Leigh-Anne Williams

After buying a plot in a valley in the Western Cape during lockdown and a caravan from the 80s, Ambrose Uren and his girlfriend, Alice Lebéhot, are embarking the journey of a lifetime. With zero construction skills and no bank loan, they are piece by piece building their way home. Uren shares more about the challenges they have faced so far as well as what it is like to live off the grid. 

Graeme Young, Group Head of the Corporate Finance Function at Hollard Insure, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the importance of retirement planning. He shares more about the best time to start a retirement fund, contingency measures that people can put in place to ensure that they don’t tap into retirement funds in a crisis as well as how savings are required in order to have sufficient amount...

Celebrating International Kissing Day, Leigh-Anne Williams and the team share their first kiss experiences. Listeners join in on the fun and some of the first stories as well as some of their horror stories too. 

A recent study shows that patients with insufficient vitamin D levels prior to infection are more likely to develop severe COVID-19 and mortality compared to those with high vitamin D levels. Giulia Criscuolo, pharmacist, complimentary medicines expert and life coach, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about how we can boost our vitamin D levels, symptoms of vitamin D deficiency as well as some tips to...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recently found out that he has five new half siblings, and this got The Morning Show thinking: If you found out you were related to a celebrity, who would you want it to be? The team and listeners share who it be including Idris Elba, Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé to name but a few. 

Leigh-Anne Williams chats to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis about the end of the first phase of the city's Keep Cape Town Clean Together campaign. He reflects on the success of the campaign, and explains how the next phase of the campaign will launch in a couple months’ time which seeks to have the public take ownership of this campaign going forward. 

The incredible directors of Amphora Beauty Salon and Training, Nicole Adams and Michelle Hill, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about their flourishing business. They share more about how they started their company, some of the challenges they face as well as shares some tips for future business owners. They also share how their strong desire to coach the youth to build a strong foundation as entry le...

Pregnancy is an exciting time, but it can also be overwhelming given the vast amount of information available to expectant mothers. DNAlysis offers an array of premier genetic tests, of which, GrowBaby for moms is one. Helen Gautschi, Research & Education Manager at DNAlysis, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what GrowBaby is, how personalised medicine can help individuals as well as how peop...

Have you ever been in a situation where you receive calls from unknown numbers those 086 numbers and you are so scared to take those calls – in case it’s one of your creditors or debt collectors that you are owing money to? Angela Crowder, Managing Director of Refine Debt Solutions, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about ways in which consumers can work around this issue and how to handle it. She also...

June is National Men's Health Month, a month used to encourage men to take care of their bodies by eating correctly, exercising, and increasing efforts to prevent disease. Andrew Oberholzer, CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of South Africa, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the importance getting screened for prostate cancer, how lifestyle choices affect your health as well as ways in which...

Bahia Janodien, Founder of Shumeez Scott Foundation (an NPO focused on those with Down Syndrome and special needs), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what her organisation is all about as well as their upcoming Rhythm of Night event. She also shares more about why it is important to bring those who differently abled and abled bodies together. 

Jantjie Booysen, the founder of Ubuntu - Circle of Courage, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about his organisation, how the donations from the Community Chest has helped those in need as well as why it is important that we continue to Keep Cape Town Warm this winter. 

Following the announcement by the South African government to remove the remaining restrictions of COVID-19 including no more wearing of masks in public spaces, many people have been asking: what do we do with all of our masks? In the very last instalment of Sandra Rosenberg's COVID Catch Up, she shares some fun, creative and eco-friendly ways to use leftover masks. 

During Youth Month, ABSA teamed up with The Morning Show to chat to incredible business owners who have been able to build their own empire and are paving the way for the future of our country. Siki Msuseni, the founder of Amplified Africa, which is a digital marketing agency invested in teaching young women digital marketing skills for economic emancipation, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about her...

Kerry Rudman, owner of Brain Harmonics, a Neurofeedback organisation specialising in retraining brains, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the rapid increase in anxiety in children. She shares more about the reasons for this increase, how it manifests as well as some tips for parents on how handle children who are experiencing this. 

Angela Crowder, Managing Director at Refine Debt Solutions, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about how to deal with debt. She shares more about how they are able to assist those who are drowning financially and don't know where to go or what to do. She explains what happens when you're under debt review and how Refine Debt Solutions aims to help you in your time of need.

The Team is shocked to find out that Leigh-Anne Williams has no idea what 'pynappel aand' is, and asks the listeners to help them explain exactly what it is. 

Leigh-Anne Williams chats to Cynthia Slingers, Founder of Dahlia Care in Malmesbury, about her organisation, their relationship with Community Chest and she explains how can the donations and blanket drives will benefit those in her community. 

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common diseases of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Kelly Du Plessis, the CEO and lead patient advocate at Rare Diseases South Africa (RDSA), chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about what this illness is, if there is any treatment or cure available for those who suffer with this disease as well as how people can contact and donate to Rare Dis...

After Leigh-Anne Williams shared that she sets multiple alarms in the morning, Sandra Rosenberg and Delucia Daniels state that that is one of the deal breakers for both of them. The listeners join in and share some of their relationship deal breakers including tobacco breath, dating a soccer fan and so many more! 

Head Boy at Curro Durbanville, Dashayin Gilbert, fondly knowns as Dash, is rejoicing after winning a category award and $1000 prize money at The Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) held in Atlanta, the USA earlier this month. He chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about how he managed to beat off stiff competition from more than a hundred young scientists from various countries, t...

Paul Chilwesa, Head of Policy & Partnering in South Africa, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about lung cancer awareness. He shares more about how early detection and prevention initiatives are imperative to combat and increase survival rates of the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. 

Scott Picken, founder and CEO of Wealth Migrate, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about why investing in real estate is a steppingstone toward earning a passive income. He shares more about his own personal journey where he bought his first property at 21, and drops some pearls of wisdom for new investors wishing to invest in real estate.

As a child, there was nothing more exciting than carefully pulling out the centre folds of a magazine and adding a new poster to your wall. The team and listeners share what kind of posters they had on their walls growing up including Leigh-Anne Williams' love for WWE star, Shawn Michaels. From Manchester United posters to cut outs of the biggest celebs in the world, people reveal it all (includin...

Eltena Rethman, Training Manager at Community Chest, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about the work the Community Chest does, the upcoming outside broadcast at Labiance Primary as well as how people can continue to donate blankets and non-perishable foods to the #KeepCapeTownWarm campaign.