There’s a fridge magnet from Perth on her fridge. Her son sent it three Christmases ago, before he’d even found a flat. Her guest room still has the bed her granddaughter used to sleep in when they visited on weekends. Nobody sleeps in it now. She checked flight prices last week, just to see, and […]
One business owner turned down a week in Hermanus in December. A friend offered him a house, cash only, and he didn’t have the cash available. On paper, his business is worth somewhere north of eleven million rand. It’s a strange gap to sit with. The number on a balance sheet and the number that’s […]