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From employee to entrepreneur – choosing the road to financial freedom
One measure of how far South Africa has progressed is Lamula Ndlela’s business in Thokoza. As a child, Lamula can remember fleeing the area with his parents in the Read More >
From stay-at-home mom to panel beating powerhouse
If anyone had told Tania Koekemoer in 2011 that she would soon be the owner-manager of one of the most successful panel beating workshops in Gqeberha, she would have Read More >
2020 Logistics: Rising from the ruins of the Covid pandemic
It is often said that many thriving businesses can trace their origins back to a time of upheaval, and that recessions and other economic crises, for all their hardship Read More >
Recycling Entrepreneur Poised To expand Operations
Like most business owners, Marie Jansen has had to jump in and help out with the operations of her business when a worker fails to pitch up or when Read More >
Entrepreneur turns leap of faith into trucking success
Entrepreneurship is often depicted as a solitary pursuit of a lonesome visionary risking it all by swimming against the stream. While this is partly true - building your own Read More >
Entrepreneur completes business park 54% under budget in project-management triumph
Completing a project on time and within budget is a difficult achievement in the notoriously variable construction industry. Doing it 54% under budget is an astounding feat and an Read More >
A label, sign and badge for every need
Turrim Brands is a local company serving businesses, schools and homes via its consumer labels, facility signage and name badges brands that can be found in retail outlets throughout Read More >
Funding non-tangible assets: how James secured the finance
When James Rogers approached Business Partners Limited for a loan in 2003, he was looking for financing that would be a first for the small and medium enterprise (SME) Read More >
Conservation, tourism and the joy of making dreams come true
Conservation, tourism and the joy of making dreams come true In 1998, Wilfred Chivell lost everything when the multimillion-rand concrete works business he had built over the previous 15 Read More >
A rocky road to restaurant success
A rocky road to restaurant success Neelesh Harduth might not be your typical restaurant owner, but his credentials as a businessman are not to be doubted. It was, in Read More >
Female pioneer’s unyielding grit and determination to open up industry
Two of the most important attributes that female pioneers in male-dominated industries need are grit and an unrelenting focus on quality, says Nicky Tibbetts, who has been running Florida Read More >
True to its name, sparkly future for jewellery design house that started in wendy house
Like a diamond that starts humbly in the ground, Phatsima Jewellery Designs started in a 15 m2 wooden wendy house in a Johannesburg backyard and has recently begun to Read More >
The Theunissens’ strong entrepreneurial vision blossoms into top-quality school
Erika Theunissen’s dream of building the ideal school developed slowly. Over three decades working as a remedial teacher and therapist in the Vaal Triangle town of Vereeniging, she has Read More >
Youth on the way to franchising success with Chicken Bar
Asanda Maqabuka describes herself as an entrepreneur at heart. While her first serious venture into the world of franchising ended badly, she and her mother who is also her Read More >