Brave Collective’s flagship all-women get-together is back, and this year, it’s pulling up more chairs, making space for every kind of woman, and gifting VIPs a dose of hope from yours truly at Good Things Guy!
Bryanston, Johannesburg (04 August 2025) – Ladies, there’s a special kind of magic brewing up in Bryanston. On 8 August (just ahead of National Women’s Day on Saturday), The Brave Collective will host its seventh Fortune Favours the Brave event, and it’s going to be something different.
It’s all about pulling up chairs to a table big enough for every single woman.
“When we started Brave, we imagined a table not a stage,” says co-founder Taryn Hunter Sharman,The Brave Collective. “A place where women could sit shoulder to shoulder – stay-at-home moms and CEOs, first-time founders and seasoned executives, to have honest conversations about money, leadership, and the lives we’re building.”
Now, with headline sponsor Nedbank backing the day, the table has grown.
It’s going to be a day built for brave conversations. It’s not an event where you’ll sit quietly and take notes. It’s a gathering designed to shift something in you.
The day will feature an exciting keynote address by award-winning South African musician Lira, who will share My Stroke of Luck, her raw and inspiring journey of healing after a stroke.
Taryn herself will also deliver a keynote based on her upcoming book Fearocious, diving into how fear, often seen as the thing holding us back, might just be the thing that sets us free.
There are also two breakout sessions designed to empower from the inside out:
BRAVE WEALTH masterclass with financial educator and author Mapalo Makhu, who will unpack how women can rewrite the money stories we’ve inherited.
“I think women are hungry for a new kind of conversation about money,” says Makhu. “Not just budgets and savings, but the psychology of it — the stories we’ve been told, and how to rewrite them.”
BRAVE VISIBILITY masterclass with powerhouse Samke Mhlongo, who will explore what it means to be seen and heard in a world that often asks women to shrink.
“Visibility isn’t about ego,” she shares. “It’s about stepping into spaces you’ve earned and being brave enough to stay there.”
All the good things, just for you!
Guests can expect lovely goodie bags chock-a-block with treasures from amazing brands like Clarins, HerWine, Estée Lauder and Biogen.
And for VIPs? Something extra special from the Good Things Guy!
The event’s co-founder Perri King says: “The Brave Collective is about showing women the good that’s already in them, and the good that can ripple out when they’re resourced and ready.”
An event worthy of being backed by our team and the good-things army.
Unsure of whether this is really something for you? The team has worked hard to create a space for every kind of woman, whether she’s climbing the corporate ladder, starting something new, raising a family, or just figuring out who she is next.
“Women’s Day can’t just be about celebrating how far we’ve come,” says Sharman. “It has to be about resourcing women for the steps still to come – and making sure they don’t have to take them alone.”
That’s the heart of Fortune Favours the Brave, and why so many women return to this space year after year, a little bit braver than before. Come and see.
Event details
Where? The Forum, Bryanston
When? Friday, 8 August 2025
Book: Tickets available here.
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