SAKHILE NOKUTHULA
HLATSHWAKO
CURRICULUM VITAE
Mangwaneni, Mbabane,
Swaziland
SAKHILE NOKUTHULA HLATSHWAKO
A409 Swazi Plaza, Mbabane, Swaziland ● (- ●-
╟PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY╢
Primary school prefect, university group projects leader, report writing supervisor and presentations’
speaker during three-year university studies. Limkokwing Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme
(LEAP) participant as AITC student company’s human resources manager, intermediary between student
company teams and university management, and event coordinator for LEAP’s final projects presentation
event attended by industry professionals, companies and media. Obtaining a role as columnist guest
writer with the Sunday Times (Times of Swaziland) straight after university and afterwards, overseeing a
magazine project for SDMI Swaziland, Currently make a living as a home-based freelance writer and
graphic designer since June 2017, with an article published online at YouAndMe Magazine, as well as
projects undertaken for clients including writing essays, employment cover letters, résumés, speeches,
and business plans, as well as graphic designing of posters, flyers, invitation cards and logos.
╟PROFESSIONAL
OBJECTIVE╢
To become associated with both local and international companies, organizations and publications, where
my writing and graphic designing skills can be utilized and gain further experience while enhancing the
client’s marketability and reputation, as well as to add public speaking, photography and videography
services as part of my freelancer package.
╟SKILLS╢
●Leadership and management
●Writing, editing and proofreading
●Quick adaptation and learning
Effective reporting (verbal and written)
╟WORK
●Teamwork
●Interpersonal communication and public speaking
●Problem-solving and creative thinking capabilities
Organization and time management
HISTORY╢
Home-based Freelance Graphic Designer, June 2018 to Current
Self-employed, Mbabane, Swaziland
Designing personalized graphics as ordered by clients for business, events and personal purposes
Home-based Freelance Writer, June 2017 to Current
Self-employed, Mbabane, Swaziland
Scouting both local and international clients for writing projects such as business plan
documents, event speeches, business reports, resume and cover letter writing, and print media
article writing.
Working on personal projects such as writing my own book projects
Project Overseer, August 2016 to September 2016
SDMI Swaziland, Swaziplaza, Mbabane
Hiring and managing an editorial team for the company’s new magazine project
Liaising with potential interviews for feature stories
Writing all project documents such as proposals, and letters to relevant stakeholders
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Generating the editorial content and design for the publication and approving writers and graphic
designers content afterwards
Guest Writer, June 2015 to January 2016
Times of Swaziland, Mbabane
Proposed a youth column for the Sunday Times which was accepted and introduced in the
publication
Generated weekly inspirational articles focused on the youth, inspired by studying current affairs
and youngsters’ personal experiences
Liaised with potential interviews for mentioning in my inspirational content depending on the
particular subject matter
╟EDUCATION╢
Associate Degree in International Tourism, August 2012 to September 2015
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Sdvwashini, Mbabane, Swaziland
Skill Exposure:
Typing and designing documents such as project reports, presentations, brochures,
posters, and projects budgets, using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Publisher and Excel.
Supervising group projects brainstorming, formulation, implementation and evaluation
Liaising with industry professionals, intermediating between students and university
management, event coordinating and public speaking during LEAP
Achievements:
University group projects leader and presentations speaker from first to final year
Maintaining only distinctions and merit grades from first to final year, thus obtaining a
GPA: 4.00 at the end of my studies.
Successfully playing a leadership role as human resources manager alongside the chief
executive officer in AITC during LEAP in-house internship, thus achieving only distinction
grades during the internship and becoming the best student company of the year.
Successfully coordinating the LEAP final projects presentation event attended by industry
professionals, companies, government institutes, and media after being given the
challenging role by the university management LEAP committee.
IGSCCSE/ SGCSE (Form 5 Certificate), November 2010
Siteki Nazarene High School, Siteki, Swaziland
Achievements:
Obtaining a certificate for the best student in French during our Form 5 Speech and Prize
Giving Day
Junior Certificate (JC-Form 3 Certificate), November 2008
St Michael’s High School, Manzini, Swaziland
Achievements:
Obtaining all credits with 7 A’s, 2 B’s and 1 C, plus coming in the top 50 list of
Swaziland’s best performing students
Primary Education Certificate (Grade 7 Certificate), November 2005
Assembly of God Primary School, Siteki, Swaziland
Achievements:
Obtaining the role of school prefect every year from second to seventh grade
╟REFERENCES╢
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Mr Jean-Piere Isaacs, Project Manager
SDMI Swaziland, Swazi Plaza, Mbabane
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Mr Nkosilenhle Masuku, Communication Manager
Swaziland Communications Commission, Mbabane, Swaziland
(Former LEAP Coordinator & Limkokwing University Senior Manager)
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Email:-Mr Ndumiso Mnisi, Chief Executive Offficer
Tsenga.com Advertising Agency, Mbabane, Swaziland
(Former AITC Chief Executive Officer)
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Mrs Nonto Papy, Regular Poster Designing Client
Longrich Entrepreneur, Pretoria, South Africa
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Mr Muzi Sibusiso Mkhonta, Résumé Writing and Designing Client
Limkowking University Graduate
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╟CLIENTS
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RÉSUMÉ SAMPLES╢
