Before 2005, you probably wouldn’t have heard of Jan Scannell, unless you had grown up with him in Stellenbosch. Jan studied accounting and worked in financial services, but realised that it wasn’t really what he wanted to do. In 2005 he resigned from his job to focus all his energy into building the concept of [...]

Ryan Van Zyl is the man behind the blog, ‘I am Concierge’. A respected industry professional with extensive experience in the hotel industry, he has received the prestigious Les Clefs d’Or or Golden Keys from the international organization of professional hotel concierges. To join this organization, applicants must have at least five years of experience [...]

Nic Haralambous is the co-founder of the latest media experience taking SA by storm. He is a qualified journalist and media maniac who moved away from print media, through online and into mobile media production and management. Nic and his partner, Vincent Maher, who was responsible for the rapid growth of The Grid, Vodacom’s location-based [...]

Neo Muyanga was born in Soweto, into a long-line of traditional composers and makers of the Mozambican Timbila. He studied the Italian madrigal tradition with choral maestro, Piero Poclen, in Trieste, Italy. In the mid 90′s he co-founded the acoustic guitar duo, BLK Sonshine, together with Masauko Chipembere (“Born in a taxi; Soul Smile”), touring [...]

Lauren Beukes Lauren Beukes is a South African author, short story writer, TV scriptwriter and freelance journalist based in Cape Town. She obtained her Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town and as a freelance journalist, has written for such publications as the Sunday Times, Elle, Cosmopolitan, The Hollywood Reporter and Marie [...]

Toni Rowland is a singer-songwriter, currently based in Durban. Her debut solo album was recorded in Spain with legendary Uriah Heap musician Ken Hensley. Her ‘classic-rock/adult contemporary’ style was honed while still living in Pretoria performing with her band Mantis for many years. Her album sales cover the globe from Brazil to Australia, South Africa [...]

Cofield Mundi hardly needs any introduction to South Africans. The self-penned singer-songwriter recently licenced her second album ‘The Big Question’ to Universal Music Group, South Africa and her distinctive voice and prolific songwriting talent have seen her achieve things many SA artists can only dream of. In 2007 Cofield was nominated for a Grammy Award [...]

Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker is a professional big wave surfer, based in Durban. He won the Red Bull Big Wave Africa at Dungeons in 2008 and made history the same year by riding arguably SA’s biggest wave ever (over 70 foot) at Tafelberg reef the same year. In April 2010 Baker was nominated for the Ride [...]

Hanli Prinsloo is the 8-time South African Freediving record holder and, is sought out by watermen around the world to teach them at her school in South Africa I am Water. She started freediving over 12 years ago in Sweden, where she was studying at the time. As well as being a passionate ocean and [...]

Izimvo has the pleasure of introducing talented actress, model and business woman; Vanessa Haywood. Propelled into the international spotlight for her leading role as Tania in the 2009 smash hit District 9, Vanessa  is not only a talented actress but also a successful business woman, model and sports woman.  Some of Vanessa’s many career highlights [...]