A problem solver and change agent with the requisite tenacity to see projects through to completion.
A Senior Specialist Ombudsman with over 15 years of mediation and conflict resolution experience and 18 years of legal experience.
Recognized consistently for performance excellence and have contributed successfully in all previous positions.
Extensive experience working with various sectors, including the private sector, public sector, non-profit/NGO, and Multilateral Institutions. Lived and worked in the UK, Zambia, South Africa, Liberia, Ethiopia, Uganda and the USA and thrive when working with diverse teams.
Am an inspirational leader focused on servant leadership, promoting the growth and well-being of tam mates.
A confident, articulate, and professional speaker eager to contribute to team success through hard work, team motivation, and excellent organizational skills, inspiring team members to deliver their best.
Monitoring Legislation to ensure aligns with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
Intellectual Property Focus
Problem Solver
MEDIATION AND FACILITATION
- Managing various environmental and social mediation processes (e.g. Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Jordan, Liberia, Myanmar, Guinea, Ghana, Georgia, Nicaragua, Argentina, Togo and Indonesia) - October 2016 - current.
- Mediating and Facilitating various Public Dialogue including:
o Wage Negotiations between the South African Government and Trade Unions, April – May 2015.
o Legalization of Trade in Rhino Horn facilitated Dialogue on behalf of the Department of Environmental Affairs (South Africa)– April 2015.
o Mediated Service delivery disputes (South Africa) - March - June 2015.
o Facilitated School Twinning project on behalf of the Gauteng Department of Education February - June 2015.
o Facilitation and Mediating disputes related to the construction of the Bus Rapid Transit project, Limpopo and Durban (South Africa) – January 2015 - July 2015
o Facilitated and Mediated Disputes related to Grabouw Town Development for the DBSA - 2007- 2008
o Facilitated Dialogue for the development of Green Point Stadium and Precinct in preparation for the 2010 Soccer World Cup - 2007
PUBLICATIONS
- Africa: Alternative Dispute Resolution in a Comparative Perspective; Conflict Studies Quarterly; Issue 22 January 2018 http://www.csq.ro/wp-content/uploads/CSQ-22.pdf.
- The Impact of Regional and Sub-Regional Norms and Standards on Democratic Governance in Promoting Constitutionalism in Africa", published in the EISA publication Checks and Balances: African constitutions and democracy in the 21st century. (2017) https://www.eisa.org.za/pdf/symp2015bk.pdf.
NOTEWORTHY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Challenges in ADR during COVID 19 @ George Maison University (online)– March 2021
- Mediating and Building Peace during COVID 19 @African Leadership Center (online) – March 2021
- Africa Development Conference @Harvard University (USA) – March 2019
- Peace Building in Africa @Wilton Park (UK) – April 2019
- African Way of Doing Justice @ international Center for Ethno Religions Mediation (USA) October 2018
- Public participation in the Constitution Making Process @ African Union Workshop on Constitution Building and Constitutionalism In Transitional And Post-Conflict Situations, Tunisia April 2016
- Use of Traditional Justice mechanism for Peace Building and Access to Justice @ the 7th Annual Mediation Conference (Mediators Beyond Borders) Romania April 2015.
- How ADR can be used to Promote Political Stability @10th Annual ADR conference (Durban, South Africa) 2014.
- ADR in Africa: Looking at Traditional Justice Mechanisms @ ADR Conference (Summer of Opportunity) Cape Town South Africa November 2013.
I am a member of the African Union’s Network of African Women in Conflict Prevention and Mediation (FemWise-Africa) a Board Member at Bulungula Incubator and Center for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR). I also volunteers as a mediator at the District Court in Maryland.