Cheaper Broadband for Academics

 Treveor Manuel has announced a new initiative to offer cheaper broadband to Academics to facilitate and foster research. This is really something which the government has been slow to address. Broadband should be available at discounted rates to students and especially for postgraduate students. When they are not on campus, they have to access the […]

Bill Gates gives high school learners 11 rules to live by

 Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To anyone with kids of any age, here’s some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings […]

How to identify good and bad role models for men

 There is a debate that crops up every now and then, trying to explain the behaviour of human beings. It’s called the nature vs nurture debate and speaks about how our overall behaviour patterns are determined by our genes (nature) or how we are raised by our parents (nurture). It’s clear that both play a […]

John Farquhar speaks out on future of Newspapers

 I received this response from John Farquhar after I emailed him about Duncan McLeod in Financial Mail’s column Newspapers R.I.P. Thanks for the link to McLeod’s column. There are two kinds of people in business. Those who live in the real world and those who fantasise about tomorrow’s where the old will be replaced by […]

Radio interviews as Valentine’s Day approaches

 Last night I did a half-hour-long interview on SAFM with Lynette Francis. We discussed online dating, speed dating and sms dating. Trying to get people into the mood for Valentine’s Day. My friend Jenny Cereseto from SMARTdate was the only caller and made a good case for speed dating over online dating. My personal opinion […]