Sabelo B Nkosi is a Senior Environmentalist at eThekwini Municipality in the Biodiversity Impact Assessment Branch of the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department. His work is mainly focused on private EIAs and various land use planning applications with the aim of protecting the Municipality’s biodiversity assets. He has been involved in a number of biodiversity offsets within the Municipality and has an interest is the implementation of biodiversity offsets.
Furthermore, he is a member of the Municipal Planning Tribunal (MPT) and is also a grade 2 Environmental Management Inspector (EMI).
Currently, Sabelo is responsible for the Biodiversity Planning function in eThekwini Municipality as the Acting Senior Manager.
Sabelo’s professional experience in the Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) sector over the last 12 years ranges from private consulting, construction, research, and local government. These in addition to a number voluntary roles, and conference planning and participation.
Sabelo has a Masters in Environmental Management from the North-West University where his research was focused on the implementation of biodiversity offsets. Sabelo also holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Honours degree in Entomology, where he studied plant-animal interactions such as pollination systems and biological control, and a BSc degree in Botany and Entomology, both from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
He is a registered professional ecologist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and a registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner with the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA).
Lastly, Sabelo enjoys team sports, especially rugby, which has earned him some amateur colours and has won a number of trophies within the KZN Rugby Union structures. He also has taken up road running and enjoys travelling, music, photography and cooking, particularly for his wife and three children.