21 ICONS - Miriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali: “A good book by itself, if it has the right messages in it, can change a person; his outlook, his persona, it can change a human being into something he never thought he could be. It can reinvent a person. That’s what a good book can do and it doesn't come through the efforts of other people, it comes from inside you.”
21 ICONS featured the nineteenth icon of its second season: Miriam Tlali, the first black woman in South Africa to publish a novel, Muriel at Metropolitan, a semi-autobiographical work, as well as the author of the critically acclaimed Amandla.
In an intimate conversation with Steirn, Tlali talks about her life as the first black South African female author. Born in Doornfontein in Johannesburg she experienced her childhood in Sophiatown, that legendary community within Johannesburg which was razed because it was the sole area where Africans were permitted to take permanent title to land.
RAPT BizTrendsTV: Heidi Patmore – Digital wallets: A gamechanger
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24 Jun 2025 09:30
RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business
This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.
29 Apr 2025 11:08
RAPT BizTrendsTV: Li Ndube on Afro-optimism - African growth vs Western degrowth
Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.
25 Feb 2025 13:47
#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge
“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.
4 Feb 2025 14:32
Chris Botha on The MediaShop’s office move
22 Mar 2017 12:25
21 ICONS - Sandra Prinsloo
Sandra Prinsloo: “I think acting is telling people stories, telling important stories and hoping to change people through stories.”.
5 Jan 2015 10:23
21 ICONS - Taddy Blecher
Taddy Blecher: “When people are more educated and feel that they have more sense of self-worth and more value in terms of what’s inside them, they just naturally treat each other better. I think that kind of self-worth does lead to happiness, I don’t think it’s the only thing that creates happiness, but it definitely is a factor in societal happiness, on all metrics.”.
15 Dec 2014 09:29
21 ICONS - Miriam Tlali
Miriam Tlali: “A good book by itself, if it has the right messages in it, can change a person; his outlook, his persona, it can change a human being into something he never thought he could be. It can reinvent a person. That’s what a good book can do and it doesn't come through the efforts of other people, it comes from inside you.”.
8 Dec 2014 09:49
21 ICONS - Zanele Situ
Zanele Situ: “I feel happy and proud of myself that if I want something I push myself to do it, if I fall, I stand up again, this is how life is, there will be many times when you fall and you have to get up again.”.
1 Dec 2014 10:15
21 ICONS - Peter Magubane
Peter Magubane - “I used my camera as a gun. I did not want to carry a gun, and kill people. I used my camera as a weapon, and I think I was very successful.”.
24 Nov 2014 09:18
21 ICONS - Jill Farrant
Jill Farrant - “My life has been a series of near death experiences and resuscitations. I’ve had three almost fatal incidents and I've been able to, like my plants, resurrect, dry down, resurrect, and dry out again. I think the analogy goes one step further for me in that when you add a drop of water to those plants and they resurrect as for me, you have to add a drop of (holy) Spirit.”...
17 Nov 2014 10:54
21 ICONS - Anant Singh
Anant Singh - “My view on what makes a good movie and what makes a successful movie is something that is fresh. Something that is interesting, that you can give audiences an experience that hopefully they can come out of it having enjoyed something, whether it’s commercial or artistic, either of those parameters, to give them something that is new.”.
10 Nov 2014 11:06
21 ICONS - Zubeida Jaffer
Zubeida Jaffer - “I believe that I am part of a common humanity. One South Africa, one world, one universe. I’m a child of God. I've got many identities but I am not prepared to accept that I’m one thing only. We have to get people away from this idea that they’re pink and blue and white and grey. In the end, we are very close, all of us, to one another. We have the same feelings and if we get hurt, we feel the same.”...
3 Nov 2014 08:34
21ICONS - Lucas Radebe
Lucas Radebe: “During the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996 I was honoured to wear the green and gold jersey of our country and to see the national team and to represent our country as Captain, it was an unbelievable experience and a great achievement. I think for any soccer player you want to represent your country, you want to play against the best in the world and I was fortunate that I did.”...
27 Oct 2014 11:42
21ICONS - Pregs Govender
Pregs Govender: “I think that the ability of each of us is enriched by one another and the best collective comes when you have strength in each person that belongs to that group. It’s the idea of human dignity and the belief that humanity is inherent.”.
22 Oct 2014 11:43
