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MARGARET HIRSCH’S BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION LAUNCHED IN UMHLANGA Over sixty business women in the Umhlanga region braved a cold and wet October evening to attend a star spangled launch of the Margaret Hirsch, Umhlanga Business Women of the Year competition at the Hirsch Umhlanga Showroom. The competition is being run on a monthly basis at all Hirsch branches, and will culminate in a Margaret Hirsch’s Umhlanga Business Woman of the Year winner being announced in each branch towards the end of . Over the last two years, Margaret  has been the recipient of a variety of awards to acknowledge her contribution to the business world in South Africa, from the BWASA  Business Woman of the Year (Entrepreneur) award in to SANLAM’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship in .  This year she was a nominee in the  Standard Bank sponsored Business Woman of the Year (Topco) Awards.  “Winning these awards has been wonderful – both for Hirsch’s and for me personally, and I would like to see this happening to other women in business.”  Margaret explained when she decided to launch the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Year Awards in each area in which Hirsch’s operates throughout South Africa. “As women, we tend not to be assertive enough.  There are so many fantastic women out there who are not coming forward to be acknowledged for their contribution to the business world, and I would like to encourage them to come forward and enter the competition or nominate a friend or business owner who they would like to be recognized for this award and if you think you are a successful business woman don’t be too shy to enter yourself!”  she said.    ü  Entries open on the 1st October  ü  Include entry fee of R payable on submission. The funds will be donated to the The Girls with Dignity Project. ü  Entrants and business must be based in the Umhlanga   area. ü  The entrepreneurial enterprise must not be operating at a loss ü  Nominees must be engaged in their profession as a means of livelihood.  ü  Nominees are required to operate an entrepreneurial enterprise as a sole proprietorship, a partnership or close corporation.   ü  All entrants must have a web-presence in the form of a blog or website.   ü  Entrant must also have been in her current position for at least three years.   ü  Deadline for submission for October -  31st

Hirsch’s Business Women’s Networking Function in conjunction with Ilembe Chamber and Hirsch’s Ballito. GUEST SPEAKER MAGARET HIRSCH will be speaking on BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS in today’s economic environment. The Margaret Hirsch, Ilembe, Business Woman of the Month (October) awardee will be announced at the function. If you would like to enter the competition, or know of someone who deserves to be nominated, contact Mellonie at telephone   Date:     31st October Friday Time:     2.30pm Place:    Hirsch Ballito                                                                                                                           To book: Phone Melissa on  

Join Hirsch's Umhlanga and Margaret Hirsch for a networking breakfast on the 13th of November. First monthly winner to be announced! If you are interested in entering for the next month please request the competition form from Ana Sotero There are amazing prizes to be won! And not to mention Margaret Hirsch's full support. First Prize: R Hirsch’s Voucher Second Prize: R Hirsch’s Voucher Third Prize: R Hirsch’s Voucher   Monthly prizes to all runners up   This week Guest  Speaker Sabrina Maingard from Fashion Nanny and Key Note Speaker Margaret Hirsch will talk on Starting a successful Business and how to stay in business this Thursday.

MARGARET HIRSCH BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR We will be holding a monthly competition to choose finalists for Margaret Hirsch, Business Woman of the Year. -Monthly winners will receive a certificate and win a R500 Hirsch voucher. -Business Woman of the Year R Hirsch voucher. -Runners up will win R and R Hirsch vouchers. Monthly entries close on the last day of each month, so get your nominations in now or nominate yourself!!! For further information contact: Public Relations Officer Anel Botha

Hirsch’s, the biggest independently owned appliance and electronics retailer in Southern Africa have just purchased their second store in the Cape – and the twelfth branch in the country – in the Helderberg area in Somerset West. Commented COE of Hirsch’s, Margaret Hirsch “Our branch in the Cape – in Milnerton - is doing extremely well, with a customer base spread throughout the Cape. We wanted to make it easier for people coming from the Strand area to get to us, and found the perfect spot in Somerset West.” The new branch is situated in Dynagel street, opposite the Somerset West Shopping Mall, and will be open for business by the middle of September. www.hirschs.co.za

Absa recently hosted the Durban leg of their Women in Business Series Breakfast Meeting. The series has been held around the country - with Durban having the biggest turn out.   The core aim of these events is to promote inspire and grow entrepreneurship amongst women. Margaret Hirsch COE of Hirsch’s Homestores and the winner of several Entrepreneurial business awards,  was invited as the Key Note speaker to talk about her journey as a  a woman in the business world and what it took to get her where she is today.  Margaret said, "what an honor to be invited to speak to such an amazing group of spectacular women. I would like to say that thank you Absa for setting up the forum to reach more women and inspire entrepreneurs to go out, do the best they can do and inspire others!"    As a successful business women, Margaret’s passion and ambition have inspired many other women to follow in her footsteps, and make South Africa a better place by empowering communities and creating employment for others.   The event was hosted by the talented Yaa Ashantewaa, Transformational Speaker, African Centered Facilitator and African History Lecturer, who kept the ladies entertained through out the event. Fellow guest speaker Indrani Govender, owner of Ricinz Construction also took to the stage to talk of her success story.

oin Hirsch Umhlanga for our Margaret Hirsch Business Women of the Year Networking Meeting. Guest Speaker: Sky Carboni - Pro Auto Assessing (MGH Business Women Finalist) Key Note Speaker: Luci Hirsch - 'I Am Luci Hirsch' national Radio Campaign All welcome, Booking essential

Date: 20 May Time 8am for 8.30am Place: Hirsch's Umhlanga Duration: 1.5hrs Guest Speaker: Vino Govender (MGH finalist & LA Consulting Engineers) Topic: How to make your wardrobe work for YOU! FREE but RSVPs essential Excellent Networking opportunity for like-minded Business Women! Feel free to bring along any promotional material that you may wish to hand out April Finalist to be announced RSVP to Ana at Hirsch's Umhlanga

Hirsch’s Centurion would like to extend an invitation to all the Ladies in and around Centurion to join them on Thursday, 14 October for 9:30am for our monthly Ladies Networking Morning.  Venue: Hirsch’s Centurion, Gateway Shopping Plaza, Cnr. Old Johannesburg and Sarel Baard Roads, Centurion  Guest Speaker: Reulene Kusel from Tswane University ofTechnology  Don’t miss this very informative talk and the opportunity to meet and network with like minded Business Women. Margaret Hirsch’s Ninth Business Women of the Year Finalist will be announced.  This event is FREE but booking essential.  To book your place email: 

Hirsch’s Centurion would like to extend an invitation to all the Ladies in and around Centurion to join them on Thursday, 13 November for 9:30am for our monthly Ladies Networking Morning.  Venue: Hirsch’s Centurion, Gateway Shopping Plaza, Cnr. Old Johannesburg and Sarel Baard Roads, Centurion  Guest Speaker: Colleen Mcgillvary from Oasis Floral Flowers  Don’t miss this very informative talk and the opportunity to meet and network with like minded Business Women. Margaret Hirsch’s Ninth Business Women of the Year Finalist will be announced.  This event is FREE but booking essential.  To book your place email: 

Hirsch Meadowdale recently hosted its monthly Ladies Networking Morning with Petra Laranjo as the guest speaker for the morning. Petra is a published author, inspirational speaker, results architect for business and a personal development facilitator who is driven by a purpose to grow business and people through purpose and presence. Eighteen years of experience across the style, entertainment, corporate marketing and PR industries led her to write her first book, ‘LIVING ON PURPOSE. The Key To Change Your Life And Impact Others.’ Petra is also the winner of this month’s Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Competition. Petra’s topic for the morning was ‘Image’. The message behind the topic was to grow you and your business by creating the right image in the minds of your clients. Petra explained that all it takes is a tenth of a second to form a first impression of a stranger and it takes eight positive interactions to change the opinion of someone. Petra then asked the questions; “How do you see yourself? What messages are you communicating about yourself?” The reality is that people treat you based on how you project yourself. It is important to know yourself and who you are. If you would like to be inspired, find your purpose in life and grow your business, join Hirsch’s monthly Ladies Networking Morning. To enter the Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Achiever Competition, please contact letitia@hirschs.co.za for more information. The monthly finalists wins a R500,00 Hirsch gift voucher. Picture 1: From left to right- Shamara Gabriella, Letitia Haywood and Raquel Mariano Picture 2: Petra Laranjo (Guest Speaker) Picture 3: From left to right – Nicola Le Roux, Vanessa Krugel and Adele Le Roux

Margaret Hirsch is on a mission to find the next top business woman. This successful and powerful woman is running a competition and is encouraging all business woman to either enter or nominate a friend or business woman owner. The entry fee is R payable on submission, which in turn will be donated to the Girls with Dignity Project. Deadline for entries is the 17th November. Contact Shevani at

The owner of Fine Young Cooks, Lewaine Von Allemann was announced the October winner of the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month award at a business women’s networking meeting that took place on Friday at Hirsch Ballito.   Lewaine, who has always had a passion for cooking, runs her cookery school for children around the North Coast and has also started up classes for adults.  She has become very much part of the Fine Living Bru cooking competition that is held during the Mr. Price PRO International surfing week that is held every year in Ballito.   Margaret gave an inspiring talk about how important it is to stay true to oneself in business, and to never give up on one’s dreams.  “Everyone should have a vision board.  It works. Believe it and it will happen!” she told the gathering of local business women.    Margaret started the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month (leading up to the Business Woman of the Year)  competition in all of the areas in which Hirsch’s operates (11 throughout South Africa) because she could see how she – and Hirsch’s – had  benefited from the business accolades she has received over the years. “Winning business orientated awards has been wonderful – both for Hirsch’s and for me personally, and I would like to see this happening to other women in business. As women, we tend not to be assertive enough.  There are so many fantastic women out there who are not coming forward to be acknowledged for their contribution to the business world, and I would like to encourage them to come forward and enter the competition.”  She explained.  The next winner of the competition will be announced at a function organised by the Ilembe Chamber Steering committee in November  

At the Ilembe Chamber’s Monthly Women in Business gathering that took place at the beautiful Kingsley House Guest House and Wedding venue  in Ballito, Karen Landman, the owner of locally based Simply Younique Modelling and finishing school  was announced as the November winner of the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month (Ilembe)  award and goes forward as a finalist in the competition.  Karen is also an international image consultant, wellness coach and educator, was crowned as Mrs. Durban , and was a Mrs. United Nations SA finalist in ,   The function, attended by a wide cross section of women in business in the Ilembe community was the last to be held this year.  Discussing the ethos of the forum, Ilembe’s Claire Phillips said that networking, exchanging ideas and attending the well thought out and implemented business courses that the Chamber put together for the local business community, was the best way for women to succeed in business, and the Chamber was delighted with the support from  business women in the community.  The next Ilembe Chamber Business Woman’s function will be held on February 7.   If you are interested in entering the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of Month competition, contact Melissa at Hirsch Ballito on 032 .

Edwina Fletcher, who owns a successful online travel agency, Webtours, was announced as the 8th Margaret Hirsch Woman in Business Achiever of the Year finalist recently at Hirsch Umhlanga’s monthly Business Women’s networking session. Fletcher comes from a background of sales, employment and accounting, owned her own successful recruitment agency and has been nominated as Nedbank/ Femina - Women of the Year, owns and runs a successful online travel agency with the main focus being on leisure travel. "I opened Webtours with absolutely no travel background and started off organizing trips to Zanzibar. A year later I was established enough to make a living from Webtours and gave up my job as a book keeper. I have since gone on to specialize on specific holiday trips such as honeymoons, skiing and beach travel which have really taken off!" Fletcher said. Fellow Margaret Hirsch nominee, Nicola Louch, owner of NMM Insurance gave a talk on the importance of women in insurance. A monthly finalist will be announced at every Business Women’s networking function at the branch until the final event in November, when the winner will be announced. For more information on how to nominate yourself or someone you know contact

Umhlanga Business Women joined the Hirsch team recently for a Business Women's Networking breakfast and to hear who the winner of the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Month (Umhlanga) awardee was.  Margaret is encouraging all local business women to consider entering this competition, nominate a friend or business owner who they would like to be recognized for this award and if you think you are a successful business woman don’t be too shy to enter yourself! Margaret announced that Sky Carboni was the first finalist to be chosen. At any given time during the day, one islikely to find her under the bonnet of a car or even under the car as she is considered to be the only credited female motor vehicle assessor in KZN, with 13 years of panel beating under her belt. Sky has extensive hands on knowledge and is CEO and owner of PRO- Auto Assessing. Sky introduced her company to insurance companies and brokers by phoning, emailing and literally knocking on doors. These days she is one of the preferred providers for companies such a Holland Compendium, Reid Raetzer, CC& A Insurance Brokers and TIB. Sky is not only a hard worker but a wife and a mother as well!

Hirsch’s, the biggest independently owned appliance and electronics retailer in Southern Africa have just purchased their second store in the Cape – and the twelfth branch in the country – in the Helderberg area in Somerset West. Commented COE of Hirsch’s, Margaret Hirsch “Our branch in the Cape – in Milnerton - is doing extremely well, with a customer base spread throughout the Cape. We wanted to make it easier for people coming from the Strand area to get to us, and found the perfect spot in Somerset West.” The new branch is situated in Dynagel street, opposite the Somerset West Shopping Mall, and will be open for business by the middle of September.