Zandile Vilakazi-Mwenda is an ardent nation builder with the passion for research, writing, people development and nation building. She is a blogger on matters of active citizenship, writing articles, in various areas of nation building. She has a BA Law Degree, Honors in Public & Development Management, BA in Ministry, Certificate in Training and Skills Development. Is currently a Pastor in Church Ministry, and partly doing Consultancy work.
Before ministry, she operated her own Management Consulting Company working with a variety of local and international NGOs and donors (including the EU, GTZ, USAID and others) in developing, implementing and evaluating various projects. Her consultancy work focuses on organisational development, people development, skills development and small enterprise development. Prior to this, she worked for 10 years in Programme Management in a South African government Agency, and a non-profit organisation funded by the International Youth Fund.
She lives in Pretoria, South Africa.
ALAYTHEA HAMLYN, a BSc Honours in Chemistry, is a truth crusader at heart and has worked within a variety of industries. Her own chemical company developed and distributed voting ink for elections to a number of African countries. Her broad experience in a variety of fields, including medical research, food science, timber preservation, and hazardous substance management gave a solid foundation to publishing and media production on a very broad spectrum of topics, all geared towards disseminating as much truth as possible.
Alaythea has a passion for people to discover their true identity and enter into their full potential. She has been involved in video and film-making with the same aim. She was a founder member of the New Nation Movement that successfully brought the case of Independent Candidates standing for national office in elections, leading to the historic ruling for change to the Electoral Act to accommodate Independent Candidates.
Alaythea currently lives in Gauteng.