Nombulelo Yende is a second- year Opera student at the South African College of Music, having first completed a foundation year. She won the Ruth Ormond prize as the best first-year in 2015 and appeared in Kaleidoscope of 2016 as one of the soloists. She has shared a stage with her sister Pretty Yende on quite a few occasions and has been a part of all the opera productions since starting her course. She also performed at Casa Labia in 2016 with Professor Franklin Larey.