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Mon16February 2026
Letters from Africa, February 2026 – ‘Whales, wildflowers and unicorns!’Our correspondent, John Cockayne, reports on the wet and windy weather which has had an adverse on many businesses, including golf courses, who are very dependent on a good year-end holiday season, to help them make it through the year.
Wed4February 2026
Letters from Africa November 2026: The PGA Golf & Lifestyle Show in South AfricaJohn Cockayne, Africa correspondent for Golf Business News offers his take on the recent PGA Golf & Lifestyle Show in Gauteng in South Africa
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Mon3November 2025
Letters from Africa, February 2026 – ‘Whales, wildflowers and unicorns!’Our correspondent, John Cockayne, reports on the wet and windy weather which has had an adverse on many businesses, including golf courses, who are very dependent on a good year-end holiday season, to help them make it through the year.
Fri29August 2025
Letters from Africa, August 2025 – ‘ESG, Ports & Storms!’Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands) has become accustomed to foreigners buying property, writes John Cockayne. the South Africa property market, especially in the Western Cape, has seen more than its fair share of investment.
Sun29June 2025
Letters from Africa, August 2025 – ‘ESG, Ports & Storms!’Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands) has become accustomed to foreigners buying property, writes John Cockayne. the South Africa property market, especially in the Western Cape, has seen more than its fair share of investment.
Thu16January 2025
Letters from Africa January 2025– ‘Refurbs’, sloots, dongas and crocodiles!John Cockayne describes how inland South Africa virtually empties out through December, as South Africans make their way ‘home’ for the year-end vacations, or to the sea!  Everything is packed, including the golf courses, which take a veritable ‘pounding’ between the beginning of December, and the end of the first week in January.
Wed21August 2024
Letters From Africa. – August 2024: Africa’s Greatest Races!John Cockayne and family have ‘semigrated’ to the sub-tropical south coast of KwaZulu-Natal and will spend the next six months by the Indian Ocean to see if the move should become permanent. Among the things that they expect to enjoy are the many and varied races for which the province is famous.
Wed20December 2023
Letters from Africa – December 2023: A Perfect Storm!This month, the Southern Hemisphere regions see a confluence of the summer holidays’ break, annual work vacations, school holidays, and that Christian festival – Christmas - writes John Cockayne
Fri14April 2023
Letters from Africa – April 2023Golf tourism in South Africa – ‘Don’t just take your clubs, bring the family too!’ says John Cockayne
Fri25November 2022
Letters from Africa: Beacons of Light!Things look like they are really changing in the world of golf tourism, which is particularly important for South Africa which is so reliant on tourism revenues, writes John Cockayne
Fri5August 2022
Letter from Africa – August 2022 by John CockayneWater, Water Everywhere – etcetera!
Fri25February 2022
GBN Tourism Discussion; – Where to from here?John Cockayne senses a developing optimism and has shared this sense with several golf travel industry insiders from across the spectrum, to see if the optimism was completely out of focus!
Fri26November 2021
Business of Golf Careers Discussion IIIGolf Business News’s Africa columnist – John Cockayne – has been exploring education and its impact on careers in The Business of Golf Magazine.
Wed17November 2021
Business of Golf Discussions Part IIGolf Business News’s Africa columnist – John Cockayne – has been exploring education and its impact on careers in The Business of Golf Magazine
Mon8November 2021
Business of Golf Discussionsolf Business News’s Africa columnist – John Cockayne – has been exploring education and its impact on careers in The Business of Golf Magazine.
Thu16September 2021
Letter from Africa: Pachyderms and other challenges!John Cockayne on the ‘gargantuan task’ that is faced by golf in its efforts to be seen to be environmentally friendly and how ‘Harpo’, his local hippo, often shows little regard for health protocols
Fri21May 2021
GBN: Letter from Africa 1 – The Lions are coming!!Travel is a staple line-item for most African countries’ economies and South Africa is no exception, writes John Cockayne
Wed27January 2021
Closed Borders and Silver LiningsJohn Cockayne discusses golf tourism in South Africa with Peter Dros from Fancourt on the Garden Route and Dermot Synnot, CEO of the golf travel publication – ‘Destination Golf Travel’ - which has its headquarters in Ireland.
Fri26June 2020
Diary of a pandemic – Estates at Play: part 3If there is one thing that business really loathes, it is uncertainty, writes John Cockayne
Fri5June 2020
News from South Africa: ‘Diary of a pandemic – Estates at Play’It has been said that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, writes John Cockayne
Fri27March 2020
Putting from the Rough – part 3To be successful any consultant / client relationship must be established on the ‘right’ foundations. In this, understanding each other’s roles from the outset is a paramount consideration
Wed18March 2020
Putting from the Rough: Part 2 by John CockayneOne business area for many clubs which has suffered very noticeably, is in maintaining membership levels.
Fri13March 2020
The Business of Golf …….. Putting Together the PiecesPutting from the Rough: Part 1 by John Cockayne
Mon23December 2019
A Business of Golf Discussion: Year-end Roundup and Topics for 2020Festive Good Wishes and a recap of the discussions during 2019 from Series Host John Cockayne
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