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EDITOR'S NOTE For women’s month 2021 we sat down with brilliant women and found out how they drive their businesses and brands. They teach us that hard work, discipline, research and building a brand for yourself are the ingredients of a successful business.

As a business magazine, we pledge solidarity with those whose businesses have been lost due to the pandemic COVID-19 and the recent riot activity in our country. Ensure to plug yourself into a positive circle of business

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SIKA Creative Agency

The success of this business relies on coming on board as partners and being part of the journey the whole way. ‘We thrive on building relationships with the clients’; SIKA offers that personalised touch and makes people understand the value of marketing tools and how to quantify their value.

SIKA Creative Agency led by Liat Madinane promises to be creative problem-solvers for its clients. SIKA was founded in 2019 and has already serviced over 40 businesses. Founder confidently says, “As SIKA, we inhale creativity and exhale representation”.

We sat down with the founder who through this organisation assists brands, SMMEs and corporates to best represent themselves to their target audience. Liat finds that SMMEs do not always have marketing strategies or marketing budgets however, it is very important for their success. Upon developing the strategy, the consumer then understands the value of the said business and its products.

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ON MENTORSHIP For Madinane, she had to grow as a businesswoman for the success of her company. The role of mentorship, guidance and having a “School of entrepreneurship” has been very instrumental to her success. As she says, ‘the most important thing is accountability,” one must have this skill to manage one’s business efficiently. Also through accountability, one can ensure they know their position, a sort of business GPS from not only your perspective but the perspective from coaches, incubation hubs, mentors and guides.

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BIZ DISCUSSIONS In terms of mentorships, Liat believes in three different categories of people that one requires.

A business coach who Is someone within the same

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A mentor advises on what the focus areas and potential stumbling blocks; a broader approach to the business.

Guides for finances, life skills and relationships are important as they question your activities and understand the reasoning behind them.

Liat forms a part of three big business accelerators and incubation programs: Raizcorp Accelerator, Black Umbrellas and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Incubator which all require her to focus on upskilling herself.

Why business?

For Liat, the entrepreneurial bug had bitten her from an early age. From charging neighbours to watch her concerts and winning school prizes for “entrepreneur of the year” at school. This was the theme for her life through high school and university. Liats emphasises the amount of hard work and time investment is required into the business. She believes in 10 000hour rule, that is what it takes to become an expert or master performer in each field.

So, it is no surprise that her biggest milestone was “the proof of my business model, that what I had created was solving a problem and providing a solution” she tells us. Alongside building a team of capable professionals and assisting in youth unemployment.

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QUALIFIED NLP COACH WHO THRIVES ON HELPING PEOPLE SAYS COACHING IS HER CALLING. THORISO MOKWENA Coach Thoriso is the founder and CEO of Life by CTM and an author; “Coaching found me. I was looking for something more from myself. I knew there was more to me, I didn’t know that I had to know something I didn’t know” she informs us. “Through attending a self-mastering program, it was a paradigm shift. Then I just did the full course. I realised that other people like me would require the help of coaches and indeed I am called to help people”. Thoriso has always envisioned herself as holding a microphone in front of a lot of people, even as a child she was a performing artist. All that she does now, is to fulfil that purpose in her life.

WHY COACHING? The purpose of coaching is to bring ‘action’ to the things that have been said already. One may know what to do but not always how, Coach Thoriso may be able to assist using her Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) skills to bring each client to the desired state. Thoriso founded Life by CTM in 2018 and provides one on one or group coaching, soft skills and a variety of online programs. A custom-made plan may also be created for clients. She aims to transform people’s lives.

One of the biggest milestones for the business was being requested to design and facilitate a 3-day program for 6 groups for a government department. This instilled faith, ‘I felt that I was driving change’ and their feedback was helpful.

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BIZ DISCUSSIONS The provoked mind – the book Thoriso has since written and published her selfhelp book, ‘The provoked mind’ in November 2020. ‘Everything starts with the thought, the first step to a Provoked Mind is to be aware of your thoughts and emotions. This book will influence your wealth, health, and happiness. Thoriso is challenging you to think about things you want to change in your life and also influence you to take action.’

This book inspires action and wants readers to unleash their greatness

What would you say to new coaches?

1.One must be passionate about people and helping them. Because it is very tiring, coaches need a vision. ‘Ask yourself these questions: Do I love seeing the transformation in people? Do I have something to offer people? Do I love seeing people winning?

2.Find yourself a coach yourself first, then you can understand yourself as well 3.Thoriso would advise people to shadow a coach first 4.Enrol on a coaching course. There are plenty of programmes available.

5.Start doing it.

Challenges as a coach The major challenge is teaching people what is coaching and why is it needed, especially for the black community. People tend to think that a coach is a psychologist or counsellor and yet all those professions fulfil a different need. This has an impact on the type of clients that Coach Thoriso receives.

Getting clients is a challenge in South Africa, perhaps it is a new field or people have not accepted it as a valuable experience. Many people would ‘ask for advice’ and not realise that the advice is the product that she sells. Hopefully, as more people get coaching and are exposed to coaches, they realise the value-add.

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The future of Life by CTM is bright as Thoriso wishes for it to be an accredited academy in the life skills sector. She also wishes to coach people to also become coaches. This would be her life’s purpose.

“Coaching is life, it takes you from point A to point B. If you feel like you are stuck and needed a nudge in the right direction, consider coaching.”

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Women Empowerment

Ways of contributing to women’s empowerment

Women empowering other women I am a firm believer of Gandhi’s saying that if you want to change the world, be the change you wish to see. It always starts within ourselves to initiate personal change so that we can rise to bigger challenges outside of ourselves. The inequity faced by women is firmly entrenched in all facets of society. However, women all over the world have not let this dampen their efforts, not only in advocating for equality, but having real solutions to issues faced by women in their everyday lives.

Many women, the world over have come up with multiple ways of improving their lives and those of their communities, while some have improved the lives of other women around the world. This feat is not only reserved for those with influence, power or even resources. Every other woman can in their daily lives contribute to the empowerment agenda.

After all, it is a collective effort for all women regardless how small the contribution may appear to some. Taken as a collective, small initiatives inspire us to do more and they tend to snowball into much bigger developments we could not have foreseen. The words from a resistance song “you strike a woman, you strike a rock” are testament to the courage and strength of women and what they have achieved over the years and still continue to do till this day.

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Women’s powerful stories This is important for women who are successful, in positions of power or influence to tell their stories of ups and downs, their wins, failures, mistakes and lessons learned. Often such women seem unreachable as if they were born successful and are placed on a pedestal, being admired by countless women. We seldom get to hear about their stories while they were still deep in the trenches rising up. These are powerful stories that inspire strength, resilience and hope in others but more importantly, there are practical lessons which can assist those facing similar challenges.

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Stand up for yourself and other women It's very crucial to plan how your company newsletter will come to life. Will you be assigning the writing tasks to your employees who are good with words or hiring an off-site employee for the task? Who will provide the images? Will these be sourced by human resources or will a professional photographer will be designated for it? These are just some of the many questions you need to answer.

Once you have made the relevant decisions and have your newsletter's editorial team built, brainstorm on the content you will share. Since a company newsletter can serve a variety of purposes, ensure the messages you will publish are aligned with your objective. Don't hold back on light materials too, such as comics, fun photos from your company vacation, or inside jokes written in good taste. Some comic relief is a great way to keep readers interested!

Share opportunities Advocate for other women when you have an opportunity to do so, recommend them to decision makers, assist them promote themselves and their talents. Sharing your shine with someone else does not dim your light in any way.

Give back Empowered women support and empower other women. There are always women seeking various forms of support. Be a positive support system for another by mentoring, lending an ear or offering guidance. Doing good deeds for others is rewarding, knowing that you had a positive influence on someone’s life.

By empowering yourself you empower other women as well, you may not know who is looking up to you.Let us re-imagine the world, not as it is, but how it could be an equitable world.

Be a warrior

Our mental states are very important, our thought patterns and beliefs have to be kept positive and healthy. Being empowered is about having control of your life such that when unfortunate incidents happen, you learn from them and turn those situations into something productive and constructive. No wallowing in self-pity and victim mentality here ladies. You are in control of your perspectives and how you choose to experience things.

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DR. NOMBUSO SHOZI AN EMBLEM OF HUMANITARIANISM AND PROFESSIONALISM IN MODERNDAY HEALTH CARE.

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Being a Doctor during Covid Saving lives is a calling and there have been many challenges for the activist doctor, mainly around the access to quality health care. “Resources are very limited. We make do with what we have” she tells us.

This means that personal morals and ethics are being confronted daily, “Doctors in South Africa are always under the scrutiny of the public eye and the families, not knowing that the resources are limited or very expensive”.

This was tested since the covid 19 pandemics began, “Where we are overwhelmed as a health care system but also as individuals. We had to isolate ourselves from our family members to save the lives of other people’s family members. We lost a lot of colleagues on the journey. This period has been physically taxing as well, with no breaks and working back to back to shifts, understaffed and stressed” she explains. This has also been an emotionally trialling period, with their families and social circles also receiving strain.

What is the best thing about medicine?

Dr Nombuso Shozi is a medical officer currently located at King Edward academic hospital. Durban born and bred humanitarian thrives on activism on nutrition, health care and public care solutions. In her current role, she is responsible for the critically ill and those that require intensive care

“Through medicine, I get to live a life of impact through changing peoples lives. I have always been sensitive and caring to people. My calling has always been clear” she confidently says. Through the opportunities offered to her, she has been able to align herself with this calling.

Her keen interest was also around the curing of diseases, “I wanted to cure everything”.

A big milestone has been working with the sector experts and specialists, “this has been a privilege and you see miracles on a daily business. Making the end of life process easier on the patient but more so, we bring you back from the grip of death and nurse you back to life”.

.Over and above prescribing treatment, Dr Shozi and colleagues offer life support to counselling as she believes one cannot treat the ailment without treating the cause. Although the public health care system cannot provide all of the solutions, she can offer a safe and nonprejudiced space for her patients.

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What’s next for you?

Nombuso values her role as a mother an activist and a gender activist making strides in her sector.

And she uses her platform to be an advocate and educate others. Her future plans involve studying further in the field of anaesthesia which allows pain-free muscle relaxation during operations

Through medicine, I get to live a life of impact through changing peoples lives. I have always been sensitive and caring to people.

My calling has always

She plans to expand her services and branch into aesthetics, a strand of medicine that focuses on the cosmic aspects of health. Nombuso hopes to start a business that focuses on providing drips that immune boost and assist in the overall appearance of the skin.

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I HOPE TO ASSIST IN THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY Bongiwe Simelane

Bongiwe Simelane is bringing change to the local agricultural scene at Mbongolwane, eMlalazi not only as the Deputy Mayor but now as the founder of Kuhlekonke Vegetables. Farming comes naturally to Bongiwe as she grew up using these skills.

She capitalised on their family land (5 hectares) saying, “Imali isemhlabathini” and invested in herself and in her farm.

Simelane boldly says, “As a leader of my community, I believe in doing the practical work to change one’s life. We can change our personal economies and farming is quite lucrative.

I want to be an example of its success.” In 2021 Bongiwe started farming beans, onions, green paper amongst other vegetables and has made a bit of money, she laughs saying, “my neighbours are lazy to grow their own, so they really buy my produce”.

Simelane has partnered with the local school’s nutrition organisations, they purchase vegetables from her and make healthy food for the local school children. The market is there as people will always need nutrition.

In future, she hopes the local supermarkets and hospitals to also utilise her produce. Water distribution is currently a problem, but she overcomes this by producing dry crops.

Although she runs the business herself and enjoys getting down and dirty, she has a reliable team of four that ensures that her deliverables are made.

The Department of Agriculture has played a crucial role in developing her business. The local offices assist with mentorship, advice and training. Every ward should have an extension officer, they inform you of the chemicals needed and the timelines for plants as well as survey the land. Mentorship is very important and building relations are mostly important, e.g. Don Mthembu provides my seedling and also assists in giving advice.

Advice for new farmers 1.Passion is first as farming is a physically taxing exercise. It requires patience ad care, ‘My plants are like a premature baby, you need to give attention, guidance and listen’ she says.

2.Try your local Department of Agriculture office, they can listen to your idea and give you advice.

3.Farming is a science! From the type of crop to the herbicides used. So it must be treated like that.

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