Board of Governors
Cindy Ross
ChairpersonAbout Cindy
Cindy Ross is an admitted attorney with years of knowledge in relation to law internationally and locally. Her specialties are employment law, labour, relations and corporate governance consultancy, and youth development. She has a passion for creating fairness for young people in Africa as she feels poverty robs a lot of young people of opportunities. She tries to ensure that youth have access to opportunities so they learn that their circumstances does not determine where they will end up in life only they control that!
Jiska de Groot
Board MemberAbout Jiska
Jiska de Groot is a researcher at the Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town. Her specialties are climate change mitigation, gender and social inclusion, and community involvement. With a passion for bringing people together her engagement both with the community-based and action oriented work of Project 90, whilst having the other foot in the academic/research world, she is able to move between the world of research and practice.
Phiwe Ndinisa
Board MemberAbout Phiwe
Phiwe Ndinisa is legally trained with sound experience in local government, academic institutions and the corporate sector. A few career highlights include involvement in land and mining public interest litigation at the Constitutional Court. He is an open-minded, creative problem solver who possess the ability to bring the best out of teams that he is a part of. He is committed to the realisation of social justice, addressing inequalities and the strive to contribute to social, ecological and economic change in Africa
Nokubonga Swatbooi
Board MemberAbout Nokubonga
Nokubonga Swartbooi is a professional Educator with a passion for NGOs and the upliftment of communities. She has experience working with school going youth and with unique people from different backgrounds, especially in disadvantaged communities. These eye opening experiences inspires her to always find solutions that can help young people address those social issues. Her passion is to help those in need, specifically young people to discover their full potential in both social and creative skills.
Rofhiwa Takalani
Board MemberAbout Rofhiwa
Rofhiwa Takalani is a Principal Engineer with specialty in Power systems and automation. His in-depth understanding of renewables, energy, and our emitters, contributes an outside perspective to much of the work that we do. With a passion for the outdoors and for serving the historically and currently disadvantaged youth Rofhiwa inspires and mobilises change in his networks.