TONY Howard’s suspense file was legendary. A box file with internal memos, reports and latterly printed out emails, which he would go through at least once a day.
It was the terror of tardy managers and errant editors in Cape Town, Durban, Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria who broke out in a cold sweat on receiving an ostensibly innocent call from the CEO wanting an update on something they had long forgotten.
Howard, who died in a Johannesburg hospital on Thursday, July 18 after a long illness, bravely borne, was renowned for his encyclopaedic memory and his unsurpassed work ethic.
His determination to succeed stemmed from his own humble beginnings growing up on the East Rand of Johannesburg, today Ekurhuleni, in Germiston.
After matriculating from Germiston High School, he did his…