In November 1993, tragedy hit Herman Mashaba’s ‘Black Like Me’ factory in Mabopane, north of Pretoria. His security guard called him around 2am with the news, “There is smoke coming out of the...
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In 1955, Gustav Gottschalk decided to sell his store called the Bargain Shop in Upington, due to his advanced years. The store dealt in second-hand furniture, clothing, shoes, medicine, food, bicycles and even donkey carts. He...
Nomfundo Mcoyi is a multiskilled businesswoman and community builder who’s based in KZN. She has come a long way from a kasi girl to a schoolteacher, and founder of the Icebolethu Group. Nomfundo Mcoyi, founder of...
The founders of OneCart, Lynton Peters and Ariel Navarro, came close to giving up but said to themselves, “let’s try for one last month and see whathappens”….. How Whitey Basson Revolutionized The Retail...
Gugu Intimates was launched in 2016 by Gugu Nkabinde, as Africa’s first premium underwear range for women of color. Gugu IIntimates The brand was launched as a movement to give women of color confidence, Gugu felt like...
After noticing major fast food delivery services not operating in townships, Godiragetse Mogajane launched Delivery Ka Speed to serve that void. How Whitey Basson Revolutionized The Retail Industry of South Africa Delivery...
Love or hate him, Shoprite’s former CEO, Whitey Basson is a retail genius. Whitey led Shoprite from 1979 to 2016. Under Basson’s stewardship, Shoprite grew from eight tiny stores in the Western Cape to Africa’s...
Lebo Gunguluza was so down and out that he’d walk to CNA and stand in a corner reading business books that he couldn’t afford to buy. When the staff saw him, they would chase him away. Lebo Gunguluza From A...
To fund USN, Albé Geldenhuys sold his bakkie for R30 000 and then bought a cheap little Uno for making deliveries. USN products How The Paddock Brothers Launched & Successfully Sold GetSmarter For R1.4...
Xolane Ndhlovu is a South African born billionaire and the chairman of DafriGroup PLC, a multi-national public company with subsidiaries in South Africa, Botswana, Comoros Islands, Nigeria, England and Wales. How Sonto Pooe...