• Our Location Willowvale (Gatyana), Eastern Cape

  • Send Us Mail info@zmf.co.za

Eastern Cape landscape near Ntshatshongo, home of the Zonwabele Mayapi Foundation
Willowvale (Gatyana), Eastern Cape

Welcome to

Zonwabele Mayapi Foundation

The Zonwabele Mayapi Foundation (ZMF) is envisioned as a lasting tribute to the late Mr Zonwabele Mayapi. It exists to preserve memory, strengthen heritage, advance knowledge, and support sustainable programmes that create positive social impact in South Africa and beyond.

The Foundation is a credible African institution that mobilises partnerships, manages programmes, stewards resources responsibly and preserves heritage while creating social and economic opportunities.

Through heritage, education and skills development, ZMF builds tomorrow.

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Strategic
Focus Areas

Discover Our Legacy
A mentor teaching a young learner woodworking skills, part of ZMF's Education & Development focus area

Education & Development

Strategic Focus Area 01
A young South African woman training as a carpenter, part of ZMF's Youth Empowerment focus area

Youth
Empowerment

Leadership & Skills 02
Community members harvesting produce together, part of ZMF's Community Development focus area

Community
Development

Upliftment Priority 03
South African dressmakers running a small tailoring business, part of ZMF's Economic Empowerment focus area

Economic Empowerment

Enterprise & Opportunity 04

Strategic Focus Areas


Honouring the Past. Empowering the Future.

The Foundation may support a range of educational, developmental and public-benefit causes. These focus areas provide a clear platform for long-term impact:

Education & Development
Youth Empowerment
Community Development
Economic Empowerment
Health & Wellness
Legacy Projects

Explore Our Focus Areas
Flagship Skills Development Centre
Strategic Focus Areas
Core Values
Training Pathways
Portrait of the late Zonwabele Mayapi, honoured by the Zonwabele Mayapi Foundation

In His Memory

Zonwabele Mayapi — A Legacy Worth Honouring

Comrade Zonwabele “ZET” Mayapi was an underground operative of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), brutally assassinated during the liberation struggle alongside other comrades who paid the ultimate price for South Africa's freedom.

The Foundation that carries his name exists to turn that sacrifice into lasting opportunity — the best way to honour those who fought for freedom is to use that freedom to build a brighter future for the generations who follow.

Dignity. Integrity. Knowledge. Service. African Pride. — these are the values his legacy continues to inspire, guiding a people-centred foundation that preserves our history, invests in knowledge and skills, and works towards a more inclusive and prosperous South Africa.

Be Part of the ZMF Journey

The future of the Foundation is built on heritage, people and opportunity. Whether you are a government partner, funder, CSI partner, training provider or community stakeholder, we welcome meaningful and responsible engagement.

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