Not least because six days later, on New Year's Eve, my younger sister, Linda, called from Sweden to say our dad had died unexpectedly, from a brain haemorrhage aged just 53.
Hhayi ngoba ezinsukwini eziyisithupha ezidlulile, ngobusuku obandulela Unyaka Omusha, udadewethu omncane, uLinda, wangishaye ucingo  eseSweden ebika ukuthi ubaba wethu ushone ngokuzuma, ebulawa yisifo sokopha ebuchosheni eneminyaka engama-53 nje kuphela.