Biography

Born into the generation that should have benefited from Apartheid, grew up in the countryside and learnt first-hand about nature. My father was a professor in theology and ethics. I studied government sciences, later international relations and strategic studies. Joined the civil service to change what I saw was wrong from inside the structures. After some years at the cutting edge of race relations I was sent overseas as diplomat. Most of my career was spent in Africa. After democracy dawned in South Africa I served with some of the hardest Communists and erstwhile 'terrorists' and grew to admire some, but could not work with the Soviet mentality of many. I took early retirement in 2010, drove through Africa and built a sailboat. I now do text editing, mostly for my wife's translation business, do some translation myself and write stories and articles. And I try to encourage others to write, to think, to disagree with each other.

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