By Vanessa Papas “Dear optimists, pessimists and realists, while you were arguing about the level of the water in the glass, I drank it.
Regards, the opportunist.” Midway through South Africa’s to COVID-19 lockdown many South Africans look to the future with fear and uncertainty.
We chat to award-winning financial journalist Bruce Whitfield about his newly released book, The Upside Of Down, and why he believes the very crisis in which South Africans find themselves right now could be enormous opportunity for renewal, growth and optimism. What sparked the idea to write this book? I was worried about the stories we tell ourselves about South Africans.