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/ 25 October 2006
In a moderately conservative Afrikaans environment I unwittingly grew up with the benefit of a pair of formidable gay role models. Both senior academics at Stellenbosch, they were old friends of my grandparents and were regulars at our family soirĂ©es. Most years on New Year’s Day we’d all pile into the car and visit them at their beach house in Hermanus.