Our History

Blueprint Media Group (Pty) Ltd is a Level 1 B-BBEE entity formed in 2018 to seize and exploit emerging opportunities in the media and communications industry of South Africa. Its major shareholders are: Blueprint Group (Pty) Ltd, NEHAWU Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd, and the URK Holdings Ltd. The shareholders represent key communities in the country: traditional leaders, professional workers, and black-owned businesses. BMG is poised to become a significant player in its niche markets both in South Africa and the African continent at large.

Businesses

Blueprint Media Group is positioning itself to be a holding company of several strategic business units, all with an overarching goal to transforming the lives of ordinary people in South Africa and the continent. The company is targeting investments beyond media. The company’s investment committee will identify emerging business opportunities downstream and upstream which will not only maximise shareholder value but also fit with its founding philosophy and history as a truly broad-based economic empowerment company focused on bringing on board those on the base of the pyramid in the evolving socio-economic transformation discourse of the country’s recent democracy.

Board of Directors

Directorate

Groovin Nchabeleng

Groovin is the Executive Chairman of Blueprint Media Group (Pty) Ltd which owns News Afrika, Blueprint Group (Pty) Ltd, Blueprint Strategic Marketing and Communications (Pty) Ltd, and the Medi-Zone Group (Pty) Ltd. He is also the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of United Royal Kingships Holdings (Pty) Ltd- a company formed by the traditional and royal leaders to invest in key sectors of the economy for the benefit of nearly 25 million citizens who have been historically disadvantaged. Groovin is an award winning and dynamic Advertising and Media guru in South Africa. He is former Chief Executive Officer of Leo Burnett Group South Africa/ MMS Group,  a division of Publicis Worldwide, the third largest communications group in the world with 65 000 employees in more than 83 countries. Respected across the industry and in business for building brands, he is set to become a major player in the communications industry of South Africa.

Meriam Kekana

Merriam is Executive Director of Blueprint Media Group (Pty) Ltd. She also sits on the board of United Royal Kingships Holdings Ltd and the Medi-Zone Group (Pty) Ltd. started out her financial career in the professional services sector with Ernst & Young (now EY) where she rose through the ranks to the position of senior manager with key responsibilities for large listed and private corporations. She then joined international energy group, BP Southern Africa, where she served as Assurance, Risk and Controls Manager with specific responsibilities for financial management and business controls, risk management, ethics and compliance and governance and reporting. Meriam is currently Chief Financial Officer of Medizone Group (Pty) which will soon be launching a chain of retail pharmacies across the country.

Makgane Thobajane

Makgane is Non-Executive Director of Blueprint Media (Pty) Ltd. He is currently the CEO of the NEHAWU Investment Holdings, a R2.4 billion investment vehicle which leverages worker equity towards market related investments in the following sectors: Resources (Exxaro and ARM), Renewables (Boschoff Solar Park), Health Care (Workers Health), Property, Telecommunications, Financial Services and Gaming. He was previously Executive Chairperson of the same entity. A Labour Relations & HR specialist and Turnaround expert with extensive project management experience in managing large-scale restructuring processes, Makgane is studying towards a Masters in Public Management with the University of the Witwatersrand.

Mmoko Kgoroeadia

Mmoko is a Non-Executive Director of the Blueprint Media (Pty) Ltd and has over 10 years’ experience, 5 of which were in management roles within the Retail, Banking and Insurance industries. She has diversified experience in accounting and finance, with an apt understanding of   International Reporting Financial Standards (IFRS) and a sound knowledge of Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). She is a strategic thinker and a professional Project Manager (PMI and Agile). She also holds and Advanced Diploma in Business Accounting (ACCA) and is studying towards the BSc in Applied Accounting (ACCA.).

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