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Durban Small Business Podcast

Meet the humans behind our local businesses and find out what they do, why they do it and how they keep on going.

Podcast · By Luke Holden · English (South Africa) · Official site

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5
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Sep 10, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    What If Schools Taught Us to Solve Problems? with Nhlanhla Khambule (opens the original)

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    Nhlanhla Khambule joins Luke Holden to explore what education could look like if it prepared people not only to find work, but to identify real problems and build useful solutions. With approximately 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, he believes people don’t have to remain victims of the problems around them. They can learn to identify those problems, develop practical solutions, and create opportunities for themselves and others. He also explains why the traditional education system of

  2. Episode · Aug 27, 2026

    Building a Business That Outlasts You | Dinesh Chetty (opens the original)

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    Most founders build a business around themselves. The real challenge is building one that can survive without them. In this episode of the Durban Small Business Podcast, Luke Holden has a conversation with Dinesh Chetty, founder of DPF Home Loan Negotiators, to explore how a small finance business started in 2004 grew into a national operation that has helped more than 60,000 South Africans on their journey to homeownership. We explore the discipline behind more than two decades in business, why

  3. Episode · Aug 6, 2026

    From a Chairman within FirstRand to Trust Strategist (opens the original)

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    What changes when trust becomes a deliberate leadership strategy rather than something leaders simply hope will develop? In this episode of the Durban Small Business Podcast, Luke Holden and Shane Ward, founder of IDthree, to explore how leaders can build organisations in which people feel safe, included and willing to contribute their best thinking. They explore his Straight Eight trust framework, including inviting participation, sacrificing personal utility, transparency and vulnerability. He

  4. Episode · Jul 23, 2026

    Why Building for Impact Beats Chasing Profit (opens the original)

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    Most impact work starts with good intentions, but good intentions are not enough to change a community. In this episode of the Durban Small Business Podcast, Luke Holden has a conversation with Warren Farrer, the CEO and Trustee of the Do More Foundation, to explore how a corporate social investment initiative inside RCL Foods became a growing, partnership-led foundation focused on creating better tomorrows for young children in South Africa. We explore the difference between charity and meaning

  5. Episode · Jul 9, 2026

    Stepping Into a 170-Year Legacy Without Losing Yourself (opens the original)

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    What does it take to build your own identity inside family businesses?In this episode of the Durban Small Business Podcast, Luke Holden and Mia Acutt, Operations Manager at Acutts Real Estate, explore her journey from a small town to helping lead one of South Africa's longest-standing family real estate businesses.Mia shares her unexpected career path, from studying, working aboard to eventually joining Acutts Real Estate. This conversation offers valuable takeaways for anyone working in a famil

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