THE MVULA TRUST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Mr. Asivhanga Tshibubudze is an interventionist with extensive experience in business development, marketing and sales. As a seasoned strategist, Tshibubudze has consulted with PriceWaterhouseCoopers on the auditing side; has functioned as an executive head for a fleet management and leasing company and he has completed marketing jobs at several blue-chip companies in South Africa. Tshibubudze has academic qualifications from the University of the North (Limpopo).
Job Titles:
- Technical Services Manager
Mr. Rufus Peacock is based at Head Office of the Mvula Trust. He is an experienced engineer specialising in project management, civil engineering, engineering design and more. Peacock previously worked on critical programmes such as the Masibambane Water Supply Project as well as the Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Strategy for the Kgalagadi Cross Boundary District Municipality. Prior to joining the Mvula Trust, Peacock was a Chief Operations Officer at Phumelela Africa Professional Engineers. He is a member of the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP), the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) and the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). Peacock has academic qualifications from the Cape Peninsula Technicon and the University of Pretoria.
Mr. Silas Mbedzi has extensive management experience in the public and private sectors, commanding unparalleled authority in the water sector. Mbedzi previously held positions as CEO at the Mhlathuze Water Board and as the Chief Director: Institutional Oversight at the Department of Water Affairs. Mbedzi also worked as an associate director at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, where he was responsible for the local government market. He occupied deputy director-general positions in the Gauteng (Department of Development Planning and Local Government) and Limpopo (Department of Land, Housing and Local Government) Provincial Governments. Mbedzi has also worked at the Work Bank, the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the Johannesburg City Council and at the University of Cape Town. Mbedzi has academic qualifications from the Harvard Business School, Wits University and post-graduate degrees from the University of Cape Town and the University of the North.
Mr. Xola Ntobongwane is based in the KwaZulu-Natal office of the Mvula Trust and has been with the organisation for the past 21 years. Ntobongwane is passionate about community partnerships and is an expert in the community-based project management approach that Mvula Trust implements across all its projects. He was previously employed with the Urban Foundation and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Public Works and Transport. Ntobongwane has academic qualifications from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Durban University of Technology.
As an architect, Ms. Alufheli Dowelani has expert knowledge in land information systems, reading engineering drawings, aerial maps and building plans as well as the interpretation of plumbing and electrical layout plans. Dowelani is a seasoned project manager and was previously employed with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform as well as the Department of Education. Her membership to professional bodies includes being registered with the South African Council for the Architectural Profession and the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professionals (SACPCMP). Dowelani has academic qualifications from the University of Pretoria and Technicon Northern Transvaal.
Ms. Julia Mmushi has unmatched experience in project management, contract management and business process integration. As a seasoned civil engineer, Mmushi previously worked at Bigen Africa Consultants as a civil engineer and was the engineering projects coordinator for BP South Africa. Mmushi has worked for the Mvula Trust for the past 13 years and holds academic qualifications from the Cape Peninsula Technicon, UNISA and the Project Management Institute.