National Committee
You can find details for the YWP-ZA National Committee members below.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like to get more involved!
Calling on all Young Water Professionals: Self-Nominations for National Committee
The South African Young Water Professionals’ (YWP-ZA) Chair calls on all YWP members in Provincial Committees for self-nominations for four positions on the National Committee from June 2018 – mid 2020. The three positions are Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Imvelisi Project Lead. As part of the National Committee, you will be exposed to the country-wide operations of the Committee. This entails overseeing various flagship projects, strategic planning, maintaining YWP-ZA’s business model to ensure financial sustainability, guiding the provincial chapters, among others.
To apply, please fill in the self-nomination form here: https://goo.gl/forms/JEoWKOhwCFg4ourU2 before 16 May 2018.
Please see attached document for more information or contact the National Chair, Nora Hanke-Louw (norahankelouw@gmail.com; 072 843 6133) or the incoming Chair, Suvritha Ramphal (suvram@dk.um; 072 930 5715).
To apply, please fill in the self-nomination form here: https://goo.gl/forms/JEoWKOhwCFg4ourU2 before 16 May 2018.
Please see attached document for more information or contact the National Chair, Nora Hanke-Louw (norahankelouw@gmail.com; 072 843 6133) or the incoming Chair, Suvritha Ramphal (suvram@dk.um; 072 930 5715).
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Outgoing Lead: Ms Suvritha Ramphal
Suvritha Ramphal is a Senior Research Analyst at JG Afrika and the WASH Component Coordinator for the USAID Resilient Waters Project in the SADC. She's been involved in project work that extends to water governance and planning, interpretation of regulations and implementation as tools, water licensing in South Africa, determining livelihoods projects for communities living near the Okavango Delta, international diplomacy, bilateral cooperation in water, strategic oversight, project management, opportunities analysis and business development. She is also currently completing a Masters Degree in Environmental Management at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Lets share our experiences and grow together as we work towards a water resilient future. Looking forward to connecting with you at the next water conference. Send Suvi an email |
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National Lead: Ashton Busani Mpofu Ashton developed a deep passion for environmental sanitation at high school where he served as the president of the environmental club. This sparked his interest in pursuing a chemical engineering career. Ashton started his chemical engineering career in 2013 at Magnetech where he was actively involved in research and development projects focusing on the benefication of tailings for environmental protection and economic benefits jointly with Gravmax. He then zoomed into the water and sanitation sector in 2016 where he was part of the research team that worked on Water Research Commission (WRC) project (K5/2490) investigating the water and wastewater management in the tanning and leather finishing industry. Furthermore, he holds a MEng (chemical) degree and his research work was on the anaerobic treatment of tannery and slaughterhouse industrial effluents for the reduction of pollutants and production of biogas. He is currently a PhD candidate at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and is researching on a WRC project (K5/2841) focusing on the development of an integrated biological system for concurrent wastewater treatment, solids reduction and resource recovery from tannery wastewater. Ashton attributes much of his professional development in areas of leadership, research and development, entrepreneurship, intellectual property law, project management, conferencing and networking. He hopes to work closely with YWPs and facilitate their empowerment to solve our water and sanitation woes. Young professionals remain our only hope for a greener future. send Aston an email |
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National Vice Lead: Nontando Mkhize |
National Vice Lead: Ramulifho Pfananani
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Finance Lead: Thulani Mlilwana |
Coordination Lead: Rivonia Pillay
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Gauteng Lead: Niel Louw
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KwaZulu-Natal Lead: Sibusiso Mhlongo
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North West & Free State Lead: Raeesa Bhikhoo
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Limpopo Lead: Claude Moshobane
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Mpumalanga Lead: Nompumelelo Deanh Mkolo
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Western Cape Lead: Anya Eilers
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