At Kagiso Trust, we believe in the transformative power of civil society. Together, we can shape communities and hold those in power accountable. In the face of significant challenges that many South African municipalities confront, it is crucial for civil society to actively participate in addressing these issues. Let us organize ourselves, promote accountability, and engage in collaborative efforts to transition from being part of the problem to becoming a powerful force for positive change.

Listen to the discussion on ‘Civil Society needs to get organised’ and share your thoughts with us.

The first of 6-panel discussion in partnership with BizNews, had Kagiso Trust (KT’s) Chairperson Mankone Ntsaba, Paul Smith Kagiso Trust’s Head of Local Government Support and Professor Themba Maseko Director in WITS School of Governance interviewed by Tim Modise, to frame the issues within local government.

SPEAKERS

Mankone Ntsaba
Chairperson of Kagiso Trust. Ms Mankone Ntsaba has been with the Board of Kagiso Trust since 2009 and has served as Deputy Chair of the Board and Chair of the Programmes Committee for the last six years. She has served as a member of the Board of Kagiso Tiso Holdings (KTH), Kagiso Africa Investments (KAI) and the advisory Board of Kagiso Shanduka Trust (KST).

Beyond Kagiso Trust, Ms Ntsaba runs her own management consulting company in the water and sanitation sector. She previously worked as a researcher and consultant at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). She has also worked as a lecturer at the Universities of Zululand and Transkei. Ms Ntsaba sits on the Board of Rand Water. She is very passionate about community development and poverty eradication and has worked on various development programmes in rural areas of South Africa.

Paul Smith

Paul has consulted into the Local Government sphere government since 1997 and has headed up the Kagiso Trust Local Governance program since 2010.  Paul’s role in Kagiso Trust is to both manage consultancy business and continually innovate new approaches to local government sustainability and strengthening local governance structures to enable stakeholders to be collaborative in finding effective solutions that impact their communities.

Beyond KT Paul is a qualified business leadership coach, P2 project management practitioner and a graduate from Gibs and Said – Oxford University executive leadership program. Over the past 34 years Paul has implemented a radical collaboration project in Makana Municipality using radical collaboration as a mechanism systemically influence the way communities and government engage and ideate to solve local issues. Paul is committed to supporting communities and local government to dismantle polarization and enabling collaboration and catalyst for positive systemic change.

Prof Themba Maseko

Themba Maseko is the (Adjunct) Professor and Director of Executive Education at the Wits School of Governance. He also served in the National Department of Public Works and was the first Superintendent-General in the Gauteng Department of Education and a Member of Parliament in 1994.

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