Legendary musician Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse spoke about The Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival 80th Birthday Edition which takes place on Saturday 9 November 2019.

Maps Maponyane & Thomas Savage spoke about their new restaurant Buns Out, which officially opened its doors a month ago in Linden. It focuses solely on burgers in all its glorious forms: classic, veggie, gourmet and even vegan.

Nicholas Dyer is an award-winning wildlife photographer who lives a nomadic lifestyle journeying through eastern and southern Africa. He spoke to us about his book, co-authored with Peter Blinston titled Painted Wolves: A Wild Dog’s Life is their story. It is told with insight and passion from two people who know them well, each with their own unique perspective on this endearing animal.
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Cape Town's tourist attraction, Bo-Kaap, could become SA's first contribution to the Lego. Wayne Nestadt, spoke to us about his recreation of the area through his participation in the Lego Ideas competition.

Heidi Warricke, the driving force behind SA’s first large-scale vegan show spoke to us about the Vegan & Plant Powered Show which took place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.

BCom Accouning University of Johannesburg student, Bonginkosi Kalipa spoke to us about being the winner of UJ student’s farming initiative, Team3 Farm project

Our guest presenter was Lindiwe Matlali, social entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Africa Teen Geeks. Matlali founded Africa Teen Geeks in 2014 – a non-profit organisation that provides coding lessons to school children and unemployed youth.
We were later joined by her two chosen guests: Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Buti Manamela and Eugene Brockman, Talent Managment & Acquisition Consultant.

Marguerite Poland is a South African writer and author of eleven children's books. She spoke about her latest book “Sin of Ommision” about a young Anglican priest, who takes a journey to his mother’s rural home to inform her of his elder brother’s death.

13 year old Mpho Mahlala, is one of the most promising fencing talents to come out of Soweto & Hawkins Mkhatshwa is the Founder of the Soweto Fencing Club and Deputy Chairperson of the Gauteng Fencing Association.

They both spoke about being part of the Soweto Fencing Club and Mpho recently winning a gold medal at a recent competition.

Our Thought Leaders were Suvi Ramphal - Member of the Strategic Water Partners Network (SWPN) and Chair of the South African Young Water Professionals and Darren Hayes-Powell, chairperson of the South African Tyre Manufacturing Conference.

Suvi spoke about The 5th Annual Water Stewardship Event which took place last week and Darren spoke about a recent report conducted by a major tyre manufacturer, which revealed that more than 60% of second tyres sold in South Africa are illegal.