What exactly is the #TransformationFund, and what does it mean for South Africa? 🇿🇦
Let’s hear from someone at the heart of the work!
🎥 Nyameka Mandonda, who leads the Transformation Fund Project Management Office, unpacks what the Fund is all about...
FROM THEMBISA. FOR THE COMMUNITY. READY TO SCALE. 🚀
Meet Khabo Mnguni ACMA,CGMA, founder of Zibangwenya Supplies T/A ZS Uniforms and runner-up in last year’s Pitch & Match.
She manufactures school uniforms from the very community she serves in Tembisa ...
...— bringing her products closer to customers while building a growing local enterprise.
And she’s not standing still.
Khabonina is now looking to scale, with plans to add four more stores by December.
VOX POP | Build-up to the Transformation Fund Launch
As we build up to the launch of the Transformation Fund, we are amplifying the voices of the women entrepreneurs the Fund is designed to support.
in the townships." For service-based businesses like MRT Marketing, capability is the real enabler — the ability to expand geographically, unlock new corporate contracts, build operational capacity, and turn township-based talent into employable, income-earning teams.
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES.
What does the Transformation Fund mean when viewed through the lens of business, innovation and economic participation?
At the recent Pitch & Match event, Dr Grant Newton of Aeye Connect shared his perspective on the Transformation Fund...
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION FUND?
For Koketso Ramatlho, Director and Founder of Angela Care, transformation is about more than access to capital — it is also about having the capability to grow, compete and build a sustainable business.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSFORMATION FUND?
We put the question to people attending #WomanpreneurPitchAndMatch2026.
First up, Olive Ndebele CPM® of Mowana Properties, who speaks to access to capability — because building sustainable businesses takes more than capital.
What does it take to scale?
Capital matters. But capital alone does not build a sustainable enterprise.
For businesses to grow, compete & participate meaningfully in the economy, they also need the capability to become investment-ready, manage growth, meet market requirements...
...and long-term sustainability.
Today’s programme provides a practical illustration of the principle at the heart of this pillar: capital is most powerful when it is connected to the capability required to turn opportunity into sustainable economic participation.