in brief
Jan 10, 2020
2 minutes
“I FOUGHT FOR 27 YEARS FOR THAT MALL AND WAS MANY TIMES DENIED; THEY ACTUALLY THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING.”
- informally called the doyen of black business in South Africa, passed away on 6 January aged 99. In an archived interview with CNBC Africa, Maponya recounted past obstacles and defying the apartheid system that barred him from
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