HDA - Health&Development Africa

Management Team

Technical Staff

Support Team


Management Team

	Saul Johnson (Sub-divisional Manager and Managing Director) Saul trained as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He also has a Masters in epidemiology from Columbia University, New York and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of the Witwatersrand. Saul has worked in the fields of research, policy development and behaviour change communication. He was an advisor and research manager for the consortium that managed the Khomanani Campaign, the South African Government's AIDS mass media campaign between 2001 and 2006. He also assisted the Global Fund to monitor HIV programmes in Namibia, Swaziland, Angola, Malawi and Zimbabwe, among others. In the past he worked at the Perinatal HIV Research Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, where he was involved in co-ordinating groundbreaking clinical trials to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (sjohnson@hda.co.za)

	Anthony Kinghorn (Director: Health Systems) Anthony trained as a medical doctor at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has a BA (Hons) in economics and politics from Oxford University and qualifications in public health and health economics from the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Cape Town. Anthony has worked as a researcher and consultant in a number of areas of health economics, public health, policy and management. A major focus of his work has been HIV/AIDS impacts and planning, and developing multi-sectoral approaches to the epidemic. He has worked extensively in the health and education sectors as well as in a range of other sectors. He has a particular interest in work to support orphans and vulnerable children. His experience spans several African countries: South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. (akinghorn@hda.co.za)

	Nditsheni Mungoni (Director: Social Programmes) Nditsheni has been the Project Manager for the DFID-funded OVC project in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. He is currently the Project Leader for the PEPFAR- funded OVC programme in the Free State province. Nditsheni has an Honours degree in Development Sociology and Advanced Research Methods from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is currently completing a Masters degree in Public and Development Management with the University of the Witwatersrand Business School. He also is qualified as a Training Assessor through the Assessment College of South Africa. Nditsheni has worked as a project leader, trainer and facilitator in capacity building project and communication strategies in a number of government health and communication projects. (jmungani@hda.co.za)

	Jeff Tshabalala (Director: Technical Support) Jeff holds an MBA (Henley Management College, UK) in Strategy Change and Business Process Transformation and is a Doctor of Business Administration candidate with the University of Bradford. In addition he has qualifications and expertise in health economics, health sector reforms, strategic planning, health financing and public sector financial management. His work at HDA includes development and management of short-term technical assistance around HIV strategic planning, costing, resource tracking, financial and programme management and developing the capacity of consultants and country partners in the SADC region. Prior to joining HDA Jeff was the country manager for the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) in Zimbabwe. (jtshabalala@tsfsouthernafrica.com)

	Naomi Hill (Project Director) Naomi is a social worker holding honours degrees in Criminology and Psychology from the University of Cape Town and UNISA. Her current fields of interest include community-based psychosocial interventions, child development and trauma. She has held senior progamme management positions in the development sector including Provincial Director of NICRO Gauteng (the National Institute of Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders), Wellbeing of Children Programme Manager at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and Victim Empowerment Programme Manager at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. Naomi has a strong interest in mental health and established a private clinical social work practice. At HDA, Naomi manages the AIDSTAR Orphans and Vulnerable Children Caregiver Support and Child Protection training project which works to stabilise vulnerable children’s environments through the psychosocial strengthening of their caregivers. (nhill@hda.co.za)

	Tendayi Moabi (Finance Manager) Tendayi is a qualified accountant with the Association of Accounting Technicians which she studied in the United Kingdom. In the past she has worked for Oxfam GB and ResourceAfrica as Finance and Administration Manager. She has also previously worked for ViroLocks as Senior Bookkeeper. Tendayi has over 9 years sound knowledge and experience of financial management, budgetary control, reporting including financial management training. She is a trained trainer on financial management for non-financial managers and has gained extensive experience in systems design, setting up of institutional policies and procedures, which include Administration and Logistics. At HDA Tendayi is the Finance Manager. (tmoabi@hda.co.za)

	Bakae Mekgwe (Office Manager) Bakae has B.Admin from the University of the North and B.Admin (Hons) in Public Administration and Management from UNISA. Before joining HDA she worked in various capacities in government, UNDP and US Government in finance, human resources, procurement, project management and general administration. At HDA, she is overseeing general office administration, project administration, procurement and Human Resources management. (bmekgwe@hda.co.za)

	Jennifer Baumann (Team Leader: Monitoring and Evaluation) Jennifer has 16+ years of experience in health, managing programmes, conducting case work and advocacy and Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria interventions at national and sub-national levels in developing countries. She has provided long-term and short-term technical assistance in developing multi-sectoral national M&E systems for governments and specific grant programmes such as the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. Presently at HDA she manages the internal M&E team and consults on a wide variety of public and community-based health interventions. Jennifer also designs and implements HDA’s M&E capacity training programme for consultants and country partners. In the USA, she worked in mental health as an advocate and counsellor and as community organiser around food security and welfare reform. She has a Masters Degree in Public and International Affairs majoring in Economic and Social Development from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She also holds a BA in Social Work from the same university. (jbaumann@hda.co.za)

	Shirlane Douglas (Programme Manager) Shirlane has extensive programme management experience in both the public and civil society sector and also a range of experiences in working with the donor and international development community. Much of her work has focused on managing large-scale poverty alleviation programmes from the Expanded Public Works programmes, to providing technical expertise to Local Economic Development, WATSAN, HIV and AIDS programmes and strategic research and policy support to the development of various pro-poor strategies. Her particular interest is in locating herself on the bridge between strategy and implementation to interpret strategic intent into programming and feeding back programme experience to enable improved policy and approaches. (sdouglas@tsfsouthernafrica.com)

	Sarah Laurence (Team Leader: Research) Sarah trained as a physiotherapist at the University of the Witwatersrand. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the University of the Witwatersrand Business School and is currently completing her Masters in Public Health. Sarah has worked in both public and private hospitals, as well as in coordinating wellness programmes and HIV prevention initiatives. At HDA, Sarah manages a number of quantitative and qualitative studies for a variety of clients including Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa, Khomanani and the International Partnership for Microbicides. She is experienced in research; health and HIV and AIDS strategic planning; programme and intervention evaluations and costing of health services. (slaurence@hda.co.za)

	Bertha Magoge (Project Director) Bertha holds an Honour’s degree in Social work from the University of Zimbabwe. Prior to joining HDA she has had extensive experience working within HIV/AIDS as well as Child Protection programmes. Her Social Work career for the past ten years has involved taking responsibility and leading teams involved in rights-based needs assessments, training, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessments for diverse community programmes. She has coordinated and facilitated government as well as partner for nonprofit organisations in the implementation of community based support initiatives that respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Bertha has grown immensely in the area of child focused approaches that emphasise the need for child participation as central in the delivery and or support to children’s quality programming. She has worked with various international organisations interacting with teams of diverse backgrounds. She is highly skilled in strategic planning, advocacy, documentation and managing donor relations. Bertha values team work immensely and has great respect for humanity and diversity. (BMagoge@hda.co.za)


Technical Staff

	Adonia Simango (Research Analyst) Adonia has experienced great opportunities to work throughout the HDA research department, ranging from database creation and development, data analysis, data manipulations, cleaning and converting, in addition to analytical/statistical reporting. This has blended perfectly with his academic background in Mathematical modelling of HIV/AIDS, and also background in Statistics obtained from two completed mathematical qualifications in Zimbabwe a BSc. (hons) Mathematics and Statistics (MSU – 2006) and a MSc. Applied Mathematics (NUST – 2008). He is passionate about quantitative demography with a focus on public health. He has a strong background in quantitative analysis and has thus contributed to HDA research programmes. He has been involved in analysing data for numerous projects recently including: The 2009 National Communication Survey, and is currently now focused on developing innovative research ideas within the research team. (asimango@hda.co.za)

	Stephanie Murphy (PEPFAR Fellow) Stephanie obtained her BSc undergraduate degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. She went on to complete her BSc Honours degree in the School of Physiology at Wits . Currently she is writing up her MSc dissertation, which she has done through Wits University’s School of Physiology. She joined the HDA research team as an intern in January 2010, and assists with projects being worked on by the research team. (stmurphy@hda.co.za)

	Candy Msimang (National Training Coordinator) Candy is the National Training Coordinator for the Thogomelo Project at Health and Development Africa (Pty) Ltd. She has a Bachelor of Accounting Science from UNISA and she has more than 8 years experience in coordinating the implementation, monitoring and reporting of various projects including internationally-funded projects within the Skills Development arena. She has conducted quality assurance and due diligence on SETA governing bodies and developed induction programmes for boards and other stakeholders. She has also been invited to present the Domestic Workers’ training project to the Gauteng Legislature’s women’s caucus. She has gained extensive experience in project management, contracting of service providers and management of satellite/regional offices. (cmsimang@hda.co.za)

	Itumeleng Pitsi (COS Coordinator) Itumeleng Pitsi is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree through CIDA City Campus formally known as Maharishi Open University. He also holds a certificate in Marketing Management obtained through Leps Training Provider. He has worked for a number of Development organisations including Itireleng, Love life, Sizwele and Nala Municipality - Youth Development Office as a field officer. He was also a member of the Free State Youth Parliament in 2007. Itumelelng is currently employed as a Household Economic Strengthening coordinator in the Circles of Support programme. (ipitsi@hda.co.za).

	Jane Munyoro (M&E Officer) Jane has a diploma in Executive secretarial and is currently studying towards a BA Communication Science at the University of South Africa. Prior to joining HDA she was part of a team of social and behavioural science researchers at the Perinatal HIV Research at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. She participated in conducting qualitative and quantitative research on adherence to ARV treatment and researching female controlled HIV prevention methods. She has a qualification in HIV care and counselling. At HDA she is involved in Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting on the Free State OVC, PEPFAR-funded programme.(jmunyoro@hda.co.za)

	Kerrin Humphreys (Research Analyst) Kerrin holds a masters degree in Economics from the University of Johannesburg (UJ), focusing on the decision-making behavior of adolescents around HIV/AIDS in Soweto. Currently she is completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Economics through the University of Cape Town (UCT). Previously she has worked as a research assistant at UJ, while completing her studies and lectured 3rd year Economic modules at Boston City Campus, Bedfordview. Kerrin works with both the HDA and TSF research teams, providing support on various projects. (khumphreys@tsfsouthernafrica.co.za).

	Kerry Mangold (Research Analyst) Kerry is a Research Analyst for HDA. She was awarded her BSc undergraduate degree from Rhodes University and then went on to obtain her BSc Honours (Microbiology and Biotechnology) from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Wits Business School. At HDA, Kerry is involved in the evaluation of a number of AIDS communication programmes in South Africa. She is also currently involved in the identification and assessment of early intervention and prevention programmes for children in South Africa. (kmangold@hda.co.za)

	Lawrence Mashimbye (Research Analyst) Lawrence holds a degree in BSc Medical Laboratory Science (Cum Laude) from University of Limpopo. He also holds a Masters degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, in which he enrolled as a Mandela Rhodes Scholar, at Wits University. He joined HDA in January 2009 and is working on a variety of research projects. (lmashimbye@hda.co.za)

	Margaret Roper (Team Leader: Child Protection) Margaret has undertaken numerous external evaluations and research projects in the fields of juvenile justice, youth-based crime prevention, social crime prevention, and community based crime prevention and in HIV/AIDS interventions (in particular prevention, awareness, home based care and capacity building programmes). She has developed a number of participatory evaluation toolkits, developed a monitoring and evaluation training programme for non-government organisations, developed user-friendly evaluation systems for organisations, and developed strategies, policies, programmes and training material. Her previous employment includes the Women's National Coalition, Business Against Crime, Secretariat for Safety and Security, South African Police Service, CSIR Crime Prevention Centre prior to undertaking contractual work through Inkanyezi Initiative. At HDA she is responsible for the development and implementation of the training component of the AIDSTAR OVC Caregiver Support and Child Protection Project. (mroper@hda.co.za)

	Mpho Selebalo (COS Coordinator) Mpho holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Natal. She is left with one subject to complete her Post – Graduate Diploma in management from the University of KwaZulu–Natal. She is also currently enrolled for a Higher certificate in Management with the University of Yale. She has some certificates including the HIV/AIDS drug readiness training, Basic counselling skills and Trauma, defusing, debriefing and bereavement. Mpho has an extensive experience in Education, risk management, banking and Health field. She has worked as Health programmes coordinator responsible for education and training as she was part of the National training team, advocacy and lobbying as well as research. Her role included being a community developer and has done educational and motivational talks to foster care parents, child headed households, and OVCs through social development.Mpho has been managing, monitoring and evaluating the performance of Home-based carers and health promoters. Her various news articles appeared on various local newspapers and interviews with nation radio station. (mselebalo@hda.co.za)

	Nirvana Pillay (Senior Consultant) Nirvana has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Masters in Sociology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has previously held academic appointments at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of the Witwatersrand. Her work experience includes training, curriculum and materials development and qualitative research. Nirvana is currently involved in implementation support for HDA projects for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. (nirvana@hda.co.za)

	Rene Diane (M & E Officer) Rene is a qualified staff nurse and has completed modules towards her BA in Social Science through Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and plans to further pursue completing through University of South Africa. Prior to joining HDA, she has gained 6 years of experience in the HIV/ AIDS training field and worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation assistant manager at Olive Leaf Foundation previously known as Hope worldwide South Africa. She has over 4 years experience in HIV/ AIDS programme implementation. She has qualifications in Training database implementation and management, VCT training and Competency based training skills. At HDA she is involved in Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting on the Thogomelo Psychosocial skills development programme for community caregivers, PEPFAR-funded project. (rdiane@hda.co.za)

	Rita Muyambo (Team Leader: Caregiver Support) Rita holds a Masters in Business Leadership. She has more than 13 years experience in programme management of HIV/AIDS programmes in Southern Africa. She has expertise in the design, implementation and M&E of HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health programmes. Her focus areas include organisational capacity assessments, capacity building, curriculum development, design and delivery of training in primary health care with special emphasis on mainstreaming Reproductive Health including STI, HIV/AIDS, OVC, monitoring and evaluation of programmes including behaviour change interventions. At HDA, she is the Team leader, Caregiver Training and Support for the International HIV/AIDS Alliance. She manages the training component on a USAID-funded project focusing on Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Caregiver Training and Child protection. (rmuyambo@hda.co.za)

	S’busiso Malope (Provincial Training Coordinator) S’busiso has a Bachelor of Social Science Degree majoring in Social work from the University of Pretoria. He also has a qualification in Project Management. He has worked as a Social worker for Pretoria Child Welfare in an HIV/AIDS Support Centre funded by Department of Social Development and PEPFAR. As a Social worker in an HIV/AIDS Support Centre, he was trained in HIV/AIDS information and counselling. In addition, he has trained volunteers in various programmes including HIV/AIDS counselling and Care, Child Protection and Support for OVCs. Prior to joining HDA, He has worked in Community Development Projects in a Business Incubation Unit funded by the DTI, under the SEDA Technology Programme. He joins HDA as a Provincial Training Coordinator for the Thogomelo Project. (smalope@hda.co.za).

	Siyabulela Zondi (Provincial Training Coordinator) Siyabulela Zondi has Bachelors Degree in Psychology and Human Resources. She also has Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology with the University of KwaZulu-Natal. For two years she worked at the Centre for Science Access at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as Life Skills facilitator and student counsellor. When she is joined HDA she was employed as a Pepfar Fellow. She is now employed as Provincial Training Coordinator. (szondi@hda.co.za)

	Tendai Matika (Research Analyst) Tendai has a Bachelors Degree in Public Governance. She also has an Honours Degree in Development Studies from the University of Johannesburg. She is committed to developing a varied career in development work. Her areas of interest are governance and service delivery, health economics and community development. At HDA, Tendai works on various research projects. (tmatika@hda.co.za)

	Vusi Shongwe (COS Coordinator) Vusi has development-oriented qualifications from various institutions and is currently pursuing BA Development Studies through the University of South Africa. He has worked for a number of organisations including UNICEF Swaziland in areas of child protection, psychosocial support, early childhood development, HIV and AIDS learning facilitation, community development and human rights. At HDA Vusi is working on the Thogomelo and Free State Circles of Support Projects (vshongwe@hda.co.za).


Support Team

	Bongeka Chili (Project & Research Associate) Bongeka is currently studying for a degree in International Politics through UNISA. At HDA, Bongeka provides administrative support to the technical assistance team of the project and support in management of consultants across the Region. (bchili@hda.co.za)

	Francesca Bazzini (Project & Research Associate) Francesca has an Honour’s Degree in Exercise Science from Rand Afrikaans University, and is currently completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Wits Business School. She has worked in a medical setting, Testing and Training High Risk patients, to improve health and wellness. At HDA, Francesca provides administrative support to the Technical Panel Consultants. (fbazzini@tsfsouthernafrica.com)

	Leonore Barnes (Project Assistant) Leonore has a N4 Financial Management Certificate and is in the process of finishing her National Diploma in Financial Management. Her previous work experience included Bank Reconciliation, Account Payments, Office administration, Credit Control and Fleet Administration for Wesbank Auto Free-State Region. (lbarnes@hda.co.za)

	Musha Mvunga (Contract & Marketing Officer) Musha is the Contracts& Marketing Officer for the TSF. She provides full cycle contract administration on all client contracts for Technical Assistance and Capacity Development activities. Musha also supports the development and implementation of marketing efforts for the TSF programme. (mmvunga@tsfsouthernafrica.com)

	Phillemon Thwala (Finance and Admin Manager) Phillemon has a Bcom degree in Accounting and Business Management from the University of Pretoria. He is currently studying his Masters degree in Business Administration with Mancosa. In the past he worked for ICASA, the Southern African Regional Poverty Network and the Wits Health Consortium. At HDA Phillemon is a finance and administration manager for the AIDSTAR OVC project. (pthwala@hda.co.za)

	Russell Rensburg (Project and Research Associate) Russell holds a bachelor of commerce with majors in management and economics. Prior to joining HDA he held a number of business development roles in the financial services arena. At HDA he works as a project and research associate providing support on a number of projects in the TSF Southern Africa Office. (rrensburg@hda.co.za)

	Samantha Cutshwa (Project Assistant) Samantha has recently joined the Thogomelo team as a Project Assistant. She provides administrative, logistical and programme support to the Project Director and Technical Team to ensure the smooth running of the programme. She has a Diploma in Office Administration from College Campus and is currently studying towards a National Diploma in Tourism Management with UNISA. (scutshwa@hda.co.za)

	Sibongile Mnisi (Financial Administrator) Sibongile provides financial administrative support for the organisation and for various HDA projects, including US Government funded projects. She has studied ND in Financial Information Systems at the Tshwane University of Technology and is currently registered with UNISA with the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB). She has extensive working experience on financial management. (smnisi@hda.co.za)

	Stella Motshwanedi (Office Assistant) Stella has a Business Studies Diploma from Intec College (2002). She has worked in the hospitality and tourism field with various Hotels around Johannesburg. She is has skills in Marketing, Banqueting, telesales and general office administration. Her role in the company is to assist with the cleaning services and to provide support to staff and HDA clients.

	Themba Mahlangu (Financial Administrator) Themba has a National Diploma in Internal Auditing from Technikon Northern Transvaal and , aA Certificate in Project Management from UNISA SBL. He is currently enrolled for Taxation Certificate with UNISA SBL. He has worked in various donor funded programmes (the National Lottery and European Union). He has also worked in various companies and public entities performing accounting and management functions (City of Johannesburg, SAHRA, Dept of Labour and AVBOB). At HDA his roles include financial administrative support to TSF. (tmahlangu@tsfsouthernafrica.com) .

	Thimangali Mudau (Financial Administrator) Thimangali has a B-Tech in Internal Auditing from the Vaal University of Technology (formerly known as Vaal Triangle Technikon). He is currently enrolled for BCompt degree at UNISA. Before he joined HDA he worked for an Accounting and Tax firm as a Bookkeeper. At HDA his roles include financial administrative support (Operational and Projects). (tmudau@hda.co.za)

	Vuyiswa Mangeni (Receptionist) Vuyiswa has a certificate in bookkeeping which she studied in Rosebank College in Pretoria. She is in a process of finishing her studies with UNISA (National Diploma) in Finance and Accounting (Public). Before joining HDA she has worked as a Receptionist at Lagoon Events in 2004 until 2007, in 2007 March she joined Dagada Incorporated, worked as a Legal Administrator/Receptionist until 2009 September. She also has a part time job as a junior bookkeeper for the company called Promtus Development Services. She is a Receptionist/Admin Assistant at HDA. (vmangeni@hda.co.za)