A gutsy Zulu woman leads the way on land restitution - Nonhlanhla Gumede

Nonhlanhla Gumede studied financial management and had a career in banking when she decided to give it all up to help her father, Mahlakaniphana with his struggling sugarcane farming business in Kwazulu-Natal. He was a former farm manager who managed to buy his farm when Tongaat Hullet offered black people opportunities to purchase farms under the Erlard Programme. Nonhlanhla joined her father in 2011 while the farm was still struggling and worked her way up and undertook further training to learn the business of farming. It inspired her to buy her own farm, which is called UThandimvelo Farm. Gumede who has already worked six hours by ten in the morning appears to take it all in her stride defying the mould of patriarchy in KZN and says black farmers need help and training if they are to manage land through restitution. - Linda van Tilburg