Good Things with Brent Lindeque

South Africa's facing a tough time when it comes to charity… we've almost become numb to the reality of what our country has to deal with every single day, but it is still our reality. If we want better neighbourhoods, we need to be better neighbours. Kelly McGillivray has been working hard to get Tyrone Shabalala, a future rugby legend from Fourways High, to a rugby tour in the UK that could kick...

This week on the Good Things Guy podcast, Brent Lindeque chats with a lawyer who majors in the South African Constitution. The biggest thing Brent has learnt about the current “Land expropriation without compensation” debate is that many South Africans have NO IDEA how our Constitution works, or what our Constitution is actually about. So join him as he asks the questions that we need answers to a...

Richard Mulholland kicked off his career as a rock n roll roadie, then started South Africa's largest presentation firm, Missing Link and co-founded 21Tanks, SA's first perspective lab. Richard is a highly regarded international speaker. He’s written books; spent time on various radio and TV shows and has a Youtube channel that is quickly gaining traction. We chat to him about what he's currently...

While still riding high on the success of his debut single release 'I’m Just a Boy' -that has already reached over 7 million listeners on South African radio, John Tsenoli has just dropped his next single, Long Road, available across all digital platforms since Friday. The same hit-making team, Ryno Zeelie and Matthew Marinus joined forces with John once again to write and produce this endearing a...

Listen as the Good Things Guy delves into who the "real" bad guys are, how Mandy Wiener deals with intimidation when speaking to thugs, gangsters and corrupt officials and how the average South African can help fight corruption and state capture. This is us finding the good things in her new book "Ministry Of Crime" and also speaking about writing a book (and what it takes). *This is an archived p...

In 2013, she was hosting a birthday lunch for her husband, the insurance entrepreneur Douw Steyn, and one of the guests was Zelda La Grange, former PA to Nelson Mandela. From a casual chat on that day, came the inspiration for an idea that's since turned into a global phenomenon of goodwill and positive change: 67 Blankets for Mandela Day. Carolyn Steyn, an accomplished actress, businesswoman and...

For Joey Evans, participating in extreme racing isn’t just a question of passion, it’s first and foremost a story of determination. The incredible South African made headlines after beating all the odds following a terrible accident and went from a paraplegic to racing the actual Dakar. And now he’s joining Terence Marsh from red-lined motoring adventure on a 400 km cross-country race. Both adrena...

Two women left their jobs, sold their homes, moved in with their parents and worked for four years to make a film about Rhino Poaching… and the documentary keeps winning incredible international accolades! Bonné de Bod and director Susan Scott risked their lives, placing themselves in incredible danger to document the war on rhino poaching. They planned to tell a story so brutal and heartbreaking,...

Amelia Goodhead lives in the midlands in the UK working on her blog xameliax.com and full-time Youtube, both focusing on international Luxury Lifestyle. Her creative platforms have been shortlisted for the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards and shortlisted for Best Vlogger in the Blogger's Lounge Awards… Amelia has travelled the world over but her trip to South Africa completely changed her perspective and...

Kirsten Landman is a professional offroad and hard-enduro rider from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa who has just been named the "hero of the Dakar 2023". We were lucky enough to catch up with Landman in 2020, just before she took on her first Dakar. The interview is still as good (and relevant) as the day it was first published. Listen to it here! South Africa’s Kirsten Landman Named a Hero of the Da...

#GivingTuesdaySA is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organisations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide. Following the widely recognised shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this year’s #GivingTuesdaySA will take place on November 25th and will kick off the giving season by inspiring people to collaborat...

Christy Strever has been crowned the “Food Selfie Queen” of South Africa, and we are absolutely in love! Strever’s story is both interesting and unique and something that South Africa should all be celebrating. Her photos are absolutely incredible - and that’s not just our opinion; Gordon Ramsey thinks so too. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa’s first “food selfie queen” is making waves w...

After matriculating as Deputy Head Girl of Roedean, Angel obtained a double major BA in Economics and English at UCT. She then spent seven years working for M&C Saatchi Advertising in London, where she heard Mandela speak at Trafalgar Square. She was inspired by his words, “I love you all so much. I want to put you in my pocket and take you home”.

 Angel returned home to South Africa in 2000 and...

#DriveHope was created from a desperate cry for help in a post on Facebook. When Karen Denny, Divisional Executive for Liberty’s Digital Marketing team, first read it, her heart sank. An elderly woman had anonymously poured her heart out, searching for help after she was sexually assaulted by a relative. The woman’s family and friends couldn’t offer her the support she needed, she had lost her job...

Meet Jo Black… a South African Afrikaans hipster who sings, stands up at schools to talk about fighting against bullying and found a love for aquariums during the lockdown. Oh, he also started a show with Danny Painter! Jo Black, the South African Afrikaans Hipster who went viral globally with his smash hit “Skepe”, joins us to chat about life in 2020. They say that our behaviour reflects our envi...

As we marked a year of the lockdown in South Africa, Brent got to chat to Thuli Madonsela about her pursuit of social justice. Advocate Madonsela helped draft the final constitution of South Africa in 1996. She was the Public Protector of South Africa for over 7 years, was named one of TIME 100’s most influential people in the world and is now holding a chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch Univ...

Robby Kojetin is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary story. In 2006 Robby broke both ankles in a climbing accident, permanently damaging both ankles and putting him in a wheelchair for the longest year of his life. With crippling debt, severe depression and constant pain, Robby spiralled into an abyss of despair and hopelessness, with literally nothing left. Nothing but the power to decide and a...

Imagined Earth is a revolutionary company that has introduced reverse vending machines into South Africa which effectively pay you to recycle! The world generates at least 3.5 million tons of plastic and other solid waste a day, 10 times the amount it did a century ago. Fortunately, there’s a growing number of people and businesses who’re starting to support the zero-waste movement, and this App i...

Candice Mama met the Apartheid assassin who brutally took her father's life, but instead of hatred, she felt love and shared the experience in an open letter to SA, encouraging forgiveness. Since then she’s become a Forgiveness Advocate and been named Vogue Magazine's one of 33 Most Inspiring Women alongside Michelle Obama, Nicole Kidman and Malala, to name a few. Candice joins Brent Lindeque to s...

A “pink buoy” donated to honour a life lost is saving lives on that very same beach. A group of cold water swimmers were about 75 meters off 4th Beach when one of the swimmers - Sarah - noticed that one of the group, a young man who had recently moved to Cape Town from Pretoria, was unresponsive. Sarah asked him if he was ok and got no answer… he had stopped swimming, and she immediately knew he n...

Clive Vanderwagen-Julicher and Brent Lindeque chat about Mental Wellness and why our mindsets matter so much, especially right now! Clive is trained in Transactional Analysis (TA) and is also a member of the South African Transactional Analysis Association. TA is like an operating system for how humans interact, and this is used powerfully in his training sessions. “I draw on a broad range of indu...

Good Things Guy partnered with Meta, and over the last couple of weeks, we’ve asked South Africans to send in their feel-good-lekker stories so we could share them with you. And this week, we’re featuring an incredible story of kindness. Ncumisa saw a young woman being humiliated by her husband and his mistress on national TV - she used Facebook to reach out to her with the intention of bringing h...

Radio & TV Celebrity Psychologist, TV presenter Charissa Bloomberg is a renowned Integrity Leadership specialist and an accredited Emotional Intelligence facilitator. With a Masters in Psychology, as well as a Psychodrama and Group Dynamics qualification from Oxford University, the Capetonian brings 20 years of extensive international experience into the Psychologist space. And she joined the Good...

Shan Visser’s story is both heartbreaking and incredibly powerful… a mongoose bit the young South African, and after having 4 limbs amputated and over 70 operations to save her life, the local survivor and warrior has just launched the Shan Show! In January 2017, Shan fell almost fatally ill and had to have all 4 limbs amputated. Nearly 70 surgeries later and counting, today, Shan has released her...

Life is the best gift you can give. It’s why TELL (Transplant Education for Living Legacies) helps educate South Africans about organ and tissue donation. TELL was created with heart, for hearts (and other organs). One of the founders, Fawn Rogers, joins me (Brent Lindeque) in the studio to discuss her first-hand experience, having received a life-saving lung transplant. This not only gave her a s...