The Leadership Platform

Rhino poaching is still an issue worthy of great concern. Saint-Goblin Gyproc has chosen to donate a few million to the cause. The YLP team chats to their head of marketing, Atisha Gopichund-Lutchman, about the initiative.

Young, gifted and black... the YLP team chats to one of SA’s favourite personalities - Maps Maponyane - about brand intelligence and what it takes to build an endorsement-worthy brand.

The panel, including Safiyyah Boolay, chats to Belinda Dovestone of the Sirdar Group about her experiences in the world of Governance and Ethics in South Africa.

Richard Angus and Safiyyah Boolay speak with Cynthia Schoeman of Ethics Monitor as the panel launches a monthly feature on ethics.

Adriaan and Louis continue their conversation with authentic and visionary leader Themba Baloyi. He shares his unique experiences that have shaped him and his path as a leader... leading him to become the Founder of Discovery Insure.

Adriaan and Louis interview leader Themba Baloyi - Executive Director and Founder of Discovery Insure. He shares with the team principles that he defines and describes as authentic leadership.

An hour-long special with musician J’Something. Music, food, life and more - a conversation jam-packed with everything the Youth Leadership Platform have always wanted to chat about.

Richard Angus and Safiyyah Boolay chat to Veronica Shangali Aswani, Co-Founder/Director of WAVUNOW, about how she has created new distribution channels for traditional African crafts.

This week inspirational insights are shared by leader guests: Thabisile Phumo from Sibanye, Sello Hatang from the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and the #YLP - youth leaders and the youth at the launch - recorded live at the Nelson Mandela Foundation during the official launch of Youth Leadership Platform. This initiative is sponsored by Sibanye.

The LGBQTIA community is largely stigmatised and outright unaccepted by many. The YLP team chats to Given Stuurman who plays Reggie in MTV Shuga: Down South about playing a gay character and the topic of being gay in South Africa. How accepted and safe is it?