Decrepit tankers Antipolis and Romelia were going where most old ships go to die – a breakers yard in the Far East. It’s almost 35 years to the day (29 July 1977) that they were being towed there from their anchorage in Greece by a small Japanese tug the Kiyo Maru. As in the old days [...]
There was no slouching in cells for Cape Town’s convicts at the beginning of the last century; they were put to work building the most scenic roads around the Cape Peninsula. This was teamwork with a difference (they were forced to be there in wind, rain and extreme heat) with team colours that no-one could [...]