TSIBA Purpose-Lived Conversation with Gia Whitehead
Welcome to TSIBA’s podcast channel – home to two inspiring series that explore purpose, entrepreneurship, and human potential from different but complementary angles.
Purpose-Lived
Purpose-Lived at TSIBA underpins an approach to education as a catalyst for the best of what humans can be. When we dream and live for a purpose, we create a better world.
This conversation series explores diverse perspectives on purpose from remarkable individuals. Each episode is a discovery of a personal journey — a collection of profound reflections shared by those living with intention.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Entrepreneurial Mindset dives into the journeys of entrepreneurs and innovators from a wide range of industries and backgrounds.
Through honest conversations with dynamic founders and leaders, the series unpacks the highs and lows of entrepreneurial life.
Whether you're passionate about innovation, leadership, or social impact, these episodes offer valuable insights to inform and inspire your own journey.
TSIBA Purpose-Lived Conversation with Gia Whitehead
PURPOSE-LIVED, Marlene le Roux in conversation with TSIBA Co-Founder and Chairperson Gia Whitehead.
Marlene pays tribute to the people on whose shoulders she stands, her mother, grandmother, teachers of all kinds, and the community of Wellington in the Western Cape, and shares perspectives on healing and survival, discomfort to purpose and the value of kindness and opening doors.
Marlene le Roux is the current Chief Executive Officer of Artscape in Cape Town.
Her passion is to use Arts and Culture to empower and enable disadvantaged groups and to make a material difference in other human beings' lives.
After completing a Bachelor of Music, a Bachelor of Education as well as a Higher Diploma in Education at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) Marlene continued to complete her Masters of Philosophy in Disability Studies from the University of Cape Town, and an Honorary Doctorate in Education from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
As a human with enormous energy and drive Marlene has also completed a Diploma in Senior Management obtained at the University of
Stellenbosch and won multiple awards including the Fair Saturday Award, awarded in Bilbao, Spain as an advocate for humanrights and the Commonwealth’s Point of Light Award, In recognition of exceptional service and promoting disability rights, awarded by Her Majesty, the Queen of England.