ONE of the pioneers of black business, Mohale Mahanyele, has died.
Mahanyele, who was one of the founders of the National Sorghum Breweries and served on numerous business boards, died aged 73 on Monday morning.
"It was (due to) a mix of old age and illness," Mahanyele's daughter Phuti said.
Phuti said her father raised her and her two siblings, Mpho and Nare, to believe in education.
"He was the most awesome father. When our mother died in 1989, I was 17 and Mpho 15, our father promised us he would not remarry for at least another 10 years. And he kept his promise."
Mahanyele got married again in 1996 to former minister of housing Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele. Nare is their daughter.
"Dad believed in Black Economic Empowerment, even before it was policy, or legislation," Phuti said.
Mahanyele's love for education was evident in some of the boards he served on, like the South African Research Education Trust, the South African Reintegration and Development Trust, and the National Economic Education Trust's board, which he chaired.
A memorial service for Mahanyele will be held at the Bryanston Methodist Church tomorrow at 2pm. The funeral service will be held at the same church on Saturday at 8am. The cortege will then leave for Westpark cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, three children and two grandchildren, Tshiamo and Tshenolo.
Mahanyele is no more
ONE of the pioneers of black business, Mohale Mahanyele, has died.
Mahanyele, who was one of the founders of the National Sorghum Breweries and served on numerous business boards, died aged 73 on Monday morning.
"It was (due to) a mix of old age and illness," Mahanyele's daughter Phuti said.
Phuti said her father raised her and her two siblings, Mpho and Nare, to believe in education.
"He was the most awesome father. When our mother died in 1989, I was 17 and Mpho 15, our father promised us he would not remarry for at least another 10 years. And he kept his promise."
Mahanyele got married again in 1996 to former minister of housing Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele. Nare is their daughter.
"Dad believed in Black Economic Empowerment, even before it was policy, or legislation," Phuti said.
Mahanyele's love for education was evident in some of the boards he served on, like the South African Research Education Trust, the South African Reintegration and Development Trust, and the National Economic Education Trust's board, which he chaired.
A memorial service for Mahanyele will be held at the Bryanston Methodist Church tomorrow at 2pm. The funeral service will be held at the same church on Saturday at 8am. The cortege will then leave for Westpark cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, three children and two grandchildren, Tshiamo and Tshenolo.
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