South Africa - Plus Ça Change...

8 January 2014
analysis

I took a complete break over Christmas and New Year but instead of going somewhere sensible like Scotland or Sri Lanka I went to South Africa and Lesotho. Sunshine everyday and magnificent scenery with lots of Braais, Boerewors and wine, but it was impossible to switch off completely.

South Africa reminds me of the line in Giuseppe di Lampedusa's great novel The Leopard when the Risorgimento hits Sicily and the old order is under threat: "If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change" says the prince.

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