John Stanford

John Stanford has farmed all his life, first in East Griqualand and since 1981, in Knysna. He is over 90 now, still farming, and philosophical about most things except the weather.  He is the author of East Griqualand Anecjokes (2010), Three Ducks Came to Candlewood (a children’s book, 2015), Ukufika Kwamadada Amathathu eCandlewood (the children’s book inXhosa translation. 2017) and Canada 1952 (an account of a year in Canada as a young engineer, 2018) – all published by Mvusi Books.  He is the editor of The Great War: Letters Home – Letters and Diaries of a South African family (Mvusi Books, 2020)