My open letter to the Professional Leadership, Board of Governors and Trustees of the United Herzlia schools. Dear Professional Leadership, Board of Governors and Trustees of the United Herzlia schools I write this letter to you all, wondering what in the coronavirus-plagued-world you were thinking when you announced, via email…

They say, time heals. They say, if you really want to make it through the future you have to move on from the past. …

This chapter is still unfinished and may have additional content inserted. My name is Matthew McPherson. I never knew it at first, I never understood it at all, I still don’t entirely have any recollection of why or what; all I know is that recently, people have stood beside me…

I was never really one to get enthusiastic about dinner time when the family was around. In fact, it felt as though we were entombed in some kind of groundhog-day experiment run by a group of indolent and impassive scientists eager to identify the effect of repetitive bickering on one’s…

It’s not often that one gets to write a story. Not at least one that tells the story of someone else and their tragic tale. When deciding what to do with this I wasn’t sure how the story would go. Would it be a story of someone else, someone who had fought cancer and survived? Would it be a tale of a young person who went from one life threatening disease to another? I see…

After just over three years of being at the helm of innovation, I left my role as Chief Operations Officer at Picup at the end of February 2018. A fancy job description, a fancy title, but in reality, though, titles are simply a mere representation of how you want to…

Suicide. It’s a sad tale of tragedy. To many, though, it’s a story of strength and courage from a journey of depression to a life free of pain. The irony is in the fact there is no more life — at least not on this planet. Netflix’s new drama series…

I’ve recently noticed a few “go-getters” starting their own businesses in the fitness environment. Whether it’s training programmes, meal plans, a hot-headed fitness guru or a healthy meal-delivery platform. Most prominent of these startups, SleekGeek is run by Elan Lohmann and offers it’s participants a fun and safe space to…

It started as a love affair when he launched Ajax Cape Town in 1999 with Rob Moore, after Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs joined forces, but it ended in a nasty divorce when he and Ajax Cape Town parted ways. Many Cape Town football fans were left seething after…