Siphiwe Shekwa

Siphiwe is from Zwelisha outside of Mbembela and is a mother and grandmother. She has been with the Hall family for over 21 years when she started working for Kim’s mother, Helen.

Her roles at Torburnlea include housekeeping, laundry, room checks and cleaning the silver.

Siphiwe enjoys being a housekeeper at a guest house because she gets to meet many different people and she understands the importance of them bringing income to their community. She enjoys getting the rooms and house perfect and she loves to see how much the guests enjoy the house.

At home she grows her own vegetables, has chickens and is involved in her community. She enjoys to sew but while she doesn’t have a sewing machine, she keeps herself busy with crochet.

  Siphiwe Shekwa