Think new thoughts…
I recently came across an intriguing quote by Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American novelist. It reads thus: “Those who do not have the power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to re-think it, deconstruct it, joke about it and change it as times change, truly are powerless, because they cannot think new thoughts” This quote provokes me to think about how to think new thoughts and the power of story-telling. On 30 th September 2022, I had the privilege to attend the launch of Rusty Global Media (RGM) TV here in Rustenburg, a Community TV Station. During the event, I had the privilege of listening to stories of ordinary women who have made extra-ordinary achievements in and around the North West province of South Africa. What is common among them is that their stories are untold, yet they have positively impacted countless lives. In fact the vision to establish RGM TV was inspired by the story of Mrs Diratsagae (RIP) who achi...