Greg Ardé, Author at Ukwazi Life

Fourteen years ago, a legend passed away in KwaZulu-Natal. Dr Isaac Sibusiso Kubeka was a school headmaster, choral music enthusiast and author who crafted

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Teaching to transform: Why SA needs heroes in every classroom

January 27, 2026

by Greg Ardé

Running around as a reporter in the pre-1994 era, I was starry-eyed and in awe of the anti-apartheid struggle. One of the stirring slogans

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Tenacious teachers transforming rural education

January 27, 2026

by Greg Ardé

“We don’t make excuses, we make a plan.” Those were the words of Dumisani Manyoni, standing in the scant shade of a tree in

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Hearts, hens and hope: Positively impact one person every day

January 27, 2026

by Greg Ardé

“There is money in anything you put your heart into. Everything is hard; poverty is hard, and entrepreneurship is hard. Try and choose your

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Hustler’s heaven

January 27, 2026

by Greg Ardé

The headline for this story was going to read: Desperate but (please) not damned. This began as a woeful story about South Africa’s unemployment

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Wealth building

January 27, 2026

by Greg Ardé

Anchored in grit, Peter Armitage has built a cross-continental business that deals in eye-watering sums of money. But his inspirational success has a modest