Alan Knott-Craig: How arranged marriage with SA becomes love affair - commitment

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Within a couple days of it being published on Biznews.com, Alan Knott-Craig's think piece on how to live happily in South Africa was read by more than 50,000 people. That's an exceptional number for what; after all, is a clear diversion from the usual mass market fare of doom and gloom. So to find out what motivated him to do this, in this week's episode of Rational Radio we caught him at Johannesburg's OR Tambo airport en route home to the Cape. Warning to pessimists: this might just change your worldview. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Aug 2019 12AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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