Today we have the great honour of introducing First National Bank CEO and Bartinney wine farmer: Michael Jordaan. Becoming Chief Executive of First National Bank before the age of 40, Michael first started his banking career in the early 90′s with Deutsche Bank. Michael’s other passion however is his wine farm, Bartinney, which overlooks the Banghoek Valley in Stellenbosch. [...]

Izimvo has the great pleasure of introducing marketing maven: Walter Pike. With more than 30 years of experience in branding, marketing and advertising, Walter is an international thought leader on social media and digital marketing.  Walter’s  impressive Résumé includes being the former Head of Faculty: Marketing and Advertising, at the AAA School of Advertising, the founder [...]

Izimvo has the honour of introducing 94.7′s Brad Brown. Brad, a familiar voice on Johannesburg’s 94.7 Highveld Stereo, is a great example of determination. After an unsuccessful Hot Jock audition in late 2002, Brad got right back into the massive audition lines and tried again. Second time round Brad made it through the preliminary judging [...]

Izimvo has the great pleasure of introducing Mrs South Africa Semi-finalist: Louise Robinson. Louise, a working mother of two, is proving that it is never too late to follow your dreams. With the support of her family, Louise entered the Mrs South Africa pageant and has been selected as one of the 15 semi-finalists. The [...]

Today’s familiar voice belongs to well known radio personality: Reuben Goldberg. Reuben’s weekly show, “The Internet Economy” uncovers and explores the economic opportunities of the Internet and provides insights and analysis on how the internet is changing the world. The show focuses on the companies and individuals who are doing amazing things in the online [...]

Izimvo is honoured to introduce freelance photographer and self-confessed madman, Geoff Brink. Geoff set out on the 28th December to cycle from Durban to Cape Town, on a unicycle! The Heart & Sole tour is traveling across South Africa to raise funds and awareness for the anti-landmine organisation, The Sole of Africa. Former Izimvo interviewee Fred [...]

Izimvo has the great pleasure of introducing co-founder and MD of Teraco, Lex van Wyk. Teraco, the first provider of vendor neutral data centres in South Africa, recently made headlines for going live with the first phase of its R60m data centre in Johannesburg. The 1000 sq m facility is billed as a “central node” [...]

Izimvo has the honour of introducing popular blogger and editor of NerdMag.co.za, Sheena Gates. Website: http://www.shebee.co.za Twitter: http://twitter.com/ShebeeGee Location: Johannesburg Sheena was kind enough to answer the following questions for us: Personal Q: The all-important personal profile. How would a close friend introduce you at a social event?  i.e. Name, age, company, interesting fact etc. [...]

Izimvo has the pleasure of introducing SEO specialist and popular blogger, Rafiq Phillips. Rafiq, winner of the 2007 Top ICT Youth Innovator in Africa, works as an SEO specialist for Naspers as well as running iDrive.co.za and popular South African blog, Web AddiCTs. Rafiq was featured on MNet’s Carte Blanche on the topic of Social [...]

Izimvo would like to introduce the Chairman of Private Property, Justin Clarke. Recent runner-up in the Jump 2009 E-Commerce awards for the best property website, Private Property was started in 1999 and operated out of Justin’s converted garage for a number of years. Today, the site ranks as one of South Africa’s most popular and the first [...]