“…sometimes to go as you expected with a pregnancy and then you have to seriously consider termination”, these are the gynecologists words after a routine scan when my girlfriend was about 6 months pregnant. What? Huh? Please note that this dude just said this out of the blue. “Terminate? Why would we do that?” I...
Month: February 2018
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A Perfect Night In November – Tshepo Hlongwane
I am reflecting on a perfect night in November, where Tshepo Hlongwane, founder of Brown Eyed Boy Curators, partnered with Nelson Makamo to create a unique un-curated, in-studio, art experience. Nelson generously agreed to open up his studio space to a group of art patrons, enthusiasts and those fresh to the art scene. The event...
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The New Mercedes Benz GLA
If there is anything Mercedes Benz got right, it has been the transformation of the A class, it used to look like a smaller mommy car which is similar to the current B Class. I remember that before the A Class was launched it was said that it was targeted at a younger audience and...
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Baby Daddy (Part 4)
It is the fourth of February 2008. A month and a half has passed since my girlfriend and I told our families that are going to be parents. She is about 3 months pregnant. It’s 2:30am on a Monday morning and my phone rings, it’s my brother. “It’s bad news”, he says. With those three...
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Understand Men Better: The Hardship of A Man
I was watching the new Chris Rock Netflix special that dropped this month and it’s very hard not to sympathize with the man and what he went through in the last few years. In the special, he opens up about his infidelity to his now ex-wife and the hell he went through with regards to...
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Baby Daddy (Part 3)
“LENGANE IYADELELA! How dare he come into our family without any elders from his house? Who does he think he is? Looking someone’s mother in the eye and telling that rubbish!” My girlfriend’s grandmother was breathing fire and brimstone. Yes fam, the wheels of my flaming ‘I want to do right’ chariot had come off...
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Nkululeko Bhekizwe Mkhwanazi
My love for wine started in 2000 when our post matric class visited Rustenberg Wine Estate during a trip to Cape Town. Simon Barlow hosted us and took us on a vineyard and cellar tour of his farm before he presented wines. I studied at UCT and naturally joined the UCT Wine Society where I...
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Business Ethics
In the modern world, the concept of business ethics has become an integral part of most corporate companies. The reason being, they are important for managing a sustainable business mainly because of the serious consequences that can result from decisions made with a lack of regard to ethics. In South Africa for example, businesses are...
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The Curated Cool: Vision Is Seen In The Doing
What is your vision? Four simple words that continue to send shockwaves down the spines of the burly and eloquent alike because, how does one begin to articulate, in simple words, what is locked away in the depths of the most vulnerable and precious corners of one’s mind? While it is necessary to do this...
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Baby Daddy (Part 2)
I don’t know what it would take for you to hear the heartbeat of your own child and then decide to do an abortion. Whatever it takes, I didn’t have it. My girlfriend had already decided she was keeping the baby. I was late in my decision. On hearing the heartbeat my I nearly fell...