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He’s the recipient of a
number of awards & accolades:
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
at the South African
Premier Business
Awards 2015; Top
Empowered Young
Achiever of 2016 at
the South African
Oliver Empowerment
Awards; and the CEO
Award (Best
Enterprise &
Manager) from the
European Business
Assembly 2016. He
was also recently
been nominated in
the Business
Innovation Category
of the South African
of the Year Awards
and was named as
one of Superbalist’s
Top 100 for 2016.

One Life.
Live Them.
Premium cognac brand,
Rémy Martin, has
launched its latest
advertising
campaign, that calls for
South Africans to live their
lives to the fullest. The
campaign, entitled “One
Life. Live Them.”, was first
launched last year and this
time it continues the call
for individuals to explore a
life that is rich with
experience. The latest
campaign features exciting
young proffessionals
Sylvester Chauke &
Madoda Khuzwayo and we
had the opportunity of
chatting with them about
their many
accomplishments and life
experiwences.

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Was there anyone
who inspired you on
your journey to
success, who was it:
From a personal point
of view, my parents
were central. It is
driving my need to live
a better life than what
we had. I grew up
knowing that it had to
get better and I was determined
to stop at nothing to get there.

Nando’s founder Robbie Brozin,
Ex Nando’s CEO Kevin Utian and
SVP of MTV Alex Okosi; they
instilled in me a sense of the
need to showcase African
excellence to the world, to
embrace the way we do things
and drive inspiration in the work
we do. They have had a huge
influence in terms of my
approach to business and to
life.
Having achieved so much
already, what is the next step
for you, where will the next five
years see you: I appreciate the
journey thus far and as cheesy
as it sounds, to me this is still
the beginning of a longer
journey ahead. I am however
humbled by every moment and
step that led me to this point
and the recognition along the
way.
Any advice for young
entrepreneurs: There is so
much to share but the “one
thing” would be to make sure
that as they build their business,
it is based on a bigger vision
that includes the success and
progress of each and every
person who works in that
business. To build a business
with meaning, it needs to
literally mean more than a
salary to those who work with
you.

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