Meet the innovative and charismatic Lehlogonolo Chuene from Ga-Mamanyoha outside Tzaneen who together with her friends established a unique virtual Podcast on Google Meet. Unlike other popular Podcasts South Africa is riddled with, which invite celebrities to boast about their lives, hers tackles social issues affecting individuals and try to find solutions on the spot.
She named it She/he Connects & Supports and they assist people with their day-to-day challenges as well as business ideas and how to market them. Relevant people such as professionals and others who might have gone through similar difficulties are then invited to the show depending on the topic which will have been chosen on the day.
Giving Rise Africans her account of how the idea of a podcast came about, Lehlogonolo said that she became a leader of a Choir when she was studying at the University of Limpopo where her charisma attracted scores of people who would start sharing their problems with her. She would help them and at times without having first-hand experience, she would then ask others whom she thought would be of help to that person’s puzzling circumstances.
In 2019 on Women’s Day, she and her partners hosted a luncheon. They launched a Non-Profit Organisation at Magoesbaskloof Hotel where women gathered and assisted each other with opportunities and sifted through their challenges in a quest for solutions. They were forced to put it on hold during stringent Covid19 lockdown regulations in 2020 and they decided to host it online.
They were prompted to commence with their online podcast early this year due to popular demand and following careful consideration on which platform to exploit, Google Meet became their best option because it was cheaper, intimate, and devoid of subscriptions.
She/he Connects & Supports was initially established for women but their male counterparts felt left out and requested to partake in it. "we found it to be making sense that we include men and now they participate in our discussions and give their inputs and expertise on certain issues”. Said Lehlogonolo.
Although there are limited resources at her disposal currently, she will be shooting her first sit-in podcast this Saturday with her partners and reassured her fans that it will be worth their while. She said, "We will be sharing a lot of information and people will be afforded opportunities with others from different professions”.
Khosto Lehlogonolo is her Facebook handle where followers can get links to the podcast.
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