 1990]The real worth of Castle lagerI didn’t realise the significance of the case of lager we were carrying nor did I know its real worth until we hit a ‘road…Read more
- South Africa Diaries: Part 1 – Why It Took 25 Years To Get To South AfricaShattered dreamsWhen I heard the news, on 11th November 1965, that Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) had declared UDI I was devastated. I had just been selected to represent the combined British…Read more