Adriaan Basson | Notes from Franschhoek – it's not all doom and gloom

If you are in need of hope for the future of South Africa, get out, listen, read and speak to your brilliant fellow compatriots, writes Adriaan Basson after attending the Franschhoek Literary Festival.

What gives you hope? Is hope a choice? Does hope require us to be part of the solution? Or is hope just an empty slogan on a T-shirt?

I've been sitting with these questions after attending three magnificent days of the Franschhoek Literary Festival in the Cape Winelands. It was good for the soul to reconnect with South Africans who are all invested in the future, surrounded by spectacular mountains, brilliant conversations and, of course, incredible wine.