WP E83 Shado Twala - #WisdomPersonified - conversations with Dudu Msomi

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August is not a celebration. It is a call to remembrance and reclamation.
We honour the resilience of women who walked in 1956—not just as a historical act, but as a reminder that resistance is relational, collective, and generational.
On Wisdom Personified Conversations with Dudu Msomi on this Women's Month, we pay tribute to
Sis Nomshado Twala, popularly known as Shado Twala, as a trailblazer in the South African media as radio DJ, talk show host, voice-over artist, journalist, Entrepreneur and TV producer.
She started her career in 1986 on the 1st Black English language radio station, Radio Metro. Straggling two worlds, one in which broadcasters working for a government entity like the SABC during apartheid could be perceived as sell-outs, juxtaposed with the lived reality of enduring harsh discriminatory practices every day at work .
There is a generation of South Africans, who know her best as a judge on SA’s Got Talent for 9 seasons.
Sis Shado manages her own entertainment business, Black Olive Entertainment and is also a Public Relations and Media Consultant.
Sis Shado is a proud single mother to two children, her Vusi Zion and daughter Owami.
Hope you enjoy this wise conversation from a South African gem! We would surely be poorer for not having her in our midst.

To all women taking time out of your schedule to watch and listen. Thank you for supporting our channel. This Women’s Month, I do not offer praise.
I offer witness.
To your strength.
To your softness.
To your power.
You are power, personified.

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1 Aug 2025 English South Africa Spirituality · Philosophy

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