Acting Chief Executive Officer (ACEO)
Ms. Nondumiso Madlala
Nondumiso is a Chartered Accountant CA(SA) and a member of SAICA with 17 years’ experience. She served her articles at KPMG (Durban) and has since held various Management and Executive positions in the auditing, finance, management consulting, banking industry as well as the public sector. Nondumiso worked for a combined 5 years at Absa and Standard Bank as a Risk Manager and a Middle Finance Manager respectively. Following her passion to serve and build, she went on to join the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) Gauteng Province, as a Senior Audit Manager, where she quickly progressed to the Executive role of Deputy Business Executive. She spent a total of 5,1 years at AGSA. Nondumiso then joined Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA) as Group CFO, where she managed five Subsidiaries and Holdings office activities reporting to various Audit Committees and Boards.
It is her time at the GGDA and AGSA that cemented her leadership and made her an energetic and dynamic Executive with an exceptional ability to deliver transformation through inspiring and empowering teams. Nondumiso then moved into short-term consulting services where she did 2 projects: Senior Project Advisor at a Local Municipality Collins Chabane and as Acting CFO for a public national entity National Film and Video Foundation. This dynamism gave Nondumiso solid confidence to accept an amazing opportunity of senior leadership as a Group Chief Executive Officer of Ntiyiso Consulting at a critical time when Ntiyiso Consulting was growing significantly into having multiple subsidiaries including a vibrant call centre. Nondumiso went to NFVF again as Acting CFO August 2021 to August 2022 assisting them to clean-up a qualification and re-build internal controls and processes. Nondumiso is currently a Board Member of Labuya Holdings (Pty) Ltd since November 2021 where she also assisted as Executive Director for 2 months.
INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Yolanda Ncokotwana
Yolanda Ncokotwana is the Head of Department (HOD): Industry Development at the NFVF.
Ncokotwana is a TV and film professional. Her experience spans across live productions, documentaries, and scripted content. She began her television career in broadcasting where she worked her way up from the production department to becoming a Commissioning Editor. As a story consultant, she has worked on over 30 titles including multiple award-winning films. As a Development and Production Manager she was responsible for overseeing funding on documentary projects like Buddha in Africa, The Sound of Mask, Skulls of my People, How to Steal a Country, Influence, etc. Ncokotwana is responsible for managing the co-development incentives and has recently spearheaded the Netherland/SA co-development fund and the NFVF/Netflix coproduction initiative.
Ncokotwana is a solid Project Manager who has organised finance forums on behalf of the NFVF and has previously been part of a team that led SABC content strategies for various flagship programmes and international sporting events such as the 2014 FIFA, World Cup, the 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2011/2015 Rugby World Cup and the 2016 RIO Olympic Games.
Ncokotwana holds a BTech degree in Film & Television Production from the Tshwane University of Technology and is currently pursuing a BA in Creative Writing. She has done short courses in Project Management and Customer Service and is an alumnus of the Sediba Producers’ Programme and has participated in many panels locally and internationally including Berlinale and Cannes.
Department focus areas: Production & Development Funding; Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation & Documentary; Skills Development & Training Funding; Co-Production Funding
OPERATIONS
Onke Dumeko
Onke Dumeko is the Head of Department (HOD): Operations at the NFVF.
Armed with more than 10 years’ experience in FMCG, retail, media, publishing and the public sector, Dumeko has cemented her valuable contribution made within diverse industries, as reflected in her uniquely eclectic experience.
As a multi award-winning media maven, her strategic approach to marketing, communications, publishing, partnerships, and production has culminated in her success to-date in her career at organisations such as Colgate Palmolive, Brand South Africa, African Sales, Ndalo Media and The Barleader TV where she serves as the founding editor of the film & tv archive platform, thebar. Magazine. As such, her accolades include being listed in the 2017 Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans and receiving the 2018 Gauteng Government Film & Media Excellence Award.
As a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, Dumeko holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economic Science and Marketing and an Honours degree in Marketing from the University of the Witwatersrand.
Aligned with her passion for production and content, she has been serving as the Partnerships & Distribution Manager at the National Film & Video Foundation since January 2021 and was recently appointed as the Head Of Department: Operations.
Department focus areas: Marketing & Distribution Funding, Marketing & Communications, Events, Partnerships, Research, Legal, Policy & Compliance.
