Celebrating World Female Ranger's Week

We are so lucky to have two of these powerhouse women leading the conservation teams in our neighbouring reserve, Spioenkop. Tebogo Mtshali is the Section Ranger and Ntombi Zulu, the Senior Field Ranger. After graduating from Mangosuthu Unversity of Technology, Tebogo was recruited to do a cadetteship for Ezimvelo. Before she had even completed the cadetteship she snapped up a post as Field Ranger in Hluhluwe - iMfolozi Wilderness Area, where she worked for 13 years before being promoted to her current position as Section Ranger in Spioenkop. She has always felt well supported by her teams and her supervisors, which has enabled her to shine at her job.

Ntombi started her career in a small reserve, oNgoye Forest, an ancient coastal scarp forest near Mtunzini, then spent 10 years patrolling the isiMangaliso Wetland Park area before being transferred to Spioenkop as  Senior Field Ranger. She has found it challenging to navigate the cultural patriarchy of the Zulu men in our region, but she says that the training provided by Ezimvelo has given her the tools to cope, and adapt to these challenges. Eric Mlaba, Spioenkop Conservation Manager, says that it has been a pleasure working with these two women. They grasp new tasks quicker than the men and they adapt to challenges very well.

We will continue to support and celebrate these women for all the work they do for Conservation in our area.