Business Career
From the 1990s until his death, van Zyl Slabbert was a successful entrepreneur and businessperson.
Van Zyl Slabbert also worked as regional facilitator for the George Soros-backed funding organisation, the Open Society Foundation of Southern Africa, which identifies and invests in worthy projects in nine African countries.
In addition, he co-founded Khula—a black investment trust—in 1990. Van Zyl Slabbert was appointed as chairman of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed Adcorp Holdings in 1998 and also sat on the boards of several other JSE-listed companies such as Wooltru, Investec and Radiospoor.
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