WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders. 
WikiMzansi is South Africa's free online information resource profiling the continent's prominent leaders.
Masa Kekana is a South African journalist who has worked at one of the country’s leading news agencies – Eyewitness News – servicing four major radio stations namely: Talk Radio 702, Cape Talk, Kfm and 947. Masa has crisscrossed the country covering stories of national and global importance. She has been featured several times on… read more »
Morris joined the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (“GIBS”) in 2014 and was appointed executive director of faculty in 2017. In academia, he is a lecturer on the MBA programme, where he is the lead lecturer on courses that focus on corporate strategy, management consulting and innovation. On the executive education programmes,… read more »
Tim Modise hosts his own current affairs shows on eNCA called ‘The Modise Network ‘. This veteran African journalist, broadcaster, public speaker and philanthropist boasts over thirty years in broadcast media and journalism. He has worked for various radio and TV stations of the SABC, M-Net, Primedia, BBC and Power FM across different formats from music, current affairs… read more »
Winfred Oppong-Amoako is a sought-after business adviser, speaker, executive coach and author. He speaks at conferences, focusing mainly on leadership and doing business in Africa. He is also a visiting lecturer at Wits Business School (WBS) and the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB). He is a contributing writer for publications such as G20,… read more »
Aubrey Matshiqi is a Financial Mail rated political analyst for the second year in a row. He is also one of South Africa’s most in-demand speakers on the subject of the political state of our nation. He was a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy studies (CPS) in Johannesburg until March 2011, and was… read more »
Victor Vermeulen paints by mouth and coaches cricket in his spare time. But in his youth, he was being hailed as one of South Africa’s great Cricketing hopes – until a ‘silly accident’ saw Vic confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. While most people would see such a setback as final,… read more »
‘My Father’s Coat’ is Michael Charton’s realisation of his decade-long ambition to make the incredible story, that is the history of South Africa, more accessible to South Africans and visitors alike. In a truly-unique presentation style, Michael condenses the epic narrative of South Africa into a bite-size story which is not only compelling, but totally accurate. In this very… read more »
What is Imagineering? Imagineering is finding novel solutions to the challenges faced by modern society. Cape Town-based Professor Mike Bruton has developed many innovative insights and practical solutions during his work in many diverse fields. He has,for instance, proposed the concept of the Information Value Chain to explain the role of modern interactive science centres and museums… read more »
Before “Good Things Guy” – the online good news site was born, Brent Lindeque came up with the ‘RAK‘ (Random Acts of Kindness) initiative which was all about giving back and helping those in need. What started as a simple idea to try and better one person’s day, turned into a global event supported and endorsed by millions of people. It… read more »
London-based, The Right Honourable Lord Hain of Neath, better known as Peter Hain, was bornin 1950 and brought up in South Africa. In politics for over 50 years, he was recently involved in exposing the money laundering by the Zuptas (President Zuma/the Guptas). A captivating speaker on a range of global issues with a treasure trove of anecdotes… read more »
Stafford Masie is a computer scientist who thrives in the world of disruption. He has been involved in the IT industry for more than 25 years. He has been closely involved in such pre-eminent ICT companies as Telkom, Dimension Data, Novell and Google. His passion for technology led to him being appointed to senior executive… read more »
Karima Brown is a highly-regarded journalist with a lengthy list of credentials including Political Editor at Business Day and Group Executive Editor at the Independent Group. She launched Forbes Women Africa magazine and has hosted ‘Political Exchange’ and ‘Beyond Markets’ on CNBC Africa. In addition to her media work, Karima is a sought-after facilitator and commentator for… read more »
A seasoned entrepreneur, deal maker and operator of growth businesses, Andile Khumalo’s group is invested in media, marketing & communications, financial services, technology and the telecommunications sectors. He is an acclaimed speaker and moderator in the business space – when fresh, but targeted thinking and entrepreneurs meet. Andile is the former Managing Director of POWER 98.7 and former… read more »
Dr. Somadoda Fikeni is one of South Africa’s most recognised figures among political and social commentators. He is engaged widely by local, national, Continental and global media. These include the BBC, Al Jazeera, Turkish Global TV as well as various German, American and Australian media. He also works with local community print, broadcast and online media in South Africa. He is an… read more »
Ferial Haffajee is a South African editor and journalist. She is currently associate editor at the Daily Maverick and at Fin24 where she covers the Presidency, the commissions of inquiry into state capture, general economics and finance breaking news. Previously, Ferial was editor-in-chief at the Mail&Guardian and City Press, where teams working with her won numerous… read more »