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The South Africa and Canada leg of My Most Trusted,
a national and global super-community of

trusted connections in our Trusted Universe, October 2026

South Africa · Canada

The South Africa-Canada Business Bridge

!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke. South Africa's national motto, in the ǀXam language of the San. It means diverse people unite.

Take a tour of the South Africa-Canada Bridge Who is on each end

What this is

The South Africa-Canada Business Bridge is for South African businesses that want Canadian clients, partners or a foothold in Canada, and for Canadian firms that want a South African partner somebody has already vouched for.

There is no direct flight, and Johannesburg is nine hours ahead of Vancouver and six ahead of Toronto, so almost every first conversation happens on a video call early in the Canadian morning. None of that stops a deal. What stops it is not knowing anybody on the other side.

Someone you can trust at each end

South African business runs on relationships and a good word from the right person. Canadian business is polite, careful and slow to commit to a stranger. Each end of this Bridge has its own host, who lives there and knows how trust is built on their side.

South AfricaJohannesburg

Natalie Clack

Host, South Africa · Corby & Page Enterprises cc

Natalie Clack holds the South African end of the Bridge, from Johannesburg. In her own words she is an international motivational speaker, a holistic energy alchemist and a virtual freelance business consultant, working through Corby & Page Enterprises. Her consulting is done largely online, which suits a bridge whose other end is nine time zones away. She meets people face to face in Johannesburg and online anywhere.

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CanadaVancouver

Susan Jarema

Host, Canada · Grand Connection

Susan Jarema holds the Canadian end of the Bridge, from Greater Vancouver. She runs Grand Connection, the community sponsoring this Bridge, and her working life is about putting business owners in touch so they can connect, create and collaborate. She has an MBA, holds a Trusted Advocate rank on My Most Trusted, and meets people around Greater Vancouver and online.

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How the Bridge works

Every introduction has a name on it.The person who knows you both writes to you both, together, and says why. No reason, no introduction.
Nobody is on a list.There are no bought contacts and no sales sequences. You hear only from people someone has vouched for.
You keep your circle.Your profile and the people who trust you are yours, whichever club you met them through.
Early in Canada, afternoon in South Africa.A call at 7am in Vancouver or 10am in Toronto lands in the Johannesburg afternoon. That is where most first conversations happen.
You join by referral.The point is not to be the biggest network in either country. It is to be a room where everyone in it can be vouched for by somebody already inside it.

Worth a read

Read How does a South African business find clients and partners in Canada?

A plain guide for South African business owners who want Canadian clients, partners or a foothold in Canada, and for Canadian firms looking at South Africa. Why the gap is about trust rather than distance, how to work across nine time zones, and why a personal introduction opens doors a cold email cannot.

See it for yourself

South Africa chose !ke e: ǀxarra ǁke for its coat of arms in 2000: diverse people unite, written in the language of some of the country's first people. Canada has built itself on much the same idea, and a great many South Africans now live and work there. A bridge between the two is less about distance than about finding the right person among a lot of good ones, and letting someone who knows you both make the match.

Take a tour of the South Africa-Canada Bridge