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18 Oct

Why I am moving to Cape Town.

October 18, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Some months back, I was forwarded a WhatsApp message about a lady who was explaining why she was relocating from Cape Town to Johannedb...

25 May

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Protected: A Tokoloshi in my bathroom!

May 25, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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I literally peed myself. A mundane act of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night turned out to be an adventure not to be rep...

10 May

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Black Tax must be Deductible!

May 10, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Black Tax is a real tax and as such it should be tax deductible. I propose that anyone who pays for school fees, medical aid or any su...

29 Mar

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Listeriosis; best thing to happen to SA!

March 29, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Let me start off by apologizing for the glib click bait title of this blog. Let me apologize to the 180 families who lost a loved one t...

15 Mar

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Wakanda begins at home!

March 15, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Last month I watched Black Panther with my son. Awesome movie. We watched it on IMAX and it more than lived up to the hype. After the m...

18 Jan

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Yellow bone

January 18, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Last year, Dove was in hot water for featuring the ad where a black woman becomes white after using Dove. This ad was not a creative mi...

11 Jan

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Omunye phez’ Komunye!

January 11, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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The direct translation for this summer's biggest song, Omunye Phez' Komunye is "state capture". A big announcement was made yesterday b...

03 Jan

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Madam President (AA)

January 3, 2018
By Miles Kubheka
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Dr. Nkosazana Zuma was beaten by an entrepreneur for presidency 2017. Hillary Clinton was beaten by an entrepreneur for presidency in 2...

10 Oct

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#Pay back the lobola

October 10, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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It's no surprise that society is riddled with double standards! The are certain cultural norms that make no sense in today's time like ...

02 Oct

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I was wrong!

October 2, 2017
By Miles Kubheka
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In my blog about vernacular in private schools I was wrong. I had it all wrong. This blog is my highest read blog, ironically followed ...

Pearls of Wisdom by Miles

When I started my business, there was no literature on South Africans staring businesses, except by those people who were already a success. That is why I wrote my book. I don’t have the secret of success, but I do have miniature recipes that have worked for me, based on what I’ve experienced day after day as an entrepreneur.

If you hire the right people with an entrepreneurial mind-set you can build new business models within your company, rather than have disgruntled employees leave and start a business in competition to your own.

Dreaming is one thing, execution is another.

Start by Starting.

We have a responsibility in South Africa to think differently. Every business in the world was started by an entrepreneur; but statistically speaking you’re more likely to succeed within a business than outside one. Build a culture within your business so people can be intrapreneurs.

It is okay to build a new business on the back of a legacy business – but will it look like lipstick on a bulldog or a new puppy?

I like to talk about my entrepreneurial journey and how experiences can be utilised within businesses to keep entrepreneurs like me inside their business, creating new products.

My story is an authentically South African success story, with a touch of the audacity of hope. It’s a rags-to-riches story that will resonate with those who want to build something from scratch.

I want people to start thinking differently – that maybe it’s not about the state of the country or my circumstances that are holding me back; I need to be active, doing stuff, taking control.

I don’t have the answers but every day I’m trying to figure it out. Sometimes it’s hard and it sucks; sometimes there are some great positives. It doesn’t matter where you’re from – do your part and believe it’s going to work, no matter what. Some days are harder than others, but you should always go back out there.

A lot of companies are more focused on wealth preservation than wealth generation. If you want to make more money, train your executives to think out of the box.