The New Rainbow (including audio-link/option)

A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans

A tale of the many people in the rainbow nation of New South Africans.

written in 1993

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TU4Jr2ckajgootdApEYr5nweJR6RYpMs

REVIEW
Like Alan Paton, Craig Lock reaches to the heart of the troubled Beloved Country. In his new novel Lock perceptively and with an understanding of the historical elements, writes of the situation as it was, as it is... and as perhaps it will one day be, in the New South Africa.
Minerva Press (UK)
Feb 1997
Sea and Sand

Sea and sand
My love
My land
God bless Africa

Sea and Sand
My love
My land
God bless Africa
But more the South of Africa
Where we live

Bless the angry mountains
And the smiling hills
Where the cool water spills
To heal the earth's brow

Bless the children of South Africa
The white children
And the black children
But more the black children
Who lost the sea and sand
That they may not lose love
For white children
Whose fathers raped the land

Sea and sand
My love, my land
God bless Africa

-By: Don Mattera

I loved the poem above by South African poet, Don Mattera and wrote it down when first saw it some years ago. Sadly, Don Mattera was banned for many many years by the government - so too many South Africans have not had the privilege of seeing his words in print

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

This story is pure fiction. In this manuscript I have made up many names. Any resemblance to characters, living or dead, real or imagined, is purely coincidental. Some parts of this story are based on actual events in South Africa's turbulent history and others not. I have used the names of some politicians from actual history.

DEDICATION This work is dedicated to the "rainbow nation" of South Africans, whom I hope may live in harmony, peace and prosperity in the new dawn. It is especially dedicated to my good buddies Lynda and Donovan, who kept faith during the dark days of Apartheid, and who are now rejoicing in the birth of the Rainbow Nation. Thanks to my beloved wife. M for giving me the time, opportunity and encouragement to write. Thanks also to very practical and efficient "fooze" (not "flooze") m for helping me with the descriptive bits, as well as the immense task of proofreading this and all my many other works. Also my heartfelt thanks to the beautiful tranquil South Sea paradise of New Zealand, that gave me the peace of mind and space to use my creative imagination. Godzone is the ultimate antithesis to vibrant passionate South Africa. Here in Gisborne nothing else much happens in my life, other than writing; so that's what I do. Thanks for the opportunity, "Sleepy Hollow".

Thanks especially to the many people of South Africa of all colours and creeds who gave me the inspiration to write and share some stories. This work is dedicated to you ALL.

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white--then melts for ever;
Or like the borealis race,
That flit ere you can point their place;
Or like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm.

Tam O' Shanter by Robbie Burns

Author/Publishers Note:

This “total non-techno” is just pushing his publishing limits in testing , exploring (new frontiers) , developing and growing (enough words there now, c)

enjoy

“You think you have a limit. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.”
– Ayrton Senna

PS

“Life is one long journey of learning, exploring (limits), discovering and dreaming.”

me (just wrote that 11th October 2018)

As “inspired” by the Japanese concept of
C onstant
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N ever- ending
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