We start the show by hearing from our first guest for season 3 Gugulethu Vilakazi, a vlogger and entrepreneur, who takes us through her customization process and how she finds inspiration in hidden places for her vlogging journey. You can follow her on its.lethu on TikTok and instagram and her vlog is called "Life and everything in-between with Guulethu Vilakazi, you can find it on Youtube. Do Like, share, and subscribe.

Nhlivo takes a look at the challenges facing the African youth and narrows it all the way down to the youth of Gomora (Alexandra, JHB). - Unemployment sitting at 40% - Quality of the education system, pass mark at 30%, limited University capacity - The cycle of poverty and generational curses - Crime, violence, and exploitation - Substance abuse - Mental health in times of "national state of disaster" The general state of our nation and experiences on the ground.

A new year is upon us and here at the Nhlivo Actually podcast we wish everyone a happy new year. Keeping with the tradition we started, we dropping our annual new year episode reviewing the year that has been and planning for the year that is.

Nhlivo Actually podcast is a out of Gomora that seeks to expose the world to the talent and unique offering rooted in being an Alexandrian. We tackle a variety of topics that the youth of South Africa and the world can relate to; engaging with guests that are able to share their experiences.

Nhlivo Actually Podcast Season 2 episode 39 with special guest Trap Magin$a talking everything that happened over the past 3 years since we last had him on the show and his upcoming ep AMABHUBESI

On this episode we talk youth hubs, youth unemployment, 3D printing opp and how to get your brand off the ground using these dynamics

Here's to a brand spanking new year, can you smell it through your musk, the answer may be nastier. This episode is the first in months, I thought ot my self why not kick off the year in incredible fashion by dropping an episode out of the blue. Now that's celebratory, its just a recap on where we left off and what's next on ths journey, I hope you dp engage, till the next episode in the next week, do enjoy! Nhlivo

It's my birthday!

On this episode of Nhlivo Actually, Nhlivo tries to unpack Grit as guided by the book Grit by Angela Duckworth, Author and Psychologist amongst her other vocations. The concept of Grit is concerned with passion and how preserve in life in search of our life philosophy that has to do with our purpose and main goal in life with an unwavering spirit and a will of steel.

Anathi is a entrepreneur and the founder of Gxarha premium leather, a business that is focus on bringing premium leather goods to the South African market. The brand started out making cardholders from premium full grain leather and has progressed to more advanced wallets and bags, the entrepreneurial journey started from the R100 challenge that pushes entrepreneurs into creating an MVP (minimum viable product) to generate capital as a cash cow to reach short-term goals connected with the...

On this episode Nhlivo reflects on the 1 year journey that began the podcast.

Joining us as our first guest for 2021 is Thamsanqa Treasure Tshabalala an entrepreneur, A&R and social media sensation. Thami started his career as a rapper and battle rapper being inspired by Snoop Doggs "what's my name" song in the 90s. He was balancing that with selling snacks and cigarettes on campus will navigating the demand of college. This is where he came across his entrepreneurial opportunity to join a business incubator which would be a spring board for most of his success. He...

The first episode of the new year 2021 takes a look at goal setting best practices with practical application, how to create a winning vision board that reflects the future you and your ambitions, and how to set up your new year's resolutions to be fail-proof by adding a twist.

On this week's episode Self-Sabotage or Burning out? How it connects to wellbeing. Coping with demands, challenges that refuse to end, and unfairness. Contributors to why we BURNOUT. Finding individuals who suffer burnout on an ongoing basis. What research reveals as triggers, our perceptions of stress, and how we react to stress, self-sabotage. RUN FOREST RUN! 🙆🏾‍♂️ Self-Sabotage is a Trap. You're a perfectionist huh? It's a trap. A quote to get us started “Perfection is the enemy of...

On this episode we are back on the township economy, how are people in previously disadvantaged areas innovation and contributing to the overall economy in a meaningful way through entrepreneurship and job creation.  The SME space is the largest contributors to the overall GDP of the South African economy and Gadafi has found his claim to the township economy through a brand called Tornado SoftaNyce, the brand is known best for its clothing line that takes influences from various African...

On this episode Nhlivo walks you through a how  to go about branding your business and how to make it stand up against the wave of new brands showing up on the scene. The basics of naming your business, coming up with a fire slogan, choosing the right fonts, and brand colour accents an more. 

Content marketing is a great way to grab the attention from the individuals you would like to sell you products and services to and it is a great way to get your offering in front of them. The content you put out there helps increase your engagement with you existing and potential customers and is one of the best ways to create a community behind your brand. Small businesses and start-ups stand to benefit the most from engaging in content marketing through the creation of sharing of...

Nhlivo enlists the help of his long term friend, and Utter Nonsense Podcast co-host Sanza to take a walk on the lighter side of serious things. Take a journey with us as we talk work life balance sprinkled with a side of mental health. 

On today's episode of Nhlivo Actually we take a look at how to get started on your YouTube journey with these 10 easy tips for beginners: 1. Why YouTube? 2. Choosing a channel name and topic 3. Channel art and Cover art 4. Creating a description for your channel 5. Developing content 6. Equipment and software 7. Recording and editing 8. Keeping content current 9. Uploading videos 10. Maintaining channel and Marketing I hope you find this helpful and it inspires you to create and...

On today's episode of Nhlivo Actually I take a look at what it took to setup my very own podcast and all the lessons I learnt and compiled them into a list of the 10 I personally think are important when you are starting on your podcasting  journey. The list may not be exhaustive but coupled with other materials it can prove useful. 1.What is a podcast, what is podcasting? 2.Why podcast, why should I start a podcast? 3.What should I talk about? 4.How do I even name this thing? 5.How...

Cel Sessions is a meeting of minds over good food and drink to discuss various topics that seek to educate and inspire, on this session we take on the topic of challenges of growing up in township and the development of young minds in an environment that seem to have all the odds stacked against them. Do you have what it takes to survive?

How to forgive and accept yourself after making mistakes that ultimately alter the curse of your life and lead you down a different path than the one you had set and prepared for yourself in your mind. The episode looks at how to deal with and accept the past with full knowledge that there's nothing that can be done to amend it, practicing self love through having empathy for yourself practicing the same patience you extend to others when they are going through a tough time to yourself. Being...

An Alexandra native that's bigger than life much like the Alex fm show that launched her career in radio. Itumeleng is a passionate individual that hold cause that affect people close to her heart, she's been a voice that seeks to put an end to gun violence, and a spokesperson to the empowerment of women in sports. The Gsport4girls women in radio finalist, is currently a host on Massivmetro on a show called the feminine first touch, that places her and her co-host in the front line working...

Richi Rich is an artist/musician born in Baragwana hospital, in the Soweto township. He moved to Alexandra with his family when he was 3 years old. Richi started rapping when he was 12, but only started taking music seriously when he was 16. Ever since then he’s been growing and going strong. Wielding a great flow, clever word play and originality, his music is mostly influenced by the area which he comes from along with its culture, style, lingo and the hardships and lessons of growing up...