The South African diplomat who is being expelled from Britain is angry. He sees himself as a victim of Britain's "collective punishment" after an extraordinary series of unpleasant encounters between the local authorities and his family.
In an interview, the diplomat revealed that the British authorities have cited four reasons for his expulsion - relating to alleged offences by himself and three of his sons.
The diplomat and his family are due back in South Africa later this month. He has not been named in order to protect his sons, who are minors.
The diplomat said the first incident related to his 17-year-old son, whom he gave a hiding because the son took his new Mercedes Benz for a day-long spin without his permission.
"My wife innocently told the story (of the hiding) to our neighbours, who then complained to the police.
"I was thrown into the back of a police van and driven away for interrogation," he said.
"In the end, we agreed with the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) that I will respect the local laws which forbid children from being beaten up and I will send my son back home to South Africa, which I did," the diplomat said.
But trouble brewed again more recently when his other two sons found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
First, his 15-year-old son was accused of being part of a knife-wielding gang which robbed a person of a cellphone.
"The police then accused my son of assaulting one of them (the police) and injuring him. I am talking about a 15-year-old," he said, fuming.
"When the boys were questioned, my son's friends confirmed that he was not involved at all."
Recently, authorities found the youngest son, aged 12, in possession of a black toy spray gun at school.
"He had bought the harmless toy at a nearby shop. Police later told me that my son's toy gun posed a terrorism risk. I decided that the best solution would be for my boys to go back home. I took the boys home in early August.
"When I came back to England on August 18 I found the authorities waiting for me.
"They gave me and my remaining family one month's notice to leave Britain," he said, before adding:
"What has really shocked me is this notion of a collective punishment.
"It is definitely inappropriate, unfair and wrong. My boys were accused of things which are so minor."
He said the letter served on him "blames everything on the kids".
"It is not the first time that children with diplomatic immunity have had to return home if a cloud hung over them. The parents of those children have never been punished. Why me?"
The diplomat, who has served more than four years in London, confirmed that his term had been extended to December 2007 because of the good job he had been doing.
That was before he got the letter from the British Foreign Office asking the South African government to recall him.
He said that "every parent should have sympathy for another parent in my situation. We don't send our children to go out into the streets to commit crimes".
"I am a father who disciplines my children and wants the best for my boys. The foreign policy should be sympathetic and fair. But it's not..."
He was asked why his colleagues at the High Commission call him "Mugabe".
They had said it was because of his dictatorial management style.
But he replied: "I did not get this nickname here in London. I got it way back in 1976 during the struggle. There are many people who are called Gaddafi or Castro, and that does not make them the replica of the people after whom they are named. I am certainly not a dictator.
I understand that some of the faceless sources to the newspapers say I am a dictator. The claims are malicious and completely wrong.
"There are grievance procedures in government which any aggrieved employee could follow. That has never happened to me over nearly five years of my service in London," he said.
He said he was baffled at being accused of defeating the ends of justice by taking his sons back to South Africa.
"My children's school has given glowing reports about their conduct.
"I am worried for my disabled wife. This is a chapter of our lives that we would wish to forget very soon.
"It is sad because our youngest baby girl, who is only one year and two months, was born here in Britain. But now look at the way in which we leave this country," he said.
"It is sad, really. Unjust foreign policies should not be accepted. They should be vehemently opposed, if not for the sake of justice at least in the interests of human rights." - Independent Foreign Service