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| Vol 13 | 2016
NOTABLE ALUMNI
BUSINESS AND AWARDS
For
Mzwandile Hector Mnyayiza
(Sheffield
2004)
life in the kitchen has produced
some appetising rewards: runner-up in the
Chaîne de Rotisseurs Young Chef of the Year
Competition
in 2008, finalist in the
Unilever
Chef of the Year Awards
in 2014, executive
chef at Sibaya Casino and Entertainment
Kingdom’s esteemed
Aqua Restaurant
, north
of Durban, and most recently appointment
as the executive chef at the State Theatre
in Pretoria.
Raised in Hammarsdale, Hector was
awarded a rugby scholarship to Kearsney. In
2004 he played for the 1st XV under captain
Brad Barritt
(Pembroke 2004), also played
for the 1st basketball team and was selected
for the KZN U19 Academy Invitation XV.
A break into the culinary world put paid to
his ambitions of joining the Sharks Rugby
Academy and of playing professional rugby.
Russell Stevens, father of
Matt Stevens
(Sheffield 2001), offered Hector the life-
changing opportunity of studying at the
International Hotel School in Durban and
doing his in-service training at the Royal Hotel.
Hector seized the opportunities offered and
has never looked back.
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Jason Cumming
(Gillingham 1992) was
appointed managing director of M&C
Saatchi Africa at the beginning of 2015.
He is optimistic about growth on the
continent but says agencies need to rethink
how they enter these markets. Much of
Africa skipped past desktop computing in
favour of mobile technology. He believes
the continent can again leap-frog traditional
agency models in favour of more flexible
and innovative ones.
Jason’s team taps into M&C Saatchi Abel’s
Cape Town and Johannesburg resources.
M&C Saatchi Africa is driven from the M&C
Saatchi Abel office in Cape Town.
Jason and his brothers,
Dylan
(1994) and
Robby
(1997), hail from the family coffee
business Beaver Creek at Izingolweni Road
near Port Edward.
The world is his oyster
