Nobanzi Sokhuthu was born in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape where she was surrounded by mountains and brightly coloured dwellings. Her childhood dreams of becoming a biochemist or a pilot were diffused by reality. But these everyday realities motivated her to work hard. She graduated with a diploma in electronic engineering and worked as a teacher’s assistant before joining the Afrika Tikkun skills development program. Through this program she was placed as an intern with Twyg. Here, she ensures deadlines are met, projects are administrated and she produces content. Nobanzi likes a good challenge and to nourish her curiosity and learn new skills. She loves fashion, reading and watching movies.

Cape Town-based mythmaker and multi-hyphenate, works in fashion, film and phrasing. They create mythologies which seek to re-interpret the past to re-imagine a possible future, working as a creative director, stylist and fashion writer, wordsmith and filmmaker. Their directorial debut and the first in a series, CABIN FEVER, was released in 2020. Their contributions to Twyg are as much about unlearning what’s problematic as they are about learning solutions for community-based living. Ky’s work asks only one thing: that you look at the future with clear eyes: not what is or what has always been; but what should be and what can be. Where to from here? Let’s work that out together! 

Aaniyah is the founder and director of The Beach Co-op, a not-for-profit company on a mission to eliminate, reuse, redesign and recycle single-use plastic, which often lands up in our oceans and on our beaches. Throughout her career, Aaniyah has focused on connecting people to nature. Before founding the Beach Co-op, she spent a few years nurturing a young family. Preceding that, she worked for WWF SA for almost a decade where she helped launch and manage their marine programme. She has since consulted to WWF on consumer and restaurant engagement with single-use plastics. She has a PhD in Education. 

Solange Rosa is an independent consultant, Associate Faculty and Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser with the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town (UCT). Her clients include Human Rights Watch, International Labour Organisation, Rockefeller Foundation, DG Murray Trust, and National Departments of Education and Economic Development. She teaches on Executive Education and MBA programmes at the UCT Graduate School of Business and the UCT School of Economics. She has a Doctorate in Law from the University of Stellenbosch and a Masters degree in Law from the University of Cape Town.

Gary is an interdisciplinary creative director, product designer and published writer based in Cape Town. He was the founding editor and creative director of Wanted, Business Day’s multiple award-winning luxury lifestyle magazine, and Elle Decor South Africa’s first editor-at-large. When he is not designing or collaborating with talented local artisans, Gary is the editor-at-large for Wanted and the Sunday Times focusing on horology, classic cars, art, design and sustainable design practices. With an earlier career as an architect in London followed by product designing and manufacturing, he not only has an appreciation for good design but an understanding of the production processes involved for best possible practice.