Where powerful conversations shape powerful brands.

The Comms Hub is Tishala’s podcast exploring the ideas, strategies,

and stories behind impactful communication. Featuring industry leaders, industry experts, and bold thinkers, it dives into what it truly takes to build brands that stand out, grow, and lead in their space.

Each conversation is designed to unpack real insights, practical strategies,

and the thinking behind powerful brand narratives — giving listeners a clearer understanding of how to communicate with purpose and intention. It’s a space where ambition meets strategy, and where brands learn how to be seen, heard, and remembered in a way that drives lasting impact.

Essential Episodes

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African Cuisine Feast on the Menu at Joburg’s Ultimate Lifestyle & Music Expo

A celebration of food, drink and gastronomical delights awaits visitors to Joburg’s Ultimate Lifestyle and Music event on 10 & 11 November, when an array of chefs, sommeliers and food fundis show their skills to a hungry audience. The food fest will form part of an action-packed entertainment programme featuring a line-up of live performances from music stars like renowned singer and songwriter, Ami Faku, Zonke Dikana, Mi Casa and Shekhinah MC’d by Somizi, an exhibition ﬂoor

Oct 12, 20232 min read

Joburg’s Ultimate Music & Lifestyle Expo: Bigger, Better & Brimming with Entertainment!

Joburg’s ultimate lifestyle event returns this year as a standalone event when the Music & Lifestyle Expo expands its offerings to the public, sponsors and exhibitors with a superb line-up of artists, expo and happenings.A celebration of life, food and entertainment centred around the important role music plays in our lives, the Music & Lifestyle Expo features live performances from a stellar line-up of music stars like renowned singer and songwriter, Ami Faku, famed singer-s

Sep 22, 20232 min read

Mayibuye iAfrika Concert: A celebration of exiled South African musicians and composers

Renowned South African guitarist Billy Monama will bring us closer to our past to help us reimagine our future during Heritage Month in September when he joins a number of legendary South African artists like Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, Judith Sepuma and Titi Luzipo live on stage in Johannesburg. During a one-night-only limited-tickets concert called Mayibuye iAfrika: The Freedom Songs, Monama will present a musical journey and conversation between two generations of ancestral ar

Jul 25, 20232 min read

South African Musician JRoss Wins Africa Legendary Award

South African Gospel Artist JRoss has been recognised for his entrepreneurial work across a number of disciplines with the Africa Legendary ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The Africa Legendary Awards recognise the stellar achievements of icons and inspirational individuals who have made outstanding contributions towards the growth and development of Nigeria and the African continent at large. The award celebrates the exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication of indi

Jul 16, 20232 min read

International Award-Winning Gospel Artist JRoss Plans Closer US-South Africa Faith Ties with Sowe...

Multi-Award-Winning Gospel Artist JRoss is planning a Soweto worship concert that will not only foster closer ties between the South African township gospel scene and international worshippers, but also see the winners of a globally-acclaimed gospel competition showcase their talents in the Soweto Theatre. The Gospel Music Sector is the biggest genre of popular music in South Africa. It has a dedicated following whose appeal cuts across various sub-genres and inter-faith disc

Jul 5, 20232 min read

Youth Day Career Hookup Event - Unleash Your Job Potential and Gain Knowledge about In-Demand Job...

In celebration of Youth Month, the All4Youth is hosting a Youth Career Hookup event on 14 June 2023 in Nelspruit Mbombela. The event is designed to expose South African youth to the job market and introduce them to careers available in-demand sectors such as Climate Change, Robotics, Artiﬁcial Intelligence, Finance and Entrepreneurship. The event will be held at TUT - Mbombela Campus - Madiba Dr & Techno Dr, Sonheuwel, Mbombela, 1201 and for those youths unable to attend, th

Jun 10, 20232 min read

Tech Sector Skills Can Address Rising Youth Unemployment in South Africa

As South Africa commemorates Youth Month this June, it provides a period to reflect on the importance of young people in shaping society and the significant role they played during the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A major obstacle to South Africa’s youth fulfilling their promise, is the rising unemployment rate. The most recent unemployment figures from Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey are sobering: The youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between

Jun 5, 20233 min read

Introducing Tishala Communications' Digital PR Shop: A One-Stop Solution for Bespoke PR Services

Tishala Communications, a pioneering, woman-owned South African public relations and marketing agency, is excited to announce the launch of its innovative digital PR shop, further expanding its portfolio of bespoke communications solutions. Recognizing that not every PR need calls for a full-fledged campaign, Tishala Communications has taken an innovative step by creating the PR Shop. This one-stop solution is designed to cater to businesses seeking specific, targeted PR serv

May 22, 20232 min read

May is World Fair Trade Month: A Time to Support Sustainable and Ethical Consumer Habits

As we indulge in our favourite brand of coffee, tea or glass of wine, World Fair Trade Month gives us an opportunity as responsible consumers to pause and reflect upon these products and the journey they have taken to our kitchen tables. It also gives us an opportunity to take action by supporting those brands that hold environmental and social good above profits. As consumers, we hold immense power and responsibility in shaping the world we live in. Our choices of what we bu

May 17, 20233 min read

African Creatives Don’t just make Cool Content, they’re Part of the Global Creative Economy

Unpacking Africa’s limited involvement in the multi-billion dollar Global Creative Economy, a panel of thought leaders at the recent inaugural Advertising Week Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa highlighted the need for Africans to claim their share of the spoils from this economic boom. Against the background of some sobering statistics from Unesco showing that African creatives make up only 1,1% of regional GDP, lagging severely behind the rest of the world when viewed in

Mar 3, 20233 min read

Calling all Hustlers: Turn your Side Hustle into a Thriving Entrepreneurial Business!

Entrepreneurship is a transformative option that unlocks income generation, creates jobs and drives inclusive community growth - but for too many South African youths this path is out of reach largely due to a lack of information about opportunities and resources to start them on the journey. Now, in March, All4Youth is kicking off awareness around entrepreneurship and the resources available to youth, with its #All4Hustlers campaign. #All4Hustlers seeks to identify, showcase

Mar 1, 20232 min read

Matrics Entering Job Market Can Launch Careers with Scarce Skills Training

Faced with dwindling employment opportunities, school-leavers can equip themselves with new short-course skills and learnerships in 4IR (Fourth Industrial Revolution) fields that will set them up for long-term careers. At the end of each year, as the South African education system churns out hundreds of thousands of school-leavers with an uncertain future and ever-decreasing prospects of finding meaningful careers in a country facing tough economic times, Matrics are faced w

Feb 20, 20233 min read

Powerful IT Partnership to Change the Tech Space for Young South Africans

Xebia and Sisekelo Institute of Business and Technology have partnered to bring a new era of tech training to South Africa. The two companies share a similar goal and process of bringing young South Africans into the digital economy. The partnership between Xabia and Sisekelo Institute of Business and Technology aims to bring skill development programs to the market, empower the youth with digital skills, and provide the best in quality and expert opinions. Xebia is a global

Feb 9, 20232 min read

African Youth can Apply to be Mentored by Leading African CEOs

Youth from Sub-Saharan Africa between the ages of 18 and 30 are invited to apply for the #All4Mentorship Programme that will give 100 promising young Africans the opportunity of a lifetime to be coached and mentored by the continent’s leading CEOs. The #All4Mentorship Programme is open across all industry and business fields and a key component of the programme is the transfer of knowledge, skills, and expertise required to enable youth and promote employability in sub-Sahara

Nov 29, 20223 min read

Global Financial Inclusion for Africans a Step Closer with Snake Nation Funding from Interledger ...

Pan-African technopreneurs Snake Nation have been granted funding by the Interledger Foundation for ground-breaking work the disruptive tech company is doing to ensure that African Creatives have greater financial inclusion in the global creative economy via an open protocol that will fast-track the continent’s participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Put simply, Snake Nation’s funding will allow it to develop a network for greater access and financial inclusion by

Nov 8, 20222 min read

South Africa’s Scarce and Technical Skills Gap Filled by Sisekelo Graduates

As South Africa grapples with youth unemployment, skills and technical skills shortages and a lack of solutions to keep the country’s workforce relevant, a pioneering South African learning institution is beginning to plug the Skills Gap and has recently put more than 140 skilled graduates and interns into the 4IR workplace. Sisekelo Institute of Business & Technology recently hosted a graduation ceremony with its partners to honour the graduates who will soon be using their

Oct 18, 20222 min read

Inaugural Technopreneurship Conference Aims to Develop African Entrepreneurs

The inaugural conference of the ITF (Inclusive Technopreneurship Forum) - to be held on 16 & 17 August in Cape Town - aims to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge to become entrepreneurs capable of building and sustaining their own businesses and creating employment for other. As part of the Conference, Dr. Michael Twum-Darko, Project Leader and Head of (CPUT) Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Business Innovation and Incubation Centre (BIIC) will showcase the

Aug 10, 20222 min read

Technopreneurs Snake Nation and All-Africa Students Union Launch Africa 4.0 Music + Tech + Gaming...

Snake Nation app - a social-media platform focused on getting creative African millennials into the Creative Economy, where they can own, create and monetise their own content across various creative genres - is planning an African revolution as the company takes its show on the road to youth across Africa. African creative millennials will be able to tap into the Snake Nation app via the IOS app store and Google play store and SnakeNation.io on their mobile devices and join

Jul 28, 20224 min read

New AI-Enabled, Personalised Healthcare Platform set to Revolutionise Wellness & Healthcare in So...

Journey Wellness Platform will transform business employee benefits and medical schemes’ approach to offering wellness for employees and medical aid members. A revolutionary new approach to offering Ultra-Personalised, Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Healthcare from tech-trendsetting company Cortex Logic is set to transform the way medical aid schemes, consumers and corporates offering employee benefits as part of their EAP (Employee Assistance Programmes) view their current

Jul 20, 20213 min read

SnakeNation.io App Launches in South Africa to Empower Millennial Creators

SnakeNation Logo Millennial creative networking and monetization social media platform will allow South African Millennials and Creatives to earn crypto, share content and interact with creative communities. With the sobering reality of high unemployment figures and the lack of opportunities, Snake Nation has stepped into the breach with an exciting and revolutionary opportunity for South African millennials and creatives to share in the monetisation of their work and reach

Jul 17, 20212 min read

Thought Leadership Insights for Powerful Brands

My journey of leaving the newsroom for PR.

I did not foresee that my professional journey would lead me to PR. I was committed to journalism – print journalism specifically. I was so committed that I married a fellow journalist. Having said that, there were things about journalism that didn’t work for me. As a young hack working for a daily publication, I’d look at the mothers in the newsroom and the difficulty they experienced with the irregular work hours. Long hours were not the problem, it was the fact that you co

May 134 min read

World PR Day: The Work Behind the Story

PR isn’t just about headlines — it’s about the authentic, creative process that happens long before.

Jul 16, 20251 min read

The power of PR: Your business’s hidden superpower

If you've wondered what drives business growth and fuels trust and positive relationships, the answer lies in Public Relations (PR) says Nomsa Mdhluli, Founder of Tishala Communications. Mdhluli highlights the untapped potential of PR as a key driver of business growth and reputation. In today's competitive and ever-changing business landscape, companies are constantly looking for ways to build credibility, expand their reach and connect with their audiences in meaningful way

Mar 12, 20252 min read