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No one gets to the top alone. In this episode of When Shift Happens, Saray Khumalo sits down with Dr Helena Dolny and Totsie Memela-Khambula to explore the role of support, mentorship, and community in shaping strong leadership. From moments of crisis to career-defining decisions, they reflect on the people who stepped in, stood alongside them, and helped them navigate the hardest climbs. It’s a c...

The Good Morning Angels Fund will assist Yolandi with R60 000 towards Liam’s urgent sinus and ear surgery, enabling him to hear and breathe again. GMA webpage

Tienie en Ria Wolmarans het in die 1990s besluit om Botswana toe te trek na die Phakalane buurt in die hoofstad Gaberone, wat hulle gehoor het veiliger was as in Suid-Afrika. Daar was goeie skole, werks geleenthede en ’n goed gevestigde Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap. Min het Ria egter geweet dat hierdie hervestiging haar lewe sou kos, en ook daartoe lei dat ’n Suid-Afrikaners in Botswana tereg gestel...

Failure teaches you more than success ever will. In this episode of When Shift Happens, Saray Khumalo speaks with Louis Carstens, psychologist, mountaineer and executive, about the lessons that come from being turned back and choosing to go again. From multiple attempts on Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain in the Himalayas, to navigating major career shifts, Louis reflects on resilience,...

Die eerste episode van Seisoen 4 vertel die storie oor die moord op een van die land se helderste sterre, Taliep Petersen. Taliep Petersen kon gehore betower en saam meesleur met sy lirieke en musiek, maar is op die mees gewelddadige van maniere op Nasionale Dag van Versoening vermoor. Sy moord op 16 Desember 2006 was nie net ’n geweldsmisdaad nie, dit was ’n daad van die hoogsteverraad. Webpage &...

Success at the top can look certain from the outside. But the reality of leadership often involves moments that force you to rethink what success really means. In this episode of When Shift Happens, Saray Khumalo speaks with Zureida Ebrahim, Group Chief Operating Officer at Old Mutual, about the shifts that reshaped how she thinks about ambition, responsibility and leadership. It’s a thoughtful co...

Every town has an SPCA, but they need your help to support the animals who cannot speak for themselves and the pet owners who do not know where else to turn. On this Good Morning Angels bumper edition, we assisted four SPCAs to continue the great work they do. GMA webpage

Die nuwe seisoen van dié bekroonde potgooi is terug met agt weeklikse episodes oor van Suid-Afirka se mees berugte misdaad intriges. Seisoen 4 strek van Botswana, met ’n moord in ’n buurt vol Suid-Afrikaners, deur Mpumalanga, Gauteng en tot in die Wes-Kaap. Luister weekliks van 17 Maart 2026! Volg die potgooi of teken in sodat jy nie nuwe episodes mis nie! Webpage · Find more from JacPod

Some leaders speak loudly about success. Others speak quietly about responsibility. Zakhele Mkhize belongs firmly in the second group. Widely respected in South African business circles, he is not someone who usually seeks the spotlight. In fact, this conversation with Saray Khumalo is the first podcast he has ever recorded. Zakhele is a Chartered Accountant, entrepreneur and founder of Entsika Co...

Food is one of the most basic human needs, and now, thanks to Good Morning Angels and our amazing donors, it is one less thing Dimpho Mpeke has to stress about while completing her internship to become a clinical embryologist. GMA webpage

What does real leadership look like when your identity, purpose and certainty are shaken? In this episode of When Shift Happens, Saray Khumalo speaks with Khensani Nobanda, Group Chief Marketing Officer at Nedbank, about the deeply personal shifts that reshaped how she leads, lives and defines success. Behind one of Africa’s most respected executives is a story of profound loss, difficult decision...

Miki Jovanovic was born with a condition called congenital bilateral fibular hemimelia, which means that the lower parts of her legs did not form properly. Her legs were amputated below the knee when she was just over a year old, and since the age of three, Miki has used prosthetics to increase her mobility. The Good Morning Angels Fund assisted Miki with her fundraising efforts for proper prosthe...

Before she could ask others how they navigated change, Saray Khumalo had to live it herself. In this opening episode of When Shift Happens, Saray shares her personal story in her own words and reflects on the moments that shaped her leadership, her resilience and her purpose. This is the foundation of the podcast and why it exists. From next week, Saray sits down with leaders, professionals and ch...

Young stroke survivor Phumza is ready to resume her life thanks to help from Good Morning Angels. The Good Morning Angels Fund will assist Phumza with the R50,000 she requires to continue her therapies this year and restore her health. GMA webpage

Three times, Mount Everest turned Saray Khumalo back. Avalanche. Earthquake. Injury. On her fourth attempt, she reached the summit and became the first Black African woman to do so. When Shift Happens is a new podcast about navigating change, resilience and rising under pressure. Hosted by Saray Khumalo, the series explores what to do when life shifts unexpectedly and how leaders respond when the...

From the funds raised for Good Morning Angels through LottoStar's Santa's Stash competition, we will assist Operation Healing Hands to help four people get their life-changing surgeries. GMA webpage

From the funds raised for Good Morning Angels through LottoStar's Santa's Stash competition, we will assist Operation Healing Hands to help four people get their life-changing surgeries. GMA webpage

The SABAT Bursary Fund will assist Kabelo with R60 000 towards the outstanding costs not covered by NSFAS, enabling him to start his medical studies at Wits without financial stress. The Good Morning Angels Fund will assist Kabelo with a further R40 000 to cover living expenses and food during his first year of medical studies at Wits. GMA webpage

Third-year IT student, S'phesihle Thabethe, honours her mum by excelling at university. The SABAT Bursary Fund will assist S'phesihle with R51 000 to cover her tuition fees for her third year of IT studies at IIE Rosebank College. GMA webpage

Orphaned student, Jané Mia Roodt, is studying hard to change the future for herself and her grandmother, who helped raise her. The SABAT Bursary Fund will assist Jané with R54,000 to cover her tuition fees for this year's BCom Accounting studies. GMA webpage

36-year-old mother, wife and sister Vesna Obermeyer supports her family after losing her childhood, but she dreams of a brighter future through education. The SABAT Bursary Fund will assist Vesna with R35 000 to cover her tuition fees for this year of her chosen course in Human Resource Management. GMA webpage

Project Flood Relief has raised R4-million in assistance for communities in flood-ravaged areas of Limpopo and Mpumalanga, which is being distributed by Gift of the Givers. The donations for Jacaranda FM's Breakfast with Martin Bester and Good Morning Angels Project Flood Relief included tonnes of canned and dried food, baby supplies, toiletries, water and dog food, dropped off in Midrand, Mbombel...

Martin Bester checked in with Andru van Zyl, the 18-year-old cycling from Polokwane to Cape Town in aid of children with cancer. After finishing his final matric exams, 18-year-old Andru decided to spend his final school holiday cycling from his hometown of Polokwane in Limpopo to Cape Town on his dad’s 20-year-old bicycle. This journey is all in aid of CHOC, which assists children with cancer and...

Martin Bester spoke to two young Good Morning Angels recipients who are taking the world by storm and making the most of the help they received from Good Morning Angels. The Good Morning Angels Fund assisted Octovia with R50,000 towards her accommodation and food needs for her 2026 final-year Hospitality studies at the University of Mpumalanga. GMA webpage

Mevrou kyk terug op die jaar wat was, en al die kere wat dit gevoel het of daar ’n slang was wat reg gelê het om te pik. Dié jaar was egter nie net een van weg hardloop van slange nie, Mevrou het ook ’n paar goeie lesse geleer en voel sy het die slang skubbe nou vervel en is reg vir 2026. Maar om daar te kom, moet Gerda de Sousa en Dianne Broodryk eers ’n paar swaar lasse van hulle skouers af kry,...