Made in SA Boet
Made in SA Boet
Made in SA Boet is not a golf-day brand. It's the Business and Entrepreneurship arm of a bigger South African movement — built on Local Manufacturing, Local Trade, Skills Development and people helping people.
The roots go back to a single Entrepreneur's journey as a manufacturer — and a philosophy that outgrew one product, one company and one event.
Started in a small double garage with three employees. The intention was never just to manufacture a product — it was to build something Local that could create employment.
Already described as an initiative promoting Local Businesses, networking and keeping resources circulating within South Africa.
Around 168 golfers and a network of Local Businesses come together on the course — proof the philosophy could scale into a practical, repeatable event.
Involved in collaborative golf initiatives including the BESA Leadership Academy event at Eye of Africa — a decade on, the concept survives and grows.
South Africa doesn't only need people looking for jobs — it needs people creating Businesses that create jobs. Manufacturers, tradespeople, Engineers, Innovators, Entrepreneurs and small-Business owners. And those Businesses need customers. That's where Made in SA Boet comes in.
Connecting Entrepreneurs, manufacturers, SMMEs and communities so Local Businesses grow, people find Opportunities and more South African jobs get created. Bigger than Gauteng. Bigger than golf. A national network for South African Entrepreneurship — the place where "I need a supplier," "I need a mentor," or "I have an idea" always finds a Boet or Beaut who says "I can help."
Through golf days, networking events, collaborations, mentorship, Entrepreneurship programmes and Community initiatives — not so networking simply means exchanging Business cards, but so relationships turn into trade, growth, skills and jobs.
From individual golf days to a national model — six goals that hold the whole organisation together.
Create Opportunities for SMMEs and established Businesses to meet, collaborate, refer work and trade with one another.
Encourage Entrepreneurship and Local Manufacturing, because sustainable Businesses create sustainable employment.
Use experience, mentorship and practical education to help people start, survive and grow a Business.
Connect young South Africans with practical skills, industrial Entrepreneurship and people who've actually built Businesses.
Use the strength of the network to support schools, individuals, charities and Community initiatives.
Take the model beyond individual golf days — connecting Businesses across Gauteng, the Eastern Cape, KZN and the rest of South Africa.
Somewhere along the journey you realise the oke employing 20 people might be struggling himself. Made in SA Boet asks "how can we help your Business?" Howzit Boet asks "but Boet... how are you?"
Local Manufacturing, Local Trade, networking and Entrepreneurship — the foundation the whole movement stands on.
Looking after the person behind the Business — because the Entrepreneur everyone thinks has made it might be lying awake wondering how he'll make payroll.
Making sure people know they don't have to struggle in silence.
Using stronger people and stronger Businesses to build a stronger South Africa.
Proudly partnering with movements that build people, encourage honest conversations and remind every South African that they matter.
Made in SA Boet isn't about asking South Africans to support Local because it's Local.
It's about helping Local become worth supporting.