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The people you hire are the people you get.

Two SACPLAN-registered principals, directly engaged on every mandate from inception through delivery.

Principals: Two
Registration: SACPLAN Professional Planners
Qualifications: PhD · MBA · MSc · MTech
Model: Senior-led

Principal Consultant

Robert Ndebele

Robert's practice covers spatial planning, infrastructure advisory, commercial advisory, procurement and programme governance. He works across the point where a capital programme's technical case meets its commercial and institutional reality.

Qualifications

MBAUniversity of Warwick — Warwick Business School
MTech Construction Management
BTech Town & Regional Planning
SACPLAN Registered Professional Planner
Chevening Scholar

Areas of Focus

Spatial Planning Infrastructure Advisory Commercial Advisory Programme Management Procurement Financial Modelling

Principal Consultant

Dr Eric Makoni

Eric's practice spans urban law, spatial planning, governance, policy formulation and development planning. His doctoral work in urban law underpins policy and planning advice that has to withstand legal and governance scrutiny after adoption.

Qualifications

PhD Urban LawUniversity of the Witwatersrand
MSc Development PlanningUniversity of the Witwatersrand
BA Politics & Media
SACPLAN Registered Professional Planner

Areas of Focus

Urban Law Policy Development Spatial Planning Governance Planning Law GIS

Combined Expertise

What two principals cover between them.

Law and technical planning in the same room — the combination most public-sector mandates need and rarely get.

SACPLAN registration

Both principals are registered, carrying professional ethical obligations and competence standards that apply to public-sector mandates.

Academic rigour

A PhD in urban law, an MBA and an MSc in development planning — grounding the practice in substantive analytical depth.

Law and technical integration

Urban law and spatial planning working together — essential where policy must withstand legal and governance scrutiny.

International perspective

A Warwick MBA and Chevening Scholarship — comparative perspective, grounded in South African institutional context.

Implementation experience

Practical experience on mandates that required real implementation, not only plan production.

Public-sector depth

Familiarity with the municipal legislative environment, intergovernmental frameworks and institutional dynamics.

Professional Standards

SACPLAN registration carries professional obligations, not only professional recognition.

Both principals hold active registration. It brings ethical and competence standards to bear on how the work is conducted — accountability that exists independently of the contract.

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No account layer, no hand-off. The people who scope your mandate are the people who deliver it.

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