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I had arrived from Kenya at WBS on February 17th 1993 to join the full-time 1993-94 MBA class. As the first Kenyan student to enrol on this MBA program, I had been warned against going to South Africa in 1993 and had been repeatedly requested by family and friends to wait till the first democratic…
Rrabana Seemane, MDP, 2013
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Alison Foote nee Sharp and Dugal Sharp, MBA, 1990
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Kathy Lewis, MBA, 1987
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Thandiwe Peach, PDM, 2014-2016
My WBS story is one that will be forever fulfilling; it was full of goodness, headaches, hard work, and in the end strong corporate networks and friendships to last me a lifetime. Being a WBS alumnus will give me lifelong confidence, the knowledge that I gained gave me wings to fly and opened career doors…