People of Note - Sir Malcolm Jack

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Sir Malcolm Jack who, for many years was Clerk Of The House in the British Parliament specialising in constitutional matters. Sir Malcolm is also an author, lecturer and critic and his latest book has just been published. It is called To The Fairest Cape – European Encounters in the Cape Of Good Hope. The book covers the period from Van Riebeeck’s momentous importation of slaves to the official abolition of slavery in the 1830s.