I am standing in the courtyard of the Heidelberg Schloss. Ages ago children played here in the safety of the castle, where its 50 feet walls protected them against all the unwanted elements from the outside. Parents could always look down on their children; they were...
I am in Berlin, looking down from a boardroom at where the ‘wall’ that separated East and West Germans once was. The wall is now destroyed; monuments of this wall can be seen in isolated areas around Berlin: but it still makes me think: how is it that the idea of...
I am looking at a photo of my just over one year old grandson on holiday with my children; they’re on the beach. Merely playing on the beach is, however, not good enough for him; he is continuously walking, even crawling away from them towards the sea; on his own, not...
During the Second World War the ultimate victory for the Allied Forces would have been the conquering of Berlin. If Berlin was conquered, the war would have been over. That is exactly what happened; when Berlin fell to the Allieds, Nazi-Germany surrendered. I can...
ANC General Secretary Gwede Mantashe said over the weekend that the ANC must “… quickly restore investor confidence”. That sounds good, but if the ANC really wants to do this, they must start right at the top. The rot has its origin right at the top of the ANC...
