Monocle: How to make a nation
Monocle is one of the top companies when it comes to positive literature in the world today. Whether you subscribe to their monthly magazines...
Brexit: Why you don’t have to panic
"Let June 23 go down in history as our Independence Day.” So says Nigel Farage, leader of the Eurosceptic UK Independence party, who is...
The Great(est) Gatsby
Last night I ended up on the streets of Gatesville in Cape Town, South Africa, enjoying a steak masala gatsby at a restaurant called...
Vote where it counts
At the moment, the newly re-appointed finance minister of South Africa, Pravin Gordhan, is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The South African...
The Trump days ahead
In a week the world will have a new leader – President-elect Donald Trump.
The Financial Times named him their Person of the Year for...
D-Day for the USA
Tomorrow, 9 November 2016, the world will wake up a very different place, as the United States heads to the polls.
And depending on who...
A Different Kind of Television
You may ask why another Whitehouse drama is worth watching. Between the heightened melodrama of Olivia Pope in Shonda Rhimes' Scandal (South Africans know the show as The...
Not outraged? You’re not paying attention
There is a common saying that evil prevails when good men do nothing.
I believe this to be true.
There is also another common saying that...
Clinton vs Trump – Why presidential debates matter
Monday night, 26 September 2016, the first presidential debate between Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton and her Republican opponent Donald Trump, had millions glued to...