Zareef Minty (born 24 January 1994) is a South African lawyer,[citation needed] politician,[1] businessman[2] and television personality.[citation needed]
Background
editZareef Minty was born in Vereeniging, Gauteng. He had his early education at Al-Huda Muslim School and his high school at St Conrads College. He then moved to Johannesburg to study his law degree at the University of the Witwatersrand where he completed a LLB.
Zareef Minty started his business career at the age of seventeen when he launched a clothing brand called Self Made Billionaires which was worn by South African model Lee-Ann Liebenberg and Kenny Kunene who also appeared on So What on ETV show second season promo launch wearing the label. He then went on to establish ZRF Holdings in 2016.[3]
Zareef began his political career with African National Congress (ANC) where he was appointed African National Congress Youth League acting treasurer at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2012.[4] In 2013 he joined the Patriotic Alliance (South Africa) party and he was appointed the National Youth President for the party in 2014 at the age of nineteen becoming the youngest politician to attain such a position for a registered political party in South African history.[5] He then went on to participate in the 2014 National General Elections where he finished 5th on the party's parliamentary candidates list.[6] Minty was named in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans of 2014.[7]
In 2017 he wrote and published his first book called Empire,[8] then in 2022 he launched his second book called The Secret To Finding Love which he co-authored with relationship coach Aseema Kazi.[9] Zareef is a motivational speaker and he speaks at schools around South Africa.[10][11][12]
In August 2022, Zareef was announced as one of the presenters for DSTV's Islamic television channel, INX Prime Live.[13] He also launched World News Holdings with Norma Mngoma the same year.[14][15]
Zareef Minty was appointed to sit on the board of Afribiz Invest in 2021[16][17] then in 2022 he was appointed as Chief Operations Officer for StartX, a United Arab Emirates technology company.[18]
Recognition
edit- Golden Key International Honour Society, honorary member[19]
- Chairperson of the Black Lawyers Association[20]
- University of the Witwatersrand Treasurer of the Law Students Council.[21][22]
- One Young World Ambassador for South Africa[23]
- SABC 1 One Day Leader Season 4.[24][25][26]
- Forbes 30 under 30 class of 2018 (Business Category)[27][28]
- GQ magazine Best Dressed 2015 and 2018[29][30]
- Entrepreneur (magazine) 30 Top Influential South African Business Leaders[31]
- Nomination by the French Chamber of Commerce for Best South African Entrepreneur (Generational Wealth Education)
References
edit- ^ Myburgh, Mathilde (11 December 2013). "Patriotic Alliance youth leader criticises Memorial crowds". Roodepoort Record. Roodepoort Record / Northsider.
- ^ Zwane, Nokuthula (17 September 2016). "One Young leader at a time". Wits Vuvuzela.
- ^ "Zareef Minty success story: The 20-year-old prodigy". Incentives South Africa.
- ^ "Zareef Minty, the next Harvey Specter?". @GoTrendSA. September 4, 2014.
- ^ Premdev, Doreen (15 December 2013). "Son of top attorney joins party of ex-cons". TimesLIVE.
- ^ "Zareef Minty". People's Assembly. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2014". Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
- ^ "Young Leader Profile: Zareef Minty | 18 April 2017" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Modise, Kedibone. "Zareef Minty pens second book, launches global business with Norma Mngoma". www.iol.co.za.
- ^ Crampton, Nicole (27 February 2019). "29 Top Influential SA Business Leaders". Entrepreneur.
- ^ Tseke, Malebo (2 March 2018). "Business acumen over a cup of tea". Kempton Express. Kempton Express.
- ^ Ditlopo, Ofentse (6 November 2019). "'We must develop future aviation minds in Africa'". Fourways Review. Fourways Review.
- ^ "INX Prime Live – INX Prime". 23 March 2023.
- ^ Sokutu, Brian (February 16, 2022). "Norma Mngoma to launch news platform with businessman Zareef Minty". The Citizen.
- ^ "Norma Mngoma, Forbes Under 30 list-maker Zareef Minty partner to launch World News Holdings - Editors Picks". 14 February 2022.
- ^ Sokutu, Brian (September 15, 2021). "Dynamic young people join the board of Afribiz". The Citizen.
- ^ Swira, Jimmy (September 15, 2021). "TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS JOIN AFRIBIZ". Transform SA - The leading Transformation Magazine.
- ^ "Entrepreneur Zarif Minty and television actress Amanda Du Pont join the board of UAE fintech company StartX - Business News". April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Honorary Member". NMRC.
- ^ Dludla, Nqobile (28 March 2014). "BLA promises innovative student development". Wits Vuvuzela. Wits Vuvuzela.
- ^ Sokutu, Brian (18 December 2021). "How Zareef Minty is inspiring the youth to start their own empires". The Citizen. The Citizen.
- ^ "Introducing our new columnist, South African mover and shaker Zareef Minty - Editors Picks". Now in SA. 21 January 2022.
- ^ Zwane, Nokuthula (September 17, 2016). "One Young leader at a time".
- ^ van Wyk, Andrei (21 June 2016). "Minty named winner". Sandton Chronicle. Sandton Chronicle.
- ^ Naidoo, Candice (18 February 2016). "Minty, the small-screen emperor". www.iol.co.za. Independent Online.
- ^ "Klerksdorp student on TV". www.northwestnewspapers.co.za. North West Newspapers.
- ^ "Under 30 Business". Forbes Africa. 2018-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "18 South Africans under 30 to watch out for in business and tech". South Africa. Business Tech. 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Introducing 2018's Top 10 GQ Best Dressed Winners". www.gq.co.za. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
- ^ "GQ South Africa crowns SA's best-dressed men". Bizcommunity. 30 October 2018.
- ^ Crampton, Nicole (February 27, 2019). "29 Top Influential SA Business Leaders". Entrepreneur.