The Unconventional CEO – Mario Pretorius

Business management specialist and strategist Mario Pretorius, CEO of JSE-listed TeleMasters Holdings Ltd since 2007, has packaged his knowledge, experience and advice into a new book titled “The Unconventional CEO: Common sense outside of conventional Management thinking”. It features close to 100 pieces of easy-to-read wisdom on corporate leadership – based on Mario’s long academic … Read more

Family driven SMEs – the bedrock of every economy

My first trip to Thailand, over 20 years ago, woke up the closet entrepreneur in me. That ‘dealer, trader, buyer, seller culture’ which underpins the success of the country’s economy was visible in all directions as I walked down the street from my hotel. You could almost sniff it in the air. Part of every … Read more

Inspirational: Young township entrepreneur who’s transformed 3 000 lives

Neftaly Malatjie was just 14 when his entrepreneurial flair kicked in. That was eight years ago when the teenager launched Diepsloot Youth Projects after cadging and fixing a bunch retreaded hand-me-down PCs. It’s  an initiative that has since grown to impact and enrich the lives of over 3 000 young people in one of the … Read more