AFRICAN BEADS STORIES

While everybody is riding on some #menaretrash hashtag. I had a previlege of being shown around what my fellow brothers down in my home town, Port Elizabeth were doing. Oh! man, did I find gold, diamond and pearls all in one packet from my hood or what? A perfect love story that will send you weeping this father's day week. Yes, this week I thought let me warm your precious hearts a little with this great love and work done by my fellow black brothers ie uMhlobo Wenene Fm youth programme presenter Sizwe aka Slyso Saliso, Bantu Mtshiselwa,Sebenzile Zalabe and Luvuyo Star Nyembezi. I thought I should share what these guys have been up to since the news of the arrival of their bundle of joy in this world. The kind of men that we do not often read about or hear their good deeds until around this time of the year. But this team make you believe every word South African eighties pop star, Ricarddo Groenewald sang on his hit song, I Love you daddy. If you thought Will Smith...

ONE of the things I like about the internet is that it can allow you to create and own anything out of nothing. In most instance, the only equipment you need is your cellphone and data and you will be on your way to become the next billionaire like founder and ceo of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg who started facebook in college. As a sucker for small beginnings, I found myself eating out of the palm of this businessman, Steve Schwartz at the #Madex 2019 Expo held at the Sandton Convention Centre today and yesterday. Steve and his son Corbin Schawartz created platinum Gold, an online radio station that is currently boasting of 400 000 listeners in just under two years going on air. The radio has a listenership of 80 percent local audience while the other 20% is global. Steve has worked in the cooperate sector for close to 30 years. But when his son came up with the idea of starting an online radio station, he quit his job and decided to help him. Bringing all the business knowledge...