Hlengiwe holds a BTech in Tourism Management
and a Diploma in Ecotourism. She is currently studying towards a Master of
Technology at DUT where her research is focused on waste management. She has a
good knowledge of the upper uMkhomazi Catchment, having grown up in iMpendle
and has actively participated in a variety of engagements with communities in
the area – partly through her studies and partly through her passion for
engaging and supporting community development. Through this work Hlengiwe has
developed a growing interest in in the management of natural resources and the
environment which she intends to develop further through this internship
opportunity with the INR.