Keynote
Speaker
–
Gerry
Rantseli
Gerry
Elsdon
(Rantseli)
is
a
television
presenter,
host,
MC
and
businesswoman
best
known
for
having
been
con6nuity
announcer
for
M-?Net,
and
co-?hos6ng
the
?rst
season
of
the
reality
television
compe66on
Big
Brother
South
Africa
in
2001.
On
the
Corporate
stage,
she
is
a
sough-?aser
MC
and
an
inspira6onal
speaker.
As
a
mo6va6onal
speaker
and
a
Public
?gure
Gerry
covers
topics
such
as:
Flying
without
Wings
The
Goddess
within
Discovery
your
True
Purpose
Gerry
started
her
working
career
within
the
libera6on
struggle
as
a
teenager
on
the
Cape
Flats,
and
later
followed
the
move
of
one
of
her
mentors,
Cheryl
Carolus
to
Johannesburg
to
work
for
the
ANC
at
Na6onal
level.
She
?rst
worked
in
the
Department
of
Interna6onal
A?airs
as
a
secretary
in
the
o?ce
of
Thabo
Mbeki
who
was
then
the
Head
of
Interna6onal
A?airs
and
later
SA's
second
democra6cally
elected
President,
and
?nally
the
Department
of
Local
Government
and
Housing
learning
from
men
such
as
Thozamile
Botha
and
Slovo.