Director Woman Magazine, February 2022

NOITIDE 2202 YRAURBEF ENIZAGAM NAMOW ROTCERID fastrackTHE BASADI BOHLALE EDITION DIRECTOR WOMAN MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2022 EDITION YEAR OF JUST IN: BASADI BOHLALE S O L' & TYPE4GIRL BECOME CONTENT PARTNERS! TYPE4GIRL. TO ANNOUNCEMOC.LRIG4EPYT.WWW NO ELBALIAVA NOITIDE ELALHOB IDASAB EHTwAWoAmKEeNnED NEW PROJECT - THE BASADI O N THE RISE BOHLALE COLLABORATIVE MEET NONI RASELUMA OF +Queen of luxeFOUNDERS INITIATIVE CROWNED WOMEN MAMOREI NYAMA

CONTENTS February 2022 4 10 13 NONI RASELUMA A SOUTH AH GIRL, LIVING IN COVER STORY SHANGHAI - MEET KHANYA CROWNED GUNDWANA 6 WOMEN MOVEMENT, NPO 7 NOLWAZI LEKUBA-SIBIYA type4girl x S O L' FOUNDER & CEO, EYODWA KUPHELA DISCLAIMER Copyright 2022 type4girl. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or otherwise, without the prior written and explicit permission by Director Woman or Director Woman Fastrack Magazines or type4girl. While due diligence, i.e research, has been performed to ensure accuracy and credibility, any advice and information given or presented to readers for consumption in any article contained in this Issue or Edition, whether generated and written internally by the Director Woman Editorial Team or an external contributor, the Chief Editor, Editorial Team, Contributors, Director Woman and Director Woman Fastrack Magazines and type4girl cannot accept responsibility for any damage, inconvenience or loss that may arise therefrom. disclaimerPlease read this with our Feature and Submission Policy available on www.type4girl.com.

DW ED'S NOTE YEAR OF BASADI BOHLALE Happy New Year Director Woman! With every bit of hope that we 'lose' whenever the year ends on a low, we have a new day to regain with every New Year. That's why I LOVE New Years! It's such a refreshing time of the year because hey, last year was great, maybe not, but we're here now, in a brand New Year. And for a lot of us, we can dream again, hope again, smile again. And guess what? We are doing exactly that! Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing with you news of a brand new Initiative that will see us partner with black women-led entities to help make entrepreneurship great again! (Okay, that's a reach but heck yeah!). Be on the lookout for the Basadi Bohlale Collaborative Founders Initiative announcnement on type4girl.com. I'll chat to you again in a month or so, for now, I'll need to get my bearings together because the first quarter always flies by too darn fast. The very best, Masekane N. CHIEF EDITOR Director Woman Magazines 3 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

AWAKENED WOMEN ON THE RISE THROUGH THE CROWNED WOMEN MOVEMENT, NONI RASELUMA ASPIRES TO CULTIVATE A BREED OF WOMEN WHO ARE RELENTLESS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF THEIR DREAMS.

DW NONI RASELUMA rowned Women Movement is a Non Profit Organisation that hosts \"women empowerment events to unleash the vested power of women. These events c serve as fundraising for our girl child programs where we mentor youmngentogrirls in disadvantaged communities and donate basic hygiene products like sanitary pads and toiletries.\" Director Woman caught up with its founder Nontobeko 'Noni' Raseluma about the NPO and their latest news. DW: Share with us the moments leading up DW: What or when is your next event? to you founding Crowned Women. Noni: February is commonly known as the month of love and we have themed this Noni: I came to the point of self actualization. month “SELF LOVE”. We had a live I was awakened to my truth, that the calling Instagram chat on the topic of self love upon my life will not be occupied by any which is saved on the page for anyone to other woman besides myself and thus reflect on. We will be doing a SELF LOVE decided to step into that truth. campaign with young girls in a village in Limpopo called Ga Matlala. If you’d like to DW: Who is the ultimate Crowned Woman? donate towards this campaign, please do not hesitate to contact us. Noni: The ultimate “Crowned Woman” is the kind who is ready to be intentional about DW: What do you think black women producing a better version of themselves. She is the woman who is passionate about need more? being the bigger sister and mentor she wished she had as a young girl. Noni: Black women need to be more aware of their power and capabilities. DW: How would you like to be They need to be more awakened to their inner strength. remembered? DW: How do we find or become part of Noni: I aspire to be a leader of great influence and impact, and through the or donate to the Movement? Crowned Women Movement, cultivate a breed of women and young girls who are Noni: You can find us on IG as relentless in their pursuit of their dreams. @crowned_womensa and FB as Crowned Women SA. DW: What is Crowed Women doing in the One can be a part of the Crowned Women community by sending us an email to next 5 years? [email protected] and let us know how you’d like to lend a hand. To Noni: In the next 5 years we would love to donate, our banking details are: FNB, have extended our reach to all 9 provinces of Crowned Women Movement NPC, South Africa and crossed the boarders to 62917631415 more African countries. We envision to build solid structures in each of these locations for the mission of the organization to remain continuous. 5 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW S O L' X TYPE4GIRL. S O L' BECOMES FIRST ONLINETYPE4GIRL CONTENT PARTNER A CONTENT COLLABORATION WITH A BRAND LIKE S O L’ IS GREAT FOR TYPE4GIRL.COM BECAUSE IT PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO WIDEN OUR CONTENT HORIZONS. i n what can only be described as an Since first launching just over a year ago, exhilarating leap forward, type4girl is this collaborative effort will be the first of excited to announce a new collaborative it’s kind for type4girl. “These are truly venture with online fashion and faith exciting times. Mwenya is such a creative based magazine S O L’. S O L’ was created powerhouse and I can’t wait to see what in 2014 by Mwenya C. The magazine she does with S O L’. I’m delighted that serves as a fusion of fashion and faith with she and all her wit have come on board. Plus, this is a fabulous way for both the name (S O L') drawing inspiration type4girl and S O L’ to kick off the New Year!” says Masekane N, the founder and from the bible verse Matthew 5:13-16. S O L’ uses president of type4girl the media (Pty) Ltd. She adds, “A content collaboration with a relatable storytelling and aesthetic photography to brand like S O L’ is great for type4girl.com because it presents an opportunity for us create an environment where women can filter to widen our content horizons, and give our community of vibrant, fashionable through a world of trends and fast paced lifestyles and smart women a lot more to consume whenever they visit our website.” to remain grounded and look chic taking on every For S O L’ Founder and Director obstacle in their way. Mwenya C, it's an honour to collaborate with such a fast moving brand like “The concept came to me when I realized that all type4girl. To witness conversations and women have something unique within us that discussions come to life makes it so keeps us anchored and keeps us going even when exciting. \"Being able to team up with a life throws us pain. We at S O L’, are here to help brand that supports and highlights you discover it,” Mwenya shares. women and their work shows that collectively we can be our greatest The magazine’s primary focus is self-discovery cheerleaders. We at S O L’ are excited with the goal of showing its readers a written piece for the readers of type4girl to look into they can draw inspiration from, and an outfit they our writings and be able to experience can replicate in their own style and vision. S O L’ is stories and fashion that they can a place where we express our Style and Faith. showcase in their day to day in their own style.\" In the next few weeks, type4girl.com readers and S O L’ followers and enthusiasts can expect to find fresh and original S O L’ articles and pieces on the website and soon in Director Woman Magazines editions. 6 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW EYODWA KUPHELA MORE THAN JUST A BAD hair DAY. NOLWAZI LEKUBA-SIBIYA (FAR RIGHT) OF EYODWA KUPHELA IS ON A MISSION TO TRANSFORM HOW SOCIETY AND WOMEN SEE THE HEADWRAP... AND MAKE MONEY FOR HER EFFORT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE WEARING [A HEADWRAP] EVERY DAY AS PART OF YOUR COOL OUTFIT NOT ONLY WHEN YOU VISIT THE BUNDUS OR WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A BAD HAIR DAY. PEOPLE ARE JUMPING ON THAT BANDWAGON, SO I KNOW IT IS A BUSINESS THAT HAS POTENTIAL 7 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW EYODWA KUPHELA t he Eyodwa Ku- to change the narrative patience and added courage phela Instagram surrounding headwraps as a to get up and carry on for me feed is a daily outfit item. \"I want to is my biggest asset.\" beautiful introduce wearing it every representation day as part of your cool outfit What was your biggest fear of the growing not only when you visit the Bundus or when you're when you first started your and evolving having a bad hair day. People are jumping on that business? world of whreadwraps. The bandwagon, so I know it is a business that has potential,\" \"That people wouldn't buy or bubbly personality behind she says. that I would fail.\" the brand, Nolwazi What elements inspire an Black girls need more... Lekuba-Sibiya (25), shares Eyodwa Kuphela piece? \"Support from each other. We are amazing and talented with us that she's always \"Nature, freedom, cooler in so many different ways. weather and feelings.\" Us supporting each other known she'd one day run will not dim our individual What is your best asset? light. As a 25 year old lady, I her own business. \"I have can be supported by a \"I would say patience. I know younger or older woman always had an in what direction I want my because we all see and business to go but I also experience life differently, entrepreneurial spirit know the road there will be we do things differently. So I long and bumpy. So to me my imagine if we all come from a young age, I think I together, we can [cont.] got it from my mom. I always knew that I would or wanted to be my own boss. But when I made my leather [products] I realised that I [wanted to] do this because my style was different and people were buying.\" Before long, what initially started off as\" leather work\" transformed into Eyodwa Kuphela. \"The name means the only one [because] no item was the same,\" she explains. But it wasn't always smooth sailing for the young creative. \"Because of being too hard on myself and not having [the] energy to create I stopped making stuff for a while. Then one day I randomly told a friend [how] it would be nice to have a head wrap as an accessory that you can travel with. Then, a week later my first shoot happened!\" Nolwazi wants to be part of the people who are helping 8 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW EYODWA KUPHELA amazing results. We need teamwork and support!\" When did you start considering things like Marketing? \"I think [about] a year into my business journey I realised that I needed to look into marketing properly. It’s very tricky but you get the hang of it. We have so many things that help these days.\" What would the title of your autobiography be? \"Trust your dopeness! I have learnt this the hard way. Growing up I wasn’t reassured much that I am great and capable of great things. So now with affirmations and positively realistic thinking, I know I am dope in my own unique way.\" What do people assume about entrepreneurship that isn't true? \"Freedom LOL! You work 24/7. I mean you leave your 9-5 only to work 24 hours on your business!\" What are your favourite Eyodwa Kuphela pieces? \"The ribbed collection, I loved the fabric and the colours.\" How was your business funded? \"I funded my business with my salary. A tip I would give beginner entrepreneurs is to separate business and personal finances.\" To my sisters... \"Go for it! Don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t achieve something. Work hard and remember always that it’s ok to fail. Ask for advice from others where you must. Get a team and support others. If you believe in a higher power pray and trust the process.\" Fun facts about me... \"I taught myself how to sew, I studied Mechanical Engineering and carpentry and as much as I love making coffee/are in the profession, I actually drink a lot of tea.\" 9 l FEBRUARY 2022 wwwww.type4girl.com

FROM LIMPOPO, TO THE WORLD \"MY VISION IS LIMPOPO TO THE WORLD, I DON'T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO DO IT BUT I AM GOING TO BLOW MY OWN MIND.\"\" - MAMOREI NYAMA, FOUNDER - MAYLUXE

DW MAMOREI NYAMA M amorei Nthabiseng Nyama Contrary to Marketing 101, when it comes to is the fabulous founder and the question of target market, Mamorei has a CEO of popular swimwear different approach. “This question is always online store Mayluxe and tricky for me because I am always saying I new suit brand Luxe Suits. Boasting well over 62 000 Instagram followers, don’t want my products to have a target Mayluxe Swimwear is in its sixth year of market,” she says. “I want someone who operation. In a recently shared post on her believes they can rock a Mayluxe costume to personal account, Mamorei proudly shared know that they can and will look amazing in that she recently graduated and completed it at any age and any size.. So let’s just say her degree in what is a total of six years. The you have to love your beach vibes, sipping on young business owner is set on doing her some cocktails and looking gorgeous to be life, her way. the target market.” THE LUXE STORY Is ‘Pull Her Down Syndrome’ real? The name ‘Mayluxe’ is a clever combination “No. I don’t take part in such conversations of Mamorei’s name and the very element she because I don’t believe or try to get caught wanted her brand to speak to – luxury. “My up in believing that someone wants to “pull” friends used to call me Maymow in my first someone else down. I assert myself and year so when I was looking for a brand name know that no one is trying to pull me down I though okay let me include a part of that or the next person for that matter. So I focus name which is ‘May’ and since I on developing my full wanted the brand to speak luxury “SPACI ASSERT potential and investing and elegance, another friend SPACEMYSELF suggested I somehow add ‘luxury’ AND KNOW THAT my energy in other to it and that’s how the ‘luxe’ came NO ONE IS about, so Mayluxe,” she explains. TRYING TO PULL important things. Sure Although she’s always known that ME DOWN OR she wanted to make a highly THE NEXT someone [may] have been successful mogul of herself one day, Mayluxe wasn’t always a unfortunate to experience another female sabotaging them for some odd reason but it’s just that (an longevity thing for Mamorei. She PERSON FOR unfortunate incident) and tells us, “I was more excited about THAT MATTER. I don’t think we should starting the brand. I mean in the SO I FOCUS ON push a narrative called back of my mind I knew I wanted DEVELOPING MY ‘pull her down to be an amazing successful mogul FULL POTENTIAL. syndrome’.” so starting Mayluxe was and still is \" What is your biggest part of my journey to becoming asset as an one.'' entrepreneur? BUSINESS OF MAYLUXE “The ability to become whatever I want to be. Mayluxe prides itself on offering unique, far If one day I wake up and decide I want to do from basic and high quality products and something different I [simply] work on it and designs that make clients crave an exotic make it happen. I don’t really have to explain experience.“You will not find them in your to anyone.” everyday retail stores, they don’t look basic, they make you feel like taking your last coins What were some of your biggest fears in your first year of business? and booking a flight ticket to Bora Bora!” “Funny enough, I was really confident in my 11 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW MAMOREI NYAMA business and didn’t have big fears per say. Please share 5 fun facts about you! It’s probably because I just decided to see how it goes and didn’t have any “My second toe is longer than my big toe; expectations. I was only slightly worried I’m a serial entrepreneur; I bought myself about not getting enough clients whenever a car and she’s turning 1 (one) in March; I I had set a target for myself.” finished a 3 year degree in 6 years; and I’m an impulse buyer, love traveling and trying What would the title of your new recipes.” autobiography be? “Don’t worry, be happy!” What do people assume about entrepreneurship that experience taught you wasn’t entirely true? “That you can suddenly leave your 9 to 5 job and go be an entrepreneur. It’s not as easy as it looks especially when you are constantly trying to grow and come up with fresh ideas for your business. My advice - do both if possible. Establish your business, grow it and then you can step out of your job.” What inspired Luxe Suits? “As an entrepreneur you must be innovative, that’s how Luxe suits was born. I looked for a gap in the market and saw the potential of growing a suit brand for women. Luxe Suits is a brand that is designed for the BOSS woman, the MOGUL who wakes up to make a mark in the world. She goes to the office, she’s an entrepreneur, she attends awards, she attends the Polo, she attends all things pretty that need her to be in a Luxe suit.” What would you say to encourage young aspiring entrepreneurs who you inspire? No pressure at all! “HAHA Thank you for laying the pressure off. Firstly, if you are looking at me through social media, don’t envy me or anyone else. We hardly post our L's. I was so happy to finally share my biggest L about how I was excluded twice at Wits followed by the biggest win, completing the degree. I wish I could share more of my L’s on the timeline so people can know the real me. If you’re trying to do something, just do it. Do it scared, do it broke, do it crawling, JUST DO IT!” 12 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

DW KHANYA GUNDWANA KHANYA GUNDWANA: MY VISION IS MY LIGHT w e spent 5 minutes with online English teacher and budding content creator Khanya Gundwana. DW: HOW DOES KHANYA’S CHILDHOOD LOOK LIKE? KHANYA: I grew up in what I like to call the little-big city of Port Elizabeth, now known as Gqeberha. It created a great and safe upbringing for me to truly discover and explore all possibilities for what the rest of my life might look like. The opportunities were endless. This is mostly because of my parents who both supported me in all activities that I wanted to do or try. DW: DO YOU SEE YOUNGER KHANYA IN YOURSELF TODAY? KHANYA: I most certainly see the younger version of myself in the woman that I am today. My confidence has continued to grow, and I am still influenced by my mother who is an exceptionally graceful and elegant woman. I will say that I believe in myself more now than I did when I was younger. Often, people told me positive things about me that I only came to truly see and believe in myself in my adult years. DW: WHAT ARE YOUR FONDEST MEMORIES AS A CHILD? KHANYA: Although I have many fond memories in my childhood, 13 l FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

I have to choose my first trip abroad as DW KHANYA GUNDWANA my favourite. I was very privileged to have had the opportunity to travel to www.type4girl.com several European countries on a trip organised by my school and this was thanks to my parents. I welcomed the year 2013 in Paris! DW: OUTSIDE TRAVEL, WHAT DO YOU TYPICALLY DO DAY TO DAY? KHANYA: I am currently teaching English online and are a budding content creator. I am in the middle of a career transition from education to media, communications and marketing. Over the past six months, I recently completed a digital marketing internship. DW: WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR TOP 3 TRAVEL DESTINATIONS? KHANYA: Phuket, Thailand. Stockholm, Sweden. Shanghai, China. DW: WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FEATURE ABOUT YOURSELF? KHANYA: I’m friendly and I’m a good communicator. DW: WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? KHANYA: I love to bring people together. I do that in my own small way by bringing women from all backgrounds together through a group on the social media app, WeChat. What we all share in common is that we live abroad, away from home and our families. Through this platform, I provide a safe space for them to connect with each other, to explore various cities in China safely, to ask for help or advice, to share their business or creative initiatives, and to create their own little families within our small community making them feel less alone. DW: A SOUTH AH GIRL LIVING IN SHANGHAI? HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT? KHANYA: I moved to Shanghai specifically to pursue my career in media, communications and marketing. Here, there are far more career opportunities for foreign residents that are outside of teaching or education. It is most certainly 14 l FEBRUARY 2022

DW KHANYA GUNDWANA a hustlers mentality kind of city; that will get me closer to my end everyone is almost always doing goals. more than one thing. It’s always been a dream of mine to live in DW: WHAT DO PEOPLE ASSUME such a big city though. It was either Johannesburg, if I were in ABOUT YOU THAT ISN’T (ENTIRELY) South Africa, or Shanghai in China. TRUE? China is an incredibly safe country, and as a South Ah girl, KHANYA: People often assume that safety is of great concern to me. I I’m always going out, partying or often refer to China as “the surrounded by people, when country of convenience” because honestly, I really enjoy being at that’s literally what it is. There home and I am my greatest source are generally more ways in which of entertainment, and this comes as the country makes access to a surprise to most. services easier and efficient. Public transportation and DW: WHAT CAN NEW FOLLOWERS OF delivery services are just some ways that make life here so much YOURS EXPECT TO SEE FROM YOU? easier and less stressful. China is also known as “the factory of the KHANYA: I am more intentional world” – you can literally find about creating content for my social any and all things here. media platforms. This will include Generally, when safety and travel content and general life in security are the least of your China content for YouTube. For concerns in a country, everything Instagram, you can expect more seems to work very well and as it fashion and lifestyle content. My should. audience is made up of people who want to travel and/or live abroad, particularly, young women of colour in South Africa, and for women who love style and being practical about it. DW: WHAT DO YOU THINK BLACK DW: SHARE UP TO THREE THINGS WOMEN NEED MORE? PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT! KHANYA: Black women need to KHANYA: I’ve dabbled as a model be given more access to spaces and livestream host, and I intend to where they can influence the create a stronger portfolio as a outcome of messages in media media personality; I’ve spent my fair worldwide, and ultimately, for share of time sweating on various them to pave the way for future sports fields – soccer, hockey, black women to be guaranteed to cricket, and kick boxing; I recently have a seat at the table. completed the Spartan race (Super 10km, 25 obstacles course). The race DW: WHAT WOULD THE TITLE OF is one of the most rgueling in the world, and I managed to complete it YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY BE? at my first attempt!; And I love to dance like no one is watching. KHANYA: “My Vision is My Light”. ‘Khanya’ means to shine or to give light, and I am often told that I live up to my name. I always envision myself having already achieved my greatest aspirations and dreams. I see my visions as a guiding light that points me in the direction of making decisions and choices 15 FEBRUARY 2022 www.type4girl.com

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