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Source: Supplied. Eva August, chief executive officer of Century21 South Africa.

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Source: Supplied. Ben April, Associate Director: ESG leader for KPMG in Africa.

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Source: Supplied. Zihaad Israfil, CEO CFI Financial South Africa.

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Source: Supplied. Jeff Ryan, managing director for AWCape, now a member of TydeCo.

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Source: Supplied. Privesan Naidoo, Executive: Trading Product VP (card and payments) at Nedbank.

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