Celebrate Southern Africa

Celebrate Southern Africa Book Festival 2023 This series is about Southern African writers and Southern African writers, wherever they are in the world. Meet Treive Nicholas Treive, the author of 'A Nun and the Pig. Treive shares his passion for the history of the Eastern Cape, his adventures exploring the life of a Xhosa girl who had an incredible impact. The teenager and so-called prophetess, Nongqawuse, who was traditionally held responsible for the Xhosa Great Cattle Killing (1856-57), when 40,000+ lost their lives in the Eastern Cape, has become his recent passion project. Treive believes history and folklore are doing her a great injustice, others are far more responsible and will be his new book: The Girl Who Killed A Nation. Treive's first book: 'A Nun and the Pig' Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Nun-Pig-Tales-South-Africa-ebook/dp/B0992WP5LD/ Connect with Treive on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/A-Nun-and-the-Pig/100028019810399/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-treive-nicholas-0540558/  Website: https://treivenicholas.com/  **Watch this space for his next book when it is available**

Celebrate Southern Africa Book Festival 2023 This series is about Southern African writers and Southern African writers, wherever they are in the world. Meet Dawn A Denton Dawn is a writer, speaker, and trainer and is the Chief Ubuntu Officer at Celebrate Southern Africa. In this episode, the 'tables are turned' as Dawn is interviewed by fellow writer, Treive Nicholas, about her popular non-fiction book; "Walking Tour Guiding - the ultimate handbook". Dawn shares her love of travel, how this book came about, her passion for community in Ubuntu (I am because we are) and 'it takes a village to raise a child'. Dawn's book: 'Walking Tour Guiding - the Ultimate Handbook' Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Tour-G... Connect with Dawn on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawnadenton Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnadenton LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnadenton/ Website: https://walkingtourguiding.com/ Email: dawn@dawnadenton.com

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our final speaker Delight Mapasure is an award-winning entrepreneur who successfully created a six figure food brand from her kitchen table to retail shelves despite facing many challenges. In 2016, the Zimbabwean-born and former Dragon’s Den participant co-founded K’s Wors Ltd. Their first retail listing was with Ocado in 2019 and the brand has recently launched in the UAE and has attracted interest in India. Delight is also a resilience coach and through her experiences in business believes that anything worth having is worth failing for. Delight's talk: Anything worth having is worth failing for. Connect with Delight on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kwors X: https://twitter.com/deemapasure  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dee_zimbosslady/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/delight-mapasure-305a88105/  Website: https://delightmapasure.com/ 

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our seventh speaker Curiosity, creativity, passion for people, culture, and tradition have given Eugenie Drakes a wealth of life experience.  Today she shares her experience and wisdom with entrepreneurs and those seeking new direction and is known as the Midwife for People’s Dreams. Her dream is to see more and more women stand tall and own the impact their activities and responsibilities have on the world. Eugenie's talk: Impact Connect with Eugenie on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/piecesouthafrica  X: https://twitter.com/Eugeniedrakes  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugeniedrakes/  Website: https://www.piece.co.za/ 

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our sixth speaker For as long as she can remember, all Hayley Joy Weinberg dreamt of doing was making a difference. She also dreamt of making beautiful clothes. She never could have imagined how combining the two, could and would determine her destiny. Today as a Size-inclusive fashion designer, she specialises in REAL Plus sizes and is inspired to make a difference in the lives of the forgotten women. Hayley's talk: Designing Fashion for the Forgotten Women - all shapes, all sizes  Connect with Hayley on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hayleyjoyshop  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hayleyjoyshop/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-joy-weinberg/  Website: https://hayleyjoy.com/ 

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our fifth speaker Hayley Reichert is a Mortgage & Protection (Life Insurance) Adviser. She is also a prolific South African campaigner! She has been involved with the following: The organising committee of the UK-based Nedbank SA Charity Golf Day The South African Chamber of Commerce ExCo The Democratic Alliance Abroad committee The Home Away From Home repatriation project Project LISA (Locked in SA) which assisted over 40,000 displaced South Africans during SA airspace closure due to the Covid pandemic in 2020 The ExCo of the Move One Million initiative Played a key role in assisting 100 South Africans and 50 relatives to flee Ukraine at the start of the Russian invasion ...amongst many other things. Hayley's talk: Feel the Fear Connect with Hayley on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saffahayley/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saffahayley/     

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our fourth speaker With a lot of courage June Whiteman and her family relocating to the Isle of Man in 2001. There is nothing like moving to another country to test one’s resilience. With many role changes (and there were a few), learning a new set of skills and a willingness to get up when you get knocked down, today June is Virtual Executive Assistant transitioning into a (very) small scale flower farmer. June’s talk: A story of resilience across a change in location, lifestyle and career Connect with June on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blossombroadbean/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlossomBroadbean  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/june-whiteman-virtuallythere/  Website: https://blossombroadbean.com/   

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our third speaker Karen van der Poll, leadership and relationship coach with an unsaturated interest in Emotional Intelligence as key to healthy development of oneself and encouragement to others! Karen's talk is: One Step Closer - putting all theory on resilience into practice Connect with Karen on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PersonalandProfessionalDevelopmentCoach  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-van-der-poll-392025b/     

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our second speaker Natalie King is an introvert who loves country music and the sound of rain. After many years of bullying and having lost herself and her voice, she found out that confidence was the key to creating change and taking back her life. Now she helps others to connect with their own superpower of confidence and step into their own power. Natalie's talk is: Heart Led Resilience Connect with Natalie on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-king/ Website: https://www.nataliekingcoaching.com/ 

South Africa's National Women's Day 2023 The theme for this year is RESILIENCE.  We had eight wonderfully inspirational women present their ideas around resilience LIVE on the Celebrate Southern Africa Facebook Page. Our first speaker Pumela Salela is a Visionary Catalyst. She helps individuals, organisations, and countries ignite their spark and fuel their fire. Pumela’s talk is: Vision as a form of Resilience Find our more about Pumela on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pumelasalela/  

Diana Grant started her self-love journey when she was a teenager.  She also found Louise Hay and realised that life is all about love! Today Diana helps people access ways to love themselves, practise self-care and find balance. She is a speaker, author, coach and self-love revolutionary. You can find out more about Diana on her website: https://dianagrant.com/ And her book is available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/47mexNi   

Marinus has been on a 25-year journey since being diagnosed with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. In this episode Marinus shares about his disease, disability access in South Africa, and his writing. And what an inspiration he is! All profits from his book, The Alienation Gene, go to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation South Africa: https://www.mdsa.org.za/ You can purchase Marinus's book from anywhere in the world on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YfTbwX And you can connect with Marinus on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rolbees  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marrasrolbees/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adifferentfreedom9507  Website: https://marinusmans.co.za/ 

Hazel started her sheepskin slipper journey when she bought surplus slippers from her mom who hand-made them in the Eastern Cape. Although it is a competitive market, Sheepskin Slippers SA has grown because of Hazel's resilience and desire to learn. Today, wherever you are in the world, you can order them for your loved ones in South Africa. Browse for gorgeous slippers on the Sheepskin Slippers SA website: https://www.sheepskinslipperssa.co.za/ Find them on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SheepskinSlippersSA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sheepskinslipperssa/

Debs Morris remembers her grandfather as a master storyteller. After he died she found a pile of letters and papers about his life as a doctor in the UK and South Africa.  She researched his journey and made contact with people who still remembered him - and the babies he delivered who are now elderly. This book was an emotional journey for Debs, and a coincidental meeting with a literary agent, got this brilliant book published. This remarkable book, 'Call the Doctor by Ronald White-Cooper and Deborah White-Cooper' is available on Amazon. **Please contact dawn@celebratesouthernafrica.com if you would like to connect with Debs**

Mandy Whyman fell in love with poetry and Shakespeare through her grandmother. After she got her English degree she started her writing career as a journalist in South Africa.  Mandy taught English but now tutors and enjoys writing poetry, short stories, and novels. 'Like Water' is the book she talks about in this episode, along with how she finds her inspiration and puts her anthologies together.  Find out more about Mandy and all her writing on her Mandy Whyman website.

Jill Wallace is a South African Realtor, based in Florida, USA.  She started her writing career as a screenwriter, teaching herself everything she could.  After an interesting and sad experience in Los Angeles, she turned her attention to converting her script to a book. Today she has published two books, both based in South Africa: Zebra: Friends by Fate. Enemies by Destiny A young white boy and a Zulu teen grow up together, building an extraordinary friendship as they explore the rugged Drakensberg mountains around a remote South African hotel during the apartheid era War Serenade: An EPIC WWII Love Story When bon vivant Italian opera star-turned-pilot Pietro is shot down during World War II, he nearly loses his life. Worse, he's lost his passion for music and is close to losing his sanity in a soul-crushing prisoner-of-war camp in South Africa when he meets Iris. Find out more about Jill on her website and on Facebook.  

"I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2001 my family and I moved to the UK in search of a better life for our children. My interest in baking started in the kitchen with my mother. Being her assistant, I would peel the potatoes, taking mental notes of recipes and handy tips. You’d think by me spending all the time in the kitchen I’d one day be a brilliant cook but once I got married and left the nest, I felt lost in the kitchen. I had no clue what I was doing! Cooking was very much my mother’s domain, I was the baker which suited me perfectly at the time because my sweet tooth was always pleased! My husband will often recall the first time I cooked a meal - what an inedible disaster it was! I bravely and very confidently told him that morning I was going to cook fish frikadel, I wish I hadn’t. It turned out burnt, mushy and definitely did not look like the way my mother’s used to. However, that did not put me off cooking. I was determined and dedicated my time to perfecting my cooking skills. Inspirational and words of praise from my family was what really determined me to do better. My mother inspired me to better my cooking and was always ready to criticise and advise me. My husband bought me Faldiela Williams' cookbooks and from then onwards everything changed and I can safely say my cooking has evolved for the better. The aromas, colours and pure passion to be found in Cape Malay cooking is a form of art all on its own. In 2007, I attended women empowering course where I learned, suffice to say, words CHANGE LIVES. The course taught us that words can move mountains but they can also break spirits. They can also build, support, and yes, EMPOWER. Words have brilliance and the potential power to set free emotions strong enough to overwhelm each and every one of us. Words provoke us, inspire us, motivate us, make us fall in love, go to war and save lives. We need to, as women, encourage and support each other. After all we can relate to each other. I feel I have honestly felt the support from YOU ALL with your many words of encouragement and kindness. I launched my Cape Malay Cooking Facebook page in February 2011 and from there it all escalated to self-publishing my cookbooks as well as creating my own spice range. I launched my first cookbook on 7th June 2015, Cape Malay & Other Delights Cookbook.  Subsequently, I’ve self-published 5 further cookbooks, one being a cookbook for kids."  *Salwaa's social media sites currently attract an excess of 2.5 million visitors per month.* Connect with her: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok **And on the website for Salwaa's cookbooks: https://capemalaycookingdelights.com/

Monya Kilian Palmer is a chef and culinary consultant originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Since moving to the UK in 2012, she has worked for both Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Group and Le Cordon Bleu International and continues to assist clients all over the world with their culinary projects. Monya is a passionate ambassador of the ketogenic lifestyle and has written three popular cookbooks. This includes her debut best-seller Keto Kitchen (2020), soon followed by Lazy Keto Kitchen (2021) and Budget Keto Kitchen (2022). She is currently working on her 4th cookbook with the same publishers (Kyle Books) in London, UK. Monya's blog, Fats for Life, is filled with brilliant recipes. Connect with Monya on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and her website.

Andy Copps left the corporate world of accounting to embrace a career in storytelling. His children's book, 'My Pug Named Hugg' was inspired by a pug while visiting his family in South Africa.  Andy chats about using storytelling in STEM-based education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), his Roald Dahl licence, how he wrote his book and the Japanese storytelling technique of Kamishibai. Andy's message is about being brave with ideas! Connect with Andy through his Andy Copps website

After realising the impact his haemophilia was having on his family and his ability to be a father, Cobus Visser decided to use everything he had learned on his journey of personal development. He was able to get out of the wheelchair and climb Kilimanjaro. Today he gains his inspiration from Neuro Linguistic Programming, gurus like Tony Robbins, and many more. He is also a master fire walker.  His focus at the moment is to help men find their community and their role in the world again and to complete his own life story. The phrase he lives by is "Whatever it takes" which he has also had tattooed on his arm. Please connect with Cobus on his website, Facebook and LinkedIn Check out his books: **Extraordinary: The Power that is You Volume 1 **Extraordinary: The Power that is You Volume 2 Third book coming soon....