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The Motherhood Network’s Election Series begins with ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba.In this wide-ranging conversation with Nandi Madida, Herman Mashaba reflects on his journey from growing up during apartheid to building Black Like Me, entering politics and serving as Mayor of Johannesburg.The conversation then turns to some of the issues facing South Africans ahead of the Local Government Elections — from service delivery, corruption and infrastructure to housing, youth unemployment, immigration and the role of local government.Mashaba also shares his views on equal opportunity, political accountability, party funding and what he believes needs to change in Johannesburg.This conversation forms part of The Motherhood Network’s Election Series, where we will be speaking to political leaders from across the political spectrum to give our community access to different perspectives ahead of the elections.The Motherhood Network is politically independent and is not affiliated with or aligned to any political party. These conversations are not endorsements of any candidate or political party. Our aim is to inform, educate and create a platform for meaningful conversations so that South Africans can make their own informed decisions at the ballot box.Because informed mothers help shape informed communities.Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza#TheMotherhoodNetwork #ElectionSeries #HermanMashaba #ActionSA #SouthAfrica #LocalGovernmentElections #Johannesburg #SouthAfricanPolitics

Motherhood can change how you see your family, your dreams and even yourself.In this Heritage Day special, we sit down with LootLove, mother of twins, broadcaster and media personality, for an honest conversation about motherhood, identity, grief and navigating life when things don’t go according to plan.LootLove reflects on her journey into the media industry, becoming a mother to twin girls, losing her brother while raising young children and navigating parenting as the active parent. She also opens up about therapy, the financial realities of raising children, leaning on community, protecting her peace and why becoming a mother doesn’t mean giving up the person you were before.At the heart of the conversation is a lesson she carries from her own mother: you can live for your children while still choosing to live for yourself, because your dreams don’t die with motherhood.This episode is proudly brought to you in partnership with Old Mutual.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza#TheMotherhoodNetwork #LootLove #NandiMadida #HeritageDay #Motherhood #Parenting #SingleMotherhood #Grief #Identity #OldMutual

In this Motherhood Network Book Club special, we sit down with Ntando Rambani for an honest and deeply personal conversation about motherhood, healing, identity, love, and the experiences that have shaped the woman she is today.Through the stories explored in her book, Ntando takes us back to her childhood, opening up about complicated love, emotional abuse, growing up with limited support, and the wounds she is still learning to heal from.Together, we unpack self-image and the insecurities she carried growing up, her journey into the entertainment industry, learning to navigate money and independence at a young age, and becoming a mother while her career was still taking shape.Ntando also reflects on how her own upbringing influences the way she raises her children today, the importance of creating opportunities and financial awareness for the next generation, and finding a love that eventually led her to marriage.It is a conversation about looking back without allowing the past to define your future. About healing, growing, loving differently, and intentionally giving your children some of the things you wish you had growing up.This episode reminds us that our stories do not end with what happened to us, we have the opportunity to decide what happens next.🏆 Support us in the Digital Creator Awards nominations!Cast your vote here: https://vote.digitalcreatorawards.com...Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

Motherhood can be beautiful, overwhelming, messy and deeply rewarding, sometimes all at once.In this episode, we sit down with Bonolo, mother of three, content creator, entrepreneur and founder of Mama & Co, for an open conversation about the realities of modern motherhood.Bonolo reflects on being raised by her father, becoming a young mother, experiencing judgement, struggling with breastfeeding and eventually finding her voice by sharing the parts of motherhood that often go unseen.She also opens up about navigating motherhood and work, raising daughters and a son, marriage, childhood wounds that resurface through parenting, and the pressure to be the “perfect” or overly intentional mother. She shares how what looked like intentional parenting from the outside sometimes became anxiety, control and helicopter parenting, and why learning to let go has become part of her own growth.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with Dr Mpume for an open and honest conversation about sex, intimacy, pleasure and the conversations women are often taught to avoid.Dr Mpume unpacks how intimacy can change through pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood and menopause, while also exploring communication between partners, sexual health, changing desire and why fathers experience their own emotional journey through pregnancy and postpartum too.This is a candid, informative and judgment-free conversation about understanding your body, communicating your needs and navigating intimacy through every season of life.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with acclaimed actress Gugu Gumede, star of the Netflix series The Polygamist, for an honest conversation about the woman behind the characters audiences have come to know and love.Gugu opens up about navigating fame, building a career in the entertainment industry and the realities that exist behind the spotlight. She also reflects on motherhood, family, faith, healing and the personal growth that has shaped the woman she is today.This is a vulnerable and inspiring conversation about purpose, identity and finding yourself through every season of life.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with entrepreneur, strategist and visionary, Nomndeni Sethole, for an honest conversation about motherhood, healing, faith and having the courage to build what only you can see.Nomndeni reflects on her journey from launching Fuse Academy and shaping some of South Africa’s earliest influencer campaigns to building Agenda Woman—a platform born from her own need for connection, community and healing.She opens up about starting before people understood the vision, learning to trust conviction over fear and recognising that a “no” is sometimes simply a reflection of someone else’s limited access to what you have been called to build.The conversation becomes deeply personal as Nomndeni shares how motherhood has helped her confront her own wounds, re-parent herself and raise her children as individuals with their own purpose.“Motherhood is stewardship. It’s not ownership.”This episode is a reminder that our children do not belong to us. Our responsibility is to guide them, listen to them and create space for who they are meant to become, while allowing motherhood to transform us too.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

With election season around the corner, conversations around leadership, service delivery, education, and accountability are more important than ever.In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with Ms. Siviwe Gwarube, South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education, for an honest conversation about the state of education in South Africa.Minister Gwarube opens up about the challenges facing the education system, from infrastructure and learning outcomes to accountability, leadership, and the urgent need to improve the experience of learners, parents, and teachers across the country.The conversation also moves beyond the classroom, touching on the broader frustrations South Africans have with government, poor service delivery, and the growing demand for leaders who are willing to listen, act, and rebuild trust.This is a powerful conversation about education, public service, and what it will take to create a better future for South Africa’s children.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this Motherhood Network Book Club special, we sit down with Dr Mzamo Masito, author of This Country Hates Our Men & Boys, and Dr Khosi Jiyane for a powerful Father’s Day and Men’s Mental Health Month conversation.Together, we unpack the realities many men and boys carry quietly: father wounds, emotional pain, absent fathers, abusive patterns, shame, healing, therapy, and the pressure men often feel to keep going without support.Through Dr Mzamo Masito’s reflections and Dr Khosi Jiyane’s insight, this conversation explores what happens when boys grow into men while carrying pain they were never taught how to speak about.It is honest, funny, uncomfortable at times, and deeply necessary. This episode invites us to think differently about men, boys, fatherhood, healing, and the kind of support needed to break generational cycles.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with Pearl Thusi for an honest and wide-ranging conversation about her life, her journey, and the experiences that have shaped her.Pearl opens up about her background, family, motherhood, and the path that led her into the entertainment industry. She reflects on the highs and challenges of living in the public eye, navigating fame, dealing with criticism and controversy, and learning to stay grounded through it all.This conversation goes beyond the headlines and gives us a deeper look at Pearl as a woman, mother, creative, and human being.From family and forgiveness to love, career, public perception, and personal growth, this episode is a powerful reminder that there is always more to a person’s story than what the public sees.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

In this episode of The Motherhood Network, we sit down with Dr Khanyile, a paediatrician, mother, author, health advocate, community-centered professional, and co-founder and Vice President of Mental Matters SA.She shares her journey into medicine, her passion for child health, and her commitment to educating and empowering communities. We also unpack important conversations around paediatrics, children’s health rights, health misinformation, culture, motherhood, and access to trusted healthcare information.This is a conversation about medicine, people, community, and the power of informed care.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

This Mother’s Day, The Motherhood Network brings you a very special and heartfelt episode as Nandi Madida sits down with her son, Shaka Madida, for a beautiful conversation about motherhood, family, love, and the special bond between a mother and her child.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood.Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:⁠https://themotherhoodnetworkza.com⁠Get behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

April is Autism Awareness Month, but on this episode of The Motherhood Network, Nandi and the incredible Sisanda move the conversation from 'Awareness' to 'Acceptance.' Both autism moms to beautiful daughters, they share the raw, unfiltered reality of getting a diagnosis, the financial strain of therapies (the 'Ferrari' per month!), and why your child’s non-verbal status is never a measure of their IQ.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood. Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

This episode of The Motherhood Network features a powerhouse couple: Dr. Lawrence Mabasa, a leading nutritional scientist, and Dr. Kopano Matlwa Mabaso, a medical doctor, acclaimed novelist, and social justice advocate. Together, they bridge the gap between rigorous science and the lived reality of African motherhood.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood. Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza

This episode of The Motherhood Network, we are joined by the Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Dr. Nasiphi Moya.As mothers, we are the primary stakeholders in the state of our nation. While this conversation sits at the heart of the administrative capital, it is not a political debate it is a look at the household reality of South Africa. When governance works, our homes thrive; when it falters, our families feel it first.Dr. Moya joins Nandi Madida to discuss the heavy responsibility of leading a major city while navigating the personal journey of motherhood. We explore the "55% Factor" the immense power South African women hold in shaping the future and the importance of accountability, safety, and building a legacy that our children can actually inherit.Special thank you to @Motherkindco HQ for the support in bringing these essential conversations to life. 🌸Don’t forget to subscribe and hit the bell for more powerful conversations about motherhood. Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & everywhere you get your podcasts!Stay ConnectedSubscribe to the Newsletter:https://themotherhoodnetworkza.comGet behind-the-scenes stories, motherhood gems, and exclusive updates in your inbox.Follow us on Social Media:Instagram → / themotherhoodnetworkza TikTok → / themotherhoodnetworkza