South African billionaire Zak Calisto is on the cusp of joining the country dollar-billionaire club

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 South African billionaire Zak Calisto is on the cusp of joining the country’s dollar-billionaire club, with his current effective shareholding of his company—Karooooo Ltd—now worth over $952 million.

Karooooo, formerly known as Cartrack, is a global provider of fleet management, stolen vehicle recovery and insurance telematics services. The company was founded in 2001 and listed on the JSE in 2014.

The group has experienced exponential growth over the years, growing from vehicle tracking to fleet management and various mobility software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms for connected vehicles.

Its global expansion has also been extensive. Starting in South Africa, it quickly moved into the rest of Africa, then Europe, Asia and the Americas.

The company is now headquartered in Singapore, operating in 24 countries, has over 2.2 million subscribers, servicing over 121,000 businesses.

The group is listed on the JSE and Nasdaq, and has a total market value of $1.27 billion (R23 billion) – easily making it one South Africa’s biggest global success stories.
 

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Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa , the CEO ofNaspers South Africa, is poised to be appointed as an executive director on the boards of both Naspers, which is listed on the JSE, and its Amsterdam-listed subsidiary, hashtag#Prosus.

Her appointment to the Naspers board will take effect on April 1, 2025, while her position on the Prosus board will commence after the Prosus annual general meeting in August 2025, pending shareholder approval.

Mahanyele-Dabengwa will maintain her role as CEO of Naspers South Africa, a position she has held since July 2019.

In addition, she serves as an independent non-executive director at hashtag#Vodacom Group and is involved with the hashtag#UnitedNations Global Compact South Africa board and the hashtag#Brics Council.

She earned a BA in economics from Rutgers University in the United States and an MBA from De Montfort University in the UK. 

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 As shared in The Future Leader Forum Interview, Ralph Mupita's childhood dream was to literally reach the stars 🌟 :

"My dream career was to go to the moon. I wanted to be an astronaut. But sometime when I was about ten or eleven years old, someone told me 'No, Africans don't go to the moon'. It was hard to listen to that person but I did and here I am today," he told me a few years ago.

Nonetheless, Ralph’s career did take him to the very pinnacle of his industry and his moonshot has now been extended to 2030.

Speaking on behalf of the board, MTN Group chairman hashtag#McebisiJonas said in a statement to investors: “The extension of Ralph’s tenure will provide important continuity during a period of significant global and regional uncertainty.”

“It will allow MTN to effectively navigate the complex geopolitical dynamics, market volatility and macroeconomic challenges affecting the business,” Jonas said. 

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 No coaches were shortlisted for the award, but it was widely assumed that Erasmus would be favourite having led the Springboks to the Rugby Championship title as well as a clean sweep on their three-match end-of-year tour.

However, it was not to be as unheralded France Sevens coach Jérôme Daret was named World Rugby’s Coach of the Year for 2024 having overseen the team’s gold medal-winning effort at the Paris Olympics.

France only finished fifth (out of 12 teams) in the 2023/24 World Rugby Sevens Series, but on home soil rose to the occasion to defeat Fiji in the battle for gold at the Stade de France in July.
 

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 Lessons from hashtag#Magesi FC’s Stunning Victory Over hashtag#Sundowns in the hashtag#CarlingKnockoutCup

Yesterday, the football world was left stunned as Magesi FC, a team many would label the underdog, triumphed over the mighty Sundowns in the Carling Knockout Cup.

It wasn’t just a win - it was a masterclass in strategy, belief, and execution.

For hashtag#entrepreneurs, this match wasn’t just a football story. It’s a powerful metaphor for how smaller players in the business world can disrupt industry giants.

Here are some key lessons from Magesi FC’s inspiring victory:

𝟭. 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻

Magesi FC didn’t win by trying to be Sundowns. They leaned into their strengths, trusted their preparation, and executed their strategy with precision.

hashtag#Entrepreneurs, take note: you don’t have to mimic the big players. Instead, focus on what makes your business unique and double down on it.

Authenticity is your advantage.

𝟮. 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗿

Facing a team like Sundowns could have easily intimidated Magesi. Instead, they saw the challenge as an opportunity to shine.

Similarly, entrepreneurs often face daunting competition. The key is to approach these situations with courage.

Confidence in your vision can level the playing field.

𝟯. 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱

Games rarely go according to plan, and neither does business.

Magesi stayed agile, responding quickly to Sundowns’ moves while seizing opportunities.

Entrepreneurs must embrace this mindset - stay flexible, pivot when needed, and always keep your eyes open for unexpected openings.

𝟰. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸

No single player could have pulled off this victory alone. It took collective effort, seamless communication, and mutual trust.

In business, the same applies.

Build a team that shares your vision and values, and empower them to succeed.

Remember: collaboration beats competition, even internally.

𝟱. 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁

Sometimes being the underdog is an advantage - you’re underestimated, and no one sees you coming.

Magesi didn’t win by being stronger or faster; they were smarter, hungrier, and more strategic.

For entrepreneurs, this means embracing your nimbleness. Be the business that adapts quicker, connects deeper, and delivers value faster.

This victory reminds us that the Davids of the world can still defeat the Goliaths, both on the field and in the boardroom.

What’s one strategy you’ve used to overcome a bigger competitor in your industry? Share your story below - your insight could inspire the next great underdog victory!
 

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 President Cyril Ramaphosa has officially appointed the 7th administration’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC).

It is a non-statutory and independent body chaired by the President and brings together prominent local and international economists and technical experts drawn from academia, the private sector, labour, community, think tanks and other constituencies.

The PEAC ultimately advises Ramaphosa with the aim of providing sound and levelled advice on economic policy.

There are 19 members of the PEAC, including the deputy chairperson.

Very briefly, these include:


Dr Renosi Mokate (Deputy Chairperson)

Dr Mokate is an experienced economist and policy analyst, who specialises in development economics and finance.

She served (among other roles) as the first deputy chair of the PEAC, CEO of the Central Energy Fund, Deputy Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, Executive Director at the World Bank and presently, she occupies the position of Executive Chair of Concentric Alliance and Chair of the Government Employees Pension Fund.

▪︎Prof Vusi Gumede

Prof. Gumede is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Development and Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga.

He sports wide-ranging research interests relating to socio-economic and fiscal policy, among others.

For 11 years, he held various senior government positions before joining academia.

▪︎Ms Trudi Makhaya

Makhaya is the Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group who served as economic advisor to President Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 to 2023; during which time she also served as South Africa’s G20 Sherpa.

Before taking up this role she led Makhaya Advisory, a boutique consulting firm with a focus on helping business navigate economic policy, including competition policy.

▪︎Mr Zeph Nhleko

Nhleko is the Chief Economist of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), where he coordinates corporate strategy, knowledge management, research and economics.

He began his career as an economist at the South African Reserve Bank, where he ultimately became a senior economist informing the views of the Monetary Policy Committee.

▪︎Mr Wandile Sihlobo

Making a reutrn to the PEAC, Sihlobo is the Chief Economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa and the author of Finding Common Ground: Land, Equity, and Agriculture.

He is a member of the Council of Statistics of South Africa (Stats SA) and a Commissioner at the International Trade Commission of South Africa (ITAC).

He has been a Senior Lecturer Extraordinary at the Department of Agricultural Economics at Stellenboschel University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Wits School of Governance.
 

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When asked if Elon Musk would ever return to SA, Errol claimed that it was unlikely as the US “is where his interests lie.”

He quickly added: “He’s been back here quite a few times. He comes secretly because he gets special private treatment”.

DOES HE CONSIDER HIMSELF SOUTH AFRICAN?

In 2021, Elon Musk was asked on the X app (then Twitter) what nationality he identified as.

“American, but born in South Africa. Left by myself when I was 17”, he responded.

Elon officially moved to the US in 1995 – almost 30 years ago – meaning he has lived longer in America than he has in SA.

DO YOU THINK ELON MUSK CONSIDERS SOUTH AFRICA HOME? 

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“When I came to South Africa 🇿🇦, first of all, I was a little bit surprised that there were so many old players in the team. So, we had to change [this],” Broos has said in the past.

“I had a lot of critics… Because I took players not only from the big teams, but also from the little clubs…

[But] we needed some time. It was nearly one year later that we found what we needed.

We also changed the style of South African football. We tried to play more direct,” Hugo Broos said.

As a result, Bafana Bafana have won a record

🇿🇦 𝟭𝟬 𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗡 ‼️

✅ 6-5 DR Congo (PK, Afcon)
🔄 1-1 Andorra (a)
🔄 3-3 Algeria (a)
🔄 1-1 Nigeria (a)
✅ 3-1 Zimbabwe (h)
🔄 2-2 Uganda (h)
✅ 3-2 South Sudan (a)
✅ 5-0 Congo (h)
🔄 1-1 Congo (a)
✅ 2-0 Uganda (a)

Bafana Bafana are unbeaten in 10 games under Hugo Broos, winning five.

Thank you Hugo Broos and your team at @South African Football Association 

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 The Secret to Extraordinary Leadership

Great leadership isn’t just about strategy or skill - it’s about achieving alignment.

When a team moves as one, united by purpose and inspired by shared values, extraordinary things happen.

This is the magic that separates good teams from legendary ones.

Demonstrated by hashtag#CheslinKolbe and hashtag#ManieLibbok
 

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In an unusual hashtag#hiring drive, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (hashtag#DOGE), are seeking applicants through the social media network X.

The DOGE account, which has garnered 1.4 million followers since its inception a few days ago, posted a job notice, expressing gratitude to the "thousands of Americans who have expressed interest in helping us at DOGE."

"We don’t need more part-time idea generators. We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.

If that’s you, DM this account with your CV. Elon & Vivek will review the top 1% of applicants."

Source: Official DOGE channel on X 

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 #ElonMusk has been appointed to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by President elect Donald Trump

Despite the name, the department will not be a government agency.

Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will work from outside government to offer the White House “advice and guidance”

and will partner with the Office of Management and Budget to “drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to government never seen before.”

He added that the move would shock government systems.

Trump said the duo “will pave the way for my administration to dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure federal agencies”.

Posting on X, the social media platform he owns, Musk pledged to document all actions of the department online for “maximum transparency”.

“Anytime the public thinks we are cutting something important or not cutting something wasteful, just let us know!”

he said, while also promise to keep “a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars”. 

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Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista and surveyed over 300,000 employees in over 50 countries who work for multinational corporate groups that employ over 1,000 workers.

Respondents were questioned on whether they would recommend their company to family or friends and rate it based on criteria such as salary, talent development, and remote work options.

Participants could also rate companies they knew through their industry insights and via friends and family who worked there.

Survey responses were then incorporated with data from the past three years, with a heavier weight placed on the more recent data and evaluations from current employees.

Of the 850 companies on the rankings, 10 South African companies were cut.

Standard Bank was named the 18th best employer in the world.

“It’s phenomenal to be recognised as one of the World’s Best Employers for the second year in a row,’ said Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala.

“In fact, we’ve greatly improved our standing given that we were ranked 130th in 2023.”

South Africa’s largest bank by assets under management was clear of the second-best-ranked South African company, Nedbank, which came in at 194th overall in the latest ranking.

Telcos giant MTN came third in South Africa and 267th overall worldwide, while energy giant Sasol was named the 314th best employer in the world.

FirstRand, the owner of FNB and RMB, came fifth in South Africa and 342nd overall.

Adcorp (385) and Mediclinic (418) were the sixth- and seventh-best employers in South Africa, respectively.

The South African top 10 includes chemical giant AECI (477), paper mill company SAPPI (483), and RMB Holdings, now RMH (727). 

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 [Beware the Headline: NOT the case] "The matter is once again before the Constitutional Court because Vodacom and Makate couldn’t agree on what constituted reasonable compensation for his idea, which was developed into Please Call Me in 2001.

Vodacom has argued that Makate’s original concept does not resemble what Please Call Me eventually became, highlighting that his idea was to send a missed call to “buzz” someone’s cellphone even if you didn’t have airtime.

It also argued that his idea effectively became worthless when MTN beat Vodacom to the punch with its “Call Me” product in January 2001, which it offered for free when Vodacom wanted to charge 15 cents per message.

Makate said this argument doesn’t hold water, as Vodacom continues to offer Please Call Me to this day, suggesting the idea has value.

In 2016, after eight years of failures in South Africa’s court system, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of Makate and ordered the parties to negotiate reasonable compensation in good faith..."
 

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We’ve got businesspeople falling over their feet saying, we want to bring F1, we will pay for it, because they understand, and I can understand as an ex-businessperson, why they’re keen to do it because there’s value in F1," said Minister of Sport Gayton McKenzie in an interview with Moneyweb.

Continued McKenzie: "What we are doing is SuperSport has commissioned an international and local company.

I think they’ve commissioned two reports, which basically shows you the value of F1 coming here, the value that it will bring.

Yhe fact that we are a developing country and as a developing country, let me make you an example with one country, the F1 race in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Who in their right minds in South Africa would’ve said, I’m going to Azerbaijan, but I found so many South Africans in Azerbaijan and they contribute towards the tourism industry.

We know now about Baku, it’s not just a country there in the bundus because of F1.

F1 has really moved on, F1 has become basically this one thing, that you have the F1, you’re on everybody’s lips and sports tourism creates jobs.

In my term, I’m introducing South Africa to the business of sport, and not only to the entertainment of sport, the business of sport."
 

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this is how you prove your naysayers wrong...

Even when his club coach did not select hashtag#TebohoMokoena this season and the pundits were calling for him to be dropped from hashtag#BafanaBafana, he proved the one person right who kept believing in him for the last two years

Thank you hashtag#HugoBroos for keeping the faith in Teboho and delivering a 5-star performance! 

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 On the sidelines of the annual Red Bull Showrun in Sandton, Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has stated that Formula 1 is “definitely coming to South Africa 🇿🇦"

McKenzie told motorsport-focused social media personality LalliesF1 that the leaders at the helm of F1 have said that they are very keen to bring the sport back to the country and they have given him a list of demands that must be satisfied before this could happen.

“F1 told us they’re keen to come, they told us what they’ll need to come, and we are going to give them what they need to come.”

McKenzie said he has now taken matters into his own hands and guarantees that F1 will unquestionably come to South Africa once again.

At the same time, McKenzie revealed that Cape Town is hard at work building a new track and getting ready to compete with Kyalami for South Africa's 🇿🇦 F1 Grand Prix.

He previously stated that his term as minister will be a “failure” if he can’t pull it off. 

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Ivan told CNBC Africa. "In the beginning, we had the same start, the same products, and the same prices as all the other pharmacies,”

“It became apparent to me that to be successful, to grow the business, our offering had to be different.”

So, the couple decided to expand their product range beyond pharmaceuticals.

“We were just anxious to start putting all these new things that weren’t in the shop before,” Lynette said. “People started coming into this tiny neighbourhood shop, and they wanted to see what we had.”

“We were always looking for new things, like putting earrings into the shop. The day we unpacked the earrings, we had queues of people.”

The store started making a profit almost immediately, and by 1984, it had opened its second store in Randridge Mall.

While others were hesitant to open shops in the newly built shopping centre due to the high rentals, the Saltzmans seized the opportunity, selling medicine at discounted prices to grow their client base.

“Towards the end of the 80s, we started discounting and expanding our front shop,” Ivan told Leader.

“Lynette was always very supportive,” he said. When they opened the second location she worked half days while taking care of their young children.

“As the children got bigger, she spent more and more time in the shop and was eventually full-time, actually running stores.”

The first store Lynette opened and ran was in Fourways.

“I remember Ivan saying to someone ‘Lynette is running a store with a R2 million a month turnover’, and it was just the most amazing thing that we could get to that sort of level,” she said.  

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hashtag#SibaMtongana Cape Town restaurant Siba was named Africa's Best Fine-Dining Hotel Restaurant at the World Culinary Awards 2024.

As the host of popular show Siba’s Table which airs in more than 150 countries on Food Network, Mtongana has established a strong presence locally and internationally.

She made the cover of Forbes magazine as one of the most powerful women in Africa and the prestigious restaurant Eat Out Awards recently recognised her with their inaugural Trail Blazer Award.

She also earned the attention of Harvard Business School, which conducted a case study on her career.

This recognition places her alongside Nigella Lawson, making her one of only two chefs worldwide to be featured in such a study.

Says Siba: "With every success I’ve managed to achieve thus far, many think I’m from a well-to-do family or a family with connections.

Nope, I’m just an ordinary girl like you from next door, who grew up in the township [Mdantsane, Eastern Cape]. The difference is I had something innate in me that was driven by hunger for the extraordinary,”

“I had confidence and drive from a young age. I thank my parents for that, the mindset I adopted in my older years, the self-investment in resources I was reading and exposed to and the company I keep.

Striving for excellence and throwing myself into everything I do has also attracted opportunities and accolades that came my way throughout my career.” 

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 incredible run by hashtag#AphepeleFassi and demonstrating the relentless drive by the hashtag#Springboks to succeed, no matter the challenge.

When you dig deep, especially when the going gets tough, you will win the rewards, both in your hashtag#career and your hashtag#life.
 

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 Louis Barnard from Pretoria probably didn’t think he would spend his weekend helping people out of the snow.

He definitely did not expect to end the weekend with multiple job interviews and offers in his inbox.

The software developer was on a road trip with a group of friends to KwaZulu-Natal when their hiking expedition was cancelled due to extreme weather.

When the group caught wind of what was happening nearby on the N3 Highway, they headed out to see how they could help.

After his posts on social media went viral, Barnard jokingly advertised his services.

“Now everyone knows I got retrenched this week. If anybody’s looking for a senior software developer contractor, let me know!” he tweeted on X.

In a response to a follow-up tweet, he shared that he has had several interviews lined up this week.

“I’ve had my first casual interview today and have more coming up this week. We’ll get there.” 

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 the longest hashtag#Zipline ever at 3.2km, beating Dubai's Jais Flight by nearly 400 metres.

All the way from hashtag#Caledon in the Western Cape's Overberg region  

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 Unfortunately, he was rejected from the position, and that evening, on a “stoep” without a railing, his wife said something that would change his life --- DailyInvestor

“Hello, you’re 31. Are you going to be a deputy head for the rest of your life? There are at least 30 years ahead of you, and your opportunities are dwindling. Why don’t we start our own home school?” she asked.

They decided to open the school in July of 1998, which they marketed by printing 40,000 pamphlets using SkoolCor’s printing facilities.

“The only problem was we still didn’t have a building, office or secretary. So, we printed ‘RSVP secretary’ and my home number at the bottom of the pamphlets and I asked my housekeeper, Cynthia Onverwag, to man the phone,” he said.

“The first few days there were zero calls. Then a few and eventually there were about 160 names on our list.”

On 15 July 1998, Curro opened its doors in a church in Vierlanden with 28 learners. A year later, 10 bricklayers and builders started construction of the first campus in Durbanville.

By the end of 2010, Curro had made a massive profit, and Van der Merwe decided that he wanted to list on the JSE.

He got into his precious small black BMW Z4 and drove to tell Jannie Mouton – the CEO of PSG, which had acquired a 50% stake in Curro the year before – that he wanted to list.

“Jannie looked at me. Then he started laughing. ‘Chris,’ he said, ‘Now I like you.’ And then we listed.”
 

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The highly anticipated meeting between President Ramaphosa and Elon Musk was held behind closed doors, with no media allowed.

While few official details of the discussion have been revealed, President Ramaphosa described the conversation as “positive” and suggested that further engagements with Musk may unfold in the near future.

This meeting took place as South Africa looks to strengthen its ties with global tech and innovation leaders.

Musk, who is known for his ventures such as Tesla, SpaceX, and his recent acquisition of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), presents significant potential in areas such as technology, space, and renewable energy. 

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 As Gayton McKenzie Meets With F1 CEO and FIA President

Earlier this year, Gayton McKenzie made a bold statement about his term being a failure if he did not bring Formula 1 back to South Africa.

Fast forward to the Azerbaijan Formula 1 this weekend and it looks like he is talking to the right people to make it happen.

Said Gayton McKenzie, Minister of Sport:

"I had a extremely good meeting with President Mohammed Ben SULAYEM of @fia, we discussed recognising spinning, support for our F1 bid and more inclusion for underprivileged ppl in different motorsport. I left the meeting highly impressed with President Mohammed Ben SULAYEM." 

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 AFRICA'S TIME HAS COME: Olympic Champion Letsile Tebogo has clarified his decision to remain in Africa rather than moving to the United States, stating, "Once you take a gem from Africa and put it in the United States, it's going to be destroyed."

The rising track star emphasized his commitment to nurturing his talent in his home country, believing that the unique cultural and environmental factors of Africa are essential for his growth as an athlete.

Tebogo’s comments highlight a broader conversation about the importance of supporting and developing talent within the continent.

As he continues to make waves in athletics, he aims to inspire other African athletes to embrace their roots while pursuing their dreams. 

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 On the sidelines of the annual Red Bull Showrun in Sandton, Minister of Sports, Arts, and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has stated that Formula 1 is “definitely coming to South Africa 🇿🇦"

McKenzie told motorsport-focused social media personality LalliesF1 that the leaders at the helm of F1 have said that they are very keen to bring the sport back to the country and they have given him a list of demands that must be satisfied before this could happen.

“F1 told us they’re keen to come, they told us what they’ll need to come, and we are going to give them what they need to come.”

McKenzie said he has now taken matters into his own hands and guarantees that F1 will unquestionably come to South Africa once again.

At the same time, McKenzie revealed that Cape Town is hard at work building a new track and getting ready to compete with Kyalami for South Africa's 🇿🇦 F1 Grand Prix.

He previously stated that his term as minister will be a “failure” if he can’t pull it off. 

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Ivan told CNBC Africa. "In the beginning, we had the same start, the same products, and the same prices as all the other pharmacies,”

“It became apparent to me that to be successful, to grow the business, our offering had to be different.”

So, the couple decided to expand their product range beyond pharmaceuticals.

“We were just anxious to start putting all these new things that weren’t in the shop before,” Lynette said. “People started coming into this tiny neighbourhood shop, and they wanted to see what we had.”

“We were always looking for new things, like putting earrings into the shop. The day we unpacked the earrings, we had queues of people.”

The store started making a profit almost immediately, and by 1984, it had opened its second store in Randridge Mall.

While others were hesitant to open shops in the newly built shopping centre due to the high rentals, the Saltzmans seized the opportunity, selling medicine at discounted prices to grow their client base.

“Towards the end of the 80s, we started discounting and expanding our front shop,” Ivan told Leader.

“Lynette was always very supportive,” he said. When they opened the second location she worked half days while taking care of their young children.

“As the children got bigger, she spent more and more time in the shop and was eventually full-time, actually running stores.”

The first store Lynette opened and ran was in Fourways.

“I remember Ivan saying to someone ‘Lynette is running a store with a R2 million a month turnover’, and it was just the most amazing thing that we could get to that sort of level,” she said.  

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hashtag#SibaMtongana Cape Town restaurant Siba was named Africa's Best Fine-Dining Hotel Restaurant at the World Culinary Awards 2024.

As the host of popular show Siba’s Table which airs in more than 150 countries on Food Network, Mtongana has established a strong presence locally and internationally.

She made the cover of Forbes magazine as one of the most powerful women in Africa and the prestigious restaurant Eat Out Awards recently recognised her with their inaugural Trail Blazer Award.

She also earned the attention of Harvard Business School, which conducted a case study on her career.

This recognition places her alongside Nigella Lawson, making her one of only two chefs worldwide to be featured in such a study.

Says Siba: "With every success I’ve managed to achieve thus far, many think I’m from a well-to-do family or a family with connections.

Nope, I’m just an ordinary girl like you from next door, who grew up in the township [Mdantsane, Eastern Cape]. The difference is I had something innate in me that was driven by hunger for the extraordinary,”

“I had confidence and drive from a young age. I thank my parents for that, the mindset I adopted in my older years, the self-investment in resources I was reading and exposed to and the company I keep.

Striving for excellence and throwing myself into everything I do has also attracted opportunities and accolades that came my way throughout my career.” 

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 incredible run by hashtag#AphepeleFassi and demonstrating the relentless drive by the hashtag#Springboks to succeed, no matter the challenge.

When you dig deep, especially when the going gets tough, you will win the rewards, both in your hashtag#career and your hashtag#life.
 

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 Louis Barnard from Pretoria probably didn’t think he would spend his weekend helping people out of the snow.

He definitely did not expect to end the weekend with multiple job interviews and offers in his inbox.

The software developer was on a road trip with a group of friends to KwaZulu-Natal when their hiking expedition was cancelled due to extreme weather.

When the group caught wind of what was happening nearby on the N3 Highway, they headed out to see how they could help.

After his posts on social media went viral, Barnard jokingly advertised his services.

“Now everyone knows I got retrenched this week. If anybody’s looking for a senior software developer contractor, let me know!” he tweeted on X.

In a response to a follow-up tweet, he shared that he has had several interviews lined up this week.

“I’ve had my first casual interview today and have more coming up this week. We’ll get there.” 

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 the longest hashtag#Zipline ever at 3.2km, beating Dubai's Jais Flight by nearly 400 metres.

All the way from hashtag#Caledon in the Western Cape's Overberg region  

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 Unfortunately, he was rejected from the position, and that evening, on a “stoep” without a railing, his wife said something that would change his life --- DailyInvestor

“Hello, you’re 31. Are you going to be a deputy head for the rest of your life? There are at least 30 years ahead of you, and your opportunities are dwindling. Why don’t we start our own home school?” she asked.

They decided to open the school in July of 1998, which they marketed by printing 40,000 pamphlets using SkoolCor’s printing facilities.

“The only problem was we still didn’t have a building, office or secretary. So, we printed ‘RSVP secretary’ and my home number at the bottom of the pamphlets and I asked my housekeeper, Cynthia Onverwag, to man the phone,” he said.

“The first few days there were zero calls. Then a few and eventually there were about 160 names on our list.”

On 15 July 1998, Curro opened its doors in a church in Vierlanden with 28 learners. A year later, 10 bricklayers and builders started construction of the first campus in Durbanville.

By the end of 2010, Curro had made a massive profit, and Van der Merwe decided that he wanted to list on the JSE.

He got into his precious small black BMW Z4 and drove to tell Jannie Mouton – the CEO of PSG, which had acquired a 50% stake in Curro the year before – that he wanted to list.

“Jannie looked at me. Then he started laughing. ‘Chris,’ he said, ‘Now I like you.’ And then we listed.”
 

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 TechCentral: Google has announced the appointment of Kabelo Makwane as its new country director for South Africa.

Makwane will join Google early in the new year from Vodacom Business, where he is managing executive for cloud, hosting and security.

Prior to Vodacom, he was MD of the Africa Global Unit at Accenture Operations, and also held the role of MD for cloud and technology consulting.

“He also spent eight years at Microsoft in various roles including as country MD for Nigeria and public sector director in South Africa. He also served as Cisco’s regional manager for the public sector in South Africa for five years,” Google said in a statement. 

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 Here's how Elon Musk did just exactly that:

1. Reframing Industry Problems

Musk doesn’t just improve existing products; he rethinks entire industries from first principles.

Tesla: Instead of seeing electric vehicles (EVs) as niche products, Musk envisioned them as mainstream, luxurious, and high-performance cars that could compete with gasoline vehicles.

2. Investing in Future Technologies

Musk consistently invests in technologies that are ahead of their time, betting on long-term trends rather than immediate profits.

Tesla: Focused on EVs, battery technology, and energy storage solutions like Powerwall to accelerate the transition to renewable energy

3. Vertical Integration

To accelerate innovation, Musk ensures his companies control key aspects of their supply chains.

Tesla: Built Gigafactories to manufacture batteries in-house, reducing dependency on third-party suppliers and driving down costs.

4. Scaling Through Iterative Development

Musk applies the "fail fast, learn faster" principle.

SpaceX: Early rocket failures were treated as learning opportunities, leading to the eventual success of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.

5. Bold Vision and Risk-Taking

Musk's vision inspires teams and stakeholders to back projects that seem impossible.

The Boring Company: Envisioning hyperloop tunnels to revolutionize urban transportation

6. Leveraging Cross-Industry Synergies

Musk's businesses often intersect and support each other.

Tesla and SolarCity: Combined renewable energy generation (solar panels) with storage (Tesla Powerwalls) to create an end-to-end clean energy ecosystem.

7. Harnessing Public Engagement for Innovation

Musk actively engages the public to crowdsource ideas and build momentum.

Tesla Roadmap: Announced plans and timelines publicly, driving customer excitement and accountability.

8. Creating a Culture of Innovation

Musk builds teams that thrive on challenges and are willing to think outside the box.

Employees at his companies are encouraged to solve problems creatively, move quickly, and take ownership of their projects.

9. Scaling Ambition with Automation and AI

At Tesla, Musk pioneered AI for autonomous driving, striving for a fully self-driving car.

10. Turning Challenges into Revenue Streams

Even setbacks are leveraged for growth.

SpaceX: Monetized rocket failures by turning them into PR opportunities, showcasing their commitment to innovation. 

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 Mpumi Madisa, the CEO of Bidvest, has climbed to the top of the corporate world, establishing herself as one of South Africa’s leading chief executives by heading a company with a R96.55 billion market cap and an estimated 130,000 employees --- BusinessTech 22/08/24

Her journey and achievements have not gone unnoticed. In 2023, she was the only South African on Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful women and the first black woman to be CEO of a Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Top 40 company.

Mandisa was born in the Mohlakeng township in the late 1970s, and grew up in Sebokeng near Johannesburg.

She had her primary and high school education at Sancta Maria Junior High and Mondeor High School, respectively, and recalls how, during the worst of apartheid violence, she often had to be smuggled into school.

“A month before I wrote my matric exams, my parents split, so when I started university, my mother made it clear there was no money beyond registration,” Mandisa told the City Press.

“It was clear that I had to pass whatever I was studying and needed to apply to the Tertiary Education Fund of SA (now the National Student Financial Aid Scheme) for funding,” she added.

By fate, she missed the deadline to apply to study medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) but managed to enrol for a Bachelor of Science degree with the hope of transferring to medicine in her second year.

However, a university practical changed her mind.

“Midway through my first year, we were required to operate on a rat, and that’s when I realised that could not be my life,” said Mandisa.

“I am very terrified of rats, even now, and I was required to operate on it. with all the blood and mess, my lecturer just asked me if I realised that I had killed my ‘patient’.”

“That is when I knew that I had chosen the wrong career, and there was no way I was going to reach year seven,” she added.

Mandisa changed majors by taking up mathematics, statistics and economics. She now holds a BSc in Economics and Mathematics, a BCom Honours

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The Fastest Teenager on Planet Earth is a South African 🇿🇦. hashtag#BayandaWalaza clocking in 10,19s at the World Athletics U20 Championship in Lima, Peru

That's a Gold medal 🏅 after the Olympic Silver 🥈 a few weeks ago

The Future Of South African Track & Field is Bright!

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 The CEO of PwC Southern Africa, Shirley Machaba, went from failing all of her university courses to managing one of the biggest accounting firms in the country --- DailyInvestor 20/08/24

Although Machaba is now hailed for her accounting and leadership abilities, her journey to the top wasn’t easy or straightforward.

Machaba was born in 1965 in Jabavu, Soweto, where she and her siblings were raised by her grandmother. Her parents were both working professionals – her father was a teacher, and her mother a nurse.

As the eldest granddaughter, she had to take on many responsibilities at home, especially since her grandmother was older. Balancing household chores with her studies was challenging, but it also made her very independent.

Initially, Machaba had set her sights on a career in medicine.

“I really admired the doctors who worked with my mother when she was a nurse at Nkhensani Hospital,” she said.

"But when I went to the University of Venda to register for the bachelor of science degree, which was an entry into medicine, I was in the queue and was told they had reached the quota and were not accepting more students.”

She asked which profession was closest to medicine, and they suggested accounting, she told CNBC Africa.

“So I opted for a bachelor of commerce in accounting and, because I didn’t do accounting at high school, I failed all the courses in the first semester,” she said.

This challenge prompted her to adopt a more disciplined, business-like approach to her studies, which paid off as she went on to graduate in record time – a mindset she continues to maintain. “I still wake up very early and maintain the same work discipline.”

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 When we unite behind ONE Team, not only do we become hashtag#StrongerTogether, but we truly become unstoppable ...

Says Rugby Pundit Charles Richardson from The Telegraph: "If ever there was a match to encapsulate that old sporting cliche of the best sides always finding a way to win, even when they look beaten, then it was this South African victory against their old foes New Zealand.

These Springboks are world champions for a reason; even when they looked down and out, wobbling on the canvas, they found new levels of resilience and grit, remarkably putting the All Blacks to the sword in a dramatic, double-punch finale.

Now, after just three rounds, Rassie Erasmus’ side have one hand and a few fingers on a first Rugby Championship title since 2019."

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 Fastest teenager on the planet strikes GOLD AGAIN🏅

hashtag#BayandaWalaza wins the men’s 200m at the World U20 Championships!!!🥇in a time of 20.52s

NO DNA JUST RSA 

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 It's not about how many mistakes you make but how quickly you recover from your mistake...

Give that man a Bell's 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁!

hashtag#failingforward hashtag#failingfast hashtag#successprinciples
 

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The Power of South Africa’s 🇿🇦 Anthem --- there is nothing like immersing yourself in a shared experience, especially when celebrating our common bond of humanity...

This is how South Africa is leading the world

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 According to Amazon's hashtag#Career Center there are currently 102 full-time positions that can be applied for.

83 jobs are in the Western Cape, where the group is building a R4.5 billion campus, while the remaining 19 are in Gauteng.

The job categories currently on offer include:

▪︎Operations, IT, and Support Engineering (31)

▪︎Software Development (21)

▪︎Project/Program/Product Management / Non-Tech (16)

▪︎Buying, planning & in-stock management (6)

▪︎Sales, Advertising & Account Management (5)

▪︎Human Resources (4)

▪︎Marketing (4)

▪︎Project/Program/Product Management – Technical (3)

▪︎Business & Merchant Development (2)

▪︎Business Intelligence (1)

It’s not only on the retail side. The group’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Web Services (AWS) is also expanding, planning to invest R46 billion in the AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region between 2018 and 2029.

AWS also opened the first AWS Skills Centre outside of the USA in hashtag#Cape Town last year, with the centre providing free foundational cloud training.

Not only is AWS increasing its foothold in South Africa, but its launch can be traced back to South Africa 🇿🇦  

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 “It surprised everybody. Some say it was the biggest in the southern hemisphere. We were selling petrol in an unbelievable manner. We were getting support from every black person in Soweto, selling over a million litres per month,” he recalled --- BusinessTech 28/08/24

Mountain Motors became the first black-owned garage to have a motor vehicle dealership. Like his other businesses, it took off.

Later on, BMW invited him to take over a dealership in Soweto.

“That made history…. it was history that a black man would sell cars those days… I would get an allocation of about 30 cars per month, and I would sell all of them in a week… I would borrow cars from other dealers and sell three times my allocation per month,” he said.

He tried and failed to increase his allocation of cars. Paying staff was hard when there were no cars to sell. He closed down the motor business and went on the hunt for a new venture.

“As an entrepreneur, you should always know when you have made money, and the business won’t be worth your energy anymore. It doesn’t mean it has failed, it means you have dug everything you can from it and it is time for something new that may make you more money,” said Maponya.

He decided to go after his lifelong dream – establishing a world-class shopping mall in the heart of Soweto.

In 1979, Maponya acquired land for the mall on a 100-year lease. In 1994, South Africa became a democracy. After several attempts, he was able to acquire it outright.

But the battle was only just beginning.

“You won’t believe it if I tell you I started building it on the 28th year. They said the people of Soweto would never support a mall in Soweto because they want to shop in the city where there are brighter lights, and I told them it’s not true,” said Maponyane.

“I had been fighting and fighting, but I said as long as they don’t put a bullet on my forehead, I won’t stop,” he said

On September 27, 2007, Nelson Mandela, the man who had been in prison for as long as it took Maponya to build the mall, cut the red ribbon to open the long-awaited Maponya Mall.

“It was the highlight of my entire life. To see this come to life made all the pain I have ever gone through in business worth it,” he said.

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 There's nothing like hashtag#humor, especially self deprecating humor, that connects you with your audience...

Coach Rassie revealing a private moment from the hashtag#RSAvsNZL game - and how making fun of yourself can make your hashtag#leadership relate and create a special connection with your followers

Credit: Forever Sports Youtube Channel

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 “When I joined Standard Bank, I was an outsider in the sense that here is a ‘failed lawyer’ trying to become a banker and my colleagues still wonder how I’ve managed that,” said Tshabalala.

“In fact, I also I didn’t play golf and yet I’ve managed to climb way up the ranks,” he jokingly added.

While he initially thought that him having a different skillset from the world of banking would hinder him, he said that this was actually one of his greatest strengths as the competitiveness of an organisation hinges on the diverse array of skill sets that it has.

“I’m different I’m an outsider; I’m not an engineer, I’m not an accountant, and indeed I’m not part of the ‘dismal science’ as I didn’t do economics (what he knows in this regard is self-taught).”

“But importantly, I think I had the set of skills and values that were consistant with the organisation,” added Tshabalala.

Tshabalala became the Managing Director of Stanbic Africa in 2001. Stanbic Africa is the name Standard Bank uses for its operations in some parts of Africa to avoid confusion with UK-based lender Standard Chartered.

He was appointed the chief executive of Personal and Business Banking for the group’s South African operations in 2006, and completed Harvard’s Advanced Management Programme in the same year.

Two years later, he was appointed the CEO of Standard Bank South Africa, shortly before becoming a deputy CEO for the Standard Bank Group.

In 2013, Tshabalala became a joint chief executive of the Standard Bank Group alongside Ben Kruger, and finally took the reins as the group’s sole CEO in 2017.

He describes this period of getting to the top as “one of the most interesting and painful periods” in his life “listening to people that didn’t know much about banking and Standard Bank having strong views about how to run Standard Bank.”

However, this just proved as extra motivation to prove his naysayers wrong.

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 “I saw what education did for my parents. My dad studied when he was much older… I watched him do his BA in economics, his Master’s and, finally, his doctorate. Seeing my parents’ activity birthed in me many thoughts of my capabilities — the capability to achieve,” she said.

At 17, while still in matric, Mahanyele-Dabengwa faced what she describes as one of her biggest challenges – the passing of her mother. She said that taught her not to waste time or take it for granted.

Shortly thereafter, she started her university life at Douglass College at Rutgers University in the United States. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 1993 and, in 1996, earned an MBA from De Montfort University.

“Living by myself in a country I’d never been to was a challenge, but I worked very hard and, having watched my parents, I never focused on staying in challenges, I always looked for opportunities,” said Mahanyele-Dabengwa.

In 2007, the World Economic Forum selected her as one of its global young leaders, and in 2008, The Wall Street Journal named her “one of the top 50 women in the world to watch.” 

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 When you change your perspective, you change your life - a powerful reminder by Rowan Atkinson.

hashtag#lifelessons hashtag#inspiration hashtag#successprinciples 

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  “South Africans 🇿🇦 living in the UK and Europe are becoming more miserable every day with wars on their doorstep, uncontrolled immigration and the increasing cost of living.

At the end of the day, we all aspire to a better lifestyle and will seek it out,” said David Burger, an agent for Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty in Cape Town.

Rory O’Hagan, an agent for Chas Everitt property group in the most expensive suburbs of Johannesburg, described South Africans returning in their “droves” to set up in businesses in the economic hub, bringing their savings, skills and international experience.

For James Davey, 47, who recently moved back to Cape Town, Britain’s cost of living crisis, “the worst weather in the world” and what he saw as curbs on free speech became too much.

“I could not face another day on the British hamster wheel,” he said. Davey grew up in a coastal village outside Cape Town but in 1990, a year of high tension following Mandela’s release from jail, his British parents decided to play it safe and move home.

The pull of South Africa remained strong as he finished his education, built his career and started a family.

Learning the latest systems and business practices was invaluable, Davey said, but life in Worcestershire where he ran his own firm became “claustrophobic”.

He and his partner drew up a list of the costs and pros and cons of living in Britain, South Africa and elsewhere. South Africa came top.

“I wanted my 11-year-old daughter to have the outdoors childhood I’d had and the business opportunities in South Africa are huge,” he said from their new home on a security estate on the Cape Peninsula.

Like other returnees with hard currency savings, he has the means to pay for private security, off-the-grid energy and other services that the government is not providing and the majority of South Africans can’t afford.

“The standard of living is phenomenal. We feel alive and free,” Davey added.

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 It was about an hour after the Springboks’ opening match of Rugby World Cup 2023 – a comfortable 18-3 win over Scotland.

A reporter, during a media conference in the bowels of Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, put it to Bok skipper Siya Kolisi that he is one of the most important people in Africa. Not just sportsperson, but person.

It wasn’t hyperbole; the reporter explained that he had recently been at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

There, journalists who knew almost nothing about rugby were speaking about Kolisi as one of Africa’s most important voices and faces.

The humble Kolisi was slightly embarrassed by the question, considering any answer in the affirmative would’ve come across as extremely conceited.

“I don’t see myself like that. I want to be a role model for my kids, my brother and sister,” Kolisi said.

“If I see myself as a giant it is not going to take me anywhere. Especially around the team – the team is far bigger than the individual.

“We come from a nation where you think of ‘we’ before ‘I’. That makes it easy for me to keep grounded.”

Fortunately, Kolisi’s humility and inclusiveness are not public relations creations, where he has one persona under the glare of the spotlight and another in private.

What you see is what you get with Kolisi. And what you get is a man who cares deeply about his family, faith, team and country.

He always considers the voiceless and the powerless in almost everything he does and says. Because who else will, in this country?

He has grown in stature as a leader of one of the greatest teams ever assembled and has emerged as the type of leader this country is crying out for – and not just in sports.

It’s in the simple gestures and the “we” before “me” philosophy, which has failed pretty much every politician in this country, which raise Kolisi above being pigeonholed simply as “rugby player”...

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"Technology giant Naspers is looking at opportunities to invest in startups across Africa and leverage its scale to grow small businesses into major players on the continent" (dailyinvestor.com)

"Naspers South Africa CEO Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa told CNBC Africa on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos that the company has many opportunities on the continent.

“I think there are a number of opportunities in the digital sector, and we are continuously looking at them,” Mahanyele-Dabengwa said.

She listed examples of businesses Naspers had recently invested in on the continent, including startups in Egypt, while there are some attractive small businesses they are looking to acquire.

“As a business, we do a lot of mergers and acquisitions, and so we are continuously looking for opportunities in South Africa and beyond.”

She explained that Naspers is looking to invest in very particular businesses and will follow the principles that have made its past investments successful.

“We tend to invest at an early stage and scale up with the business. When you look at most of our businesses, they are all small businesses or startups that have grown into significant companies.”

Key to this strategy is identifying founders with whom Naspers can work to scale up the business..."

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 Never in the history of international soccer ⚽️ tournaments before, has a goalkeeper saved 4 penalties in a shootout, be it the FIFA World Cup, AFCON, EURO, and Copa America.

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 When you dream big, not even the sky is the limit --- said hashtag#Tyla last year in June: "“I’m a big dreamer. Obviously, I’m proud and feel blessed about everything that has been happening, but my goal is to one day be the biggest pop star in the world. I want people to say that that pop star was born and raised in South Africa. I want to be on Rihanna and Drake’s level.”

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 When he grew up, Ronwen was told many a time that he was way too small for becoming a goalkeeper --- yet, today he is a giant amongst the world's best keepers, having kept a clean sheet against five of Bafana's opponents at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

This is what propelled Ronwen to the top of his profession and hashtag#career ...

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  Before the internet was easily accessible and before YouTube mathematics tutorials were available, South African 🇿🇦
learners depended on William Smith to help them understand the complexities of maths and science via the SABC2 Learning Channel in the 1990s --- businesslive.co.za

Using deceptively simple methods that were not being taught in the classroom, Smith was a maths and science guru who excelled at teaching, unlike many experts, and managed to make sense of algebra, trigonometry, geometry, chemistry and physics for school pupils.

Smith reached many young people in SA and beyond for more than 16 years as a television tutor. For many, his televised lessons were the only quality instruction they received in maths and science.

The Learning Channel reached as many as 100-million learners across Africa

In 1990, with the financial assistance of Liberty Life Foundation executive director Hylton Appelbaum, Smith began producing educational TV programmes for The Learning Channel.

The channel was initially thought to be a hare-brained idea and critics said it wouldn’t work. The SABC was initially reluctant to give Smith and his team a platform to offer lessons live on television, because it had never been done before.

But the broadcaster soon realised the demand for such services was huge and stretched beyond SA’s borders. Collaboration with other African countries, via satellite, resulted in an enormous increase in viewership.

The Learning Channel continued to be a success for more than 16 years, reaching as many as 100-million viewers a day across Africa.

Using just a felt-tip pen, a whiteboard and sometimes a few Smarties, he helped millions of pupils pass their maths and science exams when just about all else had failed.

The teaching legend said in 2019 he was not that good at numbers, but perhaps that was the secret to his success.

“Had I been a numbers person from the start, I would not have been a good teacher because everything would have been so obvious to me. Pupils’ concerns and challenges would have frustrated me. I would not have understood why they struggled with simple concepts,” he commented.

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 When others have your back, both in your life and your career, you can overcome any challenger...

Dricus du Plessis walks out with Siya Kolisi and Eben Etsebeth to the national anthem 🇿🇦

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 A GOLDEN moment for Africa's Best Goalkeeper, hashtag#RonwenWilliams, and confirmation that South Africa is a Nation of Champions, as Madiba kept saying...

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When you blaze a trail that redefines leadership in an industry dominated by the traditional hierarchy, not even the sky will limit your hashtag#career...

Meet Mandisa Maya: The woman holding South Africa’s legal future.

Born in March 1964 in the then apartheid-era ‘black homeland’ of Transkei, now the Eastern Cape province, Mandisa Muriel Lindelwa Maya was appointed Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa soon after missing out on the top slot in 2022 to Justice Zondo.

She has had a stellar career from humble beginnings and was formerly the president of the Supreme Court of Appeal from 2017 to 2022.

Initially a prosecutor and state law adviser, she was admitted as an advocate in 1994.

Former president Thabo Mbeki appointed her to the Supreme Court of Appeal in June 2006. In the appellate court, she was elevated to the deputy presidency in September 2015 and the presidency in May 2017.

She was the first black woman to serve in the Supreme Court of Appeal, as well as the court's first woman deputy president and first woman president.

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 Absa has announced that CEO Arrie Rautenbach, who has been with the group for more than 27 years and at the helm for two years, will be on "garden leave" from October before going on early retirement in April next year --- The Herald LIVE (www.heraldlive.co.za)

Charles Russon, CEO of its corporate and investment bank, will take over as interim CEO,  subject to regulatory approval.

The group said senior executive Yasmin Masithela will become interim CIB CEO.

In May Absa was caught in another transformation storm after the group’s senior black executives confronted Rautenbach over recent critical senior appointments, including the planned removal of the head of the group’s Africa operations.

The group came under fire in 2022 for appointing Rautenbach to replace Daniel Mminele,  its first black CEO, who lasted only 16 months in the role after clashing with the board over strategy and direction.

News of Rautenbach’s early retirement comes as the group today reported a 5% decline in headline earnings of R10.2bn for the first half of 2024.

Absa said it expects better second-half group performance as its South African retail businesses showed earnings growth in the first six months of the year.

Commenting on the results, Rautenbach said the group’s underlying businesses in the South African retail portfolio reported headline earnings growth, which is indicative of a recovery in business performance.

“While economic conditions remain challenging, our delinquency profile has stabilised as a result of the decisive action we have taken. We remain committed to our integrated strategy, a focus on seamless customer experience, and delivering sustainable, balanced growth and value creation,” he said.
 

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 Her promotion to CEO was part of a massive leadership overhaul, during which several high-ranking executives took on new roles.

FirstRand CFO Harry Kellan became FNB CEO, replacing Jacques Celliers, who became an executive responsible for FirstRand’s fintech strategy.

Vilkazi joined FirstRand as COO in 2018 after serving as Chief Financial Officer and deputy CEO at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings.

In terms of education, she received a Bcom Honours from the University of Witwatersrand, where her husband Zeblon is now the vice-chancellor, and is a Chartered Accountant.

Vilikazi’s position makes her the first black woman to lead the group, which has a market cap of R443 billion.

For context, Standard Bank is second, with R361 billion in market cap and the largest bank in South Africa in terms of assets under management.

Capitec, South Africa’s largest bank by customer numbers, comes in third, with a market cap of R317 billion.

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  𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 --- 🥈🥈🥈🥈🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 Consistency and Determination: The Twin Pillars of Success ... as demonstrated by that final leg from Akani Simbine

as he passes four other teams to secure the silver medal for South Africa in the Men's 4x100m relay

Here's what it means to the Champions:

🥈Bayanda Walaza
🥈Shaun Maswanganyi
🥈Bradley Nkoana
🥈Akani Simbine

hashtag#paris2024
 

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 this is what happened when Adele invited Basani Bambisa and Clement Manyathela to join her on stage, in front of 80,000 fans at the Messe München arena ...

“You guys are just being such a vibe!” Adele exclaimed, beaming as she welcomed them to join her in the spotlight.

And Adele’s final words to Clement and Basani: “I’ll will come to South Africa. I love South Africa!”

When we project positive energy, we attract good things and the right people into our lives. It’s a simple yet profound principle: like attracts like. Your thoughts, attitudes, and actions create a magnetic field around you, drawing in experiences that mirror the energy you emit.

Think about the most successful and inspiring people you’ve encountered. What do they all have in common? It’s not just their skills or achievements—it’s their ability to remain positive, even in the face of adversity. They radiate an energy that makes others want to be around them, to support them, and to collaborate with them.

So, as you move forward in your personal and professional journey, remember to cultivate that positive energy within yourself. It’s not just a strategy for attracting success; it’s a way of life that can transform your reality and the world around you.

hashtag#southafrica hashtag#inspiration hashtag#PositiveEnergy hashtag#Leadership hashtag#MindsetMatters 

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 LETSILE TEBOGO BECOMES THE FIRST AFRICAN IN HISTORY TO WIN THE 200M SPRINT AT THE OLYMPICS 🇧🇼

HE WINS BOTSWANA'S FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD 🥇 with a 19.46 AREA RECORD

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 “As a family, we didn’t go on holiday for 15 years because there was no money. We put it all into swimming and to try and get them through education and swimming and everything.

“For the family, that’s a big thing. So we spent the holidays together, or we worked just to try to make the extra buck to pay for everything.”

hashtag#southafrica hashtag#leadership hashtag#inspiration  

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 🥇 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊-𝐓𝐎-𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬 🥇 🇿🇦 in last millisecond Pool Thriller...

Tatjana Smith wins the Women’s 100m Breaststroke.

This is South Africa's first gold medal at
hashtag#Paris2024 👏👏👏

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hashtag#leadership 

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 One of the greatest renditions of South Africa's National Anthem 𝗡𝗸𝗼𝘀𝗶 𝗦𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗹' 𝗶𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 ever! Truly hashtag#strongertogether

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 ▪︎Johannesburg is the most powerful commercial centre on the African continent.

▪︎ generates 16 percent of South Africa's GDP and employs 12 percent of the national workforce.

▪︎ is recognized as the financial capital of South Africa and is home to 74 percent of Corporate Headquarter.

▪︎South Africa’s only stock exchange, the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) rates as one of the top 20 exchanges in the world in terms of market capitalisation.

▪︎The city’s profusion of trees over 6 million, make it the largest, man-made forest in the world.

▪︎ The world's best Climate – temperature neither humid nor too hot for comfort, year-round sunshine and daily

▪︎ Clear blue skies. Winters are short and mild.

▪︎Medical care is first-world, sophisticated and dependable.

▪︎ Johannesburg has become a destination of choice for business due to an outstanding reputation for quality and affordability.

▪︎ After modest beginnings as a mining town, Johannesburg has become recognised as a major world city and the economic capital of both South and sub-Saharan Africa.

▪︎The greater Johannesburg metropolis covers an area of 2 300km2, making it larger than Sydney, London or New​ York, and similar in size to Los Angeles

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ll South Africans leading the world in different industries...

▪︎ The World's Richest Man, Elon Musk

▪︎ The World's Richest Doctor, Patrick Soon-Shiong

▪︎One of the World's Highest Paid Actresses, Charlize Theron

▪︎One of the World's Highest Earning Comedians, Trevor Noah

▪︎The World's Richest Tennis Player, Roger Federer is a South African citizen

▪︎The World's Second Highest Paid Cricket Player, Dean Elgar.

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The Future Leader Forum  

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 I am who I am and do what I do.

I expect nothing and accept everything.

And that makes life easier.

We live in a world where funerals are more important than the deceased, marriage is more important than love, looks are more important than the soul.

We live in a packaging culture that despises content."

Sir Anthony Hopkins 

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 The 3 BIG Questions to ask yourself every single day ...

Personal Leadership Lessons from Matthew McConaughey

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 "Humor is the closest you can get to a person without touching them." Trevor Noah in conversation with Esther Perel.

This is why humor is a key leadership skill (and can be learnt by anyone who is willing to study it). Used properly, humor can break down barriers between people with completely different perspectives, or from different cultural backgrounds.

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