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28/05/2026

💥 CEO / Operations Director 💥
📍 South Africa (Remote)
🛒 Petcare Category

🐾 Premium Pet Food & Lifestyle Startup 🐾

We’re not building another pet brand.

We’re building a premium pet lifestyle business with big ambitions, strong backing and a product range designed for modern pet owners who treat their pets like family.

Our launch portfolio includes Premium Pet Nutrition, Wellness and Grooming a well as Lifestyle Accessories.

We are now looking for a commercially sharp, entrepreneurial CEO / Operations Director to help lead the next phase of growth.

- This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building businesses from the
ground up.
- Someone equally comfortable discussing strategy in the morning and solving
supplier or operational challenges in the afternoon.
- Work closely with the founders
- Finalise product development and supplier partnerships
- Lead operational rollout and go-to-market ex*****on
- Build scalable systems and processes
- Recruit and grow the team
- Drive commercial growth across e-Commerce, Retail and Speciality
Channels
- Help shape one of South Africa’s most exciting emerging pet brands

What we’re looking for:

- Proven leadership experience as CEO, MD, GM or senior operational leader
- Strong background within FMCG, consumer goods, e-commerce or petcare
- Experience managing multiple product categories
- Strong sourcing, supply chain and operational capability
- Startup or scale-up experience
- Commercially minded with an entrepreneurial approach
- A genuine passion for animals

💥 This is not a highly corporate environment.

We need someone adaptable, energetic, solutions-driven and capable of operating in a fast-moving founder-led business where growth, creativity and ex*****on all matter equally.

If you are excited by the idea of building a premium consumer brand from launch phase into a recognised market player, we would love to hear from you.

Email CV to [email protected]

27/05/2026

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22/05/2026

With Serah Anita Vanzyl Eiland – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

18/05/2026

The turnaround that Fourways Mall has managed to accomplish in just two years is truly fascinating.

In 2024, it was the poster child for over-expansion. With 20,000sqm of vacancies and a R1.1 billion valuation write-down, it was a nightmare asset that seemed to have hit a permanent ceiling.

A short 2 years later, the narrative has completely shifted. The mall hasn't just survived. It has moved into a R100 million lifestyle pivot, bringing in wellness centres, Padel courts, and high-end dining.

But if you look closer, the real story here is about more than the new shops. At its core, this is about leadership.

This recovery was a direct result of changing the management structure. By bringing in Flanagan & Gerard and Moolman Group, and incentivising them with performance-linked equity, the owners ensured that the team running the asset was as invested in the turnaround as the shareholders themselves.

They focused on fixing the basics first: improving the lighting, sorting out the parking flow, and making the mall easier to navigate. They stopped trying to be a traditional warehouse of shops and started focusing on creating a place where people actually want to spend their time.

It goes to show that the right leadership can turn a distressed asset around remarkably fast, provided they have the authority to move.

Owning the right asset is only half the battle. The real differentiator is having the right people at the helm.

18/05/2026

34 years. 75 product lines. 1000 jobs. One customer pulled the plug and called it Beyers' fault.

When one customer owns half your revenue, you do not have a business strategy. You have a dependency.

Beyers Chocolate supplied Woolworths for 34 years. At its peak, Woolworths accounted for roughly half of Beyers' R300 million annual turnover. 80 tonnes of chocolate a week. 75 product lines. Supplier of the Year in 2015. Up to 1000 employees at peak season.

In April 2026, Beyers entered liquidation.

The immediate cause was a dispute over supply exclusivity. Beyers acquired a second factory to supply Checkers and Pick n Pay. A logical diversification move for any business carrying that level of customer concentration. Woolworths cut R100 million in orders. Then another R100 million. The business could not survive it.

The Competition Commission ruled Woolworths was not legally dominant. The commercial reality told a different story.

When it was over, Woolworths issued a statement. Not to acknowledge 34 years of partnership. Not to recognise 1000 jobs or R200 million in supplier investment. The statement said the outcome was one "for which Beyers, and Beyers alone, will need to take full responsibility."

That sentence should be required reading for every FMCG supplier in South Africa.

Long relationships do not equal protection.

Loyalty is not a commercial term.

And when a single customer controls half your revenue, the question is never whether the relationship is good.

The question is what happens to your business the day it ends.

Kees Beyers said it plainly. "When you deal with a customer for 34 years and they are over 50% of your turnover, surely they must know that pulling the plug is going to have devastating consequences."

They knew. They pulled it anyway.

Every supplier reading this should know their number. If one retailer owns more than 30% of your revenue, you are not running a resilient business. You are running a risk.

Build accordingly.

Sources: Financial Mail April 2026 | EWN April 2026 | Daily Maverick May 2026
Views are my own.

16/05/2026

Born in Ghana, without privilege or powerful connections, Bernard Mensah built his life through discipline, education, and excellence.

From earning his degree at the University of Bristol, becoming a chartered accountant, and rising to partner level at Goldman Sachs, his journey proves that where you start does not have to limit how far you can go.

Today, he serves as President of International at Bank of America and is connected to major global leadership platforms, including the Kofi Annan Foundation and The King’s Trust International.

His story is not just about finance. It is about leaving home, entering unfamiliar rooms, adapting across cultures, and building excellence where no door was automatically opened.

Lesson: You may not have connections, but you can build credibility. You may not start with privilege, but you can start with preparation.

Bernard Mensah’s journey reminds us:
Your background is not your boundary.

16/05/2026

✨ Calling all single women…
This story is for the woman who still believes in love… even after disappointment.
For the woman learning to heal, rediscover herself, and trust that second chances still exist.
Sometimes life breaks your heart before it introduces you to the kind of love that feels safe, mature, and real. 💙
“Saltwater, Jazz & Second Chances” is more than just a romance story…
It’s about healing, timing, self-worth, and finding love when you least expect it.
If you’ve ever: • Loved deeply
• Started over
• Questioned your worth
• Or wondered if love could still find you…
Then this story was written for you. 🌊🎷✨
📖 Read here: https://www.shortstorylovers.com/story/saltwater-jazz-second-chances-49596
Written by ✍️ Marelyn Gardner

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16/05/2026

✨ Sometimes the people who feel the most behind… are actually being prepared for something greater.
I’m excited to share my latest story, To the Girl Who Feels Behind — a heartfelt story about purpose, timing, self-discovery, and realizing that success doesn’t always follow the timeline society expects.
This story is for: 🌱 The young woman questioning her direction
🌱 The person feeling left behind while others seem ahead
🌱 The dreamer still trying to figure life out
🌱 The one discovering that soft skills, resilience, and life experience are also valuable
Amanda’s journey reminds us that sometimes the detours shape us more than the destination ever could.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re running out of time… this story is for you. ❤️
📖 Read the story here:https://www.shortstorylovers.com/story/to-the-girl-who-feels-behind-49549

Amanda learned to be loud in a house full of silence. Not quiet silence, but the deep, rumbling silence of brothers who communicated in grunts, shoulder checks,

15/05/2026

With Koena Seanego II – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉