Today I am in conversation with Zandile Ndhlovu who is South Africa’s first Black African Freediving Instructor, and the founder of The Black Mermaid Foundation, an organization seeking to create diverse representation in the Ocean Arena, her work centers around enabling access to Ocean spaces to the local ocean facing communities in hope to diversify Ocean spaces recreationally, professionally and in sport, while creating a new generation of Ocean guardians.

As a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, she is able to make use of these skills in her advocacy while working to reshape narratives through storytelling. She has contributed to global topics that include Ocean Conservation, Climate Change, Coastal Justice and capacitating the youth to participate in the Blue Ocean Economy.

Zandile is a change agent, using her voice to create the needed expansion in society, through her work in the Foundation, Public Speaking and on her Social platforms.

In our conversation today we talk about her childhood self before finding the ocean, how she reimagined self then, to what travelling taught her and her love for the ocean.

This is my conversation with Zandile,

Watch and listen to the episode on YouTube here or search for Lerato Sekanka.

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Zandile on social media: @zandithemermaid

The Black Mermaid Foundation on social media: @theblackmermaid_foundation

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