Face to Face with Success

Fab academic Mamokgethi Phakeng and Sorbet Group Founder Ian Fuhr join Face to Face with Success presenter Nikiwe Bikitsha on stage for a special live event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we meet Adri Williams, the MD and co-owner of Khayelitsha Cookies. Hers is a story of unshakeable faith, finding your purpose, and the incredible ripple effects of social entrepreneurship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Mother and daughter doctor team have started a new, state of the art, medical centre in Dainfern Square, Fourways. Nikiwe Bikitsha sat down with this inspiring pair for this episode of FTFWS See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From township kid who had to make his way at Grey College, without being able to speak a word of English, to rugby star, father, and aspiring fashion entrepreneur, Siya Kolisi shares his remarkable story with Charlotte Kilbane. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Find out how rejecting the generic, abandoning templates, and trusting your team can have long lasting effects. Charlotte Kilbane chats to Design Indaba Founder, Ravi Naidoo, gets his advice on how to kick creativity into high gear, and harness the powerhouse of your brain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Desmond Mabuza is the owner of Signature, one of Johannesburg’s most popular fine dining restaurants. Since the restaurant started 8 years ago in Sandton, he’s opened another Signature in Brooklyn Pretoria. Nikiwe Bikitsha went to Signature to find out Desmond's secret to success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear the amazing story of the Master of the SA Agulhas II. He’s been to some of the most remote places on the planet, faced wild oceans and shouldered huge responsibility. He shares with us, the secret sauce that makes his a life of service, adventure and success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet the ICT powerhouse with an inspiring vision for the future of South Africa and the continent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Find out what made the founder of Melissa's: The Food Shop start off in the first place, and hear what her ingredients are for a successful business, and a life of meaning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to the amazing story of how three broke guys started a global revolution. The co-founder and CEO of Air BnB, Brian Chesky talks sleepless nights, rejection, and belief in a radical idea. He chats to Charlotte Kilbane about growing a business from a shared lounge, to a global leviathan, and his vision for the future of travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun Valley Primary’s Principal, Gavin Keller talks to Charlotte Kilbane about redefining education, why failure is actually a stepping stone to success, and how brain science can help us improve the way our kids learn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Marlene le Roux shares with Charlotte Kilbane her lifelong journey in the arts, and education, and tells her why the arts are so vital to uplifting the new generation of South Africans See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Charlotte Kilbane finds out how this darling of the foodie world started at the very bottom of the food chain, and what inspires him to keep reinventing flavours and experiences that wow his diners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

M-Net channel head Yolisa Phahle chats to Nikiwe Bikitsha about why it's important for people to see their realities and lived experiences reflected back to them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Vodacom executive turned entrepreneur Romeo Kumalo sits in conversation with Nikiwe Bikitsha to talk about forging his own path to success.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inspiring, honest and wise – Prof Zinn shares with Charlotte Kilbane the moment two high school teachers changed her life, and tells us of the tragedy that almost broke her.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Find out how the beauty brand Sorbet was born, with this driven, focussed entrepreneur. Ian talks to Nikiwe Bikitsha about what drives him, and gives insight into the hurdles he had to clear to forge a successful national brand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark Solms is a psychiatrist and an academic. But as Charlotte Kilbane hears, he’s also the man who together with workers on the wine farm his family owns, came up with a novel and highly successful model for land reform in South Africa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Charlotte Kilbane discovers, the story of Dorcus Dlamini is particularly resonant to so many young people struggling to find work, and so many more struggling to fund their education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Face to Face with Success speaks to the founder of children’s clothing brand, Keedo. Nelia tells Charlotte Kilbane about the accident that almost killed her, and which importantly, led to the wake-up call that drove her to start her own business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.