He was the Marketing Director for the world’s leading enterprise application Software, SAP. He has worked for over 18 years as a seasoned Senior Executive. He served as the Chief Marketing Executive at IBM Africa and Group Marketing Director for Skynet Worldwide Express. He was the Executive Head of Corporate Affairs at Virgin Mobile from when it launched in South Africa in 2006. Prior to being at Virgin Mobile, has worked for various companies in the ICT sector - such as Vodacom, Marconi.

Mr. Maweni has extensive experience in both the Private & Public Sectors, having worked as Chief of Staff for the Ministry of Arts & Culture and the Ministry of Justice & Constitutional Development. He was the Managing Director of the Black Management Forum. He chaired the Social & Ethics Committee as a Council member of the Central University of Technology and as Executive Chairperson for BRICS Fashion Week, to mention a few.

He studied for an MBA in Strategic Marketing and also has a Masters of Law (LLM) and is currently studying towards a Doctorate in Law. He has received various awards, which include the Institute of Marketing Management and was awarded Citizen of the Year by the City of Port Elizabeth in 1998. The BMF also awarded him the Manager of the Year in 2010. Many call him the Fixer, The Chair of Chairs.

He is a seasoned finance executive with extensive experience in Banking, Insurance, InvestmentManagement & Entertainment. A Chartered Accountant, CA (SA) by profession& also a CFA Charter holder with the CFA Institute in Charlottesville inVirginia USA. Sisa is Founder & Managing Director of Investment Management firm Volantis Capital.

Sisa brings strong commercial, finance, strategic, leadership and audit expertise to the Board. He is also the Chairperson of theSAMRO Retirement Annuity Fund, serves on the Board of the Export CreditInsurance Corporation and the 1970’s Mines Preservation Funds.

Dr Vilakzi is a Research Psychologist with a PhD in Organisational Development. She completed her PhD at Wits Business School (WBS) in 2015 and joined WBS as a faculty member in 2017, teaching Strategy.

She is an academic with research interests in Business Strategy, Organisational Change Design and Customer Experience. She supervises both MBA and PhD students in these areas.

Dr Vilakazi is also a business consultant, consulting for small and large businesses. She also serves on the Kalagadi Manganese Mining Company and Entsika Consulting Board.

She started her career in the arts sector in 2001 and has since rapidly grown as an arts and culture management executive.

She holds a Master of Public Management qualification from the Regenesys School of Public Management, has completed a programme for Management Development at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), and has a Project Management diploma from Damelin Management School. Additionally, she obtained a National Diploma: Town and Regional Planning from Technikon Witwatersrand (now the University of Johannesburg).

Previously, Ms. Lebethe also served as the interim CEO of the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State, where she was tasked with stabilising the entity, implementing its turnaround strategy, developing the organisational structure, dealing with audit findings, developing the artistic framework and formalising governance structures and operations. Prior to this, she served as CEO of the Market Theatre Foundation.

She has held numerous other senior and consulting positions in the arts and culture sector throughout her long and distinguished career.

As a director, he founded well-known societies and industry associations and chaired various industry boards such as CAPASSO and MPASA. As a music publisher, he has signed acts such as Burna Boy, Black Coffee, Msaki, Diamond Platnumz, TRESOR amongst many others.

He has a Masters Degree in Music by Composition, is an accomplished pianist and has been active in the music publishing business for over twenty-two years.

He is also responsible for representing talent such as DJ Maphorisa, Moonchild, Matthew Mole, Mi Casa, Zakes Bantwini, D’banj, Busiswa, SamthingSoweto, Kabza De Small, 2Baba, Nomcebo Zikode, Black Motion and Beatenberg amongst others that form part of SMP’s global roster.

Rowlin works closely with key music industry associations and is currently a director of MPASA (Music Publishers Association South Africa) and serves as a non-executive director on the board of CAPASSO (Composers AuthorsPublishers Association). He is the chairperson of FINCOMM and a member DIGICOMM, both being sub committees with an important role of ensuring the best digital deals for Pan Africa. Rowlin is also a re-elected non-executive director on the board of SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation), who play a vital role in administeringPerforming Rights on behalf of their members.

Rowlin brings professionalism, dedication, energy and expertise that he has gained over the last two decades having started his musical journey in 1999 at Primedia/Electromode Music, then moving onto EMI Records in 2004, thereafter he joined Sony Music Publishing in 2007. He is a passionate music business executive and a true ambassador of our diverse world class African music both at home and on international shores.

He carved a name for himself as a budding Emcee after winning a few rap competitions on Radio, and even appearing as a contestant on Jam Alley in ‘99. After completing his diploma in Sound Engineering, he landed a job at Yfm as Technical Producer for DJ Fresh 2003, and secured a TV Presenting spot on Channel O, hosting a Hip-Hop segment called “Head-Rush”.

ProVerb released his debut album “The Book of ProVerb” in 2005, which to date is considered a classic in theHip-Hop fraternity. This was followed by four other albums, a mixtape, DVD and countless collaborations in a music career that would span two decades and yield two awards. One for “Hustler of the Year 2017” and another for “Verse of the year 2019.”

His Radio career would see him move to Metro Fm 2007, where he launched his on-air career, followed by a slot at Highveld Stereo (now 947) 2010 and Kaya Fm 95.9  2017. In 2010 he participated in Survivor Santa Carolina where he was the last man standing, raising money for a charity in his home-town Kimberley. This would lead to an invitation to audition for South African Idols, a position he held for more than a decade, co-produced, and won a You Spectacular “Favourite TVPresenter” Award for in 2017.

He is a Published Author, formidable speaker, Master of Ceremonies and businessman in and outside of entertainment. The latter would include serving as a Non-executive Director fora travel & tourism company and co-owning a television production company “SIC Entertainment" – which produced among others: Idols South Africa, Nigerian Idol and Wedding Bashers. His passion for property, has seen him complete a UCT certificate in Property Development and Investment and another in Tax Law, and he now manages a property portfolio which spans across Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape.

ProVerb also holds a UCT certificate in Investment Management, is currently pursuing a BBA with Regenesys Business School and in 2020 was elected to serve on the board of theSouthern African Music Rights Organization as a Non-Executive Director.

In April 2022 ProVerb would return to national radio, as co-host of the Midday Show, Monday to Friday 12 to 3pm on Metro FM at the SABC and in July of the same year, he walked away with the Gold Presidential Award, at the PRISA PRISM Awards 2022.

He studied theory and piano from 1962 to 1973 and his experience as a professional musician dates back to 1976 when he started touring with various bands throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s throughout the entire Southern Africa and performing in countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia and Zimbabwe. During 1978 to 1982 he avoided mandatory Military Combat conscription by joining the SA Army Band, studying his SANDF Music Artisanship in Orchestral percussion and Brass arrangement and attaining the Rank of Sergeant. After this period, he took a Full-time position as an HR Consultant for 5 years, completing various Human Resources (HR) courses and becoming a Senior HR Consultant in the private sector where he managed diversity and transformation projects for various large corporate clients.

However - as a seasoned multi-instrumentalist who mastered keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, lyrics and vocals - in his free-time he soon became a very sought after Studio Sessionist and that lead to him becoming a fully-fledged Composer / Producer in 1989. Since then his work in the SA Music sector has been prolific, having produced over 50 albums in genres including Mbaqanga, Kwaito, Jazz, Classical, House, Afro Pop, Rock, Pop, Gospel, Hip-Hop and Amapiano. In doing so he was called upon to work with top South African music icons, including Mandoza, Brenda Fassie, Busi Mhlongo, Ringo Madlingosi, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Lebo Mathosa, Kabelo, Chiskop, Thembi Seete, Vicky Sampson, Mapaputsi, Brown Dash, Danny K and The Heuwels Fantasties.

Mr. Le Roux has an impressive array of accolades in the music industry. Among his many accomplishments, he has been honoured with three triple-platinum awards, two platinum awards, four gold awards, and multiple SAMA awards for his work producing and co-composing music for various artists. Some of his most notable awards include two consecutive SAMA Song of the Year awards for “Nkalakatha” and “Godoba” by Mandoza, as well as a SAMA Song of the Decade nomination for “Nkalakatha,” which he co-composed and produced. In recognition of his prolific catalogue of works, he was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Wawela in 2016.

In addition to his work with artists, he has also composed and produced music for numerous corporate clients in the retail and service sectors. As Music Sector Activist he has been working tirelessly to change the SA Music Sector as an Economically Sustainable environment for the benefit of younger generations of emerging Music professionals in the future.


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Louise's journey in the South African music industry began in 2003 when she started as a temp for the former mechanical rights society, the National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa (NORM). Following its transition into CAPASSO, she became a founding member of the organisation. Later, she took on the role of Jingles Manager at the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), where she focused on resolving flighting codes with her team.

Louise had a desire for independence, and she then ventured into independent music publishing and achieved this by joining Synchro Music Management as the Creative Director for Production Music. She subsequently managed Synchro Music for several years before joining Mama Dance Music Solutions. Her passion for music production, composers, and the intricacies of royalties extends to local and international markets, making her an invaluable asset to the music production industry.