Reputable South African businessman and attorney Pieter van der Merwe has released his first published book this week. The book turns his personal experiences working with some of the largest corporations and emerging startups into an exciting and informative guide on how to properly build, grow and maintain successful business operations.

With the entire spectrum of doing business covered in one book, van der Merwe takes a unique approach that takes readers through his own journey in the world of business. At each turn, he introduces vital principles for creating a prosperous and backs them up with real-world lessons.

The casual approach to the introduction and explanation of business principles makes the information shared easy-to-digest and keeps readers interested throughout the whole book.

“I wrote the book in order to take readers on a journey through the world of business, as experienced through my eyes. As an admitted South African business lawyer that has spent over 20 years specialising in South African and international commercial law, I have had the opportunity to work closely with leading business people, entrepreneurs, and as a commercial advisor in a wide range of business situations, I gained a wealth of knowledge and experience that led me to successfully advising my clients to manage their affairs in the best way possible.”

HOW TO BUSINESS ISBN: 978-0-620835-59-6 Author: Pieter van der Merwe Retail Price: R240 (Incl. Vat)

Publication Date: May 2019

Available: https://www.amazon.com/How-Business-Pieter-van-Merwe-ebook/dp/B07RZKS56G

Format: Paperback and Online Category: Non-Fiction, Self-Help

Contact For media inquiries about ‘How to Business’ including interviews with author, please contact: Maria Joubert for Pieter van der Merwe Purple Word Box PR Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: 061 441 4920

South African author and diversity training guru, Devan Moonsamy, CEO of The ICHAF Training Institute has just launched his new book - Racism, Classism, Sexism, And The Other ISMs That Divide Us. “This book looks at overcoming the ISMs, (Instant Separation Magnets), in the South African context, and how to manage diversity so that everybody succeeds,” explains Devan. “The aspects of diversity are considered in detail with real examples and practical information on dealing with and preventing diversity-related problems.”

Here is a look at two scenarios from the book:
Imagine you are on the beach for a wedding. It’s so beautiful, and you feel like it’s a privilege just to be there. Suddenly, everyone goes quiet, and you turn to look behind you. The bride has arrived. In front of her walks a man playing the bagpipes. ‘The bagpipes?’ you think, ‘He must be at the wrong wedding!’ Both bride and groom are black.

In fact, he’s at the right wedding. The groom is descended from a Scottish man who adopted the Zulu culture and became a chief. He fathered many children with his Zulu wives almost 150 years ago. His offspring still embrace and merge aspects of the Scottish and Zulu cultures. It is certainly a proud and vibrant heritage to have. This is but one example of how pluralistic South Africans are.

Poverty is no cause to stay away from the market. Residents bring food and other supplies to be distributed to the needy. It’s no shame to come to the collection for help. Everyone understands that people fall on hard times. Over time, however, there have been noticeably fewer women, youths, people with disabilities and non-South Africans among those in need of charity. Better education, employment opportunities and fair wages mean a single mother can adequately care for her family on her own, and more youths have decent jobs. Xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, racism, sexism, classism – these problems have become increasingly unfamiliar to the residents.

Integration in a context of such diversity does seem like a strange dream to many of us. But isn’t it beautiful? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have?
Racism, Classism, Sexism, And The Other ISMs That Divide Us helps readers bring about transformation in their everyday dealings and in their organisations. It is useful for managers, HR departments, corporate trainers, strategists, students, and anyone facing situations of diversity which require strategic and prudent interventions. It helps in inspiring positive change, changing mind-sets, and transforming the status quo for the better of all

Help others enjoy more fruitful relationships with their peers by breaking free of classism, sexism, ageism, body shaming, etc., Learn how to manage prejudice and racism in your daily life.

Available at all leading bookstores!

Buy the online version on Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Racism-Classism-Sexism-Other-Divide-ebook/dp/B07H2H2S27 or order hard copies online from devan-moonsamy.com
For corporate orders, please use the contact details below.
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Startup Guide is bringing its popular entrepreneurial guidebook series to Cape Town in partnership with Silicon Cape and with support from SAP Next-Gen.   

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - 6 AUGUST 2018 Entrepreneurs, accelerators, coworking spaces and experts can now be nominated to be featured in Startup Guide Cape Town, the first-ever entrepreneurial handbook dedicated to Cape Town’s startup scene. Based on traditional guidebooks that can be carried around everywhere, Startup Guide books help entrepreneurs navigate different startup hubs across the globe and are now in 17 different cities across Europe, the US and the Middle East, including London, New York, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Stockholm. 

Packed with city essentials, practical information, in-depth interviews and insightful tips, Startup Guide Cape Town will guide, empower and inspire entrepreneurs in the coastal South African city to transform their startup ideas into reality. To ensure an accurate and trustworthy guide, the book is co-created with the local startup community, from 6 - 20 August, 2018, and anyone in the community can contribute by nominating candidates they’d like to see in the book at capetown.startupguide.world 

“One of the most active hubs for startup investment on the continent, Cape Town is attracting more and more entrepreneurs with its diverse pool of talent and growing ecosystem of investors, accelerators, incubators and coworking spaces ready to support early stage entrepreneurs,” said Sissel Hansen, founder and CEO of Startup Guide, “We’re excited to be stepping into South Africa’s startup scene for the first time and highlighting the people and places shaping Cape Town’s growing entrepreneurial community.”  

Founded in 2014, Startup Guide is a creative content and publishing company that produces guidebooks and tools to help people turn their startup ideas into reality. The idea behind the Startup Guide books originally came to Hansen when she moved from Copenhagen to Berlin to start a business and discovered how difficult it was to find useful information and local advice about that process. Despite being rejected by multiple investors, she bootstrapped the project and launched the first Startup Guide book in Berlin in 2014 – and it sold out in less than 48 hours. 

For Startup Guide Cape Town, Startup Guide has partnered with Silicon Cape, who will be the main project facilitator and supporter, while the main sponsor for the project is SAP Next-Gen. 

“Silicon Cape is thrilled to be partnering with Startup Guide to produce the first ever Southern Hemisphere guide for Cape Town,” says Kerry Petrie, General Manager at Silicon Cape, “We are always looking for ways to tell the story of our local ecosystem, its innovative stakeholders and its strong network connections. Startup Guide allows us to tell this story to a wider, international audience. We are excited for Cape Town to join the network of cities such as London, Hamburg, Tel Aviv and Paris.” 

After the nominations period, the list of candidates will be narrowed down to the top fifty companies and individuals based on the results. Afterward, the local advisory board – which is selected by Silicon Cape and consists of key players in the local startup community – votes for the final selection so there’s a balanced representation of industries in the book.

Startup Guide Cape Town is set to be released in April 2019. To save 20% on the book before the launch date, pre-order it now. 

Media contact
Sissel Hansen
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About Startup Guide
Founded in 2014 by Sissel Hansen, Startup Guide is a creative content and publishing company that produces guidebooks and tools to help entrepreneurs navigate and connect with different startup scenes across the globe. As the world of work changes, our mission is to guide, empower and inspire people to start their own business anywhere. Today, Startup Guide books are in 18 different cities in Europe and the Middle East, including Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Vienna, Lisbon and Paris. It also has two physical stores in Berlin and Lisbon to promote and sell products by startups. Startup Guide is a 20-person team based in Berlin and Lisbon.  

About Silicon Cape
Silicon Cape is a non-profit, community-driven initiative that supports and catalyzes the creation of a vibrant, sustainable tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Cape. Founded in 2009, Silicon Cape is the most established entrepreneurial network in Africa.