09h00 – 10h00 Morning Tea Dialogues
Bursting Through the Glass Ceiling
Lindelwa Skenjana (The Black Girl’s Guide to Corporate South Africa); Carice Anderson (Intelligence Isn’t Enough – A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace); and Dale Hefer (Hustling, Happiness and a Blow-Up Doll Named Percy – An Unusual Guide to Success and Contentment) share their tips for making it in the corporate world.
Facilitated by Standard Bank
Stories – The Currency of Humanity
Melusi Tshabalala (Magenge, We Need to Talk); Garth Japhet (Like Water is for Fish: The Power of Story in our Lives); and Shubnum Khan (How I Accidentally Became a Global Stock Photo and Other Strange and Wonderful Stories) share the power of storytelling with Sindiwe Magona.
We need to talk about Covid-19
Melinda Ferguson hosts an important discussion around various aspects of the most talked about topic of the last year with Emmanuel Taban (The Boy Who Never Gave Up); Adam Cruise (It’s Not About the Bats) and Lebo Mashile (Lockdown Collection).
11h30 – 12h30 Lunchtime Discussions
The Hardest Task of All.
Oscar van Heerden (Two Minutes to Midnight); Qaanitah Hunter (Balance of Power); and Susan Booysen (Precarious Power) examine the Cyril Ramaphosa presidency and the ruling party’s precarious place of power with Stephen Grootes.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” – Maya Angelou
Lynn Joffe (The Gospel According to Wanda B. Lazarus); Sue Nyathi (A Family Affair: A Novel); and Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda (No Be From Hia) discuss their new books and the catharsis of writing with Jennifer Platt.
Snitch or Saviour?
Mark Heywood delves into the intricacies and afterlife of those whistleblowers who have told their tale with Mandy Wiener (The Whistleblowers); Themba Maseko (For My Country); Mosilo Mothepu (Uncaptured); and Angelo Agrizzi (Inside the Belly of the Beast).
14h00 – 15h00 Afternoon Coffee Conversations
Money Makes the Mirth
Lisa Linfield (Deep Grooves); Kim Potgieter (Midlife Money Makeover); and Nic Haralambous (How to Start a Side Hustle) hash out the secrets to lifelong financial success.
Facilitated by Standard Bank
The Dark Side
Gail Schimmel (Two Months); Angela Makholwa (Critical But, Stable); and Eva Mazza (Christine) discuss the dark twists and turns of the domestic noir genre with Karabo Kgoleng.
I Am A Girl From Africa
Elizabeth Nyamayaro shares her inspiring story and tells Kingsmead’s Noluthando Mdhluli more about the HeForShe campaign that is bringing change across the globe.
