Sasol SuperLead Podcast

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Steven Zwane, who is the Founder and Chairperson at the award-winning Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development (YLED), which is an NGO that is aimed at empowering young people. This seasoned strategy and operations professional is currently the Managing Member at PAPO Communications, and has many years of experience in senior management roles...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Professor Bonang Mohale, who is the Chancellor at the University of the Free State. Professor Mohale is a published author who has held various executive and leadership roles in major South African and Multinational organisations, which include, Business Leadership South Africa, Shell South Africa, Otis Elevators, the South African Airways and Sanlam...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed May Govender, who is the Deputy Chief Information Officer at Old Mutual. May holds an MBA from Henley Business School and she has over 20 years experience within the IT field, which spans across Banking, Telecommunications, the Public Sector as well as in the Retail space. May has recently been nominated for the CTO of the Year Award. On this intervie...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Mukundi Lambani, who is the Founder and Director of Ambani Africa, an education company that offers an accessible platform for foundation phase learners to learn their mother tongue. Mukundi has a Masters Degree in Communication and Media Studies. She was inspired to create this App after realising that her peers who were starting their families were...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Noluvuyo Gqadu, who is the Founder of CodeNgwana, an organisation that is focused on teaching children from disadvantaged areas how to code. Noluvuyo is an award-winning technology professional, notably one of the 2021 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans. She has written stories about technology for kids and has published 3 books, including a...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Polo Leteka, who is the Chairman and Founder of the IDF Capital, which is a South African based entrepreneurial financier and advisory firm. Polo is highly accomplished, experienced entrepreneur and a Private Equity investor. Through the IDF Capital Polo has contributed towards channelling investments into women owned SMEs across South Africa. She was...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Victor Kgomoeswana, who is an Author, Speaker, an African Business Expert amongst others. Following the success of his book Africa is Open for Business published in 2014, Victor has just recently published another book titled Africa Bounces Back: Case Studies From a Resilient Continent. On this interview, Victor, who is well known as the Afro-optimist...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Faisal Mkhize, who is the Group Managing Executive of Absa Vehicle and Asset Finance. Faisal has served in several senior roles in the bank, including being Head of Market and Leadership and Change in the Absa Business Bank, and a Regional executive of the Private Bank in the Northern region. He holds a Masters in Development Finance from the Universi...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Nontokozo Madonsela, who is the Group Chief Marketing Officer at Momentum Metropolitan Holdings. Nontokozo has more than 20 years of experience leading in various global organisations. On this interview, Nontokozo shared her incredible journey of leadership excellence, the lessons she has learned over the years, her experience of repositioning the Mom...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Steve Briggs, who is the Chief Sales Marketing Officer at SEACOM. Steve has two Master’s Degrees. One is an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand and the other a Masters in Theology from Stellenbosch University. He has also completed a senior executive program at Howard Business School. On this interview Steve shared lessons he has learned from...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Bongiwe Gangeni, who is the Deputy Chief Executive for Absa Retail and Business Bank. She heads up the Absa Relationship Banking Business Unit. Bongiwe holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Wits Business School, MBA from GIBS, and has also attended the Advanced Mana...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Tinashe Ruzane, who is the Co-Founder and CEO at FlexClub, which is a car subscription marketplace. On this interview they spoke about his journey from growing up in Pretoria to his executive role at Uber based in Amsterdam, and ultimately co-founding this transformative organisation, which is aimed at disrupting the car financing and ownership model....

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Salome Maswime, who is an Associate Professor and Head of Global Surgery at the University of Cape Town. Salome is also the president of the South African Clinician Scientist Society. She is a consultant and adviser for many organisations including the World Health Organisation. Salome unpacked lessons from her journey of leadership excellence. The...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Dr Mclean Sibanda. Mclean is an experienced executive who has worked in various industries and has served on numerous Boards as well. He is the author of Nuts & Bolts: Strengthening Africa’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems. McLean unpacked his book and shares leadership principles that have worked for him over the years.

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo continues his interview with Mteto Nyati, who is the CEO at Altron. He is also the author of Betting on a Darkie: Lifting the Corporate Game. He has won many awards over the years that recognised his leadership excellence, the most recent one being the EY World Entrepreneur Award for Southern Africa. This is the second of the two-part interview with Mteto. They s...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Mteto Nyati, who is the CEO at Altron. He is also the author of Betting on a Darkie: Lifting the Corporate Game. He has won many awards over the years that recognised his leadership excellence, the most recent one being the EY World Entrepreneur Award for Southern Africa. On this two-part interview, Mteto shared the lessons he learnt along his journey...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Vuyo Mpako, who is the Chief Digital and Data Officer at Old Mutual. Vuyo is a Senior Executive with over 20 years experience in Telecommunications and Financial Services in senior positions. He also holds an MBA from GIBS. In this episode they unpacked a topic that affects every business leader, Digital Transformation. Vuyo is leading a systemic tran...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Carice Anderson, the author of Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace, which is aimed at empowering young graduates entering the workforce and professionals already at work. Teaching them not only how to survive but also to thrive in the corporate environment. Carice holds an MBA from Howard University and...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Stephen van Coller, who is the Group CEO at EOH. They discussed what many leaders are faced with - turnaround. Most organisations are still battling with the effects of this pandemic. Stephen van Coller is delivering on that promise of turning around one of the most iconic proudly South African Organisations, EOH. They tapped into his playbook for tur...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Antoine Paillusseau, who is the Co-Founder and CEO at FinChatBot. FinChatBot is one of South Africa’s leading providers of Conversational Artificial Intelligence solutions, largely known as ChatBots. Currently FinChatBot serves some of the largest businesses in South Africa and abroad with customer-centric Conversational AI solutions. Antoine holds a...

On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Molefe Pooe who is the Managing Director of Inertia Leadership and Business Coaching. Molefe is an author, certified leadership and business coach, speaker, leadership development expert, facilitator and member of the John Maxwell Team. He established Metamorphic Engineering in 2004, a company specialising in industrial piping and high pressure equipme...

On this podcast Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Hwalani Mabaso, who is a Provincial General Manager at Absa . Hwalani is also a Board Member of Women in Tech® – an international organisation with a mission to empower 5 million women and girls in tech by 2030. She was a finalist in the Standard Bank under 40 young achievers in the Business Category and in 2019 was selected onto the list of the Mail &...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Prof Prof Tshilidzi Marwala to unpack his book, Closing the Gap: The fourth industrial revolution in Africa. Prof Marwala needs no introduction to the SuperLead community, he is a Vice-Chancellor and Principal at the University of Johannesburg. He served as a deputy chairperson of the presidential commission on the fourth industrial revolution, Non-Ex...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed with Prof Tawana Kupe Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria. We unpacked key insights from his journey of leadership excellence, his philosophy of maximising impact with limited resources, future of learning, digital transformation and so much more. He gave us a fantastic challenge and recommended Ousmane Sembene’s book titled “G...

On this podcast, Maanda Tshifularo interviewed Elizabeth Rachidi who is an HR Director at Tiger brands. She has held senior HR leadership roles at Vodacom, Nedbank and as well as at Standard bank to name a few. Elizabeth holds an MBA from Gibs and is currently completing her coaching qualifications at UCT. She is very passionate about seeing leaders succeed in critical transitions. Be it transitio...