What a tumultuous last quarter this has been. A few months ago Prof Jonathan Jansen and Mamphele Ramphele were on the radio, pontificating on the countries problems and concluding that, despite everything, the country was destined for greatness. Plausible at the time, but after the growl from the grape valley and the howl from Marikana, discussed in our Executive Managers column, the rational man must wonder whether instead of greatness, inspired by great men like Biko and Mandela, the destination that the current crop of "leaders" is sliding toward, is the garbage bin. Life, however, is not entirely rational. How else can one account for the fact that Ramphele's and Jansen's vision still somehow rings true?
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