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A BIG just makes sense | Portia Derby and Derek Thomas tell it like it is

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Portia Derby, Group Head of Transnet and Derek Thomas, co-founder and shareholder of Letsema Holdings, talk about why a BIG is the only common sense thing to do to get SA back on track and share their early awakenings of the inequality and madness of Apartheid which formed their commitment to social justice today.
18 Nov 2022 English South Africa Society & Culture

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