Mailbox: Death – when it is hard to understand
Reader Carol Anne O’Brien shares the eulogy her son David received on his passing.
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Why Elon Musk has little affection for the brutal land where he grew up
Alec Hogg reads Elon Musks’ semi-authorised biography and discovers the billionaire entrepreneur holds few fond memories of growing up in SA.
Elon Musk: Complacency caused $10bn SpaceX’s June rocket explosion
Elon Musk said an initial investigation into the failure of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket points to a two-foot-long strut in a liquid oxygen tank that snapped.
Building your own home – six lessons learned
Maya Fisher-French shares her experiences of building a home, what to avoid and what she did right.
Dan Nicholl – sport can save our crazy society
Ruda Landman chats to Dan Nicholl about his love of sport, his never-ending quest for a real job, and the power of sport as a national unifier and a force for social change.
Disruption arrives in SA’s share market – ZARX to become second exchange
Alec Hogg speaks to Etienne Nel about the creation of a second stock exchange in South Africa, ZARX.
Six kick-ass ways to kick-start your business
So you want to start a business? There’s no better time than now. Here are some valuable lessons from two entrepreneurs who’ve made it happen.
Scott Dunlop – Those ‘Homer Simpson’ moments that make us human
We’ve all been left red-faced by a faux pas, minor or major, in the workplace and while we may have wished at the time that the earth would swallow us whole, the good news is that the embarrassment fades over time, as we come to learn that our capacity for embarrassment is one of the things that makes us human.
Design Indaba’s Ravi Naidoo – Entrepreneurs are often too impatient
Ravi Naidoo, founder of the Design Indaba Conference and Expo, tells us about the art and science of design, and its power as a catalyst for positive change.
Tesco & “Stockspin” – lessons for Pick n Pay & other retailers?
We can learn much from Tesco. It posted a huge loss last year – one of the biggest ever recorded in the UK. Yet, fifteen years ago, early in Sir Terry Leahy’s term as CEO, the firm was an exemplar for the “Lean Management” movement which arose out of Toyota’s production system.