Living in a “toxic environment” and feeling rejected was enough to motivate Alan Kolling to leave South Africa more than 50 years ago and seek greener pastures in the US.
Everything Kolling, 71, set his hands to; academics, career-wise, sport and community outreach programmes, was a success and he is presently enjoying retirement.
Having achieved a better life, Kolling, a member of a pioneering Chinese family that has a street named after them in Durban, has not forgotten his country of birth – South Africa; especially those who are less fortunate.
Yesterday, Kolling, who has