Thought Leader

Not long ago I found myself chilling at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton with a group of super-successful African male professionals. They were four, middle-aged gentlemen wearing designer labels with their posh cars parked in the underground lot. We had just decided to get together to play catch-up because we had increasingly become aware…

Is there a connection between the exploitation of Earth – in the guise of her so-called “resources” – and capitalism? And, given the age-old conception of Earth as female, or the “Great Mother” (associated with the Goddess of hunter-gatherer times), is there a link between the rise and dominance of patriarchy and this veritable “assault”…