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EDITOR’S LETTER
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This is one of those milestone editions – Leigh our Editor of yore has handed the reins over to me, this being my first edition as Editor, a baptism of fire and a challenge, but hugely satisfying.
With so much negativity of the past couple of years with COVID being the most talked about topic, then the reinstatement of loadshedding and the war in Ukraine causing fuel price increases, not to mention lockdowns in China and the trials that created with manufacturing; life has been a little challenging of late.
There has been too much focus on the negative and not enough on the positive. Every storm cloud brings rain, but that can also be a blessing. South Africans are resilient and innovative. We are fortunately good at making the best of a bad situation.
I have seen how resilience and innovation have combined to create incredible collaborations and products, how people have become entrepreneurs out of necessity and have been surprisingly good and have managed to create a niche. We have a feature on Thuto Stationery; entrepreneurship and innovation at its best, in this issue.
Being women’s month, we look at women in industry and also an NPO that has an innovative way of using / disposing of cloth facemasks for the benefit of young girls, under the eco-page. We look at the nice to haves, which focuses on the scourge of loadshedding and how you can make life a little easier with the nice to haves – though having electricity 24/7 would be better.
Hopefully this edition will have a little something-something for everyone.
Enjoy! Bronwen
