Called To Serve

In this week's episode, we travel to Bertrams in central Johannesburg where Nkomo Wa Maphike meets with the Founder of Bertrams Inner City Farm, Refiloe Molefe whose passion for farming helps her feed Johannesburg's poor community. She has over the years enlisted the help of youth living and studying in the area to help grow her farm into the business it is today with various fruits, vegetables, and food items made from the farm produce, now sold. 

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In our episode this week, Nkomo Wa Maphike sits down with the Co-founder of Water for The Future, Romy Stander to chat about the process of restoring the river and how she ended up co-leading this major project in the heart of Johannesburg.  

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In our episode this week, Nkomo Wa Maphike sits down with the Founder of The Pink Room, Mandisa Jiyane to chat about the healing work that she's been able to do for teenagers through the organisation being planted at schools across Johannesburg East. We tap into the journey so far and how she keeps her fighting spirit in the name of creating a safer society for young people.

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In this week’s episode, we travel to Kliptown in Soweto where Nkomo Wa Maphike chats with the Founder of the Soweto Kliptown Youth (SKY) NPO, Bob Nameng. Nameng's experience working in the NPO sector started with the Jabu and Bob Youth Club (J and B Youth Club) which later led to the birth of SKY, an organisation that works to empower the community of Kliptown, beyond its youth. He talks through the role of girls and women in leading social change for a new dawn.  

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Reference to sexual assault made in the podcast.

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Father Kgaogelo Ntsie, inspired by his own battle with depression, advocates for resource investment towards psychological support for religious leaders.  Currently a Psychology major, he plans to offer support to help fellow religious leaders through their own  mental health challenges, sometimes worsened by the reality of the lonely journey on which they find themselves. 

In this week’s episode, we travel to Pretoria where Nkomo Wa Maphike chats to Founder and Director of Pelmo Publishers, Nkemiseng Molefe. Nkemiseng’s journey as a publisher began when she published books written in isiZulu by her father, Dr. Lawrence Molefe. Since then, she has continued to advocate for the preservation of native South African languages through literature. Pelmo Publishers has gained rights to publish and translate 'Alice in Wonderland' to isiZulu - 'U-Alice Ezweni Lezimanga. It also has a colouring book based on Dr. Molefe's novel 'Isizwe Esisha (Rooster for President) published in isiZulu and English.

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In this week's episode, we travel to Central Jabavu in Soweto where Nkomo Wa Maphike meets with the new Director of The Morris Isaacson Centre for Music, Lungile Zaphi. Zaphi is a photographer and Human Resources graduate who uses her experience and as a Visual Art Curator to transform learning for children at the centre and the community of Central Jabavu.

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In this week's episode, Nkomo Wa Maphike sits down with Mpendulo Mfeka, SRC President at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to tap into his journey as the SRC President in the midst of an international pandemic and what this age means for SRC leadership and its agenda to promote students interests moving forward. 

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Nkomo Wa Maphike sits down with Cancervive's Education & Support Manager for insight into her journey to becoming the advocate that she is and lessons from the journey.

Vatiswa Mtyalela has seen how children in her neighbourhood are chased from home and left to wander the streets. She has since 2005, created a space where they can draw and develop their reading and understanding so they can carve a brighter future for themselves.