Top cricket writer In dire straits

Respected South African cricket writer Peter Robinson has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

As with all the staffers at the ThisDay newspaper, which was shut down in October last year in the face of mounting debt, Peter was left without a regular job. His financial situation made it impossible for him to continue with his medical aid and he terminated it.

To compound matters, Peter's wife, Jo, whom he had married just months before ThisDay's closure, also worked at the newspaper.

Peter went on to secure contract work at the Daily Sun and recently landed the post as sports editor of The Citizen, but he was still trying to recover from the financial knock suffered after ThisDay's closure and still wasn't on a medical aid.

SuperSport have opened the Peter Robinson Benefit Fund to try and help him with medical expenses in what is going to be a trying time ahead.

Contribution can be made to the Peter Robinson Benefit Fund, which is at Standard Bank's Northcliff branch (branch code 006305). The account number is 008224587.

Any remaining funds after Peter's treatment will be donated to the Cancer Association of SA or a related organisation.

For further information, contact Guy Hawthorne on +27 833030715.

Kevin McCallum, Chief Sports Writer
The Star, Saturday Star and The Sunday Independent

Telephone:
+27 11 633-2203 (w)
+27 11 622-2216 (f)
+27 82 445 7841 (cell)

Postal:
PO Box 1014
Johannesburg
2000
South Africa

Physical:
47 Sauer Street
Johannesburg

email: kmc@star.co.za, kevinmccallum@hotmail.com, kevinmc@worldonline.co.za

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