Nomalungelo Stofile (29)

Nomalungelo Stofile (29)

  “I feel like I’ve always been an entrepreneur, looking at how I can get more involved,” 29-year-old Nomalungelo Stofile says of the two companies she has established. Her father used to work for mining giant De Beers as the head of a training facility and he wanted...
James Wilkinson (35)

James Wilkinson (35)

The 35-year-old head of business optimisation at the Foschini Group, James Wilkinson regards himself as an “unlikely accountant” but always wanted to study the subject and has a strong fascination for numbers. He has also seen the significance of accounting and...
Lesoko Seabe (33)

Lesoko Seabe (33)

Thirty-three-year-old voice artist and academic Lesoko Seabe aspired to be an entertainment lawyer. Instead, she became an actor, almost by accident. She studied theatre and performance at the University of Cape Town, and became magnetised by the power of...
Nolo Masite (34)

Nolo Masite (34)

These days, Nolo Masite is not afraid to get his hands dirty with Mila Yarona Holdings, which has a portfolio of commercial farms focusing on citrus fruit, apples and pears, tomatoes and blueberries. “I call myself a corporate farmer,” Masite jokes, on his way back...
Khanyisani Nkosi (34)

Khanyisani Nkosi (34)

The 34-year-old vice president at the South African office of leading international bank JP Morgan Chase, Khanyisani Nkosi, can already look back on a career that spans his two passions: mining and finance. In 2010, this geology and earth sciences graduate from the...