Brenda ZANELE Nyembe

Honours programme with  Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialism:

• Specialised in online teaching and learning, and the development of online training materials.
• Research project focus on ICT literacy skills among first year pre-service teachers.

FET Phase teaching: Major in Economics and Life Orientation (Religion, Human Rights & Democracy) teaching.

Other FET Phase subjects: Tourism and Business Studies

GET Phase teaching: Economic and  Management Science teaching

A DG Murray Trust initiative that develops youth on leadership, innovation and socio-political navigation skills. 

Course name: Unisa Access Programme - a conditional matric exemption certificate to study towards a Bachelor's degree

Modules: Economic and Management Science 1&2 and English grammar and literature

A one year diploma which consisted of modules in Secretarial skills, Tourism promotion, Tourism development, Tourism management, Travel and leisure industry, Tourism marketing, Microsoft office, Personal effectiveness skills

A privately funded initiative that is aimed at supporting students put their ideas and thoughts together and improve their reading and writing skills.  Peer tutors are responsible for;

• supporting students with reading strategies to handle courseware
• supporting students improve their academic writing skills
• to manage own WURU group sessions i.e. csupport club for first year students that help them settle into the academic domain
• to co-facilitate tutorials in BEd core courses

Acquired 1 year’s worth of teaching experience from Allanridge Secondary, Midrand High and Ponelopele High school as part of the practical component of the Bachelor’s of Education programme.

• Subjects taught during the BEd Teaching Experience programme: EMS at grade 8 and 9 levels; Life Orientation at grade 9 and 10 and Economics at grade 10 to 12. 
• I have a keen interest in teaching Tourism and Business Studies in the FET.

In inititative of Virgin Unite, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group of companies.  The centre provided a hub for entrepreneurial development and support through training, networking and accessing markets.  My core roles entailed;

• To be interface with new and existing entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses.
• To coordinate entrepreneur training programmes, workshops, events and opportunities.
• To coordinate the monitoring, evaluation and reporting system so as to measure impact
• and as office manager to ensure efficient operation of the office

A leading training company that specialises in NQF 1 training programmes.  My role included;

• the provision of administrative and secretarial support to the Chief Operations manager, Human Resource manager and National Implementation Manager in their portfolios.  
• Serving as chief administrator in a multimillion national skills development project that focused on Community Based Organisations (CBO) capacity building in the country.

A training company with a focus on financial services and local government training programmes. As quality and accreditations manager my role included;

• Ensuring the adherence of quality standards within the organisation.
• Maintaining existing accreditation status aquired from various educational bodies and authorities such as the GDE, ACCA, ICB, LG Seta, Isett Seta and Fasset Seta as well as managing stakeholder relationships thereof.  
• To explore new accreditation opportunities and
• To coordinate the organisation's Human Resources function particularly the recruitment of teachers for the matric rewrite division. 

Tourvest Travel Services is one of the leading travel companies in South Africa.  The organisation had a 12 month learnership programme, as learnership trainer my role included;

• To facilitate a 12 months THETA (currently CATHSSETA)  learnership programme
• To coordinate the training schedules of 34 participants in Johannesburg and Cape Town
• To liase with stakeholders regarding the absorption and coaching of students
• To ensure the competion of the National Certificate in General Travel (NQF5) at the end of the programme
• To administer the SETA Learner Management System (LMS) to ensure up to date reporting
• General adhoc duties that relate to this project

WITS UNIVERSITY

Economics Lecturer and Academic Mentor

+2783 330 7052

 SOUTH AFRICAN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK ASSOCIATION

Founder and Director

+2779 879 1965

WITS UNIVERSITY

Writing Centre Coordinator

+2783 381 5325