Woltemade Rides Again: How One Dead Horseman Became the World’s Most Overworked Moral Currency
The Last Good Man Is Dead—Again by Correspondent-at-Large, Dave’s Locker, 12 June 2024 CAPE TOWN—Every country keeps a folk hero in the attic like a moth-eaten flag, ready to be unfurled whenever the national conscience needs a good dry-cleaning. South Africa’s particular antique is Wolraad Woltemade, a retired dairy employee who, on 1 June 1773,…