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The Impact of Black Economic Empowerment on South Africa GDP

The Impact of Black Economic Empowerment on South Africa GDP

3 June 2025

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What I wrote on this day...

My favourite writings

Angels in desolation

'In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty,' Phil Ochs once said ...

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The butterfly that stamped

This is the 9th month of the year 1999. There are 99 days to go to the last year of this century. Do you feel a sense of destiny?

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Death of a friend

My tribute to Dr Abu Asvat was published in The Daily Princetonian and since then has appeared in many other places.

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Jo'burg, the place of miracles

How we deal with death is as important as how we deal with life...

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Happy birthday Mr Morris

"It was the worst of times, it was the best of times; … we had nothing before us, we had everything before us …"

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Lamenting the loss of innocence

If you knew that a rose would scream, would you still pluck it?

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