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Cultural Change

Hellmut, September 10, 2008

From the BBC:

As career changes go it’s a pretty radical shift in direction. Thandisizwe Meyi, from a township in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, had been planning to become a boxer. He even had a nickname “Tyson”.

But instead he is entering a very different kind of arena. Tyson, as he is still known, is going to be a sommelier – a wine expert, who will be trained in London to advise on wine in upmarket international restaurants.

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