by Gary Lemke | Dec 20, 2023 | Latest Writing
By GARY LEMKE It’s a Friday morning and we’ve arranged to meet at Sonwabe Beach, near Muizenberg, at 9am. I want to chat to Andrew Brand, a passionate racehorse owner and successful businessman. Travelling from Cape Town’s northern suburbs to the beach some 40km away,...
by Gary Lemke | Dec 1, 2023 | From The Archives
UPDATE: This was adjudged the winning entry in the 2023 L’Ormarins King’s Plate writing competition “We need never be ashamed of our tears” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations The morning after the day before, the sun rose over the Cape Peninsula, a...
by Gary Lemke | Nov 1, 2023 | From The Archives
When Kat Swanepoel speaks about life-changing events she refers to them as “bumps in the road” or “bad luck”. She chronicles the effects of degenerative multiple sclerosis and then punctuates it with a positive. Sometimes the English language doesn’t have enough words...
by Gary Lemke | Oct 20, 2023 | Columns
We’ve now arrived at the point where the men’s Official World Golf Ranking means absolutely nothing. Zilch. However, it’s still being used as a springboard for players to enter the Majors, while some sponsors still attach a whole lot of significance to it when looking...
by Gary Lemke | Sep 23, 2023 | From The Archives
The door to her room is wide open and the kettle on the table in the middle of it still warm. She picks up her mask and puts it on and checks to see that she has her room key with her. She has a purple piece of paper in her hand, having written seven lines of...
