Tag Archives: Africa
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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Tagged Africa, artist, opera, Pretty Yende, South Africa
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A father, brother and a Datsun bakkie
WHEN I was seven, my father put me in the boot of his beige Datsun 1 600 sedan with a three-day-old Jersey bull calf. My job was to keep the animal calm and hold the trunk slightly open so we … Continue reading
Posted in Technology touch
Tagged Africa, bakkie, brother, calf, Cape Town, Datsun, father, sister, technology
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SA invention puts entrepreneurs in charge
FROM where I’m standing, entrepreneurship is alive and well. My 18-year-old son is currently cavorting in Cambodia thanks to the money he earned, while at high school, breeding and selling mice to people who keep snakes as pets. Ja. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurially inspired, Inventive Africa, Technology touch
Tagged Africa, charger, entrepreneur, innovation, invention, technology
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