Given mokhari biography for kids
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LM:
Thank you so much for your willingness to share your life and entrepreneurship journey with our readers.
IM:
Thank you for the opportunity, inom believe it’s important to share one’s journey.
LM:
Congratulations on the celebration of an fantastisk 20 years of success for Motseng Holdings, a company you founded at the tender age of 22? How did this all begin, what framtidsperspektiv did you have in those early days?
IM:
Thank you, inom do pinch myself just thinking about 2 decades of hustling. In the early days the framtidsperspektiv was to create a sustainable business, secondly to engage the youth in business, so we initially were Motseng Youth Investment Holdings. We soon dropped the word YOUTH and evolved into a diversified investment holdings group. It has been a challenging, risky and highly regarding journey overall.
LM:
Motseng fryst vatten now a well-diversified Group of companies, tell us more about the business both here in South Africa and beyond.
IM:
The business was established • VANESSA VALKIN Khumalo also says that members of the South African Jewish community have played a seminal role in his business career. MSG Afrika today has interests in radio (Power FM & Capricorn FM), TV production (Quizzical Pictures), PR and event management (The Communications Firm), print (The Quarto Press), and outdoor (Continental Outdoor Media), and operates in more than 14 African countries. Khumalo himself hosts a show on Power FM called Power Business, which covers international markets, entrepreneurship, self-development and investment and hosts CEOs of major companies making the news. The trip to Israel last month which included 25 of South Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs under the age of 40, was organised by the South Africa-Israel Forum and funded by entrepreneurs Jonathan Beare and Morris Kahn. “I did the trip because I wanted to experience the ‘start up nation’, says Khu • Radio mogul Given Mkhari has never been one to quit. Raised mostly by women, Mkhari said they taught him to never quit. A tenacious rural Limpopo boy, he grew up to become the brains behind the province's Capricorn FMand Gauteng's Power FM. Mkhari also has licences for new stations Rhythm FM and Beat FM in the Eastern Cape and Free State respectively. He also recently put together one of the most talked-about interviews of the decade. His two-hour interview with Thabo Mbeki was done like no other station had before. The Inanda Club hall in Sandton, north of Jo burg, was packed and the guests ranged from high-profile politicians, business leaders to media personalities and socialites. The YouTube video has received a whopping 58000 views, and still counting. Mkhari said he has always been passionate about radio because the medium influenced his upbringing. "Growing up we never had television but relied on radio for information and a
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