He ate carefully, under Helen’s guidance, barely ever drank alcohol, wore some of his shirts until they frayed, and never splurged on material things, as anyone who visited Molozi can confirm. At their flat on Linksfield Ridge he was a dab hand on the snooker table, and he was a man who never failed to pick up the tab at a restaurant. For the next 17 years Alistair dedicated himself to mentoring young CEO’s throughout the world, and farming at Molozi. He started Macadamia nut farming as only he would do. He looked at the world output, the world demand, and then he travelled to every major nut producing country and met with the local nut growing associations. He argued for a global marketing collaboration to drive Macadamia nuts, focusing especially on their health qualities. He learnt what were the best practices in world for growing Macadamia nuts, and then he systematically implemented every one of these best practices at Molozi. In 1965 Alistair graduated with honours from Edinburgh University with a specialist business management diploma. He then studied at London School of Economics, specialising in productivity. It was productivity that Alistair believed was the most important single feature that distinguished GE from all other companies in the world. In the year of their marriage the first man went into Space, and Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island. He went to KES in Johannesburg for high school where he became a prefect, won the one mile race, earned athletics colours, and matriculated with a university pass. The picture of him winning the mile is on display with the pictures on the table. It was an achievement that he cherished throughout his life. After school she proceeded to the University of Witswatersrand where she did a BA ,majoring in History of Art and Music. Her thesis was based on the Wolmarans Street Synagogue in Johannesburg based on the music of Chazans . When the firm of Ove Arup was appointed as structural engineers for the Sydney Opera House in Australia, the design of Danish architect JΓΈrn Utzon proved to be a complex, controversial and unprecedented challenge. In 1961 Zunz was given the task of overseeing the project (it was β€œdumped in my lapβ€, he said, and would be an β€œextreme testβ€ of the people who worked on it, dominating his life for 11 years). He and his team came up with solutions, developing many new techniques in the process.
He is survived by his wife Alison and daughter Monica. In 2010 he was appointed head of the paediatrics department at Dora Nginza Hospital in PE’s Zwide township. Although Prof Solly’s passing leaves a void in many doctors’ lives, his legacy lives on within us and we will continue to carry the wonderful memories of him and will cherish the time we had together. I can clearly remember him coming to do ward rounds on a Sunday morning after playing tennis and walking into the neonatal ICU with his skinny legs protruding from his buttoned up, neatly ironed white coat. Past registrars will fondly remember his ward rounds. Teachings that would go on late into the night. Unfortunately, Prof had no sense of time and ward rounds would only end when he would get an irate phone call from Cynthia telling him that he was late for dinner. In 1995, the Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa acknowledged his contribution to the field of paediatric cardiology. In 1998 the Johannesburg branch of the South African Heart Association also acknowledged. Recognised his service in the advancement of Paediatric Cardiology in South Africa. Wits conferred on him the title of Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiology in 1998. In 2002 he received in Exceptional Service Medal from the Wits Faculty of Health Sciences. As a consultant he worked in the Paediatric Department at Baragwanath Hospital from 1960 and then he moved across to the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for children in 1965, whe
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