#BehindtheMask: Nizenande Machi, co-founder of Lucha Lunako

Nizenande Machi, affectionately known as Niz, is a bundle of energy with a spark for life. She’s opinionated and sassy, and hell bent on changing negative opinions on SA youth and uplifting South Africa’s youth culture. In addition to co-founder of youth development lab, Lucha Lunako,

While Lucha Lunako™ believes that the first step in their established youth development framework, is developing a sense of self and the belief in the self ‘I have it’. The second component involves a sense of community and those around you i.e. ‘You have it

PREPARING the youth to succeed in the workplace would require a new approach and mindset change, says youth development lab Lucha Lunako which released its Youth Development Reimagined Report yesterday. Reshaping the development and empowerment of youth was just one of the approaches needed to