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02 January 2020 | Story Valentino Ndaba | Photo Anja Aucamp
Glolooks
Refilwe Xaba, the founder and CEO of Glolooks.

Refilwe Xaba, Senior Assistant Officer in Entrepreneurship Development at the UFS Centre for Development Support, is the founder and CEO of Glolooks. This Bloemfontein-based company manufactures and supplies an organic, natural hair product range.

When she first developed the products, they were for personal use. Xaba evolved from an intrapreneur to an entrepreneur. She innovated a personal solution into a booming business idea. It was only in May 2016 that she decided to go into business, following growing interest in the way she maintained her hair. “I officially started in-depth research in October 2015, after years of making concoctions for myself.”


Business and books

Xaba reckons that a research background is beneficial for growing a business such as Glolooks that has a huge technical aspect. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Entrepreneurship with a focus on marketing and is planning to use her business as a case study.

Her undergraduate, honours, and master’s studies, which she completed at Kovsies, contributed to equipping Xaba with skills to grow her business. She believes in balancing education and business. “I have always been commerce-orientated. If there is a problem to be fixed, I fix it. However, people are at the centre of my heart.”


Growing Glolooks

In 2019, Glolooks opened a salon in Westdene, where customers can receive a holistic experience above and beyond merely purchasing the product. Xaba says this is one of the ways her business is being innovative when it comes to creating relationships with customers.

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Student Court inaugurates judges and a clerk
2007-04-25

The Student Court of the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Main Campus in Bloemfontein has inaugurated six judges and a clerk at a ceremony organised by the Student Representative Council's (SRC) member for Legal and Constitutional Affairs recently. The Student Court was created by the university to test the legality of the decisions made by the SRC and the Student Parliament in terms of South Africa’s Constitution, the SRC’s Constitution and also the regulations of the UFS. From the left are, front: Sekhobe Mopeli (judge) and Liezelle Bouwer (clerk), Lelandie Bessinger (judge); back: Alida de Bruyn (judge), Joleen Maartens (judge), Thamae Lenka (judge) and Catherine Griesel (judge).
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