Dear Friends On 6 March, one of my teachers, Prof Edward Webster passed on. This weekend was his funeral and memorial service. It is said that when an elder dies it is as if a library has burned down. In Eddie’s…
Hello dear friends In November, Mr. Siphiwe Mpye, editor of Business Day’s Wanted Magazine challenged me to write a piece that held both December’s festivities and where we were in the world’s history. It went through a few iterations. For…
Happy Sunday friends If you love owls (who doesn’t?) Hirokazu Kozakai’s ‘O Wise One’ will make you smile. Last week, I told you that Cape Town gallery Southern Guild was opening in Los Angeles. Chadd Scott’s Forbes article does a…
Dear All My holiday break, of course, included wine, I live in Cape Town after all. There was a lazy Winemaker’s lunch beneath Rust en Vrede’s oaks. Despite summer’s heat, the sirloins demanded their Estate Syrah, it wasn’t a mistake.…
I apologise. I know that all effective conversations have four components – establishing relationship, deepening understanding, exploring possibilities, and agreeing action. Last week, I ignored this. It was a month since I’d written to you, and I felt pressured (my…
Good morning my dear friends We’re back. I trust you have had a good start to your year. I started my year compiling my 2024 reading list (These were my favourite books in 2023). Let me know what you think is missing…
Dear friends Thank you for your messages after last week’s letter. Although it broke format and ran much longer than usual, it appears it resonated. I appreciated the feedback and the conversations that followed. Appropriately for the second last letter of…
“If you want to achieve something you’ve never achieved before, you have to do something you’ve never done before” – Rassie Erasmus Dear friends This Simons Town week has been somewhat surreal. The bay has been still, so still that…
“…exclusion levies emotional, financial, social, and other costs that affect not just those who are excluded, but those who exclude and work to keep that exclusion in place. The more inclusive a society, the more it is perceived as a…
Good morning Last week’s letter focused on a key moment of leadership displayed by Springbok rugby captain, Siya Kolisi. Enrique López Ponce, Nordex Group’s Vice President of the International Business Development Division, and Alfie Jay, managing director of Algoa FM, pointed…
Dear Friends First off, please take a moment to congratulate Cape Town author, CA Davids, whose intelligent, life-complicating, and therefore enriching and expanding book, How To Be a Revolutionary, this week won one of South Africa’s most prestigious literary awards,…
Good morning friends If you’ve had the kind of week I had, then you’ll appreciate this baffled tiger and this curious baby elephant. In fact, even if you’ve had the best week of your life, these snippets will make you even happier. If…