IN THE SPOTLIGHT: DR THANDI NDLOVU – CEO OF MOTHEO CONSTRUCTION

Dr. THANDI NDLOVU was born in the sprawling townships of Soweto and schooled at Orlando High School. She obtained academic excellence and participated in various student organizations, including the Student's Christian Movement – of which she was a Founder Member. At the height of the Soweto Student's Uprising in 1976 she was serving as the Administrative Secretary of the Student's Representative Council (SRC) at the University of Fort Hare. She was forced to abandon her Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree as a direct result of the oppression that followed. She spent the next couple of years in training within the ranks of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) – the African National Congress (ANC) Military Wing. In 1976 she was part of the contingent of MK cadres who were posted to Novo Catengue a military training camp in the South of Angola. She served within MK as a Senior Political Commissioner, charged with running a Literacy and Education Programme - among the one-thousand odd new MK recruits. She also served as a Commander. Although, at that point, not medically trained, she was appointed a Medical Officer, working under the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer responsible for overseeing the health needs of the soldiers.