KEVIN MCCALLUM: In praise of Robbo and his quirky work ethic
On Thursday morning I sent a WhatsApp to Alex Parker, congratulating him on being named the new editor-in-chief of Business Day, with a question about what a friend long departed this mortal coil might have said about his appointment: “I wonder what Robbo would have said to you? Something pithy and yet, grudgingly encouraging, I reckon. Then lit another smoke and wonder if it was time for a glass of wine.”
The late Peter Robinson was perhaps the greatest of SA sports writers, most certainly one of the most talented I have read and most definitely among the best I ever worked with. I met him when he wrote for The Star and, then, for a while, for me at The Sunday Independent and Saturday Star. ..
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