Martin Deserves That Tribute

His paper's tribute to Martin Williams last Wednesday, where his column would normally have run below the cartoon on the opposite page, was simultaneously poignant and profound.

- KEVIN RITCHIE

It was a blank space, his normal byline on the left and an injunction below to imagine Martin's vision for Johannesburg. It was so much more than the usual platitude.

That's the power of print, even when nothing is said, it speaks volumes.

Martin deserved that—and so much more.

He was old-school, cutting his teeth on The Witness, a wonderful iconic institution in KwaZulu-Natal before coming up to the Reef like so many before him.

He served The Citizen with honour and dignity.