general info August 23, 2007

Department of Social Services reference number: 057-666

Telephone: + 27 47 577 8900

Email: dave@bulungulaincubator.org

Bank details:
Standard Bank
Account name: Bulungula Incubator
Account number: 07 066 1480
Branch: Thibault Square
Branch code: 02 09 09 00
International SWIFT code: SBZA ZA JJ

Postal Address:
106 Lynnwood Gardens
Pinetree Avenue
Claremont
Cape Town
7808
South Africa

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Réjane Woodroffe (Director)
Réjane is currently the Chief Economist and Head of International Portfolio Investments for Metropolitan Asset Managers. She heads up the team that manages MetAM’s R4billion international asset exposure and also has responsibility for forecasting the local and global macro-economic variables.  Rejane serves on the Board of Directors of Rape Crisis Cape Town and is an active member of the Ford Foundation’s International Fellowships Alumni.

Dave Martin (Deputy Director)
Dave is founder and co-owner of Bulungula Lodge and is a forerunner in conceptualizing and implementing economically and ecologically sustainable tourism initiatives.  His work has included extensive lobbying with local government to provide basic services to remote rural communities, as well as researching and testing various alternative technologies, and their usefulness to improving rural living.  Dave is the head of the Eastern Cape branch of Back Packers South Africa, and a member of their National Co-ordinating Committee.  Indeed, Dave has spent much time researching how to offer the ultimate backpacking experience by extensively travelling the back roads of China, South America and most importantly embarking on an epic one and a half year journey through Africa in 1997/98 when he crossed through 24 countries using public transport.

Donna Andrews (Board member)
As a South African the question of development and socio-economic transformation have informed my work, my intellectual endeavours and my activism in the post-apartheid landscape. My engagement has entailed research, popular education, campaigning, networking, lobbying and advocacy at national, regional and international levels with regard to the impact and consequences of neoliberal macro economics within the context of globalisation and the dominant institutions which perpetuate the international division of labour. Specific research areas include issues pertaining to service delivery, debt sustainability, trade and trade-related agreements, the role and movement of finance capital and the development of the finance sector in developing countries. In this regard I am committed to building capacity, analysing and strategising in order to facilitate economic and social development in the Global South. Furthermore I am unequivocally committed to social justice and thus to the strengthening of organisational capacity and women leadership in particular.”

Sonja Giese (Board member)
Sonja is an independent development consultant with 11 years experience working in the children’s sector.  She has extensive experience in social research, policy analysis and advocacy, programme implementation, management, and monitoring and evaluation. Sonja’s career has focused primarily on addressing issues of concern to children and, more recently, children affected by HIV/AIDS. She is currently working closely with several national and international NGOs and academic institutes.  Prior to becoming a consultant, Sonja was the South African Director of Child Services for an international NGO: ARK (Absolute Return for Kids). At ARK she established programmes aimed at improving access for children and their families, to basic services and State benefits. Sonja also worked for 6 years at the Children’s Institute at the University of Cape Town.

Nokukhanya “Nox” Ntuli (Board Member)
Managing director of Qdos Legal Pty Ltd.  She has worked in the legal field in the UK, Zambia and South Africa. Nokukhanya has experience in the Public and Private sector including monitoring and analyzing legislation for the purpose of making submissions to parliament. Nokukhanya has experience in Employment Equity, Diversity Management, Sexual Harassment, training and facilitation, handling disciplinary and grievance matters and all other areas of employment law.

Lance Greyling (Board member)
Lance is a Member of the National Parliament representing the Independent Democrats. He is the Chief Whip of the party as well as the National Policy Convenor. His major areas of interests are the environment, rural development, energy and African affairs. Before assuming public office, Lance Greyling was the Regional Programme Manager for GLOBE Southern Africa, where he was in charge of capacitating Members of Parliament in the Southern African region on environmental and sustainable development issues.

Laura Poswell (Board member and the first school project manager)
Laura is a development economist who has extensive experience in researching education, poverty, inequality and labour markets in South Africa.  Laura’s last job was a 5 year stint at the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.  Beyond her research she has worked in program management and capacity building, with government, donors and the academic community.

Fungi Jaxa-Gwebindlala (Board Member)
Runs her own sourcing and distributing company based in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. She has held various senior business positions, including Senior Merchandise Planner for Woolworths, Senior planner for Makro, Senior Business Manager for Edcon, consulting on supply chain and sourcing. She is also serving as the Secretary General for the Regional Executive Committee of Imbumba Yamakhosikazi Akomkhulu for the Mbashe Region. The mission and the objective of this forum is to help people living in absolute poverty achieve major improvements in their lives. Fungi is a member of our local community.

Crystal Orderson (Board member)
Crystal is a television journalist who has been reporting on social issues in Africa and Asia for more than ten years.   In 1995, Crystal joined the SABC television news as an intern from the Peninsula Technikon in Cape Town. After a 1 year stint, Crystal was appointed as television reporter in the Cape Town office. It was in covering the volatile gang and PAGAD conflict that she cut her teeth as a reporter. Crystal has covered socio-economic issues in different parts of South Africa, South Asia and is currently based in West Africa setting up the SABC operation there. Crystal has covered all the major elections in South Africa since 1995. She has reported for the SABC in Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia and Korea. Most recently she covered the Nigerian elections for the SABC.

Thoughout career, Crystal has been active in several community based organisations, among them the Saartjie Baartman Centre, the Women’s Media Watch and the Western Cape Youth Forum.