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Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we are talking to Wayne Cryer, Coastal Sales Manager for Lasher Tools. He operates out of our Durban office and is responsible for overseeing and managing the Lasher business along the coast and is key in ensuring growth and customer satisfaction throughout the re...

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we are talking to Senzeni Fakude, she recently moved to our debtor’s department, and is based at our head office in Germiston. She is responsible for the administrative process of opening and welcoming new client accounts to the Lasher family. Lasher Tools &middot...

Today we have a conversation with Marius Schmit BUCO Regional Operations Manager and Marius Roberts local BUCO Branch Manager. We get insight from an operational level how the BUCO business and brand has grown and the product offering is selected and grown for their customers. And we take a look from a branch level how the clients interact with the store and the sectors they supply and how they en...

We take a look back at the incredible journey we have taken to explore the threads of healing. Without each of our guests, Human and you the listener this would not have been possible. Deep gratitude to you all. Dr. Ela Manga · Human.

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we have a conversation with Rene’ Aucamp, the head buyer for Lasher, she is based and works out of our branch in Wadeville. Rene’ has been with Lasher for the past 15 years and is the starting point of the where all the manufacturing in Wadeville begins. She also...

Today we have a conversation with Marisa, business performance business coach, entrepreneur and healer. Marisa has great passion for supporting people through change. Marisa has developed her expertise in leadership, team development, and culture, in roles such as CEO (Chief Energy Officer) at Deloitte Consulting Africa and across a broad range of organisations. As Owner and Managing Director of M...

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we have a conversation with Rene Wilkinson, she is the personal assistant to Lasher's Managing Director – she is based and works out of our head office in Germiston. She has been the MD's right hand women for the past 4 years. She takes us behind the scenes and sh...

We have a conversation with Rachel Nyaradzo Adams, the founder of Narachi Leadership. Rachel is a facilitator, ontological coach, advisory partner and speaker. She is driven by her commitment to empower leaders towards courageous and authentic leadership. Rachel’s passion comes from the belief that Africa will only get the future it deserves if it can access the highest courage and most authentic...

We speak to Ms. Catherine Chamberlain about history of Chamberlains which started over 117 years ago, in 1903, with Mr Frank Fewster Chamberlain (also known as Uncle Frank), opened his first trading store in Riviera, north of Pretoria. To today where Chamberlains now is a fourth generation of family working in the business and boasts eight stores that service a strong and loyal community base in G...

In studio with Lucy Draper - Clarke, who has spent many of her years in formal education, attaining her PhD both in Mindfullness and Education .Her interests later gravitated towards the Eastern and African Wisdom Traditions. Subsequently she moved towards being a researcher-practitioner where she explores the benefits of these practices in daily life. Today she focuses on offering retreats and su...

Lasher is the largest manufacturer of non-mechanical tools in Africa, with home markets firmly established in mining, building and construction, agriculture, forestry and the DIY market Exports have been an important part of growing the business for the past twenty-five years. Today, some fifteen percent of production goes overseas; UK, Europe, the Americas, the Pacific Islands, Australasia, Afric...

Located in Thyolo, Planters Tea Agency, was established in 1954 to supply the tea industry in Thyolo and Mulanje, in Malawi, with their engineering requirements. Planters Tea Agency has expanded the industries they supply to and the engineering solutions they provide, their goal is to provide genuine parts, technical advice, training and, above all, trusted service at a market competitive price. A...

We have a conversation with Gillian Godsell, a very accomplished and learned women who has embraced many fields of study and who seeks to help in the various sectors she touches and is involved with. Gillian Godsell is an academic who got her PhD from Boston University where she went on to study culture and religion among other subjects which she embraced. She got involved in volunteer work early...

We have a conversation with Anni Snyman, who is an environmentalist healer, but also an artist at heart. At the core of her love and appreciation of art, is her deep environmental concern as well as the joy and challenges she faces through expressing herself through her art. She give us insight into her world of how she now only views art, but live as a whole and how her expression through art has...

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we have a conversation with Warren Thomas, Sales Manager for Lasher. He operates out of our head office in Germiston and he is responsible for overseeing and managing the Lasher brand and ensuring growth with selective customers and throughout the groups. He not o...

We have a conversation with Siven Maslamoney, who has been in pursuit of an inclusive and cooperative society since the 1980's with the schools boycott. He is a student activist, zoologist, volunteer, unionist, literacy teacher, entrepreneur, change architect and father. He shares his wisdom and findings along his journey with us, and how he has come to a higher understanding of activism and it be...

We have a conversation with Natasha Fracchiolla, who is a communications expert with over two decades of experience as a writer, content producer, editor and marketing manager who has worked with some of South Africa's most renowned brands. Natasha is passionate about the purpose, meaning and healing of words and the writing process, and believes in the power of a positive mindset and intentional...

We have a conversation with Tamsyn Reynolds who has been a professional hair stylist for over 20 years, being self-employed and running her own salons during this time as well as moving on to establishing her own hair products. She shares her journey with us from the establishment of the Hello Hair brand to the trials she had gone through and learnt from in establishing and seeking to grow the bra...

We have a conversation with Kevin Bloom, an award-winning author and investigative journalist and an initiated healer in the African indigenous wisdom traditions. In his role of practicing healing, he brings together the modalities of ubungoma, kabbalah and breathwork in both group and one-on-one consultative work. Kevin shares his insights and wisdom that he has gained throughout his journey that...

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. We have a conversation with Glenn Hendry our Product & Training Specialist and Lionell Adams our Merchandise Coordinator. They operate out of our head office in Germiston and together they responsible for in-store merchandising ensuring correct brand representation thro...

Profit for Purpose is an organization with the aim to be the economic agents of change in South Africa. We want to positively influence the economy and stimulate job creation by promoting the benefits of consuming local production. We want to inspire confidence in local production by having conversations that showcase the value, innovation, craftsmanship, quality, capacity and offering right here...

We have a conversation with Rutendo Ngara an African Indigenous Knowledge Systems holder and trans-disciplinary. She is a researcher who's professional interests have spanned from clinical engineering, healthcare technology management, socio-economic development, mathematics, leadership to fashion design with exploring the interface between science, culture, cosmology and healing. She shares her j...

We were in the studio with die-hard salesman Danie Prinsloo, current co-owner of Country Meat Butcheries. He started his career in London, not only as a renounced banker at RNB, but also strangely enough, a yogurt store owner. In 2013 he took the leap into entrepreneurship, co-founding a business that would revolutionise the meat industry. Till this day, despite every mistake he has made and every...

We have a conversation with Jason & Abu. Abu having grown up in a family business has gone on to start several companies and have successfully scaled them, some to over 37 countries. He is also the founder of Jozi Angels, with a network of 29 angel investors based in Johannesburg who together have made a combined total of 44 early stage investments. Jason headed up the leading youth marketing agen...

Meet our metal masters. In this podcast series we take you behind the scenes and into the stories of the people behind our tools. Today we speak to Natasha Naidoo, she is one of our sales representatives at our Durban branch, she is responsible for servicing our clients along the coastal region. She opens up and shares her experiences with us, not only at Lasher bit also a bit about her personal j...