RC 260814702Aubrey Masango
Friday, 14 August 2026
The show centred on two long-form features: a business-and-leadership conversation about the speaking economy, then a community-focused account of feeding children and supporting vulnerable girls in Cape Town.
- 21:19
Simpiwe Masiza said the speakers’ industry is a multi-billion rand “voice economy”, with top speakers earning up to about R1.5 million a month and clients now wanting experts, not generic motivational talk.
- 21:22
His Speakers Firm says it represents about 240 speakers across AI, strategy, governance, branding and other niches, and is now actively searching for new global voices across South Africa and the continent.
- 21:28
EmpowerWorks’ programmes, including Empower Youth, Empower Women, Empower Men and municipal leadership training, were presented as a pipeline linking young people, women and public-sector leaders to opportunities and capital.
- 22:15
Shalene Vin Vochel said CBD Helping Hands began with feeding homeless people in Mitchells Plain in 1997, and has grown into a soup kitchen and girls’ programme serving children, seniors, women and unemployed residents.
- 22:48
She said her biggest gap is resources: 13 soup kitchens have been reduced to five, unemployment is driving hunger and crime, and the organisation is seeking food donations, volunteers and funding for a future safe house.