Mike died on 23 May,2023 and was buried from St Columbas Church,
Parkview, Johannesburg. He was 86 years old and was a quintessential
Old Boy of PBHS.
He grew up in Brits and matriculated from Solomon House in 1952.
Mike served his Articles of Clerkship (Law) in Pretoria whereafter he transferred to Brits where he worked in his father’s Legal Practice before moving to Johannesburg after joining Anglo American’s Legal Department. He remained with Anglo until his retirement.
He married Morag (Mo) nee Hogg and had three children, Susan, Linda and D.J. (Danie). Not only did Mike attend PBHS, but so did his son D.J. and his grandson, Geoffrey. And his father, Oom Daan, was an Old Boy of both Boys High and Affies as he was one of the boys who transferred to Affies when Affies opened its doors. However, Oom Daan related more closely to PBHS than to Affies and regularly attended the Annual Old Boys Dinner. He was usually accompanied by a Brits colleague Eugene Marais who, as many Old Boys will remember, always had the final word by delivering the last speech (many jokes) of the evening.
Besides his family, which he idolised, Mike’s other passion was PBHS which he supported by regularly attending Old Boys functions and in particular the monthly Thundergun luncheon and by liberally endowing his Alma Mater with donations to the Pretorian Trust – received from PETER GOOD.
