Local woman chosen as SACBW provincial leader

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MOSSEL BAY NEWS AND VIDEOS - Mossel Bay's Ziva Spangenberg is the new Western Cape provincial leader of the South African Council for Business Women (SACBW).
Her appointment was effective from 1 January.

Ziva has come up the ranks to achieve this new position. She was previously the Mossel Bay branch leader and then regional leader of the Garden Route.

PHOTO GALLERY: SA Council for Business Women Mossel Bay branch board announced

Ziva is the owner and CEO of OneLife Publisher and has published a number of books for authors, as well as her own titles. She has authored more than 30 of her own publications including magazines. Ziva is also the owner and CEO of Divine Blueprint Academy, mentoring and coaching women entrepreneurs.

She is the director and principal of Vision2Victor Bible College.

Growth

Ziva told Mossel Bay Advertiser today she is excited about opening new SACBW branches in the Western Cape and about growing the council footprint and increasing its membership.

She stressed the importance of collaboration between business women to ensure their success.

In her speech at the SACBW Mossel Bay branch meeting at the Diaz Hotel today, when the new leaders and committee were announced, she stressed the importance of women looking after themselves this year and taking care of their own needs and their own mental health.

Sisterhood

The SACBW describes itself as a "sisterhood".

Ziva announced that as part of this nurturing environment, the SACBW had instituted a "helpline" - an email address that women could use if they were going through a difficult time and needed assistance. She said professionals - trained and sympathetic - would be available to assist in these cases. The email address is: heartbeat@sacbw.org.

"Pray for me," she asked the SACBW members present. "I have major responsibilities this year in serving women within the organisation."

Leader

Berenice Kogana Paulson was announced as the SACBW Mossel Bay local business leader for 2024. Berenice is an Eden FM radio show host, has a business mentoring schoolgirls and young women, she is a women's conference organiser and hostess, she has published two books and she is a director of the Louis57 Foundation and the Simply Sow NPO.

She also has her own NPO, assisting single mothers, The Myrtle Tree.

The new 2024 committee of the Mossel Bay SACBW branch comprises: Berenice Kogana Paulson (local business leader), René Malan (vice local business leader), Nadine van der Merwe (secretary/treasurer), Vicky-Lyn Keet (local business woman of the year, 2023), Tarina Els (rising star, 2023), Dinette Wessels (additional member, previously business woman of the year, 2022).

VIDEO - An interview with Ziva Spangenberg. Video: Linda Sparg

VIDEO - Berenice Kogana Paulson gives her first speech as the leader of the Mossel Bay branch of the SACBW. Video: Linda Sparg

The new SACBW Mossel Bay branch board comprises Tarina Els, Vicky-Lyn Keet, Nadine van der Merwe, René Malan (deputy local business leader) and Berenice Kogana Paulson (local business leader). Absent: Dinette Wessels.
Photos: Linda Sparg