Pondoza the BuilderI don't build houses,I build people.
Hezekiel Pondoza Mabena is a Certified Neuro Life Coach who helps individuals, leaders, churches and teams break repeated thought patterns, fear and limiting beliefs, and rebuild identity, purpose and direction.
Real people. Real businesses. Real impact. Stronger minds, better futures.
Mindset rewiring, grounded in faith and neuroscience
Pondoza is the founder of the People Building Institute and CEO of Memezela Holdings. His coaching combines neuroscience principles, emotional intelligence and faith-based transformation, anchored in the idea of renewing the mind (Romans 12:2).
He started in petrochemical and mining as an Occupational Health & Safety Practitioner in Secunda. That background gave him a systems approach to safety leadership and people management, which he now brings into every coaching room.
Based in Secunda / Trichardt, Mpumalanga, he works with individuals, businesses, churches, schools and communities.
Known for
- Transformational speaking
- Mindset rewiring
- Purpose and identity coaching
- Leadership development
- Pastoral mentorship
Roles
- Certified Neuro Life Coach
- Award-winning author and publisher
- Pastor and speaker
- Music graduate and MC
Services
One-on-one or in a group, for people and for organisations.
Neuro Life Coaching
One-on-one and group coaching to change the thought patterns that keep you stuck.
Individual coaching
Identity, purpose and direction, worked through at your pace.
Mindset rewiring and limiting beliefs
Identify the story you keep repeating and rewrite it.
Safety leadership
Coaching for leaders who want a safety culture built on people, not only procedure.
Team building coaching
Facilitated sessions that help teams trust each other and work as one.
Fear to Progress Intensive
A focused programme for moving from anxiety and procrastination to action.
From small rooms to organisations that trust the work
- Early career
Occupational Health & Safety
Petrochemical and mining sector, Secunda. Systems thinking and safety leadership.
- 2016 – present
Pastor and People Builder
Pastoral counselling, youth work, men's conferences and community building in Mpumalanga.
- 2018 – present
Founder and Lead Neuro Life Coach
People Building Institute. Full-time coaching and speaking at churches, business seminars, schools and community events.
Books and programmes
FEAR: The Spirit Against Progress
Drawing on personal experience, Pondoza explores fear as more than an emotion: a spirit that hides behind anxiety, panic and procrastination. He has also written coaching manuals and devotionals.
- 7 Days To Break The Prince Over Your RegionBreaking territorial and generational thought patterns.
- Rewiring The Repeated StoryIdentify and rewrite limiting life narratives.
- Fear to Progress IntensiveFrom anxiety to action.
- Restoration HikesOutdoor coaching that combines wellness, prayer and mindset work.
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