Stretch Podcast

#189 - Astrology With Thebe

As the year draws to a close many of us are looking back at what we have achieved while at the same time wondering what the year 2022 has instore for us. What I know is that Astrology, numerology, tarrot card readings etc are often avenues people go to to see what the year will bring. For as long as I can remember people have always been obsessed with astrology, knowing what their sun signs are and how the planets and stars align for their own good.

#188 - The Power Of Your Salary - With Mduduzi Luthuli

What comes to mind when you think 'SALARY? Many things right, you are probably thinking, bond payment, car instalment, debit orders, school fees etc. And that's fair, those are the immediate things a steady salary gets to solve. But what if there's more, what if you can actually be a millionaire with your salary, what if you can create real wealth via your salary? 
Mduduzi Luthili a Stretch Podcast returning guest is here to share with you how you can begin thinking about your salary in a new way. hence the title of the episode, The power of your Salary! Sure you many not become a millionaire in 5 years but you certainly can if you have plan and see your salary as the resource that it is. 
In the conversation we cover a few themes around what a salary can do, Understanding your WHY, why do you want to create wealth, what do you want in your life. The discipline of saving, the difference between saving and investing and much more. 

#187 - SAME SEX MARRIAGE - WITH BOITUMELO AND LEKGOWE THIPE

While same sex relationships and marriages are legal in South Africa and most of the Western Countries - an alarming number of  people  are not accepting and embracing of the union particularly in African Countries such as Uganda.  Same sex marriages are still frowned upon in major social structures such as churches and the usual culture, tradition etc. I have always wanted to hear from a same sex married couple of how it’s like to live in a society that does not deem them ‘normal’ 
In the conversation they open up about 'coming out' to their families, how they navigate in society, how they met, their marriage, some of the myths about same sex relationships and much more.

#186 - The Importance Of Local Government with Wonga Furmen

With local government elections around the corner, I felt it best to have a conversation on the importance of local government an expert on local government - Wonga Furmen.
In this conversation we cover the following amongst others:
The role of Local Government in the three tier system of government
The relationship between Local Government council, the administration and the community
Whether Provincial Government is necessary?
The role of a Mayor vs that of a Municipal Manager
The role of the community in Local Government
Why we should vote and get involved in local government

#185 - Transformational Coaching - With Mashudu Mbhele

In this episode I am in conversation with Transformation coach, proud Alumni of Stretch School about her own journey of healing and transformation that ultimately lead her to discovering her calling of healing and teaching. In this conversation we go deeper into why we all need to embark on a personal development and growth in our lives.

#184 - The Role Of HR In Covid and Post Covid Times with Fusi Motaung

Fusi Motaung is returning to the podcast and this time we are in conversation about the role of HR in the times we are living in. However, we begin the conversation with how HR as a role in companies came about. Fusi, so elegantly takes us through an HR 101 master class from the days when HR was called Personnel and takes all the way through today when it's called Human Capital Management. 
In the second part of the conversation we cover the dynamics of an HR practitioner today. What it takes to be in HR, what issues they deal with from both within the organisation  and external factors such as politics and the economic changes. It is not only an important conversation to have now, it will bring about a new respect and appreciation for HR.

#183 - Systems and Structures We Live Under - With Lunga Mantashe

In this episode, I am in conversation with Lunga Mantashe as he unpacks what systems and structures are, how they come about, how they impact us on a day to day and personal level. These are the political, economic and cultural systems and structures. We cover the following sub topics amongst others: 
The Capitalist system 
Different Systems before Capitalism 
Patriarchal system 
How women were powerful in ancient times and were free to be and create what they wanted
Slavery, Land and land disposition

#182 - The Benefits of Inner Work

In this episode Lebo returns with a subject that’s a buzz word in the healing, coaching and teaching field - the word is Innerwork! 
She unpacks what the word really means and the benefits thereof.

#181 - A Few Announcements with Tsholo

#180 - GETTNG TO KNOW NAPO MASHEANE

What better way to kick start the Stretch Podcast women's month edition than with the legendary, multi award winning play writer and Poet Napo Masheane! 
In this episode we truly get to know her, her childhood, how her career in poetry, playwright, theatre began. We talk about some of her major milestones of her work which includes the play Kwezi - Say her name and A New Song a play about the 1956 women uprising. We hear her thoughts on black women and black men today and many more