Youth TELL All Solid Gold Clients

Did you know that South Africans generate roughly 122 million tons of waste per year? Waste management is a serious issue and in this episode, King Solomon Gamede from Mpumalanga gets his hands dirty and tells an incredible story of how he became an advocate for waste management and waste reclaimers rights.

Learn more about King: Instagram - Kingsolomon_gamede or 'Emba Swop Shop' on all social media platforms.

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.

Have you ever struggled to find your voice, unsure of what your place in society should be? La’eeqa Martin from Cape Town can relate and in this episode she shares a story about finding her voice and how this led her to become an advocate for sustainable development and social change.

Learn more about La’eeqa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/la-eeqa-martin02 or through https://www.africamattersinitiative.com/

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.

Do you think that being famous is the only way to effect real change? In this episode, Kopano Moraka from Pretoria shares how she goes from wearing a glitzy dress under the limelight to working behind the scenes to advocate for climate and environmental action.

Learn more about Kopano’s work: IG: @kopano_moraka or Twitter: @kopano_moraka

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.

In this episode, Arvash Sewpaul from Johannesburg shares a sensitive story about gender, religion and how to dance freely in your own skin, and how this led them to be an activist for gender rights.

Learn more about Arvash: FB: Arvash Sewpaul; IG: _arvash_

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.

There’s power in a name and some people believe that your name sets the tone for what you will do in life. In this episode, Celiwe Shivambu from Soweto shares a personal story about how her name drove her and helped her to find where she belongs in the activism space.

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.

We’re all going through some kind of transition in life, whether it’s changing schools, finding our first job, or trying to figure out what to do with our life. In this episode, Nthabiseng Mabetlela from Johannesburg shares the story of her transition, of how she had a vision of herself on one path as a computer science student and how she is expanding that vision to include environmental activism, using technology to tackle some of society’s pressing issues.

Learn more about Nthabiseng: IG: nthabiseng.mabetlela; Twitter: nthabimabetlela

Hosted by Bonolo Moikanyane and Zaheer Sooliman.

Produced by Kiara Worth and Desirée Kosciulek from Youth@SAIIA, in collaboration with Solid Gold Podcast Studios. Original music by Clinton Rautenbach.