The Brain and Brand Show

It’s 'Go Big or Go Home’ as Claire Mawisa stands in for Timothy Maurice. She catches up on what people did for their holidays. Most of us aren't from Joburg, so sometimes the expectation is to return home. We find out whether it is still important to go home for the festive season with studio guest Gorata who has an interesting story to share on the topic.

Timothy has an exciting new voice in SA filmmaking, Sibs Lamer, as a guest who's been invited to both Venice & 2015 Tribeca. They talk about his movies and the idea of reconciliation.

Timothy and guest Kamini Pather, chat global trends in food and food culture. Kamini has just got off of her global tour and is about to launch her TV show called 'Girl Eat World'. She tells us about her journey. Then Rianette Leibowitz from SaveTNet pops in to tell us about cyber health and safety.

Nomndeni Mdakhi and best friend, DJ Zinhle discuss the 'Role of Friendship in Building a Brand'. We get a first hand account of the 16 year old roller coaster ride they've been on, building the DJ Zinhle Brand and how they keep the balance between being friends and business partners.

"The world is hungry for African content." Today David Kau pops by to tell us how he's delivering his content to the world. He tells about his new TV, YouTube & film projects and his pioneering work in the media business... and of course, laughing a lot in the process.

Today Timothy is away but we are being treated to a full hour of South African television presenter, model and radio personality Claire Mawisa. She recently resigned from her previous job and tells us about "reinventing yourself". How, where to start, why and how important it is.

Writer, poet, consultant, Destiny Man Editor and all round cool guy Kojo Baffoe is standing in for Timothy. He's joined by Gerrard Foster and together they discuss “The Changing Face of Media”.

Timothy Maurice and Rianette Leibowitz from SaveTnet talk about youth in the online underworld and all the things that go along with that - bullying, sex, kidnapping etc. Find out how we can protect and enable the youth.

"Having a black business partner doesn't mean you have a good BEE rating". Timothy Maurice is joined by the founder of Temric Travel Eric Mashale, an IT specialist Matthew Bernath and co-founder of Novate Legal Maushami Chetty. They tell us about how they started their businesses, the power of branding and marketing and how they've made it past the 2 year mark where most businesses fail.

Timothy is joined by singer Chad Saaiman who tells us about his musical journey, moving cities to follow his dreams and building himself as a brand.