NHI before the Constitutional Court: What's Really at Stake?
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Mark Heywood, health and human rights activist and co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign and SECTION27, about the Constitutional Court's involvement in one of the most significant legal challenges to the National Health Insurance scheme.
702 Breakfast with Bon...
Mark Heywood on The Stories We Tell About Ourselves
What parts of yourself have you learned to hide in order to be taken seriously? My guest on this episode is Mark Heywood, a friend of the show, returning guest and someone I've collaborated with on a number of projects. Episode Summary & Guest ProfileMark has spent more than twenty years working ...
NPO: 650km ride puts South Africa’s child hunger crisis in the spotlight
Africa Melane speaks to co-founder of Union Against Hunger, Mark Heywood, as he prepares to cycle 650km from Clarens to Ballito in the Ride to End Hunger. The seven-day challenge launches a R1 million fundraising campaign supporting community kitchens and advocacy, while shining a spotlight on ch...
S2E9: What should you know before you quit? With Mark Heywood
Guest: Mark Heywood – podcaster, writer, former investment banking MD, and co-founder of Don’t Quit
This week on Work Is Weird Now, we speak with Mark Heywood about the realities of leaving corporate life and reinventing your career on your own terms.
From his early days in tech at RBS to a scree...
Union Against Hunger’s ride enters a new week
The kilometres are adding up as Mark Heywood continues his 650km Ride to End Hunger from Clarens to Ballito. Africa Melane catches up with the Union Against Hunger co-founder to find out how the journey is progressing, how his body is holding up and what he has learned from the people and communi...
Who is responsible for keeping food affordable
Africa Melane checks in with Mark Heywood, Co-Founder of Union Against Hunger, as his 650-kilometre Ride to End Hunger continues. How far has he travelled, how are the legs holding up, and what does the next stretch of the journey have in store?
Early Breakfast with Africa Melane is 702’s and Ca...
Mark Heywood nears the finish of his ride to end hunger
Africa Melane catches up with Union Against Hunger co-founder Mark Heywood as his 650km Ride to End Hunger enters its final stretch towards Ballito. They reflect on the physical challenge, the people and stories that have stayed with him, the support behind the campaign and what needs to happen b...
We’re Living on the Edge of Extinction - It’s Time to Think Differently | General Sir Richard Barrons
⚠️ Content warning: This episode explores themes that some listeners may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.
💬 Humanity’s challenges are piling up - from the climate crisis to threat of global war and AI-driven extinction. There’s a lot at stake. But there is hope - if action is tak...
How Well Do You Know the Person Behind Your Thinking? | Shirley Attenborough
💬 Have you every stopped to think about how you come across to others?
The way you see yourself might be very different from how other people see you. And if you’re unaware of the gap between the two, you could be holding yourself back without even realising it.
⚡ In this episode, we’re joined b...
Mark Heywood: Rethinking Activism, Rebuilding Hope
After more than 40 years fighting for human rights and social justice, Mark Heywood is still angry about injustice — and still convinced we can do something about it. A co-founder of South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign, Mark joins us to talk about his new book, Rethinking Activism in Africa,...
