Vumelana Advisory Fund
Mazwi Mkhulisi is an experienced professional in environmental management and socio-economic development, currently serving as Programmes Manager at Vumelana Advisory Fund since October 2013, overseeing commercial partnerships in land reform. Previously, Mkhulisi held significant roles including People and Parks Programme Manager at Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency and Regional Facilitator for Stakeholder Involvement at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, focusing on conservation, community participation, and socio-economic projects. Mkhulisi began the career as a Research Coordinator at the Community Internship and Development Centre, and has expertise in social impact assessments and stakeholder engagement. Mkhulisi's educational background includes advanced degrees in social science and environmental management from the University of Natal and business leadership training from GIBS Business School.
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Vumelana Advisory Fund
The Vumelana Advisory Fund has been established as a non-profit company to pre-finance the acquisition of skills required on behalf of the community by supporting the development of commercially viable partnerships between investors and local land owners. Its goal is to enable communal land owners and beneficiaries of the land reform process to make effective use of their land and by doing so improving the lives of poor and needy local communities and support the transformation of land ownership in South Africa on an economically sustainable basis. The function of the Fund is to facilitate the productive economic use of land transferred under the land reform programme by procuring transaction advisory, community facilitation and CPI administration services for beneficiary communities.