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Residents of Lenasia South outside Johannesburg had hoped that, with the construction of a R45-million reservoir, their water woes of almost five years would come to an end. But there are still water outages twice a day.
It is through their eyes that we are able to see better.
Sathieseelan Gurulingam Govender, most commonly known as Ronnie Govender, once informed me of the deep leadership of the real-world bus driver, the fruit seller, the fisher, the petrol attendant, the school teacher… and yes, also the fictional world but perhaps not so fictional child of Mothi, the shit-bucket-carrier, in the play
The Lahnee’s Pleasure.
Whether playing the seven-year-old child of Mothi in my grandfather Ronnie Govender’s play… or trying to drink some of the whisky in his cabinet in my early teens… or going for a swim with him in the ocean with my sisters and cousins… or even when dealing with life’s challenges, he always triggered and directed our conscience and
The Power of Connectivity
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Once a luxury, connectivity has become the fourth utility. Featuring alongside electricity, water and sewerage as services that are vital to economic and social development, connectivity is the key to participating in our connected, digital world.
At a very basic level, this connectivity needn’t necessarily enable the most high-tech or advanced technologies to have an impact, notes Mark Walker, Associate Vice-President for south, east and west Africa at the IDC (International Data Corporation). Today, your humble one-man band can promote his business, engage with customers and transact using a simple smartphone and an internet connection. Issues arise and gaps appear when access is limited, when quality is poor, when costs are prohibitive, when security is questionable and when connections are unreliable. So how do we minimise these inhibitors?