Amanda Mathule
Founder & CEO
Amanda is an entrepreneur, family business owner and blogger of all things pertaining to business families. Thrust into the hot seat of running the family taxi business Amanda recognised quickly how the involvement of family changes everything. Armed with this insight Amanda wrote her first book Business Families | Someone has to lead in which she shares through her Business Family Model the “family business technology” she wished she had been aware of when she first assumed responsibility for the Mathole family business. Passionate about the role entrepreneurship can play in empowering those who are unemployed in Kasi, Amanda is currently focused on building KiPiDi into an ecosystem to support township entrepreneurs and thereby enhance the culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa and contribute to the triple challenge of unemployment, poverty, and inequality.
Salome Letsaolo
Director
After matriculating Salome joined the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Development, graduating as a Provincial Traffic Officer from the Limpopo Traffic Training College in Polokwane, where she was involved in law enforcement, education, assistance and providing information to the public. Salome furthered her studies at the University of Johannesburg graduating with a Certificate in Logistics as well as a Diploma in Transport Management. No longer based in Limpopo, Salome joined a private sector testing company in Gauteng involved in roadworthy and technical inspection checks. A mother with young children, Salome shares the concerns of all parents regarding the economy of the future that our children will inherent. Joining forces with Amanda is Salome’s commitment to her children that the future will deliver an economy where there is economic opportunity for all.
Dr Sibongile Nzuza
Director
Dr Nzuza is a medical doctor having graduated from Medunsa with a MBChB in 1999. Prior to qualifying as a medical doctor Dr Nuzuza worked in commerce before qualifying and working as a medical technologist. Focused on becoming a medical doctor Dr Nzuzua enrolled at Medunsa in 1994 to pursue her dream. After graduating Dr Nzuza served as a medical doctor within the Department of Health for three years before going into private practice where she is to be found today. A mother like her co-directors, Dr Nzuza shares the same concerns regarding the economy of the future our children will inherit. As a mentor to Amanda, and a woman who is self employed there is no one better placed to help guide KiPiDi in its mission to empower the unemployed, young and old alike, as we all seek to sustain ourselves economically in this most challenging of times.