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Womandla!

When the Spice Girls burst onto the scene talking girl power it felt like the whole world had suddenly woken up to the power of the feminine. But actually it had just been reignited by the power of youth. Fast Forward 20 years and Girl Power is all grown up. The multi-tasking, high flying, cooking, cleaning, boardroom smashing and yummy mummying new age woman is here. We’ve been taught that a Jack of all trades in master of none... well, on Womandla! we think they should have asked Jill cause she is proving to be a mistress of them all! We are talking: Boardrooms, Bedrooms and Bars Heels and Wheels Waxes and Taxes - in fact, if it affects the life of a woman it’s on Womandla!
Weekly English South Africa Society & Culture
139 Episodes
12 – 32

Reading can be Fun in the Mother Tongue

In celebration of International Mother Language Day, Phumi chats to pioneering bookstore owner/curator Griffin Shea of Bridge Books about their bilingual story time that they host every Saturday. They also discuss where to find South African language books for your pre-scholar that are fun and will help them learn their…
22 Feb 2017 51 min

Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Work is hard to find... and when you have it it is even harder to climb to the top, especially for women. Phumi speaks to executive search specialists Mosima Selekisho and Ignacio Bao from Signup and Talent Africa, and Non-Executive Board Director at Meropa about how to make the jump…
15 Feb 2017 54 min

Blurred Lines

Love is in the air and everybody is getting all touchy and feely because Valentine's Day is around the corner - but where do you draw the line at work, and how do you survive the dreaded date rape scenarios?
8 Feb 2017 43 min

Young, Single & Pregnant

Young, single and having her first baby, Felicity shares her experience in a super girl talk experience.
1 Feb 2017 50 min

Making Money Your B!tch

It’s the first money show of the year and Phumi is talking about the hot stocks to buy right now. How to get your money to work for you in 2017 is the focus. Michelle Dave is in studio and Financial Mail’s editor, Rob Rose, talks us through his top…
25 Jan 2017 48 min

School: What is the Alternative?

It's the first day back at school and the traffic jolted Phumi back into the discussion about whether traditional school is still the best option. Two parents who know how the alternative has worked for their kids share their experiences.
18 Jan 2017 55 min

Taking the Plunge

Do you want to take the jump and make your own business grow? Does it work? Tepsii did it and retired her husband within 18 months, and she is in studio talking business, being a working mom, and all about being a Venda-American.
11 Jan 2017 48 min

Your Astrological & Spiritual 2017

Because it’s the beginning of the year, because it’s the right thing to do and to prepare for the year ahead - Phumi goes through the zodiac predictions from AstrologyZone... and Gogo Dineo Ndhlazi comes into studio to spell out the spiritual meaning of the year ahead.
4 Jan 2017 47 min

How to Reduce Holiday Stress

Now that the festive season and school holidays are here, Phumi looks at what to do in with the kids in Jozi and Cape Town. Reduce your holiday stress with these tips!
14 Dec 2016 45 min

Music is Life

Music makes the world a better place so what better way to say goodbye to the awful 2016 than some soothing classical sounds from the SA National Youth Orchestra? The managing director of SANYO, Sophia Weltz, is in studio to chat about their last orchestra course for the year and…
7 Dec 2016 44 min

'Tis the Season to be Thrifty!

It’s 32 days before Christmas and the joy of giving can dent one's wallet badly. Michelle Dave usually advises us on what to do with our money for the best returns, but today she is advising us on what NOT to do with our money this festive season.
23 Nov 2016 49 min

Chronically Fatigued?

Are you always tired and just can’t get enough rest? You might have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME. It’s a real thing and in studio is the founder of ME CFM Foundation, Retha Viviers, to teach us about this often misdiagnosed and rarely known disease.
9 Nov 2016 46 min

Womandla! - The new Soul City

Soul City South Africa is changing its focus and they are becoming a first of its kind woman-focused NPO in South Africa. Lego Ramafoko, Soul City CEO, is in the Womandla! chair talking about how the new Soul City works and why the change after 20 years.
26 Oct 2016 48 min

Womandla! - The Working Mom's Juggling Act

Struggling to cope with the juggling of work, wife, and mother? Phumi discovered something called The Working Mom’s Expo, that will be happening in Johannesburg next month. Janice is the founder and the entrepreneur behind the whole thing and she chats about the expo, how she got the idea, and…
12 Oct 2016 48 min

Womandla! - Sneaker Valet Shop

A good idea like a sneaker valet shop has finally landed and Amanda Makhapela is the woman behind the shop and the idea. She’s in studio to share ideas, what she has learned and why she has been able to after two years of planning finally have a gorgeous store…
5 Oct 2016 48 min

Womandla! - Sex Money Angels

Sex Money Angels is the perfect set of things to get sorted before summer, so @donnamcalum the Fairy Godmother and @Shannonwalbran are talking about their Powerup workshop this coming weekend.
28 Sep 2016 45 min

Womandla! - Intergenerational Conversation

Phumi Mashigo is talking about life in studio with a slam poet, Thabile Jaku (@jaku_thabile), a feminist writer, Maneo Mohale (@ManeoMohale) and a female mining engineer Refentse Molehe (@fensiface). It’s the intergenerational conversation you want to be a part of - the views of the young woman in SA.
7 Sep 2016 48 min

Womandla! - Save Our Hairline

Everybody is talking about hair this week, so we are talking... and since the Afros and the dreadlocks and the cornrows are clearly here to stay, Phumi invites a hair loss expert, Hlengi Hans Ngidi into studio to chat about how to treat those luscious locks and save your hairline.
31 Aug 2016 47 min
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