Good Things with Brent Lindeque

This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque poddie, I had the privilege of sitting down with Discovery founder Adrian Gore. Adrian founded Discovery in 1992. Today the company serves over 50 million customers across 36 markets. But we weren't really talking about business. We were talking about optimism, human potential and why South Africa's future might be brighter than we think. Adrian has jus...

Tourism is one of South Africa's greatest opportunities, and the good news is that its impact goes far beyond beautiful hotels, incredible holidays and international visitors. Every tourist who arrives in our country represents jobs, opportunities and families being supported. Think about the hotel staff, the drivers, the restaurants, the local suppliers and the small businesses that all benefit w...

This week on my "Good Things with Brent Lindeque" podcast, I sat down with one of South Africa’s most celebrated advertising minds, Dr Pepe Marais, the co-founder of Joe Public. We spoke about his incredible career, the challenges of building a business, almost losing everything to bankruptcy and how those experiences completely changed his understanding of success. We also chatted about his new b...

A breast cancer diagnosis can change your life in ways you never imagined but sometimes those changes can lead you somewhere quite extraordinary. This week on my Good Things with Brent Lindeque podcast, I chatted to Aileen Lamb, the former CEO of New Media, who was diagnosed with breast cancer on Women's Day, at exactly the same age her own mother had been diagnosed. Thankfully, her cancer was det...

Rory Steyn had one of the most extraordinary jobs in South African history: protecting Nelson Mandela. Appointed to lead Madiba’s personal protection team in 1996, Rory travelled with him locally and internationally, getting to know the man behind the global icon and witnessing moments most South Africans never got to see. His remarkable career later took him to six Olympic Games and multiple Cric...

What if we were all just a little more careful with each other, a little more thoughtful with our words and a little quicker to check in on someone who might need us? That is the message behind KY-ND, an initiative created by Jen Rowe in honour of her son, Ky, who died by suicide in August 2022. Jen wanted to keep Ky’s kindness moving through the world, and it started with something incredibly sim...

South Africa’s next Olympic champion could be sitting in a rural classroom right now, with no athletics track, no equipment and no idea how talented they actually are. Former Olympian and World Champion Matthew Quinn is trying to change that through Track+Field, a programme taking athletics into schools across all nine provinces and giving young South Africans the opportunity to compete. One of th...

September is Will’s Month in South Africa, and while talking about death and our own mortality might not be the easiest conversation, getting your affairs in order is incredibly important. This week on the “Good Things with Brent Lindeque” podcast, I chatted to Grant Fietze from Capital Legacy about why having an up-to-date Will matters and how it can make an incredibly difficult time easier for t...

Gugu Zulu was my friend. I still consider him my friend. Ten years after we lost Gugs on Mount Kilimanjaro, I finally had the opportunity to sit down with Letshego Zulu and talk about that mountain, the man we both loved and the incredible life she has built since. A year after losing Gugs, Letshego returned to Kilimanjaro and reached the summit in his honour. From there, she began the incredibly...

This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, I sat down with one of South Africa’s best-known futurists and trend analysts, Dion Chang. I thought we were going to spend the whole conversation talking about business, technology and artificial intelligence (AI). And we did talk about all of that... but so much more! Dion has built an incredible career spotting the signals that tell us where society...

There’s a South African platform changing the way we think about the people who help keep our homes running. AskMandla is a WhatsApp-first fintech platform helping households formalise domestic employment, making it easier to manage contracts, UIF registration, payroll, payslips and leave. And that matters because domestic work is real work. Something as simple as a payslip can give a domestic wor...

Nkosi “The Rugby Guy” has become one of South African rugby’s most infectious superfans, building a growing online following through his massive personality, his love for the game and some pretty incredible encounters with his sporting heroes. Nkosi lives with cerebral palsy but he has never allowed that to define what he can do or dream about. In his own words, “Yes, I’ve got cerebral palsy, but...

A South African idea born in Johannesburg is changing the way people get help in an emergency. Warren Myers is the Founder and CEO of AURA, a technology company launched in 2017 after he recognised a frustrating problem: we could get a taxi or even a pizza faster than we could get emergency assistance. AURA uses technology to connect people in trouble with the closest vetted security or medical re...

This week on "Good Things with Brent Lindeque", I chat to Brandon Fairweather, whose extraordinary health journey has inspired a deeply personal book about anxiety, hope and healing. Born with a congenital heart defect, Brandon underwent open-heart surgery at just 28 years old. While the operation was successful, the years that followed brought severe anxiety, two strokes, a near-fatal bleed and,...

If you're looking for something inspiring to listen to, or watch, the Good Things Guy poddie has just reached an exciting milestone. After more than 12 years of sharing South Africa's most uplifting stories, the podcast has now released 71 video episodes since making the move from audio to video at the beginning of 2025. And in 2026 alone, there have already been 29 brand-new conversations. The po...

This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, I sit down with Wendy Alberts, CEO of the Restaurant Association of South Africa and founder of Love in a Bottle. I first met Wendy during the COVID-19 pandemic when she was fighting to help South Africa's restaurants survive, and that shared journey sparked a lasting friendship. Today, she's creating impact in a whole new way, turning bottled water in...

A Johannesburg dad is proving that growing up does not mean giving up on the dreams you carried as a kid. Alex Torrão is a father of three, an entrepreneur and the man behind #DAD2DAKAR, an incredible journey to qualify for one of the toughest motorsport events on the planet, the Dakar Rally. Between school runs, family time and business meetings, Alex is training and competing in major rally even...

One of South Africa's most iconic DJs is the latest guest on Good Things with Brent Lindeque. Lady Lea joins the podcast to look back on an incredible career spanning more than 31 years, from starting behind the decks at just 14 years old to performing for crowds of more than a million people around the world. The conversation also dives into sneaking into clubs with fake IDs, unforgettable moment...

This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, I sit down with Rikus de Beer, the man behind the wildly popular Radio Raps character, Jonathan. I went into the interview expecting the larger-than-life humour that has made him one of South Africa’s favourite entertainers. While there certainly were laughs, what I didn’t anticipate was just how grounded and deeply inspiring the conversation would bec...

South Africans were deeply moved by Kelvin van Baalen's remarkable recovery story after a paragliding accident left him fighting for his life. But this week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, we're hearing from the person who stood beside him through every one of those 413 days. Kelvin spent 413 days in ICU, underwent 27 surgeries, was resuscitated nine times and faced a medical bill of more than...

There is a growing sense that everyone is carrying more than they were ever designed to. More pressure. More expectations. More noise. More demands. And yet, despite working harder, resting when we can, and trying every productivity hack under the sun, many people still find themselves running on empty. That is exactly what we unpack on this week's episode of Good Things with Brent Lindeque, where...

Content creation has become one of the most exciting opportunities of our time, opening doors for people to tell their stories, build communities and even create careers from their passions. But while the creator economy has exploded across the globe, access to the tools and training needed to succeed has not always been equal. That's exactly where this week's guest on Good Things with Brent Linde...

This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, we chat to Caroline Malatji, founder of Disability Accessible Accommodation and Travel, or DAATS, and a member of the QuadPara Association of South Africa. Caroline joins the podcast to discuss a message that could save lives: buckle up, put your phone away while driving, and make safer choices on our roads. She also shares her inspiring personal journ...

South Africa cheered on the Alexforbes Angel Wings crew ever since they set sail in the gruelling Cape2Rio Yacht Race… and now skipper Sibusiso “Sibu” Sizatu is sharing the incredible story behind the historic victory on this week’s “Good Things with Brent Lindeque”. The team captured hearts across the country after overcoming a major setback in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, when their boom sn...

South African Grammy-winning musician Wouter Kellerman is this week’s guest on “Good Things with Brent Lindeque”… and his story is absolutely fascinating (and inspiring). Before becoming a globally celebrated flautist with three Grammy Awards to his name, Wouter actually spent decades working as an electrical engineer and running a successful software company. But at 44, he made the life-changing...