MEET THE TEAM
OUR BOARD
Founder & Funder
Ike Cha
Ike Cha is a leader, visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist who seeks to add value to everything he says, does and the lives he touches. He is an advocate for entrepreneurs and his ethos, vision, drive and passion is to contribute to South Africa and Africa’s progress.
Co-Founder and CEO
Themba Chalumbira
Self driven, hard working social entrepreneur who finds joy in Giving.
Strong Christian background and values with her father was and still is a preacher. Has background in nursing where her empathy, compassion, human dignity and integrity forms part of her values. Themba has a great track record in managing small and medium sized corporations within her family businesses structure. She is a former Cell C franchisee and current non-executive director of the Scania Border Auto Centre ( BAC ) a Scania franchise Dealership.
Director
Connie Mashaba
Connie Mashaba a model of African entrepreneurship – She is an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer goods industry. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) focused in Accounting and Business/Management from University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika.
Director
Joana Nkosi
Dr Joanna Nkosi holds a PhD in history from the City University of New York. Her experience spans more than forty-five years in higher education, research and business consulting in the United States and Southern Africa. She has been active in progressive, anti-fascist, anti-apartheid and humanitarian organisations throughout her life. Dr Nkosi is passionate about assisting people, especially women, to take charge of and improve the quality of their lives and those of their communities. In addition to her work with The One Moment Foundation, she is currently a director of the Chief Albert and Nokukhanya Luthuli Institute for Peace and Development.
Director
Thandeka Mbethe
A proud product of the old KEEP School Program at Mlokothwa High School, Thandeka has traversed the bounds of her world to create the successes she enjoys today.
Obtaining her Bachelor’s in Physiotherapy helped Thandeka perfect the fundamentals of caring, a core component of her business philosophy. After completing her PDHT (UP) and then her PDBM (UNISA), a Diploma in Logotherapy (Viktor Frankl Institute), and most recently, a qualification in Social Entrepreneurship (GIBS) — she has raised a family, built an empire and has traveled the world seeking out innovations to bring back home to her many businesses in her beloved South Africa — her home and the place she feels is the world’s cradle of creativity.
Thandeka believes that by believing in God, giving with generosity, dealing with honesty, winning with humility, behaving with respect — and being a family — meaning is unleashed in one’s life and its magic is spilled over into the lives of others.
