Quick facts
- Broadcast
- Hope Alive Radio, Kempton Park, 18 June 2026
- Time
- Evening broadcast, 20:30
- Speaker
- Khabo Mnguni, CEO of ZS Uniforms
- Topics
- Community-rooted uniform manufacturing and the Threads for iKasi Foundation
- Audience
- Township audiences across the communities ZS Uniforms serves
- Foundation
- Threads for iKasi Foundation, the community arm of ZS Uniforms
Full Interview
Khabo Mnguni on Hope Alive Radio
Broadcast live on Hope Alive Radio, 18 June 2026 at 20:30
Khabo Mnguni at the Hope Alive Radio studio, 18 June 2026. She wore the Threads for iKasi Foundation sweatshirt, bringing the mission's identity to the microphone.
Hope Alive
Radio Station
20:30
Broadcast Time
18 Jun
Interview Date
Community radio carries a story home. On a cold June evening, right in the middle of a South African winter, Khabo Mnguni sat down with Hope Alive Radio for a live interview that put the ZS Uniforms story exactly where it belongs: in the living rooms, kitchens, and commutes of the very communities this business was built to serve.
The timing was not lost on anyone. Earlier that same evening, South Africa had just earned a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Czechia at the FIFA World Cup, Teboho Mokoena's late penalty earning Bafana Bafana their first point of the tournament. The nation was still buzzing when Khabo walked into the Hope Alive Radio studio, and the energy of that moment, South Africa showing up on the world stage and holding its ground, carried right into the conversation about what ZS Uniforms and the Threads for iKasi Foundation are building, one learner at a time.
Shaping Minds for a Better Future
Hope Alive Radio, broadcasting from Chloorkop, Kempton Park, carries a single mission: shaping minds for a better future. Founded in May 2020 by Siphiwe Chris and Phindile Mathebula, the station was built to bring living hope to South African communities. That phrase, carried on every broadcast, is not incidental to what ZS Uniforms does. It is the description of it. When a learner receives a school jersey through the Fudumala Jersey Drive, when a child walks into class in a clean, complete uniform, what changes is not just appearance. What changes is the internal conversation a young person has about what they are capable of, and where they belong.
And the geography matters. Chloorkop sits minutes from Tembisa, the township where ZS Uniforms was built. This was not a story broadcast from a distance. It was a conversation between two Kempton Park institutions that understand exactly where South Africa's future is being shaped.
The Mission Wore a Sweatshirt
Look at the photographs from that evening and you will notice something deliberate: Khabo walked into the Hope Alive Radio studio wearing a Threads for iKasi Foundation sweatshirt. Not a branded ZS Uniforms shirt, not a formal suit. The sweatshirt of the Foundation. In a single wardrobe choice, she made visible what the interview was really about: the community that ZS Uniforms exists to clothe and the foundation she chairs to ensure no learner is left without.
The Threads for iKasi Foundation, which coordinates the Fudumala Jersey Drive and the 1000 Uniforms Campaign, has distributed hundreds of school jerseys and complete uniform sets to learners across Gauteng and into the Eastern Cape. Khabo brought that story to the microphone with its name printed on her chest.
Why Community Radio Matters
Community radio reaches a different listener than print media does. It reaches the parent who cannot afford a data bundle. The grandmother who raised the kids and listens every evening. The school principal who tunes in on the drive home. These are the people whose daily decisions shape whether a child gets to school uniformed and ready to learn, or does not go at all.
When Khabo speaks on a platform like Hope Alive Radio, she is not speaking to decision-makers in boardrooms. She is speaking directly to the community, and the community hears its own story, told back to it with pride.
"Every child deserves to walk into school feeling proud and equal to their peers. A uniform is not just clothing. It is confidence, it is belonging, it is the first step toward believing in your own potential."
A Business Built in Tembisa, Broadcast to Tembisa
ZS Uniforms began in Tembisa. Every stitch of the story, from a family legacy in uniform manufacturing to an award-winning social enterprise, traces back to the streets and schools of that township. When Khabo appears on community radio, she is not exporting a story outward. She is returning it to where it was born, giving the community direct access to the account of its own impact.
The interview, broadcast on the evening of 18 June 2026, is available in full above. Listen in and hear the conversation that took the ZS Uniforms story back home.
Keep Warm: The Drive Behind the Sweatshirt
June in Gauteng is cold. Not the gentle chill of a coastal city, but the bone-dry Highveld cold that bites through a thin school jersey at 7am on a Monday morning. That is the cold that learners across Tembisa and beyond face every winter, and it is exactly what the Fudumala Jersey Drive was built to answer. Run by the Threads for iKasi Foundation, Fudumala, meaning "keep warm," collects and distributes school jerseys to learners who arrive at school each winter without one.
When Khabo sat in that studio on a winter's night wearing the Foundation's sweatshirt, she was not wearing it for the camera. She was making a point. The work is inseparable from who she is, and it is most urgent in the exact season when this interview aired. If that conversation moved you, here is how to be part of it: fudumala.threadsforikasi.org.
Full Interview Available
Use the audio player at the top of this page to listen to the full Hope Alive Radio interview with Khabo Mnguni.
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Questions people ask about this interview
When did Khabo Mnguni appear on Hope Alive Radio?
Khabo Mnguni was interviewed live on Hope Alive Radio on 18 June 2026, in the 20:30 evening broadcast.
Where does Hope Alive Radio broadcast from?
Hope Alive Radio broadcasts from Kempton Park, Gauteng.
Who is Khabo Mnguni?
Khabo Mnguni is the CEO of ZS Uniforms, which she founded in 2020 in Tembisa, Gauteng.
What did Khabo Mnguni talk about on Hope Alive Radio?
She spoke about community-rooted uniform manufacturing, the ZS Uniforms story, and the work of the Threads for iKasi Foundation.
What is Threads for iKasi Foundation?
Threads for iKasi Foundation is the community social investment arm of ZS Uniforms, established in 2023. It has donated more than 1,500 uniforms to learners across Tembisa and surrounding communities.
Can I listen to the interview?
Yes. The full interview is available to play on this page.
Where is ZS Uniforms based?
ZS Uniforms is at the corner of Benin and Swaziland Street, Section Isivana, Tembisa, Kempton Park, 1632, Gauteng, South Africa.
How do I contact ZS Uniforms?
Call 010 065 2039, WhatsApp 082 640 4098, or use the contact form on the ZS Uniforms website. ZS Uniforms responds to all enquiries within 24 hours on business days.