About Us
How We Got Started
Launched 21 July 2025 under the Faculty of Natural Sciences, GreenGrow is WSU’s response to student food insecurity and rising living costs. It grows from the 2024 World Food Day campaign and the #StretchMyRand initiative, where students learned to make R100 go further by choosing nutritious, affordable foods. GreenGrow expands that idea—pairing saving skills with simple urban agriculture so students can eat better, spend less, and learn by doing.
Our Vision
Empowering student entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods through soft skills development.
National Development
Plan Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Professor Albert Modi
Director
Okuhle
Academic Advisor
Khenso Mashaba
Leadership Liaison
TSHIMANGADZO MASIA
Operations
Asandiswa Madikizela
Marketing Officer
Richard Junior Nathan Chinomona
Communication
Thembekile Mdluli
Administration Officer
Yenayena Mtshoko
Strategic Innovation Leadership
Viwe Ntshonga
Finance Coordinator
Asipheamandla Qanga
Stakeholder Liaison
Tshepiso Mosheshoe
Sustainability Officer
Strategic Goals
- Resilient Learning Community: Students capable of withstanding and adapting to challenges, disruptions, and changes while maintaining focus on learning outcomes.
- Community of Practice (CoP): A group of students who share a concern or passion for something they do and learn how to do it better through regular interaction.
- Lifelong Learning: The ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for personal or professional development.
Our Objectives
Our core objective is to cultivate sustainable living by providing hands-on training in urban agriculture, promoting waste innovation, and fostering agripreneurship to build more food-secure and environmentally conscious communities. Giving essential soft skills to empower students within and beyond academic spaces
Reduce food costs
For students through budget planning and home-grown produce.
Build practical skills
Develop soft skills in gardening, problem-solving, teamwork, and communication.
Improve nutrition
with fresh, seasonal, diverse crops and safe storage practices.