The story of Harry is that of grace to grass having enjoyed the lifestyle of a multi-millionaire that only a few rich white people can dream of in South Africa and elsewhere.

Narrating his grace to grass story, Harry said; “I was once a multi-millionaire. I owned a big farm and large mansion in Boksburg. I had everything you could think of, a wine colour Mercedez benz, blue Jaguar and top of the range rover jeep. More importantly, I was rich enough to marry one of the most beautiful women in the world.”

The beautiful and much younger wife was Harry’s doing and the cause of his downfall. Harry was a construction merchant before his fall. He got many lucrative and juicy contracts from government and the private sector.

Although he was a whiteman, Harry is the kind of man who knows his way around town. He wines and dines with those that matters in the upper circle of the political class. He carefully choose his friends among many Members of Parliament. He makes sure Chairs and influential members of Parliament committees are his friends long before he needs them.

Harry is generous to a fault. However, you may later find out that his generosity is always calculated. He gives you more than you ask for even when you don’t ask. He is always going out of ways to find out the needs of his friends and he will go a...