Facing all kinds of challenges and conquering them to reach your goals requires an innate strength. Meet Ntokozo Magwaza, an aspiring pilot. Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Ntokozo Magwaza, and I come from Eshowe where I have a big extended family. I currently live in Durban North on my church property where I co-lead the children’s ministry and serve as a video editor at Anthem Church. My deepest passion is...
If you are fundamentally unhappy with any aspect of your life right now, are low on self-confidence, or you’re frustrated because you know that you deserve so much more from this life, but you have no idea how to take that first step towards change, then Thoughtonomy, the first book authored by entrepreneur, business coach and public speaker, Grant Gavin, is for you. “What if all the thoughts and beliefs that define your behaviours were...
“Be brave, be bold and become.” Sara Nayager is a daughter, sister, wife, mother, leader and phenomenal woman. She is also the Regional General Manager for Netcare Hospitals across KwaZulu-Natal. Always looking to grow herself and what she knows, Sara strives to learn, share, know, do and, most of all, be more in every aspect of her life. Sara shares that her dad has significantly influenced her life: “My dad taught me never to...
We hear from the Netcare Umhlanga ladies about the remarkable things they are doing for representation in the healthcare industry. The Netcare female leaders in KwaZulu-Natal recently established a forum advancing and empowering women in healthcare. It was created at Netcare uMhlanga Hospital with the founding concept of inspiring and being inspired. The pandemic had left most healthcare workers emotionally drained and physically and mentally exhausted. Most of these were women who were too...
If you’ve driven through the beachfront over the last few months, you would have probably noticed the friendly faces gathering outside a quaint wooden shed propped primely on the corner of South Beach Road and Margaret Bacon Avenue at Fairlight B&B. On a scorching hot summer’s day in Umdloti, Bruce and Michele Deeb, owners of a familiar and firm favourite, Fairlight B&B, sat down with me under an umbrella with a decadent iced coffee....
Let’s go on an adventure to discover the tastes of Umhlanga. Our town is so diverse, including everything from Indian to Italian! They’re all there, just waiting for you to come to try them out. A Little of France Château Gâteaux have been creating exceptional handcrafted quality cakes, pastries and treats since 1997 – that’s right, it is their 25th birthday this year! Every masterpiece is lovingly made with fine ingredients in their world-class,...
As pioneers in the social lifestyle venue category, News Cafe Umhlanga is delighted to celebrate its fifth birthday! Proudly held by Fournews, News Cafe opened the first store in Hatfield in 1995. News Cafe has grown into a multi-national household name nearly three decades later and remains synonymous with innovative thinking within the food and social market space. A proudly African brand, News Cafe has expanded to multiple African countries. In South Africa, ideally situated...
We sat down with a few passionate businessmen and women from investment to coaching in Umhlanga to learn more about them and their most commonly asked questions in their fields of work. Shirley Pearson from Action Coach iNala Business coaching is relatively new in South Africa. Will you and your business be better off if you invest some of your hard-earned money in business coaching? If you’re serious about your own success, take the time...
We’re all looking to amaze our partners with every gesture. Learning to speak their love language can significantly impact the success of your future endeavours. Here’s a crash-course introduction to love languages and some date ideas you could use as a base for your adventures. Everyone “speaks” a particular language, even our non-verbal actions are interpreted as “body language“. It follows that the way we express and interpret love has a language of its own....
There have been many comments made and books written about Siya Kolisi, captain of the Springboks, and the first black man to lead his country in over 128 years of South African rugby. But now, for the very first time, Siya Kolisi shares his story in an extraordinarily intimate memoir, charting his journey from being born into the impoverished Zwide township, his 2018 appointment as captain of the Springboks – recognised worldwide as a pivotal...