Siyabulela Nkachela

North West
South Africa

I am a gamechanger of note and have used the #tennislifestyle as a vehicle to making an impact and difference in the tennis ecosystem across South Africa, Africa and the world.

Qualifications

ITF Level 2 Coaching Certificate

BA Communication Honours

BA (Media and Politics specialization)

THE TENNIS ENTREPRENEUR

Since April 2014 the entrepreneurial acumen in Nkachela has led to the founding and coining of a #tennislifestyle which talks to opening tennis to everyone and diversifying the ecosystem in the process.

In 2015, TennisLabSA was registered and along with it came the setting up of:

Tennis Academies at Schools
Community Tennis Initiatives
Apprentice Coaching Centre
Street Tennis Initiatives
Money Events and Tours

The below are premium tennis events conceptualized, implemented:

Mahikeng Tennis Open,
African Grand Slam,
Durban Open,
Kempton Park Tennis Open,
Tshwane Tennis Challenge,
Centurion Tennis Open,
Junior Tennis Cup,
Tennis PlayDays,
TNNS GRND PRX,
BounceBack Wheelchair Tennis Event

When not on the tennis court or doing tennis, Siyabulela enjoys watching soccer, Formula 1 and bingeing on a variety of Documentaries.

Experience

I have been exposed to various aspects of tennis, i.e Playing, Coaching, Administration, Events and Management as per below:

SPORT ADMINISTRATION AND LEADERSHIP

2021 – Present: Coach-Agent to World Number 4 Wheelchair Tennis Player, Donald Ramphadi

2024: Head Coach to NWU Mahikeng Campus Tennis Team

2023: Founded Tennis Grizzlies NPC Club in Mahikeng

2023: Founded the Mahikeng Tennis Association and elected Secretary-General

2018: Head Coach for SA Under 20 Tennis Team at the Zone 5 Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana

2018: Head Coach for South African Under 16 Tennis Team in Hammamet, Tunisia

2022: Elected chairperson of Gauteng North Tennis Development

December 2013 & 2014: Tournament Director of SA Schools Championships

December 2014: Appointed Wheelchair Tennis Development Expert by world governing body International Tennis

Federation (ITF)

November 2014: Elected chairperson of Gauteng North Tennis Seniors

July 2014: Founded the Tennis Lab SA and Tennis Barbarians Team Challenge

July 2009- September 2016: Wheelchair Tennis Community Programmes and Media Manager: WTSA

2009 -2012: Sport and Life Skills Facilitator/Trainer, Assessor at Leap Projects Training Company

2006-2007: Co-owner of Kyalami Ranch Tennis Academy

2005: Coach/Manager – Wheelchair Tennis World Team Cup – Holland

2004: Qualified Assessor and Coach as per South African Quality Authority (SAQA)

2004: Coach – SA Wheelchair Tennis Team –Holland, Belgium & England

2004: Wheelchair Tennis Head Coach – 2004 Athens Paralympics

2004 – 2006: National Development Officer Wheelchair Tennis South Africa (WTSA)

2003 – 2006: Project Manager of Tennis Development Project (Sustainable Coaching Program) S C P

2003: Development Officer: South African Student Sport Union National Student Sport Association Tennis

2002-2004: Three-time winning captain University of Pretoria Tennis team South African Student Sport Union (SASSU) Tennis Championships

1999-2000: Resident Coach: Mmabatho Tennis Centre

1995-1999: Captain and Number 1 Tennis Player at North-West University – Mahikeng Campus

Testimonial

He does more than most African Sports Federations with his outreach social programs. I wonder if the Southern African tennis region knows how blessed it is to have this God's gift. My brother from all of us who see the impact you are having with children, adults, societies, communitiies, villages, towns and cities

Mr. Petrus Molefe, Botswana Davis Cup Head Coach & Owner of Tennis Data Hub

Testimonial

You do the most with the least and that is what sets you apart from the most. Continue being the machine that never stops and never will #borndifferent #virgoenergy

Mr. Bruce Gama, ex-number 1 Swaziland Tennis Player, founder of Bruce Gama Diabetes for Sport Foundation

Testimonial

Siya keep up the good work and as we build tennis for Southern Africa, youre one of our cornerstones, let's go.

Mr. Shatisho MaKhumalo, Botswana Coach

Testimonial

Passion plus brains always motivating us to be at our best, we are very blessed to have this fearless lion.

Mr. Keith Phatizwe Mabuza, Owner of KPM Tennis Academy in South Africa

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The one and only to have done the best for tennis. I have never seen any coach do what you did at one of the coaching clinics in South Africa, keep rising and being the best.

Miss Antoinette Shibisi, Mental Health NGO founder

Testimonial

You have charted your own way and that doesn't make it easier to navigate but if you keep on being centred in things that serve you, you are bound to make it.

Dr Lekgowe Thipe, Psychologist and owner of Ikitse_Know Yourself