Majola is a shining example of black excellence and will feature in Mpumalanga’s soon-to-be released all-women’s book written by journalist, titled 21 Remarkable Women of the Rising Sun. The book celebrates Mpumalanga’s inspiring women from the business sector, politics, medicine, arts and culture, media, sports and home-based caregivers, to mention a few.

Majola, a young risk management professional excelling in this field, is credited for helping establish the risk management division within the Mpumalanga Department of Economic Development and Tourism by developing, enabling and guiding frameworks, establishing a risk management structure to support operations and enhancing accountability at senior management level.

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Following this move, the department went on to be recognised by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) and was presented with an industry initiative award in 2019, the first of its kind for the province. Majola holds a certified risk management professional designation from IRMSA, an elite designation currently only conferred on fewer than 40 risk professionals. She truly is a specialist in risk culture and develops innovative and effective risk management solutions to strengthen the ability to measure and manage various risk portfolios and areas.

Majola was nominated for the IRMSA Risk Manager of the Year Award for 2020, a prestigious nomination. She further participates in the IRMSA Professional and Student Mentorship Programmes, where she mentors women within the risk management community. Her passion for transformation within the sector is evident and strives to leave a legacy of equipped women. In her spare time, Majola and her husband, a successful property developer in the Lowveld, have dedicated resources to feeding the homeless, paying fees for struggling students and providing food parcels and clothes to the less fortunate.

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“I have always wanted to make a change, great or small. I believe one’s destiny is always linked to others and it’s upon us to make an impact in our respective environments. My mother used to narrate a story of a village lighter to me. There once was a village with torch poles that required someone to physically ignite them every evening. A humble, quiet, unrecognised and uncelebrated man used to take his ladder and torch and would ignite each pole so the people could have light. This happened every evening and the village had light. One day, this man passed away. That evening, the village folks soon recognised the great darkness, and some started to enquire where the man had gone off to. “The moral of this story is that you may not be celebrated, recognised or appreciated, but let your light shine wherever you are,” she said.