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The Minted Couch

If you want to get a glimpse into the success stories of inspirational South Africans, who have achieved great heights in their careers or businesses, you've landed in the right podcast channel.

The Minted Couch aims to inspire your journey to success by getting tips from people who, despite challenges, have reached their dreams.
Weekly English South Africa Self-Improvement · Entertainment News
15 Episodes

Lady Zamar rises like a phoenix

In this podcast, multi-award-winning Lady Zamar talks about the challenges she's faced since she burst into the mainstream entertainment industry since 2017, including being trolled and literally losing her voice, which she couldn't use to tell her side of the story and express herself musically.
5 Apr 45 min

DJ Sabby

Award Winning Radio DJ. Breakfast Host on @metrofmsa #BestMornings 6/9am weekdays
27 Jan 50 min

Sineh Ndlela - Yococo

Meet Sineh she is the ice cream lover behind Yococo and founder of the brand
17 Jan 29 min

Rowlene Bosman'

Passion and faith have fuelled South African singer and songwriter Rowlene Bosman's drive to success in the music lane. At 26, the R&B songstress has caught the attention of soulful and even hip-hop lovers locally and internationally. The down-to-earth musician made her debut in the music scene in 2015 when…
24 Dec 2023 57 min

Rowlene Bosman on the Minted couch this Christmas

Passion and faith have fuelled South African singer and songwriter Rowlene Bosman's drive to success in the music lane. At 26, the R&B songstress has caught the attention of soulful and even hip-hop lovers locally and internationally. The down-to-earth musician made her debut in the music scene in 2015 when…
24 Dec 2023 57 min

Sho Madjozi

Sho Madjozi is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and poet. Madjozi incorporates the Tsonga culture through her music and public image. In 2019, Madjozi was named as one of Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 for her contribution in the music and entertainment sector.
16 Dec 2023 28 min

Sonto Pooe

Sonto Pooe, the founder of Native Child, says that she has always been an entrepreneur at heart and can remember from a young age plaiting and braiding hair on weekends.
14 Dec 2023 27 min

Thabo Makheta-Kwinana preserves her Basotho heritage through fashion

In this new series of The Minted Couch, Kati Dijane chats with award-winning and globally renowned fashion designer Thabo Makheta-Kwinana, who has been designing, sewing and stitching fabrics and blankets in honour and preservation of her Basotho heritage since 2009, when she launched her label. Born in Lesotho and raised…
1 Dec 2023 39 min

Ayanda's MVP

If you have wondered what Ayanda Mdluli's brand title, MVP, stands for, wonder no more, as she told City Press that it means Most Valuable Player, a trait she always brings to the table in any room she sits in. Born in KwaZulu-Natal, media personality and Y presenter Ayanda Mdluli…
22 Nov 2023 37 min

Adekunle Gold

Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter, he speaks to Kati Dijane on her podcast, the minted couch. Gold gained widespread attention after releasing the 2015 hit single "Sade", a highlife cover of One Direction's "Story of My Life"
11 Nov 2023 25 min

Kekelingo’s universal language: love and music

You probably know the soulful singer from the group The Muffinz. Kekelingo, commonly known by those who know him as Kekeletso, rewinds his life to his home in Naldedi, Soweto, where he was born and grew up with ugogo and other women members of the family. He discovered his talent…
8 Nov 2023 41 min