LISTEN | Former domestic worker turned author, businesswomen and entrepreneur starts NGO to help others

Born in Tonteldoos, near Dullstroom in Mpumalanga, Mahlangu always dreamed of pursuing her education. However, a lack of resources and development in her area, a poor education system, financial difficulty and an unplanned pregnancy got in the way of her dream.

When she fell pregnant in 2004, Mahlangu had to pass up an opportunity to pursue her studies at Tshwane University of Technology. To provide for her daughter, she started working as a domestic worker in Pretoria East in 2007. Ntombizodwa Mahlangu says being a domestic worker was her only choice as she was a young mother with no more than matric to her name.During this time, she taught herself to use a computer, learnt to drive and found employment as a receptionist. From there, she worked as a personal assistant and public relations officer at a large organisation in the debt regulation industry. With the support of her employer, she started studying part-time in 2014.

Mahlangu is launching a non-profit company, Help One Helper, to help others like her. Through this initiative, she aims to empower domestic workers, gardeners, nannies and handymen to achieve their full potential and change their lives for the better. This entails providing information on how to enrol at university, and providing career guidance and financial assistance.

Help One Helper will officially be launched in August 2022, but is active on most social media platforms.

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