This brilliant book by the insanely talented Oxford-grad @S_VanTeutem really needs to be translated into English.
It’s a firsthand exposé of how top grads are lured into what he calls the “Bermuda Triangle of Talent” — consultancy, finance, and corporate law — while the world burns.
Simon interviewed dozens of fellow students, bankers, lawyers, and consultants to uncover how idealism gets swallowed by prestige and paychecks — and how we might change that.
If you're a US/UK publisher looking for the next urgent, generational wake-up call: this is it.
@Leon_Schreib Dear minister. As a South African abroad (the NL) that cued for 6 hours and voted for change, I appeal to you to also look into the ZA embassies and how our requests are being handled. 6-12 month turn around times for certificates, passports etc is the norm.
"Why are we acting surprised? Why are we locking away Africa, when this virus is already on 3 continents? Nobody is locking away Belgium, nobody is locking away Israel, why are we locking away Africa?" — @yodifiji Co-chair Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance #Omicron
Are we not supposed to have been fried today?? #11August Or is that only tonight? #5G is your friend people! And #vaccines - The beep in my ear is a small price to pay ;-)
@JustineGSwaab@bencoates1 POC & white SA’ns alike have claim on the Afrikaans language. IMO the comment was about language, not race & was meant as a joke. Having lived in NL and currently learning the language, I have said exactly the same about Dutch. I find context so important.
@oh_my_kesh Have a destination wedding and invite EVERYONE! Only real friends/close family will make an effort to come. Our wedding in Amsterdam was great!
@CayForWater@DrZweliMkhize@MorningLiveSABC I am currently in SA, recovering from Covid. Which is very real. I agree about the lockdown and economic impact, But I disagree with your aloofness around the second wave... I am 38 and have never been this sick in my life.
During the last round of trollgate, people said that I should be banned from posting photos of myself because I’m too ugly. So I’d just like to commemorate the occasion with these 3 selfies... 📸😉👋🏻
@Discovery_SA Hi there. I relocated to the Netherlands in November and cancelled my medical aid as a result. I need the tax certificate of payments made from March to October. Can you assist?
@MWEBTweets Hi there. I moved to Europe and need to cancel my fibre, effective 31 December. My phone number obviously changed too so I cannot receive the OTP on my device to do it online. Please help with an e-mail address for your accounts department