Balancing Family and Business in a Demanding Modern Society

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A Call to Enlightened Leadership with the Family as Foundation An Address to the Night of the Kings Dinner, Mbombela By Dr Reuel J Khoza I  28 June 2025 Introduction: The Duel of Two Thrones In the ceaseless pursuit of success, many find themselves torn between two equally demanding realms—the boardroom and the home. The…

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Family And Business With Focus on Generational Sustainability

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An Address to the Night of the Kings Dinner, Mbombela By Dr Reuel J Khoza I  28 June 2025 Generational sustainability in family businesses hinges on a delicate interplay of legacy, leadership, and long-term vision. It is based on or presupposes genuine love between the spouses, quintessential harmony in the family and a shared sense…

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Valedictory Accolades to Assupol

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By Dr Reuel J. Khoza   I  27 September 2024 By way of introduction I would like to cite three African idiomatic expressions, which are as popular as they are profound: “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” is Nguni for “a person finds genuine human expression by humanely and caringly relating to other people” or, “I am because you…

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Eulogy For Professor Muxe Gessler Nkondo

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By Dr Reuel J. Khoza  I  23 August 2024 Protocol observed… “One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was, one cannot judge life until death.” Charles de Gaulle. “There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety, being wise he is free from perplexity;…

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A Purposeful Life – Lapalala Wilderness School Opening Address

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by Dr RJ Khoza – 26 November 2022   Thank you for inviting me to this Year End Function of Lapalala Wilderness School which also celebrates your move to the new premises. May I start by paying homage to those who cooperate to make this wonderful project work:   Chairman Dr John Hanks for championing…

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All Africa Business Leadership Awards – Acceptance Speech

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AABLA (All Africa Business Leadership Awards) in partner with CNBC Acceptance Speech: Lifetime Achievement Award By Dr Reuel J. Khoza  I  4 June 2022 A Brief Reflection on Africa’s Leadership Challenge In order to clearly conceptualise Africa’s contemporary Leadership Challenge it behoves us to acknowledge unequivocally that Africa has a date with destiny. Stemming from…

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