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Gugulethu Nkutha (born Gugulethu Nomaswazi; August 10, 1981) is a Believer and Follower of Jesus Christ, passionate about seeing God's truth known to all nations and people. Gugulethu is an Evangelist, know for her trailblazing Marketing Strategies and Concepts that resulted in revenue ventures for multinational companies she worked for in the banking, financial, telecommunications and engineering industries. She is an author, speaker, musician, Founder, CEO and Senior Leader of Jesus Planted Vines (JPVMinistry). Gugulethu and her husband Sibusiso Nkutha have two girls, Nasibu and Safwani and live in Randburg, Johannesburg. The ministry founded May 2013 is headquartered in Johannesburg South Africa.

Other aspects of JPVMinistry include gospel music recordings, an annual conference called "Speak Lord" and "YouthUnleashed" that draws both young and old people from all walks of life with a desire to know God and have an encounter with Jesus Christ.

Life and Career
Gugulethu was born in Springs, Kwa-Thema, South Africa, and grew up in Tsakane, and later moved with her mother Julia Twala to Kwa-Thema where she would grew up and finish her high school studides. She completed her matric 1998, at Springs Girls High School.

She then moved to Kwazulu Natal Durban graduated in Marketing from the Durban University of Technology (2001) and an MBA from the Management College of Southern Africa (2013). After her graduation she then joined Avis Car Rentals as part of an internship, which gave her the real start into marketing field during the time of First Rand Group WesBank fighting for market share in the vehicle finance industry, as a Marketer leading research and strategies to gain traction, which saw her forming part of the joint ventures between the financial institution and car manufacture which later formed BMW Finance, Toyota and Volkswagen finance, after 3 years she moved into a sales function as Business Development for Hyundai, Mercedes which allowed her to understand that any business is focused on one thing the bottom line, through delivery results for future sustainability. Also working for FNB as a Manager for Special Projects which saw her being part of the time that would lead change in providing housing to the poorest in South Africa, FNB Smart Home Loans, an intiative driven by the government with then  Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisilu. The project was partnership with FNB, South African Government and Primedia aimed at providing low cost housing to low earning income households in South Africa. The project saw a joint venutre with Edcon through their outlet Jet which had the biggest segment database at the time of 2 million customers in book value. The results birth of these ventures were ComsoCity and Gateway in Cape Town After 5 years of financial and corporate experience with the financial service. Gugulethu moved to Vodacom, a new industry that was at its peak in growth, in 2006, where she worked for both consumer and business segments, she then in 2010 ventured to second's largest network provider MTN leading strategies in ISP solutions for MTN Business both in the Small Medium Entrprise and Multinational companies. In MTN South Africa she would form part of the team and leading a defensive strategy against MTN's arrival Cell C, she would be the custodian in launching MTN first flat rate prepaid price plan called "ALL4ONE", as well as International Calling aimed at the high influx of migrants in South Africa who were on MTN. In 2014 she was head hunted by an engineering Group Company Hudaco Industries as their aim of tranformation program, becoming the pioneers of change in leading the process amongst to be one of the first black female appointees into senior management within the group companies.

Ministry
Gugulethu founded the JPVMINISTRY 2013, a non profit organisation aimed at empowering leaders to discover their God given gifts and unleash them.

Gugulethu speaks with certainty, sharing with her audience her own affirmations that those with God on their side can do mighty things even when odds are against them, for their is the truth in knowing that even when they may seem as if they are failing to reach their goals in life. Its not over until God says its over. In 2017, 24 September, Gugulethu was ordained as an Evangelist, a calling she confesses to mean more to her as it defines the reason she was born to do, and everything else stems from this purpose whether as wife, mother, colleague and leader, Gugulethu comments "We all know there is time of birth and death, death we are all certain of and mostly we are scared to face, this life is only a path to our destination, people have to be told of the love of God, how to turn away from their sins, repent and believing that God is, hell and heaven are a certain place, it is only after physical death that we transcend into these two realms, however people should not be threatened with a stick, for all the laws of truth are written in each person's heart, and the Salvation of Jesus Christ only awakes that which is within before creation"