Basetsana Kumalo

Basetsana Kumalo is the founder of Tswelopele Productions which is credited for shows such as Date My Family and Our Perfect Wedding. She is a sophisticated and contemporary CEO and a seasoned business pioneer. She is one of our country’s leading businesswomen, who has already made a mark in communities and broader business and government arenas.

Basetsana Kumalo, Executive Chairman & CEO of Basetsana Woman Investment Holdings (Pty)Ltd.

-She has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa.
-A Diploma in Marketing from Damelin.
-A Director of Uzalile Investments: a woman-owned and listed coal mining company.
-A Director at Travel with Flair: a travel management company.
-She holds a Non-Executive Director at Tawana Resources, a diamond mining company.
-She is the Executive Chairperson of Tswelopele Productions, a television production company.
-She is the Chairperson of PHAB Property Holdings, and a Director of Leungo Investment Holdings.

Basetsana sits on various Boards, namely:
– Lovelife: South Africa’s largest national HIV prevention organisation for young people: Director and Vice Chairman.
– The Nelson Mandela Institute for Education and Rural Development: Director
– Unipalm Holdings: Director.

-She is a former Miss South Africa 1994 and a first-runner up in the Miss World Pageant.
-She is the former President of the Business Women’s Association of South Africa.
-She is the Spokesperson for Pampers UNICEF Tetanus campaign.
-Brand Ambassador for numerous South African Corporates and blue chip companies.
-Listed as one of the top personal brands, Sunday Times Top Brands Survey (2008).
-In 2011 she was honoured as a Young Global Leader: World Economic Forum.

A Philanthropist, together within her husband they have established the Romeo and Basetsana Kumalo Family Foundation, which focuses on the development of children especially those who have been orphaned by HIV/Aids.