The people steering SABTACO

Founder and Managing Director of Ngobeng Engineering and Planning (Pty) Ltd (est. 2012), a multidisciplinary town planning, project management and engineering firm based in Johannesburg, built on Matingi and Associates (est. 1995), which he founded and led for seventeen years. His portfolio includes master planning Johannesburg International Airport, now O.R. Tambo International, from 1996 to 2009, directing the Cape Town Integrated Public Transport Study, leading the Schools and Clinics Water and Sanitation Programme across all nine provinces, and CBD revitalisation frameworks for Germiston and Krugersdorp. He is a Professional Planner registered with SACPLAN and serves as the Chairman of the SABTACO Board of Directors. Previous key positions held include Independent Non-Executive Director of Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO), a JSE-listed construction group (2007–2017), Board Member of MAMMOET Southern Africa and Rand Airport, and Co-Chairperson of the Construction Sector Charter Council.

Founder and member of Madisha and Associates (est. 1993), a consulting engineering practice based in Johannesburg; founder and Managing Director of Thuso Projects (Pty) Ltd (est. 1994), a project management company based in Johannesburg; and founder and member of Kanyane Masedi Farm Produce (est. 2007), an agricultural entity based in the Mokopane-Mogalakwena Municipality Area in Limpopo. He serves as the Director of Finance and Secretary on the SABTACO Board of Directors, and is the Project Director overseeing the current brand transformation programme. His professional experience includes consulting engineering appointments with major state-owned enterprises and private companies. Previous key positions held include ECSA Board Member (1999, 2001 and 2004 terms), ECSA Fees Committee Chairperson (2004–2016), ECSA Legal Committee Member (2001–2015), Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) Board Member (2015–2016), SABTACO–CIDB Liaison Committee Member (2004–2015), and SABTACO Committee Member on the SAICE–SABTACO ENERGYS Mentoring Programme (2006).

Co-Founder of Semenya Furumele Consulting (Pty) Ltd (est. 1995), established in the first year of South African democracy by two black civil engineers. From a house office in Benoni, the practice has grown to six offices with a national footprint, consolidating with its transportation subsidiary in June 2009 to form SFC Engineers (Pty) Ltd. The firm holds Level 1 BEE status and delivers water, sanitation, waste management, transportation, buildings and structures, municipal services, facilities management, and project management, including international projects in Uganda and Madagascar. SFC Engineers was a joint winner in the Community Based Projects category at the SAICE National Awards for the Sani Pass Phase 2 Structures project. He serves as a Board Director of SABTACO.

Founding director of JJ Mbenyane Engineers T/A Anethwa Projects (est. 1995, Mpumalanga), which merged with Nathoo & Associates (est. 1988, Durban) in 2000 to form Nathoo Mbenyane Engineers, where he co-leads the practice as Chief Operating Officer alongside co-founder and CEO Nel Nathoo. A private company since 2012 with a board of nine directors drawn from its own ranks, the firm carries pooled professional staff experience approaching 150 years, delivering major freeway upgrades, road rehabilitation and maintenance, township services, water infrastructure, and building works, with teams structured to pair experienced and emerging professionals so that mentorship is built into the way work is delivered. He serves as a Board Director of SABTACO.

A Professional Quantity Surveyor registered with the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession. He served as Deputy Chairman of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC) Board of Directors, representing SABTACO on the body that produces South Africa’s foremost standard building contract documentation, whose constituent members include CESA, MBSA, SAIA, ASAQS, ACPM, SAPOA, and SECC. He serves as a Board Director of SABTACO and Director Coordinator liaison with NEXCO on behalf of the SABTACO Board.

Director of the Women in Engineering and the Built Environment programme at the University of Johannesburg, building pipelines to attract, support and retain women across engineering and the built environment. She is Deputy Chairperson of the Council for the Built Environment, the body coordinating six professional councils reporting to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, and has served as its Acting Council Chairperson. On the Department’s Women Empowerment Advisory Committee she chairs the Research, Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation Subcommittee, where she initiated the Women Owned Entities database under the SABTACO umbrella, supporting the Minister’s 30% procurement target for women. She serves as a Board Director and Strategic Programme Manager of SABTACO.