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Hardman apartheid cop-turned pro-peace East London politician Donald Card dies

Donald Card, prolific letter writer, politician, apartheid-era policeman and mayor, husband, father and great-grandfather has died at 93. His son, Robin, of White River, said Card finished his breakfast at the Kennersley Park retirement village on Tuesday, pushed in his chair, turned to friends and said: “Guys, I am not feeling well,” collapsed and died.

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