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Gus Silber
Gus Silber works from Johannesburg South Africa. I play with words, and sometimes work with them too, as a Journalist/Author/Scriptwriter/Speechwriter/TweetWriter. http://t.co/8I8DJw0XeW Gus Silber has over 126555 followers on Twitter.
Resolving New Year’s revolutions
To celebrate the year of 2020 Gus Silber imagined asking a cross-section of famous South Africans for their views on what the future holds.
A company of one and it’s run, run, run
When Simbongile Ndlangisa ditched her nine-to-five job to start her own PR business, she thought, great, now I can sit and watch series all day
Activist for a new African narrative
As a child, books were her escape but later they became the pathway to her profession
He had to drop out, but now he’s a brand
Sibu Mpanza started talking to his camera and his down-to-earth style brought success
What’s the good news? Fake news and acts of kindness
Watch out for the potholes in the road ahead and never, ever spell-shame on Twitter.
The hashtags cometh: Must-have #MustFalls for 2016
There are a number of trends, attitudes and phenomena that we could quite happily do without this year, thank you very much, writes Gus Silber.
Make backups of your backups and silos of your silos
Even with this 1st edition of 2015 themed around 15, 2014 was such a sad year that Gus Silber could only find 14 Things that 2015 Can Learn from 2014.
Elections 2014: You’ll need a sense of Zuma
The precedent has been set for a few more years with Zuma at the helm. Here’s what we can look forward to in this brave new error of democracy.
Fifteen things 2014 can learn from 2013
It was a year filled with Nkandla, e-tolls, the Guptas and the death of a great man. What’s next, asks Gus Silber.
Deep Read: The path to Graceland
Gus Silber delves into the legacy of Paul Simon’s quintessential album ‘Graceland’, as the musician prepares for his world tour.
Ag daddy, please!
<b>Gus Silber</b> was left with a feeling of Déjà Verwoerd this week when a judge declared words to be weapons and a song to be a crime.
Now, anyone can be a hack
If a journalist can be a citizen, then surely, there is no logical reason why an ordinary citizen can’t be a journalist. Gus Silber, however, suggests we should resist the…
My holiday abroad. With a grey-permed Mandela
It was raining in London on the day they released Mandela.
Wembley’s whizzo, but who’s the chap in shorts?
Last Saturday, as is my custom, I travelled by first-class satellite to Wembley Stadium in London for the annual British Football AC Final.