To help get you started, we have asked some successful 'starters' to share the story of how they got started at the National Start Something Day motivational seminars. From Mandla Sibeko to Thebe Ikalafeng - each speaker will be talking about how they got started and what they did to get to where they are today. Hopefully this will inspire you to start something that takes you to where you want to be. For a list of upcoming events see below:
Mandla Sibeko
Date: 2011-07-12
Venue: Maloko Strathavon Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg
Self-made businessman, Mandla Sibeko's star has been on the rise for the past few years. He was named one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders for 2010 and scored a business coup by being tasked with handling the entire look and feel of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He set up his own investment business, Seed Capital Investments, through which he has various interests in the small business sector. He is a shareholder and chairman of the flower and gifting service Netflorist South Africa. He is also a Director of Naspers's Paarl Media Group. He is the co-owner of PICK 'N PAY Kliptown and Soweto.
Azania Ndoro
Date: 2011-06-14
Venue: Maloko Strathavon Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg
Azania Ndoro is a South African radio DJ, television presenter and MC best known for hosting the Metro FM drivetime show Route 326 and later the 9am-noon show Total Bliss. She is better known to television viewers as a judge on the third (2004) and fourth (2010) seasons of the reality competition Popstars (she was credited in 2004 as Amanda "Azania" Mosaka). She started her career in 1996, co-hosting a youth talk show called The Joint on CCV, the SABC's now-defunct Contemporary Community Values channel. She has since been extensively involved with television and radio production.
Vuyo Jack
Date: 2011-06-23
Venue: Maloko Strathavon Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg
Vuyo Jack started as an Accounts Trainee at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999. He moved on to lecture Financial Accounting III at the Witwatersrand School of Accountancy in 2001. He aadvised the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts how to read and unpack Auditor-General's reports on Government Department and Public Entities from 2001 till 2003. He co-founded and is the current Chief Executive Officer of Empowerdex (Pty) Ltd. He is currently completing a Masters in Commerce at the University of the Witwatersrand. He started a non-profit organisation, Bonngoe Foundation, with Kobeli Pokane to conduct Holistic Intelligence Workshops for the youth and young professionals.
