SuperLead Podcast

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Musa Mabasa. Musa was recently awarded the prestigious Standard bank rising star award in the mining and minerals category. He unpacked his journey from growing up in absolute poverty, having lost both his parents before age 6, overcoming a seemingly impossible situation and today at age 33, Musa is a mining manager at Exxaro, a senior pastor of His House church in Pretoria and he holds an MBA from Gibbs. We unpacked what it takes to become a rising star winner!

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Leadership consultant and guru – Dr Sam Ndoga. Dr Sam defined leadership as capability to solve problems, he went on to say without a challenge, leadership is not necessary. He unpacked servant leadership and how one can become a more secure effective leader.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Jon Foster-Pedley, Dean and executive director at Henley Business School. Jon unpacked Leadership, creativity and corporate activism (PACE framework). He recommended three books and gave a fantastic challenge for our audience.

Jon is Dean and Director of Henley Business School, Africa, part of the University of Reading.  For 15 years prior to joining Henley, he was the faculty member for strategy and creativity at the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business for the MBA and other programmes.  He is a Visiting Professor in Creativity and Innovation for the Namibian Business Innovation Centre and Polytechnic of Namibia, and consults and advises numerous companies in Africa and internationally.

Formerly an airline pilot, examiner and aerobatic competitor in Europe and South Africa, he later sold airliners in Africa and the Middle East for British Aerospace, before completing an MBA at Ashridge in 1990.  He then began teaching strategy and international business part-time, and joined Airbus Industrie in Toulouse as Marketing and Education Director of a JV to train European aerospace executives in commercial skills.  Jon has worked internationally for 30 years, principally in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australasia and North America.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo continues his interview with Yamkela Tywakadi - Founder of Blank Page Edu who is also an editor, copywriter, songwriter, poet – wordsmith and art lover. Yamkela Tywakadi is a published author of 10 books. Her first book to be published is an IsiXhosa novel, that was approved by the South African Department of Education to be used by Grade 9 students learning isiXhosa in South African schools nationwide.

Yamkela has worked for a number of publishing houses as a publisher and these include Quizzical Pictures, Jacana Media, Drum Magazine, Oxford University Press, Pan Macmillan and many more. She has vast experience in both the editorial and the marketing/ publicity side of publishing. She has helped publish and market a number of books in different languages. 

Yamkela is currently heading up trade publishing at Sifiso Publishers as a Commissioning Editor. She is the founder of Blank Page Edu, a company that develops mobile app games and board games. She is also a wife and a mother to her daughter, Lukhulu Tywakadi.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Yamkela Tywakadi -Founder of Blank Page Edu who is also an editor, copywriter, songwriter, poet – wordsmith and art lover. Yamkela Tywakadi is a published author of 10 books. Her first book to be published is an IsiXhosa novel, that was approved by the South African Department of Education to be used by Grade 9 students learning isiXhosa in South African schools nationwide.

Yamkela has worked for a number of publishing houses as a publisher and these include Quizzical Pictures, Jacana Media, Drum Magazine, Oxford University Press, Pan Macmillan and many more. She has vast experience in both the editorial and the marketing/ publicity side of publishing. She has helped publish and market a number of books in different languages.

Yamkela is currently heading up trade publishing at Sifiso Publishers as a Commissioning Editor. She is the founder of Blank Page Edu, a company that develops mobile app games and board games. She is also a wife and a mother to her daughter, Lukhulu Tywakadi.

On this Podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nomso Kana, a Nuclear scientist by trade and she is currently entrepreneur in the ICT and broadband infrastructure sector. She has been recently named as one of the top 50 inspiring women in ICT by the kingdom of Netherlands through the SA embassy and CoCreateSA.

In 2013, she was elected as one of the top 80 emerging leaders in science and technology in Africa and the Middle East . Recently, Ms Kana was selected as the one of the 40 women to look out for in South Africa by Destiny magazine.She drives UN Women Southern Africa endorsed programs that empower women and the girl child in the SADC.

She is currently a managing director and founder of two companies, namely Sun n Shield 84 Technologies a fibre optic cable manufacturing start-up and Blaze Away SA, a business strategy consulting firm. She is a South African Delegation leader for the World sustainability energy forum based in Austria, she is a non-executive director at Pikitup a waste management entity owned by the City of Johannesburg, South Africa.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Luvuyo Rani unpacking his entrepreneurial journey from selling 4 computers to turning over R33 million in 2017. In 2014, Luvuyo was honored by the Junior Chamber International as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in the world for his work in entrepreneurship.

In June 2016, Luvuyo received the Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Kigali.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Ps Peter Storm – Lead Pastor at Every Nation Church, Baxter Congregation, Cape Town. Ps Peter unpacked leadership insights from 25 years of leading in various roles at the church, gave a fantastic challenge and recommended Purpose driven Life by Rick Warren.

On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed a personal and leadership coach – Cameroon Venter. He is a conference speaker and an author of a brand new book  – Living thoughts! The book talks about the fact that what we think, how we think and what we do with our thoughts determines the quality of our lives, The book will not only make you think, reflect and take charge of your thoughts but will inspire you to take action towards your goals.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Bishop Tshalo Katshunga to unpack effective self leadership principles and keys breaking through organisational growth ceilings

Bishop Tshalo is a Leadership Coach, Advisor, Conference Speaker, Teacher, devoted husband and father. He travels extensively across the world inspiring society with his message of courageous leadership, pursuit of excellence and repudiation of ineffectiveness.