THE many Action Reports published in Magnum always contained something for readers to learn from. This one from twenty years ago is no different and is perhaps even more relevant today. Staying safe requires planning, preparation and diligence – and at times no shots need even be fired!
Action Report: Scare Tactics
By Nic van Wyk
Illustration Alan Walker
Published: June 2001
In 1992, newly married, I was transferred to Cape Town for 18 months. We found and set up a temporary home on the ground floor of a cosy little flat in the Rondebosch area – in a lovely garden environment adjacent to the university residences.
About a year previously, with the impending responsibility of a wife to look after, I had bought
