Mpumalanga
Local Government · Policy Development
Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
A five-mandate policy programme aligned to the municipality's Land Use Scheme.
Public Sector Advisory · Johannesburg
Shaping plans that hold up.
Senior-led advisory to municipalities, government departments, SOEs, DFIs and infrastructure clients across South Africa.
- Established
- 2021
- Registration
- SACPLAN Professional Planners
- Base
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Practice
- Eight advisory disciplines
The Firm
Public-sector mandates fail on implementation, not intention.
We bring spatial planning, urban law, infrastructure, governance and financial analysis to bear on the same problem — so the strategy that leaves the room is one the institution can actually deliver.
Roberts Analytics was established in Johannesburg in 2021 and is led by two SACPLAN-registered principals who work on the mandates themselves.
Who We Work With
Municipalities
Government Departments
State-Owned Enterprises
Development Finance Institutions
Housing Entities
Infrastructure Agencies
PPP Environments
NGOs & Civil Society
Local and district government, national and provincial departments, state entities, and the institutions that finance and deliver infrastructure.
2021
Established in Johannesburg
8
Advisory disciplines under one practice
2
SACPLAN-registered principals
100%
Principal-led — from scoping to delivery
Capabilities
Eight disciplines.
One advisory practice.
Complex public-sector problems rarely sit inside a single discipline. Ours don't either.
01
Spatial Planning & Land Use
SDFs, Land Use Scheme reviews, GIS analysis and SPLUMA-aligned planning.
02
Housing & Development Planning
Social and rental housing policy, human settlements strategy and programme support.
03
Infrastructure Advisory
Investment plans, feasibility, delivery model design and capital programme advisory.
04
Programme Management & PMO
PMO design, programme governance, delivery assurance and implementation roadmaps.
05
Policy Development
Municipal and sector policy aligned to MFMA, the Municipal Systems Act and SPLUMA.
06
Municipal Strategic Advisory
Strategy, LED, institutional diagnostics and service delivery support.
07
Smart Municipality & Digital
Smart city strategy, digital readiness, technology governance and e-government.
08
Financial Modelling & Analysis
Financial models, investment appraisal, cost-benefit and affordability assessment.
Selected Work
Mandates in the field.
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga
Local Government · Spatial Planning
Thaba Chweu Local Municipality
SPLUMA-aligned Land Use Scheme Review — the regulatory framework governing land development across the municipal area.
Approach
Five phases, from scope to delivery.
Adapted to institutional context and delivery conditions. Rigorous without being rigid.
01 — Scope
Define the problem
Establish the real question, the mandate boundary and the decision it must serve.
02 — Evidence
Build the base
Spatial, financial, legal and institutional evidence, gathered first-hand.
03 — Analyse
Test options
Options weighed against constraints, capacity and the governance environment.
04 — Formulate
Develop the strategy
A position that is legally sound, financially credible and institutionally workable.
05 — Deliver
Support implementation
Adoption, hand-over and the monitoring that keeps a plan alive after sign-off.
Why Roberts Analytics
Four reasons clients appoint us.
Small enough that the principals do the work. Broad enough to hold the whole mandate.
01
SACPLAN-registered professionals
Both principals are registered Professional Planners, bound by competence and ethical standards that apply to how the work is done — accountability beyond the contract.
02
Direct principal involvement
The people who scope the mandate are the people who deliver it. Senior engagement throughout, not only at proposal stage.
03
Multidisciplinary by default
Spatial planning, urban law, infrastructure, governance and finance applied together — because complex mandates rarely respect disciplinary boundaries.
04
Public-sector fluency
Familiarity with the legislative environment, intergovernmental frameworks and institutional dynamics that shape what a public body can actually do.
Leadership
The people you hire are the people you get.
Two SACPLAN-registered principals, directly engaged from inception through delivery.
RN
Principal Consultant
Robert Ndebele
Spatial planning, infrastructure and commercial advisory, procurement and programme governance. MBA (Warwick) · SACPLAN registered.
EM
Principal Consultant
Dr Eric Makoni
Urban law, spatial planning, governance, policy formulation and development planning. PhD Urban Law (Wits) · SACPLAN registered.
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