We can never talk about legendary musicians, trailblazing stars and memorable musicians without mentioning Yvonne Chaka Chaka. The South African singer-songwriter has been a fierce and prominent feature on the African music scene, churning out hit after hit for at least three decades. Over the years, she’s gone from being a singer and branched out to becoming an entrepreneur, humanitarian …
The MYD Africa Show throwback series looks at some highlights of the most memorable interviews on the show and this episode of MYD Earth is no different. Kirsty Watermeyer talks to the cycling journalists from Mojo Velo who have trekked from Cape Town to Addis Ababa and what their journey has meant thus far. MYD: Maybe we can start by …
Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 The Global Citizen Festival is part of a movement to end extreme poverty. Recently, legions of citizens filled up the FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa to celebrate the life’s work and lasting legacy of Nelson Mandela for his 100th birthday. Beyoncé & JAY-Z headlined the Festival, accompanied by Cassper Nyovest, D’banj, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, Femi …
Karen Powell is a Creativity Coach, who is this episode of the MYD Africa Show, assists us to understand what potential is all about, and how we tap into our full potential. “Potential is expansive; it is unlimited; it’s something that you can constantly tap into. What I find so fascinating about it [potential] is that the more you tap into …
Heidi Burmeister-Nel is a Namibian Clinical Psychologist, who shares in this episode of the MYD Africa Show, tools that will help empower you in your relationships. “We all have maps in our brains of how relationships should work. Some of these maps are good, but often these maps are not, but we have no other alternative. On a subconscious level …
In this episode of the MYD Earth Show, Kirsty speaks to Dr. Chris Brown, the CEO of the Namibia Chamber of Environment about Pangolins. Dr. Brown shares here in the value of this elusive creature in the context of the ecosystem. Armed with real facts and figures Dr. Brown highlights why we are all needed in the fight against Pangolin …
Still in our series, A Mind of My Own, in this episode of the MYD Show we talk about how being true to yourself is the ultimate style with the help of style icon, Jackie Burger. “It was really the serendipity of life perhaps a little bit, or not even a little bit, a lot of ignorance. I think my …
An advocate for conscious social development, musician, composer, permaculturalist and educator, Joel Karabo Elliott joined us in studio for this episode of the MYD Show. “I started growing weary of American society, through college and in my first job. I got weary of the paradigm and the lack of creativity and I had this aching, this yearning to taste an …
In an economy, focusing on development alone has been proven to be short sighted, for development alone neglects adaptability, integration and empowerment. To find out more about the movement of the wellbeing economy, 99FM’s MYD Smart spoke to Lorenzo Fioramonti and Justine Braby, who prepared this guide for us. What if growth was not the business imperative? Crazy, you say? …