Magda Wierzycka, the CEO of Sygnia, gave our Cape Town audience an incredible talk, filled with inspiration and left us feeling positive for the future of South Africa, especially if we have people like her at the helm.

Heavy Chef spoke to Don Packett about his philosophy of NPOS (No Problems, Only Solutions) around the topic of failure. Don is a MC, professional speaker, stand-up comedian, author and Head of Perspective at strategy design and dissemination firm, Missing Link.

Mike Stopforth writes in Heavy Chef about the lessons on business he learnt from playing poker. Mike founded and is CEO of Cerebra, an integrated strategic communication agency that builds, engages and activates communities around brands.

Heavy Chef have a new sponsor, the super healthy snack company Joe & Co. We interviewed the founder of the new company, CEO Joe Schuler, to find out what makes this ambitious company tick and how their Real Balls help real entrepreneurs tackle their daily grind.

Heavy Chef was lucky enough to get some of Ellen Fischat's time, the very first MD of Silicon Cape. Her story is fascinating, with roles around child protection and guidance, to discovering her passion for tech.

Selassi Eghan-Kpanga's story of his African journey is extremely motivational for the youth of today who are struggling and giving their all to break into the entrepreneur world that is currently bubbling up in South Africa.

Neil Steinmann, renowned psychologist, and Prof Nico Martin, discuss the 10 reasons for corporate failure in South Africa. The article is based on research done by both parties with the main focus "to identify key problem areas that exist in South African teams." 

Graeme Wilson, founder and CEO of the commercial law consultancy, Whipping the Cat, believes that there is an opportunity to demystify law and make legal services more accessible to a wider range of companies.

Vusi Thembekwayo encourages entrepreneurs to lead and inspire. You cannot be a successful entrepreneur if you do not know or learn how to lead your team in a manner that will make your company a success. 

This friendly get-together stems from the need of sharing the business failures that local entrepreneurs overcame and that allowed them to achieve the hard-sought success that eventually followed. Their Cape Town events are not to be missed!

The Leadership Edition. In this time of reshuffling cabinets and building walls, God knows we need some of that good stuff. Who better than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela to show us the way. We chose Madiba for our cover, because, well, we miss him. Featuring some of Africa's top business leaders, billionaires, hundred-millionaires and newly funded startup grommets, this edition aims to inspire and empower you to get cracking with your own path to leadership.

Here it is at last. The long-awaited Heavy Chef Magazine: The Technology Edition. Tech being the order of the day at HC, it kinda makes sense that we focus an entire journal on the topic, right? Well, wait no longer. We’ve published a comprehensive magnum opus covering the most salient topics in Tech on the African continent. 

Fees will fall! - well, not quite yet, but until they do here is a free edition of the Heavy Chef magazine: The Education Edition. Edited and overseen by the irrepressible Mike Perk, Co-founder of digital innovation agency WWC, this magazine features some of the brightest minds in education on the African continent. The Education Edition includes entries and interviews with Sam Paddock, Sean Riley and Tarryn Knight. 

Yes! The third edition is up for grabs. Featuring the creme of Africa’s creative crop, you won’t find more inspiring goodness than in the shiny pages of Heavy Chef Magazine: The Creativity Edition. Topics covered include Virtual Reality, creative SEO, social media, viral campaigns and the science of creativity. The Heavy Chefs in this edition include Alistair King, Sammy-Jane Every, Mike Sharman, Fred Roed, Uno de Waal, Alexandra van Tonder, Fran Luckin and the almighty Xolisa Dyeshana.

The second edition is here. Curated by the Heavy Chef team, assisted by the good people at WWC and contributed to by the developers in the HC community, this thing is a nerd tour-de-force. In this issue, we focus on e-commerce and the people behind the burgeoning African industry. You may not understand all of it, but you’ll certainly look like a smart fella when someone peers over your shoulder to see what you’re reading.

Woooop! Here it is. The first ever, gleaming preening truth-dealing Heavy Chef Magazine (or "HC Mag" as we've started to call it - sorta like GQ Mag, but for smarter sexier people than the palookas who read GQ, y'know?).