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Thursday, 19 January 2012 11:30

Lauren Beukes is using her word power

Do not be fooled by her blonde hair, blue eyes and ability to throw together a decent outfit. Lauren Beukes is a Geek. Yes, with a capital “G”. A few years ago, that would have been considered an insult but, today, thanks to people such as 30 Rock’s Tiny Fey, comedians Patton Oswalt and Dara Ó Briain and movie star Vin Diesel, being geek is quite chic.

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Pure perseverance

Thursday, 17 November 2011 11:14

Dr Mzizana is breaking the mould of women in Africa

The words of United States President Barack Obama, and that of the co-founder, chairperson and chief executive officer of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, fuelled the passion of Dr Nondumiso Mzizana to overcome severe obstacles and grow her company, Sikelela, to become the country’s largest equipment supplier to the medical profession. Recently, she received the Businesswomen’s Association Businesswoman of the Year Award (entrepreneurial category).

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Fully empowered

Friday, 21 October 2011 09:54

Fulfilling her patriotic duty

Who would say no, if asked to control billions of South African rand? The prospect of having power of that kind of money would be appealing to just about anyone. And when that question was put before Philisiwe Buthelezi, she said yes, just like anyone else would. The key difference, of course, is that the billions in question are not for her own benefit, but for the greater benefit of South Africa as a whole.

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Media darlings

Thursday, 15 September 2011 12:10

Top of the industry,
in all its forms

According to Dictionary.com, the word “media” refers to the “means of communication – as radio and television, newspapers and magazines – that reach or influence people widely.” This definition is a bit limited nowadays, when we have so many different forms of communication. But the key line in the definition still stands: The ability to reach and influence people is core to what media is; all that really differs is who you are trying to reach and how you are trying to influence them. With so much variance in the media forms available and a substantially more diverse range of target audiences, the media is one of the few industries that allows for multiple top dogs – all leaders in the media, yet all doing very different things. Leadership spoke with three female frontrunners in the media industry, each dominating in her niche of the media pie.

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In search of Africa

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:55

Google doing its bit for the continent

It is highly unlikely that when Sergey Brin and Larry Page started Google in 1996 as a research project, they envisioned how it would revolutionise the way in which people used the Internet. Granted, they were not the first people to conceive of a search engine to help one find one’s way around the vastness that is cyberspace, but there is no denying that Google has become the most popular method of doing so.

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