The difference between you and the one you envy

If it were possible for you to swap your life with someone else’s who would you choose? If you had an opportunity to choose one man or woman from history, contemporary or past, and walk in his or her footsteps; whom would you choose?

Is it Mandela, Thatcher, Oprah, Bill Gates, the Queen, Einstein or some other iconic figure? Have you ever looked at someone- at the opportunities he or she seems to have, at the blessings that seems to literally stalk him or her, at his or her affluence or influence and wished you had half what that person has?

These are very personal questions indeed. In this issue allow me to be a little impudent, and ask you to take a few minutes to ruminate over these questions. And even more, to pause and answer the question-who do I really envy in this life?

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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