South-North Consulting: Good Development Advice For (a) Change!

What I know inside out

Land access, resettlement, livelihoods, sustainability and just transitions.

 Wallpaper

• MSc in Managing Rural Development – University of London, Imperial College Wye.
• BA Honours in Geography and Environmental Sciences
• Higher Diploma in Education – University of the Witwatersrand.

 In my toolbox

Versatility in connecting investment with real social impact, ensuring development benefits communities, and working with international finance institutions, governments, and the private sector.

 Why I do it

I love working with spatial data, planning and legal frameworks and the precision required to uphold rights and accountability.

 Words to work by

Doing something right is as important as doing it in the first place.

 What keeps me going

Trying to make ES&G, the SGDs and CSR have a meaningful impact.

 Beyond the work

Hitting fuzzy yellow balls competitively, intelligent podcasts, ecological artists and three chords music.

My ubuntu lens

My work is inherently interdisciplinary, bringing together perspectives from social sciences, environmental management, economics, and governance to create solutions that are both practical and people-centred. I approach collaboration through the lens of Ubuntu—the belief that we grow through our connections with others.

 

As a team player and mentor, I am open, approachable, and adaptable, working comfortably across diverse cultural contexts and with people from all backgrounds. Whether leading or supporting, I focus on fostering trust, shared learning, and collective problem-solving to achieve meaningful, lasting impact.

Energised and versatile

 I am approached to provide technical expertise across sectors and industries, ensuring that projects comply with international best practices while balancing investment objectives with the entitlements and rights of affected communities. Most recently my work involves engagement with international finance institutions, private sector companies, civil society organizations and governments to deliver practical solutions  for land access, resettlement, and livelihoods restoration.

Commercial agriculture, livelihoods and resettlement

Review land acquisition for sugarcane plantations in Côte d’Ivoire, assessed resettlement risks, and evaluated expansion strategies. Applied IFC standards while interpreting local land laws and customary rights to guide investment decisions. Resettlement planning for a large-scale agricultural projects in Lesotho linked to the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, ensuring alignment with international environmental and social safeguards.

Increasing work in renewable energy

Developed approach to ESIA gap analyses and action plans for three renewable energy projects in Brazil and Chile, aligning them with national EIA processes. Assessed land acquisition and access for a 73.2 MW wind farm with transmission lines, substations and associated infrastructure in Kosovo.

Infrastructure

Advise on electricity transmission, overhead lines, associated facilities, railways globally and designed resettlement planning approach for a water, sanitation, and drainage project, supporting household socio-economic surveys and reviewing Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) in Timor Leste. 

Zeroing in on carbon in the transport sector

Managed the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) RAP Upgrade Project, ensuring inclusion of daladala drivers, informal vendors, and hawkers in compensation and relocation planning in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Energy

Developed Construction RAP and Operations RAP and LRP for a natural gas project and provided ongoing advisory services. Advising on land access and resettlement for an energy infrastructure project. Designed the land assessment and resettlement planning for an energy sector project in Palestine.

Mining and certain extractives

Contributed to the IFC Environmental and Social Gap Analysis for a graphite mining project, focusing on resettlement compliance and supported resettlement planning and implementation for a nickel mining project.

Ecosystems services and livelihoods restoration

Developed the Chongoleani Supplementary Resettlement Action Plan and Livelihoods Restoration Plan, analysing evidence from marine and terrestrial livelihoods baseline surveys.