THE SELFISHNESS OF SORROW
With heavy hearts, the people of South Africa and the world wait, holding vigil, and their gaze on the Pretoria hospital that has housed the ailing President Mandela for thr
GOING THE DISTANCE
Right here, right now, Cape Town’s international airport is enjoying the arrival of aviation leaders from across the globe. The occasion? IATA’s Annual General M
ONE PLACE, ONE MOMENT, YET ONE WORLD
April 15th, 2013 – a day presumed to be one dedicated to sporting heroes running across Boston’s marathon finish line, in a split second, turned into a day of he
KEEPING THE FAITH
As differing as the world’s geography, politics, policies and populations may be, there are some things that create a global connection. Faith. This universal connecti
CRY, ONCE MORE, THE BELOVED COUNTRY
It was supposed to be a day of love and heart-smiles, not a day of loss and heartache. It was to be a day to pass by in a blur of warm gestures and words, simple acts of loving kin
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
As the last days of the first month of a new year draw near –WEF delegates now back home facing post-Davos diets, economic systems re-engineered in 2012 now starting to turn
A YEAR PAST
A year of love,a year of loss. A year of unions,a year of partings. A year of commitments,a year of convictions. A year of giving,a year of blessing. A year of discovery,a year of
GLOBAL VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
November 07th, 2012. Depending on their locations, their times zones, and their levels of excitement, millions of people across the world chose to forfeit sleep the night before to
A PEACE PRIZE FOR WHAT WE SO OFTEN ASSUME
As occurs every year, on the mid-October day of the announcement of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Peace, audible speculation occurs around the globe. Who will it be? Who would be called
THE CAUTIONS WITHIN “BECAUSE I CAN”
September 11th, 2012. Eleven years on, the world pauses to remember, ritualistically, a day that changed the world we know. The terrifying acts of a few changed the lives of all. L