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WE GET to the late Sol Kerzner’s sprawling 700-hectare Wild Coast Sun in Mbizana just after 10pm on Wednesday. Casino closing. Restaurants closed. A few patrons quaff their last drinks at the bar as we check in. Quite a number of familiar faces perambulate up and down the lobby. Radio personalities, actors and influencers all looking glam doing nothing.

We missed the gala dinner and Minister of Tourism Mmamokolo Kubayi-Ngubane’s keynote address.

A few hours later I am standing in a breakfast queue, similar to those you see outside Post Offices lately.

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