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In this episode of the 'Solutions With David Ansara' podcast, I speak with former world champion boxer turned lawyer, Lovemore Ndou, about his new memoir, Tough Love.
We discuss Lovemore's rough childhood in 1980s Messina (now known as Musina), his escape to Australia, and his long journey to the top of the boxing world. We also reflect on the transformational power of education, and his "second career" as an attorney in Sydney.
Lovemore and I dissect the current state of South Africa, and try to understand where the country has gone wrong since he left in the mid-1990s. Lovemore pulls no punches in his assessment of the ruling party's performance: BEE, corruption and a culture of impunity are just a few of the problems the ANC has inflicted on South Africa, he says.
Lovemore has his own ideas for how to fix the country of his birth. He details his plans to return to South Africa, as well as his long-term political ambitions in this wide-ranging conversation.
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READ 'Tough Love: How A Limpopo Homeboy Became A World Champ Turned Lawyer' by Lovemore Ndou (Jonathan Ball, 2021):
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In this episode of the 'Solutions With David Ansara' podcast, I speak with former world champion boxer turned lawyer, Lovemore Ndou, about his new memoir, Tough Love.
We discuss Lovemore's rough childhood in 1980s Messina (now known as Musina), his escape to Australia, and his long journey to the top of the boxing world. We also reflect on the transformational power of education, and his "second career" as an attorney in Sydney.
Lovemore and I dissect the current state of South Africa, and try to understand where the country has gone wrong since he left in the mid-1990s. Lovemore pulls no punches in his assessment of the ruling party's performance: BEE, corruption and a culture of impunity are just a few of the problems the ANC has inflicted on South Africa, he says.
Lovemore has his own ideas for how to fix the country of his birth. He details his plans to return to South Africa, as well as his long-term political ambitions in this wide-ranging conversation.
TIMESTAMPS
(0:00) Intro
RESOURCES
READ 'Tough Love: How A Limpopo Homeboy Became A World Champ Turned Lawyer' by Lovemore Ndou (Jonathan Ball, 2021):
VIDEO
WATCH this episode on YouTube

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