Profiles

Working towards sexual diversity

Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 08 February 2012 09:46

The Western Cape is home to the Pink Route, and the Mother City is still celebrated as the gay capital of the country. While many gay and lesbian tourists marvel at Cape Town’s tolerance of people of all sexualities, there is still much intolerance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people amongst South Africans themselves, especially in the townships and rural areas. Through education, advocacy and lobbying, the Cape Town based Triangle Project is working really hard at changing attitudes towards LGBT communities, in the Western Cape as well as the rest of the country.

Tsotsi in the boardroom: Lulu Letlape

Written by Phillippa Yaa De Villiers
Monday, 19 December 2011 12:07

No stranger to the boardroom, Lulu has an impressive list of accolades on her CV having most recently held the position of executive director of corporate affairs at Mercedes-Benz SA, where she provided strategic functional leadership at executive committee and board level and managed stakeholder relationships in addition to serving as the chair of the transformation forum. Prior to this, she was group executive of corporate communications at Telkom, director of Celebrity Services Africa, chief executive officer of World Vision South Africa, senior manager at the Telkom Foundation and public relations manager at the Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency. Lulu holds a bachelor in education from the University of Natal, a master’s degree in public and development management from The University of the Witwatersrand as well as global executive leadership certificates from the Aspen Institute in Colorado and IMD business school in Switzerland.

When we walked with lions

Written by Brendah Nyakudya
Monday, 19 December 2011 11:27

“Lions are not animals alone; they are symbols and totems and legend; they have impressed themselves so deeply on the human mind if not in its blood; it is as though the psyche were emblazoned with their crest. When you look into the eyes of a lion and watch the grace of his long stride – all that unused energy flowing under the skin, when you see the noble looking calm of the mouth and nose, the proud authority of the bearded chin – the mysterious reminder of the faces of classic and mythological heroes – you recognize to your marrow that you were born with that image already in you.” Evelyn Ames in A Garden of Eden

In August this year – courtesy of 1Time Airlines, Safari Par Excellence and Three Cities Group – we were part of an amazing experience in Livingstone, Zambia. We walked with lion.

Company Profile: An African brand with global vision

Written by Administrator
Monday, 19 December 2011 10:33

Mosa is an African word meaning grace. “Grace is to be kind. It displays a pleasing and attractive quality, and this is what defines us and our corporate founding principles,” says Mosa founder and group chief executive Rudzani Christopher Singo.

The launch of the Mosa group and its subsequent rise to global importance tells an important African story of humility, symbolised by Christopher’s own humble roots; he grew up the rural north-eastern part of South Africa formerly known as Venda.