Face to Face with Success

Face to Face with Success is a podcast series featuring success stories from real South Africans changing the game in their respective fields.

Episodes in this series - Page 2

Meet Gavin Keller

01 March 2017 | 11 Minute Listen

Sun Valley Primary’s Principal, Gavin Keller talks to Charlotte Kilbane about redefining education, why failure is actually a stepping stone to success, and how brain science can help us improve the way our kids learn.

Meet Marlene le Roux

01 March 2017 | 11 Minute Listen

Marlene le Roux shares with Charlotte Kilbane her lifelong journey in the arts, and education, and tells her why the arts are so vital to uplifting the new generation of South Africans

Meet Luke Dale Roberts

28 February 2017 | 9 Minute Listen

Charlotte Kilbane finds out how this darling of the foodie world started at the very bottom of the food chain, and what inspires him to keep reinventing flavours and experiences that wow his diners.

Meet Yolisa Phahle

28 February 2017 | 15 Minute Listen

M-Net channel head Yolisa Phahle chats to Nikiwe Bikitsha about why it's important for people to see their realities and lived experiences reflected back to them.

Meet Romeo Kumalo

23 February 2017 | 12 Minute Listen

Former Vodacom executive turned entrepreneur Romeo Kumalo sits in conversation with Nikiwe Bikitsha to talk about forging his own path to success.

Meet Prof Shirley Zinn

08 February 2017 | 11 Minute Listen

Inspiring, honest and wise – Prof Zinn shares with Charlotte Kilbane the moment two high school teachers changed her life, and tells us of the tragedy that almost broke her.

Meet serial entrepreneur Ian Fuhr

06 February 2017 | 13 Minute Listen

Find out how the beauty brand Sorbet was born, with this driven, focussed entrepreneur. Ian talks to Nikiwe Bikitsha about what drives him, and gives insight into the hurdles he had to clear to forge a successful national brand.

Meet Mark Solms

25 January 2017 | 10 Minute Listen

Mark Solms is a psychiatrist and an academic. But as Charlotte Kilbane hears, he’s also the man who together with workers on the wine farm his family owns, came up with a novel and highly successful model for land reform in South Africa.

Meet Dorcas Dlamini

23 January 2017 | 9 Minute Listen

As Charlotte Kilbane discovers, the story of Dorcus Dlamini is particularly resonant to so many young people struggling to find work, and so many more struggling to fund their education.

Meet Nelia Annandale

23 January 2017 | 8 Minute Listen

Face to Face with Success speaks to the founder of children’s clothing brand, Keedo. Nelia tells Charlotte Kilbane about the accident that almost killed her, and which importantly, led to the wake-up call that drove her to start her own business.

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