Our VALUES & PRINCIPLES
"None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." – Mother Teresa
Meet The Action Heroes
Chief Operations Officer
Phindle Nyembe cofounder of the orgaization joined The Ubusha Foundation with the vision and drive to improve upon our NGO, and focused on developing the organization with experience and integrity. She gets work done who values time and quality. She is often called "dimples" because of the life she brings into our spaces. She is for women in business and leadership.
Musa Mhelembe
Chief Executive Officer
With us since the formation of The Ubusha Foundation, Musa Mhelembe is decisive makes decisions with conviction. Highly experienced in marketing, leadership and organizational management, with a strong skill sets of innovation and ideation, very futuristic and results driven. one of our veteran team members. The team named him "Encyclopedia" for his brain and everything knowlegde.
Head of Psychology & Education
Experienced, trustworthy, fun. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. Christina Mokoena is truly a joy to be around and makes it a pleasure to come to work every single day, a young dedicated industrial psychologist dedicated to serving young people and women, with high interests in education, mental and physical health.
Head of Agriculture & Horticulture
With us since our founding, Elelwani Nesengani is one of our veteran team members. They bring their years of experience and skills in agriculture to the forefront in helping our organization grow and succeed. He is dedicated to helping young people start, run and grow their agribusinesses and competing in the agricultural space. He is young, funny and full of life.
Khuliso Mudau
Head of Environment, Sustainability & Engineering
Khuliso Mudau is a critical and logical thinker, who is passionate about climate change and clean renewable enegry, when he joined the team, his vision was to pioneer the next generation of ecoprenuers
Snr Agricultural Economist
Young, experienced, deadline driven, "Mr Serious", fun. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. Life Makhubela is all about giving young people access to resources and equal opportunities for them to grow and better their livelihoods
Snr Animal Scientist
Emmanuel Malematja's major love for animals and genetics made him a friendly and very sensible team member with a lot of great work techniques and ideas, no one can stop this young animal scientist They bring their years of experience and skills to the forefront in helping our organization grow and succeed. He is multi skilled, enjoys video games and building anything amazing.
Precious Nesengani
Snr Environmental Scientist
Young, Experienced, Ocean lover, fun. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. She is experienced within the Ocean and environmental protection space. She is an advocate for the environment
Director of Health & Research
Ambitious, passionate and innovative scientist, a young medical scientist who holds a strong background in medical genetics, Biochemistry, human anatomy, and physiology, there is no stopping this young woman. Her interest are education and quality healthcare for everyone.
Environmental Scientist
Nicknamed "Mellda", Mellda is about adventure, being mysterious and nature. She is experienced within the wildlife space. She is an advocate for the conservation of wildlife animals and wildlife protection. She lives by loving everything that this beautiful planet has to offer, with it's different creatures big or small.
Lusani Mudau
Crop Scientist
Young, Experienced, Reserved. These are just a few of the ways coworkers describe this invaluable member of our team. She is experienced within the land conservation space, crop production and management. She is an advocate for women in farming.
Biotechnology & Research
Young, multi lingual, studied Applied Biology & Biopharmaceutical Science in Europe and speaks French, lover of good food and great company. Currently studying Applied Social Science, majoring in psychology & counselling. Dedicated and a book worm, She has a vision to make the world a better place for young girls to be able to become and be anyone they dream they can be.
Industrial Psychologist
Analytical and , motivated, enthusiastic and skilled, with experience in counselling, team building, conflict management, human development. She loves finding missing pieces in a puzzle. She is an advocate for mental health and education.
Thabiso Motlakase
IT / Agronomist
An expert in the study of soil management and crop development. Multi skilled young leader with keen interest in Information Technology, engineering and agriculture. Attentive listener and very outspoken member of the team. An advocate for rural development and equal opportunities for all. Self starter and a hardworking young leader .
Environmental Scientist
He is all about results and being the best, recognized as a Golden Key Society member , young and enthusiastic emerging natural scientist, establishing himself within the field of biological and environmental sciences.
Agricultural Scientist
competitive and , motivated, enthusiastic and skilled, with experience in agriculture, education and environment, team building, research management, youth development. She loves making research interesting and fun. She is an advocate for women in agriculture and education. A international rotary alumni.
Lazola Bangani
Environmental Scientist
He is a young scientist with a zeal to search for more solutions to mitigate anthropogenic acts posed to the environment and is very passionate about Environmental sustainability.
Environmental Scientist
Her analytical ability has propels her to take on every task with a holistic view, quick to grasp new ideas and concepts , optimistic individual who wants to change the world with innovative ideas and their implementation.
Director for Programs and Power Building
Finding gaps and innovative ways to serve is what drives him. He is an over achiever who gets things done. Passionate about entrepreneurship, social responsibility. He believes in being supportive and humble, he is a driver of positive energy and change that transforms people into greater pioneers of society.
Qawekazi Mkabile
Environmental Scientist
She is a young scientist with the right set of skills to take on any obstacle that may come her way, she is dedicated to everyone having access to better and quality water and sanitation. She is an expert in water management and climate change .
Environmental Scientist
He has field work experience, interpretation, and compilation of scientific reports. He has skills in spatial analysis and advanced GIS, Remote sensing, presentation and research, he is passionate about rural development and environmental education. He is solution orientated and gets the job done with a warm and intelligent personality.
Agricultural Scientist : Applied Plant & Soil Sciences
He is passionate and a goal driven young agricultural scientist, he has a strong background in agronomy, horticulture, pasture and soil sciences. He is all about solving technical problems and asking the right questions to finding the right solutions.
Phakamani L Masuku
Botanist Engineer
He is a dedicated, practical, and organized young scientist who is an expert in Biodiversity Conservation, Aquatic toxicology, Ecotoxicology, Environmental monitoring, Ecological Infrastructure Restoration, Plant Medicines, Endemic and Indigenous plant restoration, Plant Ecophysiology. He passionate about environmental education.
Environmental Geologist
He is always prepared to put his knowledge and abilities to deliver the best results in everything that he does, he goal orientated, driven and an individual who believes in lifting and empowering others through community development. He is an expert in Safety, Mining and Environmental Geology related field with a solid foundation in Mining and Environmental Geology
Animal Scientist
His research interests are genetic improvement, genomics, climate smart agriculture and animal nutrition. He is full of life and is for the outdoor activities, as he loves travelling and hiking, if he is not in the outdoors, he is singing. He is an expert in animal breeding and genetics.
Muhammed Khan
Environmental Engineer
He is a young scientist with a zeal to search for more solutions to mitigate anthropogenic acts posed to the environment and is very passionate about Environmental sustainability.
Environmental Specialist
Graduated in Bachelor of Science with extensive research in phylogenetics, ecology and histology. He is a very humble scientist with a very dedicated and passionate spirit for community development and an activist for water for all, he believes everyone should have access to water as a human basic need.
Environmental Scientist
Her skills are GIS , data capturing, and Transcription, she has a welcoming and bubbly personality. She is a passionate about environmental sciences and an expert in geography, her keen interest are women in roles of leadership and young girls being given opportunities to take up space .
Kgomotso Manala
Soil Scientist
He is a young scientist within the environmental management field. He is an expert in ecological studies, environmental impact assessment. His set of skills are soil and vegetation maps. He loves to read in his spare time.
Soil Scientist
A focused, and self-driven young scientist who enjoys solving technical skills and enjoys challenges as they help him become more innovative, he is a health fanatic and very spontaneous as he doesn't set goals, he moves as the river flows. .
Environmental Scientist
Her analytical ability has propels her to take on every task with a holistic view, quick to grasp new ideas and concepts , optimistic individual who wants to change the world with innovative ideas and their implementation.
Agricultural Specialist
He is passionate about research, With a solid foundation in product development and regulatory dossiers research, he always prepared to put his knowledge and abilities to deliver the best results in everything that he does.
Ubusha
Environmental Scientist
- He is a young scientist with a zeal to search for more solutions to mitigate anthropogenic acts posed to the environment and is very passionate about Environmental sustainability.
Environmental Scientist
Her analytical ability has propels her to take on every task with a holistic view, quick to grasp new ideas and concepts , optimistic individual who wants to change the world with innovative ideas and their implementation.