IAIAsa Gauteng Branch Committee - Branch Chair

IAIAsa Gauteng Branch Committee - Students & Young Professionals Support

IAIAsa GP Branch Committee - Authority Liaison and Professional Development

IAIAsa Gauteng Branch Committee - Secretary & Events

Dr Anton de Wit is a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Geosciences at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha. He is responsible for the under and postgraduate environmental studies and environmental management programmes in this department, as well as the supervision of relevant student research. His professional interests revolve around the place-specific manifestation of the population, environment and development nexus through challenges such as climate change, as well as social impact assessment, social sustainability and the question of sustainable cities. His research interest are in the area of sustainability science, participatory environmental management and Economic geology

Mthobisi Masinga
Mthobisi Masinga is an urbanist, author, speaker and advocate for sustainable development based in Johannesburg. He has an expressed commitment to social, environmental and economic sustainability demonstrated through his work on development planning/design, urban and rural planning forms, sustainable development initiatives, green planning practices and processes. He has international experience having worked for Bodø Kommune and Hundholmen BYUTVIKLING in Norway and in Portland Oregon in the USA. In addition, and he is a registered member of the International Society of City and Regional Planners and the South African Council for Planners. As an urbanist, he has wide experience in working with the change and growth in properties, villages, towns and cities from the sub-regional level down to individual sites.

Dr Mguni is an urban researcher interested in understanding the realities and possible futures of African cities, investigating the dynamics of governing informal urbanisation in the face of climate change. Dr Mguni graduated in 2015 with a Phd in Sustainability Transitions in urban water management, and I have an Msc (Eng) in Planning and the Environment from AAlborg University (2010). I am currently a Post-Doc and Work Package Leader on the Danida-funded 'Pathways to Water Resilient South African Cities' project. I also hold an honorary reseach fellowship at the Future Water Institute at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests are Nature-based Solutions, urban water management, the Water-Energy-Food nexus and governance of sustainability transitions in cities in East and Southern Africa.

Mr Steven Mukhola is the Director of Impact Management at the Gauteng Department Agriculture, and Rural Development. Mr Mukhola holds a Bachelor of Environmental Sciences Degree and Honours from the University of Venda, and a Master of Public Administration from UNISA. He is responsible for among others the analyses and quality control of the Environmental Authorisations, and implementation of acts with regard to Environmental Management. In this capacity, Mr Mukhola will provide input on Regulatory Requirements for sustainable cities and indicate gaps to implement requirements in the EIA Process.

Tshilidzi Tshimange holds a Master of Environmental Management (MENVM), Modelling Landfill Site Suitability in Gauteng Province Using GIS @ University of Venda for Science and Technology.
Skilled in Ecology; Environmental Legislations; Environmental Surveys; GIS; Remote Sensing; Cartography; Photogrammetry; Pollution Management; Waste Management; Development Planning; Sustainable Development; Environmental Auditing and Monitoring (SHERQ); Environmental Issues, Climate Change.
Current role - Environmental Impact Management: Senior Specialist @ City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Role includes: Integration and mainstreaming of environmental issues Inclusion of environmental issues in strategic projects. Improvement of departmental work processes and implementation of decision support tools Implement operational procedures, legislations and guidelines for the assessment of development proposals