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Olwethu talks to Zimasa Mabuse about career decisions and how to stay in a field of study or to follow your yen and pivot to something else. Essentially- how can we take dramatic and unexpected decisions (according to some) responsibly, effectively, with maximum...
This episode of The Sit Down is all about Womenomics! Olwethu has a candid and informative chat with Nicolette Mashile (TV presenter and founder of Financial Fitness Bunny – a Financial Education agency that seeks to simplify Financial and Consumer Education on...
As a young black woman in an industry that is dominated by white men, it is so hard to stay on course and maneuver our way through without feeling like giving up or giving in… I have been blessed enough to be surrounded by and to be intentional in seeking out...
Whether you’re starting out as a junior or are years into your particular industry, networking is important and very crucial to staying relevant, top of mind and getting to know who is who. So today look around you and your space and identify who are the people that...
This year’s Valentine’s day ended for many of us with the words: “ I have therefore come to the decision to resign as President of the Republic with immediate effect.” I don’t think a sweeter romantic melody could have surpassed that. Not even Luther...
Being on the heavier side of 25 has really been eye opening for me. I have come to realise the value and importance of personal peace, setting standards for engagement. Walking into meetings with objectives (very clear ones) but having an open mind to what the outcome...
In order for us to have a purpose and mission to work towards, I feel we need to have a career roadmap. For those that are employed, this is especially important in order to not find yourself caught in a rut and feeling unprogressive in the career you are in. Although...
I was recently invited as a panelist, by a fellow blogger who has become a friend – Zimasa from The Corporate Canvas, at their first annual networking event. The first question Zimasa asked me during the panel discussion portion of the event was: What comes...
I was invited by Liberty Investments to speak to the ladies in their Cape Town office this woman's month and keeping with my 2017 theme of EQ (Emotional Maturity), my talk went as follows: I took a look at the brief rationale: Liberty and Equality, as both a company...
Follow my blog with Bloglovin …apparently that’s what they call us – The black millennial digital entrepreneurs aka the BMW or even the DoERs. Apparently we’re characterised by our smarts, creative, business savvy, culturally astute, collaborative and family...
Few things, beside tax and death, are guaranteed in life. Outside those things, nothing is guaranteed. In your career and education or even personal life and finances, at least one thing will go wrong. I, for one, know this for sure. I went back to school last year...
Most of us don’t even know what the heck we are going to do with their lives. You get out of school and slap bang into the real world. Then we sort of spill or fall into jobs that happen to us… Before we know it we’re making money and paying bills. Between 18 and 23,...
Here are some facts you may not know: Black women have to work seven hours more in order to earn what their male co-worker makes. Black women are also more inclined than any other group to assist friends or family financially. Women in general are more likely to work...
Gone are the days when entrepreneurship was considered a mans world, women are in the for the kill now. But we have challenges that hinder us from fully integrating us into this world we were previously never accustomed to being in. Here are the challenges: Women...
