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Thabiso Tlelai, former CEO of the Don Group hotel chain and co-founder of NMT Capital, died after a car accident that also killed his wife, Ayanda, on Sunday afternoon.
Before their untimely death, the couple operated numerous businesses in property development, mining, tourism, and financial services in Gauteng, the Free State and the Eastern Cape, as well as Lesotho.
“The Tlelai family is humbled and extremely grateful for the messages of tribute, love and condolences that we have received from thousands of people throughout southern Africa,” his family said in a statement.
“Words cannot express our gratitude for the kind words we have received, they have given us strength in this difficult and emotionally exhausting period for us.”
Tlelai owned and operated Don Suite hotels for more than a decade, and served on the board of directors of the construction company Basil Read, SA Tourism and the National Empowerment Corporation. He was also the founder and president of the Consejo Empresarial Turístico de SA (TBCSA).
Tlelai also founded, with Peter Moyo and Sango Ntsaluba, the investment holding company NMT Capital which was highlighted in 2019 when Moyo was fired as CEO of Old Mutual over an alleged conflict of interest involving NMT Capital.
A memorial service will be held Friday at Waterfall, Midrand.
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