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Motivational and inspirational speakers drawing on personal stories of resilience, change and achievement. Suited to conferences, staff events, sales kick-offs and year-end functions where the goal is to move a room rather than brief it.

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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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Alison

Port Elizabeth
Alison is an inspirational speaker who survived a violent 1994 attack in Port Elizabeth and holds the Woman of Courage Award.
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Ashley Hayden

Johannesburg
Ashley Hayden is a television presenter, actress, motivational speaker and MC who hosts launches, conferences and gala evenings. Based in Johannesburg.
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Billy Selekane

Johannesburg
Billy Selekane is an author and Certified Speaking Professional, and executive chairman of Billy Selekane and Associates. 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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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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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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Buhle Dlamini

Canada
Buhle Dlamini is a futurist and motivational speaker who runs the training and development company Young and Able. Based in Canada.
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Buyani Zwane

Johannesburg
Buyani Zwane is an inspirational speaker on leadership who chaired FranklinCovey Southern Africa and teaches at Wits Business School. Based in 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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Caspar Berry

UK 
Caspar Berry is a professional poker player and entrepreneur who speaks on risk and teamwork, and starred in BBC One’s Byker Grove. Based in the UK.
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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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Chaeli Mycroft

Cape Town
Chaeli Mycroft is a globally recognised ability activist and motivational speaker whose humour-filled storytelling unlocks potential. Based in Cape Town.
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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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Danielle Bitton

Cape Town
Danielle Bitton is a motivational speaker who led the musical Evita and sang from her balcony through chemotherapy and lockdown. Based in Cape Town.
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Danny K

Johannesburg
Danny K is an award-winning singer turned motivational speaker whose keynote combines live singing with 20 years of lessons in music. 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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DJ Gouviea

Botswana
DJ Gouviea is an international club DJ, music producer, poet and motivational speaker who presents weekday mornings on RB2. Based in Botswana.
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Dr Auma Obama

Kenya / Germany
Dr Auma Obama is a speaker who built the Sport for Social Change network after years with aid organisation CARE International. Based in Kenya and Germany.
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Dr Darren Green

Cape Town
Dr Darren Green is an inspirational speaker and facilitator who engages English and Afrikaans audiences on health and social matters. Cape Town.
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Dr Sisanda Msekele

Johannesburg
Dr Sisanda Msekele is a blind anthropologist and keynote speaker on inclusion who has worked with Meta, Google and Amazon. Based in Johannesburg.
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Dr Steve Harris

Cape Town
Dr Steve Harris is an internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and mind coach who holds a PhD in mental toughness. Based in Cape Town.
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Edward Ndopu

Johannesburg
Edward Ndopu is a disability innovation pioneer appointed by the UN Secretary-General as one of 17 SDG Advocates. 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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Faith Mangope

Johannesburg
Faith Mangope, asked at 26 by the White House to speak on African development, founded a technology and leadership institute. Based in Johannesburg.
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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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Frank Magwegwe

Johannesburg
Frank Magwegwe is a financial planning researcher, educator and professional speaker on purpose and good financial habits. Based in Johannesburg.
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Gabi Lowe

Cape Town
Gabi Lowe is an inspirational speaker and life coach who lost her daughter Jenna to a rare lung disease and now runs resilience workshops. Cape Town.
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Gavin Sharples

Johannesburg
Gavin Sharples is a keynote speaker and MC with over 19 years on the circuit, addressing audiences from Investec to Anglo. Based in Johannesburg.
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Gerry Rantselli

Johannesburg
Gerry Rantselli Elsdon is a TV presenter, speaker and humanitarian known for M-Net and judging the first Big Brother Africa. Based in Johannesburg.
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Gilan Gork

Cape Town
Gilan Gork is a mentalist, magician and speaker who was trained by professionals as a child and turned professional at twelve. Based in Cape Town.
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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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Ian Thomas

Johannesburg
Ian Thomas is a keynote speaker who draws leadership lessons from tracking lions and two decades of guiding in big game areas. Based in Johannesburg.
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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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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 Vlismas

Johannesburg
John Vlismas is a performer turned business speaker and producer whose talk The Shared World is built on reading a crowd. Based in Johannesburg.
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Justin Cohen

Johannesburg
Justin Cohen is a Certified Speaking Professional and author of four books who speaks on storytelling as the oldest form of influence. Johannesburg.
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Larry Soffer

Cape Town
Larry Soffer is a motivational speaker who uses mentalism feats to convince audiences they are capable of far more than they believe. Based in Cape Town.
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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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Lebo Gunguluza

Johannesburg
Lebo Gunguluza is an entrepreneur and business speaker known as The Breakthrough Entrepreneur and a Dragon on SA’s Dragons Den. Based in Johannesburg.
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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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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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Liezel Van Der Westhuizen

Cape Town
Liezel van der Westhuizen is an MC, motivational speaker and presenter of SABC3’s breakfast show Expresso and of MNet Idols. Based in Cape Town.
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