• Mark Borchers (Technical Director)
• Peta Wolpe (Managing Director)
• Megan Anderson (Project Manager)
• Campbell Tyler (Office Manager)
• Yachika Reddy (Project Co-ordinator)
• Andrew Janisch (Project Manager)
• Lize Jennings (Project Manager)
• Siphokazi Mambushe (Administrative Assistant)
• Zukiswa Sidlayi (Financial Assistant)
• Sivuyile Maboda (Project Co-ordinator)
• Ludwe Mbhele (Project Co-ordinator)
• Zanie Cilliers (Project Co-ordinator)
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Mark has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and a postgraduate degree in energy and development studies. His work experience ranges from remote area power supply (RAPS) design optimisation and implementation in rural areas, through to national and city policy development using participatory techniques.

After working for a number of years in the civil engineering industry, he moved into the field of energy and development at the Energy for Development Research Centre (EDRC) at the University of Cape Town. In 1993 he, with two others from EDRC, established the Energy & Development Group cc (EDG) with a particular focus on implementation of sustainable energy projects. EDG has in the past 10 years successfully undertaken a

large range of projects. As a natural progression of the kind of work that EDG was attracting, Mark in 2001 co-founded Sustainable Energy Africa.

Some recent work includes integrated energy planning for the South African government, impact assessment of rural electrification projects, promoting access to electricity in the SADC region, leading a team of specialists in the development of Botswana's energy policy, promoting the use of solar pumping for the Department of Water Affairs, petroleum sector policy and capacity building and economic analyses of low income household energy options. He is currently developing the City of Cape Town's Energy Strategy, having completed the City's State of Energy Report. Cape Town is the first city in South Africa, in fact in Africa, to have such an integrated planning approach to energy - SEA is leading this development in South Africa.

Mark has also been the driver behind the Sustainable Living Centre, a virtual site to promote access to sustainable goods and services in South Africa. He is also a partner in the building of the first "future normal" green office building in Cape Town.

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Peta has a degree in Sociology from the University of Essex and a Master of Science in Social Administration and Social Work Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science.Peta worked in the field of psychiatric social work in the United Kingdom for many years, working with adults suffering from a wide range of mental health problems.  In addition she set up a specialist service for women with eating disorders and established and ran a new course to train qualified social workers to become approved under the Mental Health Act. After her return to South Africa in 1996 she moved into the development sector and took a position at Community Development Resource Association (CDRA), an NGO working in the field of organisational development and training.  She held leadership and management responsibilities and this included assisting in developing and holding the strategic thinking and direction of CDRA, financial management, fundraising and maintaining the organisation’s internal learning processes.She left CDRA to set up her own consultancy practice bringing together her therapeutic/social work skills and experience in leadership and management to work with NGOs in building their core leadership and management.  She worked with a number of organisations in Southern Africa offering a range of services including an evaluation, mentoring individuals, organisational reviews, strategic planning, and administrative and leadership team processes.  She also worked for two years as the fundraising manager at Community Chest of the Western Cape, managing 4 fundraising programmes that bought in over R16 million per annum and developing the fundraising strategies.  The Community Chest raises funds for social development organisations in the Western Cape. She is a Trustee of the Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust and a member of the Executive Committee and organised the inaugural international conference for the Wolpe Trust in 1997..

Peta joined SEA in March 2008 as the new Managing Director.  Her key responsibilities lie in developing the internal sustainability of the organisation as well as taking on and engagement in SEA’s project work.

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Megan has a BA degree in Economics, English and History, with a postgraduate degree in African history. Her work experience includes participatory research, policy development and development practice work in the land reform and rural development sector; freelance journalism and education materials development; social research; and training, capacity development and project management in sustainable city energy planning work.

During her time at the Surplus People Project, a well-established, 20-year land reform NGO, Megan was responsible for the research and development behind one of the country’s three land reform policy mechanisms, as well as project managing a number of community land reform initiatives. This was followed by four years of freelance development, social research and writing work. Megan managed a two-year project for the Table Mountain National Park involving the establishment and training of 10 community collectives as alien vegetation clearing teams. She worked as a journalist for the Durban-based literacy newspaper, the SA Reader, developed SAQA aligned learning materials for the West Coast College and completed social research for PLAAS (Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies), the City of Cape Town, the University of Cape Town HIV/AIDS support unit and the West Coast National Park, amongst others.

Megan joined Sustainable Energy Africa in 2004. She has been involved in the development, planning and running of two successful training events – a week long, Masters level course in City Energy Planning, in partnership with the Sustainability Institute of the University of Stellenbosch and a preconference course for the Sustainable Built Environment 2005 conference, in Sustainable Design for the Urban Environment. Megan works within the broad SEED capacity building programme that aims to support the integration of sustainable energy approaches within urban development in South Africa through the development of the capacity of people within cities. She is also working on the development of a State of Energy report for the Sol Plaatje Municipality, a Home and Schools Environmental Handbook for the City of Cape Town and is coordinating the production of a State of City Energy in South Africa report, due for publication in December 2006.

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Yachika has a BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental and Geographical Science and is currently in the final stages of completing her MSc in Energy Studies at the University of Cape Town. She is currently employed at Sustainable Energy Africa as a Project Officer and involved in a number of exciting projects at SEA relating to sustainable energy and practices, one of which is the seminal development of an Integrated Energy Strategy for the Western Cape. The Western Cape is the leading province in South Africa to develop such an approach to energy planning.

Whilst studying for her Masters degree at the Energy Research Centre (University of Cape Town), Yachika was employed as a research assistant participating in energy research as it relates to poverty reduction and climate change. One of the projects in which she was principally involved, entailed an indepth analysis of energy transitions in fuel use that occur among low income households in South Africa. This culminated in a research paper which she co-presented with her supervisor at the Energy Transitions Workshop held jointly by Stanford University (CA, USA) and the University of Cape Town in 2004.

Prior to her Masters degree, she worked in the field of Information Systems in software development, creating, designing and developing information systems for Corporates in South Africa. Soon after completing her Honours degree in Environmental and Geographical Science, she worked in the United Kingdom for 2 years as a research assistant at the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WILDCRU), Oxford University as well as the Haematology Unit, Guys Hospital in London primarily involved in analysing statistical data related to research in the respective fields. 

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Andrew started working at SEA in January 2007. He is an electronic and electrical engineer having graduated from UCT in 1992. Andrew worked in the project management field for five years, before taking an extended sabbatical to pursue a career in music. His concern for the growing crises facing the planet led him to his current position at SEA. 

Andrew has been involved in city energy modelling and long term renewable energy and energy efficiency planning. He has also continues to work towards the establishment of a solar water heater bylaw for Cape Town.

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Lize has a B.Tech in Environmental Management from the Cape Technikon in 2002 and followed that with an M.Tech focussing on State of Environment Reporting in the City of Cape Town.  She started her career with the City of Cape Town, working on their State of Environment report and was also involved in strategy development and environmental education.  A move to the Provincial Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, changed her focus to Cleaner Production and sustainable resource consumption.

She joined SEA in September 2006, as the Sustainable Transport Project Officer.  She is co-ordinating SEA’s Tran:SIT project, which looks at sustainable transport in the urban environment.  She is also focussing on Cleaner Production and is involved in the development of an Environmental Rating System for the hospitality sector.

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Siphokazi joined SEA in November 2006 as an administrative assistant.  She is an efficient and thorough administration personnel who gained her experience working at Boom Town Advertising Agency from 2005 -2006.  Siphokazi also completed a computer literacy course in 2004.  Her excellent written, verbal and communication skills are an essential contribution to the daily work done at Sustainable Energy Africa.

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Zukiswa obtained a diploma in Bookkeeping, Personnel and Training Management and Higher Certificate in Human Resource Management from Damelin School of Management. She also obtained a certificate in Office Administration from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Cape Town branch).  She worked for Western Cape Education Department for four years as an Administration Clerk and has joined Sustainable Energy Africa in November 2006 as a Financial Assistant.

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Sivuyile Maboda holds a Bsocsc (hons) degree in Environmental and Geographical Science from the University of Cape Town.  While at UCT he worked as a Parliamentary Monitor for the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG).  After completing his studies he worked for Isandla Institute as a researcher, he worked on a study " Do informal land markets work for poor people : an assessment of three metropolitan cities in South Africa".  He also worked for Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE). Sivuyile recently joined Sustainable Energy Africa as a project co-ordinator, he is working on the Western Cape Clean Energy Governance Programme (WC CEGP) supporting the development of  the Sustainable Energy Facilitation Act. 

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Ludwe has a BSocSc (Hons) degree in Social Sciences and is currently in the final stages of completing his MSocSc in Social Sciences studies at the University of Cape Town. Prior to his employ with Sustainable Energy Africa, he worked for the Special Projects directorate at the Western Cape Department of Local Government and Housing He has recently joined the Sustainable Energy Africa Team as a Project Coordinator and involved in a Sustainable Energy for Environment and Development (SEED) project, a national capacity building and partnership programme which supports SEED Advisors and their organisations.

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Zanie has a BSc degree majoring in Environmental and Geographical Science, Ocean and Atmosphere Science, and Archeology; and a BSc (Hons) in Atmosphere Science from UCT.  Previous experience includes assistance in starting a recycling centre at Masiphumelele, and work in the Environmental Management Services branch at the City of Cape Town.  She joined SEA in August 2008 as she has always been interested in the sustainable use of resources.  She is employed as a Project Co-ordinator and is involved in the Green Rating System project, which looks at the environmental rating of the hospitality industry.

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Pamela Tsolekile-de Wet joined Sustainable Energy Africa on the 1^st September 2008 as a Project Manager for Western Cape Clean Energy Governance Programme (WC CEGP).  She is also involved in SEED Ph 3, City Energy Support.  Before joining SEA she worked for the City of Cape Town as a Project Officer in Housing and Land Restitution. She holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts from the University of Transkei, BTech in Management from Cape Town University of Technology and she is currently studying at the University of Cape Town doing Masters Degree in Urban Infrastructure Design and Management.