Dr Nandipha Toyota Ndudane is a veterinarian and was the director and principal of Tsolo Agriculture and Rural Development Institute in the Eastern Cape, which offers a paraveterinary qualification in animal health. She taught modules in occupational communication, veterinary epidemiology and research methods.
Nandipha is the president of the South African Veterinary Council, an Africa representative of the World Veterinary Association and the chairperson of the World Organisation for Animal Health Ad Hoc Working Group, which seeks to harmonise community animal health workers’ training programmes and develop global guidelines for competency and curricula. She was recognized in the Mail and Guardian’s 2024 Power of Women in the agriculture and environment category.