Sakegesprek met Theo Vorster
Sakegesprek met Theo Vorster

Author: Theo Vorster

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2013-04-11

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1868425789

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Sakegesprek met Theo Vorster is 'n in 2009 vrygestel en is een van die gewildste programme op Kyknet. Hierdie boek bevat 38 onderhoude wat Theo Vorster oor die laaste drie jaar met top sakelui gevoer het en sluit Koos Bekker, Whitey Basson, Ina Paarman en vele ander bekendes in. Die doel van die boek is om die sakeleier onderhoude te boekstaaf op so 'n manier dat elke leser die pitkos uit die sakeleier se sukses kry wat hy / sy op sy eie loopbaan kan toepas. Daar is geen syfers, finansiële resultate of harde sakenuus in die onderhoude nie, meer die suksesresep en die beginsels wat tot die sukses bygedrae het. Die vierdie reeks sal in April 2013 begin en vir 13 weke elke week 3 keer uitgesaai word en sal saamval met die publikasie van die boek. Die program is die 8ste gewildste program op DSTV en het gemiddelde kykersgetalle van tussen 100,000 en 130,000, almal in die hoër LSM groepe. In die afgelope 3 reekse is daar met 38 sakeleiers gesels wat opgedeel is in enterpreneurs, professionele bestuurders, ouer / afgetrede sakeleiers en dan jong mense op die kruin van hul loopbane. KykNet het onderneem om vir vier maande die boek, Sakegsprek met Theo Vorster te adverteer en dit sal dekking geniet in Sake24 (in Beeld, Burger, Volksblad en Rapport) waar Theo 'n weeklikse kolom skryf.

Steinhoff inside SA's biggest corporate crash
Steinhoff inside SA's biggest corporate crash

Author: James-Brent Styan

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2018-07-18

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 079937167X

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On 5 December 2017 the Steinhoff group was still worth R199 billion. 24 hours later more than R160 billion of this fortune was wiped out. The Steinhoff empire, that took 20 years to build into an international business giant, had crumbled overnight. Markus Jooste, Steinhoff’s flashy CEO, resigned via sms and has since been fleeing an avalanche of scandals and accusations: luxury homes for a blonde mistress, allegations of fraud, racing horses and unparalleled extravagance, a lavish, black Jaguar for an old university residence”¦ What exactly happened here? Who knew what? What is Steinhoff, who is Markus Jooste and what does it all have to do with the so called Stellenbosch mafia? Where does business tycoon Christo Wiese, Shoprite and Pepkor fit in and where is the pensioners’ money? Well-known financial writer James-Brent Styan unpacks these and other questions in this astounding tale of power and greed, of secrets and deceit, and ultimately the biggest financial breakdown in the history of South Africa. Through interviews with trustworthy sources, revelations from confidential documents and in-depth research about Steinhoff’s history, Styan uncovers what the group doesn’t want you to know. Follow the money: the story of Steinhoff, Markus Jooste and the Stellenbosch boys is a gripping financial thriller that will be told as cautionary tale or salacious scandal in both boardrooms and living rooms for decades to come.

Mind your business
Mind your business

Author: Theo Vorster

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1868422976

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Mind your Business is a compilation of the success stories of prominent South African businesspeople, from entrepreneurs to chief executives of multinational business giants. This book is the outgrowth of South African channel kykNet's popular TV series Sakegesprek met Theo Vorster. After many inquiries from viewers, Theo decided to summarise his 38 interviews from the show in book form and to share these informative and inspiring conversations with readers. Each chapter tells the story of a business leader's personal journey to success, including the setbacks and obstacles that had to be overcome. Theo explains key principles and offers some of his own observations about his interaction with the business people. This book is intended for anyone who is interested in the success stories of business leaders and would like to apply some of the key principles in their own enterprises or careers.

Die Baan-Brekers
Die Baan-Brekers

Author: Marco Botha

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2014-04-02

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1868424197

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Hoe Suid-Afrikaanse Sportleiers Kampioene Slyp. Heyneke Meyer was 34 jaar oud toe hy vir die tweede keer as die hoofafrigter van 'n Superrugby-span afgedank is. Maar toe sy Bulls-span op 19 Mei 2007 die eerste Suid-Afrikaanse span word om die Super-titel te wen, was die donker jare op Loftus Versfeld skielik vergete en Meyer oornag almal se breier sonder gelyke'. Want dis net daar - op die speelveld - dat afrigters en spelers beoordeel word. En tog vertel die telbord nooit die volle verhaal van hoe mense oornag' sukses behaal het nie. Vir Meyer was dit 'n strawwe reis van meer as 7 jaar - 'n tydperk waarin hy beroepsrugby gedefinieer en verander het. En dit is leierskap. En leierskap is waaroor Die Baanbrekers gaan - mense wat 'n sportsoort, 'n bedryf of 'n manier van dink en uiteindelik daardeur ook lewens onherroeplik verander het. Marco Botha het met van Suid-Afrika se vernaamste sportleiers gesels en hy ontleed hier hul uiteenlopende suksesverhale. Van Meyer tot Brendan Venter, wat van Saracens 'n superklub en in 2013 van die Haaie die Curriebeker-kampioen gehelp maak het deur 'n kultuur te vestig waar gelukkige mense belangriker as silwerware geag word. Ook die voormalige Springbok-sewesafrigter Paul Treu het die blitskode as 'n wêreldsport bevorder deur sy span gereeld met innovasie op innovasie bo oënskynlik baie beter spanne te laat uittroon. Gary Kirsten en Paddy Upton het die Indiese en daarna die Suid-Afrikaanse krieketspan na wêreldoorheersing gelei met 'n leierskapstyl wat spelers bemagtig en as mense ontwikkel het - die nuwe skool' van afrigting. Hierdie merkwaardige leiers het van gewone mense kampioene gemaak. En die redes daarvoor gaan jou beslis verras . . .

The Stellenbosch Mafia
The Stellenbosch Mafia

Author: Pieter du Toit

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2019-07-15

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1868429199

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About 50km outside of Cape Town lies the beautiful town of Stellenbosch, nestled against vineyards and blue mountains that stretch to the sky. Here reside some of South Africa's wealthiest individuals: all male, all Afrikaans – and all stinking rich. Johann Rupert, Jannie Mouton, Markus Jooste and Christo Weise, to name a few. Julius Malema refers to them scathingly as 'The Stellenbosch Mafia', the very worst example of white monopoly capital. But who really are these mega-wealthy individuals, and what influence do they exert not only on Stellenbosch but more broadly on South African society? Author Pieter du Toit begins by exploring the roots of Stellenbosch, one of the wealthiest towns in South Africa and arguably the cradle of Afrikanerdom. This is the birthplace of apartheid leaders, intellectuals, newspaper empires and more. He then closely examines this 'club' of billionaires. Who are they and, crucially, how are they connected? What network of boardroom membership, alliances and family connections exist? Who are the 'old guard' and who are the 'inkommers', and what about the youngsters desperate to make their mark? He looks at the collapse of Steinhoff: what went wrong, and whether there are other companies at risk of a similar fate. He examines the control these men have over cultural life, including pulling the strings in South Africa rugby.

Patrice Motsepe
Patrice Motsepe

Author: Janet Smith

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1776191838

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Business tycoon Patrice Motsepe is never shy to shake up the status quo. He has always followed his instincts to stay ahead of the curve. An icon of corporate South Africa, he is as much known for his leadership in the world of football as for his philanthropy. He was a top lawyer when he pursued his dream of being an entrepreneur, making a deal with Anglo American in the late 1990s that marked the beginning of a series of unique relationships which today define his African Rainbow Minerals empire. As the owner of Mamelodi Sundowns, he led it to becoming one of the most accomplished clubs in Africa. Then came the powerful seats of president at the Confederation of African Football and vice-president of FIFA, football's global governing body, in 2021. Yet questions linger about his political ambitions because of his close links to the ANC and particularly his brothers-in-law, Cyril Ramaphosa and Jeff Radebe. In this unauthorised biography, best-selling author and journalist Janet Smith mines public archives, academic papers and international media to find what lies behind this hugely successful, intensely private man, and what may lie ahead.

Fortunes
Fortunes

Author: Ebbe Dommisse

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2021-04-27

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 1868427552

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A handful of Afrikaners have risen to the very top of the business world in South Africa in the past three decades, some of them now dollar billionaires with vast global business interests. With Koos Bekker at its helm, media group Naspers grew to dominate the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was transformed into a global consumer internet group. Johann Rupert boldly extended Richemont's share in the upper-end market of luxury goods, while Christo Wiese and Whitey Basson at Pepkor and Shoprite became Africa's largest clothing and food retailers. Based predominantly on personal interviews, Fortunes reveals why individuals such as Jannie Mouton, Michiel le Roux, Douw Steyn, Johan van Zyl, GT Ferreira, Hendrik du Toit, and several commercial farmers, turn whatever they touch to gold. Work ethic, astute alliances and an appetite for risk have catapulted them to great heights. The rise of the Afrikaner super-rich has coincided with the government's black economic empowerment programme, making it one of the unexpected features of the South African economy today. Fortunes is an unrivalled work that explains who these tycoons are, how they built their empires and how the sensational collapse of Steinhoff International, led by Markus Jooste, almost destroyed some of their fortunes. The book boldly interrogates their spirit of enterprise, faults and follies, but also their vast philanthropic contributions to the country.

Digging Deep
Digging Deep

Author: Jade Davenport

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2013-12-18

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13: 1868424049

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Before the advent of the great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential. Yet lying just beneath the dusty surface of the land lay the richest treasure trove of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal and a host of other metals and minerals that has ever been discovered in one country. It was the discovery and exploitation of first diamonds in 1870 and then gold in 1886 that proved the catalyst to the greatest mineral revolution the world has ever known, which transformed South Africa into the supreme industrialised power on the African continent. Here for the first time is the complete history of South Africa's phenomenal mineral revolution spanning a period of more than 150 years, from its earliest commercial beginnings to the present day, incorporating seven of the major commodities that have been exploited. Digging Deep describes the establishment and unparalleled growth of mining, tracing the history of the industry from its humble beginnings where copper was first mined on a commercial basis in Namaqualand in the Cape Colony in the early 1850s, to the discovery and exploitation of the country's other major mineral commodities. This is also the story of how mining gave rise to modern South Africa and how it compelled the country to develop and progress the way in which it did. It also incorporates the stories of the visionary men - Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, Barney Barnato, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Sammy Marks and Hans Merensky - who pioneered and shaped the development of the industry on which modern South Africa was built.

Heyneke Meyer
Heyneke Meyer

Author: Marco Botha

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1868426602

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Brilliant advice and insights from Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer. This ebook is drawn from Marco Botha's recently published book Coach. At 34, Heyneke Meyer was fired as head coach of a Super Rugby team for the second time. But when on 19 May 2007 his Bulls side became the first South African team to capture the Super title, the dark years at Loftus Versfeld were suddenly forgotten. And Meyer was regarded as the coach among coaches. Because it is there - on the playing field - that coaches and players are judged. And yet the scoreboard never tells the full story of how people achieved success 'overnight'. In Meyer's case it was an arduous journey of more than seven years during which he defined and changed professional rugby. This is leadership. And leadership is what Heyneke Meyer is about - someone who has fundamentally changed a sport, an industry, a way of thinking, and, ultimately, lives. Marco Botha, specialist reporter at Die Burger in Cape Town, sat in conversation with Heyneke Meyer and interpreted his success story in his engrossing narrative writing style.

Coach
Coach

Author: Marco Botha

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

Published: 2014-05-21

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1868423743

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At 34, Heyneke Meyer was fired as head coach of a Super Rugby team for the second time. But when on 19 May 2007 his Bulls side became the first South African team to capture the Super title, the dark years at Loftus Versfeld were suddenly forgotten. And Meyer was regarded as the coach among coaches. Because it is there - on the playing field - that coaches and players are judged. And yet the scoreboard never tells the full story of how people achieved success overnight'. In Meyer's case it was an arduous journey of more than seven years during which he defined and changed professional rugby. This is leadership. And leadership is what Coach is about - people who have fundamentally changed a sport, an industry, a way of thinking, and, ultimately, lives. Marco Botha sat in conversation with some of South Africa's foremost sports leaders and interprets their diverse success stories in his narrative writing style. From Meyer to Brendan Venter, who helped turn Saracens into a super club and the Sharks into the 2013 Currie Cup champions. As an international hockey player, Sherylle Calder noticed something special' about her own visual abilities and researched this together with Professor Tim Noakes. The Eye Lady' was instrumental in England (2003) and South Africa (2007) winning the Rugby World Cup and Ernie Els bagging his second British Open golf title in 2012. Former Springbok Sevens coach Paul Treu advanced rugby sevens as a world sport by regularly getting his team to tower above seemingly superior sides. One innovation at a time. Gary Kirsten and Paddy Upton guided the Indian national cricket team to glory with a leadership style that empowered players and developed them as human beings - the new school' of coaching. With the same approach they helped the Proteas become the number one team in the world in all three formats of the game. These remarkable leaders have made champions out of ordinary people. And the reasons for this will certainly surprise you . . .