Written by Dain Peters At the recent Daily Maverick Gathering, prominent economist Iraj Abedian, of Pan-African Capital Holdings, proposed that whenever the underlying value system of a society is diluted or destroyed, corruption appears. In a heterogeneous society, he says, when the moral system is not defined and internalised when, for instance, integrity is […]
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When great trees fall
by Dain Peters As I write this (15/01/14) we are just over 40 days after the death of Nelson Mandela. Forty Days: the magical time period, the time for which great mystics (Moses, Jesus and Mohammed) exiled themselves in preparation for significant changes; the 6-week time period when, in crisis theory, the old status quo […]
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