Julie Mkhonta hails from a Swati family and born in Soweto. Media has been Julie’s forte with having being Regional Sales Manager at SABC Commercial Enterprises, Sales and Marketing Director at Primedia Outdoor Africa division, Account Manager at DStv Media Sales, Consultant at Havas Media.
Media and Starcom. She had a short stint as Business Development Manager at Bytes Technology and a longer stint at MTN.
Julie is also a highly driven entrepreneur with her own faith-based clothing collection.
In the latter part of her life, she is dedicated to helping those who cannot help themselves and being a voice to the voiceless. As a director of AlexWorks, a for-profit company owned by Rays of Hope as a revenue-generator, Julie has first-hand experience of the struggles of the community of Alexandra. The AlexWorks charity store helps the Alexandra community buy and on-sell for a good profit and create alternative income to put food on the table.
Julie enjoys keeping fit with pilates and the odd game of golf and binge watching to relax her brain and escape from reality.