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Address by Actionsa President, During the 2024 Graduation Ceremony at the University of Botswana

In the News Today: Yesterday, my colleagues and I decided to drive from Johannesburg to Gaborone. In fact, they did this in solidarity with me, as I wished to retrace the route I took when I first came to your beautiful country as a young, commissioned, hair product salesperson back in 1983.

Back then, Botswana was still a relatively young country with, I recall, one set of traffic lights and one simple hotel in downtown Gaborone.

Many things, everything, has changed since then. When I say things have changed, I mean impressive, unprecedented, change over the last 40 years.

Together with my wife, Connie, we established Black Like Me, our own hair care company, in 1985 with a loan of R30,000 from Walter Dube, a well-known black businessman in……continue reading HERE
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Johannesburg: Financial District – Home to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), one of the largest in the world.

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