{"id":524,"date":"2015-11-19T20:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/?p=524"},"modified":"2025-02-05T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T16:04:12","slug":"how-to-inspire-communities-to-change-sihle-tshabalala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/how-to-inspire-communities-to-change-sihle-tshabalala\/","title":{"rendered":"How to inspire communities to change, with Sihle Tshabalala &#8211; Ep 136"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coding-startups-education-brothers-for-all.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coding-startups-education-brothers-for-all.jpg\" alt=\"coding and startups education\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Sihle Tshabalala had to consciously decide to do things differently to have a different life, and he made this decision while in prison. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, he is an inspiration to many in his community and country, and has ideas he is putting into action that are challenging the status quo. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He shares with Telana his story, the impact Brothers for All is having, and some different ways of tackling social issues that are having a positive and significant influence in his community.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Podcasts<\/h2>\n<h3>Audio:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1209\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-524-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/?powerpress_pinw=524-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/talkpossibility\/Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Sihle-Brothers-for-all-Ep136.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:37 &#8212; 11.7MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Video:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLetsTalkPossibility%2Fvideos%2F913547552063481%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>About\u00a0Sihle Tshabalala<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Sihle_Tshabalala.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innercoaching.co.za\/talkpossibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Sihle_Tshabalala.png\" alt=\"Co-founder of Brothers for All\" width=\"262\" height=\"264\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Sihle Tshabalala is an ex-offender, and is now the Co-founder and National Coordinator of Brothers for All .<\/p>\n<p>During his time in prison, he became a key member of the Group of Hope programme, where he decided to spend his life helping others avoid the mistakes he had made.<\/p>\n<p>Since leaving prison, he co-founded Brothers for All, taught himself how to code and has become a key voice in his community.<\/p>\n<p>He has presented at the Durban AIDS conference, spoken widely on TV and radio and was awarded LeadSA\u2019s Hero of the month.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact and Info<\/h2>\n<p>Sihle&#8217;s details were updated July 2020:<br \/>\nEmail: sihle at Quirky30.co.za<br \/>\nTwitter: <a title=\"@sihletshaba\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sihletshaba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@sihletshaba<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirky30.co.za\/\">www.Quirky30.co.za<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brothersforall.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Telephone: +27 743753767<\/p>\n<h2>Bibliography<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/help-us-dream-different-dreams-zuma-1.1803014#.VkBO5rcrLIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/help-us-dream-different-dreams-zuma-1.1803014#.VkBO5rcrLIU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/sundaytimes\/2015\/03\/29\/hardened-ex-con-brings-first-code-academy-to-sa-prisons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.timeslive.co.za\/sundaytimes\/2015\/03\/29\/hardened-ex-con-brings-first-code-academy-to-sa-prisons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Photo credits:<\/h2>\n<p>Images courtesy of BrothersforAll.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sihle Tshabalala had to consciously decide to do things differently to have a different life, and he made this decision while in prison. 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