Mercedes-Benz, In Search Of A New Narrative

Nov 3, 2016 | ,

On the 11th of February, 1990, at 16:14, I was sitting in a hotel room – our house was being renovated - in Maseru, in front of the telly with my father and siblings. This was the date and time that Nelson Mandela finally walked free. This was an occasion that had significance not just for South Africans but Africans as a whole. The 26 years since that day have been marked with positives, negatives and the blurry areas in between. It is also easy to get caught up in the challenges the country faces, which can be a very dark place. "An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when...

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Steve Slotow & Kojo Baffoe present The Art of Life

Dec 23, 2013 |

I haven't shared the Art of Life episodes lately - well, in reality, I haven't really shared anything lately. The end of the year is always the most intense from a work perspective and with all the writing and running around I've been doing have left very little room for blogging. I've stopped beating myself up about it. This is something I will continue to do and build on - sometimes, consistently, other times not. It is what it is. To close out the year, check out the last three episodes of the Art of Life. I continue to believe there is a growing space for web series/online programming...

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Steve Slotow & Kojo Baffoe Present Art of Life Eps8

Aug 23, 2013 |

This is the eighth episode of the Art of Life, the web series I do with Steve Slotow. In this episode, we talk about the Mercedes Benz SLK 250 (well, Steve talks and I pretend I know what he is talking about), the Sony Xperia Tablet Z (which we are both big fans of) and Nike #Mipista, a novel initiative that they ran in Spain. The SLK 250 goes for over R600k, the Xperia Tablet is valued at about R9000 and, unfortunately, it doesn't look like we'll be seeing #Mipista in Africa, but it's still a cool idea. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CWx2ybqwRbg[/youtube] Shot at 21Tanks by Quinton Jones....

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Ekhaya – SA’s Home Away From Home

Aug 29, 2012 | ,

It is not every day that an opportunity such as this arises: the chance to travel to the Paralympics to support the SA Paralympics Team and experience the amazing experience that any major global sporting event is. I’m in London as part of the “supporter wave” invited by Mercedes Benz who are one of the sponsors of the South African team having arrived yesterday morning early. Last week, I attended the farewell function for the team at the Sandton Convention Centre and was struck, once again, by how amazingly resilient we as human beings can be. Athletes achieve sometime unimaginable feats;...

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