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 Tammi | Dec 18, 2023 | Latest Writing
By GARY LEMKE Unlike many of the great racecourses of the world, there is no statue of a famous horse paying homage to exploits at Kenilworth. Not yet, that is. In time, who knows? Perhaps there will be a Pocket Power statue, or Wolf Power, Politician, Sea Cottage or...
by Tammi | Dec 17, 2023 | Latest Writing
By GARY LEMKE Three-hundred-and-seventy-eight days. That’s how long the battle lasted. At the end of it, though, Brandon Stone had won the war. That war was to regain his DP World Tour card and having to start all again on the Challenge Tour. When the golfing gods...
by Tammi | Dec 16, 2023 | Latest Writing
Casey Jarvis has continued where he left off as an amateur, by making a big impact on the pro circuit. Casey Jarvis had replayed the moment in his head a thousand times. He’d actually practised the same putt countless more times in his first year as a professional...
by Tammi | Dec 15, 2023 | Latest Writing
We’re sitting in an office at the Vetscape Animal Hospital in Paarl. There are no fancy accessories or lounge chairs, just two Godolphin paintings on the wall. There are book shelves which hold files, medical records and subjects which relate to, well, specialist...
by Tammi | Dec 13, 2023 | Latest Writing
The CEO is standing at reception when I arrive. I check my watch. “Sorry, I’m a bit late, traffic.” He welcomes me, shakes my hand and assures me it’s no problem. Gary Lemke writes that the last time he saw Wӗhann Smith at his Kuda offices in Big Bay, Cape Town, was...
