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GROWTH

BEYOND

LOGIC

A BORN ENTREPRENEUR

ibusiso Mazibuko’s roots the ANC. With the ending are striving for the success of the
are in the Province of of apartheid, Radio Freedom project.
SKwaZulu-Natal. He was ceased to operate. He added that his role can
born in Pietermaritzburg After returning to South be described as a ‘donkey’ one
and then later settled close to Africa from exile, Mazibuko was which is slow and methodical
Durban in Umlazi township. involved in the development of but will get the task completed
Mazibuko describes himself the YFM radio station, which before his presence is realised.
as a crazy person who likes is still one of the most popular “I don’t believe in shortcuts,” he
challenges. “My life has been youth stations in South Africa. commented.
long and interesting – and I have He also participated in the Mazibuko emphasized that
been encouraged by a number of creation of a large media house - the projects would have not
people to write a book about it,” United Allies Media. been able to progress without
he says. Since then, Mazibuko the buy in from the province
Over his business career commented that he had been and at a national level. The
he says, “I think I am a born involved in many enterprises, stakeholders include KwaZulu-
Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala,
entrepreneur.” While still some of which had been the KZN Department of
at school he bought his own successful and others not. “Life is Economic Development,
bicycle through selling sweets not always smooth,” he explains. Tourism and Environmental
and other items to his fellow These enterprises included Affairs, Trade and Investment
learners. At university he was agriculture and fish farming to KwaZulu-Natal, eThekwini
able to afford his own car promote food security. Municipality, Transnet as well as
The development of the Cato
through his diligent efforts. Ridge Dry Port is his current the Amaximba community. “We
Mazibuko did not complete his
SIBUSISO studies as he became politically focus. The motivation for this are all proud that the project
has now reached this level of
project is in his desire to uplift
recognition,” he commented.
MAZIBUKO active and joined Umkhonto we the local community of Cato Significantly, the role of
Sizwe when he was 18 years old.
This was an underground unit that Ridge. The project’s goal is the community is not a
Executive Chairperson, for Cato Ridge Logistics was launched in 1961 as an armed the establishment of the Cato rubberstamping exercise but
Hub Consortium wing of the African National Ridge Intermodal Facility a serious presence with whom
Congress (ANC). His particular and Logistics Hub. “This is a constant engagement has
community driven catalytic
unit, Butterfly, was very important project which is of strategic occurred. Commenting on
in the liberation struggle. In 1985, importance to both the the plans for the logistics hub,
although badly injured, Mazibuko, Province of KwaZulu-Natal and Mazibuko said everyone will
SCAN through the grace of God, nationally. smile. “We have serious plans
QR CODE survived a bomb explosion where “I am not an honorary for the community. We will
TO SEE he lost two friends. chairman, I am hands on, that be building a state-of-the-art
hospital and an innovation
VIDEO He was subsequently is very important. I deal with centre which will assist with
deployed into various strategic matters of the entire training youth to be employed
countries, the last of which
(Open the camera on your phone and was Madagascar. Here he was project including investment,” in the logistics hub. The
Growth Beyond Logic hover steadily for 2-3 seconds over the says Mazibuko. He has goal is to make this area the
QR Code to see the video.) the head of Radio Freedom assembled a dedicated team of “Midrand” of KwaZulu-Natal,”
- the radio broadcast arm of people who are passionate and he concluded. 

My life has been long he vision of the dry port It’s a back of port expansion

is to alleviate pressure
with the idea of making the
and interesting – and Ton the Durban port and logistics in this country simpler,
I have been encouraged by to enable customers importing more efficient and more cost
or exporting freight to collect
competitive. 
a number of people to write from Cato Ridge which isn’t WARWICK
constrained by the sea on one
a book about it. side and the city on the other. LORD

(CEO of the Cato Ridge Consortium)

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