Tag: Cape Town
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Help! It’s My First Week at Work, and I’m Already Overloaded!
It’s perfectly all right to feel overwhelmed in your first week at a new job. If you’re not feeling overwhelmed, you’re not trying hard enough. There’s a lot to learn. Information overload is a very real thing.
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I’ve got 50 Kids, and They All Love Playing Rugby
Being a surrogate supporter means pitching up and cheering for 50 kids with the same amount of enthusiasm and bias that you would your own little ones. It means getting up at 5am on a chilly Saturday to pile into the back of a seatless Avanza, squeezed inbetween apples, sandwiches, chips rugby balls, cones and…
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Why Being Retrenched Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
I made a purposeful decision: this retrenchment will not define me or my career. I would not give it power over me. I would not succumb to fear. I would instead choose how to react and I would be in control of my emotions.
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How Spanky Miranda Taught Me to Leave Home & Love Life
I feel more at ease and more at home in my car than I do in my actual home. I would rather spend eight hours on the road in my car than sitting at home. You could argue that I only sleep at home, and that really I live in my car.
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Nic Groom, Bachelor of Social Science, Master of Rugby
Groomed for sporting greatness as a Social Sciences student at UCT, Nic Groom was faced with an agonising choice as his rugby career crossed the try-line from amateur to pro. He chats to David O’Sullivan about this crossroads.
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How to Make This the Happiest Family Holiday Ever
You know that feeling where you need a holiday after your holiday? Of course you do. Experts share their secrets with David O’Sullivan for making sure you stay sane and happy this time round
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Q&A: Lize Hartley, skintrepreneur
Meet the bright young entrepreneur behind the sticking-plaster brand that is shifting attitudes and bringing new shades to the market.
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The exquisite agony of the long-distance wedding
United with her husband-to-be over oceans of love, Mary B learns that planning a wedding is never easy when you’re planning it with Mom over Skype.
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Q&A: Nic Haralambous, the Sock-it-to-Me Man
Meet a restless young entrepreneur who is giving new meaning to running your own business, and looking stylish while doing it