TheLife Team
Xanadu Private School
Between the beautiful mountains of Hartbeespoort lies what we believe to be a blessed piece of ground where we wait on miracles to happen in family restoration, wellness, and progress. XPS is a brand-new beginning and season for education in which we put into practice the well-loved saying: it takes a village to raise a child.
A time to go within…
Facebook Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg really tuned the world’s frequency into the idea of leaning in, this was years before the COVID-19 pandemic. She spoke about the sheer power that women can exude and demonstrate when supported from all levels of their lives.
The Force behind Compu Cable Projects and Palm Valley Inn
The Life team interviews Johan Van Der Walt
Seeff’s market share in Hartbeespoort growing fast
As buyers and investors flock to Hartbeespoort, the property market ‘s performance has exploded over the last two years with turnovers last year up by over 50% on the prior year.
Vika Shipalana joins SA Harvest board
Entrepreneur and gamechanger Vika Shipalana has joined the board of SA Harvest, the food rescue, hunger relief and food activist organisation that has delivered an average of 645 000 meals per month to those in need since its inception in October 2019.
Marketing’s Virtual Platform
Dale Hefer is CEO of the Nedbank IMC, Africa’s foremost integrated marketing conference billed as Marketing is Business™ and aimed at African marketers. Dale is a former Businesswoman of the Year, award-winning entrepreneur and the bestselling author of the marketing books “From Witblits to Vuvuzelas” and “Hustling, Happiness, and a Blow-Up Doll Named Percy”, published in 2021. Dale founded top advertising agency Chillibush in 1998 which she sold in 2014. At that time, it was billing more than R100m per year.
Does your business stand out?
“Your business is dependent on its own stamp of authenticity.” By Kyle de Meuse
SARS AUTO ASSESSMENT
By Probity Advisory (Pty) Ltd (Ashley Mhona (Tax Consultant) and Dr Gerhard Nienaber (Tax Director))
LETTING GO – AN ACT OF SELF LOVE
Overwhelm… it starts with that one little word you said that you regret saying. It’s not a big thing. It is just one little word, but you know you don’t feel right about saying it. What follows is an action. It’s force of habit, oops, “I did it again. I said, ‘yes’ when I decided I would not do it again.” By May van Reenen – Kinesiologist, Holistic Health Practitioner
HBC Member Profile – Immanuel Brokers
Where did your passion for the broker industry come from? From my father. My father
From Bushveld to the Concrete Jungle
Growing up in Hartbeespoort, Chanel van Zyl dreamed of working in Hollywood one day and inspired by the words of the Frank Sinatra song New York, Chanel chose to put on her entrepreneurial shoes and make it happen. She struck out and is now actively “melting away those little-town blues and making a brand-new start in the city that never sleeps”.
When a woman lives up to her name
Rose’s journey started when she visited Portugal in 2008. She fell madly in love with the UK brand Milton Lloyd and realised that there was a gap in the market for a product like this in South Africa. RMB Fragrances owned by Rose da Camara –
HBC Member Profile. Charlie Botts – Doctor TV ads
Tell us how did you start your business? Honestly, this opportunity found me as opposed
LET’S GO TO MARKET!
How hard can it be, right? Taking your product or service to your target market can be trickier than it seems. What you communicate to your audience needs to be just right – you need to supply that which will address their needs – at the right time, in the right place at the right price! By Linda Botts