Makaziwe Mandela

Dr. Makaziwe Mandela is chairperson of Nozala Investments (Pty) Ltd and became chairperson of Afripack during 2005. Dr Mandela holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts and started out as a social worker in Transkei.

She has had a full and chequered career that has involved working in several other countries and received a Fullbright Foreign Scholarship and a Fullbright Distinguished Fellowship Award.

Dr. Mandela holds directorships in Nestl SA and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, among others. She has presented numerous papers over the years inclusive of the role of women in a changing South Africa.

She has been intricately involved in developing a substantial investment portfolio within Nozala and using these funds in the economic upliftment and empowerment of women in South Africa.