Archive for 'Interviews'
1 Min. with a Superhero: Jody Aufrichtig from Daddy’s Deals
This morning we’re chatting to Jody Aufrichtig, serial entrepreneur behind Grand Daddy Hotel, Old Biscuit Mill and the Old Mac Daddy Trailer Park. Now, together with Kulula.com, Jody’s parenting another start-up in the entrepreneurial mix: Daddy’s Deals, a site that offers ridonkulous deals with a (slight) difference.
Jody, from hotels to daily deals – how [...]
1min with a Superhero: Social Entrepreneur, Jock Odendaal
Meet 4th generation bucket reared Kalahari dwelling driller, Jock Odendaal. Jock is busy working on a project to improve service delivery by enhancing communication between municipalities and its people. We asked Jock a few questions about his new venture:
So Jock, in a few ‘man on the street’ words, what is it that you’re doing?
People who [...]
1min. with a Superhero: George Grieve at Vital Health Foods
Winter is on its way and that means we all stop jogging in the cold and rather snuggle up in front of the TV with yummy treats and snacks. We chat to George Grieve, Managing Director at Vital Health Foods, about South Africans’ eating habits and the average South African grade compared to other countries.
Vital Health [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Property Auction Online’s James Thorburn
We’re back chatting to MD of Cape Realty International, James Thorburn, but this time about his new venture called Property Auction Online. Online property auctioning is a new concept to the South Africa market. So, we find out more about this new venture and how exactly it works:
James, tell us more about Property Auction Online?
Propertyauctiononline.co.za [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Wena Moelich from Kick TB
A short while ago I visited Andile Primary School in Gugulethu in Cape Town to visit an extraordinary event performed by the Kick TB team from Stellenbosch Faculty of Health Sciences. Wena Moelich and her team, including official mascot ‘Turbo Boots’, were performing a show for the school children on how to kick TB.
Even [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: 8 year old Kiara Solomons
Over the holidays I met Kiara Solomons from Ottery in Cape Town. She was at the Pick n’ Pay Hypermarket selling fish tanks to a line of eager kids in the mall. In the space of time we chatted to her and her mom Sharmiela, she’d sold 6 more fishtanks at R50 each. Not bad [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Joe Botha from TrustFabric
Today, we’re extremely privileged to be chatting to a true Silicon Cape original, Joe Botha, founder of TrustFabric, a start-up of world-changing capabilities. Before you think “Oh no, not another crazy Capetonian entrepreneur!” consider that our Joe really has earned his stripes. Joe’s credentials include having started and sold several multi-million rand companies – and this all [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Charles Maisel of Innovation Shack
New Ideate author, Chuma Kave, writes: In all my years as a radio producer and an aspiring social entrepreneur I have spoken and met some of the most interesting people around but I have to admit, very few come close to one Charles Maisel. His passion for ideas, what they stand for and what they [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Brenda Wardall from Hearts in a Shutter
Brenda’s a a photographer whose focus is capturing moments between people who love each other. Between running around shooting and editing wedding shoots, school kids and families, Brenda managed to fit in some time chatting to Ideate about her labour of love, her photographic studio, Hearts in a Shutter. Brenda, how did you get started [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Bruce Campbell, renegade whisky maker
This morning, we had a surprise guest from Scotland pop into Ideate HQ. Brandishing barrels of Bruce Campbell merchandise, the great man himself waltzed around the studio, signing autographs and taking numbers. I took a minute to ask him a few questions.
The ‘Bruce Campbell way’ favours a number of new whisky-making methods including using plastic [...]
