Good Things with Brent Lindeque
A weekly good news show dedicated to telling good news stories from South Africa to the world. We always believe there is a bit of good and we're here to tell you all about it.
Hey You! You Need to Save For Retirement! Here’s Why:
In a recent survey conducted in January 2022, the majority of South Africans indicated that they save less than 15% of their salaries, while 35% indicated that they don’t save at all. This means many South Africans will not be able to retire (or else have to lower their standard…
World First: Life-saving blood to be delivered by drones in SA!
The South African National Blood Service and Western Cape Blood Service recently came together to showcase how they intend to save more lives using drone technology. That’s right… blood will be delivered by drones in South Africa! Jonathan Louw, CEO of the South African National Blood Service, joined Brent Lindeque…
Amplifying The Love: The Santa Shoebox Project Doubles Up This Year!
Poverty is like a punishment for a crime you didn’t commit… especially when we look at the children who suffer these circumstances. Every child deserves to be loved, taken care of, and enjoy Christmas time. Every child deserves a Santa Shoebox! The Santa Shoebox Project was started in 2006 as…
Honouring Tiny The Mighty's Legacy by Inspiring Hope
There are no words that have been invented to explain what it’s like to lose a child. The nightmarish heartache of it. The unexplainable trepidation that follows. The child may be gone, but the years the child were meant to live remain behind, solid in the mind like an aging…
Rare Bears of South Africa!
There are the cutest teddy bears being made locally which not create jobs but also much-needed awareness for Rare Diseases South Africa. The Rare Bear Project is all about supporting their community. From providing support to families with rare diseases, to creating jobs and income-generating opportunities to the women of…
Exclusive Interview With The Disney+ South Africa Team!
From She-Hulk to MoonKnight, Obi-Wan Kanobi, Hocus Pocus 2, Will Smith’s Welcome to Earth, The new Mighty Ducks series, The Mandalorian, WandaVision, and so many more… Disney+ has just launched in South Africa, and I am lucky and honoured to have an exclusive interview with Christine Service. The GM of…
Keeping hope alive, even in times of tragedy!
On Thursday the 27th of September, Karen Landi became a crime statistic. The day started like any other for her… some charity work, looking after South Africa’s most vulnerable, and most importantly teaching the youth of today to be better tomorrow. Little did she know that as the sun set,…
How Alison Botha’s horrific ordeal created an incredible initiative that's saved lives
On an evening in December 1994, an extraordinary event took place in Alison’s ordinary life. She was abducted by two men and taken to the outskirts of the coastal city of Port Elizabeth in South Africa, where they raped and brutally assaulted her. She was stabbed in the abdomen more…
Where To From Here? Catching Up With Graeme Codrington!
What exactly are these proposed new health regulations? Why are South Africans so angry? And where do we go from here? Graeme Codrington joins Good Things Guy to chat about the state of the nation. Yeah, it's a controversial conversation but there are three key points that stand out: Get…
How a South African Used Facebook and WhatsApp to Make a Positive Difference!
Good Things Guy partnered with Meta, and over the last couple of weeks, we’ve asked South Africans to send in their feel-good-lekker stories so we could share them with you. And this week, we’re featuring Naomi Schauer, who used WhatsApp to create a kindness movement that connects people to each…
Wheelchair to Walking: I started walking because I was frustrated!!
In 2005, Shaun Hide was knocked down on the highway after experiencing trouble with his vehicle. He was dragged for approximately 900 meters and spent 3 months in hospital. Shaun's led a relatively normal life since then and achieved so much with a 'broken' body, even learning to walk on…
From Charity to Sharity! This is the Story of Miles Kubheka... aka Vuyo!
Miles Kubheka has always had the desire to make a meaningful mark on the world and in 2012 he became the first person in the entire world to create a business based on a TV advert. The advert was about a character named “Vuyo” who starts off selling wors rolls…
Random Acts of Kindness... and driving HOPE!
#DriveHope was created from a desperate cry for help in a post on Facebook. When Karen Denny, Divisional Executive for Liberty’s Digital Marketing team, first read it, her heart sank. An elderly woman had anonymously poured her heart out, searching for help after she was sexually assaulted by a relative…
Kim Nicola Stephens And Finding Humour through the Pandemic!
Kim Nicola Stephens is fast becoming our favourite author during South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown… because we need laughter more now than anything! She has given us the top 10 middle-class quarantine categories, a hilarious depiction of how confusing level 4 actually is, the beauty truths of the burbs during the…
How a South African Got Involved With The Tinder Swindler
Brands rarely step out of the box to be brave with new ideas, but when Mike Sharman and Glen Biderman-Pam pitched an idea to bring a South African version of the Tinder Swindler to life in a hilarious skit, the Sixty60 team didn't blink for a second and the return on…
How Can I Help You? Drama Delinquent And Making A Difference!
You may know her best for her outspoken comments on most social topics, under the pseudonym “Drama Delinquent”, but Natasha Huckfield is not just about shock-twitter… she’s also about helping, and she’s going us on the Good things guy podcast to talk about her good CV deeds. Natasha saw a…
On The Frontline - How The Public And Private Sector Collaborated For SA!
In January 2022, Discovery celebrated a significant milestone - one million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered through its nine vaccination sites. Set up as surge capacity sites in the early stages of the government-led COVID-19 vaccination programme in South Africa, these sites have administered COVID-19 vaccinations to all South Africans, whether…
Riaan Manser is Taking a Group of Matriculants to Antartica On a Once In a Lifetime Expedition!
Riaan Manser is taking another group of Matriculants to Antarctica on a once in a lifetime expedition! The ‘Matrics in Antarctica‘ competition provided every single matric student in South Africa with the chance to enter to become one of the five lucky matrics to go on a five-day scientific adventure…
These 4 Crazy Guys Are Travelling From Kenya to Cape Town in Tuk-Tuks!
Are they a real production company? No. Have they made a documentary before? No. Are they prepared to drive 2 Tuk-Tuks from the Equator to Cape Town?… Ummm, that would be a ‘No’ as well. Kenya may have been removed from the UK’s red list – but Africa is bleeding…
Britbox, Lady Di And The Wedding of The Century!
We got to speak to THE Royal Photographer about capturing Lady Di’s incredible wedding, and what it was like putting the documentary together for Britbox!