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Second wife, second fiddle?
Fanele Mdlalose, a Zulu training specialist at the National Youth Development Agency and mother of two, found herself in a polygamous marriage four years after her wedding to the Xhosa man of her...
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Powerhouse: Carol-Ann Benn
Fulfilling a long-held desire to pursue a career in medicine, Benn spent much of her clinical rotation working in trauma surgery, but longed for more interaction with patients. “Trauma’s very...
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Brides’ roles revisited
I’ve wanted a lavish white wedding since I was eight years old. To be fair, I came to this decision after watching Brooke Logan’s lavish wedding celebrations in The Bold and the Beautiful. It didn’t...
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Tony Gum: Artista
Wearing a simple white tee and a trusty slash of Ruby Woo, Gum’s talking slowly and deliberately about success. But it’s not a version of success we often hear. She’s not climbing ladders or eyeballing...
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Powerhouse: Yolanda Miya
Miya was 26 and living in London as a South African sales specialist on the emerging-markets desk for Deutsche Bank when her work-hard, party-hard lifestyle was interrupted by the global recession of...
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Nosipho Mayosi: old styles meet new technology
This vivacious, Cape Town-born fashionista recalls her entrepreneurial journey with self-deprecating humour. “My love affair with vintage clothing started when I was 16, but back then, I thought all...
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NELISA SHABALALA (16) FUTURE DREAMS: I’d love to be a singer or a doctor who specialises in paediatrics. Doing rounds in wards, going into theatre and watching a caesarean section must all be very...
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For more than a rainy day
Although saving money can be done in many ways, there are two main forms of it: contractual saving and discretionary saving. Contractual saving refers to the traditional method of setting a certain...
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Career chameleon
At just 22, Mutshekwane had already opened her own fashion boutique. She then spent years heading up Marketing & Sales for distinctly African fashion business Kisua and drove the brand to the point...
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Powerhouse: Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim
A key member of the teams who developed the tenofovir vaginal gel and Truvada tablets that fight HIV/Aids, she believes a cure for the virus is closer than it’s ever been Abdool Karim’s been praised...
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Dream chaser
In this intimate chat with her, we get an uncut sense of her success.The name Otarel Music might not be as well-known as that of Lira herself, but it celebrated its own suite of firsts as its owner...
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The business of beauty
A qualified Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Baloyi’s had a career that’s included banking and corporate property finance – and now beauty. Her entry to the aesthetics industry came when her husband...
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#BLESSED?
When “Blesser” became a buzzword this year, it highlighted the slow transition of transactional sexual relationships from an economic necessity or exploitation to a marker of consumerism, consumption...
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Fifi Cooper on #blackgirlmagic
What are your views on “black girl magic”? It starts as we grow up, from what out mothers teach us about culture, about loving ourselves and being comfortable in our own skin. How our mothers taught...
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A cut above the rest
Following extensive research, Zulu launched Nomageba Meats, a wholesaler that sources meat from farmers and abattoirs and then prepares and distributes it around the country. “I started as a one-woman...
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Fast living
Mashugane’s love for speed began when she was 16, doing stunts on Soweto’s illegal drag-racing circuits. When she was introduced to motorbikes nine years ago, she was immediately hooked on the freedom...
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Business Mastery
Bam played the role of midwife for many of SA’s first democratic elections. As Chairperson of the IEC for 12 years (she retired in 2011), she oversaw critical election mechanics such as creating...
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Terry on top
Pheto’s journey is a complex and inspiring one − the 35-year-old still hustles for roles and is running a production company that’s yet to make a profit. Her first movie as a producer, empowering...
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Styling the City
Monteiro’s shop/exhibition space, Ants, is one of the coolest concept stores in Jo’burg. A gorgeous, minimalist space done in white with accents of black chalkboard paint, it’s as cosmopolitan and...
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Millenial money wisdom
INVESTING ISN’T ONLY FOR THE WEALTHY Growing up in a modest home in Soweto, Thato Dikgale (30) heard the same phrase whenever the topic of money was brought up: “Investing is for the wealthy.” Now...
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