Our Work

Client: Mpumalanga Office of the Premier (MP: OOP): 2024
  • Our Role: Consultant
  • Project Scope: Collection and Analysis of Secondary Data and Compilation of Governance Component of the Mpumalanga 30-Year Review Report]
Client: Department of Social Development (DSD): 2023-2024.
  • Our Role: Evaluation Expert
  • Project Scope: Implementation evaluation of the Community Development Practitioners Training Programme (CDPTP) from 2008 to 2023
Client: Eastern Cape Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR), United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) & World Bank: 2024
  • Our Role: Consultant
  • Project Scope: Technical Advisory Services for the preparation of a Business Plan for the revitalization of small-scale irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape of South Africa for submission to the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI).
Client: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP): 2023-2024
  • Our Role: Consultant
  • Project Scope: Responsible for devising bankable country investment plans for South African Development Community (SADC) member states on Indigenous and Traditional Foods and overseeing Country Experts. Sub-contracted by the Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRAPAN).
Client: Zululand District Municipality: 2023
  • Our Role: Consultant
  • Project Scope: Undertaking a Feasibility Study and developing a Business Plan for a Maize Milling Plant for the Zululand District Municipality in the Ulundi Municipality.
Client: Petra Diamonds (Koffiefontein/Blue Diamond Mine) – working with Siyathembana Trading (Pty) Ltd.
  • Our Role: Lead Social Transition Expert – Crafting a Social Transition Plan and Implementation (conceptualisation & Implementation planning of various projects outside of mining, i.e.), agricultural & others (Large-scale Piggery, Poultry and industrial hemp, Enterprise Development Hub, Municipal Project Management Unit, Climate Smart FoodGardens for Food Security, etc.).
  • Project Scope: Stakeholder Engagement and Social Transition leading up to Care & Maintenance and Mine Closure of Koffiefontein Diamond Mine (KDM) trading as Blue Diamond Mine (BDM).
Client: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): 2023
  • Our Role: Consultant
  • Project Scope: United Nations Children’s Funds (UNICEF) Children on the Move Summative Evaluation – Working with CHMP Group.
Client: KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD): 2022
  • Our Role: Lead Agricultural Economist and Policy Analyst; Stakeholder Management & Quality Control – Agriculture House
  • Project Scope: KwaZulu-Natal Agri-Hubs Implementation Strategy including Supply Aggregation Strategy and Resource Mobilization – Working with Agriculture House and Impande Consortium
Client: IDT on behalf of EThekwini District Metro: 2020
  • Our Role: Lead Economist
  • Project Scope: Development of EThekwini Agribusiness Masterplan.
Client: Agricultural Research Council.: 2015
  • Our Role: Agricultural Innovation Systems Programme Reviewer
  • Project Scope: Organizational Review of the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) for the period 2007 to 2014.
Client: ACFS – UKZN: 2015
  • Our Role: Facilitator
  • Project Scope: Strategical Review for the African Centre of Food Security (ACFS) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
Client: Southern Africa Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU): 2012
  • Our Role: Agricultural Economist/ Value Chain Expert
  • Project Scope: A Value Chain Assessment of the Opportunities for Increased Production and Processing of Edible Oilseed Crops in Southern Africa.
Client: South Africa Poultry Association (SAPA): 2012
  • Our Role: Agricultural Economist & Policy Analyst
  • Project Scope: An Economic Assessment of the South African Poultry Industry: Effects of Legislation against Brining and Building a Case for Increased Protection.
Client: Irish Aid: 2012
  • Our Role: Evaluation Expert
  • Project Scope: Conducting an Impact Evaluation of the Tripartite Partnership in Health, HIV and AIDS for the Irish Aid (Irish Embassy) in Lesotho.
Client: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): 2012
  • Our Role: Evaluation Expert
  • Project Scope: Conducting a mid-term evaluation of the Implementation of the Legislation, Policy, and Programmes on Gender-Based Violence by National Prosecuting Authority (NPA-SOCA).
Client: Umhlaba Consulting for the Department of Rural Development & Land Reform: 2011
  • Our Role: Agricultural Economist
  • Project Scope: An Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Land Tenure Security Bill for the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (South Africa).