South Africans sans hereditary citizenship claims have grown used to UK immigration officers playing Gandalf and treating South African passport-holders like the Balrog: “You shall not pass!”

Diplomatic relations with the UK are as cool and businesslike as they’ve ever been.

Available: http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/columnists/2015/05/26/letter-from-london-brexit-could-mean-sa-commonwealth-renewal