By Black Diamonds on July 4, 2019
Passion, perseverance, smoothie, student entrepreneurship
Diamonds

We spoke to Teboho Zongola, a young man from a small town in the Eastern Cape. In his words, he is inspired by the man he will be in the next years, because his passion is in business. BD: Who is Teboho Zongola? TZ: I am a young man from a small town in the more…
By Black Diamonds on November 29, 2017
abuse, barriers, closure, healing, HIV, perseverance, success
Diamond in the rough, Hidden Gems

BD: Please tell us about your upbringing? PS: I was born on a farm and raised by a single parent. I didn’t know who my father was growing up and I still don’t know him. I had a step-father but he was an alcoholic and violent. I remember one day my mother running away from more…
By Black Diamonds on October 9, 2017
agriculture, Ambition, beer, focus, perseverance, Women
Diamonds

BD: Tell us about growing up in Grabouw BJ: Taking into account that Grabouw is the central hub of the Elgin valley which is the largest fruit exporter in Southern Africa one would imagine that agriculture would affect my life at one point or another whether I liked it or not, so I chose to more…
By Black Diamonds on November 10, 2016
fragrance, overcoming poverty, perfumes, perseverance
Diamonds

He is a community activist, transformational speaker and a social entrepreneur, all this stemming from his squalor and poverty stricken background and the harsh reality that confronted his childhood on the dusty streets of Soweto. Raised and nurtured by two loving self-employed street vendors namely his grandmother and grandfather who from a young age inculcated more…