Episode 1

Siv Ngesi on period poverty and stepping in as men

Men Who Move Mountains

Every month millions of South African girls miss school because they can’t afford sanitary towels. Activist and actor Siv Ngesi shares how this devastating fact led to the founding of the MENstruation Foundation and why restoring dignity does not need policy change.

Episode 2

Jessica Dewhurst on bridging rights and lived realities

The Power Of Everyday Activism

In a world where rights are not guaranteed, we empower others by sharing knowledge. In this episode Jessica Dewhurst unpacks why she founded Justice Desk Africa to help plug the gap between Constitutional Rights and lived reality in South Africa – and why young South Africans are key.

Episode 3

Fixing unequal access to education with Leana de Beer

Learning Without Limits

Social entrepreneur Leana De Beer shares how confronting unequal access to education led to the creation of Feenix and Wafunda, what they do – and why systemic change can start with bold, practical solutions.

Episode 4

There’s no place for ego with Dr Imtiaz Sooliman

When Humanity Comes First

Dr Imtiaz Sooliman shares the story of Gift of the Givers — the largest disaster response organisation to come out of Africa — and the philosophy that drives its work;  responding to war, hunger, famine, floods and humanitarian crises.

Episode 5

Gerald Nomlala sold his cars, properties to buy shoes for school pupils

School Shoes and Dignity

Gerald Nomlala once walked to school barefoot. Today, through the Kasi Angels Foundation, he ensures thousands of South African children walk into classrooms with dignity, protected from the elements and able to learn without discomfort.

Episode 6

Safiyya Karim exposes the human cost of fast fashion

The Cost of Fast Fashion

Every item of clothing tells a story but not all of it is visible. In this episode, Safiyya Karim shares why she walked away from a corporate career to challenge one of the world’s most exploitative industries.

Episode 7

Sheriff Ramoabi is forging safe farm spaces for rural women

When No One Else Shows Up

Sheriff Ramoabi shares how her initiatives, such as One Woman, One Hectare, are forging safe spaces, like private farming plots, where none exist, showing how communities step in when local support systems have broken down.

Episode 8

Runner Stefan van Neel blazes trails for charity

Running Through the Silence

We know that most men are taught to stay quiet, endure, and carry pain alone, but former pro football player turned philanthropic endurance trail runner Stefan van Neel, uses extreme physical challenges, like summitting many of Cape Town's mountain peaks, to open conversations about men's mental health, while raising critical funds for various cancer charities and even children's homes. 

Episode 9

Langa for Men helps boys cry and fight GBV

When young men forge new pathways to masculinity

Generations of harmful lessons teach boys that strength is dominance, emotion is weakness, and silence is loyalty. Luyolo Lengisi and Sibusiso Diko of Langa For Men challenge those norms, hold young men accountable, and create safe spaces for change.

Episode 10

Mercia Andrews & Rural Women's Assembly (RWA)

One Woman, One Hectare – when women have land entire communities eat

Giving women land gives families food, income, and dignity — yet too often, they remain unseen and unsupported. Mercia Andrews from the Rural Women’s Assembly Southern Africa shows how women in rural spaces are organising, leading, and reshaping systems. This is a conversation about resilience in action, redistribution of land and power – no handouts - and how women are supporting and empowering each other and using their collective voices to access land, water, and seeds.

Episode 11

Janna Kretzmar and the Earthchild Project

Teaching kids calm in a chaotic, performance-driven world

What if the foundation for learning isn’t intelligence but the ability to feel calm? In this episode, Janna Kretzmar shares how the Earthchild Project is working in schools across Khayelitsha and Lavender Hill, helping children regulate their emotions before they’re expected to perform.

Episode 12

Lungisa Huna & Trust for Community Outreach and Education

This activist pushes for women’s food farm sovereignty

Saskia Falken resumes her focus on access to land with activist Lungisa Huna on freeing up access to critical water sources and crop seeds for rural women farmers. Huna discusses how her Trust for Community Outreach and Education collaborates closely with smallholder farmers, women and youth to reclaim control over food systems and scarce resources. This, Huna says, speaks to the rural pursuit of autonomy, dignity, and the power to shape the future.

Episode 13

Shaqeel Less and Uthutho App

Reimagining South Africa’s Daily Commute

Millions of South Africans rely on informal public transport every day despite systems that are often unpredictable, unsafe, and built on uncertainty. For University of the Western Cape graduates Shaqeel Less and Makhi Mangxola, that frustration became the starting point for Uthutho: a platform designed to bring visibility, safety, and real-time information to commuters.

As the duo prepare to represent South Africa in Silicon Valley after winning the 2026 Red Bull Basement national title, Shaqeel shares how lived experience, technology, and asking better questions are helping reshape the future of transport. This is a conversation about practical innovation, dignity in movement, and what happens when young South Africans stop accepting broken systems as normal.

Episode 14

Sabrina Walter & Woman for Change

When silence is no longer an option

For years, South Africans have lived with the devastating realities of gender-based violence and femicide often feeling overwhelmed, unheard, and powerless to stop it. But Sabrina Walters refused to accept silence as the norm. As founder of Women For Change, she helped transform public outrage into one of the country’s most visible civic movements, mobilising thousands through the Purple Movement and sustained activism that contributed to the government declaring GBVF a national disaster. In 2026, Sabrina was named to the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people in recognition of her relentless advocacy and leadership. In this conversation, she reflects on the emotional toll of activism, the power of collective action, and why meaningful change begins when ordinary people decide to speak and act together.

Episode 15

Dr Tom Ellman & Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors without Borders

Inside the Fight for Access to the Next HIV Breakthrough

A new HIV prevention breakthrough, Lenacapavir, is being hailed as one of the most significant advances in years yet the same question that shaped South Africa’s past returns: Who will actually get it? While science moves forward, access remains shaped by patents, pricing, and power. Dr Tom Ellman of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an organisation known for delivering frontline medical care in some of the world’s most underserved and crisis-affected regions, shares what this drug means, how it works, and why MSF is engaging pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences in the fight for equitable access. At its heart, this is a conversation about whether progress is real if it isn’t shared.

Episode 16

Anisha Mordaunt & AFRIBOA

Building African businesses that last

Across Africa, small businesses power local economies yet many remain trapped in survival mode, not for lack of ambition, but because of missing systems, structure, and long-term strategy. From spaza shops to community enterprises, entrepreneurship is often driven by grit, but not always supported by the frameworks needed to scale. Anisha Mordaunt, founder of AFRIBOA, joins us to unpack what it really takes to build sustainable African businesses, and why structure, and not just hustle, is the missing link in long-term growth. AFRIBOA works with small and micro enterprises to build systems that support stability, scale, and resilience across the continent. This is a conversation about shifting from survival to sustainability and what it means when African businesses are built not just to exist, but to last.