Yearly: 2013

Let‘s be free to choose, even when it comes to drugs


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

WHENEVER ONE MAKES A STATEMENT, I think it’s very important that we take an appropriate way of disputing it.  I recently echoed my thoughts on Twitter, on how our governments…

Reflecting on challenges in a bittersweet world


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

FEW WEEKS AGO I SAID MY next blog post will be about communism, whether the system would work for us today. But I’ve had a very bad week, to an extent…

Africa’s growth and challenges in a fast-growing world


JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

IN 2000, THE ECONOMIST RELEASED THE COVER story about Africa, titled “The hopeless continent”.  At that time Sierra Leone was embroiled in a civil war that left more than 50,000…