Simon Paul is an Author, Poet and entrepreneur, with a education in the arts and english language and literature. As an Author, Simon Paul has written several novels, of which 'The Elephants will Remember' is the latest in a trilogy of novels, written to inform and educate the world, about the unneccessay slaughter of Elephants, in sub-Saharan Africa. [1]
Education - Simon Paul was educated at Saint Georges College in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he graduated with A'levels an English Language and Literature. [[1]] The political landscape of the newly democratic Zimbabwe, formulated many of his opinions on the problems associated with a 'One man one vote' parliamentary system, amongst a poorly educated majority of Zimbabweans. The processes that lead to Zimbabwe's ostraciation from the political and economic world, were very evident from as early as 1985, when the political landscape was already hit by 'Gukurahundi'[2]
Career - After completing his Articles for the Accounting Firm 'Coopers & Lybrand' now PWC [3] in 1990, Simon Paul turned his attention to the world of Insurance. This career lasted 21 years, during which Simon Paul co-wrote the framework for the Discovery Health platform, which was presented to Liberty Life Medical Lifestyle Department in 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adrian_Gore Due to the regulations of Intellectual Property (I.P.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property Liberty Life were not prepared to intervene in the licencing of the Trade Mark. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark
Simon Paul became a journalist, working for the ITV news station in 2010, working as a News Presenter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_presenter on a daily news program. The show was aired to an African Audience. During this time, Simon Paul was writing for a Blog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog called Stromcloud, http://stormcloud-stormcloud.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-lion-of-africa-mandela-father-of.html which has subsequently gone viral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing.
The Blog, Stormcloud has proven to be an inspiration for his writing, during which Simon Paul has written many cutting edge blogs, of which his poetry and historical writing 'Lion Claws and Porcupine Quills' http://stormcloud-stormcloud.blogspot.com/2011/10/lion-claws-and-porcupine-quills-chapter.html have been showcased globally, educating and informing readers worldwide, about the social injustices of a post-apatheid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid_legislation society. It was during this period from 2010 until present (2014), that Simon Paul wrote his first full length Novel about his experiences in africa. The book has become an overnight sensation and is available as an ebook https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-book. His biting whit was evident in the article he wrote about the then first-term President Jacob Zuma http://stormcloud-stormcloud.blogspot.com/2010/02/eight-subsidiaries-of-jacob-industries.html who had displayed a callous disregard to the tax-payers of South Africa, by taking a fifth wife http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/05/world/la-fg-zuma-marriage5-2010jan05, under customary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customary_law_in_South_Africa marriage laws.
Interests - Simon Paul joined Rotary International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_International as a volunteer in 2010 and has worked tirelessly for the organisation, which adds real value to Social Concern projects all around Africa. Currently, Simon Paul is working on a Mobi Application for Rotary with the purpose of connecting the older club members, with a growing membership of enthusiastic South Africa Youth, through the Interact and Rotaract https://www.google.co.za/search?q=Rotaract+membership&oq=Rotaract+membership&aqs=chrome..69i57.10957j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8 programs.
- ^ Paul, Simon (10th October 2014). The Elephants will Remember (First ed.). Johannesburg, South Africa: Octopie. p. 430. Retrieved 17th October 2014.
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