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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 >
Accounting firm becomes engine of female empowerment
What started off as a small act of personal empowerment by a lone entrepreneur who wanted to keep working while raising children, has grown into an impressive engine of Read More >
Technical assistance enhances worldclass training that keeps offshore workers safe
“Our mission is simple: get people home safe to their families,” says Gary Concar, CEO and Centre Manager of Offshore Africa Training Centre (OATC), the business he owns and Read More >
Start-up breaks barriers to tough industry with a good plan and a dose of fortitude
An often overlooked difficulty in starting up a business is the resistance from established players to newcomers in an industry. Hulisani Mudau’s struggle to find a foothold for his Read More >
Putting roofs over people’s heads
Extreme Way Togo is a property letting business with a unique market focus: rentals capped at R5 000 per month. These are mostly rooms, but owner Sandile Gumede also Read More >
For what its earth (worth), here is how Sekozee helps the environment today
Ten years ago, in 2014, Gcina and Mumsy Maseko established Sekozee Waste Management, a business dedicated to making a clean and sustainable environment a reality. From small beginnings in Read More >
Recycling up the business value chain
Ten years ago, two former colleagues reunited around the idea of going into business together, and the birth of the company that today confidently regards itself as Durban’s number-one Read More >
Oiling the wheels that keep more wheels rolling
Ten years ago, three entrepreneurs left their corporate jobs to start Lebolex, a fleet-management business that recently became a Business Partners Limited client. Mthokozisi Shangase, co-founder, co-director and CEO Read More >
