Boss of the Year
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Leadership Award
The Award was launched in 1990 to recognise excellence in workplace leardership and create a pool of role models for South Africa From the outset the aim of the Award was to achieve four key objectives: 1. Introduce the concept of leader beyond the spheres of politics and sport 2. Discover the criteria for what REALLY makes a good boss by asking the workers and not the theorists 3. Promote good leadership practices by identifying and rewarding those incumbents who exemplified and embodied the necessary attributes and skills 4. Fast track leadership consciousness among workplace leaders
Its stated vision To make the Boss of the Year速 Award become recognized as the most prestigious award in the workplace by identifying exceptional bosses and establishing them as role models for the South African community.
We share with you a 25 year retrospect This booklet will take you on a succint journey of the world as it was.
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Memories are made of this! The world and local events over 25 years that made the news, and some of the things that may have surprised, shocked or entertained us! In this rectrospective journey we highlight the South African workplace leaders that rose to the top in the selection process of the Boss of the Year® Leadership Award
1990
the year when...
Internationally...
• Hubble Telescope launched into space. • Lech Walesa becomes the first President of Poland. • Germany unified. • Margaret Thatcher resigns. • Iraq invades Kuwait. • “Carol and Company” starring Carol Burnett premieres on NBC-TV. • “Song of the Year”: Bette Midler for “From a Distance”. • Microsoft releases Windows 3.0.
In South Africa...
• President F.W. de Klerk scraps apartheid and states that Nelson Mandela will be released. • The African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress and the Communist Party are unbanned. • Nelson Mandela freed. • African National Congress President Oliver Tambo and Vice-President Nelson Mandela meet for the first time in 28 years in Sweden. • Nelson Mandela thanks the world in the Wembley Stadium, London, for support during his imprisonment. • Pieter Willem Botha resigns from the National Party in protest against the State President of South Africa F.W. de Klerk’s reform proposals. • President F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency in South Africa after 10 years in place.
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Award is Launched! The first Finalists were:
• George Groenewald, Chief Director Internal Audit, UNISA.
• Dick Fisher, Mine Manager, Vaal Reefs Mine/ Orkney. • Max Prozesky, Managing Director, Shuter & Shooter.
• Bruce Fordyce won his ninth Comrade.
• J L J van Vuuren, CEO, Volkskas.
• Nadine Gordimer – Nobel Laureate in Literature.
And the first Titlebearer:
• Johnny Clegg is awarded the Knight of Arts and Letters by the French Government.
• Dr John Maree, Chairman, Eskom.
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1991
the year when...
Internationally...
• Bronze Age Man found frozen in glacier. • Collapse of the Soviet Union. • Operation Desert Storm. • WWW first became available for the public. • Yeltsin emerges as leader of Russia. • John Major replaces Thatcher as England’s Prime Minister. • Princess Diana and Prince Charles separate.
In South Africa...
• F.W. de Klerk, State President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, DeputyPresident of the African National Congress, and Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party, meet for peace talks. • South Africa repeals apartheid laws. • Suspension of South Africa from the International Olympic Committee is lifted. • USA Sanctions against South Africa lifted. • F.W. de Klerk, State President of South Africa, announces a new constitution that will provide suffrage for black people.
1992
1991 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Brand Pretorius, Managing Director, Toyota Marketing Company. • Johan Olivier, Chief Technical Officer, Vasco Customer Service Centre. • Wendy Ackerman, Director, Pick ‘n Pay. • Mervyn Niland, Managing Director, Harvard Chemical Industries. • Nicky Padayachee, Medical Officer, Johannesburg City Council.
1991 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Neal Chapman, Chairman, Southern Life.
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the year when...
Internationally... • Official end of the Cold War. • Riots in Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict. • The co.za internet domain is created.
In South Africa...
• President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, the Africa National Congress leader are jointly awarded the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize at the Unesco headquarters in Paris. • Trevor Manuel becomes head of the African National Congress’ Department of Economic Planning. • South Africa re-admitted to the Olympic Games. Hezekiel Sepeng won silver at 800 metres and Penny Heyns and Josia Thugwane earned the three gold medals. • Elana Meyer became the first South African to win an Olympic track and field medal since 1960, and Malcolm Spence won a bronze in the 400 metres. • Wayne Ferreira won the biggest grass court tournament in the run up to Wimbledon, taking the title at the Queen’s Club in London.
1992 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Carol Scott, Managing Director, Imperial Car Rental.
• Colin Hickling, Managing Director, Bloemfontein Board of Executors. • Chris van Onselen, Regional General Manager, Sanlam. • Prof Nina Overton, Head, RAU Dept. Communication. • Danie du Toit, Managing Director, Telkom.
1992 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Trevor Munday, MD, Dulux (Pty) Ltd
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1993
the year when...
Internationally...
• Use of the internet grows exponentially. • World Trade Centre bombed. • Jurassic Park one of the hit movies in the 90’s was made in 1993.
1993 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Sean Larkan, Management Partner, Werksmans Attorneys.
• The final episode of Cheers.
• Nimrod van Zyl, Joint Chief Executive, Femco Technology Holdings Limited.
In South Africa...
• Neal Quirk, Managing Director, OfficeMark.
• Nelson Mandela addresses a joint sitting of two houses of the United Kingdom Parliament. • The United States Senate approves legislation lifting economic sanctions against South Africa. • Nelson Mandela, and former President F.W. de Klerk win the Nobel Peace Prize. • India re-establishes full diplomatic relations with South Africa.
1994
• Janine Lever, Manager Systems and Support, First National Bank Group Projects. • Keith Partridge, Managing Director, Carlton Paper Corporation Limited.
1993 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Willie Vergeer, Hoofbestuurder, Sasol Steenkool Divisie.
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Internationally...
• Channel tunnel opens, connecting Britain and France. • Oldest human remains found in Kenya. • Rwandan genocide begins. • Lorena Bobbit takes brutal revenge. • O.J. Simpson arrested for double murder. • Ayrton Senna dies. • Hit TV Show Friends was released.
In South Africa...
• Walvis Bay was handed over to Namibia. • The Nokia 2110 is launched in South Africa at a cost of R4,199. • State of emergency is declared in KwaZulu-Natal. • The first democratic elections take place which the ANC wins. • Bill Clinton, President of the United States, announces the doubling of $600 million United States assistance to South Africa over the next 3 years. • Nelson Mandela is sworn in as the first President of South Africa and F.W. de Klerk and Thabo Mbeki become joint deputy presidents. • The United Nations lifts its arms embargo on South Africa.
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• The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa’s return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years (1958) since the country last competed in the Games. South Africa won two gold medals. • Ernie Els wins the U.S. Open at the Oakmont Country Club.
1994 Boss of the Boss Year® Finalists
• Dr Petrus Claassen, Executive Director, ABSA – Amalgamated Banks of SA. • Richard Barton Hill, Managing Director, Redhill Superplant & Nucellar Nurseries. • Mervyn Serebro, Group Managing Director, OK Bazaars. • Gerrie Lewies, Partner, Andersen Consulting. • Paul Masimong, Executive Director, Consumer Council Bophuthatswana.
1994 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Brand Pretorius, MD, Toyota SA Marketing.
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1995
1995 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Elize, van der Berg, Marketing Manager, S.A Druggists.
the year when...
• Herman Mashaba, Founder, Black Like Me.
Internationally...
• Gas attack in Tokyo subway.
• Johan Pretorius, Group Managing Director, Anglo Alpha.
• Oklahoma City bombing.
• Colin Dr Naicker, Dental surgeon, Dental Practice.
• Yitzhak Rabin assassinated. • African-American walks in Space. Dr Bernard A. Harris, Jr. makes history as the first black American astronaut to walk in space.
• Rainer Hagemann, Managing Director, BMW SA.
• First planet outside our solar system found.
1995 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Windows 95 released. • Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit South Africa.
• Reiner Hallauer, MD, Siemens Nixdorf Info.
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In South Africa...
• South Africa and India sign a number of agreements relating to political, trade, economic, cultural, scientific and technical co-operation. • South Africa wins the Rugby World Cup. • Desmond Tutu is appointed chairperson of the 17 member Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
1996
the year when...
Internationally...
• Princess Diana and Prince Charles are divorced. She has her title ‘HRH’ removed. • 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing. • Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer. • Nintendo 64 released.
In South Africa...
• Nelson Mandela formally ends his 38 year marriage to Winnie Mandela. • Mimi Coertse receives the highest accolade an artist can receive from the Austrian Government, the Oesterreichishe Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst. • The first South African National Census since the end of apartheid is held. • South Africa wins the African Cup of Nations. • TRC chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins hearings. • Triumph of marathoner Josia Thugwane, who became the first black South African to win an Olympic gold medal. • In March 1996 Penny Heyns broke the World Record for the ladies 100m breaststroke at the SA National Championships in Durban. • At the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Penny Heyns again broke the World Record in the women’s 100m breaststroke and won the Gold Medal in both the women’s 100m and 200m breaststroke and broke the record. • South Africa hosted (and won) the 1996 African Nations Cup.
1996 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Daan Esterhuyse, HR Director, Everite Manufacturing. • Ntombi Langa-Royds, Chief Executive: HR, SABC. • Kobus Laubscher, Managing Director, Visimed. • Ben Chowles, Divisional Manager, Iscor Steel. • Brian Paddey, Managing Director, Omega Plant Hire.
1996 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Martin van Zyl, Provincial Administrator, Provincial Admin North Cape.
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1997
the year when...
Internationally...
• Les Munger, Operations Services Manager, Umgeni Water. • Annalie Killian, Manager External Relations, Alusaf (Pty) Ltd. • Maya Khusal, Regional Executive, Telkom SA.
• Hale-Bopp Comet visible. • Hong Kong returned to China.
• Dr Bruce Foulis, Manager, CSIR.
• Princess Diana dies in car crash. • Mother Theresa of Calcutta died. • Tallest buildings in the world built in Kuala Lumpur. • Tiger Woods wins Masters. • Scientists cloned Dolly the sheep. • Versace was murdered. • Tony Blair is elected. • Titanic opened in 1997 and became the BIGGEST Total Box-Office Film ever in film history and became the movie with most Academy Awards, totalling 13.
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1997 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Dr Nico Human, Group Executive: Marketing and PR, Agricultural Research Council.
1997 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Jabu Kubheka, Manager: Community Affairs, Richards Bay Minerals.
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South Africa...
• Eugène Terre’Blanche, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging leader, is convicted of attempted murder and assault in the Magistrates Court in Potchefstroom. • From August 1997 the Springboks enter a wining phase: lasting to November 1998 they win 17 successive rugby tests to equal the world record.
1998
the year when...
Internationally...
• India and Pakistan test nuclear weapons. • Peace in Northern Ireland. • U.S. President Clinton impeached. • First Harry Potter book is released. • Seinfeld’s the “Show About Nothing” ends. • Opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom – on Earth Day of 1998, Orlando, Florida.
In South Africa...
• Voortrekkerhoogte is renamed Thaba Tshwane. • A pipe bomb explodes at Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront’s Planet Hollywood restaurant seriously injuring 26 people; two later died. • During the Goodwill Games held in New York in July 1998, Penny Heyns stormed into new world records by becoming the first World Record holder in the 50m Breaststroke. Roland Schoeman won the Gold Medal in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 22.04 seconds, the 4th fastest time ever recorded.
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• Fifty-over cricket was part of the Commonwealth Games in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, where South Africa won the gold medal.
1998 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Alewyn Burger, Group Exec Director, Absa Group.
• Marion Challis, Priority Suite Manager, Standard Bank Sandton. • Herman Mashaba, Managing Director, Black Like Me. • Thoko Mokgosi, Executive, Telkom SA. • Sandy McLeish, Div Managing Director, Divpac.
1998 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Dr Geoff Garrett, President/CEO, CSIR.
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1999
the year when... Internationally...
• The Euro the new European currency. • Fear of Y2K Bug Y2K Scare. • JFK Jr. dies in plane accident. • President Clinton is acquitted. • First non-stop world trip in a balloon. • The Matrix starring Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburn sets new standards for special effects in movies to come.
In South Africa...
• Panama Canal returns to Panama.
• Max, the JBH Zoo gorilla, apprehends man fleeing from police. • Judge Edwin Cameron, a high court judge and human rights advocate, announces that he is HIV positive. • The second democratic elections are held and won by the African National Congress.
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1999 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Frans van der Walt, Human Resources Director, Pick ‘n Pay Retail. • Waheed Adam, Chairman, Prime Home Improvement. • Fatima Jakoet, Finance Manager, Eskom. • Paul Nkuna, Chairman, Mineworkers Investment Company. • Joseph Mandla Vilakazi, Principal, Vosloorus Secondary School.
1999 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Edward Kieswetter, Senior General Manager, Eskom Matla Power Station.
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• George Bizos is awarded the Order for Meritorious Service Class II medal from President Nelson Mandela. • Thabo Mbeki becomes the 2nd President of South Africa. • South Africa were the hosts of the 7th All-Africa Games.
2000
the year when...
Internationally...
• Human genome deciphered; expected to revolutionize medicine. • “I love you” virus disrupts computers worldwide. • Stephen King’s 66-page novella Riding the Bullet is available exclusively in electronic only as an “e-book”. • Charles Schulz, the cartoonist who created the “Peanuts” comic strip, dies. • Oprah Winfrey debuts O magazine, graces the cover and plans to be front and centre on all issues “for the foreseeable future”. • In the biggest merger in the country’s history, America Online agrees to buy Time Warner, the nation’s largest traditional media company, for $165 billion.
In South Africa...
• The 13th International AIDS conference is held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the first ever to be held in a developing country. • The Democratic Party joins with the New National Party into an alliance, the Democratic Alliance. • Tropical Cyclone Eline brings heavy rains to Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Madagascar. • Rosita Pedro born up a tree and saved by SA Airforce. • Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, is awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the Glasgow Caledonian University.
2000 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Clinton I n’t Veld, Chief Executive Officer, X-Pert Group. • Duduzile Maseko, Strategic Executive, Southern Metropolitan Local Council. • Laetitia van Dyk, Group General Manager, ABSA Group. • Mogwailane (MK) Mohlala, Customer Service Regional Manager, Eskom. • Shaun van Vollenhoven, Superintendent, SA Police Service.
2000 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Joe Tsotetsi, Chairman, Motswedi Technology Group.
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2001
the year when...
Internationally...
• Gladiator takes five Oscars, including those for Best Picture and Best Actor (Russell Crowe). • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone opens in 8,200 theaters nationwide, about one-quarter of all those available.
2001 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Cedric M.L Savage, Executive Chairman, The Tongaat-Hullett Group Limited. • Keith Shipley, Managing Director, NETWORK BBDO Advertising Agency. • Dr John Purchase, Snr. Dep. Director: ARC-GCI, Agricultural Research Council-Grain Crops Institute.
• Report by National Academy of Sciences announces that global warming is on the rise. Leading scientists reaffirm mainstream view that human activity is largely responsible.
• Rooksano H. Omar, Director, Local History Museums.
• Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is delivered to UN tribunal in The Hague to await warcrime trial.
2001 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• George W. Bush is sworn in as 43rd President. • September 11: Hijackers ram jetliners into twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
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South Africa...
• Ravi Naidoo, Managing Director, Interactive Africa.
• Humphrey Khoza, CEO, Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd.
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• The Department of Health declines the offer of a large donation of HIV test kits made by Guardian Scientific Africa Incorporated. • George Bizos is awarded the 2001 International Trial Lawyer Prize of the Year by the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. • Durban hosts the World Conference against Racism.
2002
the year when...
Internationally...
• Black actors won top Oscars. Denzel Washington and Halle Berry. • East Timor becomes a new nation. • National Academy of Sciences issues report opposing human reproductive cloning, but supports therapeutic cloning.
2002 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Mendo Letlape, HR Executive, Arivia.Kom
In South Africa...
• Maurice Radebe, Managing Director, Exel Petroleum (Pty)Ltd
• The Hector Pieterson Museum became the first museum to open in Soweto.
• Kevin Mattheys, S Manager: Cast Engineering, Sasol Technology
• Mark Shuttelworth – First African in space. • Nelson Mandela calls on government and business leaders worldwide to find ways to provide access to treatment to those people living with HIV/ AIDS. • Swimmer Natalie du Toit made history when she qualified for the final of the 800 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games – the first time in history that an elite athlete with disability has qualified for the final of an ablebodied event. • Mbulaeni Mulaudzi becomes the 2002 Commonwealth champion in the 800m • Ernie Els won the Heineken Classic at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club; outplayed World Number one Tiger Woods.
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• Hugh Masekela receives BBC Radio Jazz Awards. • South African born Sydney Brenner wins Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• Neil Harper, Director Retail Channels, Retail Channels Group Technology and e-Commerce Standard Bank of SA • Brenda Fradsham, Manager Business Dev. Dept, Clientele Life
2002 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Seadimo Chaba, Deputy Director General, Dept.of Public Transport, Roads and Works.
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2003
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the year when...
Internationally...
• The Pixar team released another animated treasure with Finding Nemo, a fish-out-of-water tale about a pair of clown fish who brave dark waters and menacing aquatic creatures to be reunited. The film grossed more than $340 million. • Scientists uncover the fossil of a new species of flying dinosaur in northeastern China thought to have existed 120 million years ago. • The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is published.
In South Africa...
• The Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases its final report. • PJ Powers and Sibongile Khumalo are awarded the 2002 Reconciliation Award by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. • The South African Justice Ministry officials announced that the five policemen who were accused of killing Steve Biko in 1977 would not be prosecuted because of insufficient evidence. • Walter Sisulu, a key figure in the anti-apartheid struggle, dies aged 91. Thousands gather to pay their last respects.
2003 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Arthur Stanley Lightfoot, Sales & Joint Managing Director, Liebherr-Africa (Pty) Ltd • Tladi Ditshego, Regional Manager, Development Bank of Southern Africa • Moyasi Catherine Mvelase, Director, Alexandra Health Centre • Dr Sandra Bezuidenhout, Business Intelligence Manager, Eskom Enterprises TSI Division • Fleetwood R Grobler, Business Manager, Sasol Solvents
2003 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Thoko Mashiane, Municipal Manager, Ehlanzeni District Municipality.
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• Government approves major programme to treat and tackle HIV/Aids. • Natalie Du Toit, competing against able-bodied swimmers in the 800 freestyle at the All-Africa Games, captured gold in the 800 m freestyle. • Sibusiso Vilane, a game ranger, is the first black African to summit Mount Everest. • JM Coetzee – Nobel Laureate in Literature.
2004
the year when...
Internationally... • Charlize Theron wins Oscar. • Yasir Arafat dies in Paris. • NASA announced it detected signs that water had once covered a small crater on Mars. • Armed rebels in Haiti force President Aristide to resign and flee the country.
In South Africa...
• Ruling ANC wins landslide election victory, gaining nearly 70% of votes. Thabo Mbeki begins a second term as President. • A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old is discovered at the excavations at Blombos cave near Stilbaai in the Southern Cape. • The first locally assembled Agusta A109LUH makes its first flight at Denel’s Kempton Park facilities. • Roland Schoeman and Ryk Neethling won the 4X100m free style relay swimming gold medal at theOlympic Games • Natalie du Toit scooped 5 gold medals for swimming at the Paralympics • Ernie Els won 6 times on both Golf tours including big wins at Memorial, WGC-American Express Championship and his sixth World Match Play Championship, a new record.
2004 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Amanda, Madikiza, Marketing Manager, City of Cape Town • Nicholas Motsatse, Executive Director, SAMRO • Ann Nurock, CEO, Grey World Wide SA • Jack Perel, Operations Director, Mediscor PBM • Stephen Ross, CEO, Edgars Consolidated
2004 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Dr Con Fauconnier, CEO, Kumba Resources Ltd.
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2005
• Dawie Botha, Executive Director, The SA Institute of Civil Engineering.
the year when...
Internationally...
• Henry Sambane, Production Director, Crabtree Electrical Accessories of SA.
• Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” was downloaded more than 1.7 million times. • Worldwide aid pours in to help the eleven Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami.
• Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, Regional Director: Region 3, City of Joburg.
• Pope John Paul II dies. • Tony Blair becomes first Labour Party Prime Minister to win three successive terms.
• Johan Viljoen, Mine Manager Mponeng, Anglogold Ashanti Mponeng Mine.
• Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein goes on trial for the killing of 143 people in the town of Dujail, Iraq, in 1982.
• Vanessa Bluen, Managing Director, The Consultant Powerhouse (Pty) Ltd.
• George W. Bush is officially sworn in for his second term as President.
In South Africa...
• Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast.
2005 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• The South African Geographical Names Council approves changing the name of Pretoria to Tshwane. • Jacob Zuma is relieved of his post as Deputy President of South Africa, following the verdict in Schabir Shaik’s trial on the 8th. He is to stand trial the following year. • Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed the new Deputy President of SA.
2005 Boss of theYear® Finalists
• Ismail Dockrat, Executive Officer, Wesgro.
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• Tsotsi won the best foreign-language film Oscar. • The South African singing group, Ladysmith Black Mambaso, won their second Grammy.
2006
the year when...
• David Collen Noko, Managing Director, De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited. • Dennis Lupambo, Director Self Service Banking, Standard Bank Self Service Banking.
Internationally...
• New Horizons spacecraft is launched. It will travel three billion miles over nine years to study Pluto’s atmosphere and surface.
• Thabo Seopa, Managing Director, Trudon/ TDS Directory Operation.
• Saddam Hussein is convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court, and hanged in Baghdad.
• Eugene Wait, Head of Department Cashroom, Alexander Forbes Financial Services.
• David Goldblatt is awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
• Brian Riley, General Manager - Motor Division, WesBank: Div. First Rand Bank.
In South Africa...
2006 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Jacob Zuma, former Deputy President of South Africa is acquitted of rape charges. • The 16th World Economic Forum on Africa takes place in Cape Town. • South Africa is selected for the first time as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2007-2008 period. • Nelson Mandela is awarded the Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award.
2006 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Terry Volkwyn, CEO, Primedia Broadcasting.
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• Anton Rupert, 89, billionaire businessman, philanthropist and founding member of World Wildlife Fund, dies.
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• Tsakani “TK” Mhinga, a Rhythm and blues singer, is found dead in a Bryanston hotel. • PW Botha, former Prime Minister and State President of South Africa, dies. • South Africa brings home 12 gold medals from the Commonwealth games.
2007
the year when...
Internationally...
• UN panel finds that Earth’s climate and ecosystems are already being affected by the accumulation of greenhouse gases. • Romania and Bulgaria join the European Union. • President Vladimir Putin announces Russia will suspend the 1990 Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, which limits conventional weapons in Europe. • In the second round of French presidential elections, Conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy defeats Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal. • Gordon Brown replaces Tony Blair as the prime minister of Great Britain. • In a landmark deal, North Korea agrees to disclose details about its nuclear facilities, and dismantle all of its nuclear facilities by the end of 2007.
In South Africa...
• Cape Town Mayor Helen Zille is elected as new leader of the main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). • Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers take part in the biggest strike since the end of apartheid, causing widespread disruption to schools, hospitals and public transport. • The ANC chooses Jacob Zuma as its leader, ousting South African president Thabo Mbeki. • South Africa defeats England to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup. • Lucky Dube, reggae singer, aged 43, was shot dead.
2007 Boss of theYear® Finalists
• Dr Iqbal Survé, Chairman & CEO, Sekunjalo Investments Ltd. • Susan Jordaan, CEO, Coronation Hospital. • Dirk Uys, CEO, Van Schaik Group. • Mardia van der Walt-Korsten, CEO, T-System South Africa International. • Neels Roodt, Project Manager, Komati Power Station Project.
2007 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Dawn Jones, CEO, Imperial Car Rental.
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• Soweto Gospel Choir win a Grammy award.
2008 Internationally...
the year when...
• Cuban President Fidel Castro, steps down after 49 years in power. • Some 400 Buddhist monks participate in a protest march in the capital of Tibet, to commemorate 1959’s failed uprising against China’s invasion. .• Morgan Tsvangirai, of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democracy and Change, withdraws from the election race to protect supporters from violence.
2008 Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election.
• Dr John Musonda, Chief Medical Officer & Clinical Manager, Thusong Hospital.
• At their annual meeting, members of the Group of 8 set goals to cut in half by 2050 the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the environment.
• Graeme Page, Chief Operating Officer, WSP Consulting Engineers SA (Pty) Ltd.
In South Africa...
• Dr Humphrey Mathe, Executive General Manager, Exxaro Resources Limited.
• Kgalema Motlanthe is sworn in as President of South Africa.
• Adrian Moorgas, Director, Deloitte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.
• African National Congress recalls President Thabo Mbeki. • Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa resigns. • A new political party is launched in Bloemfontein: COPE • Miriam Makeba, 76, South African singer dies in Italy. • For the second year running, the Soweto Gospel Choir picked up a Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. • 22-year-old double amputee sprinter, Oscar Pistorius won three gold medals at the Beijing Paralympics. • Natalie du Toit wins five swimming gold medals. • Brian Mitchell elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
• Sabine Lehmann, CEO, Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Co. Ltd.
2008 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Kgosientso Ramokgopa, CEO, JHB Fresh Produce Market.
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2009
the year when...
Internationally.... • In the worst aviation disaster since 2001, Air France Flight 447 disappears off the northeast coast of Brazil with 228 people on board, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. • Japan’s opposition party, the Democrats, win in a landslide over the ruling Liberal Democrats, who have been in power nearly uninterrupted for a halfcentury. • Hundreds of thousands of people watched in front of the Capitol as President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are sworn into office. Obama makes history as the first African-American president.
• Graeme Pollock voted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. • The Film Skin, first UK / South Africa coproduction is released and goes on to win 19 international film Awards.
• President Barack Obama announces that the U.S., China, India, Brazil, and South Africa have reached an agreement to combat global warming. • President Obama declares the outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus, also called swine flu, a national emergency. • Scientists find water on the Moon during NASA’s Lcross misson.
Boss of the Year® 20th anniversary Finalists
• The passing away of Corazon Aquino, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson.
• Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu, Chief of the South African Navy, South African Navy.
In South Africa...
• Khalipha Eddie Mbalo, CEO, National Film & Video Foundation.
• ANC wins general election. • Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president. • First Mandela Day organised on Nelson Mandela’s 91st Birthday. • Gill Marcus is appointed Governor of the South African Reserve Bank. • Van der Burgh won gold in the 50 metres at the World Championships in Rome. • Ladysmith Black Mambazo scoop their third Grammy. • Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, one of the world’s leading 800 metres runners wins gold for the mens race gets at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
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• Caster Semenya wins a gold medal in the final of the Women’s 800m race at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
• Neil Harris, Director: Customer and Product Support, Cummins South Africa. • Kalyani Pillay, CEO, SABRIC. • Abiel Morake Mngomezulu, CEO/President, Mintek.
2009 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Ian Heyns, General Manager, Great Noligwa mine in the Free State.
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2010
the year when...
Internationally...
• Magnitude earthquake devastates Port-au-Prince, Haiti. • Volcanic Ash from Iceland disrupts travel plans across Europe. • Picasso painting sells for record-setting $106.5 million. • Biggest oil spill in history; estimates suggest that 12,000 to 19,000 barrels of oil per day were spilling into the Gulf of Mexico. • Spain wins the 2010 Soccer World Cup. • Russia bans grain export in response to drought, wildfires. • 1,600 estimated dead in Pakistan floods. • World’s tallest building opens in Dubai. • The Eurozone and the IMF agree to a €110 billion bailout package for Greece. • The longest annular solar eclipse of the 3rd millennium occurs.
In South Africa...
• South Africa’s most important year since 1994. President Jacob Zuma called on all South Africans to work together and make the 2010 Fifa World Cup “one of the most successful projects we have ever undertaken as a nation”. • King Shaka International Airport in Durban opened, replacing Durban International Airport. • Successful 2010 FIFA World Cup held. • Major new fossil find in South Africa by Dr Lee Berger in the Malapa Caves (near Sterkfontein) made known. • Desmond Tutu retires from public life. • Deaths of Harry Schwarz, Eugene Terre’Blanche, Sheena Duncan, King Matanzima and Frederik van Zyl Slabbert. • Natalie du Toit confirmed her status as one of paralympic sport’s all-time greats when she won the women’s 50 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. • South Africa’s Stacey-Lee Chan wins best young chef in the world. • Louis Oosthuizen wins the British Open. • Ernie Els is elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2010.
2010 21st Anniversary Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Eric Roland Enslin, CEO, FNB Private Clients
• Dr Melanie Chait, CEO, Big Fish School of Digital Filmmaking • Prof Sabiha Y Essack, Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences, Univ. of KwaZulu Natal • Themba Mthombeni, Executive Chairman, Duma Travel • Thomas Nhlapo, CEO, Kopanong Hospital, Sedibeng District.
2010 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer • Lerato Mosiah, G.M Healthcare, Afrox
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2011
the year when...
Internationally....
• Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt. • Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s rule. • Wikipedia the free internet encyclopedia turns 10 years old. • 83rd Academy Awards - “The King’s Speech,” Colin Firth & Natalie Portman win. • Kate Middleton marries Prince William. • Space Shuttle Discovery’s final landing after 39 flights. • An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history. • Fidel Castro resigns from the Communist Party of Cuba’s central committee after 45 years of holding the title. • Pope John Paul II is beatified. • Osama bin Laden killed by US special forces in Pakistan. • Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25 year run. • British tabloid News of the World publishes its last edition after 168 years in the wake of a phone hacking scandal. • Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks: A bomb blast on government buildings in central Oslo, and a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya. • Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem are killed. • World population reaches 7 billion inhabitants.
In South Africa...
• Charl Schwartzel achieves what was arguably the most significant victory by a South African sportsperson in 2011, by capturing the 75th US Masters at Augusta by two strokes after closing with a stunning four birdies in succession. • Ernie Els received a massive honour when he joined the legendary Gary Player in the World Golf Hall of Fame in May. At the time, he had 62 career titles to his name, including two US Opens and one Open Championship • Chad le Clos captured the overall Final/Arena World Cup title. • Hank McGregor confirmed his status as the finest all-round paddler in the world when he claimed the 2011 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships K1 title in Singapore. • Bianca Buitendag topped the world’s best when she lifted the Billabong ASP Women’s World Junior Championships in New South Wales, Australia. • A world record for striker Pietie Coetzee, who became the all-time leading goal scorer in women’s international hockey at the FIH Champions Challenge in Dublin. • South African rugby produced a world beater in Sevens Stars Cecil Afrika who was recognised by the International Rugby Board as the World Sevens Player of the Year. • Nelson mandela Celebrates his 93rd birthday with his family in Qunu, Eastern Cape
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• South Africa conducts its third census. South Africa’s population has passed
2011 22nd Anniversary Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Chantyl Mulder, Senior Exec. T & G SAICA • Gerald Dumas, Managing Director, Johannesburg Water. • Kalyani Pillay, CEO, SABRIC. • Greg Solomon, MD, McDonald’s SA. • Octavia Matshidiso Matloa Chief Executive Officer, Mukundi Mining Resources.
2011 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Chris Mukoki Head: Secured Lending Credit Standard Bank.
bossoftheyear the 50-million mark. • 28 November - 9 December, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was successfully held in Durban. • World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) Holds 51st General Assembly and Annual Meeting in South Africa • The National Planning Commission (NPC) in The Presidency finalised the draft National Development Plan: Vision for 2030. • Deaths of Albertina Sisulu, anti– apartheid activist, widow of Walter Sisulu; Zack du Plessis, Afrikaans actor; Kader Asmal, politician; Al Debbo, South African actor, comedian and singer; General Magnus Malan, ex Minister of Defence.
2012
the year when...
Internationally...
• Cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground at Isola del Giglio, Italy. • Queen Elizabeth II celebrates Diamond Jublee. • The Artist wins 5 Academy Awards and is the 1st silent film to win since 1927. • Encyclopaedia Britannica stops printed versions. • Film maker James Cameron becomes first person to visit Challenger Deep (deepest point on Earth) in over 50 years. • Joyce Banda becomes President of Malawi. • The Lion King is highest grossing Broadway show. • Apple Inc claims value of $600 billion; becomes largest company in the world. • Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’ sells at auction for $119,922,500. • Vladimir Putin sworn in for third six year term as President of Russia. • Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kms using quantum teleportation. • The discovery of a missing Mayan calender piece disproves 2012 Armageddon. • Stanford University scientists develop prototype bionic eye. • The Solar Impulse completes world’s 1st intercontinental flight powered by the sun. • The Nobel Prize reduced by 20% to prevent any future undermining of capital • The chemical compound NOTT-202, which is capable of selectively absorbing carbon dioxide, is created. • Mohamed Morsi becomes President of Egypt. • Kim Jong-un is officially appointed Supreme Leader of North Korea. • Mount Tongariro, NZ, erupts for 1st time in a century. • Usain Bolt is 1st person to win 100m & 200m sprint in back to back Olympics. • Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is granted political asylum by Ecuador. • Serena Williams wins her fourth women’s tennis singles at the US Open. • Iran blocks the use of Google as a search engine. • The EU wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, sparking critical commentary. • Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal. • Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, retires. • Barack Obama re-elected as US President. • Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video. • A 243 million year-old Nyasasaurus fossil is discovered in Tanzania. • UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020. • Stephen Hawking wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize; most lucrative academic prize in the world. • NASA completes a successful mission to map the Moon’s gravity field.
In South Africa...
• Kruger National Park hit by worst flooding in ten years. • The ANC, celebrated 100 years of existence.
2012 23rd Anniversary Boss of the Year® Finalists • Kobus Lindeque Area Director Africa Monsanto
• Liam Terblanche, Chief Information Officer Accyss • • •
André de Ruyter, Senior Group Executive, Sasol Dr Kebalepile Mokgethi, CEO, Royal Bafokeng Health Nopasika Lila, Chief Financial Officer Eskom Pension and Provident Fund
• Roy Pillay, Senior Manager, Card Fraud Nedbank
2012 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
Kobus Lindeque, Area Director, Africa Monsanto.
bossoftheyear • Announcement that the country would host a World Golf Championship event from 2012. • Members of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation announce that the SKA telescope would be split between Africa and Australia, with a majority share of the telescope destined to be built in South Africa. • Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma was elected as the first female head of the AU Commission and the first person from South Africa to hold this position. • South Africa Cup hosts Africa Cup of Nations. • Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray’s controversial painting The Spear. • Marikana miners initiate a Wildcat strike. Police open fire on workers at the platinum mine killing at least 34 people, and leaving at least 78 injured. • South African Reserve Bank (SARB) issues a new series of banknotes. These feature Nelson Mandela on front. • South Africa’s Adcock buys India drug assets for $86 million • Oldest known dinosaur nesting site, dating to 190 million years back, was unearthed at Golden Gate Highlands National Park. • South Africa competed at the Summer Olympics in London. • Oscar Pistorius becomes first amputee to compete at the Olympics; Ndlovu wins gold medal in lightweight men’s 4 at Olympic rowing regatta; Chad le Clos wins Men’s 200m butterfly gold. • The North Gauteng High Court dismissed the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s application to have e-tolling in Gauteng scrapped. • The “Jub Jub” case finally came to a conclusion: Maarohanye and his co-accused Themba Tshabala found guilty of claiming the lives of four children. • The South African Rhino is named the National Press ClubNewsmaker of the Year.
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2013
the year when...
Internationally....
In South Africa...
• Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm.
• Oscar Pistorius shoots and kills model Reeva Steenkamp.
• Calcium deposits are discovered on Mars by NASA.
• Dr Mamphela Ramphele declared her intention to form a party political platform for all South Africans.
• Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories. • Massive blizzard begins in the US & Canada resulting in deaths, cancelled flights, loss of power for 900,000 people. • Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation. Pope Francis delivers his first Angelus prayer and blessing. • Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia. • Angelina Jolie undergoes a preventive double mastectomy. • The brains of two rats were successfully connected so that they share information. • A 2 year old US girl becomes the first child born with HIV to be cured. • Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro assumes the presidency after the death of Hugo Chavez. • EU bans the sale of cosmetics tested on animals. • Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People’s Republic of China.
• Death of Nadine Gordimer (90), writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• At the International Spirits Challenge awards in London, the KWV 15 year old was judged Best Brandy in the World. • Former president Nelson Mandela recognised by global CEOs as one of the world’s most admired leaders of all time, and the most admired leader that is still alive. • Microsoft makes online business tool free for SA SMEs.
• MISTRA Executive Director, Joel Netshitenzhe presented the First Lecture in the Pixley ka Isaka Seme Annual Lecture Series at Columbia University in New York. • Rihanna makes history with sold-out stadium show in SA. • Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was named sub-Saharan Africa’s Finance Minister of the Year by Emerging Markets. • Airbus delivered the first of a batch of fifty A400M military
• The European Space Agency reveals new data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old. • Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking. • World’s first smelling TV screen is unveiled in Japan. • Two earth-like planets are discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62. • Prince George heir to the British throne was born. • Apple offers the largest bond offering from a private company of 17 Billion. • A digital camera is created that can mimic insect compound eyes. • Sir Alex Ferguson retires as Manchester United’s manager.
2013 24th Anniversary Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Duncan Stewart Managing Director Lima Rural Development Foundation • Erik Venter CEO Comair • Jo-Ann Pohl CFO Africa Standard Chartered Bank
• Human stem cells are successfully cloned.
• Steffan Boll General Manager Abbott Laboratories
• Robert Mugabe continues to maintain power after winning 142 out of 210 seats in the Zimbabwean election.
• Theo Vincent Bench Managing Executive Sales & Marketing Telkom / Cybernest
• Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion.
• Xolile George CEO Government (SALGA)
• Serena Williams wins her 5th Women’s Singles US Open. • A partial US federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending.
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South African Local
2013 Boss of the Year® Titlebearer
• Ayanda Nakedi Senior General Manager Eskom Holdings SOC LTD
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transport planes complete with critical components manufactured in SA - to the French Air Force. • The 34-year-old soprano Pumeza Matshikiza; records her debut album Abbey Road Studios in London. • ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ makes impression in South Africa. • Researchers at CSIR developed a world-first digital laser paving the way for new laser applications in areas ranging from medicine to communications. • Physicists from Wits make the first South African contribution of a “piece of hardware” to the ATLAS Experiment on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN). • South African hospitality group Bon Hotels launches the continent’s greenest hotel: The R170-million, 145room Hotel Verde, situated 400m from CT International Airport. • Elections take place in April. • The value of U.S. car imports from South Africa topped $1.25 billion in the first half of this year versus $1.2 billion for platinum group metals, gold and diamonds combined. • President Barack Obama visits South Africa. • The SA surfing team crowned the ISA World Team Champions and captain Shaun Joubert clinched the ISA
men’s world champion title. • Born and raised in South Africa, Warren Adams won the 2013 Fred Astaire Award for Best Choreographer on Broadway for MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL. • The South African wine industry topped its previous export record with volumes sold reaching 525.7-million liters. • South African designer David Tlale has showcased his first solo runway collection at New York Fashion Week (NYFW). • SA officially launched the first of 64 antennas that will make up the MeerKAT radio telescope, the precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). • South African feel-good movie Felix added to its long list of accolades by winning three more awards at international film festivals in March and April. • A blue diamond weighing a staggering 122.52 carats was unearthed - expected to be the most valuable ever found. • South Africa has now connected more than half a gigawatt of utility-scale solar power, moving into the world top 10 of countries harnessing renewable energy from the sun, according to figures released last month by Wiki-Solar.or. • The confidential preliminary report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on public expenditure on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence is leaked in the press. • 5 December: South Africa’s first democratic elected President Nelson Mandela passes away.
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2014
the year when...
Internationally....
• Latvia joins the eurozone • The IPCC releases its Fifth Assessment Report • The European Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is operational Scotland votes “no” to independence • The Internet has a greater reach than television • Google Glass is launched to the public • The new World Trade Center is completed • The Shanghai Tower is completed • Brazil hosts the FIFA World Cup • The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the globe • Completion of the Panama Canal expansion project • The 100th anniversary of World War I 14 nanometre chips are released • The first products to use memristor technology are becoming available • Smart watches are the latest must-have gadget • Robotic pack mules are entering military service • Laser guns are in naval use • The first test flight of NASA’s Orion spacecraft • The first test launch of the Falcon Heavy • The MAVEN probe arrives at Mars • India’s first Mars mission
coinciding with the fifth national elections as a democratic country. • Ernst van Dyk won the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon. • Charles Back, Legendary South African winemaker and producer, received the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Wine Challenge awards in London. • Pallo Jordan, a veteran anti-apartheid politician, resigned from Parliament after a newspaper reported that he had lied about his academic credentials • Mamphela Ramphele, Veteran of Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Quits Politics • Six South African wines awarded trophies at International Wine Challenge across multiple styles • KWV’s 12 year Barrel Select Brandy was named Worldwide Best Brandy, winning the 2014 Worldwide Brandy Trophy Award at the prestigious International Wine & Spirit Competition awards ceremony in London on Monday. • Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is denied visa by South African government to attend Nobel peace conference in Cape Town • South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is convicted of culpable homicide in shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, after being pronounced not guilty of murder • Senzo Meyiwa shot dead at his girlfriend’s home in Voslorus.
• Launch of the Sunjammer solar sail • A comet is passing extremely close to Mars • The Rosetta probe deploys its lander on comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko • Most telephone calls are made via the Internet now Increased automation in retail environments NATO ends combat operations in Afghanistan
In South Africa...
• The damning final report by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on R246,000,000 of public expenditure on President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla residence is released. • The 2014 National Elections take place and the African National Congress remains in power with 249 seats in Parliament, while the Democratic Alliance wins 89, the Economic Freedom Fighters 25 and the Inkatha Freedom Party 10. The remaining 27 seats are filled by representatives from nine smaller parties.[7] • 2014 marks 20 years of democracy in South Africa,
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2014 25th Anniversary Boss of the Year® Finalists
• Grant Dunnington Group CEO SBV Services (Pty) Limited Flavia De Cillia Communication & Events Manager • Joey Staphorst Senior Manager: Business Development NMMU Business School Tersia Ferreira Personal Assistant • Joseph Rock General Manager Services Exxaro Resources Promise Ngxabane Personal Assistant • Juliette Fourie CEO Metro Minds Yolandi Dercksen Training Executive • Pieter Havenga Head of OPS FNB insurance Tsholofelo Massina Personal Assistant • Thendo Ramagoma General Manager NHC Matanato Personal Assistant
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One of the above finalists will be the 25th Boss of the Year® Titleholder.
The year 2014 commemorates 25 years of Boss of the Year® Leadership Award! It sees the culmination of a quarter century of work and of finding the men and women, who at the helm (of their organisations or departments) have shown to have the X-factor in the realm of workplace leadership. With the 2014 titleholder being the 25th holder of the title Boss of the Year, we announce that as from 2015 the award is receiving a refreshing surge of energy as it prepares itself for the next 25 years. As from 2015 the Award will be known by its acronym BOTY, and the call for nominations will therefore be for the BOTY Leadership Award. The nominee that will rise to the top will be known as the recipient of the BOTY Leadership Award (and no longer as Boss of the Year). The move to using the acronym`BOTY` protects a longstanding brand whilst opening the award to a new generation of leaders who will face a new generation of challenges and working climates, and who will not be comfortable with the nomenclature “Boss”.
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Messages for the future from BOTY Club members “The role of leadership continues to entrench itself in our interactions with society, the business world and our day to day tasks. As more and more leaders emerge in our society due to the never ending need for leadership, the future role of the BOTY leadership award will have to be extended not only to professionals in the business world, but also to individuals who display outstanding leadership abilities for their roles in society. Well wishes to the BOTY Leadership Award and may it continue to lead in identifying individuals who make a difference to our lives.” Ayanda Nakedi It is with great enthusiasm that I convey my very best wishes for the future of the BOTY Leadership Award. It provides a strong platform for the promotion and recognition of high integrity, results driven, inspirational leadership in South Africa – the key which will unlock a better life for all.” Brand Pretorius “Many things can happen in a quarter of a century. One of the notable events in South Africa was the end of apartheid. The Boss of the Year Award has been in there, in the thick of things by being involved in the change. The change was: ‘the only award that belongs to the people’, this is the only award given to leadership based on what the people say. What can be more democracy than that? In the next quarter, the BOTY Leadership Award will be in the history to redefine leadership in all spheres of life, in the whole of the continent of Africa.” Chris Mukoki “Leadership is not a pre-ordained right. Leadership is an inordinate privilege. To be the title bearer of the BOTY Leadership Award is the privilege to bear the torch on behalf of all Leaders. Enjoy the moment that the spotlight shines on you. Then proceed to light a blazing path that inspires others to follow with purpose!” Edward Chr Kieswetter The Great BOTY Family is now Twenty Five Leading through Leaders is for what the team strive A full quarter century to excellence devoted And Connecting Generations is what they’ve promoted To A-M and Ornella and their wonderful team Which all of us hold in the highest esteem Who gave birth to BOTY, and through childhood did raise Past adolescence, to strapping full personhood phase Whilst poets we ain’t, we can all shout Hooray And wish the whole BOTY Team a Happy Birthday!! So gung-ho and push hard for the way on to fifty Nurturing leadership - wow, that’s pretty nifty!! Geoff Garrett “I wish to extend my best wishes to the amazing organizers of the Boss of the Year event, and warmly welcome in the new era of Recipient of the BOTY Leadership Award.
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The first 25 years of Boss of the Year coincided closely with the first 20 years of freedom and democracy in our country, and the
winners of the award during that period reflected both the diversity of our beautiful country and the unique type of leadership that a society in transition requires. We are entering a new era now and it is only fit and proper that the new era should be marked by a refreshed vision, which will inspire a new generation of leaders. My best wishes and warmest regards, Ismail Dockrat “As an alumni of the 2013 Boss of the Year tribe, this award has set the tone for inspirational leaders who can move between the balcony and the dance floor operating with authenticity and integrity. This recognition of our leaders moves onwards and upwards in 2015 as the BOTY Leadership Award. Together the Boss of the Year® and soon to be BOTY alumni will continue the platform for networking and connecting the dots as the alumni share lessons learned, their vulnerability and strengths and extend a hand to all those who come after us, who will take the leadership legacy to the next level. Thus the behaviours and impact that the BOTY Leadership Award recognises will be lived through its alumni as servant leadership within an industry and beyond. It is about enabling our future leaders to realise their potential, recognising when to get out of their way and catalysing, sustainable and profitable business growth through igniting the fire in our people whilst operating within a strong culture of sound conduct and governance.” Jo-Ann Pohl “The role of boss is such an important one and it’s wonderful that BOTY recognises and honours this leadership function. Thank you for everything you have done in the past and best wishes for the BOTY Leadership Award in the future.” Justin Hawes “I hope that the Boss of the Year® Leadership Award will continue to grow, and that the winners will strive to make a difference to the lives of others.” Prof. Laetitia Rispel “This award is symbolic of the concerted efforts of leaders to embed contemporary Leadership philosophy in the South African workplace. It should adequately reflect our quest for leadership transformation that addresses the challenges of dynamic and changing workplaces. I would like to see the ‘award’ playing a leading role, increasing it’s visibility and actively participating on leadership discussions within the private companies and public sector entities.” Lerato Mosiah “More often leaders are viewed as omnipotent by virtue of being able to drive systems. We rarely appreciate that they need to be motivated. Being a beneficiary of this noble initiative, I would like to wish BOTY Leadership Award another successful 25 years. If it was possible in the past 25 years – it is inevitable in the next 25 years – to take leadership to another level.” Dr Moraka Nakedi Makhura