Swart Donkey

You may not realise it, but you have a problem. I can solve that problem. There is no one else who can. Manufactured inadequacy. Projected...

The Corporate world is a game, best played as a game. I wasn’t good at it because I wasn’t willing to accept the veil of meritocracy. I to...

I am a slow learner. Always have been. I started walking late. My Mother says that is because my older brothers carried me everywhere. I s...

Social Media keeps us connected to each others lives, but only bits of it. I find it a great catalyst for real world interactions, and am a...

I spent almost 12 years of school, and 3 years of pre-school, with a small group of guys. There was no escape hatch . There was no pressure...

Although I went down the financial route in my studies, and choice of work, most of my extended family have been involved in the caring pr...

I find the concept of Sovereignty and Independence strange. At the smallest non-individual level sits the family . Despite almost as...

I have a big family with lots of aunts and uncles and cousins. The next generation is also starting to grow up. I can remember baby Jes...

I have been lucky to have fantastic colleagues. Smart. Interesting. Interested. Caring. Creative. Business was personal . I cared. The team...

My brothers are both Doctors . When my Dad introduces us, he says, ' This is Dr Black, this is Dr Black, and that's... Trevor. ...

Raising kids seems to be a form of adapted warfare . But where you genuinely love your enemy. I have only ever been an innocent bystander. ...

I don't suffer from any debilitating fears or anxieties , and am very lucky to have an awesome support network of friends and family. M...

Being wealthy can get complicated . Particularly if that wealth is shared.  Many very wealthy families end up being mini-institutions. They...

My grandparents have moved home a few times. Whenever I see their new place, it immediately feels like a visit to Gran and Grampa . The fur...

I find it interesting how we are able to unite around an external enemy. Given a few generations, people start to forget that they were eve...

Many of my best memories from growing up come from family and friends gathering, around a pool with a braai. For a stage, it was a Sunday r...

When is someone family? Is it the point at which the relationship is not a choice? When the escape hatch disappears. When they are so deep...

A number of people I know have lent into the idea of taking on physical challenges as ' happiness projects '. Some of my friends ha...

We like to talk about tribes, and homogeneity, as if there are these wonderful little bubbles of happiness where everyone agrees with us. ...

They say you can't choose family, and friends are the family you choose. That isn't really true once you get past immediate nuclear...