The first time I visited the village of Hamburg in the Eastern Cape where the Keiskamma Music Academy is based, I was told about a man who traverses the coastal dunes on foot at night, creating patterns with his footprints in the sand. I was not at all sure if he was real but the [...]
- The 2016 Nedbank Tour de Tuli The Nedbank Tour de Tuli is one of the greatest events on the southern African mountain bike cycling calendar. The logistics for the four-day, five night 375km cycling safari for 330 participants through wilderness areas, are an absolute triumph. This year’s tour – from 28 July to 2 [...]
‘I was fortunate to be selected as an intern at the DSTV Delicious Festival by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT). In the build up to the Festival I am learning a huge amount about how to organise and market an event of this size, that attracts over 40 000 people,’ says Tshidiso Setshogwe, a [...]
– The Nedbank Sports Trust Community Cycle Races 'The vibe, the atmosphere at the Nedbank Sports Trust Community Cycle Races – it's incredible. The races have taken off faster than we ever anticipated,' says Mike Tippett, project coordinator for cycling development at The Sports Trust, which manages Nedbank Sport Affinity-funded projects. The Nedbank Sports Trust [...]
Caring about people is the formula for success, says Wits alumnus Stan Bergman who heads up a US$9-billion company in New York. […]
Business is a key driver in keeping the global temperature rise below 2-degrees, which is the overall requirement of a new global climate order and the aim of COP17 in Durban. […]
“Analysts and investors have commented on Nedbank’s incredible journey. I see Nedbank returning to the top position amongst the four major banks in South Africa over the next ten years. I leave at a good time.” […]
The Nedbank Group, Africa’s only carbon neutral financial institution, has once again proved why it is one of South Africa’s greenest companies, with new milestones achieved over the past year. […]
“I still feel much more South African than anything else,” says beer monarch Graham Mackay who transformed South African Breweries (SAB) into the global Fortune 500 giant that is SAB Miller. Sitting round the glossy dining table in his South African office on the second floor of SAB Miller in Braamfontein, Mackay does not initially [...]
As an architectural student Bob van Bebber dreamed of designing a world-class soccer stadium. At the age of 47, his dream materialised into Soccer City, the flagship stadium for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. This year, as the applause of over 88 000 people launches the FIFA 2010 World Cup within Soccer City’s compelling calabash, [...]
