Thandi Ndlovu

Thandi Ndlovu (1954 - August 24, 2019) was a South African medical doctor and businesswoman who was best known as the founder of the Motheo Construction Group.

Early life and education Ndlovu was born in Soweto, South Africa where she attended Orlando High School.

In 1976, whilst a student at the University of Fort Hare, Ndlovu entered into exile in order to escape the attention of apartheid security services. Between 1977 and 1984, Ndlovu joined African National Congress as an Umkhonto we Sizwe member

In 1984 she enrolled at the University of Zambia to study medicine, after which she returned to South Africa and interned at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. In South African Women in Dialogue statement, Ndlovu was described as a committed feminist activist, businesswoman, military commander, and medical practitioner. Before her death, she was nominated as Businesswoman of the Year by the Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa in 2013 and graced the cover of the August 2019 edition of Forbes Africa.