Skabenga featured in this photograph, is the resident cat at the Oyster Box Hotel, Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa. Many famous people have stayed in this hotel and no doubt, they too met Skabenga.
Apparently he wandered into the hotel about 11 yrs ago, and the Chef took to feeding him. Since that day, he moved in. Skabenga is an absolute law unto himself and he wanders around freely, greeting the guests or sleeping in his chair in the foyer or the curio shop.
The other day, I was taken on an outing to the hotel for High Tea, and when my daughter in law tried to photograph him, he literally got up and turned his back on her.
In this photo, I managed to catch him in the foyer, resting his head against the back of the settee. He is a very famous fellow and on his birthday he has a special birthday party.