Yesterday, my open letter to the matric class of 2017 was published in the Pietermaritzburg-based The Witness newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I’m a former SABC radio journalist and spent over 15 years on air.[…]
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Tag: Personal
Changing hate, changing fate
Race. We are a nation obsessed with race. We pull the race card too quickly. Instead of celebrating matriculants who excelled, many have chosen to make it about race. I have seen a flood of[…]
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To South Africa's matric class of 2017
As the hype over the new year begins to fade, there’s another hype that goes into overdrive, unnecessarily. Matric results. This is an open letter to the matric class of 2017, and one that I[…]
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My giant leap of faith in 2017
Procrastination. It’s never been my thing. As a journalist, I have always been driven by deadlines. Get the story now, or someone else will get it. That was ingrained in my mind. No second thoughts.[…]
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What you really need…
I am here! I survived Black Friday, Black Weekend et al and even Cyber Monday, without so much as the temptation to scan through the online or print space for those big bargains. No, I’m[…]
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