The Team
CEO - Thabang Njuza
Thabang Matriculated in 1996 and holds the following qualification: National Diploma Food Service Management. She is also a registered Assessor and Moderator.
After pursuing a career as lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology, she discovered her true passion: education and training. She joined Hospitality Academy in 2004 as a facilitator and committed herself to skills development aimed at unemployed youth and job creation.
Since her appointment as Managing Director of Hospitality Academy in 2007, she has built relationships with numerous Corporate Companies and Government Departments, putting Hospitality Academy on the forefront as the provider of choice.
Her main focus is on skills development for gainful employment in an attempt to address the unemployment rate amongst youth in South Africa.
“My life, my passion!
It is indeed fulfilling to unemployed, underprivileged community who seek to better their lives and their future.
I continue to be empowered and always pay it forward by sharing the skill and the knowledge.
Touching young people’s lives and seeing them flourishing life is what gives a reward and a pat on the shoulder of the job well done!
Transforming lives of the rising generation with our Hospitality Academy Team is a precious platform to make a difference.
Proving a better change for the best.
The love of training developed more when I got group of consumer studies educators in 2003 who joined us at our training restaurant.
The love was then transformed to passion.
Passion was transformed to lifestyle.
Throughout the training Hospitality Academy has provided a platform that reflect chain of good deeds.
Some of our Learners grew to being our facilitators/ assessors and some were head hunted by our clients
Hospitality Academy created the greatest steppingstones for myself personally and my team." - Thabang Njuza
Assessor/Facilitator
- Boitumelo Molukanele
"I firmly believe that making the transition from unskilled work to skilled work can give one a sense of accomplishment and pride,
and may even inspire them to continue onto additional education.
I have seen this positive impact in my own life, and I consider it an honour that I get to be part of someone else's process of educational growth."
Assessor/Facilitator
- Forget Sithole
"I have learned that working for the hospitality industry gives me strength to deal with various predicaments.
It also affords me the opportunity of working with all sorts of different people from different ethnic backgrounds not only that but I discover new skills on a daily basis such as communication skill which is very vital in the hospitality industry.
Hospitality Academy has awarded me with the gift of versatility and I'm forever grateful to the institution for this opportunity.
Working with the learners has been super satisfying as they are very effective in communication and they put so much effort in getting their work done on time.
It also gives me great peace to know I'm part of the people who have been entrusted with equipping them with skills that they'll need in the hospitality industry."
Assessor/Facilitator
- Nozipho Khumalo
"I had the privilege to work in the corporate hospitality sector in S A, This made me realize that I have more experience on Hospitality to share, including a B-Tech qualification.
Training gave me the platform to share all the accumulated information.
I love working with youth as they always challenge and teach me more since Hospitality is revolving, keeping us on toes to compete globally."