The Moments That Make Winter Worth Embracing -

NIVEA’s “Brave The Chill” challenge is celebrating the everyday rituals that make winter worth embracing, with some of SA’s favourite radio personalities.

Nokubonga Maci

Dudu Khoza

Tholoana Moletsane

Mokopi Molebatsi

Bradwin Monyamane

Radio icons Nokubonga Maci (top-left), Dudu Khoza (top-centre), Tholoana Moletsane (top-right), Mokopi Molebatsi (bottom-left), and Bradwin Monyamane (bottom-right) share their personal cold-weather rituals and passed-down family wisdom. From early morning broadcasts to everyday family care, they remind South Africans how simple routines bring comfort and connection throughout the season.

Winter means something different to everyone. For some, it’s a 5 am run before the rest of the city wakes. For others, it’s whipping up your favourite curry and bringing out your trusty, thick winter blanket. For millions more, it’s catching the first taxi before dawn, opening the shop for the day, or sharing that first hot cup of coffee before work begins.

Winter may change the weather, but it doesn’t change who we are. South Africans have never been known for putting life on hold until spring arrives. Instead, it’s often the season’s everyday rituals – the moments shared with family, friends, communities and even ourselves – that become the moments that give the season meaning.

This winter, NIVEA is celebrating those moments through its “Brave The Chill Challenge”, encouraging South Africans to embrace the rituals that make the season worth celebrating rather than simply enduring.

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Helping bring the initiative to life are five of South Africa’s best-loved radio personalities, whose voices accompany millions of listeners through chilly winter mornings every day. Dudu ‘Lady D’ Khoza from Ukhozi FM, Nokubonga Maci from Umhlobo Wenene FM, Tholoana Moletsane from Lesedi FM, Mokopi Molebatsi from Motsweding FM and Bradwin Monyamane from Thobela FM will each be sharing the winter rituals that make the season special to them, while inviting listeners to do the same.

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