i blog about anything that interests me, with a particular emphasis on learning and social capital
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According to blogroll links it ranks 8692 and 8599 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
I recently read Raymond Suttner's book 'Inside Apartheid's Prison' and then the other day a powerful article that he has written from a more philosophical and reflective space. The article is one of the best pieces I have ever read on the prison experience and so I
My colleagues Andrea van der Merwe, Paul Keursten and I are involved in an exciting new initiative at the University of the Free State to help strengthen a culture of customer service at the University. It is a fascinating time to be working there – earlier in January
As we celebrate the New Year in South Africa, we are very excited about the 2010 World Cup, and the opportunity to welcome new visitors to our country. The stadiums are ready and all our international visitors are in for a treat!Mr Sepp Blatter – apparently the head
Today I went again to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. On 23rd December, we did not expect it to be busy. We were wrong – there were hundreds of visitors – many from overseas and also many South Africans, of all shades and hues.Visiting the Apartheid Museum
My good friend and colleague Paul Keursten is moving to South Africa in the next few weeks. Paul is one of the founding partners of our company in Holland and, not the first
The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index, which measures the relative prosperity of 104 countries, rates South Africa at 51 overall.The Legatum Institute describes itself as “an independent research, policy, and advocacy organisation that promotes political, economic and individual liberty in the developing and transitioning world”, and describes the Index as
For the last 2 weeks Paul Keursten and I have been working with the Imtech/Nova project in the east of Pretoria. The project is part of the Imtech BV corporate social responsibility programme and is working with the Nova Institute to promote the sustainable use of electricity in
This post is dedicated to the life and memory of my friend Peter Ngwenya, who passed away recently. Peter was a remarkable man in many ways. He was above all a South African, who dedicated his life to transformation and development. His passion for supporting the
Here is a link to an interesting article by Adam Habib published in The Sunday Times that explores (in a deeper and more articulate fashion!) some of the some ideas from my previous posting...
The election has been something of a distraction from day-to-day things, so this will be my last posting on politics for a while. My continuing interest is the process of realignment of opposition politics and a hope that the process will move in such a way that leads us
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