The Belle Podcast: Recent Episodes
The Belle Podcast
Hosted by Koketso Kgogome, The Belle is a conversation dedicated to celebrating women in sports and entertainment by allowing them to share their career stories, the challenges, and insights into how they've been driven to succeed in their industries with the aim to provide support, advice and inspire those who want to make an impact in sports and entertainment.
On the last episode of the season, we celebrate Mercia Tucker, the owner and editor-in-chief of The Plug Magazine. In this intimate conversation, we get a sense of who she is as a person and how she became the owner one of the most influential platforms in the South African entertainment scene.
Mercia also talks about women in the industry who inspire her and how the industry has changed since she started.
To connect with Mercia and get more insight into what she does be sure to follow her on
Instagram: @missmercia_ - https://www.instagram.com/missmercia_/
Twitter: @MissMercia_ - https://twitter.com/MissMercia_
For more The Belle content follow us on,
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1holbF6tjC49FFLLAglBhq?si=b8bbb67b77c84906
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-belle-podcast/id1625850133
This episode was –
Shot by: Sibabalwe Mosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Edited by: Koketso Kgogome - https://www.instagram.com/kokiikay/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
This week on the The Belle we celebrate, Sibabalwe Sesmani who is the Founder and Group CEO of Unorthodox Group.
Sibabalwe exudes so much confidence and passion as she shares her journey with us as a young girl from eMdantsane and how she always possessed leadership and entrepreneurship qualities. She mentions how her parents always believed in her from a young age and were always supportive.
She started her company when she was 22 years old and only focused on corporate communication until recently she expanded to sports and now handles PR for Lukhanyo AM and Makazole Mapimpi
To connect more with Sibabalwe and her company, follow her on:
Twitter: @SesmaniS
Instagram: @unothordox_siba
Unorthodox Group
Twitter: @unorthodoxgroup
Instagram: @unorthodoxgroup
This episode was shot by Sibablwe Mosana - @sibamosana
Edited by Koketso Kgogome: Kokiikay
Location: @thelastalpaca_bar
On this week's episode we celebrate Phola Gumede, affectionately known as Loveslavephola, who is a creative entrepreneur. She expresses her creativity in curating events with her best friends under their company Homie. Lover. Friend. She also expresses her creativity as a content creator and as a DJ as well.
Phola shares with us her upbringing and how she started working retail to eventually working for Woolworths as a social media manager. She gets candid with us about the realities of a having formal education as well as stumbling upon a career as a DJ!
If you'd like to connect with Phola and her work you can follow:
Phola Gumede
Instagram: @loveslavephola
Twitter: @loveslavephola Homie. Lover. Friend
Instagram: @homie.lover.friends
Twitter: @homieloverfrndz
Facebook: Homie.Lover.Friend
Website: www.homieloverfriends.com
This episode was shot and edited by: @Siba Mosana
This episode was shot at The Last Alpaca in Greenside, Randburg
A new episode of The Belle celebrates Lebogang Kgothadi who is the Brand Partnerships Director at BrandReserve Co. Lebogang gives us a fresh perspective on her intentions of always knowing that she wants to be in the entertainment industry although she didn't necessarily know how to articulate it back then.
She shares her journey of starting out in a small agency to eventually working at Universal Music Group for 7 years and now being a Brand Partnerships Director at BrandReserve Co.
To connect more with Lebogang Kgothadi, you can follow her on the following platforms:
Instagram: @LeboKgothadi
Twitter: @LeboKgothadi
LinkedIn: Lebogang Kgothadi
For more The Belle content follow us on,
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Instagram: @TheBellePodcast
In this week's episode of The Belle, we celebrate Lebohang Masango, a social anthropologist, award-winning author, and poet. She shares her journey in the arts and how her mother was supportive and nurtured her career in this space. She also shares her current focus in anthropology which is romance and love where she challenges the narratives around black women and dating, she shares her thoughts in her upcoming book titled The Soft Life: Love Choice and Modern Dating South Africa.
To connect more with Lebohang Masango, you can follow her on the following platforms:
Instagram: @Lebohang Masango
Twitter: @LebohangWrites
You can also visit her website to stay updated on when she'll be releasing her book: https://lebohangmasango.com/
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast
Shot and edited by: Sibabalwe Mosana - @sibamosana on Instagram
Location: The Last Alpaca - @thelastalpaca on Instagram
On this week's episode we celebrate a recent WAFCON winner Ms Sinethemba Mbatha. She talks us through her journey with sports from watching sports as a young child bonding with her dad and brothers. Sinethemba also discusses having multiple interests and being able to pursue them all, although she is a WAFCON winning Media Officer there's much more to her like being a broadcaster.
To connect more with Sinethemba Mbatha you can follow her on:
Instagram: @snezzymbatha
Twitter: @sinethembapuritymbatha
To connect more with Banyana Banyana you can follow them on:
Twitter: @Banyana_Banyana
Instagram: @safa_dot_net
For more The Belle content, you can follow us on:
Twitter: @thebellepodcast
Instagram: @thebellepodcast
This episode was shot and edited by Sibabalwe Mosana, her Instagram handle is: @sibamosana
Location: The Last Alpaca, Greenside
On this episode, we celebrate Nompumelelo Ramatsoga who is the chairperson of the South African Women's Basketball Association and a freelance commentator. Nompumelelo discusses her journey as a basketball to coach and eventually a freelance commentator. She talk us through the trails she had to overcome to get where she is today and also gives advice on how we can improve the state of basketball in South Africa.
To connect with Nompumelelo and get more insight into what she does be sure to follow her on -
Instagram: @numps14
Twitter: @numps14
You can also follow The South African Women's Basketball Association on -
Instagram: @sawomensbasketball
Twitter: @SA_WBA
Facebook: SAWBA
And if you'd like to be part of the association you can sign up to be a member on their website: www.sawba.co.za
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
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This episode of The Belle features Lerato Maunatlala Marumo who is a integrated account manager at an advertising agency. She walks us through her career in the creative and entertainment space but also the sports industry as well.
She shares her aspirations of being a sports agent for Roc Nation and Klutch Sports and why it's important to always chase whatever your heart tells you to.
To connect with Lerato and get more insight into what she does be sure to follow her on -
Instagram: @Lerato_M
Twitter: @Lerato_M
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast - https://www.instagram.com/thebellepod...
Shot and edited by: @sibamosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
On this episode of The Belle, we celebrate Neo Matheba. She is currently a candidate attorney who is working towards getting admitted as a lawyer. Before getting into corporate she worked in entertainment as an Intern at HomeComing Events and then moved to Lawk Communications. We discuss her journey in entertainment and what led to her leaving the space and if she'll ever come back.
To connect with Neo Matheba and her work you can follow her on:
Instagram: @neomatheba_ - https://www.instagram.com/neomatheba_/
TikTok: @lanii_matheba - https://www.tiktok.com/@lanii_matheba
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast - https://www.instagram.com/thebellepod...
Shot and edited by: @sibamosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
On this week's episode of The Belle, we shine a light on Vuyo-olwethu Renene who is the managing director of The Golden Thread African Agency. We discuss her upbringing from being a young girl growing up in Cape Town to her pursuing a singing career and eventually being "Thee Operator".
To connect with Vuyo-olwethu Renene and her work you can follow her on:
Twitter: @VuyoR_ - https://twitter.com/VuyoR_
Instagram: @vuyor_ - https://www.instagram.com/vuyor_/
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast - https://www.instagram.com/thebellepod...
We're also available on Spotify and Apple Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-belle-podcast
Shot and edited by: @sibamosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
Today we get up close and personal with Vuyisanani 'Sanani' Mangisa who is the Business Unit Lead for Sport at Thackwell & Whittaker. Before her career in corporate, she was a Hockey player and has represented South Africa at The Olympics as well as The Common Wealth Games. Sanani shares her journey to being a hockey player as well as her transition from being a professional athlete to working in corporate who is currently training for the Comrades Marathon.
To connect with Sanani and her work you can follow her on:
Twitter: @SananiMangisa - https://twitter.com/SananiMangisa
Instagram: @Sanani - https://www.instagram.com/sanani/
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast - https://www.instagram.com/thebellepod...
Shot and edited by: @sibamosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
This week we have the honour to celebrate Reabetswe Mooketsi, affectionately known as Rabi in the entertainment industry. She talks us through growing up in Mafikeng and finding her path in PR and Communications which eventually led her into starting her own PR Agency which is now rebranding into a creative agency.
To connect with Rabi and her agency her on Instagram:
Reabetswe Mooketsi: @Rabime - https://www.instagram.com/rabime/
I Bar Publicity: @ibarpublicity - https://www.instagram.com/ibarpublicity/
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast - https://twitter.com/thebellepodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast - https://www.instagram.com/thebellepod...
We're also available on Spotify and Apple Podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-belle-podcast
Shot and edited by: @sibamosana - https://www.instagram.com/sibamosana/
Location: The Last Alpaca - https://www.instagram.com/lastalpaca_...
On the first episode of The Belle, we celebrate, Lesego Chaka, who is Managing Director of Tailormade Legal Solutions. She talks us through her personal journey from a young girl growing up in the East of Johannesburg who enjoyed being active and playing sports to accidentally falling in love with entertainment law when she applied to be an Intern at an events agency.
Lesego also gives advice to the youth who are aspiring to make it into this space and shares her hopes and dreams for what Tailormade Legal Solutions can do for the entertainment industry in South Africa.
You can also watch this episode on our YouTube channel: The Belle Podcast
To connect with Lesego and get more insight into what she does be sure to follow her on Instagram: @Lesego_Palesa !
For more The Belle content follow us on,
Twitter: @TheBellePodcast
Instagram: @TheBellePodcast
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Welcome to The Belle !
Hosted by Koketso Kgogome, The Belle is a conversation dedicated to celebrating women in sports and the creative industry by allowing them to share their career stories, the challenges, and insights into how they've been driven to succeed in their industries with the aim to provide support, advice and inspire those who want to make an impact in sports and entertainment.
New episodes air every Sunday.