Upon completing high school, Mthombeni enrolled at the University of Venda, where she studied for a Bachelor of Commerce in Tourism Management and participated in soccer and cricket.
English studies | Management | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Bureau of Land Management | MIT Sloan School of Management | management | oriental studies | Digital rights management | International Institute for Management Development | George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies | Simple Network Management Protocol | Business Studies | Beijing Foreign Studies University | Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies | Office of Management and Budget | Object Management Group | Hospitality | Singapore Management University | Kellogg School of Management | California Institute of Integral Studies | Oriental studies | Indian Institutes of Management | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | Customer relationship management | Brookfield Asset Management | American Management Association | Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies | Islamic Studies | Elite Model Management | Cerberus Capital Management |
She earned a Master's degree in Management from University of Rijeka's Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
The idea of forming an Institute was conceived by the Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) Department during the late 1990s with the strong support and unwavering efforts of the College of Education.