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Kenya is a unique country if not peculiar. It is a country of million experts but no one listens to each others advice. It is a country that has taken almost two decades to have a constitutional change. It is a country whose leadership fight in public over small issues like who speaks first and […]

By Theresa Chapulapula Malawi is fondly known as the warm heart of Africa. This aptly describes the country. The warmth and the beauty of its people really make Malawi a must to visit. If you have never been to that Southern African country, then you are really missing something in life. The language barrier should […]

It seems a bit crazy to call a technology that is coming up for its twentieth birthday a “veteran”. But if you consider the massive explosion of digital communications technology over the past few years, you start to realise just how long SMS has been around for. Not only that, but SMS has also proved […]

Columnists Anonymous will meet this Friday at 7pm in the Town Hall, downtown Jo’burg. Please remember to bring papers proving you were unfairly dismissed after merely speaking your mind on matters relating to race, religion or sexuality. An independent observer will go through the papers with you to see if maybe you’ve gone ‘too far’. […]

I recently came across a wonderful essay by Gilbert Germain — in a book entitled Globalisation, technology and philosophy — on “the human condition in the age of technology”, where he takes a serious look at the reflections of Jean Baudrillard and Paul Virilio on contemporary technology. What immediately caught my eye is the striking […]

By Antonio Petra The future of the web is connected platforms. This is a bold statement, I know, but it is human nature to need parameters whilst at the same time revolt against institutions whose parameters are too onerous. No one platform can ever be an entire digital experience for users, for many reasons, aside […]

The difference between leadership and mere management often boils down to just one thing: vision. People follow leaders because they are able to paint a picture of a future that is so desirable that it inspires people to do what they ordinarily wouldn’t. But to be inspiring, a vision also needs to be believable. Otherwise, […]

It was with a great deal of sadness that I read David Smith’s piece, announcing his intention to stick his head into the sand, which I took mean that he would no longer engage us in intellectually stimulating writing. Of the political sort, I mean. I understand my friend’s fatigue. South Africa is a madly […]

By Siri Linn Brandsøy In a book by Norwegian author Jon Michelet in 1989, a young man with twisted environmentalist ideas makes his way to an island, just off the coast of Oslo, where he plans to kill several innocent people. If someone had told me something frighteningly similar was about to happen in Norway, […]

By Erik de Ridder Foreword “This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease.” As it were, Robert Kennedy stated this in […]

Mostly due to the triumphs of Apple’s iPad and iPhone, mobility has arrived in the enterprise in a big way. The following data points illustrate this eloquently: Research organisation IDC recently included iPads in its definition of PCs, positioning Apple to overtake HP as the leading notebook vendor in 2012. This year, sales of smart […]

The biggest signing of the current European summer is Argentinian Sergio Aguero’s move to Manchester City from Athletico Madrid for a reported fee of £39 million. Dutch master Wesley Snejder hasn’t yet ruled out a move to Manchester United from Inter Milan, but as things stands, Aguero’s signing will be the most expensive of the summer. […]