Gary Player suffers from "good old days" syndrome - a nostalgic fondness and longing for the days of apartheid when the likes of Verwoerd, Vorster and PW Botha ruled the country with an iron fist.
Player recently commented on the chaos that erupted in parliament prior to the SONA address. He blamed the chaos in parliament on the absence of "law and order in South Africa".
In contrast, Player was singularly impressed with his golfing buddy, Donald Trump, America's new president, who to Player's delight is cracking the whip . . "to bring back the disciplines America used to have".
Trump's character traits - his penchant for authoritarianism and racism, appeals to Player. His affaire de coeur with the apartheid regime . . . "to maintain civilised values and standards amongst the alien barbarians . . . The African", underscores his commitment to being "of the South Africa of Verwoerd and apartheid".
It behooves Player to accept that the "good old days", notwithstanding Trump's election, will never return. Instead, now in his twilight years, he should be thinking in terms of absolution for his immoral love affair with the apartheid regime.
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