Category: Exchange
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How one amazing woman found a home of hope in Hillbrow
Khanyisile Motsa, affectionately known as Mam’ Khanyi, is the founder of Home of Hope in Berea near Hillbrow. More than a shelter, Home of Hope is an awe-inspiring initiative aimed at taking exploited and abused girls off the streets.
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It’s Time to Change the Way we Play Rugby to Win
The Boks recently beat Ireland in a Test series, but the win felt almost hollow, as they were just hanging in there for a great deal of the series, trying to tackle everything that moved while hoping to get a penalty within kicking range of the posts.
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How to Get Your Children Ready for the Careers That Don’t Exist Today
You’ll find plenty of useful advice in our BrightRock Iris Session on Career Planning for Your Child, hosted by David O’Sullivan, with educational psychologist Lisa Anderson and broadcaster Kuli Roberts on the couch.
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Why You Have to be Just a Little Insane to be a Loyal Rugby Fan
Some will scoff at the thought of investing such energy into 15 men with obscenely large pectorals chasing an oval ball around a patch of grass, and will look at you like you’ve just rambled on for an hour about how deftly you’re able to gut a mackerel.
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If You Could Watch Any Game of Rugby live, What Would it Be?
From a South African perspective, that 1995 World Cup between South Africa and New Zealand at Ellis Park will be a popular answer. From the Boeing flyover to the raising of the trophy, I don’t think it would have been possible to maintain a resting heartbeat on that day.
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5 Life-Lessons We Can All Learn From Rugby
Sport is great for team building and fitness, it’s a nice distraction from reality, and it makes our weekends more entertaining. Most of all, though, sport teaches us some important life lessons.
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Let’s Talk About Career Planning For Your Child
Watch our latest Iris Session with David O’Sullivan, in which he unpacked your child’s career guidance journey with educational psychologist Lisa Anderson and radio personality and mom-of-two, Kuli Roberts.
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The Oke’s Guide to the Perfect Rugby Picnic
Before I carry on, droëwors is not biltong. Biltong should be delivered in stages. It should be rationed. Biltong during rugby is finished quicker than a new Harry Potter novel at a primary school.
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On The #LoveChange Showcase: John Vlismas’ painting
The eccentric John Vlismas is one of South Africa’s most recognisable comedians. He won the 2007 South African Comedy Award for best comedian and entertained viewers as host of Comedy Central Africa’s Roast of Kenny Kunene and Steve Hofmeyr in 2014.
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And the Greatest Stadium for Live Rugby in South Africa is…
It was a cold and wet winter’s day in 1992, the day I first went to Newlands rugby stadium. It was a special occasion. My dad had tickets for us to watch the Springboks versus then world champions Australia.