How did a South African farm girl who started smoking marijuana at nine and was a teenage mom overcome her past to set up a soup kitchen from her home that feeds thousands?
She was a single mom about to lose her income from ironing people’s clothes. How did Lizania learn to keep trusting in a world of wrinkles?
Why has a British guy called Pete Portal been living for over 10 years in Manenberg, a part of Cape Town that many South Africans prefer to avoid? And what has it taught him?
Trauma led her to a heartbreak decision and an eating disorder. But she’s now calling on those very experiences to empower the moms, babies and senior citizens of Westlake, a challenged Cape Town community. Meet Louette!
How did a London youth ‘without much vision’ end up mentoring South African prisoners using coffee and football? Plus get through some weighty family challenges?
Wendy grew up in a dysfunctional family and left school without passing matric. But she’s now doing a PhD! What can we learn from her about overcoming life’s stumbling blocks?
Dr Michelle Meiring works at the coalface with terminally ill children and their families, yet finds light and beauty in the darkness. How?
Why did self-designated couch potato Leatitia start to run in a small circle in her front yard during lockdown? And how has it helped her overcome the anxiety that was blighting her life?
Be inspired by how two employers from opposite ends of Cape Town are partnering with their domestic workers in business!
How did Colleen Lewis, a school dropout from the suburbs of Cape Town, overcome drugs and a parenting crisis to establish a powerful organisation that has turned around the lives of many thousands of homeless people?
