THE successful launch of the Brand Summit South Africa in Cape Town last week opened up much-needed discussions about the evolving country/nation brand image of South Africa since the dawn of our young - and decidedly fragile - democracy in the early 1990s. Delegates to the summit came from all over South Africa and from as [...]
AMBASSADOR Billy Modise, democratic South Africa's first black high commissioner to Canada and, later, chief of state protocol during former president Thabo Mbeki's term, once said this to me: "No matter how close to or friendly you are with the people you lead, you must always wear your tie because to them you are always [...]
IN Monday’s Business Day cartoon, Shaun Abrahams, the head of the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA), is depicted waiting on a scooter at an intersection. He’s sitting there trying to make up his mind about whether to proceed straight, turn right, or turn left. South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (C) leaves after a summit on [...]