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Sandile Dikeni
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Sandile Dikeni
is one of the foremost social commentators in South Africa and
a true all-arounder: accomplished poet, journalist, radio producer,
activist, performer and communicator. He has appeared on international
stages in London, Oslo, Munich, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Jerusalem,
Ramalla, and Nantes, but his most memorable performances were
in places such as Victor Verster Prison and community halls
in rural areas and on the Cape Flats. He was born in the Karoo
town of Victoria West and attended high school in the former
homeland of Ciskei, where he excelled at languages. He also
held a number of leadership positions in youth and cultural
organizations such as the student council, the drama society
and the debating team. Mr. Dikeni enrolled to study law at the
University of Witwatersrand and later at the University of Western
Cape, but his studies were interrupted by his involvement with
the political struggle in South Africa, a theme that features
prominently in his later writings. At one stage he was detained
for four months by the security police of the former government.
On leaving university, Mr. Dikeni was employed as a field worker
by the Congress of South African Writers, and later worked as
a program facilitator for the Cassette Education Trust. During
this time, his first poetry collection, Guava Juice, saw the
light. It was hailed, among other things, as "not so much a
weapon of struggle, but the delicate recording of struggle as
culture" and was enthusiastically received at political rallies
and literary gatherings. Mr. Dikeni obtained a national diploma
in Journalism through Peninsula Technikon and became a reporter
with Die Suid-Afrikaan, a respected political journal, in the
early nineties. He succeeded Antjie Krog as Editor of that publication,
before moving on to the SABC to produce the radio actuality
program, "AM Live." Using his radio experience, he did groundbreaking
work to establish Yfm, a youth radio station, which has built
up a huge following. Staying with journalism, Mr. Dikeni was
appointed as Arts Editor of The Cape Times. Under his guidance,
the "Top of the Times" supplement's readership increased from
216,000 to 265,000. Last year a number of his newspaper columns
and essays were published under the title Soul Fire: Writing
the Transition. In the book, Mr. Dikeni comments on the development
of South Africa's democracy, as he did in his second poetry
collection, Telegraph to the Sky, which appeared three years
ago. Over the years, Mr. Dikeni has performed a large volume
of freelance work, which included translating literary works,
compiling anthologies, producing radio documentaries and performing
as a voice-over artist. His writing has been published in major
publications such as The Daily Telegraph in London and New Observations
in New York. Mr. Dikeni served as Arts Editor for the now defunct
national daily, This Day. Currently, Mr Dikeni is spokesperson
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Ralph Freese
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Ralph Freese was
born on the Cape Flats, educated by diverse teachers and experiences,
and now serves on boards of both developmental NGO's (the arts,
housing, financial) and businesses (technology, leisure, wine)
having quasi-executive roles at Spier, Time Quantum Consulting,
and Winecorp. He enjoys complex processes, reads widely (science
and novels), and loves the mountains, beaches, and wines of
the Cape.
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Ketso Gordhan
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Ketso Gordhan
is Executive Director of Rand Merchant Bank. He is the former
Johannesburg City Manager. In 1994, he was appointed advisor
to former Transport Minister Mac Maharaj, and in 1995 he became
Director-General of Transport. Mr. Gordhan dramatically changed
the Transport Department, trimming it to one-third of its original
size. As Johannesburg City Manager he was responsible for the
iGoli 2002 plan aimed at running the city as a business. In
the 1980s, Mr. Gordhan was a United Democratic Front organizer
in Natal. After the ANC's unbanning, he moved to the party's
economic policy department. He was the organizing secretary
for the party's seminal 1992 National Policy Conference and
its 1994 Elections Coordinator.
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Dr. Lulu Gwagwa is the Chief Operations Officer
of Lereko Investments (Pty) Limited. She also runs her own
development planning consulting business. She was the CEO
of the Independent Development Trust (1998 - 2003) where she
put together the trust's restructuring program and was behind
its new focus on development implementation management. From
1995 to 1999, she was Deputy Director-General in the national
Department of Public Works, where she championed the construction
industry's transformation and started the emerging contractor
development program. Before that, Dr. Gwagwa was a Senior
Lecturer at the University of Natal. She presented seminars
at University College London and the Institute of Development
Studies at Sussex University. Dr. Gwagwa has an MSc (cum laude)
from the London School of Economics and a PhD from University
College London. She was the first black person to qualify
in Town and Regional Planning from Natal University. She serves
as a non-executive director in the boards of: FirstRand, Airports
Company of South Africa, and the Development Bank of Southern
Africa.
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Lebogang Hashatse
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Lebogang Hashatse is currently General Manager of ERD (Public
Affairs and Communication) for Eskom. Prior to this he was
GM of Corporate Affairs at Multi-Choice Africa and before
that he was GM Corporate Communications for Safcol. From 1995
to 1997 he was the Corporate Communications Manager for Nedcor,
and from 1993 to 1995 he worked at Iscor as the Senior Communications
Officer in group public relations. Mr. Hashatse has also worked
as an Information Officer at the International Committee of
the Red Cross, and held various editing positions at Tribute
Magazine, The Diamond Fields Advertiser, and The Sowetan.
Mr. Hashatse graduated from Rhodes University with a BA in
Journalism and an Honors degree in Industrial Sociology. He
then completed an MA in Media Studies in Australia.
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Zoë Lees
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Dr. Zoë Lees is Director of the
Goodwill Exchange, a CSR and cause-related marketing company,
where she is a strategic advisor in the area of sustainable
development and corporate social investment (CSI). From 1999
to mid-2003 she was the Executive Director of the Business Council
for Sustainable Development (BCSD:SA), a regional partner of
the prominent World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(WBCSD). The BCSD: SA's purpose, supported by the top 50 companies
in South Africa, was to promote the business case for sustainable
development through improved social and environmental performance
and disclosure, as well as proactive participation in policy-making
processes within South Africa. Dr. Lees was extensively involved
with the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) hosted
in Johannesburg in 2002, and was the founder of the JSE's Socially
Responsible Index (SRI) launched in May 2003. From 1995, Zoë
was Acting Director in the newly formed Gauteng Directorate
of Environment, and was a principal figure in the building of
that department, as well as running the Sub-Directorates of
Environmental Impact Assessments, Waste Management, and Cleaner
Technology. She has a B.Sc Hons Degree from the University of
Kwa-Zulu Natal (Durban) and a Higher Diploma in Microbiology
from Technikon Natal. Her Doctorate, which focused on the clean
up of oil contaminated soil using biological methods (bioremediation),
was completed with Shell SA at the University of KZN (Pietermaritzburg)
in 1995. Zoë is the author of a number of articles and papers
and, as one of the foremost experts on policy issues, business
and sustainability in the country, is regularly asked to lecture
at conferences and seminars around the world. She maintains
a large network, and serves on a range of advisory boards and
panels. |
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Berénice Lue Marais
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Ms Berénice Lue
Marais is the Head of the Council for Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR)'s Africa Business Development & Southern African
Development Community section. Berénice currently manages CSIR
Strategic Relationships with key stakeholders nationally, across
Africa and internationally. She is responsible for managing
the CSIR's relationship with the Department of Trade & Industry,
the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Industrial Development
Corp, the World Bank and other key International Development
Organisations. She also holds organizational responsibility
for Competitive Funding and Customer Relationship Management.
She joined the CSIR in October 1993 as a Technical Consultant
for CSIR International Services in Washington DC. She was part
of the CSIR commercialization program and contributed to the
development of business initiatives that resulted in a more
diverse service portfolio and an expanded Sub-Saharan Africa
network. She also helped to increase the representation and
participation of black South Africans in the field of science
and technology. Her qualifications include a BA in Economics
and a MBA in International Business. She is a board member of
HOPE Worldwide and a SARS Commissioner on the SARS Audit Committee. |
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Leslie
Maasdorp
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Leslie Maasdorp
is an Economist by training and holds a BA and MSc in Economics
from SOAS-University of London. In 2002 he was appointed an
International Advisor with Goldman Sachs International. Previously,
Mr. Maasdorp served as Deputy Director General and Head of Restructuring
of State Owned Enterprises where he led and managed the implementation
of the restructuring and privatization of State owned enterprises
for the South African Government. In 1994 he served as Special
Advisor to the Minister of Labor after working for the ANC Department
of Economic Planning as an Economic Policy Advisor. From 1995
to 1999, he was appointed Senior Manager in Strategy at Deloitte
Consulting. He is a former trade unionist and served as Regional
Secretary of SACTWU in the Eastern Cape for three years. Mr.
Maasdorp holds several non-executive positions. He is a non-executive
Director of ABSA Bank, a leading retail bank in South Africa,
and Batho Bonke, the black economic empowerment partner to ABSA.
He is also a member of the boards of Fujitsu Services in South
Africa, Yard Capital, and Coego Development Corporation. He
is Chairman of TCTA, a parastatal in the water sector. |
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Connie Molusi
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Connie Molusi
was appointed as a Director at Johnnic Publishing Limited in
November 2000 and Chief Executive Officer in April 2001. He
was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of Johnnic Communications
Limited on 17 March 2003. Previously, Mr. Molusi worked as a
journalist, followed by appointments in media and communications
in government. Directorships of listed companies include Johnnic
Holdings, Caxton & CTP Publishers and Printers Limited, chairman
of African Media and Entertainment. Other directorship Chairman
Johannesburg Tourism Company, Electronic Media Network Limited,
SuperSport International Holding, South African Business Coalition
on HIV/AIDS, Media Development and Diversity Agency, Trustee
World Wildlife Fund (South Africa). Former President of the
Print Media SA and World Association of Newspapers. Mr. Molusi
earned a BA in Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University,
and a MA at the University of Notre Dame in the United States.
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Arthur Mutambara
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Prof. Arthur
Mutambara is the Managing Director of Africa Technology & Business
Institute (ATBI), a professional and advisory services firm
operating in 13 African countries. ATBI leverages African business
case studies, cutting edge technology, and consultancy best
practice to develop and provide business thought leadership.
Prof. Mutambara is also a Principal Consultant with MAC Consulting
and Professor of Operations Management with the School of Business
Leadership, UNISA. From March 2002 to September 2003, Prof.
Mutambara was a Standard Bank Director of Payments with responsibilities
in 17 African countries. Formerly, Prof. Mutambara was a Research
Scientist and Professor of Robotics and Mechatronics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Carnegie Mellon
University (CMU), California Institute of Technology (Caltech),
FAMU-FSU, and NASA, all in the United States. From January 2000
to March 2002, Prof. Mutambara was also a Management Consultant
with McKinsey & Company in the Chicago office. While in Chicago,
he was Professor of Business Strategy at the Kellogg Business
School. Prof. Mutambara is author of three engineering research
books and sixteen peer reviewed journal papers. In addition,
Prof. Mutambara is a community leader, public intellectual,
and activist who is extensively involved in socio-economic issues
in both the US and Africa. He attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar
in 1991 where he obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy in Robotics
and Mechatronics (1995), and an MSc in Computer Engineering
and Electrical Engineering (1992). At Oxford, he was President
of both the Africa Society, as well as the Merton Graduate Union
(MCR). Prior to attending Oxford, Prof. Mutambara received a
BSc (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Zimbabwe, where he was President of the Students Union (1989-1990). |
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Bongiwe Njobe
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Bongiwe Njobe is currently Director: Corporate Affairs at
SAB Ltd which is a subsidiary of SABMiller. In this capacity
she is responsible for Public Policy, Legal Services, Corporate
Social Responsibility including Corporate Social Investment,
Communications and Corporate Relations a key part of which
is government relations. Prior to this she served two contractual
terms as Director-General of the National Department of Agriculture
(from 1997 - 2005) where her key responsibility was to develop
and ensure the implementation of agricultural policy. Prior
to being promoted to this post she held the posts of Deputy
Director General and Chief Director in the same department.
Ms. Njobe has an MSc in Agriculture from Bulgaria where she
completed a thesis in the field of plant breeding. Her past
26 years of work experience in agriculture include farm management
in Zambia and Tanzania; academic work at the School of Agriculture
and Rural Development of the University of Pretoria; and business
experience through her work as Manager of Whitbi Enterprises,
where she was responsible for the export of fresh vegetables
to neighbouring African countries. She has also worked on
gender issues, land and agricultural policy matters, and conservation
development programmes, as well as at the Foundation for Research
Development where she was Program Coordinator for the University
Development Program, which focused on creating scientific
capacity at historically Black universities. She has served
on the boards of various private sector, NGO and parastatal
organizations, and has published a number of discussion and
conference papers. Currently she also serves as Chairperson
of the South African National Biodiversity Institute and is
a member of the IAC Study Panel on harnessing Agricultural
Science for Africa.
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Tholoana Qhobela
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Tholoana Qhobela
is the Strategic Planning Director at Ogilvy & Mather Rightford
Searle-Tipp & Makin (Gauteng). She has been in advertising since
she completed her Honors degree in Social Anthropology at the
University of Manchester in 1988. She joined O&M in 1996 and
heads a department of strategic planners, researchers, and information
specialists. She is responsible for the departmental budget,
the development of intellectual capital, and quality control
of strategies. She also has to oversee the development and writing
of communications strategies for a wide variety of clients,
including KFC, Kimberly-Clark, Kodak, Lever Ponds, Motorola,
Nestle, Radio 702, and Supersport. |
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Maurice Radebe
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Maurice Radebe
is the Managing Director of Sasol Oil Fuels Marketing. Formerly,
Mr. Radebe was CEO of Exel Petroleum, a black economic empowerment
company. Exel Petroleum merged with Sasol Oil at the beginning
of 2004. Exel Petroleum was the most successful black oil company
in South Africa. Mr. Radebe took charge of Exel Petroleum's
full bottom line responsibility, commercial viability, and growth
of the business, including financial management, cost and budgetary
control, administration, staff management, sales and marketing,
in year 2000. Mr. Radebe has fifteen years operational and strategic
senior managerial experience in the oil industry. Mr. Radebe's
had been with Exel Petroleum from the day of inception in 1997,
as Retail Marketing Manager. He nurtured the company through
difficulties and ensured its survival in challenging conditions,
turning it into a well-known household brand name. He also led
the recent merger transaction of Sasol and Exel Petroleum. Mr.
Radebe studied at Marianhill High School near Durban. He completed
a BSc, majoring in Applied Mathematics and Physics. Afterwards,
he completed a diploma in Education at Wits University. He worked
for a number of years in a laboratory before going back to Wits
to complete an MBA. He then joined the oil industry, working
for several multinationals. |
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Bruce Robertson
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Bruce Robertson
was Regional Coordinator of Consultative Business Movement from
1990 to 1991 (Johannesburg Region). He was responsible for establishing
dialogue between business leaders and political leaders in the
area of economic policy, development and conflict resolution.
From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Robertson was General Manager of Premier
International Development where he was responsible for trade
in wheat flour, maize, and edible oils for Premier Group in
Sub-Saharan Africa. He also investigated investment opportunities
for Premier in other African nations. In 1995, Mr. Robertson
was made Managing Director of Africa Resources Holdings Limited,
where his primary responsibility was raising capital to invest
in cotton ginneries in eastern Uganda. He subsequently purchased
cotton ginneries in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. In partnership
with a Liverpool-based cotton merchant and local partners, the
company employs around 2,500 people, provides cotton farming
inputs to around 120,000 farmers, and provides the main source
of cash income to around 180,000 rural families through cash
purchasing of their cotton. |
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Colin van Schalkwyk
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Colin qualified as a teacher
in 1988, leaving in 1994 to become a research fellow at the
University of Illinois. In 1996 he became the government's representative
in the partial privatization of Telkom and Chief Negotiator
at the WTO on telecoms. After the completion of the largest
privatization initiative to date in South Africa, he became
Head of Special Projects, charged with development of the National
ICT Strategy in the Department of Communications (DOC). He left
DOC to start his own consultancy, but was hired by Cisco Systems
as Market Development Manager for Cisco Sub-Saharan Africa,
where he helped grow their business by 300% during his tenure
with the Internetworking world leader. Upon leaving Cisco, the
Cabinet of South Africa appointed him to the position of Managing
Director and CEO of SITA. He successfully transformed SITA into
a profitable and manageable organization. He joined HSBC South
Africa initially as Head of Telecoms Media and Technology, and
was later promoted to Director, charged with Corporate Finance
and Business Development. Currently, Mr. Van Schalkwyk is Managing
Director and Head of Inthebag, one of the subsidiaries of Woolworths
(Pty) Ltd . |
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Herman Steyn
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Herman Steyn
has been involved in the investment management industry since
1985, having held senior management positions in several established
asset management companies. He began his investment management
career when awarded a bursary from Old Mutual to pursue a BSc
in Actuarial Science, Statistics (Honors) and Economics at the
University of Cape Town. He completed his BSc (Honors) in 1984.
After a period at Old Mutual, he co-founded an asset management
company. In 1993 Mr. Steyn started the first index tracker fund,
the Composite Unit Trust, in South Africa. He later sold the
unit trust management company to Investec, joining Investec
Asset Management in 1995 where he established Investec Asset
Management's international fund management capability, setting
up their fund structures in Dublin. He was also responsible
for the quantitative fund management that included local and
international index funds, bonds, derivatives, and asset allocation.
In 1998, Mr. Steyn and Guy Toms founded Prescient Investment
Management, which specializes in quantitative investment management.
Prescient applies its quantitative techniques to cash, bonds,
equities, balanced portfolios and asset allocation. Since 1998,
Mr. Steyn has expanded the Prescient Investment Group to include
Prescient Securities, a stock broking firm, Prescient International,
a global investment management agency, and Prescient Property,
a property and investment concern. In addition, Mr. Steyn lectures
in Honors Finance and Quantitative Finance at the University
of Cape Town, and runs a Masters program in Financial Management
at Rotterdam. |
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Paul
Stuiver
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Paul Stuiver
is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Barloworld Logistics
(a division of International Group Barloworld, headquartered
in South Africa). Mr. Stuiver began his career as a metallurgical
engineer in the steel industry. He joined the Barloworld group
as plant superintendent in Pretoria Portland Cement's (PPC)
lime division in 1983. He occupied various positions in PPC,
was appointed Managing Director of the Lime Division, and joined
the PPC board in 1995. His other activities during this time
include: Chairman of the Northern Cape Mine Managers Association;
Trustee of the Northern Cape Province Education Trust, and South
African Representative on the International Lime Association.
Mr. Stuiver is co-inventor of a patented lime technology. His
association with the lime industry has led to extensive international
travel. During 1999, Mr. Stuiver was asked to oversee the activities
of PPC's non-cement businesses including the lime, packaging,
and logistics divisions. He was instrumental in formulating
a strategy, which culminated in the formation of Barloworld
Logistics in 2001, Barloworld's newest division. Mr. Stuiver's
responsibilities for Barloworld Logistics include the company's
strategic growth, long-term performance, and sustainability.
His vision is to pioneer "true" logistics, which is quite different
from the traditional view that people hold of the industry.
His extra-mural activities include a passion for motorcycling
and making music. He enjoys playing tennis, golf, and embarking
on weekend "trips" with his family. |
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Iqbal
Survé
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Dr Survé is a
social entrepreneur and widely regarded as one of the most influential
business personalities in the country. He is a strong advocate
of Transformative Business Leadership for black business in
South Africa, believing that business, government and civil
society should enter into a social contract to develop the human
capital of the country. He was recently chosen by Enterprise
Magazine in its commemorative 15th year edition as one of the
black business leaders that have significantly influenced black
economic empowerment in the last decade. He is the Chairman
of Sekunjalo Investment Holdings and Chief Executive of Sekunjalo
Investments Ltd. He serves as Chairman of all the group subsidiary
companies including Premier Fishing and serves as a Director
of a number of companies including Siemens Limited and Siemens
Telecommunications (Pty) Limited ("Sietel"), a joint venture
between Reunert Limited, Siemens Limited and Pioneer Foods.
He is the recipient of the prestigious Cape Times Editors Award
for Excellence in Business and his company was awarded the Top
Black Economic Empowerment Market Performer for 2003 by BusinessMap
and the BBQ Business Performance of the year Award 2003. He
is also the youngest Chief Executive of a Diversified Investment
Company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Dr Survé's
commitment to the development of entrepreneurs from poor urban
and rural communities as well as his promotion of sustainable
strategies has seen him initiate and lead a number of initiatives
such as being Chairman of The Open for Business Place in Cape
Town, which facilities the entry of micro entrepreneurs into
the main stream economy and Chairman of the Manto Tshabala-Msimang
Health Professionals Bursary Trust, a philanthropic trust that
provides bursaries for students from historically disadvantaged
backgrounds, the board of the Health Care Task Team by the Minister
of Health, Dr Tshabalala-Msimang; and the board of the National
Innovation Centre for Plant BioTechnology by the Minister of
Science and Technology, Mr Mangena. His commitment to sustainable
business strategies has resulted in him being invited to judge
the Mail & Guardian Investing in the Future Awards for the past
5 years as well as being invited to become a Fellow of the highly
prestigious HRH the Prince of Wales Business and Environment
Programme. He has been appointed by the MEC of Economic Affairs
to the Board of the Economic Advisory Council as well as being
appointed by the MEC of Sport as Chairman of the Western Cape
Sports Academy. He has recently been appointed as an Advisory
Board Member to the Board of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Prior to co-founding the Sekunjalo Group in 1997, Dr Survé was
a sports medicine specialist with a community based practice
and was prominent in anti-apartheid medical, community and social
organizations and was affectionately known as the "struggle
doctor".
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