I'm Brent Lindeque (also known as the Good Things Guy) and this is Good Things with Brent Lindeque, a podcast and vidcast dedicated to sharing the stories of South Africans who are doing remarkable things.
This is South Africa's longest-running good news podcast!
Each episode features honest, uplifting conversations with people who are making a real difference... in big ways, small ways and everything in between. These are the stories that deserve to be heard: stories of resilience, kindness, innovation and hope.
This series is all about changing the narrative. Reminding us that there is so much good happening in South Africa. And that sometimes, we just need to turn up the volume on it.
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Let’s tell better stories. Together.
Aileen Lamb on Breast Cancer, Finding Purpose and Starting Again
A breast cancer diagnosis can change your life in ways you never imagined but sometimes those changes can lead you somewhere quite extraordinary.
This week on my Good Things with Brent Lindeque podcast, I chatted to Aileen Lamb, the former CEO of New Media, who was diagnosed with breast cancer on Women's Day, at exactly the same age her own mother had been diagnosed.
Thankfully, her cancer was detected early but the experience made her reassess her life and ask herself one important question... "If not now, when?"
And that question changed everything.
Aileen decided to pursue a dream she'd carried for years, immersing herself in the world of perfumery and eventually launching Heirloom Perfumery, a proudly South African fragrance brand. And she's giving back too, with 5 percent of online sales going to Project Flamingo, which supports women receiving breast cancer treatment in public hospitals.
This conversation was incredibly meaningful for me as my own mom has just finished radiation treatment for breast cancer, and with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it felt like an important story to share. We also spoke about finding your ikigai, a Japanese concept meaning your reason for being, and how even the scariest experiences can sometimes push us towards a new purpose.
What I loved most is that Aileen's story isn't really about cancer. It's about everything that can still happen afterwards and the wonderful possibilities waiting for us when we decide to follow our dreams.
You can catch our full conversation on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, available on YouTube and your favourite podcast platforms.
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7 Oct 2026
One Step Behind Mandela: Rory Steyn on Protecting Madiba
Rory Steyn had one of the most extraordinary jobs in South African history: protecting Nelson Mandela.
Appointed to lead Madiba’s personal protection team in 1996, Rory travelled with him locally and internationally, getting to know the man behind the global icon and witnessing moments most South Africans never got to see.
His remarkable career later took him to six Olympic Games and multiple Cricket World Cups, while his passion for giving back led him to create the African Icons, supporting children of police officers killed in the line of duty.
This week on Good Things with Brent Lindeque, Rory shares those incredible Madiba memories, the lessons he learnt along the way and the stories from a life spent protecting others.
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30 Sept 2026
KY-NDness Starts With Us: Jen Rowe Joins the Good Things Poddie
What if we were all just a little more careful with each other, a little more thoughtful with our words and a little quicker to check in on someone who might need us?
That is the message behind KY-ND, an initiative created by Jen Rowe in honour of her son, Ky, who died by suicide in August 2022.
Jen wanted to keep Ky’s kindness moving through the world, and it started with something incredibly simple: a bench at his school. The idea is that if you see someone sitting there alone, you sit next to them and just be there. Since then, KY-ND has grown into a community, with benches, T-shirts that start conversations and more than R55,000 raised for Operation Smile South Africa.
Jen joined me on this week’s Good Things with Brent Lindeque poddie to talk about Ky, grief, love and why our words and actions matter more than we may ever realise.
Her message is beautifully simple: notice people, check in, choose your words with care and, whenever you can, be a little more KY-ND.
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YouTube views
25,094,664
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
1 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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79
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YouTube
93
Engagement
50
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