The video captures key moments from the opening of the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) Leadership Conference 2023. Set against the backdrop of Sun City, the event marks the beginning of two days of dialogue and collaboration across the tourism and hospitality sectors.

The footage shows welcoming remarks, audience engagement, and visual highlights from the venue, underscoring the conference’s focus on leadership, innovation, and industry growth. The TBCSA Leadership Conference brings together business leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders to address pressing challenges, explore opportunities, and align strategies for the sustainable future of South Africa’s tourism sector.

Interviewed during Women’s Month in South Africa, Lynette Ntuli, CEO of Innate Investment Solutions, shares insights into her leadership journey and her vision for transformation in the property sector and beyond.

She begins by reflecting on her early years in KwaZulu-Natal, where she broke into the male-dominated property management space, gaining credibility through hard work, mentorship, and resilience. Now entering her second decade in business, Ntuli emphasizes the importance of consolidation, fresh ideas, and adapting to how the built environment has transformed over the past 15 years.

On lessons learned, she explains that property, like leadership, requires patience, intentionality, and a long-term view. She highlights the growing presence of women in the industry, noting that they bring diversity, contextual lived experiences, and true transformation to how buildings, spaces, and infrastructure are designed and used.

Discussing South Africa’s development agenda, Ntuli frames property and land as catalytic, transformative tools that can create wealth, unlock new asset classes, and build sustainable communities. She stresses opportunities in enterprise development, skills, and infrastructure expansion—particularly in underdeveloped regions.

On leadership and women, Ntuli challenges the idea that women’s voices should only be spotlighted in August, calling instead for consistent recognition and collective action year-round. She urges women with influence to unify voices, collaborate, and drive systemic change to address pressing societal issues.

Finally, on Africa’s future (Agenda 2063), Ntuli calls for new narratives, young leadership voices at decision-making tables, and stronger collaboration across the continent. She stresses the importance of celebrating African innovation in art, technology, design, and entrepreneurship while converting that creative energy into long-term opportunities and global influence.

Lynette Ntuli reflects on the state of entrepreneurship in South Africa, contrasting it with more developed countries where startup culture is deeply ingrained, taught in schools, and part of daily conversation. She notes that South Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is still relatively young, with much work ahead to embed it into society.

She stresses the urgency of this shift, pointing to the growing challenge of youth unemployment. With new waves of matriculants and university graduates entering the job market each year, the system cannot absorb them all. This reality calls for a cultural transformation in how young people approach their education and careers.

Ntuli urges young South Africans to take ownership of their futures by becoming job creators rather than job seekers. By leveraging their education and skills to build ventures, they can contribute not only to their personal success but also to the broader economy.

Her message is clear: entrepreneurship must become central to South Africa’s growth story, both as a driver of innovation and as a solution to the country’s most pressing employment challenges.