Phumelele Zonela - Co-Founder and Executive Director: Zazi Heritage

Phumelele worked in Port Elizabeth as a Life Orientation Facilitator in high schools for a period of  4 years with Scripture Union SA (1997-1999). He later joined the Catholic Welfare and Development as a manager of HIV/Aids programmes focusing on church communities in Cape Town (2000). Phumelele worked for Rural Education and Access Programme from 2001 till 2005 as a university and technikon student development advisor fucusing on all higher institutions in the Eastern Cape, Pretoria and Limpopo regions. He has an extensive experience as a heritage researcher and in designing heritage prgrammes and heritage commercial products.   

Lindikaya Ntshinga - Co-Founder and Executive Director: Zazi Health

Lindikaya oversees all Health related functions of Zazi Foundation with particular focus on the Health TV channel. Prior to forming Zazi Foundation, Lindikaya owned and operated a media agency that build IP TV channels. Before that Lindikaya had exciting career in technology, having working for IBM and Microsoft.

Rithuli Orleyn - Co-Founder and Executive Director: Zazi Education

Rithuli's passion for Education and Development of young minds is evident in the developmental work he has done in communities in the Western Cape. Projects completed over the past 2 years include Digital Access Program for SMME (funded by the City of Cape Town and the Department of Social Development). Rithuli has also worked with Youth Agencies like the former Umsobomvu Youth Fund on a variety of projects.

Board Members 

Vusumzi January - BCom Finance (UCT) - Woolworths Financial Services

Masibonge Mzwakali - Attorney at Law - LLB - Bowman Gilfillan

Dr. Sizwe Mbili - Neurosurgery - UCT

Pedro Sibara - BSc (Computer Science) - IBM