Five great questions to find your dream job
I’ve been through thousands of cvs and interviewed hundreds of applicants in my career, and there’s always a red flag over people who can’t seem to stay at a place longer than a year. đźš©
This is how women can ‘have it all’
I get sad at the number of talented women I know who are either exhausted trying to do too much out of some misguided notion that it’s the right thing to do, or whose talents and careers have taken a major backseat to their husbands.
Entrepreneurship is hard for me… and I’m super privileged.
Thoughts on my journey as an entrepreneur: I left full time employment for the first time at the end of 2019, and started my business, after years of dreaming about it, and preparing. I was 35. (I also adopted a baby at the same time, but that’s another story.) I became an entrepreneur relatively late …
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Kanye and Kim’s divorce rumours ruined my day. Here’s why.
This is going to sound ridiculous but here it is. The news that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West may be getting divorced ruined my day, yesterday. Here’s why. I’ve been particularly interested in how Kim as a wife and woman in the public eye has managed the very public challenges of her husband’s bipolar disorder. …
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Thoughts of a dark skinned girl watching #IndianMatchmaking
For a dark skinned South African of Indian descent like myself, watching the show is sort of a creepy glimpse into a world that could have been but thankfully isn’t.
Three sketchy things about new South African Netflix hit Blood & Water
From its take on class, bisexuality, “wokeness” & racial integration, to just plain poor character development, Netflix’s Blood & Water is a little sketchy.
Bianca Schoombee and social media mistakes
If you haven’t heard her name yet, a 21-year-old model by the name of Bianca Schoombee has been trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons. The would-be beauty queen posted a video of herself as part of a new application process to enter the Miss SA pageant. Shortly afterwards, tweets posted when she was …
Stop using the lockdown as a political football
We shouldn’t create a false impression of national mutiny and raging debate to in elections, Sell newspapers or Nurse bruised egos
Cyril goes far, together
Next time you slam his obsession with consensus-building… remember this moment.
Faith in the time of Corona
With apologies to Gabriel GarcĂa Márquez. I’ve just gotten off the phone with someone. I won’t mention names. They’ve asked me not to engage with them further on the topic of Covid-19 – the global pandemic that is killing thousands, destroying economies and forcing us all into self-isolation. Well. Most of us. See this particular …