Have I written about Red Chamber since it moved downstairs at Hyde Park Shopping Centre? If I have, I apologise. I go there all the time, but last Thursday was different. I had such an incredibly happy meal there. I know, I know. I have great meals there all the time with my children.The customers are a diverse bunch. The service is always prompt and excellent. The food is outstanding. But then one forgets just how great it is to get all these things. Why?It is a bit like SA, really. There are so many great and wonderful things here. There is a gorgeous mountain in the Cape, fabulous wildlife in Limpopo and the weather in Durban feels like it is summer right in the middle of winter. We have everything. The problem is that we also have Penny Sparrow, Jacob Zuma, the Gupta family and their like.But don’t even for once think that this sort of thing is stopping the winners from winning. The other day I met a young entrepreneur at a conference. He congratulated me on the talk I had just ...

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