Building Bolden across publishing, reputation and regional growth

For much of his professional life, Thapelo Letsholo has worked where markets, institutions and public perception meet. He has held senior roles in marketing and corporate affairs, built communications and publishing businesses, served in Parliament, and developed platforms that profile leadership, enterprise, innovation and national progress. Now, after completing his term as Member of Parliament for Kanye North from 2019 to 2024, Letsholo is placing renewed emphasis on Bolden, the pan-African platform he founded across publishing, strategic communications, convening and growth.

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better.

We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…