Setlalekgosi blazes trail through male sector

Setlalekgosi at her office.Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse.
Setlalekgosi at her office.Pic.Kagiso Onkatswitse.

Sprint Couriers owner and operations director, Pinkie Setlalekgosi, is a firebrand business trailblazer. This week, Mmegi Correspondent, KELETSO THOBEGA speaks to her as she retraces her steps in the business world, uncovers what makes her tick and how her company and personal brand have succeeded in the male-dominated courier services industry

After a marathon telephonic session of trying to pin down Pinkie Setlalekgosi for an interview, we finally appoint to meet at her office. On the day, I arrive at the agreed time: 10am. When I enter the Sprint Couriers headquarters I’m informed that she has just left the building. Assuming that she might have forgotten our meeting, I call her on her mobile phone. “You should have arrived at least 15 minutes before the agreed time!” she charges at me.

I’m taken aback and start shaking in my boots because I think she might cancel the interview. Instead, she tells me that she will return shortly. This sets the precedent for the character Setlalekgosi is: no-nonsense, punctual, meticulous and disciplined.

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