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On Pivoting
On Pivoting is a space for thoughtful, grounded conversations with people navigating the intersection of work, identity, and purpose. Each episode is a dialogue: slow, reflective, and intentional. We explore the decisions, doubts, pivots, and quiet convictions that shape how people live and work, beyond titles or outcomes.
Episodes
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What keeps love alive? | Mmamabudusha Thema
In this episode, Mmamabudusha Thema reflects on what happens when familiarity replaces discovery in long-term relationships. From curiosity and communication…
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Things Take Time To Build | Mmamabudusha Thema
In this episode, Mmamabudusha Thema, host of On Pivoting, reflects on the pressure to have everything figured out by a certain deadline, especially as the year…
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Why Showing Up Matters More Than You Think | Mmamabudusha Thema
Most opportunities don’t arrive as one big breakthrough. More often, they grow out of ordinary conversations, introductions, applications, projects and…
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Same House, Different Childhoods | Nomsa Thema
What does it mean to grow up in the same family, under the same roof, and still experience childhood completely differently?In this episode of On Pivoting …
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Why Are We Always Performing? | Mmamabudusha Thema
In this episode of On Pivoting, Mmamabudusha Thema explores the quiet pressure to constantly perform, to be more confident, more interesting, more successful…
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When the Life You Planned No Longer Fits | Mmamabudusha Thema
What happens when the dream you worked so hard for no longer feels like home?In this episode of On Pivoting, Mmamabudusha Thema reflects on the quiet and often…
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The Pause Is Part of the Pivot | Mmamabudusha Thema
In this episode of On Pivoting, Mmamabudusha Thema reflects on the quiet seasons we often mistake for failure.The pause. The delay. The changed timeline. The…
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Delayed Not Too Late | Victor Namwandi
Victor Namwandi spent years building a career as an actor and model before experiencing a loss that changed the direction of his life.In this episode of On…
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Come as You Are | Siya Khumalo on Faith, Identity and Wholeness
In this episode of On Pivoting, we sit down with writer Siya Khumalo, author of You Have to Be Gay to Know God, for a deeply reflective conversation on faith…
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Stop Overthinking | Dabu Madiseng on Depression, Generational Conditioning & Freedom
What does it mean to live a life that actually feels like your own?In this episode of On Pivoting, Dabu Madiseng unpacks the tension between freedom…
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Starting Over | Bongiwe Mokati on Choosing Again and Choosing Better
From electrical engineering to computer science, this is a story about choosing again and choosing better.In this conversation, Bongiwe Mokati shares how a gap…
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I Didn’t Recognise Myself Anymore | Lerato Raphela
There comes a point where you look at your life…and you don’t recognise yourself anymore.After losing her father, Lerato Raphela turned to drugs as a way to…
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Grief, Growth & Carrying On | Linda Dube on Losing Her Mom While Doing Her Masters
In this episode of On Pivoting, Linda Dube joins us for a deeply honest conversation about grief, resilience, and what it means to keep going when life doesn’t…
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The Relationship With Yourself | Lucinda Valentine on Choosing You Daily
What does it actually mean to have a relationship with yourself?In this episode of On Pivoting, Lucinda Valentine explores self-connection beyond clichés —…
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Giving Without Losing Yourself | Sindeka Mandoyi on The Cost of Always Showing Up for Everyone Else
In this episode of On Pivoting, we sit down with Sindeka Mandoyi, a children’s author, literacy activist, and founder of the Chosi Chosi Book Club.But this…
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The Value of Bones | Sivuyile Pharela on Finding your Voice in Broken Systems
In this episode of On Pivoting , we sit down with Sivuyile Pharela — a Digital Anthropologist exploring identity, society, and what it means to exist in an…
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Quiet Pivots of Early Adulthood | Sanele Mlambo on Expectations and Coming back to Yourself
In this episode, we sit down with Sanele Mlambo for a conversation on the quiet pivots of early adulthood, the subtle, often unseen shifts that shape who we…
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When Being The “Smart One” Breaks You | Hazel Ramotlou on Failure, Humility & Finding Peace
For most of her life, Hazel was known as the high achiever.The one with good grades.The one people believed in.The one who was expected to succeed.But when she…
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I Don’t Fit Anymore: Noentla Khumalo on Leaving Old Selves, Healing, and Community
What happens when you return to the places that raised you… and realise you don’t fit anymore?In this episode of On Pivoting, I sit down with Noentla Khumalo —…
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Create the Future: Tsetse Tleane on Place, Leadership and Doing More With Less
What does it feel like to step into a new environment and quietly ask yourself: Will this place see me?In this episode of On Pivoting, I sit down with…
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Beyond the Job: Thapelo Masebe on Identity, Work, and Becoming
So many of us build our identity around what we do.In this episode of On Pivoting, I sit down with Thapelo Masebe for a reflective conversation about identity…