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From full-time teacher to billionaire businessman - WeBuyCars executive director Faan van der Walt

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WeBuyCars is the biggest car-buying service in South Africa. In September, Transaction Capital bought 49.9% of the business from the van der Walt brothers. Faan van der Walt joined the BizNews Power Hour to chat about the deal and told host Alec Hogg about the beginnings of the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2 Jun 2021 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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