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Melting Point — a poem

Maverick Life

Melting Point — a poem

By Siphokazi Jonas

My Dad, the legend — all man and all father and all true

Maverick Life

My Dad, the legend — all man and all father and all true

By Karen Mallinson

My greatest supporter in sport and life — my dad, John Lebogang Molikoe

Sport

My greatest supporter in sport and life — my dad, John Lebogang Molikoe

By Edith Molikoe

'Be the best version of yourself' – holding on to what my dad taught me

Magazine

'Be the best version of yourself' – holding on to what my dad taught me

By Kirsten Pillay

My dad was from a different world, but was close to me in ways that cannot be expressed

Magazine

My dad was from a different world, but was close to me in ways that cannot be expressed

By Kamini Pather

‘Remember your angina pills’ and other life lessons from my father: Hym Rabinowitz

Magazine

‘Remember your angina pills’ and other life lessons from my father: Hym Rabinowitz

By Nik Rabinowitz

Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can accomplish today: Lionel Rupert Barrymore Bryce-Pease

Magazine

Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can accomplish today: Lionel Rupert Barrymore Bryce-Pease

By Sherwin Bryce-Pease

The wise (and loud!) voice of reason: Russell Keet

Sport

The wise (and loud!) voice of reason: Russell Keet

By Samantha Keet

On persistence and love: Anthony William Haward Mallett

Sport

On persistence and love: Anthony William Haward Mallett

By Nick Mallett

A life and duty in faith: Abraham Christian Frederick Jansen

Magazine

A life and duty in faith: Abraham Christian Frederick Jansen

By Jonathan D Jansen

The man with (nearly) all the answers: Samuel Johannes Jacobus Jantjies

Sport

The man with (nearly) all the answers: Samuel Johannes Jacobus Jantjies

By Herschel Jantjies