The story of St Francis Bay. From disaster has come rejuvenation.

Journalism is a high pressured occupation. But it also gets into your blood. As a consequence, when many top professionals hit veteran status, they relocate to smaller centres. Often at the coast. My former boss at the SABC, Johan Pretorius, opted for Port Shepstone where he runs the South Coast Fever. A colleague from our … Read more

Mike Wylie

Surfer chairman of WBHO: construction has cleaned up its act, ready to build

Mike Wylie

WBHO chairman Mike Wylie is not your average corporate executive. He has been with the company 38 years, lives modestly and eschews Plett and Cape Town to holiday annually in lower profile St Francis Bay. Even at 62, he prefers surfing to wining and dining; and his idea of an ideal night out is a movie with wife Wendy. Wylie loves building things and believes his firm does it damn well. But right now he’s in the crosshairs of an angry nation.

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