Category: Making a Home
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Podcast: How superstar publicist Farah built her fortune on fame
True fame calls for talent, attitude, determination, enigma, style, self-confidence, chutzpah, and a wealth of connections. And in South Africa, true fame calls for a fortune too. Farah Fortune, to be exact.
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Podcast: How Kass Naidoo hit the glass ceiling of South African cricket for a six
Kass Naidoo made her debut in the commentary box at the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Of course, it wasn’t so much a dream as a defiant plan of action, which Kass brought to life by sharpening her skills and knowledge, learning from colleagues and mentors, and refusing to let negative criticism get her down
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The two things you need to make your house a home
I grew up with two kitchen tables. One had a table top of solid South African pine, and the other was topped with grey Formica. At those tables, we ate breakfast, lunch and supper as a family. At those tables, I baked with my mother and my grandmother.
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Podcast: Bonnie Mbuli on fame, reinvention & rediscovering happiness
Bonnie’s journey has led her from bright lights to dashed dreams to divorce and the darkness of clinical depression. But she is a survivor too, resilient and determined, a blazing star about to embark on the third act of her remarkable story.
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Goodbye, dear old plum tree, and thank you for the shade
What a tree you have been, dear Plum. You stood for our family. You stood up for us and supported our growth. But, finding myself alone in this rambling, overstuffed home, you must make way now. Things have changed.
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Podcast: How Andries Kemp, South Africa’s King of Colour, built a business that is brightening up the world
It’s a story of homegrown ingenuity and global success that has turned Andries into a leader in the field, taking him a long way from the Free State and from his early career path as an accountant.
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Podcast: Black Like Herman: Joburg’s Hair to the Throne
Where do great entrepreneurial stories begin? With a dream, of course. But they also need a space for their genesis. For Joburg’s newly elected Mayor, Herman Mashaba, business began in the boot of a car.
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Face it, Dave, you’re my faraway role model, whether you like it or not
When things get hard, he works harder. When the call of change summons him closer, he answers. He is never scared of the truth, even when it feels bigger than the Burj Khalifa.
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The 3 parenting life-lessons I learned from my rescue mutt
I was going to be a rock star school governing body (SGB) mom. Ten years in, I know how foolish I was at the start and I’ve learnt some lessons. And some of those lessons came from a rather surprising source.
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Podcast: The hair-raising story of how Khulile built her business
Between her busy days and her fast-growing sideline, Khulile Vilakazi-Ofosu found the time to sit down with Ruda for an insightful chat about ambition, opportunity, and the hair-raising life of a modern business executive.