Impact Area: Convenor of the Lucha Lunako Facilitation Network
Location: Johannesburg
Zandile is a passionate youth and skills development practitioner, as well as an entrepreneur. She earned her Bachelor of Arts Honours degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts, USA, where she majored in Political Science, Theatre, and Dance. Zandile has run projects in both Cape Town and Johannesburg, using the arts as a tool for social change, working with focused on the arts, sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), and education as avenues for empowering young people. Furthering her studies, Zandile, has also furthered her studies and qualified as a Skills Development Facilitator, and has more recently pursued entrepreneurship, founding a media, communications, and training agency that focuses on innovative storytelling. In her spare time, she DJs under the name DJ FREE and also plays indoor netball.
After spending over 5 years of running her own business, Zandile realised she missed the immediacy of working directly with young people and facilitating their growth. Discovering Lucha Lunako was a perfect fit for her, as it offered the opportunity to return to development work while allowing her to continue her entrepreneurial journey. She is thrilled to join a vibrant and diverse team and, most importantly, to work more closely with the vibrant youth of South Africa.
- Would like to be part of the Lucha Facilitator Network
- Would like to create and run training programmes
- Would like to integrate creative practices into programmes
- Would like to upskill yourself as a facilitator