Coffee Connects: May 2026
2026-05-08 08:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | KwaZulu Natal
Guest Speaker: Wendy Hind
There’s an art to packing perfectly and it starts well before you’ve slipped the first shirt off the hanger and into your suitcase. Be honest. How much of what you pack do you actually wear? 20%? 50%? Travel is about efficiency, yet, however frequently some people travel, they seldom seem to manage the art of packing successfully. There are three words that get you into a lot of trouble when you pack: ‘Just in case’. Discover how to pack perfectly – you need never arrive at your destination with over-packed, bulging baggage again. Wendy’s Perfectly Packed Workshop visually shows you what to pack and how to pack using ONE bag for a two-week trip!
Wendy Hind is a Corporate Ambassador & Senior Image Consultant, personally trained by Chata. She joined Chata Romano International in 2006. She has built a reputation for changing people’s lives, encouraging them to make their own personal statement and find individuality through the image they project.

Guest Speaker: Kate Oliver
Kate is a born and bred Safffa – who has no intention of leaving (unless it is on a return ticket).
She has spent her entire working life trying to figure out where she should be and has slowly got there.
She has worked at schools both locally and overseas. Kate worked at a cooking school in Scotland and ran a pop up restaurant at the festival (Edinburgh that is!)
She also owned a coffee shop – not for sissies!
Kate cooked and hostessed for a Safari company all around the SA – she will tell you one thing - NOTHING prepared her for safari life but safari life prepared her for EVERYTHING!
iNsingizi saw her step out the kitchen and into the marketing and managing area of business – she loved it, and will always be grateful for the push.
Ndaka is a whole new amazing challenge and she is relishing each day as it teaches her new lessons and enables her to breathe in deeply and know we live in an unbelievable, beautiful, harsh, magical country.
Kate has had her ups and downs, her heartache and heartbreak and moments of complete despair but at the end of the day the ups outweigh the downs and she feels privileged to have a life that is full of fabulous people and wonderful experiences

Guest Speaker: Claudette Lingenfelder
Claudette will be chatting about her travel adventures in different countries, exploring their cultures and beautiful scenery, as well as her journey along the way - how she grew as a person and progressed to where she is today.
Claudette is an internationally qualified beautician and makeup up artist who is very well travelled. She spent 6 years abroad travelling and visiting numerous countries. In 2014 she settled down in SA and opened her makeup and hair-styling business BEAUTY BEYOND BY CLAUDETTE.
After being in business for 2 years she won the KZN Young Achiever Award for the Entrepreneur Category in 2016. In December 2016 she was also the runner up for the Umhlanga Women Achiever of the Year, 2017 January she was the finalist for the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Year Competition and in September 2017 she was in the Top 5 Entrepreneurs of SA for the Standard Bank Rising Star Awards.

Coffee Connects: June 2026
2026-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | KwaZulu Natal

June 2026 Meeting
2026-06-04 08:00 - 10:30 | Onomo Hotel, 56 KE Masinga Rd, Stamford Hill, Durban, South Africa

June 2026 Workshop
2026-06-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Master Builders, 40 Essex Terrace, Westville

July 2026 Meeting
2026-07-02 08:00 - 10:30 | Onomo Hotel, 56 KE Masinga Rd, Stamford Hill, Durban, South Africa
