It’s the reality show with one of the biggest prizes on South African television. The Big Break Legacy is back on SABC2 on Saturday, 4 May and season two’s winner will walk away with a whopping R5-million investment.
This year’s Top 30 contestants come from across the country and their businesses are as diverse as they are. However, they have one thing in common, they are all out to win the top prize so expect a Herculean battle.
The youngest contestant is Mpumalanga’s Tsepiso Makhubedu who at 19 wants to head up a publishing empire, while the oldest is 49-year-old Charmaine Kleynhans from Port Elizabeth who has come up with an innovative kettle that is able to boil water without the need for wood, gas, coal or electricity.
Waiting to make his TV debut is Uwe Monggae from Dobsonville in Soweto who is the brains behind Mo-Mo Foods. A chef by trade, Monggae cooks up gourmet tripe and offal dishes.
Says Cape Town’s Mpodumo Doubada of Pimp My Book:
“I have learnt the hard way that coming up with an idea and starting a business is very different from running and growing a successful business. Starting a business takes guts and conviction but running a successful business takes wisdom, intelligence, perseverance and plain simple luck.”
His company assists students to manage their tight budgets by providing them with affordable used textbooks and allowing them to sell their old textbooks to use for cash.
Not only does The Big Break Legacy make for gripping television as contestants do battle to emerge as the person with the best business idea, but the programme helps combat employment by demystifying entrepreneurship and making it accessible to viewers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION about the contestants go to www.thebigbreaklegacy.com
VOTING:
– Vote via SMS on 33614. SMS’ cost R1.50 each.
– Voting closes on Wednesday, 13 March 2013.
