The new Central Fire Station will soon be ready to serve and rescue residents and workers in Johannesburg’s high-rise buildings. The development of the new station was established by The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA)...
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Peter “Fats” Lazarides left school at the age of 16 and went on to fulfill his military requirements to get it past him. This was during SA’s apartheid era, when young men would do their national service and then have 10...
Coming from a family of civil servants, Albé Geldenhuys never in his wildest dreamt of starting his own business. He always pictured himself climbing the ranks in the police department, just like his father and...
George Sombonos foray into the food business world came way back in the early 1970s, when he used to assist his late father manage his Johannesburg based restaurant, Dairy Den. In 1972, on the condition that he visit his aunt...
In 1979, James “Whitey” Basson reached an agreement with the board at Pepkor, headed by Christo Wiese, that he wants to start trading the fast-moving consumer goods. James “Whitey” Basson This agreement...
Many South Africans are probably familiar with the OK brand as a suburban furniture store chain, and food retailer. But how many remember that OK was once South Africa’s largest retailer, and the first-shop choice for...
To understand the story of Chappies more clearly, let’s take it back to the mid-1930s, when Arthur Ginsberg had just finished school and was looking for work. Arthur lived in Troyeville, where the big Chapelat Sweets factory...
Richard Maponya, a teacher by profession, started working in the 1950s, at a clothing company seeking an educated black person to sell garments to miners and rural people. During that period, Richard proved an adept buyer of...
To understand the rise and success of Ackermans more clearly, let’s take it back to 1916 when Gus Ackerman, the father of Raymond Ackerman(Pick N Pay founder), opened the first Ackermans store in Wynberg, Cape Town, setting a...
Brandt BRV( Brandt Radical Vehicles) is a South African motor vehicle manufacturer founded in 2001 by Antonie and Marietjie Brandt. The company’s 2000 square meters factory is based in Bloemfontein, and currently...