By Black Diamonds on January 27, 2015
Inspiration

Are you one of those who feel you could have done better? Do you have the unquenched feeling that you stopped when you shouldn’t have or changed direction at the wrong moment in your life? Are you doing what you always wanted to do? Many are satisfied with their lot, content to commute to work, more…
By Black Diamonds on January 22, 2015
Classics, Looking the part, Style, Work Wear
Lifestyle

So 2014 is out of the way! That well deserved holiday was beyond your expectations. You have had the time to rest, reflect and reset for the year ahead. You have set out your goals for the year and beside them a plan in chronological order because you are just so precise about everything! Yours more…
By Black Diamonds on January 11, 2015
Building contractors, Business, Construction, DTI, Job Opportunities, Small Business
Diamonds

In 2002, with a daughter at a Technikon in faraway Pretoria, a helper’s salary for her young son, bond payments and the cost of travelling 100km daily to and from work in Butterworth, she was taking home R650. Fed up with her situation, she took action. NOBESUTHU MATOMANE, BUILDING CONTRACTOR BD: How long have you more…
By Black Diamonds on January 6, 2015
abandoned immigrants, Democracy, Mario Cuomo, War
Polemic

Americans have been mourning the passing of Mario Cuomo, former three-term Governor of New York. His parents were immigrants. Immigrants have been in the news lately with boat loads of hundreds of immigrants abandoned by ship crew and left to their fate in the Mediterranean Sea. William Swing, Director General for the International Organisation for more…
By Black Diamonds on December 19, 2014
Dapper look, Gentlemens Fashion, Hats, Khalaful Kouture, Loafers, Shades, Shorts, Style, Summer
Lifestyle

By Terence Khala Allow us to point out that every day is D-Day (Dapper Day). In October 2014 the world lost famed fashionista and fashion icon Oscar De La Renta, a special salute to the style icon who continues to inspire Khalaful Kouture in more ways than one. The late fashionista was well known for more…
By Black Diamonds on December 5, 2014
inspiration, motivation, poverty
Inspiration

It does not matter where you come from, a village in Africa or a slum in Latin America. You have the makings of a super star. Life is about choices. Despite the vicious cycle in poor communities that lock entire generations in to violent feuds, escape is possible. It is telling that both Benni McCarthy more…
By Black Diamonds on November 25, 2014
America, Ferguson, Michael Brown, police, Racism
Polemic

We live in a twitter feed world. Topics trend and they quickly make way for new topics but the killing never really stops. We just get it in bite size quantities to allow us to manage our guilt….or outrage. This safety valve provided by modern technology allows the world to blow off steam and carry more…