Purpose, power and building a life of impact

FOR decades, Margaret Hirsh has been a formidable figure in South Africa's business landscape, a woman who built an empire brick-by-brick, not just through ambition but through an unwavering belief in discipline, generosity, and heart-led leadership.

- JANE LINLEY-THOMAS

"The House of Motherly" is a storytelling platform designed to explore the different "rooms" of our inner lives. Each room holds a theme, a purpose, and a particular kind of wisdom. The Study/Library is where we explore purpose, leadership, career evolution, self-belief, and the courage it takes to write and rewrite your story.

Margaret arrives in this room carrying the wisdom and light of a life that has been built with intention. Her story begins in modest circumstances and ascends into one of South Africa's most recognised entrepreneurial success narratives. Yet what stands out most in conversation with her is not the empire, it is the ethos.