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In this episode of ‘Business Unknown’ with Dan Nicholl, we hear from Ravi Naidoo, the brains behind the Design Indaba. They discuss Ravi’s pursuit of a medical career before making a complete 180 in his chosen path, as well as what it means to be the first South African sent to outer space. Watch to find out what inspired him to reinvent himself, motivated him to follow his passion and how he foun...

We are thrilled to kick off our new series ‘Business Unknown’ with Dan Nicholl In this episode, Dan chats to a “tour de force in South African entertainment,” Greg Maloka of Kaya FM. They discuss the challenges of running a business during these precarious times, and the course of his career from the early days, including the steps he took to get where he is. He shares his message for all those wh...

Money can’t buy you love, as that famous foursome from Liverpool put it many years ago, but it certainly can buy you the wedding of your dreams. Before you pop the question, however, ask yourself how much you’re willing to spend on your special day, no matter who may be footing the bill. From venue to catering to photography, what’s the price of tying the knot in today’s ever-inflating economy? Wh...

It takes two to fall hopelessly, head over heels in love, just as it takes two to fall into a bitter, raging argument about…well, what? It could be something serious, such as whether or not to have children, take up a job offer overseas, sell up and move home, or listen to mom-in-law’s advice on how to have a happy marriage. It could be something so trivial and fleeting, that eventually, in the mi...

Between school and varsity and choosing a career, between tying the knot and finding a home and raising a family, there’s barely time to pause in the hurly-burly of modern life. Which is why, for more and more people, taking a gap has become an essential mechanism for recalibrating, recharging, and reflecting. Once a traditional rite of passage for school-leavers, the gap year is now equally popul...

Whether the Big Day is a grand traditional affair or a trendy contemporary celebration, every wedding is fraught with the prospect of the most carefully-calculated plans going wrong, wrong, wrong. That’s why more and more forward-thinking couples are outsourcing every detail of their nuptials to expert wedding planners who know what it takes to remain cool, calm, and collected in a crisis. And few...

If the “co" in cohabitation stands for commitment, connection, and companion, what happens when everything it stands for falls apart? For young couples who choose to live together before or instead of getting married, it’s a tough question that must be tackled, no matter how happily they’re habitating. So what are your rights when things go wrong? Psychologist Mpho Molepo pops into the studio to c...

Love is the currency you need to raise a child, but let’s be honest: it takes a bit of money too. Still, even as you tally up the ever-growing budget, spare a thought for those couples whose greater struggle is to bring a child into the world. How do prospective parents, battling to cope with fertility issues, handle with the expense and intrusion of the rigorous procedures? Aside from the financi...

Toiling away from 9 to 5, confined and defined by the specs and KPIs of the job that occupies you, is no way to make a happy living in the digital age. That’s the way Mo Malele, brand-builder, people-developer, entrepreneur, sees the ever-changing, boundary-breaking world of work. Not content to just think outside the box, she believes in smashing the box and seizing the freedom to work the way yo...

How actress-baker Renate Stuurman found a way to bake her cake and eat it too When you have too much month left over at the end of your money, and the bills keep piling up, there’s only one thing you can do. Or two things, or three, or maybe even more. It’s called side-hustling, and it’s a bright way to change how you look at work, and maybe turn small change into big bucks in the process. For act...

Whether your dream home is a multi-storey mansion overlooking a golf course, a penthouse among the clouds, or a chic little lock-up-and-go in a gated estate, there’s a lot more to putting down roots than dreaming beyond your means. All the more so if you’re a first-time buyer, trying to navigate your way through the tangle of financing and legalese as you search for the best possible home in the b...

In a country with 11 official languages, and a rich legacy of traditions, practises, and beliefs, culture is an anchor to ancestry and a bridge to the future. But what happens when people from different cultural backgrounds, speaking different languages, meet on that bridge and choose to continue their journey together? Love leads the way, and then come the big decisions. How do you choose names f...

Call it co-habitation, call it moving in together, or call it, as we do in South Africa, “vat en sit”. Either way, it’s a living arrangement that calls for a lot of thought, planning, and serious conversation. How do you decide whose home you’ll be staying in: your place or mine? How about getting a new place? And once you’ve got that all figured out, how do you agree and manage a joint budget? Qu...

Parenting, as any parent will tell you, in-between the abundant joys and rewards, is drama. All the more so when mom and dad live apart, and have to work out ways of working together in the best interests of their children. What does it take for grown-ups to act like grown-ups, putting aside their differences in the name of raising happy children? Philicity Reeken, actress, broadcaster, and single...