Region. Then the nigerian teenager taking her country. By storm. Hello im. Africa its good to have you along South Africans have been paying tribute to a man who is revered in the country as the grandfather of black business richard poignant passed away on monday at the age of 99 his Business Career began in the 1950 s. When he started a Delivery Service in the countrys largest townships a little his empire expanded and he later became a retail giant now on social media this picture also tweeted by a South African president is doing the rounds when Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1991 poignant picked him up from the airport hes the one behind the wheel now in a statement so that because president said weve lost a pioneer a trailblazer and a man of extraordinary fortitude who paved the way for the racial transformation off the South African economy. We took our cameras to a more insulated one of the biggest shopping complexes in south africa built by im a poignant and name pe