'The women in my life all worked hard': Nerina Skuy’s journey from District Six to CEO

One of Nerina Skuy’s earliest memories is of security police raiding their house in District Six, while her father was in detention, and stomping holes in the ceiling as they searched in the roof.

She was 12 when the bulldozers levelled their home and her father moved the family to Durban to look for work. For most of her teenage years, Skuy was at Durban station at 6am every weekday to catch the train to Isipingo where she went to high school. The journey involved a 3km hike from the station to the school and back in time to catch the late afternoon train home.Her role models were her mother and grandmothers who made the best out of limited means and opportunities.

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