Zanele Gallacher is a General Manager at Black Umbrellas. She falls under the office of the Chief Operations Officer and oversees the portfolio of Enterprise Development, with a specific focus on business incubators and lounges, client recruitment, and the acceleration and business continuity programme.

Kabelo Baloyi‘s journey started when he was working for South African Training service when he used to do marketing and saw a gap in the market. He met with his business partner Tumelo and they started Nage Training Solutions. The company provides health and safety training and provides their clients with safety files. Tumelo Moletsane is a highly motivated business man, H&S Officer and Artisan who is able to provide key technical and Occupational health and safety Act support to company managers.

At Dikolobe Tja Byatladi Projects we run a free range piggery in a small village called Ga-Maria in the Mpumalanga province. What we basically do is breed and sell pigs. The business was started by my father as a hobby to keep himself busy after hours. Growing up I used to go there and help him do the farm chores and that’s where my love for farming began. In the year 2016 I did my research and found that one can actually make good money out of pigs, that’s when I decided to go attend a pig production course at the ARC to get proper understanding on how to run a piggery. I first heard of Black Umbrellas at the NYDA in Witbank. I’m only in my second month of the full incubation program and through the workshops I have attended thus far, I have realized that I know more on how to run a piggery but not how to run a business. The piggery is currently productive with 30 sows and the next step or goal is to have at least 100 breeding sows by the end of 2021.

Johannes Mnguni
Operations Manager
Essential Joyend PTY LTD
A passionate engineering champion, with gained experience across various fields of engineering. He displayed courage for leadership by offering guidance, discipline and shared experience. He has experience in Manufacturing, Maintenance and Quality Assurance. He served as a tradesman, a Technician and quality practitioner for various engineering companies. He is driven by innovation, change is Good but continuous change is superior.

Tshiamo Mnguni
Human Resource and Finance Manager
Essential Joyend PTY LTD

Self Driven and motivated individual who aims to revolutionise the engineering and mining spaces. She has gained experience in business administration and payroll management. Her love for people and compassion for finance qualified her to be a leader in HR and Finance for Essential Joyend. She is powered by compassion, Love is life but true love is within actions.

Bridget Seroka is the founder and managing director of Ecological Fields Environmental Consultancy. Ecological Fields (Pty) Ltd is a professional environmental consultancy that accomplishes projects in an eco-friendly, strategic, sustainable, and ethical manner. The company was formed in April 2016 and it is 100% black and woman-owned corporate. Bridget Seroka has over eight years’ experience in Environmental Management in both the mining and the consulting sectors. Her journey and passion in the Environmental sphere started back in high school when she was chosen to represent her high school (S J van der Merwe THS) in Environmental Projects and Presentations. She then followed her passion by enrolling at the Tshwane University of Technology, where she studied Environmental Science and Geology. After completing her studies, she worked at Anglo American Thermal Coal in Mpumalanga and other environmental consultancies, where she saw a niche between Business Entities, Social Responsibilities, Environmental Education and Environmental Regulations, which encouraged her to open her own Environmental firm which aims to carters for the deficit. Ecological fields have grown sustainably over the past years with clients in the mining, treatment plants, and other companies.
Bridget has been involved in business and project management of various types of Mining related and EIA projects. This includes liaising with other in-house consultants, clients, specialist teams, external consultants, and service providers to ensure that project outputs are delivered on time, and according to project requirements. Responsibilities include:
Coordinating and facilitating public participation processes /stakeholder engagement, Ambient air monitoring, and dust fallout monitoring, including report writing. Environmental Impact Assessments (Basic Assessment, Full Scoping/EIA and NEMA Section 24G), Mining Authorizations, Environmental Management Plans, Environmental Auditing, Waste and water lic

Director, General and Marketing Manager of Rakhuma Creatives with 12 years experience in the business field. Thabiso holds multiple certificates in business management and has been a director of Rakhuma Creatives a graphic Design and Branding company since 2013. Khutso Masha is a seasoned Graphic Designer, co-founder and director of Rakhuma Creatives.
Though wheelchair bound, his passion and hard-working attitude coupled with over 10 years’ experience in the design and printing industry adds value to our core products and services, and is one of the pillars the rests upon.