Recent articles appearing in Enterprise magazine

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 Article on Thulani Mbatha, editor of Isolezwe - June 2007  

Article on Lindiwe Mahlangu, CEO of Durban Africa - August 2007  

Recent articles appearing in SAA's in-flight magazine, Sawubona

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MAY 2007                                                

JUNE 2007

Imagine this: you return from your vacation renewed and refreshed, like you really had some time off. At work, you have a stronger sense of purpose, a feeling of authenticity that permeates all of your professional relationships. At home, you are more the person you want to be: strong, energetic and aware. It sounds as though you've just returned from a retreat at a center specialising in meditation and body-soothing yoga.

Think clean air, good simple food, no clutter, no telephones … and time to unwind and get reacquainted with yourself and loved ones. Far from being a "new age" junket, yoga retreats are a way to reconnect with the simple process of being. When all goes as planned, you return home not only feeling on top of the world – as though you really have had a holiday; you return with knowledge on how to maintain your newly centered feeling when back in the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

Breathe slowly and deeply and relax into the thought of blissful peace and tranquility. Forget the mass market cruises, the theme parks and the mad rush of too much in too little time. A meditation retreat does not mean that you HAVE to go to India, or sit unmoving in a cold cave at the top of a remote mountain. Meditation, yoga, taiji, and similar mind/body experiences, encompassing anything from spiritual to philosophical, are available in almost every corner of the world from Buddhist retreats in Africa to yoga centers in Taiwan and Zendos in Switzerland. While this article focuses on yoga, many of the same opportunities exist for combining travel with other body/mind disciplines.

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Eight years ago, Lungile Mchunu  of Bloemfontein in the Free State, was a technician for a local consulting engineering company. Armed with a technical diploma, she continued to study for a degree while she worked, earning a B.Tech in transportation engineering.

Today, Mchunu is a provincial government transportation specialist. As the Free State's Deputy Director General for Roads and Transport, she is responsible for transportation planning and traffic law enforcement in the province, as well as the planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads. Her new job pays more than double that of her old one - and she loves it. "Most people have never heard of a roads or transportation engineer," she says.

Anyone looking for a job today ought to follow Mchunu's lead. By increasing her knowledge in a high-skills area, the 32-year-old mother of two vaulted into a managerial job in one of the fastest-growing occupations in one of the country's fastest-growing fields - construction and engineering - which, along with a handful of other industries, is expected to lead employment growth in South Africa over the next few years.