Buyi Daweti
Nominee's Province:
Gauteng
Project Name/Description:
Buhlali Security & Training, Founder and CEO
Buyi Daweti is not only known for her popular tell-all fiction, “Victory and Justice at Last”, but she is also an extraordinary entrepreneur who has started Buhlali Security and Training Institute, which has trained over 250 guards since its establishment in May 2025. An ex-teacher, she is a proud alumnus of prestigious Warwick University in the United Kingdom, where she completed an MSc in Engineering Business Management. She worked at Eskom as a National Contract Manager for almost two decades. This experience enabled her to meet with different business personnel, which inspired her to follow her passion as she resigned in 2020. As setbacks are common in business, she did not give up when her property business was not doing well, resulting in paying damages to 33 people and losing R1.5 million. She went on to establish Buhlali Security and Training as she realised untapped opportunities in that industry.
