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Starting Off on the Right Foot

  President Ramaphosa and President-Elect Joe Biden are both finger pointers – but they’re good at other ways of communicating too. In their first discussion yesterday, the covered a lot of ground. On the agenda were: strengthening the US-Africa relations, overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic, stamping out corruption, leading recovery of […]

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Meerkat Wisdom: The Grass is not Always Greener on the Other Side

  Meerkats are very territorial and will protect their boundaries ferociously against other gangs. They plant their own grass, nurture it and take the time to enjoy it. Meerkats don’t spend their lives looking for other animals’ grass in hope that it will be juicier and greener. Unlike meerkats, we […]

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Strengthen Your Pandemic Endurance Like a Pro

  If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.     ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Perseverance is often said to be the thing that separates “achievers” from “aspirers.” Right now, we are all […]

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Wild Dog Wisdom: The Value of Teamwork

African wild dogs are the most efficient hunters in Africa and targeted prey rarely escapes. Wild dogs hunt in formidable,cooperative packs of 6 to 20. The dogs have a peculiar rather playful ceremony that bonds them for a common purpose and initiates each hunt. They start circulating among the other […]

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Fact or Fake – Which is Easier to Believe?

One of the components of video mentoring that our Net Buddies appreciate most is a surprise to any of us who haven’t lived where population is so high the walls really do “have ears”. In the townships, where the number of people who live there is often 5-10 times what […]

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Warthog Wisdom: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover

Warthogs aren’t an image of beauty with their disproportionately large heads and the warts-thick protective-pads that appear on both sides of their head. People often have the perception that warthogs are very dangerous and ferocious because of their unsightly outer appearance. The truth is that warthogs are very caring and […]

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