Festive Business

How do you build a new bank from scratch? What does it require to take on the big four – Absa, Standard Bank, FNB and Nedbank – and to win? In Capitec: Stalking Giants, top-selling business author TJ Strydom tells the gripping tale of a small team of entrepreneurs that in the early 2000’s turned a small microlending network into a challenger bank. 

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Die topverkoperskrywer TJ Strydom vertel die boeiende verhaal van ’n klompie entrepreneurs wat daarin slaag om ’n netwerk van mikrolenerye in ’n uitdagerbank te omskep. Eers neem die ou grotes in die bankwese die  Stellenbosse snuiter nie ernstig op nie, maar hulle weet nie wat hulle tref toe dié nuwe finansiële instelling momentum kry en hul kliënte op groot skaal afrokkel nie. Met 22 miljoen kliënte word Capitec die nuwe Suid-Afrika se grootste suksesverhaal. 

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This book is one of the most consequential intellectual interventions in Africa’s questfor redemption in the 21st century. – Professor Somadoda Fikeni Leaders of the African liberation movements proclaimed ambitious objectives and promised swift dismantling of colonial policies and practices. It was believed that poverty and underdevelopment were consequences of the exploitative policies of the colonial masters, who had no interest in improving living conditions for local communities. Independence and freedom were anticipated to eradicate poverty, ignorance and disease, and the new leadership would accelerateeconomic development and prosperity. However, after more than 50 years of independence, most African countries are still poor and underdeveloped, and this poses a few questions: Have African leaders abandoned their ambitions? Are African challenges more complex than in other regions? Has the political leadership failed to rise to the challenge? In his relentless pursuit of African excellence and development, Professor Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu offers profound insights and solutions to the challenges Africa has faced and continues to encounter. He wrestles with the vexing question of how a continent with such a rich history and heritage, as well as potential, remains an underperforming region of the world and offers insights into potential pathways andstrategies for breaking free from the vicious cycle of underdevelopment. Africa can become the world’s production powerhouse in the second half of this century, provided that intentional and purposeful leadership emerges. Purposeful Leadership for Africa in the 21st Century delves into the leadership strategies, qualities and policies needed for an African renewal, aiming to reposition the continent as a strategic and competitive global player.

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Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. Why in the late 1980s and early '90s did Los Angeles become the bank robbery capital of the world? What is the magic third and what does it have to do with racial equity? What do big cats and clusters of teen suicide have in common? These are just some of the questions Malcolm Gladwell addresses in this new work, which revisits the phenomenon of epidemics and examines when, how, and above all where ideas, viruses, and trends spread. Gladwell shows that - whether in neighbourhoods, schools, zoos, or conference rooms - today's epidemics are no longer singular occurrences, but turbocharged versions of their earlier counterparts. Tipping points, he explains, play a much bigger role in our lives now than ever before. With this provocative and fascinating new book, we can meet them in novel and innovative ways.

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In Success One Day at a Time, originally published in 2001, John C. Maxwell, the most influential leadership expert in the world, guides you on your journey to success. The road to success starts with a dream or vision, it is found in your daily routine and needs consistent self-discipline. John Maxwell will not only show you how to succeed, but also indicate the biblical reasons behind it: ''Success is knowing your purpose in life, sowing seeds that benefit others, and growing to your maximum potential." In this pocket guide, John Maxwell shares the seven steps to success that will jumpstart your attitude and your insights. These include: Select your goal Unlock your personal potential Commit yourself to your plan Chart your course Expect problems Stand firm on your commitment Share the rewards with others

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In the world of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, capitalists built and controlled mills and factories. That relationship between capital and labour continued in the automobile assembly lines and petrochemical plants of the twentieth century. But no longer: products and production have dematerialised. The goods and services provided by the leading companies of the twenty-first century appear on your screen, fit in your pocket, or occupy your head. Ownership of the means of production is a redundant concept. Workers are the means of production; increasingly, they take the plant home. Capital is a service bought from a specialist supplier with little influence over customer businesses. The professional managers who run modern corporations do not exert authority because they are wealthy; they are wealthy because they exert authority. The pharmaceutical industry (or Big Pharma) creates life-saving vaccines and ramps drug prices up to near-unaffordable levels. Amazon gives us next-day delivery on almost everything and has its workers urinate in bottles rather than take breaks. John Kay's incisive overhaul of our ideas about business redefines our understanding of successful commercial activity and the corporation - and describes how we have come to 'love the product' as we 'hate the producer.' This is a brilliant and original work from one of the greatest economists.

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Thebe Ikalafeng is a branding icon who set the agenda for the industry at the dawn of our democracy and continues to pioneer it to this day. As the founder of Brand Africa, the African continent is now a major focus in his life's mission. He is The Traveller, having touched soil on every African country. From Kimberley to the world, his mission is impact.

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