Louise Lepan, MBA, 2004

ByWBSComms August 13, 2018May 17, 2019

The MBA program taught me that you can survive any hardship if you have a strong support network.

I had asked Prof Patrick McGraw to borrow his teaching notes to copy, intending to return it the following week. Over the weekend my car was stolen, with his notes, my course materials, and text books.

Thank you to Douglas Jung and friends who helped me with copies of their files so that I could prepare for the exams. The MBA program taught me that you can survive any hardship if you have a strong support network.

50 Year Celebration

Tracy Rushton, PDM HR, 1988-1989

ByWBSComms June 18, 2018May 17, 2019

We were the first class to complete this course part-time. A real challenge and motivated me to become a life long learner.

50 Year Celebration

Jack Hochfeld, MBA, 1975-76

ByWBSComms August 12, 1975May 17, 2019

Tony Norton, MD of Standard Merchant Bank addressed our MBA class. He talked about merchant banking and corporate finance- stock exchanges, raising capital, mergers, acquisitions financial instruments, risk and reward, and corporate valuations. I knew definitively that I wanted to go into investment banking. When the first opportunity arose I fortuitously joined SMB. Most merchant…

50 Year Celebration

Select Mphahlele, PDM, 2015

ByWBSComms April 30, 2015May 18, 2019

For the first time in my life, in 2015, I ascended the graduation stage and I was fortunate to embrace the Vice Chancellor of Wits, Prof Habib. A Postgraduate Diploma In Management (public sector Monitoring and Evaluation ) was conferred to me on that year. I would like to thank the team for helping me…

50 Year Celebration

Gail Kelly, MBA Full Time, 1986

ByWBSComms November 15, 1986January 10, 2020

Precious memories came flooding back to me as I walked through the grounds of our Business School for the first time since I graduated in 1986. I remember very long days and late nights, I remember challenging exams and demanding case studies. Being both exhausted and exhilarated. My MBA changed my life and I will…