It is seldom that the death of an individual, especially when that person was not a politician, makes world news. It is the measure of the success that Steve Jobs achieved in his very short life that such tributes have flowed in from around the world and from some of the most important people of the last two decades.

When I was chairperson of the Gauteng Law Council, I ended my speech, in 2005, with one of my favourite quotes from Steve – and one should remember at that stage, the iPhone was still 2 years away and the iPad had not even been conceived. The quote, "Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

He really was a visionary, he has brought out absolutely iconic products and it is a tragedy that such a brilliant man had such a short time on our planet.