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“Some poor underpaid secretary back in the UK had, on finishing her lunch, found that she had some fruit spare. Rather than see it go to waste, she helpfully put it in the kitchen of the floor she was in, and sent an email to everyone on her floor: "Free bananas in the kitchen!!!"

Sadly, however, she sent it to the wrong list.

It didn't just go to her floor.
It didn't just go to her office.
It didn't just go to the UK offices.

It went GLOBAL.”
What followed was one of the most expensive, ridiculous email catastrophes of the 21 century.

I came into this world – sentenced to death
I can feel no guilt - it’s not my fault
I was conceived - I was born in this state
I had no choice! – I was not asked!

Those with a choice made a decision
To give life to me – I am their child
My parents who knew their HIV status
Conceived and gave birth – condemned me to death

My life will be brief - is this really fair?
Suffer and die – I don't know when!
No one will want me – I’ll be cast out
By prejudiced people who don’t want to know

We would like to make a difference, when business is quiet.

Our company makes a huge difference in corporate and governmental organization – through providing transformational team-building. This can be team building which touches and builds people through their own humanness, or diversity training which positively impacts relationships and teams.

Thinking back +- 13 years, How I wish I was and probably a million others back then, more educated on Learnerships, Bursaries etc.

President Zuma delivered his first State of the Nation speech to a packed parliament. If you ignore for the moment Patricia De Lille’s eye-catching suit, the highlight of the day could have been the President’s announcement about FET Colleges.

FET Colleges will be, “the primary site for skills development training” President Zuma announced. There were no further details about what exactly this means.

Dear All,

I agree with Catherine. Looks a lot like more of the same and, in the process, the SETAS will continue to channel an enormous amount of private sector funds into the public sector education system at the expense of independent private providers. State control remains the dominent theme and it has already destroyed large amounts of private initiative and done little to address the real skills shortages. As far as apprenticeships go that looks a lot like full circle.

By Charlotte Kemp

Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully -- and imaginatively -- for its hidden assets.

--Michael Korda

I saw it coming for awhile, and eventually the awful decision time is here. I have declared a voluntary liquidation for my business, and it is only voluntary because we are probably a few days ahead of our creditors setting their lawyers upon us.

I owned a franchise business as well as the speaking and training I do professionally, and it was the franchise business that has gone under.

The full Umgeni river thundered and surged around and over the mighty rocks in Graveyard rapid, as we paddled hard for the finish of 1986 Dusi Canoe Marathon. The rear cockpit of our blue racing K2 kayak was cracked from an earlier spill in the tricky uMzinyathi rapid. Suddenly the brown water threw our craft towards the Graveyard’s final obstacle a huge, partially submerged rock.

I remember, many years ago, when tea leaves were used to make tea. A teapot often came with a beautiful snug cover, called a tea cosy, just to keep the teapot warm. There was even a mini industry - where the local grandmothers would compete with each other to create the best and most beautiful tea cosies .

Tea making was an art, and many long discussions went around the process. Some people warmed the pot first, others put their tea in first - others the hot water. There were rules for the amount of time that tea must steep, before it was ready for pouring.