I have a friend who moves quietly. You don’t know she’s relocating until the boxes are packed. You don’t know she bought a car until she pulls up in it. Her relationship? Never a group discussion. What’s hers stays hers.
I used to think that meant she wasn’t open, like real friendship required sharing everything. But I get it now. It’s not distance, it’s protection. It’s privacy. It’s peace. Not everything needs an audience, and not every bond needs full access to be real.
My dad cheated on my mother with a lady with one leg shorter than the other one. My mother walked around the house limping, she said maybe that's what he wanted.
Work from home is no longer a luxury debate — it’s an economic necessity.
South Africans are being squeezed from every angle: rising fuel prices, higher food costs, and stagnant wages. Yet some still cling to outdated workplace models that force people to spend a significant portion of their income just to show up at an office.
If productivity was maintained during COVID, what exactly is the resistance now?
This is not just about convenience — it’s about survival, efficiency, and adapting to economic realities. Businesses that ignore this shift are not protecting productivity; they are ignoring the lived reality of their workforce.
The question is no longer “Can we work from home?”
It’s “Why are we refusing to?”