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Kevin Naidoo: Training centre stronger as it rises from the ashes

Kevin Naidoo Training centre stronger as it rises from the ashes Sometimes it takes a catastrophe to reveal the inner strength of a society. For many, the looting that Read More >

GERHARD WALDHAUER

Gerhard Waldhauer Staying agile while growing big There is something of a paradox in the amazing growth of Jack’s Paints and Hardware over the past 79 years from one Read More >

SHAUN NCALA

Shaun Ncala Entrepreneur brings father’s dream to life The world is full of examples of children inheriting a business from their parents, and often failing with it. But Shaun Ncala Read More >

Gwen Gower Nursery flourishes with the fertilizer of good relationships The secret fertilizer that keeps the plants lush and the business flourishing at Earthworx Garden World in Hout Bay, Cape Read More >

CATHY NEWTON

Cathy Newton Lighting the way for local manufacturing As a teenager, Cathy Newton used to buy wire frames from a small lamp-shade factory called Wire World, to make and sell Read More >

MICHAEL JELE AND HILKIA JACOBS

Michael Jele and Hilkia Jacobs Finance came at just the right time for telecoms livewires “Business Partners Limited will be our first stop when we need expansion finance,” says Michael Read More >

THOMAS REIB

Thomas Reib Cash retained tides ‘happy businesses’ over the worst of Covid-19 crisis Thomas Reib reckons if he stayed in the corporate lane in which he started his career in Read More >

ANNELENE VAN WYK

Annelene van Wyk Guest house owner defies Covid-19 with patience and adaptability Adaptability, initiative and patience are key ingredients for entrepreneurial success, especially if you have to build a business Read More >

ELS BOTHA

Els Botha Entrepreneurial thinking key to return to business growth As the hospitality industry emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, entrepreneurial creativity will play a crucial role in the return to Read More >

FEDA RAHMAN

Feda Rahman Drive for upliftment pays off in property successes Feda Rahman’s business, Petite Home Decor, turns drab spaces into beautiful and stylish ones. Amazingly, the same thing seems to Read More >

NEIL CRACKNELL

Neil Cracknell Three generations, one landloard When you think about a family business in which three generations have traded continuously from the same premises, you’d imagine that they would own Read More >

SHAINIL DOORJAN

Family business finds finance - and a whole lot more

In 2005 Shainil Doorjan was ready to take the family business, which he ran together with his father and brother, to a whole new level by building their own hot-dip galvanizing plant in Pinetown, Durban. Read more >

CHARLES RAMUHASHE

Long walk to business success

In his late twenties, Charles Ramuhashe literally walked out of his job to start his own business. “I didn’t have a vehicle. In fact, I had no taxi money, so I was walking home,” remembers Charles, who today is the owner of the Germiston-based Magnavolt, a multi-million-rand supplier and repairer of electrical motors and pumps. Read more >

THEMBEKILE SIKENQE

No limits on finding new opportunities

Looking back on the strange turns that his life has taken, Thembekile Sikenqe can see that he could easily have found himself slowly going grey at a desk in a moderately successful corporate career. But one lucky move blew open his mind and sent him on a wild adventure of entrepreneurship which he is still living every day.Read more >

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