This female founders month Stratup Grind Bloemfontein hosts two local dynamic ladies who are community and industry leaders. Lenoma Legal is a first of it's kind online legal services and Thandi, is a Life-Coach, NLP Practitioner, Author and Public Speaker. Join us on Wednesday, 24th May at Cubana Havana Club to celebrate together female founders month.

“ Leah Molatseli(29 year old) born in Bloemfontein, went to Roseview Primary School, matriculated as Head Girl at Brebner High School in Bloemfontein. Studied and completed LLB Degree at the University of the Free State(UFS), articled at UFS Law Clinic, was admitted as an attorney at 24 years old.

Went to private practice in 2012 at a small firm and went on to work at Phatshoane Henney Attorneys as an Associate until 2015 when she resigned to start Lenoma Legal.

She previously sat on the board of ENSA(Entrepreneurs Network SA), published articles in SMETOOLKIT, SA Labour Guide and Farmers Weekly and was the President of the Free State and Northern Cape Chapter of SASLAW ( South African Society for Labour Law). She completed and EDP (Entrepreneurship Development Programme) offered by UFS together with the MTN Foundation.

She was awarded 3rd place in Bloemfontein leg of the ENGEN Pitch and Polish Competition, Out of 90 entrants across SA, she was placed in the TOP 5 of the QuickBooks 2016 Mompreneur Competition landing her a feature in the 2016 November issue of the coveted Entrepreneur Magazine( which boosts a readership of more than 200 000 in South Africa).

She will also be in a 2-page featured in the June 2017 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine talking about being in the tech space as a lawyer.

She currently holds the following positions.

Founder and MD of Lenoma Legal www.lenoma.co.za

Contributory Writer for SLA (She. Leads. Africa) and News24 Voices

Chapter Lead for #THUDbloem www.thehookupdinner.com

Board member of Phenomenal Woman SA

Greatest achievement to date is launch and running SA 1st Legal eCommerce website with instant legal document download capability www.lenoma.co.za”

"Thandi is a sought after qualified life coach, who enjoys working with both individuals and groups in facilitating positive transition. She specializes in co-parenting and blended families. Thandi is also a social reformist who consistently seeks to uproot injustice whenever confronted by it.

Thandi is a prominent speaker who has been featured on national platforms such as 3 Talk, and has also written for and consults with Destiny Magazine as a life coach on their online articles. Grazia Magazine has also used her expertise on an article facilitating discourse in the country.

She was recently appointed to be one of Destiny Magazine's Beautiful, Powerful YOU Ambassadors, as they recognised her as a balance of both power and beauty in the country.