Acknowledgements

To my publishing family at Random House Struik, especially Claudia Dos Santos, Roelien Theron, Catherine Coetzer, Leah van Deventer and Alana Bolligelo, thank you for your support, belief and faith.

Many thanks go out to the people of Cape Town for their hospitality, kindness and captivating beauty. Thanks also to all those who contributed with quotes, namely Albie Sachs, Andrew Boraine, Sir Antony Sher, Arno Carstens, David Kramer, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Dominic Peters, FW and Elita de Klerk, Helen Zille, Jacques Kallis, Jane Raphaely, Lewis Gordon Pugh, Marc Lottering, Mark Shuttleworth, Natasha Swift, Nelson Mandela and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Pieter-Dirk Uys, Sabine Lehmann and Simon Attwell.

A huge thanks to my family and friends, especially Dad, Renée, Granny Zea, Michael, Maxine, Sabie, Celia, Vava, Amie, Bryan, Raoul, Olivia, Anton, Claire, Simone, Ido, The Roving Ambassador, Seelan, Charlene, Errol, Amanda, Baby, Jehan, Terry, Bennie, Shirley, Susan, Lesley, Isi, Dion, Gavin, Howard G, Ari, Eunice, Zoereena, Alexa, Jax, Erin and Leslie.

And finally to Howard, thank you for your love and support and for being by my side throughout this magical journey. It means the world to me.