When sporting passion breeds success
Sports enthusiast and successful entrepreneur, Jacques Grobbelaar, has certainly made his mark in the South African sporting and events management industry – having already collected numerous prestigious industry and business awards both locally and internationally. Grobbelaar is the CEO and co-owner of Stadium Management SA (Pty) Ltd (SMSA) – a management consulting firm responsible for […]
The local entrepreneur enhancing the fashionista in plus-size women
Incessantly frustrated by the limited range of fashion available to the fuller-figured woman, Limpopo-born and Pretoria-based Ouma Tema began designing and creating her own clothes and sharing images of her creations on social media. After fielding a continuous stream of questions from friends and fellow plus-size ladies around where she purchased her outfits, Tema knew […]
Failure is a stepping stone to success
Located in Pietermaritzburg, iLawu Hospitality Group was founded in August 2009 by Siphiwe Ngcobo. What began as a humble five bedroomed B&B has expanded to become one of the most well-recognised hospitality and catering brands in KwaZulu-Natal, encompassing a guesthouse, an inn, a boutique hotel and studio apartments, a recently launched 4-star lodge in Newcastle […]
Faith and a detailed business plan key to entrepreneur’s success
After leaving a successful job and steady career path while supporting a wife and a 13-month-old baby boy, Joe Hamman started his business, Novus Group, on his 35th birthday using his life savings. His dream was to one day become the preferred provider of media monitoring and analysis in South Africa. The universe, however, had […]
Finding the gap in an established market
Dirk Coetzee and Associates was born out of the growing need for taxation services specifically catering to the fiduciary industry. About two and a half years ago, when the Tax Administration Act was signed into law and tax services to a deceased estate could thereafter be loaded as a separate claim against the estate, the […]
Leaving positive impact through sustainable solutions
Matleng Energy Solutions (Matleng), an energy solutions business, was founded by CEO Corrie van der Wath and chairperson Nelisiwe Magubane in 2014, and has since grown to incorporate Pendo Energy Solutions (Pendo), a subsidiary business, which focuses on turnkey engineering solutions. Matleng is committed to solving clients’ energy related challenges through effective implementation of new […]
Doing good is good business
The roots of Iyeza Health date back to 2013, when Iyeza Express – a bicycle courier company that delivered chronic medication from health clinics in Khayelitsha to patients’ homes’ – was founded by Sizwe Nzima. Back then the business had just one customer – his grandmother. Iyeza means both “it is coming” and also “medicine” […]
Building jobs from the ground up
Africa Biomass Company (ABC) was established by Willem van der Merwe in 2004 originally as a specialist, high risk tree felling company with wood chipping as a small sub-division. However, after realising that it was common practice for unwanted trees to be cut into fire wood and sold or discarded in a municipal dump, van […]
Financial services group providing holistic approach to the funeral industry
The Icebolethu Group is today a prominent financial services conglomerate of seven company divisions that together offer customers an all-encompassing funeral services offering. Much like a one-stop-shop for funerals, the business is able to take care of all funeral-related needs, from the tombstone and event catering to floral tributes, funeral policies and philanthropic requests. The […]
Building a business from the inside out
Nowadays, brands spend so much money on marketing and advertising but often forget about the employed workforce who have to implement what is communicated to the outside world. This is according to creative strategist, Lindy Scott, who is the Managing Director and founder of Conceptual Eyes – a Gauteng-based creative agency specialising in corporate internal […]