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born 1967 South Africa
Sandile Donald Muziwenkosi Zungu (born 10 February 1967) is a South African businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Zungu Investments Company (Zico), ownernof AmaZulu Football Club, and a key figure in Sizekhaya Holdings, the consortium awarded South Africa’s National Lottery licence in 2025.
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It's of a scale that people will talk about it and I do appreciate that.
Any person who wants to run is free to do so, and ultimately the regions will decide
There must be, at the centre of any philanthropic initiative, there must be sustainability.
There's no way you can do an ArcelorMittal deal and pretend that it's a private deal.
Honestly, I really believe that the path to development, whether at a personal level or at a societal level, is through education.
My particular passion is education and leadership development.
They overcame adversity to become people of substance. It really is a good school.
I would like to believe my spirituality knows no boundaries, and as an African, I'm really very proud of my roots.
What we want is a united Safa, and that remains our main interest.
It's got a negative effect on productivity, there's absolutely no doubt about it. But as a social network tool, it's absolutely useful.
And my brother incidentally was also at Vukuzakhe, so it was easy as a reference point to just follow him.
But people knew as well, look you know, you don't just enter there, you must have good results, that type of thing, and you must be prepared to face the discipline that comes with it.
So you are torn between mother language issues and helping your kids to deal with schooling issues.
I always say my roots are in KwaHlabisa, where my great-grandfather's umbilical cord, my grandfather's umbilical cord, my father's umbilical cord really fell.
If something cannot be sustained, it's not worth it
The only reason why I would never use the word poor to define my background is because my parents would never allow me to go to bed on any empty stomach.
Other issues like housing, Aids, whatever, in as much as they touch me, my preference is to focus my resources and my time, financial and otherwise, on education.
What Hilton did to me was to really sharpen the contradictions in our society.
I wish I could speak more of Zulu but with my kids at private schools, you get notes from the teachers saying please engage your kids more in English.
I believe in healthy eating habits. I really watch what I eat, but most importantly I exercise a lot
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