Nobubele Nzima
TFounder and director: Bellarosa WIP Agricultural Primary Co-operative, Bellarosa WIP Productions,
Future Builders Foundation
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@bellarosamthathapoultry
Her upbringing in the Maydene Farm township provided her with first-hand experience in learning the needs of rural communities, which has shaped her work with FBF.
@Bellarosa WIP Productions Pty Ltd he Mthatha-born go-getter is the director and founder of three business ventures: Bellarosa WIP Agricultural Primary Co-operative, a poultry farm, Bellarosa WIP Productions and Future Builders
Foundation (FBF).
“We help five schools in our community with uniforms, shoes and books for learners. We organise workshops for teenagers and young people to help fight drug abuse and rape,” she says. “We also encourage the youth to start businesses working with the National Youth Development Agency Mthatha.”
Nobulele Nzima
Focusing on the future is at the top of Nobuhle Nzima’s priority list, with youth and women empowerment a prime concern. She hopes to continue expanding her businesses, creating opportunities for the previously disadvantaged
and continuing her work as an activist against gender-based violence.
Nzima’s work in communities has garnered her significant decorations and distinctions. She was named one of Nestlé Bar One’s youth changemakers in its It Starts With One campaign, she was chosen as one of 35 delegates to attend this year’s French Embassy Women Agripreneurs Programme and she is a trainee for the World of Innovators, a 100-day challenge that mobilises South Africans in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide.
I’m all for women in leadership and women empowerment, so any movement that’s created to protect women, children and youth, I’ll always support with
everything in me.
A life of purpose was always on the cards for Nzima. Her advice?
“Life is full of opportunities for youth and women. Ask for help, talk to people, pray for direction and always remember to be kind to yourself.”