For Pre-Teens & Teenagers · Grades 5–12
Coaching that starts
with who they are —
not who they should be.
One core programme. Four distinct seasons. The Mindset of Academic Excellence™ meets each young person exactly where they are.
How we work with your child
The Nomveliso Mbanga
Teencoaching™ programme —
four ways in
The methodology is the same across every format. What differs is the intensity, the setting, and the level of access. Whether your child attends a retreat, joins a regional group, or enters through the online community — they are working within the same five pillars and the same indigenous-based approach to human development.
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Licensed Associates · Quarterly · 4 regions
Group coaching
regional
Delivered by our Licensed Associate Teencoaches™ — certified practitioners working within the Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™ methodology. Small groups, quarterly commitment, and tracked development across academics, leadership, school experience, and self-leadership.
Two online sessions and one in-person session per quarter. Available in four regions. Where needed, our coaches advocate directly with your child's school — because they already know them.
East London · kuGompo | Johannesburg | Durban | Louis Trichardt / PolokwaneR1,950 / quarter
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Led by Nomveliso · Residential · Annual
Teen’'s Weeekend Retreats
concentrated transformation
Three residential days facilitated personally by Nomveliso Mbanga. Maximum 15 participants per cohort. An events-driven community experience — shared meals, guest speakers, nighttime activities, and coaching sessions — in a four to five-star venue.
Pre-Teen (Grades 5–7), Teen Girls (Grades 8–11), and Teen Boys (Grades 8–11) cohorts. Every retreat includes a two-hour parent training session. No other retreat in South Africa offers this.
Pre-Teens · Gr 5–7Teen Girls · Gr 8–11Teen Boys · Gr 8–11R16,500 / participant
Our Licensed Associate Teencoaches™
Certified in the methodology.
Supervised within the ecosystem.
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WhatsApp · Open year-round · Via Payhip
Teen online community
self-leadership space
A self-leadership community for teenagers who want to grow alongside peers. Weekly challenges, goal-setting marathons, peer competitions, and voice notes from Nomveliso. Access is through Payhip and the programme runs on WhatsApp.
For the self-starter who thrives in community. No live coaching sessions — this is warm proximity to the Mayine methodology at the most accessible entry point. Community members hear about retreat openings and group coaching spaces first.
Open year-roundNo minimum commitmentR300 / month
Every Licensed Associate Teencoach™ delivering group coaching and parenting circles under the Mayine brand is a certified practitioner — trained within the Nomveliso Mbanga Teencoaching™ methodology and operating within the MaGICA™ membership platform. Coaching supervision is built into the ecosystem. The methodology is Nomveliso's. The delivery is the team's.
Identity foundations, emotional vocabulary, peer dynamics, and self-leadership — before high school intensifies everything. Mixed group, age-appropriate facilitation.
Academic excellence, identity anchoring, emotional intelligence, and self-leadership. Tracked development quarter on quarter with school advocacy when needed.
Identity, career direction, and adult self-leadership for young adults navigating the post-school transition and early adult years.
Small group support for parents in the same developmental season. Maximum 8 parents per circle. Foundation Years and Transition Years run as separate circles.
Identity foundations, emotional vocabulary, peer dynamics, and self-leadership — before high school intensifies everything. Mixed group, age-appropriate facilitation.
Academic excellence, identity anchoring, emotional intelligence, and self-leadership. Tracked development quarter on quarter with school advocacy when needed.
Identity, career direction, and adult self-leadership for young adults navigating the post-school transition and early adult years.
Small group support for parents in the same developmental season. Maximum 8 parents per circle. Foundation Years and Transition Years run as separate circles.
Identity foundations, emotional vocabulary, peer dynamics, and self-leadership — before high school intensifies everything. Mixed group, age-appropriate facilitation.
Academic excellence, identity anchoring, emotional intelligence, and self-leadership. Tracked development quarter on quarter with school advocacy when needed.
Identity, career direction, and adult self-leadership for young adults navigating the post-school transition and early adult years.
Small group support for parents in the same developmental season. Maximum 8 parents per circle. Foundation Years and Transition Years run as separate circles.
Identity foundations, emotional vocabulary, peer dynamics, and self-leadership — before high school intensifies everything. Mixed group, age-appropriate facilitation.
Academic excellence, identity anchoring, emotional intelligence, and self-leadership. Tracked development quarter on quarter with school advocacy when needed.
Identity, career direction, and adult self-leadership for young adults navigating the post-school transition and early adult years.
Small group support for parents in the same developmental season. Maximum 8 parents per circle. Foundation Years and Transition Years run as separate circles.
The core programme
Mindset of Academic
Excellence™
The MAE™ is not a tutoring programme. It is a coaching methodology that builds the inner architecture from which academic performance, self-leadership, and identity emerge — applied across four distinct grade phases, each with its own season and focus.
Pre-Teen Phase: Gr 5–7 | Ages 10–13
High School Readiness
The foundation season. Before high school demands set in, we build identity, self-awareness, and the internal frameworks that will carry a young person through every academic and social challenge ahead. Structured leadership and emotional intelligence are introduced here — not as concepts, but as lived practice.
Early Teen Phase: Gr 8–9 | Ages 13–15
Structured Independence
The settling season. High school is no longer new — and the real work begins. This phase builds structured, self-reliant academic habits while opening the first conversations around subject choices, career curiosity, and what it means to lead your own learning. The young person begins to understand academics as a tool they choose, not a system they survive.
Senior Teen Phase:Gr 10 - 11 | Ages 16–17
Tertiary Readiness
The building season. Academic performance, the Experience Model™, and the deliberate construction of a profile that speaks beyond marks. Career direction becomes concrete. The young person is coached to think about who they are becoming — and to begin building evidence of that identity in everything they do.
Matric Phase · Distinct Programme: Gr 12s
Finishing Strong
Grade 12 is its own season entirely. This is not about building new foundations — it is about anchoring what is already there and crossing the finish line with focus, identity intact, and results that reflect who this young person truly is. A distinct coaching approach, designed specifically for the final year of high school.
For parents
What to expect
as a parent
You are not handing your child to a programme. You are entering a coaching relationship — and your role in that relationship matters.
How it works
Sessions are one-on-one between coach and young person — in person or online, depending on your location and preference. Sessions are typically 60–90 minutes, scheduled regularly over an agreed coaching arc. Parents receive structured feedback at agreed intervals, not after every session. The coaching space belongs to your child.
What shifts, and when
Coaching is not a quick fix — and we will never tell you it is. Most families begin to notice shifts in self-regulation, communication, and academic engagement within the first two to three months. Deeper identity work takes longer. We work in honest timelines, not performance timelines.
Your role
Parents of pre-teens (Gr 5–7) are more actively involved — the family is a central pillar of the work at this stage. As young people move into the teenage years, the coaching relationship shifts toward their growing autonomy. You are kept informed, never kept out.
Safety & confidentiality
All Mayine coaches operate under a clear safeguarding framework and a code of ethics aligned with ICF standards. Confidentiality is explained to both parent and young person at the start of every engagement. We work with minors — and we take that responsibility seriously.
The methodology
Rooted in who you already are
Our coaching draws from Ubuntu philosophy, indigenous African intelligence, and 30 years of practical work with teenagers across South Africa. This isn't Western self-help dressed in African clothes. It is original.