Artist, facilitator, and Allan Gray Orbis Fellow Courtney Koopman explores how culture, context, and community shape our understanding of success. From the NGO space to creative production and academia, Courtney shares how rethinking organisational practice and engaging intersectional challenges can shift behaviours, inspire change, and redefine what it means to thrive.

Hollywood’s award season might be over, but the red carpet looks? Still living rent-free in our heads. We know we’re late, but hey, fashionably late is a vibe…So What Now? In this episode, we’re breaking down who wore what, who nailed it, and who missed the mark. The takes are hot as usual, and don’t forget to let us know your faves!

In this podcast, we dive into the phenomenon of "pick-me-ism" through the lens of two women from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Join them as they share their thoughts and spark lively discussions, exploring how, despite their differences, they both experience the same struggles in unique ways.

Hey err'body. Welcome to So what now? Our first ever episode, we looked back at 2024. From the trending topics that had us in a chokehold to the ones that kept everyone fired up (seriously, y’all stay mad). And now that the noise has died down, we ask the oh so important question- so what now? Happy 2025

Imagine looking so good that it becomes illegal. Despite the excess of wealth, glamour and spectacle available to the settler elite in 18th century Cape Town, their biggest sartorial competition came from the 118 emancipated women of colour in the Dutch Cape Colony. In 1765, sumptuary laws were introduced, prohibiting these women from coloured silks, fine laces, adorned bonnets and even fake jewellery so that they could not visually appear equal to (or, more honestly, better than) their European counterparts. Khensani delves into the fashion policing of free women of colour in 18th century Cape Town.

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Host, researcher & writer: Khensani Mohlatlole

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Beauty can be a knife and beauty can be a shield. In this episode, we explore the history of embroidery from Palestine to South Africa and their shared threads in documenting and resisting apartheid, uncovering the role of needlecraft in fashioning identity and healing communities. Khensani is joined by Lina Barkawi, a practitioner of traditional Palestinian embroidery (tatreez) who uses this craft to connect with heritage and educate others; Dr. Puleng Segalo, a South African psychologist who helps Black women express their trauma through embroidery; and Iman Ganijee an advocate linking African and Middle Eastern textile practices to raise awareness and support for various causes from Congo to Sudan, South Africa and Palestine.

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Lina Barkawi (https://www.instagram.com/linasthobe/)

Iman Ganijee (https://www.instagram.com/imanii_g/)

Dr Puleng Segalo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/puleng-segalo-987665240/?originalSubdomain=za)

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Welcome to Clothes Minded, a show about African history, identity and meaning told through the language of fashion. As the Ghanaian artist, El Anatsui put it: “Cloth is to Africans what monuments are to Westerners.” Join Khensani Mohlatlole as she begins a quest to uncover the cathedrals for those with eyes to see woven into the literal fabric of our lives.

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Writer & Copy Editor: Khensani Mohlatlole

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All You Want to Know About the Pelvic Floor with Physiotherapist Emma Jenkins

What is the pelvic floor? These muscles which carry so much for us, and even more during pregnancy are essential to our health.

WIthout any taboo, Emma, a physiotherapist specialized in women's health speaks about the role of the pelvic floor, what happens to our bodies during pregnancy and why we should all go see a pelvic floor physio at some point in our life.

She also shares some tips and demystifies the pelvic floor for us and why ''We don't want a tight vagina, we want functional vaginas!''

A must-listen for every woman!

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Morgen and Nicola, two women who fell in love 13 years ago, share their motherhood journey -- which wasn't an obvious one at first.

From deciding who will be pregnant first, to going to a fertility clinic secretly, to choosing a sperm donor, to the process they went though to get pregnant, to defining roles within the family... It was a full journey but their unbreakable bond helped them go through it with humour and grace.

Having children in a same sex marriage is not something they took for granted. By sharing their story, they want to tell other same sex couple that it is all possible, with the right tribe, the right knowledge and the right partner.

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Anna was 40 when she got pregnant with her first baby. It took a bit of time, and it turned out to be the first lesson in surrender. Both her birth went completely different. She trusted herself to have a natural birth and tried to be as prepared as possible.

But nothing prepared her for how her second baby came to the world. With a lot of humour, Anna shares how her baby was in breech position (head up), how she tried almost everything to help him turn, and how he had another plan. She was planned for a Csection but It's in Theoni's (her doula) car that her water broke and that she handled most of her labour.

Anna's story is full of hope, wisdom and a great reminder of the importance of surrender.