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The cemetery at Castiglioni dei Pepoli is carefully tended and looks out over a tranquil valley. PHOTO: John Young A town high in the mountains between Florence and Bologna has not forgotten how South African soldiers saved its citizens from murderous Gestapo troops. *First published in Business Day, 21 September 2017.* South Africans get a special welcome in Castiglione dei Pepoli, a town high in the Apennine mountains half-way between Bologna and Florence. There is probably

 ## John Young meanders through Mandela and finds somewhere closed for lunch. *This article first appeared in The Weekender, 23-24 August 2008.* In this Mandela birthday month, it occurs to me that many people have had lunch *with* Mandela, many more have had lunch *for* Mandela (at fundraisers for his charities) and there has even been a book *about* lunch and Mandela (*Hunger for