Stretch Podcast

238. Entrepreneurship And Black People

November is considered entrepreneurship month by many countries around the world such that one week in November gets dedicated to entrepreneurship known as global entrepreneur week.
On the stretch podcast we keep up with that theme as it is an important one for me - Entrepreneurship has been a big part of my adult life.  
In this episode I am in conversation with Toivo specifically on entrepreneurship and black people in South Africa. The conversation tracks the evolution of black entrepreneurship over the years, begin with the lengendary Ntate Maponya and his contemporaries, we cover the good and the bad of (mostly bad ) of BEE. We talk on the link between land and successful entrepreneurship and much more.
It is an informative most educational conversation for anyone, entrepreneurial or not.
BIO 
Entrepreneur, Chattered accountant, experienced CEO with a history of working in the accounting field. Skilled in Enterprise risk management, business planning, internal audit and corporate governance.
Contacts 
LinkedIn: Bolokang Lengane
Facebook: Toivo Ja Toivo 
 
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327. Pre/Peri/Post Menopause Part 2

In this episode we continue where we left off, focusing on all the PAUSES that women go through over the course of her late life. 
Bio:
A juggler is how Xoli describes herself. From family to work, from adventure to doing nothing. Doing nothing is an an activity right? She is the author of The Perimenopausal Globetrotter, a menopause advocate and policy advisor, a creative director Indigenously (her contemporary African print clothing line) and an optimum living consultant, amongst other roles.
If she was a billboard she would read: 'Understanding yourself is power. Loving yourself is freedom. Forgiving yourself is peace. Being yourself is bliss.'
Contacts 
Facebook: Facebook Profile
IG: maskoffwithxoli 
Xoli's Instagram
LinkedIn: Xoli Madlala
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xoli-madlala-97a231223
xolimadlala78@gmail.com
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236.Pre/Peri/Post Menopause...?

I am pretty sure you remember your very first period, I am also sure you remember your first sign that you are pregnant... do you know why your remember and know those days. Because they are spoken about, they are part of our everday lives. We know the symptoms and signs and symbolism...
But what about the pauses, the stages we reach after 45? The Peri  and Pre Menopause, the Menopause and the Post menopause, why don't we talk about those. Why are we hush hush about those. Are they not part of every woman's life? 
Well, in this conversation I am in conversation with the author of The Peri Menopausal Globetrotter... on the very subject Xoli Ka Madlala. Xoli is a 45 year old post menopausal woman who is a passionate advocate of all things menopause. 
In this part 1 of our conversation we cover the back story of her writing the book what it took and the experience she had diving and delving into this important subject. 
 
Bio:
 
A juggler is how Xoli describes herself. From family to work, from adventure to doing nothing. Doing nothing is an an activity right? She is the author of The Perimenopausal Globetrotter, a menopause advocate and policy advisor, a creative director Indigenously (her contemporary African print clothing line) and an optimum living consultant, amongst other roles.
 
If she was a billboard she would read: 'Understanding yourself is power. Loving yourself is freedom. Forgiving yourself is peace. Being yourself is bliss.'
 
Contacts
 
Facebook: Facebook Profile
 
IG: maskoffwithxoli 
Xoli's Instagram
 
LinkedIn: Xoli Madlala
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xoli-madlala-97a231223
 
xolimadlala78@gmail.com
 
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235. Healing The Mother Wound

There is an inside joke in psychology and the life coaching field that goes:
If it’s not one thing it’s the mother… 
Which basically talks to the fact that almost all our issues big or small can somehow be traced back to our childhood and to the mother. Sounds unfair I know but it’s true not because mothers ‘damage’ their children, but rather because the mother is such a pivotal force in a child’s life. She is after all the life giver…
 
In this episode I am in conversation with Moshitadi Lehlomela, author of the famous ‘The girl who survived her mother’ on Healing The Mother wound.
 
In the conversation we cover amongst others:
What the mother wound is and how it finds expression, generational patterns of mother wounding, mother wound in relationships, mother wound and money. We also cover Moshitadi’s relationship with her mother and much more.
Bio
Moshitadi is a mother wound recovery coach, author of The girl who survived her mother and Radical Acceptance for childhood adversities.
Contact: 
Instagram:@healing_with mo
https://linktr.ee/Moshitadi
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234. The Roles We Play In Families

In this episode I’m in conversation with Family coach Nunu Nkosi, affectionately known as Aunty Nu by her many young and adoring clients.
In the conversation we cover amongst other the roles we play in family structures and their significants. We spend a lot of time on the bread winner, black tax told of the mother, maternal aunt and uncle, paternal aunt and uncle as they were meant to be Africa of antiquity…
It is another important conversation particularly for those of us who are on a mission of building strong black families.
Bio
Nunu Nkosi is a Family Coach that works with adults and children, specialising on family dynamics and upbringing
She helps people heal their childhood trauma and family wounds so they can experience authenticity and joyful relationships
Contact
Instagram: @familymatterswithcoachnunuFacebook: Nompumelelo Nunu Nkosi
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233. Another Solo Episode

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232. The Story Of The People’s Fund

In this episode I am in conversation with Luyanda Jafta on the story of The people's Fund as well as his entrepreneurial journey.
We spend the first part of the conversation on Luyanda's personal journey as an entrepreneur as well as black people and the economy. The rest of the conversation is on the origins of The People's Fund where it is now and where it is headed.
it is  one of he most empowering and inspirational conversation on what it means to be change you want to see as well as what it takes to be part of the active economy in South Africa today. The true sense of economic freedom in our life time
Bio
Luyanda Jafta is a Co-Founder and CEO of The
People’s Fund (TPF); a crowdfunding platform
disrupting the business financing landscape in
South Africa by allowing everyday people to invest
in small businesses and receive a return
www.thepeople.co.za
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231. How Men Relationship

Coach Londi returns to the podcast with yet another thought provoking conversation on How men relationship. Conversations around relationships are generally focused on women and how women should be and act in a relationship. We have very few conversations on how men actually do relationships and what they want. 
We are not bringing answers necessarily, we opening a conversation that will hopefully get you and yours to start talking differently in your homes and in your date nights. 
Bio and Contacts
Londeka Mkhize is a South African based thought leader on the transformation and mastery of relationships. She helps high achievers meet their human need for love and connection while staying true to themselves.
She’s the author of “The book on love: how to experience the love you desire and stay true to yourself”.
She wants high-achievers to know that love and prosperity are their birthright- you can definitely have success and love as your reality.
 
Helping you close the gap between love and success so that you can flourish in love AND thrive in life excites and
motivates her to do this work!
Londeka is CEO and founder, relationship workshop
facilitator, and transformation coach through her company, Enlightened Living. She has been featured on a number of media platforms and has collaborated with other experts in the self-development field.
Contacts and Socials
@coach_londi  | @coachlondi
 
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230. The Phenomenon of The Soft Life

The Phenomenon of ‘the soft life’ has taken the country by storm finding most of its expression on mainly social media. It is about the glaring ‘need’ for young women to be financially taken care of by a man. In this episode I am in conversation with Lebohang Masango author of the book Soft Life about exactly what this phenomenon is about.  We cover some of the stories of the characters in her book and how no matter how different they are they all seem to gravitate towards a soft life that is provided for by a man predominately but also how they strive to provide the very soft life for themselves. 
 
Bio
 
Lebohang Masango earned her Master of Arts degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. She is a writer and an award-winning poet. She is also the award-winning author of children’s book, M_p_u_m_i_’s_ _M_a_g_i_c_ _B_e_a_d_s_ _(David Philip, 2018), which is available in all 11 of South Africa’s official languages. The book has been awarded the 2018 South African Independent Publishers Award for Children’s Books, 2019 South African Literary Award for Children’s Literature, the 2019 Exclusive Books IBBY SA Award for Best Writer and a 2020 gold Pandering Advertising Award in the Publication Design – Whole Publication category. She has co-authored G_r_o_w_ _t_o_ _B_e_ _G_r_e_a_t_:_ _A_w_e_s_o_m_e_ _A_f_r_i_c_a_n_ _A_c_h_i_e_v_e_r_s_ _with Dr Judy Dlamini (Sifiso Publishers, 2020) and M_p_u_m_i_ _a_n_d_ _J_a_b_u_’s_ _M_a_g_i_c_a_l_ _D_a_y_ _(David Philip, 2020) with Professor Claudine Storbeck, the Director for the Centre for Deaf Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand and it has been awarded a 2021 silver Pendoring Advertising Award in the Publication Design – Whole Publication category. She has written N_a_n_a_n_a_ _B_o_s_e_l_e_s_e_l_e_ _for Wimpy and Ethnikids’ ‘Our Stories, Your Language’ campaign, co-authored O_ _Šo_m_i_l_e_,_ _K_o_l_o_b_e_ _Y_a_ _D_i_t_šh_i_l_a_ _for Save the Children (SA) in 2020 and written T_h_e_ _G_r_e_a_t_ _C_a_k_e_ _C_o_n_t_e_s_t_ _as part of the voluntary literacy initiative Book Dash in 2018.
As an Anthropologist, Lebohang is published in C_o_n_n_e_c_t_e_d_ _L_i_v_e_s_:_ _F_a_m_i_l_i_e_s_,_ _H_o_u_s_e_h_o_l_d_s_,_ _H_e_a_l_t_h_ _a_n_d_ _C_a_r_e_ _i_n_ _C_o_n_t_e_m_p_o_r_a_r_y_ _S_o_u_t_h_ _A_f_r_i_c_a_, edited by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi and Lenore Manderson (HSRC Press, 2020) and A_n_x_i_o_u_s_ _J_o_b_u_r_g_:_ _T_h_e_ _I_n_n_e_r_ _L_i_v_e_s_ _o_f_ _a_ _G_l_o_b_a_l_ _S_o_u_t_h_ _C_i_t_y_ _edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden (Wits Univeristy Press, 2020). In 2021, the South African Reserve Bank commissioned Lebohang to write “A Purposeful Journey”, a poem for their centenary. She is published in Y_e_a_r_s_ _o_f_ _F_i_r_e_ _a_n_d_ _A_s_h_:_ _S_o_u_t_h_ _A_f_r_i_c_a_n_ _P_o_e_m_s_ _o_f_ _D_e_c_o_l_o_n_i_s_a_t_i_o_n_ _(Jonathan Ball, 2021) edited by Wamuwi Mbao and T_o_ _B_r_e_a_t_h_e_ _I_n_t_o_ _A_n_o_t_h_e_r_ _V_o_i_c_e_ _(Real African Publishers, 2017), a Jazz poetry anthology edited by Myesha Jenkins. Her poetry, “Ten Thousand Stories” features in MutltiChoice/ DStv’s Most Loved Storyteller campaign and has won a gold Mama Africa Award and gold Best Image Promo Award at the Promax Africa Awards (2020).
Her poetry also features in Metropolitan’s “Freedom Matters” (2019) video and the Hip Hop song “Endurance” (2015) by Reason alongside the late, HHP. She has read her poetry in South Africa, Zimbabwe and the UK. Lebohang is the UNICEF Volunteer Program Advocate and an inaugural Zanele Mbeki Fellow in feminist leadership. With her immense passion for children’s literacy, Lebohang regularly hosts storytelling sessions in schools, bookshops, community libraries and virtually, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Lebohang was voted the second runner-up in the D_a_i_l_y_ _M_a_v_e_r_i_c_k_’s_ _Persons of the Year 2021: Youth Champion category. She is currently a PhD candidate.
Instagram @lebohangmasango
Twitter: @lebohangwrites
www.lebohangmasango.com
LinkedIn: Lebohang Masango
 
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229, Parliament of World Religions Experience - With Cindy Dinette

This episode is part 2 of the experiences of attending Parliament of World religions. Only this time, I am in conversation with the phenomenal Cindy Dibete. Once again it is a full free episode, may our experience inspire and stretch you in the best possible ways and stretch hearts and minds. 
Bio 
Balancing Business Mastery with Spiritual WisdomA seasoned leader renowned for her prowess in the business realm. As a certifiedProfessional Accountant (SA), she brings a proven history of success to every endeavour
Having founded and later sold her thriving Accounting Firm, Ms. D transitioned gracefully into the world of Corporate Governance, where she continues to leave her indelible mark. Her latest innovation: a cutting-edge web-based solution for virtual board meetings software. This creation is a solution that not only demonstrates her technological prowess but also allows her to operate from any corner of the globe.
In her role as an accomplished Accountant, Cindy empowers clients to not only manage their finances but also unlock exponential business growth. Her strategic insights are a driving force behind her clients' increased business value.What sets Cindy apart is her holistic approach to success. She believes that genuineachievement encompasses emotional, spiritual, and overall well-being. For her, striking this harmonious balance is key to realizing enduring prosperity.
Cindy Dibete, aka Ms. D, is a luminary who seamlessly blends business acumen withspiritual grounding. Join her journey towards enlightened success.#BusinessLeadership #SpiritualWisdom #CorporateMastery #HolisticSuccess
 
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