Being positive in tough times is easier said than done. We all know that. But how do some people manage to shun negativity and embrace sheer positivity in their everyday lives? Mindset is everything. The KZN Top Business team interviewed Dr Imtiaz Sooliman in the KZN Top Business Leaders Series in 2018 and he was recognised later that year as the Standard Bank KZN Business Personality of the year. Click here to view the leaders interview (an amazing story) and then view the Doc's response to being nominated as KZN's Business Personality of the year. Quite simply an incredible man.

Beekman Managed Portfolio (BMP) is a collection of The Beekman Group's high-end resort developments offering a combination of lifestyle and leisure property investment. Choose among Falcon Glen Hot Springs Resort, Hazyview Cabanas or Kiara Lodge! We are pleased to announce that Fractional Title ownership is now available at Falcon Glen Hot Springs Resort and Hazyview Cabanas, both in Mpumalanga and Kiara Lodge in the Free State. Falcon Glen Hot Springs Resort The Resort Schoemanskloof is one of the most underrated and unspoilt holiday destinations in South Africa. In this lush and tranquil valley, you will find Falcon Glen Hot Springs Resort. The resort was named after the natural hot springs on the property. Imagine owning your very own luxury villa in this nature lovers’ haven, where you can expect a relaxing respite from everyday life, surrounded by endless natural beauty and birdsong. The Villa Welcome to a luxury Highveld retreat! The 3-bedroom luxury villa is situated in the most tranquil surroundings, with every comfort and amenity to ensure a memorable holiday. The tastefully modern and spacious living areas, pleasant bedrooms and a well-equipped modern kitchen make for a pleasant, relaxing getaway. The entertainment area has comfy seating where you can savour breakfast as a chorus of birdsong greets a new day or enjoy a family braai under the stars. This area also boasts your very own private splash pool which is fed by the natural hot springs on the property! Hazyview Cabanas The Resort Hazyview Cabanas located in picturesque Hazyview, Mpumalanga, ticks off all the boxes when it comes to the ultimate bush holiday, offering a naturally beautiful setting in the heart of Big Game Country. Imagine having guaranteed, exclusive holidays every year in your very own villa at this stunning destination! The resort’s expansive and well-manicured grounds stretch from the main Sabie/Hazyview Road all the way down to the scenic Sabie River. Its great facilities include a professional spa, modern games rooms, riverfront restaurant and bar and more. It is a mere 20km from the Kruger National Park while other popular drawcards such as the Panorama Route, are within easy driving distance. The Villa Your luxury bush getaway villa is tastefully decorated to complement its unique location. Your unit is situated in tranquil surroundings, with every comfort and amenity to ensure a memorable and relaxing holiday. Each well-equipped with modern appliances and braai facilities, and your very own private splash pool! Kiara Lodge The Resort Ideally situated at the foot of the majestic Maluti Mountains, and within a 15 minute drive from the charming town of Clarens, the resort offers the best base from which to explore the charms of this area. The resort promises the whole package when it comes to unforgettable family holidays. The resort's many facilities and in-season entertainment programme will keep you entertained for the duration of your stay. Its world-class facilities include a professional spa, indoor heated pool complex, modern games rooms and more. If you want a bit of a thrill, an array of exciting activities can be arranged on-site or nearby. The Villa The crown of Kiara, your luxury getaway villa is tastefully decorated to complement its unique location. Your unit is situated in tranquil surroundings, with every comfort and amenity to ensure a memorable and relaxing holiday. Your exclusive holiday home is well-equipped with modern appliances and braai facilities, and your very own private heated pool! Own the lifestyle For more information on this beautiful resort and all it has to offer, get in touch with our sales team. Sales Tel: 0861 233 562 Email: property@beekmanportfolio.co.za

In analysing the successful companies profiled in the KZN Top Business Portfolio, there was a common thread running through each of their achievements and that was effective leadership. The KZN Leaders Portfolio was then initiated with the desire to get to know more about these leaders of business. The overall vision is to network successful people with successful people and ultimately encouraging other people to become successful through their stories. Learning about some of the various factors that have motivated these men and women, and driven their careers, has been a very rewarding undertaking. Each leader has in-depth experience in their particular field of expertise as well as much insight into business management and leadership. We have enjoyed hearing of their successes as well as their abilities to overcome challenges and strive for innovative approaches to doing business. Of significance is that a common thread in their business journeys is the desire to make a difference in the lives of the people their companies impact, very often by going far above the norm. The growing collection of business leaders’ stories prompted the creation of a website https://www.kznleaders.co.za/ We look forward to adding more business stories to our collection. As we always say, “success breeds success”. https://www.kzntopbusiness.com/

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Beekman Holidays (previously Anytime Holidays) is part of the Beekman Group, one of South Africa’s largest leading players in the hospitality and tourism industry in South Africa operating in both property development and the leisure market. In the past 50 plus years, the Beekman Group has grown exponentially. This has been accomplished through the Group’s property developments as well as the ownership and/or management of its holiday resorts, lifestyle products, diversifying its vacation ownership products and vacation exchange companies. Based at Beekman House, the Group’s head office in Port Shepstone, Beekman Holidays has been operating for 19 years and has arranged self-catering and hotel accommodation for thousands of satisfied clients during this period. Its professional team of consultants are waiting for your call to help make your holiday dreams come true. Rental Holidays Beekman Holidays can offer you the perfect family holiday anywhere in SA! From the Cape to Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal to the Kruger Park. Resort’s Official Direct Agency– Means the best value A Wide Choice of beautiful resorts across southern Africa Unbeatable Last-Minute Deals – You won’t find them anywhere else Family Focused Resorts – Amazing facilities and entertainment Professional Services and Support – For total peace of mind! Best Price Guaranteed – Beekman Holidays is so confident about its rates that if you get a cheaper price from someone else, they will beat it by double the difference Resorts With a wide variety of resorts across southern Africa, you are sure to find the perfect holiday for you and your loved ones. Click on the resort links below to find out more. Castleton, Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route Cayley Mountain Resort, Central Drakenserg, KZN Dikhololo Game Farm, Brits, North West Durban Spa, Durban, KZN Formosa Bay Resort, Plettenberg Bay, Garden Route Hazyview Cabanas, Hazyview, Mpumalanga Illovo Beach Club, Illovo Beach KZN South Coast Kiara Lodge, Clarens, Drakensberg Margate Beach Club, Lower South Coast, KZN Monomotapa Village, Sterkrivier, Limpopo Mount Amanzi, Hartbeespoort, North West San Martinho Beach Club, Bilene, Mozambique Sea ‘n Sky, Uvongo, South Coast KZN Sudwala Lodge, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga The Kingdom Resort, Pilanesberg, North West Umhlanga Cabanas, Umhlanga, North Coast KZN Waterberg Game Park, Waterberg, Limpopo Beekman Holidays has been making holiday memories for more than 19 years and can’t wait to have you experience it as well! For more information, please visit the Beekman Holidays website .

The world has gone through significant changes in recent years, and in particular in the past 18 months. These changes have permanently refocused many of our traditional business processes and norms. We, as the business community, now use virtual meetings to conduct business in a way we have not done before. We now find it a simple task to link onto online meetings and have meaningful and productive discussions with our staff members, customers, suppliers and stakeholders, no matter where they may be located. Although technology has led this shift in the way we communicate and implement quality assurance, best practice, and helped define new efficiencies in business governance and norms; other enterprise functional area activities have also evolved to meet the times. These activities include how we now employ, manage, and engage with our staff members. Helping enterprises with staffing needs The PEO (Professional Employer Organisation) industry began many decades ago, but only in recent times are we beginning to see the significance these organisations have in helping to create effective staff mobility, ensuring local compliance, and attracting and retaining preferred talent. DRG has been a PEO service provider within the PEO industry for the past 25 years and is part of global networks that help enterprises with staffing needs in South Africa and Africa. These services include Human Resources (HR) administration, compliance, and associated reporting responsibilities. The PEO industry has focused largely on providing services to end-clients to help them ensure their staff are compliant in employer responsibilities such as deduction and payment of employee tax, meeting social security and employer body contribution requirements, and where applicable providing immigration submission support. Ensuring compliance and risk mitigation In South Africa, many new changes in the way staff are employed, managed, and terminated have been implemented since the new constitution was promulgated in 1996. Thus, resulting in the need for professional and reliable HR administration, compliance, and engagement service providers such as DRG to service this growing employment market. South Africa has one of the most comprehensive HR frameworks in the world today, and many large and corporate companies use DRG’s services to assist them in ensuring compliance and risk mitigation in their employment relationships. As an example, in South Africa, it is possible for enterprises to engage staff through permanent contracts, fixed-term contracts, project-based contracts, as personal services companies, and through juristic entities. Each of these engagement types have different effects on legislative responsibilities and reporting expectations, and are complicated further through staff earning above or below the Basic Conditions of Employment Act threshold. DRG’s focus, as a PEO service provider, is South Africa and Africa, and through relationships with in-country partners (ICPs) we are able to ensure compliant employment solutions in virtually every country on the African continent. ICPs work closely together, respecting employment parameters that exist in each country, ensuring their clients’ staff are paid correctly and timeously, and are current and compliant with receivers of revenue, departments of labour, the various statutory employer bodies and where applicable home affairs offices. PEOs essentially provide clients’ staff with the services of a full HR service. In many circles these services are also referred toas Employer of Record services (EoR) and include providing their clients’ staff members with the same employer representation service. Although PEOs assume all employer related responsivities, including representation and meeting statutory employer responsibilities, they do not under normal circumstances assume direct management control. Reporting generally remains between the staff member and the PEO client, but is tempered by best practice and meeting existing legal employment parameters within the country where they are operating. Support for offshore enterprises The pandemic and virtual engagement model has fueled the PEO industry growth in many ways. Business leaders have realised that it is now possible to employ staff in different locations. It is commonplace now as an example, for United Kingdom, European and American companies to engage South African staff through employment relationships to provide functional resource support within their offshore enterprises. These enterprises do not want to fall foul of the law and want to be respectful to the country in which they engage staffing resources, and thus look to PEO services providers for support. South African staff are, as we are continually reminded, highly regarded across the world for their commitment, enthusiasm, and broad abilities. With the PEO industry now well established in virtually every country in the world, it is easy for multinationals and even small enterprises to look beyond their local environments for staffing resources, and in many cases are looking first to engage South Africans. I was on a virtual call with an Australian business leader a short while ago. He said that in Australia there are in some sectors more jobs available than resources. He said that it is possible that if an advert is placed seeking engagement for a specific skill, that nobody will respond – or if they do it may take eight months. South Africa is as we know desperate to create jobs, and the PEO industry has now made it possible for international organisations to seek and procure resources from South Africa. PEO’s employ staff members directly and assume all employer responsibilities. This is a wonderful service for clients, who are able to engage suitable resources from all over the world, and have a professional PEO team assisting in meeting all engagement aspects related to staff employment. PEOs must ensure that staff members are properly appointed and are current with all related employment responsibilities and legislation. This is inclusive of providing adequate inductions, and where applicable facilitation of reward and incentive design, performances management processes, misconduct or incapacity hearings, staff retrenchments, terminations, etc. PEO customers PEO services, although experiencing growth in supporting localised employment, contribute hugely to other areas of staffing engagement as well. Typically, customers using PEO services include: NGOs without a fully-fledged HR department, enterprises funded through government and non-government agencies as the Growth Fund, Jobs Fund, USAID, Global Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, John Hopkins University and other; larger enterprises that require project and unusual payroll and employment support; mid-size companies wishing to focus more on core activities and not be pulled into the administration of the business; and SMEs and start-up enterprises that wish to ensure their HR responsibilities are properly structured and fully compliant from the very beginning. Comprehensive HR service DRG’s PEO Service is comprehensive, providing services to a wide range of local and international enterprises. This service provides enterprises with a solid labour law foundation, employee taxation guidance and administration, social security and employer body registrations and payments, as well as implementation and coordination of well-structured employee benefit packages as DRG’s Group Allan Gray Retirement Fund, Discovery Medical Aid, and various Life and Risk products and services. This comprehensive HR service is inclusive of a fully compliant human resource foundation of payroll administration, workman’s compensation cover, unemployment insurance contributions, relative contracts of employment, clearly defined job descriptions, monthly payslips, and annual IRP5’s. The service also meets legislative requirements in employment equity reporting, workplace skills planning and annual training records, and where applicable, application and submission of critical skills and general work permits. “We”, says Youshi Naidoo PEO Services manager at DRG, “are a team of professionals, supporting the human resource function within all size enterprises, and are ready to provide aid as and when needed. If a company joins our PEO service in the morning, by the afternoon each of their staff members will be fully onboarded and compliant in all aspects of employment related legislation.” For more information contact T: +27 (0)31 767 0625 E: youshi@drg.co.za W: www.drghumancapital.com

The much-anticipated 9th Ugu Film Festival will run in Port Shepstone from 23 to 26 September 2021. The festival will feature dynamic local and international film screenings, talks and industry-driven workshops that give filmmakers and artists a platform to showcase their talent. “The KZN South Coast has long been a key destination for local and international film production companies in search of natural assets and a hospital work environment,” explained Phelisa Mangcu, CEO of Ugu South Coast Tourism (USCT). “We’re excited to, once again, play host to the Ugu Film Festival which brings the film industry’s best talent to the region, and highlights why this continues to be a leading location for production companies.” Hosted by Zindela Pictures and supported by the National Film and Video Foundation (The NFVF), Ugu South Coast Tourism (USCT), Saigon Cowboys Pictures, GS Bookings and Aroma Pictures, this year’s Ugu Film Festival will be a hybrid model with both a physical event and online version available. Organisers can accommodate a limited number of in-person attendees alongside its online format, in line with Covid-19 regulations. “We remain grateful for the support from both the festival audiences and our partner stakeholders that constantly ensure that every year we host a festival that not only entertains its audiences through the screening of films, but uplifts and educates its audiences,” said Senzo Zindela, CEO at Zindela Pictures. The festival will feature talks that include, among others, script-writing, film regulation, policy and law industry, film financing, film production and distribution, as well as the art of film development and film funding. These will be offered by industry professionals including NFVF representatives, internationally acclaimed directors and producers, as well as representatives from the local Ray Nkonyeni Municipality. There will also be some significant feature films screened, including: · The Hell City directed by Tebogo Mmela and starring Patrick Shai (opening film) · Besekgreti directed by Siyabonga Zulu (closing film) · Anger Origin directed by Raphael Chilis Mhlongo · Minenhle directed by Happiness Mpase · uKhumbuzile directed by Sanele Ndlovu · Illusion directed by Sylvain Boayaga (Cameron) · Nyara directed by Ram Ally K, Cece Mlay (Tanzania) · After the Night with Valerie directed by Alex Garnett (United States) · Everything is False by JeanMarie Villeneuve (France) The KZN South Coast as a film destination In addition to the annual Ugu Film Festival, the KZN South Coast attracts leading production companies, among them international film crews that visit every year to film the planet’s greatest biomass migration, the Sardine Run. The KZN South Coast remains a leading film destination for a number of reasons: · Ideal climate: Filming with year-round warm weather and sunshine. · Diverse aquatic locations: Two Marine Protected Areas at Aliwal Shoal and Protea Banks, waterfalls, tidal pools, rivers, estuaries, lakes and dams. · Unique cultural attractions: KwaXolo Caves, Isivivane seNkosi uShaka, the KwaNzimakwe Multi-Trails, and Ntelezi Msani Heritage Site; the world’s smallest desert–Red Desert; age-old lighthouses and a shipwreck site. · Diverse landscape: Indigenous coastal forests, Blue Flag beaches, 11 golf courses, nature and game reserves, parks, cliffs, gorges and valleys. · Wildlife: The Sardine Run and whale migration, bird and wildlife at game and nature reserves. · Ease of operations: Filmfriendly municipal by-laws. · Ease of accessibility: The on-site Margate Airport, King Shaka Airport in nearby Durban and direct access to the N2. · Great accommodation: Everything from the budget friendly self-catering units through to five-star resorts. · A proven track record: Filmmakers include Discovery, National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild, as well as feature filmmakers and television crews. To discover more about the KZN South Coast, download the free ‘Explore KZN South Coast’ app from Google Play and Apple stores, or visit www.visitkznsouthcoast.co.za . Alternatively, visit the ‘South Coast Tourism’ Facebook page, or follow @infosouthcoast on Twitter. To register and confirm attendance to the Ugu Film Festival, email to registrations@uguff.org and rsvp.uguff@uguff.org For more information, follow the ‘Ugu Film Festival’ Facebook or visit www.uguff.org

Mzi Tyhokolo describes himself as a typical South African. He was born and raised in the Free State by a single mother. His education was traditional, and a Sasol bursary enabled him to study chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from where he graduated with honours. Mzi then went to work at Sasol Gas where his long journey within the gas industry started. He joined SLG in 2006 where his 14 year career resulted in his appointment as Group CEO SLG in 2020. Reflecting on his education, Mzi commented, “I have gathered many other qualifications along the way, but I speak fondly of my time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal because that is where my beginning is.” Mzi also holds an MBA degree from UNISA among his other postgraduate qualifications. During his school years, Mzi dreamt of becoming a doctor and in particular a paediatrician because he has a love for children and has always wanted to make them feel good. “My second choice was science because I thought that if I could not be a doctor, I would be involved in creating the solutions that would ultimately touch the world in one way or another.” Although chemistry wasn’t Mzi’s first choice for a career he quickly realised that mainstream chemistry was not in line with his personality, and he had long discussions with the Sasol human resources department to change careers. He was advised to complete his degree and soon after graduation found himself in technical sales on the gas marketing side. “I used my background in chemistry and decided that this is where I would build a career. I stayed in the gas space and developed my knowledge in the energy sector, which brought me to a place where I now lead the second largest gas trading company in South Africa.” In commenting on challenges he has faced in his journey to the top, Mzi said that his was a typical life of a black South African born in the mid-1970s growing up in various townships where challenges abounded. “We faced challenges every day.” One of the challenges that stands out for him is that Mzi thought that his education would not progress beyond matric “simply because there was no money for further education”. “I can remember sitting and agonising over the future that I wanted to have, which was to become a medical doctor and wondering just how I would achieve this dream. I wrote twenty-four letters applying for bursaries to various institutions. Twenty-two came back with replies saying ‘declined’ because no one was giving bursaries for medical students in those days. It was heart-breaking and it’s one of my earliest challenges; wherein you had a dream and the biggest decision that you had to make was how do you make it happen? Subsequent to that challenge everything else has looked minor. If you develop big muscles to deal with big issues quite early in your life you get some resilience, which helps you overcome most things.” Mzi is the first-born child in his family so there were big expectations placed on him. Because he was raised by a single mother one of those was to become a father figure within the family. “This role helped shaped my character from an early age and is the reason for whom I am today.” The first multiracial environment that Mzi was in, was in his first year of university. “The cultural shock, the transition that was needed, my ability to adapt or die meant some big calls needed to be made. It was at a time in South Africa where we just got introduced to democracy, with all the turmoil that brought. If you made it through those days, then the South Africa of today is a little bit of a breeze.” Mzi believes that his successes are driven by two things. He explains, “I always refer to myself as a pit-bull. If I set my mind on something it takes quite a lot to knock me down. I am the guy who says as long as I have an ability to keep going, I am going to keep going. Once I start it’s very hard to stop until I see the results of my pursuit. I have resilience to be able to stay the course – falling but knowing exactly how to get up and I think that comes from my childhood. As a child I never had much but I had a mind, so I tried to access all the possibilities of getting something done. I always believe that if your intention is not to succeed at something then don’t start – it’s a waste of energy.” Secondly, family life is important to Mzi, and he tries to give as much as possible to everyone who depends on him – his wife and his children as well as his mother and his brothers. Significantly, Mzi says that his grandmother is his primary inspiration. “She did not have much to work with or much of an education but was able to build a strong family foundation and raise six grandchildren, while her own children were out at work trying to eke out a living. She was that dependable, capable beacon of hope. I do what I do today, in her memory.” The second source of inspiration is his family. “They inspire me every day to get up and do what I do and achieve the dreams that I have for myself. I’ve always aspired to live a life of significance. I want to live, not just be alive – there is a major difference.” Mzi’s goals for the future are to build a legacy where people can say that they were inspired to achieve what they have by him. He explained, “I get commitment from my team by looking in the mirror. By that I mean that I don’t follow people who impose authority. My type of leadership is transformational or servant leadership; humility is huge. I try to be that person that they want to be. The team at SLG don’t actually have to follow me, I want them to choose to follow me. I do what I need to do in order for that to happen.” In respect of business goals, Mzi believes that SLG is a little ‘dynamite’, that has much potential energy stored which needs to be unleashed. “We always talk of ourselves as the second largest trader of natural gas in the country – second only to Sasol Gas. However, we have achieved so much in a short period of having been in business. I certainly believe we can lead the natural gas revolution in this country, and I want SLG in my time as a leader to actually be very much advanced in achieving that goal or have achieved it before I transition to wherever else I wind up. I think that the team I have around me today is very well capable of getting us there.” Mzi finds it hard to disconnect or let off some steam as there is always “something you are thinking about”. However, what helps him to disconnect from the world is fishing. “I am an avid bass angler which I do with diligence and craziness sometimes. I also represent the country in international events – that is the one space that when the whistle blows for us to start my mind thinks of nothing else but the fish. It’s my therapy, it’s my psychiatrist and it is everything that I need to recharge and to be able to face the world again the next day.” In concluding, Mzi says his motto to live by is: “If you are going to do anything, give it your all, and do it to your utmost.”

Catherine Clark is the owner and founder of the Harvest Table, which is a family run business based in KwaZulu-Natal. The company provides health and nutritional products across South Africa. Catherine also educates clients on the importance of including these products in their daily lives. “My journey started twenty years ago when I realised that what I put into my body was what I got out,” she explained. “Together with diet, exercise, keeping stress at bay, laughing every day and having people in my life that I love and respect, keeps me healthy.” “My number one priority is our customers and the daily feedback that I get from them is really important to me and keeps me motivated. We believe that our products can change people’s lives, we believe that diet is pivotal in terms of good health and wellness, which is the foundation of everything that we do.”

Compassion and commitment to providing uncompromised care for the elderly is core to the work ethos that has propelled visionary, Femada Shamam to the helm of Durban welfare organisation, Tafta. The organisation provides services and support to approximately 5500 people. Femada has dedicated 21 years to TAFTA, and has served on several local and provincial forums devoted to lobbying for rights of the elderly. Femada has found her niche in a field that holds personal meaning and fulfilment. She attributes her success to hard work, passion, innovation and the support of great mentors. “My years at Tafta, educational qualifications and the opportunity to attend national and international conferences have equipped me with a wide range of skills and knowledge to add value to this organisation and to the lives of the elderly,” she said.

Portio Dlamini has a passion for making a difference in people’s lives. The Emakheni Group, a 100% female owned company was started by her in 2013 after she was exposed to cleaning contractors in the companies in which she was employed. After graduating with a BTech in Chemical Engineering, Portio worked in the manufacturing industry for approximately ten years. She worked for companies such as Sappi, Sasol and Unilever, where she worked as a chemical process engineer and production unit manager. During this period, she saw the need to transfer the skills learnt from the manufacturing sector by starting a cleaning company that would be able to service the industrial and commercial sectors. Portio ensures that her employees are compliant with safety and quality standards and are motivated to do their jobs with high morale.

Louisa Garland CEO of Imperial Armour takes a proactive role in being involved with all aspects of the company and in making quality and customer satisfaction a priority. Louisa leads her company in a professional and compassionate manner. She has taught by example and sees each staff member as an individual, offering continuous mentorship and professional development across her company, resulting in the retention of staff members for many years, some of whom have between seven and 14 years of service. She has gained the trust and confidence of both her staff and customers through her steadfast and thoughtful leadership. Louisa has a strong moral compass which serves the integrity of the company extremely well. Her integrity is also reflected in staff interactions and operations and provides for a company environment her staff are proud to be a part of.