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Sabona received regular articles by guest authors.
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Bosveld Koos (or Koos, or BK) hails from the Groot Marico. He’s an avid Blue Bulls supporter from way back.
BK currently lives in New Zealand, but has his heart set on moving to Australia some time in the near future. BK was the result of an electronic conception. The fact that his MOER and his VAAR have never actually met each other speaks volumes about this miracle child. With an IQ bordering on 90, BK is of the opinion that he doesn’t need to work as hard as others ... or at all for that matter.
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Tracey arrived in Australia in 2001 with her husband and two daughters. She was employed in a Communications and IT company where she replaced the retiring Financial Manger. In February 2005, Tracey and her business partner, Liesel Rennie established Business Clique, providing Management and Financial Control consulting to organisations, as well as Corporate Image Management and Graphic Design, Quality Assurance Management and Human Resource Management to small to medium businesses. With a diploma in Business and a diploma in Training, Tracey is able provides an integrated approach to business administration. Since establishing Business Clique, Tracey and her partner have established Clique Research and Clique Design to further refine the services that the businesses provide.
Tracey’s family has settled into the way of life here but with most of her family spread all over the world including some still in South Africa and her mother still in Zimbabwe she finds her heart continues to be split between the 2 continents.
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She has been described as a whirlwind of passion, inspiration and motivation. She thrives on challenge and welcomes change. Her unique skills and interests have led her on a varied life path, from journalism to motivational speaking, spanning South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Her life mission is to inspire everyone she meets every day! As one of Brisbane’s up-and-coming Life Coaches, Gretel Breytenbach motivates and works with those committed to living their best life now. Specialising in self-esteem and self-confidence, Gretel actively seeks out inspirational people to feature in Sabona.
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A registered psychologist in Queensland, Australia, Dr Katie Richards is a member of the American Psychological Association and is registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. She has 8 years clinical experience, having treated a variety of disorders with hypnosis including stuttering, poor self-esteem, nail biting, gambling addiction, shopping addiction and psychiatric conditions (depression, anxiety, etc) with other effective psychological treatments. In the past three years she has specialized in the field of food and nicotine addictions.
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Retiring early from a career in banking, Peter Thomas now spends most of his time working on his websites and seeing as much of Southern Africa as he can. One of Peter’s many hobbies includes collecting traditional South African recipes. He has compiled a few recipe eBooks on South African cuisine both in English and Afrikaans. Although not an expert cook, Peter loves outdoors cooking and prepares a mean potbread! Peter sends out biweekly newsletters in English and Afrikaans.
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An ex South African and qualified Chartered Accountant, Richard Hill has been assisting clients with their wealth management since 1998 and is an Authorised Representative of Professional Investment Services here in Australia. His Australian business, Taurus Financial Services, established in 2001, has been providing services to migrants, established families and Australians on their financial needs, including Superannuation, Financial planning advice, Life insurance, Home Loans and other specific financial services to migrants.
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Catherine Palin-Brinkworth is an extraordinary management speaker and adviser. She can show you how to build your business, build your people, build your profits and build the life you want.
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Christine Walker is a successful business woman with more than 25 years experience in owning and running businesses in New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. She has been involved in a number of industries including publishing, motivation, real estate, removals and printing. In all her business endeavours she was faced with the challenge of breaking through in male dominated environments. Her most recent efforts have gained her an award as finalist in the Telstra Small Business of the Year awards.
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Patricia Bakker, an ex-South African, has a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in both accountancy and economics) from the University of South Africa and a Master of Business (by research) from Southern Cross University. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and is a registered tax agent with over 25 years experience in both commerce and public practice.
Patricia is a lecturer at Southern Cross University and a director of Taxpresso, a Gold Coast based taxation and accountancy practice. Patricia can assist taxpayers with all their accountancy and taxation needs (setting up companies, trusts, TFN and ABN applications) and also assist with the process of purchasing Australian real estate including liaising with solicitors and real estate agents, holding funds in trust, organising searches, valuations and depreciation schedules, loan applications and FIRB approval.
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Debi is an avid reader with her own private collection of literally hundreds of novels and biographies. While she enjoys reading about Africa and finds its history fascinating, she will only recommend books that are easy and enjoyable to read.
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Philip has been in Australia for 15 years, pioneered the SA Connections business breakfasts about 7 years ago, and published the original Sabona Magazine with his good friend Deryck Nicholl.
Philip has 2 beautiful kids (Montana and Finn) and a gorgeous wife Debi (married 17 years).
Philip is a qualified Electronics and Software Engineer (University of Pretoria) and in partnership with Shane Leite enjoys the benefits of a number of successful business ventures in the IT industry.
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Shane immigrated to Australia in 1999. He was employed by an Engineering Company for 4 years as an IT Consultant, Specialising in IT Security. Shane has always had an Entrepreneurial spirit and in that started his own IT Business. Early in this venture he met Philip Scott where they joined forces as business partners under the holding company of Efekt. Shane and Philip are now owners of many successful business ventures, with Sabona Magazine being the latest addition to their portfolio.
Shane manages the website for Sabona and will be promoting Sabona through his specialty of Internet Marketing.
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Arriving in Australia in 2001 from Zimbabwe, Liesel has completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business, majoring in marketing, public relations and journalism. She is qualified across a broad range of corporate communication applications.
Whilst completing her degree, Liesel worked as a communications consultant as well as writing for the local Toowoomba newspaper. On completion of her study she was employed by public relations and marketing company, Pod Media, where she also contributed to the lifestyle magazine Highlife: Downs Living. She then diversified her skills and worked with international evaluators, Coutts J&R gaining invaluable experience in research and project evaluation.
In 2005, Liesel and her business partner Tracey Purdon started their own business, BusinessClique offering a range of graphic design as well as business administration services. Liesel also heads up the research and evaluation arm of their business, Clique Research.
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Julie's career started out in Public Relations and from there progressed to focus on various Sales and Marketing roles. Julie has 3 children, aged 13, 10 and 3 who ensure that her days are kept busy. Having been in Australia for almost 9 years now it has always been her ‘passion’ to help other South Africans to settle in this beautiful country and what better way than with ‘Sabona’.
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Samantha has a Degree in Education and taught in Australia and Asia. She then decided to pursue a career in finance and is now part of the MFAA and the Australian Finance Group. She is the director of Samcol Finance.
Nicole has a Degree in Public Relations and Marketing. She has been working as the Public Relations Manager for Samcol Finance. Her focus is to liaise with Samcol's clients before and after settlement and deal with the local media.
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Roderick Walmsley represented South Africa in Junior and Senior World Championships, He was a professional fisherman for 12 years in SA before moving to Australia in 2004. After settling in Australia with his lovely wife Yolanda he has started to get involved in the fishing scene again.
Regularly competing in tournament angling and thoroughly enjoying sharing his techniques, learnt in South Africa ,via his journalism and interaction with other anglers.
He does a monthly report on the Tweed area for QLD and NSW Fishing Monthly as well as the odd feature for them. Roderick upgraded to a digital SLR midway through last year to increase the quality of his photography. This has allowed him to use the majority of his feature articles for the glossy mags. ( FISHING WORLD, GO FISHING ,SALTWATER FISHING, and AUSTRALIAN ADVENTURE ANGLER also SKI BOAT MAG in South Africa.).
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HH is your classic rugby tragic from first captain at school to using the game in army to escape the normal rigors onto university to take the best games ever - inter varsities! HH is a very experienced rugby coach and became good friends with Jake White. HH worked for Stuik publishing as national marketing and sales for SA Rugby Magazine and during this time he was very involved with the 1995 World Cup. HH has excellent knowledge of the game played in heaven but is concerned on the direction it is heading. We need to make the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand the best ever for the survival of the great game.
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Kevin grew up in South Africa and trained as a vet at Onderstepoort. After practicing in South Africa and the UK, he moved to Australia 4 years ago and, together with his wife Fiona, now owns and runs Gold Coast Vet Surgery. Kevin focuses his attention on dogs, cats and small pets and has a special interest in oncology (cancer) and geriatric pet care, as well as skin and ear complaints.
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Loren Nel immigrated from South Africa to Australia in 1999 with her husband, parents and siblings. She and her husband Marc, also a teacher, love living on the Gold Coast. Loren spent a number of years teaching high school English and History, and is currently studying a degree in Psychology. Loren enjoys a wide variety of activities including writing, reading, singing, playing piano, weight’s training, swimming and working with young people in her local church. Loren derives great strength from her faith in Christ. Having overcome cancer, she believes in making the most of every opportunity and living life to the full. Her greatest treasures are her husband, child, family and friends… and her two dogs!
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I was born and raised in Johannesburg, am an expat mom of two active boys and enjoy the outdoors, helping people and all things social, fun and funny. We left South Africa nine years ago for the Netherlands , but after six years decided to go on a fabulous adventure and moved to Seoul , South Korea. A year ago we relocated to Sydney, where we live in the Hills District.
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I was born in Port Elizabeth, on 3 January 1991, which is where I called home until January this year. I immigrated to the Gold Coast with my parents and older sister and I am currently in grade 11 at Emmanuel College. My interests include journalism, cricket, squash, drama, spending time with friends and music. My goals in life are to become a singer and to serve Christ the Lord to the best of my ability.
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Cezanne Laidlaw moved to the shores of the east coast in late 2000 to complete her high-schooling, and subsequent transformation into an Aussie. She's originally from Pretoria and supports the Blue Bulls, and of course the Springboks. On the flip side, she supports Queensland in State of Origin, purely by default. Cezanne studied Journalism and International Relations at Bond Univeristy and is now working full time as a journalist on the Gold Coast. She misses mixing the word 'lekker' into otherwise English sentences, and the serenity of the 'bosveld', however wouldn't trade her 'veryGC' lifestyle for anything. Except Paris.
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Swartberg has travelled widely in Aus, and worked in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane as an IT Consultant.
Born and bred in Cape Town, he has also travelled and worked all over South Africa and in Europe, and has learnt much.
For example, he knows that Rhodes House in Cape Town is the worlds 3rd Best nightclub, that asking for a ‘latte’ in Rome gets you just that – a cup of milk, and that the ladies of the night in ‘The Cross’ are not all ladies.
He believes that being cleverer than you look, is better than looking cleverer than you are.
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Matilda Scarfe was born in South Africa, and migrated to Australia in 1983, after meeting Ray (a Kiwi!) on a visit in 1982. She is a trained beauty therapist, but her love for cooking prompted her to open a restaurant when they moved to Maleny in 1992. The restaurant, “e’afrika” served traditional South African fare, and soon became well-known for the delicious meals in the custom built ‘rondawel’ (round house). By popular request from her customers, Matilda started cooking her sauces, chutneys, marinades and spices under the label Figtree Cottage. They proved to be very popular, and were distributed all over Australia. In 2001 it all became too much, and she sold the restaurant, as well as the products, to retire. Her retirement lasted exactly two months! Matilda re-invented her products under the label Gourmet Afrika, and is as busy as ever, creating new products and distributing Australia wide. A new range of take- home meals for busy people, Private Dining, is about to be launched. Matilda also holds regular cooking classes, and is taking a group to South Africa on a Gourmet Cooking Safari in May 2009. The restaurant is now a holiday rental, called The African Cottage and The Rondawel.
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Colin Mackie is the Managing Director of Enterprise 21 – a unique business based on building, growing and developing single enterprises into successful stand-alone or franchise chains.
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Ryan immigrated to the Gold Coast from Johannesburg in July 2007 with his girlfriend Sandra. He has been working in the IT industry for 10 years after making a complete hash of Retail, Engineering and Real Estate.
Ryan has been interested in cars from the tender age of 4 and has spent most of his free time affiliated with all things motoring. He was once the chairman of the VW Club of South Africa and has been writing about cars for several years now. He enjoys days out at the track, speed and the smell of petrol. Despite all this, he has never lost a point on his license.
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Winning Rookie of the Year working for Aida Johannesburg in June 1989 ignited my passion for people and property. Work and studies in the trenches of different agencies shaped my philosophy of what Property Management CAN be for staff, tenants and landlords. More years of studying Advanced Diplomas in Business Administration and Psychotherapy extensively expanded my knowledge and experience of this city and its culture. Two consecutive bronze and silver awards in 2005 while employed were highlights for me!
However, none as dear as the first day of operation of my own specialist agency! I’m determent to lift the bar with a new flexible approach, offering choices to landlords never possible before. My aim is to empower and support them to take their preferred vehicle of wealth creation to the next level.
Twelve months on, 135 LetOnly.com Landlords have one-manager/one-system, immediate access to weekly rental income and 24/7 access to my accumulated expertise. I take great satisfaction from the real solutions and better choices I tailor for each to create win/win solutions for all.
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Dr. Dave Robinson is currently Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Bond University, Program Director for Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business degrees, and a research Fellow with the Australian Centre for Family Business. He was previously Coordinator of Entrepreneurship and Director of Research at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, QUT. Dave holds business degrees from Nelson Mandela University, South Africa, Brunel University, London, Newport University, California, and Rhodes University, South Africa. He is currently also Adjunct Professor in the International MBA program of National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, and Visiting Professor to the ANTAI School of Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Dave is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM), author of three books, winner of an international poetry award, an entrepreneur, and surfing coach.
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Christopher Rimmer lives in Melbourne and immigrated from Johannesburg in the early 1980's. He is an interior designer and fine art dealer but has also worked in a professional capacity as a photographer. His photography first appeared together with his writing in the South African angling magazine, Stywe Lynne magazine back in the late 1970's when he was only 15 years old. Since then he has written and contributed photography to many national and international publications. Married to an Australian, Rimmer has two young children. The familyreturns to South Africa at least every two years.
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Peter Niemandt and his family arrived in Melbourne in 2001 where he now lives in Surrey Hills. Currently he is a Strategic Consultant with the world renown ANZ Breakout/Learning and Culture Team where his primary focus is to strategically consult with Executive and Senior teams in order to influence the delivery of their business imperatives and assisting them to outperform. When he works with teams he draws on his life and& business experiences to connect with groups in a deep and impactful way.
In his spare time, Peter has his private pilot’s license (helicopters). He has run the Comrades Marathon twice, completed the Ironman triathlon three times. He has climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, circumnavigated Pemba (Zanzibar, East Africa) in a sea kayak and recently walked the Kokoda Track ….and that is just to name a few of his achievements and adventures!
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Deborah Atkins was born in Zambia but grew up in Durban, going to school at Northlands in Durban North and then Natal University. Deborah started her working career as a journalist for the Republican Press Group and worked for magazines like Garden & Home, Darling, Rooi Rose and even Bona
Her first love even from an early age has always been interior design however, and when a job opportunity opened up in Johannesburg she jumped at it. After a few years she opened her Durban company, Design Works, and proceeded for the next 17 years to design interiors for large corporate clients like Dimension Data, Rand Merchant Bank, Merck Group and Safcor, as well as homes on the Berea, in Selborne Park Golf Estate and the Mt Edgecombe Country Club Estate.
Deborah and her partner, Richard Wilkinson lived in Sydney for 5 years where Deborah started her Australian interiors company, Red Door Interiors before moving to the Gold Coast where she has an interior design showroom for Red Door Interiors in Sorrento in Bundall Road.
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Cheryl arrived in Australia in December 2008. She has extensive experience in journalism, research and writing. After studying at Rhodes University, she started her career at The Witness in Pietermaritzburg and then did a two-year stint with the Helen Suzman Foundation writing for the publication KwaZulu-Natal Briefing. Cheryl then worked independently for nine years. During that time she conducted research on HIV and AIDS, safety and security and other topics; wrote copy for various publications and edited and published numerous documents and reports. She also co-wrote a cookery book called Culinary Inspirations.
Cheryl has an Honours degree in Communication and an Honours degree in Criminology from the University of South Africa.
She is married to Phillip Hoare, a financial planner (and a drummer on the side) and they have a son Slade and a daughter Kai.
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