On The Insider SA this week, the series takes viewers on a journey around South Africa to discover stories of connections. We catch up with some incredible people and visit some remarkable businesses who are disrupting their respective space thanks to their ability to form connections.
Exploring Bloemfontein With Fez Mhkize
We catch up with former Top Billing presenter and Mr World Africa Fez Mkhize as he ventures into Bloemfontein on the Greyhound Dreamliner to explore sights such as Naval Hill, Cheetah Experience, the Naval Hill Planetarium, and more. This trip is Fez’s first to the city and he takes in the sights that makes this city one of South Africa’s greatest treasures.
Bringing In Spring With Adene Flower Farm
Adene Nieuwoudt, of Adene’s Flower Farm, has translated her love of nature into a blossoming business that supplies rare-cut flowers and bulbs across South Africa, where customers can purchase immaculate blossoms from all over the world. Adene’s creativity has today grown into a thriving success story, where visitors from throughout the country are able to appreciate the fruits of her work – whether they attend an open day, or whether they purchase flowers for an upcoming wedding, birthday, or other celebration.
Palesa Mokubung Makes Her Mark In The Local Fashion Space
Palesa Mokubung is a widely accoladed fashion designer who is today the founder and Creative Director of her own marque, Mantsho. Mantsho, meaning ‘black is beautiful’ in Sesotho, produces iconic collections and signature pieces and has grown into a place where Palesa and her team think outside the box to create incredible pieces that can fit a variety of moods and scenes in an easy-going and fun fashion.
Wonki Ware Crafts Innovative Clay Work
Found in George along the scenic Garden Route, Wonki Ware is a pottery studio and a lifelong dream and adventure for founder Di Marshall, who along with her talented team are now renowned for their innovative clay work. Wonki Ware produces a range of products spanning bowls, servers, mugs, jugs, and other accessories. Wonki Ware further produces its range of products with secretive techniques to produce its iconic designs, and uses local materials to forge exciting new ideas which has seen clients both local and foreign purchase unique additions to their homeware.
Arno Carstens Inspired By Paternoster
For singer-songwriter Arno Carstens, the lockdown has presented an opportunity to both pursue his artistic career in the scenic expanse of Paternoster, and spend more time with his family. However, the artist never expected the city to inspire him as much as it did. For Arno and local artists, the inspiration of both the lockdown and the stillness of South African landscapes has offered rich material to produce novel art into the future.
Capitec and Greyhound make luxury travel accessible
For South Africans, the chance to explore our beautiful country is something many yearn for; and often, the chance to travel is out-of-pocket for most. However, Capitec clients can travel in luxury thanks to their Live Better benefits partnership with Greyhound. Whether it’s making new memories, achieving new dreams or reaching new goals, Capitec will help their clients on their journey to live better, with a discounted rate, when booking to travel with Greyhound or Cityliner.
Catch The Insider SA every Tuesday at 19h30 and the repeat every Saturday at 20h00 on SABC 3.
