It's the time of the year when the brain tricks us into believing we all have a chance at a new start. So I thought I should join the party and share my 10 hopes and wishes for 2019. Number 10: We start the healing process Thanks to a very blunt Johann Rupert, I've realised just how damaged I am. I know he had some very useful business insights to share in his conversation, but all I can remember is "BMW and Taboo". A rare opportunity to learn from one of the most successful businessmen in the world went to waste. I know I'm not the only one who took umbrage at Rupert's comments. However, they did reveal one thing: we are not OK. And the fact that Rupert can make such comments and not appreciate how they will be received is probably the bigger problem. We clearly need an intervention. Number 9: More young people enter politics It seems as if all politicians have conceded defeat to the EFF as the only political formation led by young people. Our country is largely made up of young pe...

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