Rural youth find careers in Greater Kruger tourism economy
South Africa, Sept. 16 -- The Good Work Foundation (GWF), an education non-profit operating in the area, has trained young people for work in the tourism economy, including at nearby game reserves and lodges. Its graduates include SanParks digital and multimedia practitioner Accolade Ubisi, Lion Sands Game Reserve trails guide Tshuxekani "Cruz" Gumede and Dulini lodge stock controller Sithembiso Trevir Watter.
For Ubisi, whose parents worked at Londolozi and lived in Lillydale outside the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, the connection with GWF began when she was a child.
"Kate and Gogo were my mentors, and are still very close to my heart," she says.
After graduating from the University of Limpopo, Ubisi interned at SanParks before joining GWF...
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