{"id":11081,"date":"2023-09-12T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jgf.org.za\/?p=11081"},"modified":"2023-10-11T17:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:27:39","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jgf.org.za\/af\/writer-liziwe-ndalana\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":2,"featured_media":11020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_en_post_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_11020\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\"]\"\" Liziwe Ndalana[\/caption]\r\n

My name is Liziwe Ndalana. I graduated with a diploma in Public Relations Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2007.<\/p>\r\n

I am a freelance writer and a blogger, with short stints as a presenter on a Christian radio station, Radio Tygerberg, as well as producing and hosting my own YouTube show, whilst working as a content producer for Fin24, my most recent employer. I\u2019m currently writing a quarterly column for the Change Exchange platform, where I navigate my entrepreneurship journey. I also pen a blog, where I document my hiking and coffee shop hunting adventures in and around Cape Town. I\u2019m also using my social media platforms to promote fitness, natural hair, a love of self as well as outdoor lifestyle as an accessory to healthy living.<\/p>\r\n

I\u2019ve written extensively in the online space with a special focus on personal finance, entrepreneurship and a little bit of lifestyle, featuring celebrity profiles.<\/p>\r\n

I started Dream Factor, a literacy club for children, back in 2016. The purpose was to help create a culture and love of reading and increase literacy levels for children around the Nyanga community. As a literacy champion for Nali\u2019Bali and a Fundza Literacy Trust beneficiary, I\u2019ve managed to help children fall in love with language and reading through the materials that were received from these organisations.<\/p>\r\n

In 2022, I had an opportunity to be part of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation\u2019s three-week writer\u2019s residency. My story on the practice of ukuthwalwa<\/em>, a Xhosa practice of arranged marriage, which I was a victim of, won me the spot on the program. I learnt so many valuable lessons from some of the best writers and mentors in the country. I am yet to write and publish a full memoir, detailing my journey from escaping Ukuthwalwa<\/em> and having a career in media and now owning and running my own business.<\/p>","_en_post_name":"writer-liziwe-ndalana","_en_post_excerpt":"I am a freelance writer and a blogger, with short stints as a presenter on a Christian radio station, Radio Tygerberg, as well as producing and hosting my own YouTube show, whilst working as a content producer for Fin24, my most recent employer.","_en_post_title":"Liziwe Ndalana","_af_post_content":"","_af_post_name":"","_af_post_excerpt":"","_af_post_title":"","edit_language":"af","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-our-writers","8":"czr-hentry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t