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.
Three access points
Choose your
path forward
Every teenager is different. We've designed three distinct entry points so you can find the right fit for your season, budget, and goals.
Premium · Limited Intake
With the Founder
Direct one-on-one coaching with Nomveliso Mbanga — the practitioner who built this methodology over 30 years. Vee works with a small number of young people at any one time. Each engagement is personal, unhurried, and designed around who your child is — not a programme template.
This is not a standardised service. It is a relationship. Spaces are limited and offered by application only.
From R8,500 / session
Certified Coaches · Supervised | In-House Team · Founder Supervised
With the Team
Every Mayine in-house coach is certified in our indigenous and culturally-grounded methodology — this is not generic coaching training. All coaches working with minors operate under Nomveliso's direct, ongoing supervision.
Every coaching plan is co-crafted with the founder before work begins. Progress is reviewed continuously — Nomveliso remains an active presence in every client journey, not a name on a certificate.
Accessible investment from R2,500 / session
Group · Online · Waitlist Open
Teen Membership
A growing online community and group coaching programme for teenagers who want to build identity, clarity, and excellence alongside peers.
R2,500 / annual fee once off.
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.
Gr 5–7Ages 10–13
Gr 8–9Ages 13–15
Pre-Teen Phase
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.
Gr 10 - 11Ages 16–17
Early Teen Phase
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.
Gr 12Ages 18
Senior Teen Phase
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
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.