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CONGRATS to 2015 Safari Guide of the Year Ian Lombard of Phinda Private Game Reserve, as well as to the category winners, finalists, judges, organisers, hosts, sponsors and guests. THANK YOU all for an unforgettable week based at Nkambeni Safari Camp at the Kruger National Park. Continue reading “2015 Safari Guide of The Year”
Every once in a while you meet a special person with a phenomenal story. Vanessa Goosen is just such a woman, having spent over 16 harrowing years in a Thai jail after being framed for drug trafficking. We first met in February 2011 (just a few months after she was released) for an insert that O Magazine SA had commissioned me to write about her. Struck by the fact that this lovely former beauty queen, who had been a Miss South Africa semi-finalist, had been deprived of photographs for so much of her adult life, I was moved to shoot a modelling portfolio for her. Continue reading “Magazine Cover Shoot”
The auditorium at the Sandton Library buzzed with anticipation as The Passionate Professional’s first Mentorship Musings event launched early on Tuesday 10th March. Hema Vallabh, the founder and CEO of this visionary incubator that specialises in developing leaders through mentorship, interviewed leading Canadian women’s wealth coach and entrepreneur Pat Mussieux, founder of Wealthy Women Leaders, who was in South Africa for the first time. Incorporating state-of-the-art, interactive input from the audience, they explored key questions relating to success in business and life. Continue reading “Mentorship Musings”