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Cool Jobs
Dynamic South African - Idene Doyer
What do you do?
I’m a hairdresser and salon owner of two salons in London.
When did you start your business and why?
My husband and I arrived in the UK in May 2003. I started working at Saks Hair and Beauty and realised I could offer much better service at significantly better prices, so I started doing clients at home. At that stage we lived in a one bedroom flat and as you can imagine it wasn’t the ide ...
Owner of Snoggys - Yoland Wallace
Yoland is the owner of Snoggys in Wimbledon station and Snoggys butchery in Putney. Yoland’s daughter, who lives on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, also makes and sells biltong!
Yoland is passionate about meeting and serving people, and inspiring others to make a success in London. Says Yoland, “What you give out is what you receive. I just want to see people happy and motivated. I love my friends and cl ...
World champion marathon runner - Liz Ruickbie
SA’s World Champion marathon runner aged 60-65, born in Scotland, but has lived in South Africa for 35 years, is married to a South African and says that Africa is in her blood and that its her home. What do you do?I am involved in lots of things. I am a wife and mother and I have my own business, a B&B in Sandton. Are you a full time runner?No not at all, I do not get paid. I had to pay my own way to t ...
Fitness instructor - Kimberly Rothman
What do you do?Through my company Fit Camp, I train people, outdoors, who really want to make a difference to their figure, their mind and their mood! Describe a typical day?The mornings are spent either running one of my camps with one of my PT's or I still train a few clients who wont let me go! The rest of the day is in the office developing Fit Camp, which is growing by the day! What do you enjoy most ...
Lights, camera, background actio!
“Background action… and, action!” yelled the director. I was propped against a bar, chatting casually to the lady in front of me. The mood was relaxed and we talked with nothing louder than a bold whisper. A few metres away Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou acted out their dialogue as the camera rolled along its rails capturing the room’s inhabitants with its wide and keen eye.
The director was Ron Howard and th ...
Dentist - Dr Amir Kamburov
How hard did you study to become a dentist?Between ’91 and ‘98 I spent my life at varsity, slogging away with no social life. As you can see from my picture, during these years I lost most of my hair! The best part for me was the end, when I successfully graduated! The worst part was that after a long day I had to go home and internalise the enormous volumes of text (in Latin...) about the profession. I sti ...
SA Travel agent - Graeme Watson
South African travel agent reaches final of national newspaper competition
Your very own South African travel agent in South West London, Graeme Watson, checked out the only cruise ship to be launched in the UK this year, as a finalist in a national newspaper competition at the weekend to find the Face of Travel 2009.Graeme, 32, beat off the challenge of 100 hopefuls to make the final of the competition r ...
Paintball - Clint
What made you get into the paintballing game for a living? The sport itself is very exciting and fun, and to be able to forge a career in marketing such a unique product is not difficult when there are so many fans of paintball in the world.
Do you consider paintballing to be an extreme sport? I consider paintball an adventure sport and it is for anyone of any age to enjoy with friends and family. Everyone ...
Music promo - Living it Live
Who are Living it Live and what is your cool job?Musos. Drums. Guitars. Bass. Groupies. …aah and a well deserved beer at the end of it! Living It Live is a Music Management company based in London and we provide one of the biggest platforms for South African musicians coming to the UK to play to their home crowd as well as providing a leg-up into the UK music industry. We are an uber passionate bunch of l ...
ART RESTORATION Lisa Steyn
Lise Steyn has left the sunny shores of South Africa to follow her dream and passion in Amsterdam. That does not necessarily involve copious amounts of illegal substances being consumed, but the much more traditional side of Amsterdam and the Netherlands to form part of her studies. SA Promo got all arty and had a chat with her. You recently started working at the Rijksmuseum, the world-famous art museum in ...
Bus driver - Peter Rishton
Everyday, thousands of people make use of the big red busses for which London is famous. But hardly any attention is ever paid to the driver of the bus, so SA Promo has seen it fit to interview ex Saffa teacher, Peter Rishton, who has taken up this job to make the wheels of the bus go round and round.
How did you come to the decision to become a bus driver and what did you do before this?
I worked as a te ...
