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A motivational talk by Gloria Serobe

Gloria Serobe, this picture appears on the Wiphold website On Thursday, 14 August 2014, I was privileged to attend a talk by Gloria Serobe . Many know Gloria as a founder of Women’s Investment Portfolio Holdings Limited ( Wiphold ), one of the first Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment companies with all women owners. Like many great stories, Gloria's has humble beginnings from the township of Gugulethu  to being the director on a number of companies' boards. The reason for Gloria's talk was in celebration of women's month and recognising the fairer sex.  Her intro was very powerful as she spoke off the cuff and said she wasn't going to elaborate on the stats as we know what they are. She asked us why we think there aren't more women in top positions, why there are not more success stories like Wiphold, what are we doing wrong or why are we not challenging the status quo and the structures that are holding us back. She said women have stopped being activ...