TWO South Africans were among the most talked about and Googled people in 2023, one revered as much as the other is reviled.
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi grabbed the world’s attention in October, when he led the team to a second consecutive Rugby World Cup (RWC) victory in France, his new home.
Elon Musk, the richest person on the planet, upended the world of social media when he bought the digital platform Twitter, renamed it to X and changed the way it worked.
Books on both men were released this year; Kolisi’s Rise a heart wrenching account of his rags-to-riches story, a boy that overcame impossible odds to become a global role model.
Professor Walter Isaacson’s eponymous biography on Musk reveals the inside story of a rather awkward genius which begs the question: do you have to be “mad” to be a mastermind?
On paper the two trailblazers
