Sell after May and go away? – Daily Newsletter

Hi there, Among my privileges is serving Scouts SA, introduced to the board by “Mr Scouting”, the late Garnet de la Hunt. Yesterday afternoon was spent with trustees of the Foundation, the movement’s endowment portfolio. The portfolio has been fully invested in JSE shares for some years. As a result, the portfolio has grown handsomely … Read more

Living every day as though it were your last – Daily Newsletter

Hi there, Man’s brief sojourn in this mortal coil was very much on my mind this weekend. Saturday’s Scouts SA board meeting was the first since the passing of Garnet de la Hunt, for so long the local movement’s driving force. It was so terribly sad not to be sitting next to this inspirational, honourable, … Read more

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A great South African passes – Scouting has lost its favourite son

Many of us pass through life making ripples that mean little. Others go about their business quietly, but touch more lives than seems humanly possible. Garnet de la Hunt, who passed away at his Durbanville home just before midnight last night, was most definitely among the latter. For most outside of the Scouting circle, the … Read more