Power Moments: The shifts that stayed with us

What does it take to build something extraordinary, find your purpose or become someone different from the person you once were? What does it take to walk away from a sure thing, start from nothing, or rebuild after losing everything? This Season Two highlights episode brings together five of the…

DJ Fosta: From Pollsmoor prison to the world stage. How music rebuilt a life

He was 12 the first time he was arrested. He ended up sweeping the floor of a prison radio station with no vacancy. Today, DJ Fosta has shared stages with Black Coffee and Skrillex, played Glastonbury, and co-founded a music academy in Langa, the township where he grew up. Thulani "Fosta" Headman…

The Real Magda Wierzycka: “I Wish People Saw That Version of Me”

Magda Wierzycka is known as the founder of Sygnia, a woman once reported to be South Africa’s richest, and one of the country’s loudest voices against corruption. This is not that interview. In an unguarded conversation with Richard Sutton, she goes back to the places the headlines skip: a Lego ci…

Tarryn Tomlinson: She lost her mobility at 18. Then she climbed Kilimanjaro | #ShiftHappens with Richard Sutton

Tarryn Tomlinson was in her final year of high school when she was diagnosed with aggressive rheumatoid arthritis.  Her mobility deteriorated rapidly. Within roughly 18 months, she was using a wheelchair, and a future that had once seemed straightforward suddenly looked completely different.  But…

Ntsiki Biyela: From domestic worker to South Africa’s first Black female winemaker | #ShiftHappens with Richard Sutton

Ntsiki Biyela never set out to become a winemaker. Raised by her grandmother in rural KwaZulu-Natal, wine was not part of her world. After matric, a year working as a domestic worker in Durban was followed by an unexpected opportunity: a scholarship to study viticulture and oenology at Stellenbosc…

Adrian Gore on questioning dogma, leadership and finding hope through agency | Shift Happens with Richard Sutton

Richard Sutton speaks to Adrian Gore, founder and Group Chief Executive of Discovery, about the ideas, decisions and shifts that have shaped more than three decades of building a business. Gore talks about growing up in a family where questioning what you were told was encouraged, and why going ba…

SPECIAL EPISODE: Chad le Clos on Making Commonwealth Games History, Family and Perspective | #ShiftHappens with Richard Sutton

Richard Sutton welcomes Chad le Clos back to Shift Happens for a special episode following his historic Commonwealth Games triumph. When Chad first joined Richard in Season One, he spoke about the ambitions still driving him and the history he wanted to make. Now he returns having done exactly tha…

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton | Nicholas Dlamini on Curiosity, Exploration and Discovery

The first Black South African cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. An Olympian. A national champion. A rider who has raced against the very best in the world. But this is not a story about cycling. It's a story about curiosity. In this episode, Nicholas Dlamini reflects on growing up in Capr…

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton | Sibusiso "Sibu" Sizatu on Courage, Opportunity and Belonging

A township kid who started school at the age of ten. A young boy who often felt behind. Someone who didn't quite fit the mould of what people expected. Today, Sibusiso "Sibu" Sizatu is one of South Africa's most accomplished sailors, competing in some of the world's toughest ocean races and provin…

Shift Happens with Richard Sutton | Steven Kitshoff on Grief, Purpose and the Unknown

A two-time Rugby World Cup winner. A Stormers icon. A Springbok centurion. One of the most respected loosehead props of his generation. And a player who spent more than a decade at the pinnacle of world rugby. But this is not a story about winning World Cups. It's a story about what happens when …