South Africa

Dr Mark Manley is an international, award-winning speaker, author and consultant based in South Africa, with a background in the media, politics, and business. He has spearheaded a consultancy since 1988, specialising in the areas of Strategy, Leadership and Transformation. As a broadcaster, Mark hosted many different music, magazine, talk and live programmes on radio and TV; as a… read more »

Nianell is a songstress and award-winning musician with multi-platinum sales to her credit. And as performer she has inspired thousands of people all over the world. But for the last five years she has taken her creative skills and her wonder about the grander purpose of life, to develop her EMIT Change Workshops. They are a series of Educational, Motivational, Inspirational and Transformational workshops. These focus… read more »

Jo-ann has hosted more than 200 events across the world for top international companies like BMW, Adidas, Audi, Samsung, Siemens and FIFA. The events she has hosted have been as diverse as the Islamic Finance and Investment Conference to the online launch of the official FIFA Ball for the World Cup with David Beckham which was streamed… read more »

Cynthia Schoeman is the Managing Director of an Ethics Monitoring & Management Services company and a founding Non-Executive Director of the Ethics Practitioners Association (EPA). She also sits on the Investigating Committee of the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). A regular speaker on ethics at conferences and seminars, Cynthia is often interviewed as an ethics expert, including by… read more »

Shaun Bartlett began his career with his hometown Cape Town Spurs and then moved to Major League soccer and the Colorado Rapids in the league’s inaugural season in 1996. Halfway through the 1997 season, he was traded to the MetroStars and then returned to South Africa. He later went on loan to FC Zürich and then… read more »

Cape Town based Dr. Marlene Wasserman – a.k.a. Dr Eve® – is the founder of the South African household brand of the same name which has come to represent professionalism, pleasure, respect, and responsibility. She is an internationally trained AASECT (American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists) and a certified clinical sexologist and couple and sex therapist…. read more »

Uveka Rangappa is currently the evening prime time anchor on eNCA’s ‘South Africa Tonight’,  after nearly 6 years of co-anchoring Morning News Today with Dan Moyane. She’s had an extensive career in both radio and television. She began her broadcasting career at Lotus FM at the SABC and then moved to East Coast Radio in Durban where she… read more »

Cape Town based Jonathan Shapiro – better known as ‘Zapiro’ – is widely acknowledged as an important social commentator. He has consistently promoted human rights and democratic values during both the apartheid era and the democratic era in South Africa. As well as being an editorial cartoonist who has appeared in many newspapers and in on-line platforms,… read more »

Durban-based Shaun Pollock is a former Captain of the South African Cricket team The Proteas. He was a fast-medium seam bowler, with the ability to deliver a quicker ball with accuracy and swing. The nephew of legendary South African cricketer Graeme Pollock and the son of former South African fast bowler Peter Pollock, expectations from him were high… read more »

Dr. Mark Manley has a background in the media, politics, business and ministry. He was involved in transitional politics and was the Mayor of Randburg in the early 90’s. He has a Masters degree in Adult Education and a Doctorate in Business and Education, specialising in Leadership Development. Steve Barnett is known globally as ‘The… read more »

Cape Town based Tracy’s latest revelations in her best-seller ‘Brutal Legacy” have brought her fondly back into the limelight. Her memoir is a heart-breaking, yet triumphant telling of a romantic relationship that quickly turned violent and abusive. It is the story of how she found herself staggering into a police station battered and bruised back… read more »

Billy Selekane CSP™ (Certified Speaking Professional) , SASHoF (Southern Africa Speaker Hall of Fame), EXPY is a best-selling author, Internationally acclaimed Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Personal, Team and Organisational Effectiveness Specialist. He is a Group CEO, a former President of the National Speakers Association of SA, a Life Member of XL Foundation and a member of the International… read more »

Dr. Turton is a specialist in the field of strategic risk assessment, with a current interest in understanding the risks associated with water as a foundation of the national economy. This is where his key skills lie in helping clients to understand the changing nature of risk arising from systemic failure of critical sub-systems. He is… read more »

Helen Nicholson has been called ‘The Networking Queen’ by many of her clients. She is the director of a company which specialises in teaching people how to master the art of networking. She has recently published the business best seller: ‘Networking – How to get your Black Belt in Business Success.’ Helen lived in the Middle East… read more »

Alex van den Heever and Renias Mhlongo have worked together for 23 years in the bushveld, conducting safaris, training wildlife trackers and presenting their talk, “The Power of Relationships” to audiences around the world. Their work has taken them throughout Africa, including Australia, England, Brazil, Peru and North America. They have als0 been featured on… read more »