Failure Isn't Final. Harold Mawela

 The Lattice of Perspective By Harold Mawela, from my study in Akasia, Pretoria Scripture: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1) Let me paint you a picture. The winter sun hangs low and brittle over Akasia this morning, thin as a tamboti branch, as I sit here with my rooibos tea steam curling like incense toward a sky that cannot decide between blue and grey. My neighbour, Mr. Van der Merwe, is at his gate again, scrolling through news on his phone. Just yesterday, the headlines announced that South Africa has now gone over 400 days without load-shedding a miracle many of us dared not pray for. And yet, in the same breath, the Absa Purchasing Managers' Index tells us manufacturing has slipped back into contractionary territory. The economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter, we are told six consecutive quarters of growth but try telling that to the yo...