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Inkosi (Chief) Thokozile Ndlovu
Vukani Traditional Centre
Ofafa Area
Ixopo
Kwazulu Natal

Chief Thokozile was born and raised in Ofafa and did her schooling in Empageni, she married Chief Ndlovu at a young age. Not being able to have children of her own, her husband did seek another woman and had a son. He was killed in the 1991 violence and being their tradition, she had to take over the responsibility of looking after and raising his illegitimate son who is to become chief when he turns 25. Until then, she was selected as Chief by her community and took over full responsibilities from 1994.

Her responsibilities as Chief includes:

Controls the Ofafa area of 6500 ha which consists of 11 schools with an average of 1200 kids per school. (19 classes x 74 kids/class x 11 schools)
The Ofafa area is divided into 10 Indunas, each Induna has a responsible person that is selected by the people to control his Induna. These people have to report to Inkosi Thokozile – she is the top authority figure.
Ensuring that all paper work for individual community members are in order, from ID documents, marriage contracts to pensioners’ claims and grants.
Settles any and all disputes in their tribal court.
She is a Provincial Member of the House of Traditional Leaders representing Sisonke Municipal District which includes Ixopo, Underberg, Kokstad and Umzinkulu.

Testimonial: “The training received by Clover Mama Afrika brings the women of my community together to realise their potential and for this we will always be grateful.”

Sustainable skills training:

Food Gardens
31 women of the community were trained to grow their own fresh vegetables. They are now able to be self sufficient in providing their families with homegrown produce and in time generate income as well.

Cooking and baking
Inkozi Thokozile continues to transfer her skill to empower many women to assist with feeding schemes.

Crocheting
15 members of the community were trained to crochet trendy shoes and bags. It has proven to be a popular self-help project.

Siyabonga bread oven
8 members were trained to work in shift. The community now has their first "bakery" in the area.

Sewing
One of the Thokozile's passion is to sew and since learning the skill she is making aprons and dresses as well as other affordable items for her community.

Other skills/workshops/self-help projects received:

Mobile public phone
Flower arranging

Mama Thokozile's Photo Competition: