On August 16, Isipingo-based shoemaking entrepreneur Rajeev Patundeen turned 50. As part of the celebrations, he invited 70 friends, family and business associates for lunch - and asked Biznews founder Alec Hogg to join them at a restaurant in Durban to explain why, at a time when gloom is pervasive, he is so positive about South Africa's future. Here's the recording of Hogg's address, one based on underlying realities facts lost in the noise dominating discourse in the young democracy.

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On August 16, Isipingo-based shoemaking entrepreneur Rajeev Patundeen turned 50. As part of the celebrations, he invited 70 friends, family and business associates for lunch - and asked Biznews founder Alec Hogg to join them at a restaurant in Durban to explain why, at a time when gloom is pervasive, he is so positive about South Africa's future. Here's the recording of Hogg's address, one based on underlying realities facts lost in the noise dominating discourse in the young democracy.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.