Category Archives: Inspiring individuals
Judging books by their covers
This article was first published in Business Day years ago but, because Joey Hi-Fi’s work and comments on book cover design remain relevant, I believe it’s worth sharing again. Contrary to what the idiom recommends, illustrator and designer Joey Hi-Fi … Continue reading
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South African opera export extraordinaire, Pretty Yende – a profile
ABOUT 13 years ago, Pretty Yende heard opera for the first time and resolved to make it her career: “It was as if my soul knew what it was even though my mind and body didn’t,” she says. These days, … Continue reading
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When horse becomes whisperer
THE window in Stacey Doorly-Jones’s office above the stables on De Grendel farm on the slopes of the Tygerberg Hills outside Cape Town looks directly onto an arena in the yard. A small group of boys in their early teens … Continue reading
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Penny Haw 