This morning I had a phone call from Adriaan, a good old friend in South Africa. Chris Erasmus a very good friend of ours had apparently taken his own life.
I had a good cry. Chris hitch-hiked with us to Tanzania, Chris gave me lifts down the Ben Schoeman highway on his superbike. He celebrated the first year of post apartheid on the Union building lawns, he was a camera man, he did light shows. Chris was an attractive soul with a lust for life. Only last year he criss-crossed Africa on a bike, from Pretoria to Spain.
Neil, Chris, me, Adriaan at the Union buildings. (Pic, Jan Bezuidenhout)
We are not sure why this happened now. A week before, Deon Haumann, a VJ and friend he had been working with, died after a gruesome motor accident.
On lake Malawi, with Neil, me & Chris.
Chris VJing for NUL, who dedicated this song, Über-Rampokker – to him.
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3 responses so far ↓
1 VerdantSF // Feb 17, 2010 at 1:21 am
Ek is baie jammer om dit te hoor. My innige meegevoel.
2 Joy-Mari Cloete // Feb 18, 2010 at 10:25 am
Eeep, hier’s ‘n drukkie om my meegevoel te betoon.
3 keith brash // Sep 5, 2010 at 1:05 pm
RIP Chris!
you are special now and were special then! it was a pleasure to work with you at unbuntu/logtek in 1998/9
we laughed hard always and i will never forget dewald ‘ons het n duisend rand’
wishing you on your way!
cheers keith
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