A few weeks ago, I found myself at a round-table discussion about the opportunities available to our generation as a result of the exponential growth expected from the digital economy in South Africa. The discussion quickly came down to what exactly was meant by the digital economy. Is it happening outside the “normal” economy, or...
Category: Conversations
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Control
We’ve been chatting all afternoon about fucking and I’ve been grinning at my screen like a naughty school girl. After a long thread of erotic texting he says he wants to see me and I agree because I’ve been craving his kisses all week long. With excitement, I get off the couch to rid myself...
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My Impressions at the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show
I had the pleasure and honour of being a judge at the prestiguos Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show at the Grand Roche Hotel. Wine Supremo Michael Fridjhon is the founder and Chairman of the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show. He founded this wine competition in 2001. The judging took place from the 30th April to...
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Go To The Ends Of The Earth, To Find What You Left Behind…
I spent the morning in the Engineering department. My friend, my guide for the day, was a Law student and we spent the day in the Engineering grounds. To be fair we were scouting for hotties (and free food) but I also wanted to be anywhere else but the place where I would face my...
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Catching Feelings (Movie Review)
This dark dramedy is set in modern day Johannesburg, with the landscape of the city being its own lead character in the film. The viewer gets to look in to the world of a married couple played by Kagiso Lediga, a university professor and Pearl Thusi, a journalist. The couple’s seemingly ordinary lives get shaken...
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Address By Ayabonga Cawe On The Occasion Of The 10th Reunion Of The Queen’s College Class Of 2008
Headmaster, Mr Van der Ryst, thank you very much for those kind words, the invite to address this combined assembly and a reminder of some of the exploits of our class and myself in particular. Allow me to recognize a few people in the audience here, worth mentioning. Acting Headmaster of the Junior School, Colin...
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Understand Men Better.
I remember when I met Marvin in Greenside, Johannesburg for the first time and he was just regular guy but with something regal about him. I remember that we were drinking the same beer at the bar and conversations started by my complimenting his watch. By end of the day it seemed like we have...
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Adila Chowan
A chartered accountant with almost 18 years of experience, who had previously acted as both a CFO & CEO and served as a board member of approximately 7 companies, was overlooked for a CFO position at AMH. Even though highly qualified, Adila Chowan was reduced to being identified as a “female employment equity” candidate while...
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The Meaning of Life.
If I spend one more minute trying to answer that blerrie question no one’s really been able to answer since… hmm… err… Let’s see, I think it’s almost FOREVER to the day now, I will have the contemplative part of my brain surgically removed. What is life? Or, what is the purpose of life? For...
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Bare Minimum
So now he’s managed to convince you that he’s not just there for a hit and run, I mean, he definitely called to see you again and it was great. You have moved on from the anxiety that comes with meeting someone new, where you are not sure whether he will call you back or...