Growing up in the rural town of Butterworth in South Africa, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela was drawn to having a career in beer following a university open day in Johannesburg. In 2007, she started brewing as ...

South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry. At her Brewsters Academy in ...

Apiwe grew up in Butterworth, a small town in the Eastern Cape. She studied microbiology and started brewing in 2007. She ...

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is believed to be the first Black woman brewer in South Africa to own a brewery and strives to introduce ...

Mawela, South Africa's first Black woman craft brewery owner, is revolutionizing the beer industry by training young Black graduates in brewing. As a beer brewing master, she aims to open the industry ...

Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela is an international beer judge and taster, and is believed to be the first Black woman in South Africa ...

Students prepare to brew beer with South African beer brewing master Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 5, 2025. Credit: AP Nxusani-Mawela's classes began in early ...

South Africa’s first Black female beer brewery owner is aiming to shake up the industry. At her Brewsters Academy in Johannesburg, Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela trains young Black science graduates ...

South African beer brewing master Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela serves customers her beer at a beer festival in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Nqobile Ntshangase) ...

JOHANNESBURG — After pouring brown, gritty liquid from a huge silver tank into a flute-like container known as a refractometer, South African beer brewing master Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela gives an ...