ULusanda Madondo, eneminyaka engu-19 nje kuphela, uqophe umlando wokuba ngumncane kunabo bonke abathweswe iziqu eNyuvesi yaKwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) emikhosini yokuthweswa iziqu ekwindla ka-2025.
Uthole iBachelor of Social Science in Housing, impumelelo emangalisayo egqamisa amandla akhe ezifundweni kanye nokuzimisela. Uthando lukaMadondo lwezindlu nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi lwamshukumisela ukuba aphumelele ezifundweni zakhe, futhi manje wenza iziqu zeHonours zeHousing Development e-UKZN. Umgomo wakhe uwukwakha umsebenzi onomthelela emkhakheni wezindlu, ukubhekana nezidingo ezibalulekile eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngaphandle kokufunda, uMadondo ungumuntu owenza izinto eziningi futhi onomoya wokuncintisana. Ngo-2024, wabamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni kaMiss Teen Universe South Africa, wagqama phakathi kwabaqhudelana abangu-200 futhi wakwazi ukungena kwabangu-80 abahamba phambili. Ikhono lakhe lokubhalansisa ezemfundo nempumelelo yangemva kwesikole libonisa ukuziphatha kwakhe nesifiso sakhe sokuvelela.
Indaba kaMadondo iyisikhuthazo entsheni yaseNingizimu Afrika, ifakazela ukuthi iminyaka ayisona isithiyo empumelelweni. Njengoba eqhubeka nohambo lwakhe lwezemfundo nobuchwepheshe, usagxile ekwenzeni umnikelo obonakalayo emphakathini ngomsebenzi wakhe wokuthuthukisa izindlu, ohlanganisa umoya wokwenza kahle kanye nenkonzo.