Candid Sustainability Podcast

About Candid Sustainability Podcast

The Candid Sustainability Podcast is a podcast about real conversations at the intersection of people, planet, and progress, hosted by me, Kabelo Rathobei. In each episode I sit down with changemakers, practitioners, and everyday people doing extraordinary things in sustainability, from careers and climate finance to youth advocacy, renewable energy, and beyond. We keep it candid, we keep it honest. And we bring an African perspective to the global sustainability conversation, because Africa’s voice belongs at the centre of this dialogue not at the margins.

Publisher

Kabelo Rathobei

Category

education · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jun 2025

Latest episode

13 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

13 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   13 Jul 2026

   EP 12: Lesotho's Renewable Energy Landscape

   Limpho Thoahlane, a stakeholder engagement practitioner, shares Lesotho's complex renewable energy story and its path to regional leadership in this interview.

2. 

   15 Jun 2026

   E11: Sorghum- Africa’s Climate-Resilient Supercrop with Zandile Queen Finxa

   Award-winning food scientist Zandile Queen Finxa discusses sorghum's climate resilience and food security potential in this interview.

3. 

   8 Jun 2026

   Part 2 Sustainable Beekeeping In South Africa with Emmanuel Moledi

   Host Emmanuel Moledi shares insights on sustainable beekeeping in South Africa, revealing how African honeybees offer ecological and economic opportunities.

4. 

   1 Jun 2026

   EP 10: Sustainable beekeeping in Bloemfontein South Africa with Emmanuel Moledi

   Host Emmanuel Moledi explores sustainable beekeeping's impact on food security and climate resilience in Africa during this interview.

5. 

   18 May 2026

   EP 9: The Spaza Survival Crisis with Kabelo Rathobei

   Host Kabelo Rathobei explores the existential threat facing South Africa's spaza shops, revealing their resilience and the future of local economies in this interview.

6. 

   4 May 2026

   EP 8: South Africa's Just Energy Transition: Rhetoric or Real Progress? with Kabelo Rathobei

   Host [Host Name] interviews Kabelo Rathobei about South Africa's challenging just energy transition, exploring the gap between clean energy potential and coal dependency.

7. 

   20 Apr 2026

   EP 7: Carbon Markets in Africa with Abdilahi Nuh

   Host Kabelo Rathobei interviews engineer and Presto Innovations founder Abdilahi Nuh about Africa's carbon markets and biochar's role in land restoration.

8. 

   6 Apr 2026

   EP 6: Building a Career in Sustainability with Comfort Francis

   Kabelo Rathobei interviews environmentalist Comfort Apeh Francis about navigating a sustainability career and amplifying African voices in climate discussions.

9. 

   23 Jul 2025

   EP 5: Sustainability vs. Fire Safety - Can We Build Green Without Getting Burned?

   Host Dr. Sarah Green interviews fire safety engineer and lecturer Rhoda about balancing eco-friendly building materials with crucial fire safety considerations for sustainable construction.

10. 

    9 Jul 2025

    EP 4: AI and Sustainability - A new era in waste management

    Sustainability innovator Gift Lubele discusses how AI revolutionizes South Africa's informal waste picker economy, transforming recycling practices and highlighting environmental heroes.

11. 

    28 Jun 2025

    EP 3: Sustainability in My Culture: What I Didn’t Realise I Grew Up Doing Right

    In this conversation, Kabelo explores the deep-rooted cultural practices that have long embodied sustainability, often without the formal recognition of the term. She reflects on her upbringing in South Africa, where resourcefulness and eco-conscious behaviours were a way of life, not a trend. As she navigates the professional sustainability landscape in Europe, she recognises the disconnect between traditional practices and modern sustainability narratives, advocating for a broader underst...

12. 

    28 Jun 2025

    EP 2: Green Guilt & Other Weird Sustainability Feelings

    In this episode, Kabelo discusses the emotional complexities surrounding sustainability, particularly focusing on the concepts of green guilt and eco anxiety. Through personal anecdotes and cultural reflections, she explores the challenges of maintaining sustainable practices in daily life while navigating societal expectations. The conversation emphasizes the importance of progress over perfection in the journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Takeaways Green guilt is a common fee...

13. 

    26 Jun 2025

    EP 1 Candid Beginnings - Why this podcast exists

    This introduction episode gives a glimpse into what to expect with this podcast. Candid Sustainability is a podcast that explores the complexities and challenges of living sustainably in a real-world context. Hosted by Kabelo, a corporate sustainability PhD researcher, the podcast emphasises the importance of honest conversations about sustainability, acknowledging the messy and imperfect nature of individual choices. It aims to create a community for those who care about the planet but may f...

Who has been a guest on Candid Sustainability Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Limpho Thoahlane
• Zandile Queen Finxa
• Emmanuel Moledi
• Abdilahi Nuh
• Comfort Apeh Francis

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

94

YouTube

63

Engagement

0

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