To flourish in this increasingly competitive world, countries need to apply every available resource. If Joost and Barry helped that penny drop, their passing will not have been in vain.
For Alec, Geraldine Bennett was the closest local equivalent of famous American activist Erin Brockovich, immortalised in the movie starring Julia Roberts.
The irony of the dynamite disclosures we publish today is they originated from one of those likely to be embarrassed by what we’re calling the Bosasa Files.