Every Thursday we have a guest visit the studio as a speaker in a one hour slot called the #MasterClass. Last week was no different, when we hosted the founder of Ignitive, Muzi Khuzwayo. He is also the author of several books including ‘There is a Tsotsi in the Boardroom.’
It was only a few weeks ago when I made my Bucket List for 2016.‘Meet Someone Famous’ made it to Number 65 and ‘Be on the Guest List for an Event’ was recorded next to Number 104. I knew the first one would be the easiest to quickly scratch off my list but I had no idea that the exciting encounter with a TV personality would be between Brett Rogers and I.
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In the book that I am currently reading by Jodi Picoult – Sing You Home, it states ‘Some cognitive scientists believe human response to music provides evidence that we are more than just flesh and blood – that we have souls too. And because there is no revolutionary context within which people’s response to music makes sense – the tapping of a foot, the urge to sing along or get up to dance, there’s just no survival benefit to these activities. For this reason, some believe that our response to music, is proof that there’s more to us than just biological and physiological mechanics.’
The only thing I remember about my first time ever visiting Johannesburg is Lwazi; the boy whose mother had packed for him ‘umphako’ of a full grilled chicken, a 2 litre Cabana juice and cheese sandwiches for the ‘road.’ She was obviously just another parent who didn’t realize it would only take us an hour and fifteen minutes to reach our destination. We were a group of pupils that had been selected to represent the different schools in East London and we were headed for a Department of Education function in Pretoria. And like me, Lwazi must have been the first in his family to ever fly on a plane.