My Scribes!

People need to know that being a celebrity does not always translate to a sustainable luxurious life with lavish cars, mansions, designer clothes and bucket loads of money – all these are just luring temptations and it is now becoming more palpable that the portrayed glamorous lifestyle of being a celebrity is just a façade. Even most of what they adorn themselves with stems from endorsements and sponsorships with no real ownership, but they deem it necessary because being famous commands this excessive and hefty price tag - talk about selling your soul to the devil! “When I was growing up I would put on the radio and hear talented people. When you guys put on the radio now, you hear popular people” #NickiMinaj Apart from the life of opulence advertised by these celebrities on social media, reality TV and magazine spreads - what other influence do they really have out there? Throughout recent years they have been nothing but passively active in addressing social ill...

FACT: “The top 9 executives in Apple earn more than the combined wages of 95 000 employees that male Apple products” The question posed to me here is would I, if I were fortunate enough to be one of the 9 executives, boldly take this salary? And the answer is a resounding YES! I would definitely, and with no shame, take the salary because I am entitled to it having done the work as per the deliverables and the terms and conditions of my performance and employment contract. This would then enable me to afford, live and maintain a lifestyle that I work hard for – getting rich in the process would be a bonus and that’s my ultimate goal! We are all parties (some active and some not) in the hustle and bustle of our world’s economy and we work, if not hoping and dreaming, to afford a comfortable and decent lifestyle so, if presented with an opportunity to earn that much for a year’s work by fulfilling a set of preconditions attached to it, I believe (unequivocally ...