24 November 2011
SA High Commission
Doors open at 6.15pm
The SA Business Club Awards: Winners
The winners of the SA Business Club Awards 2011 were announced at the glittering ceremony at SA House last night. We would like to thank all those who attended and made the night a huge success
With many deserving nominees, the judges based their decisions both on merit and the number of votes each person received.
The winner of Rising Star of the Year is Achumile Majija, with stiff competition from Heather Baker, who received a special mention, Marjorie Ngwenya, Marius Maritz, Noni Zondi and Charles Perry.
Debbie Klein took the coveted Business Leader of the Year award.
Innovator of the Year is Paul Harrison. He was up against Sello Thornton and Vanessa Hall in this category.
Children’s Hospital Trust SA beat five other worthy nominees, Starfish Great Hearts Foundation, mothers2mothers, Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Precious Children Foundation and Save the Africa Centre for the title of Charity of the Year in this fiercely contested category.
Caroline Rowland was crowned Woman in Business of the Year. Her fellow nominees were Tolene van der Merwe, Gwen Brits, Cemanthe Harries, Taor Morris, Rozzyn Boy, Ilona Chanochand Nyasha Gwatidzo.
Kirsten Goss was named Entrepreneur of the Year, also contested by Louis Venter, Clifford Boobyer, Ludre Stevens, Steven Sharp, Ross Williams.
The SA Business Club would like to thank the sponsors of the each award:
Sable Group - Rising Star of the Year
Nedbank - Innovator of the Year
Reed Smith - Charity of the Year
Deloitte - Woman in Business of the Year
Trimega Laboratories - Entrepreneur of the Year
South African Airways - Business Leader of the Year