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Athletes, adventurers and explorers speaking on endurance, risk, high performance and recovery from setback. Suited to conferences, sales kick-offs and staff events where the goal is energy and perspective rather than technical content.

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Akona Ndungane

Johannesburg
Akona Ndungane is a former South African rugby union wing who played Super Rugby for the Bulls and Currie Cup for the Blue Bulls. Based in Johannesburg.
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Alex Harris

Johannesburg
Alex Harris is an adventurer, speaker and MC who has climbed the seven summits and led more than 20 expeditions, including to Everest. Johannesburg.
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Ben Karpinski

Johannesburg
Ben Karpinski founded sports site TheBounce and co-founded the Retroactive Sports Agency with Bryan Habana and Mike Sharman. Based in Johannesburg.
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Braam Malherbe

Cape Town
Braam Malherbe is a motivational speaker who ran the entire 4 218km Great Wall of China at a marathon a day for 98 days. Based in Cape Town.
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Brett Archibald

Cape Town
Brett Archibald is an inspirational speaker who survived more than 28 hours lost at sea off Sumatra after falling from a boat. Based in Cape Town.
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Brett Shuttleworth

Cape Town
Brett Shuttleworth is a former professional rugby player, model and actor who co-founded personal development venture Smiling Soul Creations. Cape Town.
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Breyton Paulse

Cape Town
Breyton Paulse is a motivational speaker, MC and TV presenter who played on the wing for the Springboks from 1999 to 2007. Based in Cape Town.
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Brian Habana

Cape Town
Bryan Habana is a former Springbok wing, a 2007 Rugby World Cup winner and the 2007 IRB Player of the Year. Based in Cape Town.
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Bruce Fordyce

Johannesburg
Bruce Fordyce is a motivational speaker and ultra-marathon legend with nine Comrades Marathon wins, eight of them consecutive. Johannesburg.
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Carina Bruwer

Cape Town
Carina Bruwer is a decorated open water marathon swimmer, musician and speaker who has crossed the English Channel and Gibraltar Straits. Based in Cape Town.
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Caster Semenya

Johannesburg
Caster Semenya is a middle-distance runner and 2016 Olympic gold medallist who won 800 metres gold at the 2009 and 2017 World Championships. Johannesburg.
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Cheslin Kolbe

France
Cheslin Kolbe is a Springbok wing and 2019 Rugby World Cup winner who scored in the final and plays club rugby for Toulouse. Based in France.
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Chris Bertish

Cape Town
Chris Bertish is a speaker and big-wave surfer who won the Mavericks Big Wave International and paddled across the Atlantic by SUP. Cape Town.
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Cindy Poluta

Johannesburg 
Cindy Poluta is a sports anchor who has presented mornings on Talk Radio 702 and 94.7 Highveld Stereo and worked live at SuperSport. Based in Johannesburg.
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David Grier

Cape Town
David Grier is an inspirational speaker, celebrity chef and extreme adventurer who ran the Great Wall of China in 98 days. Based in Cape Town.
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Deshun Deysel

Johannesburg
Deshun Deysel is a leading South African mountaineer and speaker who has taken on 14 major expeditions, including Everest in 1996 and 2003. Johannesburg.
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Elma Smit

London
Elma Smit is a radio DJ and TV presenter who won SuperSport’s 2011 Lady Rugga search and hosted segments at the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Based in London.
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Elvene Coetzee

Johannesburg
Elvene Coetzee is a rally navigator who speaks on planning, strategy and execution, and rates the 2008 Belfast Rally her most memorable. Based in Johannesburg.
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Emily Gray

Johannesburg
Emily Gray is a Paralympic swimmer and speaker who lost a leg to cancer at 11 and swam for South Africa at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. Johannesburg.
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Erik Weihenmeyer

America
Erik Weihenmeyer is the blind mountaineer who climbed Mt. Everest and all Seven Summits, and became a Time Magazine cover story. Based in America.
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Francois Pienaar

Cape Town
Francois Pienaar led the Springboks to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, helping Nelson Mandela unite South Africa. Based in Cape Town.
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Gary Kirsten

Johannesburg
Gary Kirsten is a speaker who presents his Leadership Principles talk, drawing on his insights into how Team India were built. Based in Johannesburg.
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Graeme Smith

Cape Town
Graeme Smith is a cricketer and motivational speaker who scored 187 on first-class debut, the second highest by a South African. Based in Cape Town.
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Hanli Prinsloo

Cape Town
Hanli Prinsloo is a freediver, filmmaker and speaker who holds 11 South African records and founded the I AM WATER Foundation. Based in Cape Town.
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Hein Wagner

Sweden / JHB
Hein Wagner is a motivational speaker who has been blind since birth and holds the World Blind Land Speed Record at 322.52 km/h. Based in Sweden and JHB.
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Jake White

Johannesburg
Jake White is the coach who led the Springboks to the 2007 Rugby World Cup title and to IRB Team of the Year. Based in Johannesburg.
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Jean De Villiers

Cape Town
Jean de Villiers is a former South Africa captain and inside centre who won the World Cup with the Springboks in 2007. Based in Cape Town.
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Jo Rust

Johannesburg
Jo Rust is a motivational speaker and the first woman to circumnavigate Africa alone, covering 45 000km through 28 countries. Based in Johannesburg.
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Jody Hendricks

Johannesburg
Jody Hendricks is a sports commentator, TV analyst and RSG sports presenter who started out at MFM 92.6 in Stellenbosch. Based in Johannesburg.
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Joey Evans

Johannesburg
Joey Evans is a motivational speaker who broke his back and was paralysed, then finished the 9000km Dakar Rally ten years later. Based in Johannesburg.
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John Robbie

Johannesburg
John Robbie is a broadcaster and former British Lions rugby player with 30 years in radio, including 702’s breakfast show. Based in Johannesburg.
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John Smit

Johannesburg
John Smit is the Springbok captain who lifted the 2007 World Cup, with 85 tests and a record 58 matches as captain. Based in Johannesburg.
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Lawrence Brittain

Pretoria
Lawrence Brittain is a speaker and rower who won u23 world gold, was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, then reached the Olympic podium. Pretoria.
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Lee Den Hond

Johannesburg
Lee den Hond is a businesswoman and adventurer who became the third South African woman to summit Mt Everest. Based in Johannesburg.
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Lerato Mogoathle

Johannesburg
Lerato Mogoatlhe is a journalist and speaker who left South Africa for a three-month journey around Africa and returned five years later. Johannesburg.
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Letshego Zulu

Johannesburg
Letshego Zulu is a biokineticist and adventurer who competed on Survivor South Africa: Maldives and Fear Factor South Africa. Based in Johannesburg.
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Lewis Gordon Pugh

United Kingdom
Lewis Gordon Pugh is an ocean advocate and endurance swimmer, the first to swim across the North Pole and in every ocean of the world. United Kingdom.
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Mark Boucher

Johannesburg
Mark Boucher is a speaker and former South African cricket wicketkeeper known for his competitiveness, guts and determination. Based in Johannesburg.
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Marks Maponyane

Johannesburg
Marks Maponyane is a motivational speaker, MC and football analyst who played for and captained Kaizer Chiefs in the 1980s. Based in Johannesburg.
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Matt Bromley

Cape Town
Matt Bromley is a big-wave surfer and motivational speaker whose StormRider Mindset keynote has been delivered in Poland, Boston and Madrid. Cape Town.
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Matthew Pearce

Cape Town
Matthew Pearce is a Supersport rugby commentator, golf presenter and MC who won SAB’s TV Newcomer of the Year in 2006. Based in Cape Town.
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Mpumelelo Mhlongo

Johannesburg / Cape Town
Mpumelelo Mhlongo is a Paralympic record-holding sprinter and long jumper who took silver and bronze at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.
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Natalia Cohen

Cape Town / London
Natalia Cohen rowed the Pacific with the Coxless Crew, the first all-female team to do so, and speaks on resilience. Based in Cape Town and London.
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Natalie Du Toit

Cape Town
Natalie du Toit is a swimmer and speaker who kept beating able-bodied rivals at the top level after her leg was amputated in 2001. Based in Cape Town.
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Neal Petersen

Caribbean
Neal Petersen is an award-winning author and adventurer who sailed a 27,000-mile single-handed race around the world in a yacht he built. The Caribbean.
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Nick Mallett

Cape Town
Nick Mallett is a professional MC, motivational speaker and TV commentator who coached the Springboks and later Italy. Based in Cape Town.
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Paddy Upton

Cape Town
Paddy Upton is a speaker and coach who was strength and conditioning coach for the South African national cricket team. Based in Cape Town.
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Patricia Glyn

Johannesburg
Patricia Glyn is an eco-adventurer, author and speaker whose book Off Peak recounts the 2003 Discovery expedition to Mount Everest. Johannesburg.
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