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Solving the SME financing catch-22
A few months ago, VVM Debt Recovery Specialists, a Johannesburg-based debt recovery company with more than three decades of operating experience, found itself facing a challenge familiar to many Read More >
How persistence helped Business Partners Ltd client break into mining
Breaking into the mining industry usually requires years of experience, specialised knowledge and millions of rands worth of equipment. Yet Jacob Masilela, founder of Mdibande Transport and Projects, managed Read More >
R14 to R1 million: the woman cleaning up the industry
When Fatima Davids arrived in Cape Town in 2017, she had just R14 in her pocket. What she lacked in resources, she made up for with determination, resilience and Read More >
Determined entrepreneur turns disaster into business success
For four years, Fefe Ntsoelengoe fought to keep her nail-care business alive after the franchise she bought into collapsed in a highly publicised scandal. Today, she not only runs Read More >
Garden Route entrepreneur pivots and turns empty parking bays into a goldmine
One of the tests of true entrepreneurship is the ability to change direction fast when circumstances change or when projections don’t materialise. Calvin Els, a life-long entrepreneur from George Read More >
Family ties give packaging business new lease on life
Reshma and Vinesh Yakub embody the idea that family-run businesses possess a resilience that allows them to grow and endure across generations, regardless of their size. About a year Read More >
For this breadwinner at 15, entrepreneurship was the only path that made sense
Nomagcinasana “Gcina” Mdlankomo grew up under the stand of her mother’s fruit and vegetable stall at the taxi rank in Langa, a township in Cape Town. The youngest of Read More >
He lost everything twice, but each time rebuilt something even greater
When Vincent Mutyaba thinks back 25 years to when he left Uganda as a young man and travelled to South Africa as a refugee, the US $50 he had Read More >
Local factory a bulwark against tide of imports
Having spent his whole life in the hair care and cosmetics industry, Shailesh Bhavanbhai knows how important it is to follow the latest fashion trends. Yet, as an entrepreneur, Read More >
Born with the business: entrepreneur building a R100 million family legacy
Khaya Sakawuli is one of the few entrepreneurs who can claim that he is exactly the same age as his business. In the year he was born, his mother Read More >
Resilience on the short: the inspiring comeback of Crawfords Beach Lodge
When Mark Crawford looks out over the buildings of Crawfords Beach Lodge nestled among lush coastal vegetation above the beautiful Cintsa beach near East London, he sees more than Read More >
Educational entrepreneur’s success a bulwark against the forces that tried to destroy him
It’s rare for the story of a single entrepreneur to highlight on one of South Africa’s greatest obstacles to progress and at the same time embody the ultimate solution Read More >
Daring to dream big: the engineering small business that has gone global
While most entrepreneurs typically start their businesses in their late thirties, after first spending years learning the ins and outs of an industry by working for someone else, especially Read More >
In Cape Town’s packed tourism scene, guest house finds its place with golf
When Jolyon Proudman and Heike Lührmann started La Roche Guesthouse in a leafy street in the coastal Cape Town suburb of Milnerton twenty years ago, there was only one Read More >
