by Sinal Govender and Claire Keet, cofounders of life.file in collaboration with property specialists, Araujo Attorneys Buying a property usually involves a bit of creative thinking. You walk into a show house and start to imagine it as a home – your home. Your mind’s eye paints feature walls, open plans the kitchen and pictures […]
by the Lionesses of Africa Operations Department “If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.” — Pythagoras. “…if prosperity, adversity” or put another way, ‘if profit, there is risk’. Risk is […]
Book Review In her book, Big Fish: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Success, Impact and Legacy, Caroline G Nuttall believes it has never been easier to be ignored. Glazed over with the unconscious, habitual swipe of a finger. No matter the industry, we are swimming in a sea of commoditized competitors rapidly expanding every day as […]
Impact Partner Content / Absa We recognize Africa’s vulnerability to climate change, and together with like-minded individuals and organisations, we will contribute to creating sustainable, value-creating solutions to some of Africa’s greatest environmental challenges. The call to make a sustainable, equitable and just world is either a challenge or the biggest opportunity of our time. […]
Share a little about your entrepreneurial journey. And, do you come from an entrepreneurial background? I do believe I am a born entrepreneur; it takes a certain type of person to weather the storms of owning one’s own business – I think it also takes a fair dose of madness. I have always had a […]
Phuti Mphelo left Joburg after a seven-year stint as a chartered accountant for Transnet and then for Ernst & Young. Phuti and her husband, Dr Sello Mphelo, left the City of Gold to follow their dream of opening a business in the mining town of Lephalale in Limpopo. Here they built successful businesses in health […]
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom.” (Psalm 111: 10) WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IF YOU COULD? I would have trusted my instincts more – and gone into business earlier. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT TO DATE? Successfully […]
by Paula Quinsee Do you find it difficult to say no to others? Do you find yourself agreeing to things that you don’t want to do or functions you don’t want to attend? Are you constantly worried about what others might think of you and that you don’t want to disappoint or let others down? […]
by Kathy Mann One of the things that contributed to my recent health collapse is poor emotional boundaries. I didn’t have strong boundaries established and that meant that anyone could impose almost anything on me. I wasn’t firm enough, even with my children, in articulating what is for me and what is for them. If […]
by Sinal Govender and Claire Keet, cofounders of life.file in collaboration with property specialists, Araujo Attorneys “Buy an investment property,” they said. “It’ll be a fantastic long term investment,” they said. Before making this enormous life decision, it’s important to think about all the aspects of being a landlord. There’s a lot to consider – […]