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Editor’s Note

We hope that this initiative will continue

to inspire other women to achieve their dreams.

w What are your business and/or community this initiative, and our accompanying video series and
Gayle Adlam, Editor, KwaZulu-Natal Top
Business Women 2023 achievements? would not be possible. And I am sure you will enjoy
w Who or what has motivated or inspired you and why? reading their stories and watching their videos!
w What challenges have you experienced and how
Welcome to our fourth collection of A special thank you to our photographer Brendan
have you overcome these?
KwaZulu-Natal Top Business Women Bromfield for the beautiful portraits, which are
w What are your future goals?
featured in this book, and which are presented to
w What advice would give to young women who are
he theme this year is ‘Celebrate the Extraordinary’. following in your path? each participant. He made sure that we all enjoyed the
Through this initiative, we aim to place some of sessions in front of the camera.
w How do achieve some balance in your life?
T our KZN women in the public eye and to honour Also, a special thank you to Daniel Chappe who has
their ‘extraordinary’ successes. These answers to these questions were used as the basis spent many hours filming interviews as well as editing
for the writeups in this book and for the production the footage to produce the videos that are available on
Each woman participating is making a noticeable of the videos. Some of the key themes that emerged,
impact on their respective industries and communities. our website: www.kzntopbusiness.com as well as on
among others, are:
These women are innovators and role models who are Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms.
w Embracing one’s feminine side as a personal strength
leaders in their fields and who inspire others to follow We sincerely thank Mangwanani African Spa and their
w Recognising failure as a learning curve
in their footsteps. staff for their support and for use of the beautiful
w To just start your journey
Significantly the majority of the women participating Mangwanani Signature Spa The Capital at Zimbali for
w Being true to oneself and being authentic
this year commented that this recognition means that the photo and video sessions. We were so inspired by
w Holding on to one’s values and integrity
other people are watching their efforts, which is a huge the space to relax that we have kept the Mangwanani
w Breaking perceived limitations
endorsement that they are being ‘seen’ and ‘heard’. touch for the photos in this book. We all need to strive
w Having a strong support structure for balance in our lives – it’s what makes us human!
In addition, being recognised as a KZN Top Business
w The importance of uplifting other women
Women provides each participant a platform to further Many thanks go to Anneme Coetzee for her time and effort
w Finding time to connect with family and other
many of their goals as well as to network with other in facilitating each of the three webinars. These provided
important people in one’s life
extraordinary women with a view to create synergy to our participants an opportunity to introduce themselves
implement a range of projects. Many of the women are passionate about being good and answer a few questions. Theses webinars are on our
role models and strive to inspire other young women Youtube channel www.youtube.com/c/KZNTopBusiness
A range of media (and men) that with some effort attaining one’s dreams Lastly would like to acknowledge the various people
and goals for one’s own life is possible. And it is important
The vision of KwaZulu-Natal Top Business Women is to have big dreams. who have facilitated the process and helped with setting
to each year celebrate these women’s achievements up interviews, handing queries, and writing profiles.
through a range of media – webinars, video, photography, Heartfelt thanks Our heartfelt thanks go to David White and the team
and the written word.
The team at KwaZulu-Natal Top Business would like to at DRG and BusinessFit SA for their sponsorship of the
As such, all the women were interviewed on camera and thank each of the women featured for the time that KwaZulu-Natal Top Business Women 2023. We hope that
asked the same questions: they have offered us and the insights that they have this initiative will continue to inspire other women to
shared. Without their willingness to tell their stories, achieve their dreams.
w How did you get to where you are today?

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