Boardroom Talk
Boardroom Talk – Memories of young reporter and a guest who refused to shake hands
Looking back, it’s a reminder that the worst of all character defects is a closed mind. Such a pity this particular virus has become so widespread.
By Alec Hogg
It was sad to hear of Essop Pahad's passing last week. He was 84 and a member of the group of exiles whose return to the Beloved Country brought such hope when they came home in 1990 when the ban on the ANC was lifted.
Bad as things look in the country right now, those of us who had front row seats to the transition would then, in a heartbeat, have grabbed SA 2023 as an outcome. Often it looked like the Young Democracy would be stillborn – Boipatong; AWB's storming of the World Trade Centre; the farmer "invasion" of Bophuthatswana; IFP v Comrades; and much more.
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