What Gives You Purpose? Uno Shumba at FAME | People with Purpose Ep. 01

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People with Purpose Episode 01 – Uno Shumba at FAME Week Africa 2026, hosted by Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch

What gives you purpose – and what will you pass on? At FAME Week Africa 2026 I sat down with Uno Shumba, artist and entrepreneur, to talk about purpose, creativity and using your influence to lift others.

Prefer to listen? The episode is also on Spotify:

People with Purpose brings you honest conversations across industries and generations. Tell me in the comments: what gives you purpose?

β€” Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch

Knock-Knock… Let the fun begin!

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Marble Hunting

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It is the last marble that fills the jar. Without all the other marbles you can never fill the jar up to top, screw the lid on and declare it β€˜filled’. 
What if failing is part of the process?
I recently gave it much thought: what is the purpose if trying one million things and not β€˜achieving’ anything? Recently my friend showed me her new painting she is working on and remarked that she did not prepare the canvas like she usually does by priming the canvas. The result is the picture she is painting is absorbing all the coloured paint and the result is different than expected- it is more work. It becomes unpredictable and now takes more time to perfect because she has to wait for the paint to dry and to settle to reveal the dry paint picture.

Maybe the failures or marbles or boring white paint is the push-ups you need to build the muscle and predictability(sustainability) for the final product. It is only until the last marble drops you get to screw the lid on of the SUCCESS you want to stick your name on and put on the shelf to inspire(and teach) the generations to come.

Xxx
marthie
+27 83 767 2701
>In the picture is my ever faithful marbles I keep to inspire me to do β€˜eat that frog’ stuff in manageable units.
>Footcare as usual.
>received my first copy of Speak Afrikaans Easily Textbook! Yay! And busy with my youth novel β€˜Emma En Die Pienk Vis’ being edited. Cross your fingers β€˜Plaasjapie die varkie wat die wΓͺreld wou sien.’ (children’s book) has been submitted for publication at publication house: they say it takes 6 months… after Christmas then!
>I recently wrote a song about this theme called β€˜Pixelated Living’ but this one is more about being nested in someone else’s picture.
Pixelated Living(click on name to play)
Β© Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch 2021
 
I am the white noise 
I am the backdrop
I am the canvas
against which you succeed.

It is a pixelated lifestyle
of being somebody and nobody
of taking the lead
of laying low.

But I love how I stay connected
and how I can go with the flow
When I am beautifully nested
against the light and darkness I know

I am the white noise
I am the backdrop
I am the canvass
without which you 
cannot blend in or stand out
to succeed.
 

What do you want?

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Welcome to all the new subscribers! It is a privilege to learn from you.

I am putting the final touches on my textbook Speak Afrikaans Easily- RayDawn is helping me put it all together. He is a talented graphic designer I discovered amongst all the Speak Afrikaans Easily students on my Whatsapp group. I am hoping to publish it after Women’s Day(happy Women’s Day!) If you are interested in enrolling yourself or someone you know into an Afrikaans language class- the info is on my website. Http://www.MarthieNel.com 
 

I recently finished a video on a collaboration with Neal Stacey- he is the 2FEET4TB guy. I wrote a story-song about his life and the Woordfees wanted video content so I put some elbow grease into it. You can listen to the song and watch the video here.

Finding the door to your inner magic world where it is overflowing with jewels and treasure collecting dust in the cellar

Maya Angelou has recently inspired me with her life story(watch it here): I love how she shows up with her whole clan enveloped in who she is. I say β€˜is’ because although she has moved on I recently saw her words displayed on a coffee shop wall.

my favorite words of Maya is: β€œArt is how the Spirit shows up into the world: through people who are creative with their life and works.”

I think you know you have made it when your words find their way on a coffeeshop wall as a quote to inspire the customers. Or in the hearts of people you met on yout journey through life.

And yes the writing is on the wall for newsletters like this

No? Unsubscribe
Yes? Tell me what do you want from me(and how can we work together)
It’s about time to ask. How can I do to add value to your life?
In the past many people have got to know me as the one who #talks a lot, #sings a lot, #writes a lot and #nurses a lot.
I have many goals including winning a SAMA, a Grammy, inspire people and sometimes it feels – going to the moon!
But what are your goals? And how can we work together to make it an enjoyable journey and also reach our goals faster?

Because if we are going to be spending time together it’s time to start moving. Let. Me. Know. 
xxx
marthie
0837672702

PS Footcare as usual.

We will do it together.

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It has always been my dream to inspire people to find their purpose and run with it. My way of doing it is through writing songs. Recently I was (*1)made aware of a boy who needed help. Quickly a song was born, released with a lot of love from David Zipse’s music production skills and the powerful delivery of Indosakusa The Morning Star.
And as everybody knows: good stuff happens in three’s: next (*2)Woordfees asked submissions for video content and we rushed to make the week deadline that was given (I was still on holiday in Kwazulu Natal) We made it happen! #Together.
Now the challenge is to get the song out to the world to do its thing: inspire and empower people! (*3)You are the third magic component: by watching (and sharing) the video you can show your support.

Why else write another song?

To me this is a song that matters. What a privilege to collaborate with David Zipse and Indosakusa The Morning Star. Thank you for being part of the people who work together to make the world a better place: one song at a time. And for you listening, sharing and being part of the magical world of healing with music.

Sincerely,
Sr.Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch
Woman on Fire
Singer-Songwriter, Inspirational Speaker, Foot Care Nurse
083 767 2701
“Find your purpose and run with it!”
[email protected]
#FaceTheWorld #WeWillDoItTogether
#HealingMusic #FireSquared #WomanOnFire

A Song For Rodwell

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Rodwell is nine years old and lives in Zimbabwe. He has a dream to become a doctor, to heal the world.

Friday, 9 June his grandmother took him to an all-night-church meeting. While sleeping with the other children he was attacked by a hyena.

He now needs a new nose, cheeks, upper-lip and left eye. Rodwell is in good spirits in hospital keeping up with his schoolwork- especially Maths and English.

He arrived in South Africa last week where a miracle medical team is engineering his future and face.

Could it be that a boy can really heal the world? Yes, by bringing people and their gifts together.

Will it cost a lot? Yes, about one million rands, one million opportunities to show you care.

Can you give a hand? Yes, Rodwell represents every child with a dream. He becomes the voice of many reaching out to bring connection between people again- in a World that relies too much on just WIFI.
Link to help: here

Sr. Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch
Singer-Songwriter, Professional Nurse, Inspirational Speaker
β€œFind Your Purpose And Run With It”
[email protected]
083 767 2701
Instagram: Womanonfire_1
>In the picture: THE NEW RELEASE : written especially for Rodwell, arranged and produced by David Zipse and Featuring Indosakusa The Morning Star(from Zimbabwe- they are singing in Ndebele)
>Foot Care as usual. Note: I only do home visits in Stellenbosch/Somerset West with new COVID Level 4 restrictions.
>Encore Marthie Album is available here
>The song of the week is: Face The World: We will do it together. Link below to listen. Thank you to everybody making this possible.

Face the World

Chorus:
Face the world every day
A world to face
Just a boy with a dream to heal the world
Just a boy for the world to heal
Hold my hand and we will do it together

Verse 1:
Go to church
But also be church
I love myself and my neighbors
I love the God who made us
And His plan for us
To be brave and courageous

Chorus:
Face the world every day
A world to face
Just a boy with a dream to heal the world
Just a boy for the world to heal
Hold my hand and we will do it together

Verse 2:
Reaching out
And allow to be touched
Together we are stronger
I love the way we are all gifted
Gifts we share with one another
To be brave and courageous

Bridge:
There are hyenas lurking
Making prey of the innocent
After the maul what emerges
Is a face of the future
Who has to face the world every day

Chorus:
Face the world every day
A world to face
Just a boy with a dream to heal the world
Just a boy for the world to heal
Hold my hand and we will do it together

Outro:
Hold my hand and we will do it together
We can face the world together

when you join the story

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Yessss, it happened! Encore Marthie! A sold out show with Bram Potgieter as part of #HeuerHuiskonserte in Stellenbosch 9 June 2021. The highlight was this picture Gershwynn created for me as a gift. I asked for his biography and discovered- without knowing it- I was part of it! It just shows you never know when and how you become part of someone else’s story! I am sharing his bio below…
If you missed the show: you can buy the 25 songs : 25 years’ best songs in music by clicking on the link below OR you can book a House Concert at your place!

β€œGERSHWYNN LEO KAY, BORN 03 MARCH 1972

The first born of four siblings and only one that is left-handed. I started drawing before I can remember and never seen myself as an artist but my art as a hobby. When I draw or paint I go into my own world and it relaxes me and brings me peace that just cannot be explained. I’m a Pisces and very much a dreamer.

Draughtsman by profession for over 15 years in construction. I worked in Cape Town, Johannesburg and in Mozambique. Working away from home for months at a time I use to do self-portraits of work colleagues with no charge, simply because I enjoyed the challenge.

Since COVID-19 pandemic forced me to be unemployed from construction, I’ve found myself with lots of time on my hands. Time I used to paint and escape from the problems and the world.

This is when I met Marthie Nel that inspired me with her energy and straight forwardness, telling that I have a talent and that she is not one bit sorry for me sitting at home jobless and I’m doing nothing with it. I told her that I did not like critics, that’s why I do not put myself out there for the world to shoot me down. That I Love my art and I’m my own biggest fan. I am always amazed with myself when I finish a drawing or painting and could stare at it for hours. I fear people will not appreciate my art and see what I see.

Marthie Nel told me β€œwho cares, that there will always be critics and that I must take that negative criticism and turn it around and learn from it and make it a positive”. She then did the most amazing thing, she told me that she is planning a concert to promote my paintings! WOW! Now if that’s not motivation and believing in somebody, then I don’t know what is!

After advertising my paintings on my WhatsApp up status, I sold my first painting for a whopping R2500! The buyer told me the painting was worth every rand.

With this new found inspiration, I want to paint as much as I can, it’s always been my passion, more no With this new found inspiration, I want to paint as much as I can, it’s always been my passion, more now so than ever!

My family and friends always believed in me, it’s time I do too.”

Sr. Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch
Singer-Songwriter, Professional Nurse, Inspirational Speaker
β€œFind Your Purpose And Run With It”
[email protected]
083 767 2701
Womanonfire_1 instagram
#MondaysWithMarthie: goo.gl/9vbmfc

>In the picture: Gershwynn and me at Heuer Musikhaus
>Foot care as usual.
>SPECIAL THANKS to everybody who supported the Encore Marthie show in person and good vibes: it is much appreciated.
>Song of the week is β€˜Anthem Of Hope’ my newest Release cowritten, inspired and produced with amazing people Quinten Adams(#TheShackbuilder) and David Zipse(Ziptunes) https://spoti.fi/35HhHwK

The Bridge Builder Generation

Now is the time- to stop building walls and start Building bridges.
Now is the time to demonstrate to society- unite and build more bridges .
Now is the time -To teach our kids statements and talks at home of-how to build bridges.

Let us take time -to have enough courage 
Let us take time- to take people with us – When we cross the bridge….
Let us take time- I can show you how- To get to the other side.

Chorus: Let us be The Bridge Builder Generation
Let them call us the ones who made them proud
Let the generations to come 
Say we did it all with love
Let’s break free from the shacks and the shackles
We rise above it all 
finding a bright new future
With love from me to you

We build too many walls 
and not enough bridges.        
Ooh there’s Too many walls
Let’s build more bridges