Slow Thoughts from Dale du Preez

  • Some Thoughts on the State of the Nation

    Before you start jumping up and down, I am referring to South Africa and more specifically to Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation Address from almost ten days ago. As with many such addresses, it skirts a number of issues, but on the whole it does address the state of…

  • Wow! Mobile Music Startup

    Omnifone, a UK firm that I’ve never heard of, launched a really interesting product a few hours ago. There isn’t much up about it in the US (yet), but it seems like the company has come out of nowhere to announce a HUGE deal with many of, if not all,…

  • Affirmative Action (Continued)

    Thanks once again to ggw, one of my comments became a post. As I was going to point out in my response to his comment, long essays are necessary because the topic is so nebulous and wide-ranging. In South Africa issues of race are NOT going to disappear in the…

  • Weekend = WeekEND

    I am incredibly glad that this weekend has arrived. This week was dominated by my maths comprehensive exam on Friday afternoon. I spent all week working towards it and was really glad to get it over and done with on Friday evening. Also, don’t lose your debit/credit card. It’s a…

  • Skills (and Affirmative Action)

    Sorry about the break – my girlfriend, Kellie, was visiting for the weekend and I am also preparing for my maths comprehensive exams this week, so I haven’t had time to get back to the blog. This post was supposed to happen a few days ago, so accept my apologies.…

  • Exodus

    I’m starting to notice the extent of the brain drain South Africa is experiencing at the moment. When I was at home, I barely managed to make contact with any of my friends from high school. A large number of them were working overseas during our long summer holiday, and…

  • Thoughts on South Africa (Interlude)

    I don’t have many thoughts to share at this exact moment in time, but I feel I should wish Ben all the best for his upcoming stint in South Africa. He’s going to be working at hospitals in KZN (near Durban, I would think) to improve the government’s roll out…