THE TEA with Nicky

Paulette Neo Kaise is a fitness enthusiast with a BA in Media Studies and Industrial Psychology. Paulette found her love for fitness while she was studying and has now made it her career after she pursued a Personal Training Diploma. Paulette also has a burning passion to give back to her community and to assist those who find themselves in disadvantaged situations. That is how she founded Empower...

Romy Mayer is the only female Race Engineer on her team at Triple Eight Race Engineering. She is also part of the Red Bull Supercar Racing Series, but not only that, she is the lead engineer on an AMG GT3 in a race series in Asia where the driver is the Prince of Malaysia! Romy believes that it is important to have role models to help shape the minds of the next generation where we can and inspire...

Lufuno Sathekge (also known by her IG handle as @_msbrownstyling) is a Wardrobe Stylist in the Media & Entertainment space. She has styled productions for V-Entertainment, MassiveMusic, SuperSport, TV commercials, Music videos, Private shoots, as well as offering Personal wardrobe makeovers! Lufuno stumbled into the stylist career by chance while working as an Account & Relationship Manage...

Onke Dumeko is the Editor-in-Chief & Group Publishing Director at The Bar Group, for DESTINY Connect and the magazine. She is an unshakeable woman who strives to lead a purposeful and impactful life and lives by the mantra that “Leadership is a privilege, not a right and it is to be earned in the arena of action because ultimately, leaders should not create great followers, they should create...

Rachel Kolisi is a mother of 4, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She co-founded RISE (https://risewomen.org.za/) with business partner and personal trainer, Tammy Raustron. RISE is a movement dedicated to helping women live more purposeful lives, through health and fitness.  Rachel believes that the Kolisi Foundation (https://kolisifoundation.org/) is a vehicle through which many lives can...

Noluvuyo is a Tech Company Founder, a social entrepreneur, author and 2019 Inspiring50 Winner. She is a technology professional and leader with a career that spans 11 years across the Telecommunications, Financial Services, Higher Education and Natural Energy sectors. She an alumnus of the University of Cape Town, where I am also a current MCom Information Systems candidate.   She has founded...

Tayla Sutherland is a born and bred Cape Tonian who now resides in Sydney, Australia. Tayla completed her Bachelors and Honours at Vega in Art Direction and in Brand Communication and moved to Sydney to pursue a Masters in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Marketing. While she was a student in Sydney, she realised that there was a gap in the South African market for “beautiful online boutiques”, whi...

Kate Nicholls is an author, educator, ex-lion researcher and ex-actress. Our interview was actually 1hr43min and (as much as it ached me) I managed to get it down to a bite-sized 38min. We touch on the value of sharing a story and breaking the wall of silence, how invaluable that can be for ourselves ad those around us; her unconventional schooling methods and her passion for feminism.   She...

Aviwe Funani is currently the Program Monitory Manager at Waves For Change (https://www.waves-for-change.org/). Waves For Change (W4C) works in communities affected by violence, poverty and conflict, where mental health services are often stigmatized and under-resourced. W4C creates partnerships with local community members. They aim to identify, train and resource mentors, who work to help open p...

Dorita founded Skinesiology Skincare in 2018. She found kinesiology through her journey as an avid & professional runner, where she met kinesiologist, Ron Holder, who introduced her to this world of holistic healing. 🏃🏽‍♀️   Dorita has been a qualified and practising kinesiologist for about 20 years now. Through her many years of experience, as an in-depth body therapist taught her a la...