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CRIME DOES NOT PAY
In the days when Internal Auditors were still known as Inspectors, the now standalone Security Section was a function of Inspection...
Sep 20, 202110 min read
FUN AT POSTMASBURG
This little mining town is quite a distance West of Kimberley. Manganese and iron is mined in the district and the army combat training...
Jul 14, 20213 min read
ENCOUNTERS WITH CELEBRITIES
CLIFF RICHARD In 1976 I was auditing the ledger department, in the Smith Street East branch of Barclays Bank. Suddenly all the clattering...
Jul 13, 20215 min read
DES TEMPLER
In 1980, in the company of the late Des Templer, I helped audit Otjiwarongo branch in Namibia. Des was an easygoing, gentle fellow, not...
Jul 11, 20212 min read
MR D.W. SHARP (DAVE)
I did not work with Dave for very long. I had short spells of one or two branches with him – places like Piet Retief, Greytown, Mooi...
Jul 10, 202111 min read
FISHING OFF PORT ELIZABETH
While I was working in Durban with Mr Roberts, I was sent to join some Reef auditors in Port Elizabeth, to audit the branch in Main...
Jul 10, 20213 min read
WALMER BRANCH & THE STANDER GANG (MAYBE!)
This story was told to me years ago by a manager at Port Elizabeth branch, by the name of Harry Lovemore. I have tried to contact Harry...
Jul 10, 20214 min read
DO YOU WANNA DIE ??
I was born in Kroonstad but my folks moved to Winburg not long after my birth. A year or two later and we found ourselves in Trompsburg,...
Jul 10, 20214 min read
M.W. THEUNISSEN
This is not the first time this man’s name has come up in the DCO forum on Facebook. I tried to get some of the people who knew him well...
Jul 10, 20217 min read
MR W.A. ROBERTS (WILF)
Elsewhere in these reminiscences is mention of Mr Roberts’ Wartime exploits and I touched on what an awe-inspiring man he was. Let me...
Jul 9, 202111 min read
A.J. LE ROUX (ALEX)
“A Bank in Battledress” lists a similarly named soldier but I really have no idea if it was Alex or not. My apologies if it was him. I...
Jul 9, 20213 min read
A BANK IN BATTLEDRESS
I doubt whether many people reading this will know that a large number of DCO employees packed up their jobs and went off to war during...
Jul 9, 20214 min read
MIKE'S OWN STORIES
Of all the auditors I worked with (And there were many) Mike was easily the one I appreciated most as a boss and a friend. I know of no...
Jul 8, 20216 min read
MIKE DE VILLIERS - A GREAT FELLOW TRAVELLER
Elsewhere in these essays I have stated that Mike was not only a really super boss, he was also a good friend. We worked together for...
Jul 8, 202119 min read
MR MORLEY GETS ANGRY
Apart from that “swing at me” incident, I saw Bush really cross only once. We were at Jones Street in Kimberley and Bush was battling...
Jul 8, 20212 min read
MR MORLEY IS PUGNACIOUS
Bush was normally a quiet, peace-loving man not given to belligerent behavior. He was rather short and stocky and reminiscent in looks of...
Jul 8, 20211 min read
MEETING MR MORLEY FOR THE FIRST TIME
In 1976 I was in Durban with Mr Roberts’ team and had been for some six months. I loved it there and already had a ticket for the Gold...
Jul 8, 20213 min read
MR MORLEY'S CAR
I was a little taken aback when I saw Bush’s car for the first time, outside the Elgro Hotel in Potchefstroom. It was a rather grubby,...
Jul 8, 20212 min read
MR MORLEY & THE PICKPOCKET
We stayed in the Thuringerhof Hotel in Windhoek in 1978. It had a beer garden where one could take meals and a convivial pub which Bush...
Jul 8, 20212 min read
MR MORLEY & THE COFFEE MACHINE
While in Windhoek in 1978, Bush decided to buy himself a smart coffee percolator. I think he missed supper quite often and found a couple...
Jul 7, 20212 min read
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