Reviving memory of SA WW2 hero and activist that Nats wrote out of history
LONDON — In this story of World War Two fighter pilot and Torch Commando leader Sailor Malan, historian Michael Charton explains why few South Africans know of their great hero. – Alec Hogg
This is The Rational Perspective. I'm Alec Hogg. In this episode: Sailor Malan, a war hero celebrated everywhere, except in his homeland. It's over a decade since David Rattray was murdered at his Fugitive's Drift Lodge. Rattray was a masterful storyteller whose tales of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war and particularly, the historic battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift built him a global following that attracted packed houses when he went elsewhere in the world, especially in London. The obvious successor to the famous Rattray is chartered accountant turned storyteller Michael Charton who works off a wider canvas but like his fellow South African, specialises in forgotten stories drawn from the troubled history of his homeland.
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