Courage comes in many forms, and is all around us
Courage comes in many forms, but mostly it personifies selflessness. It exists all over, not just in those canonised by the court of public opinion.
Alec Hogg’s regular column covering investment, economics, moneycraft and, occasionally, something very personal.
Courage comes in many forms, but mostly it personifies selflessness. It exists all over, not just in those canonised by the court of public opinion.
At a time when heroes and villains are very much in South Africa’s spotlight, it’s worth dwelling on Mossel Bay-born, Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor.
The BBC is reporting that “Weekend Special” Finance Minister Des van Rooyen spent the evening before #Nenegate at the home of the Gupta family.
Barry D. Wood, who started his career in South Africa, sent us the moving tribute to former Rand Daily Mail editor Allister Sparks.
Be an activist with empathy. That was the essence of Allister Sparks’ message as the keynote speaker at the graduation of his granddaughter earlier this year in England.
Elon Musk made his first $500 from a magazine for code he created for a computer game, and learnt about arbitrage as a Pretoria teenager when selling expensive easter eggs moulded from cheap chocolate.
Here is an excellent response to the obviously trumped-up charges laid by the National Prosecuting Authority against SA Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and his former colleagues Ivan Pillay and Oupa Magashula.
South Africans understand how to operate where the only constant is change. In a rapidly transforming world, that’s an asset not to be underestimated.
Democracy gives enormous power to its citizens. But it also charges them with the responsibility of giving a damn. And there are few better examples than John Clarke.
That Pravin Gordhan is a very honest man has been confirmed by charges a Zuma-friendly National Prosecuting Authority formally laid on Monday.