The Southern Hemisphere Consultants team

The Southern Hemisphere Team

Southern Hemisphere is a combination of partner consultants, the founding members of the organisation. The partners are assisted by internationally-based associates. In addition, further capacity is built through a global network of highly specialised consultants.

Partners

Dena Lomofsky - Dena Lomofsky is a Senior Consultant and has a Masters in Development Studies from the University of the Western Cape(1998). She is active in the areas of economic development, youth development and organisational development. Dena has designed and facilitated training workshops, including materials production for all age groups in both South Africa and Israel. As a project manager she has managed and participated in large research projects and participation processes. She is fluent in English, and conversant in Afrikaans, German and Hebrew. She is a founding member of Southern Hemisphere.

Daniel Nina - Daniel Nina is a Caribbean attorney and holds a Ph.D. in law and Social Theory (University of Kent, England, 1991). He has worked in the areas of law, public policy, conflict resolution and organisational development. He has also written extensively in these areas, both articles and books. As a consultant he has conducted work in his areas of specialisation in different countries, including South Africa, Argentina, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Caribbean. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and is conversant in French and Portuguese. He is a founding member of Southern Hemisphere.

Associate

Andries Mangokwana - Andries Mangokwana holds an MA in Social Science specialising in Social Planning and Administration. As a social development expert, Andries has a broad range of experience working in the corporate, local government and NGO sectors. Andries has specialist skills as a trainer, facilitator, evaluator and project manager. He has significant experience in grant management and local government. He has recently managed the evaluation of the CMRA Benchmarking Project for HIV and AIDs in Local Government in South Africa. He is fluent in English, Northern Sotho and Tshivenda and is based in the Gauteng Province.

Nana Davies - Nana Davies is a Senior Consultant. She completed her Masters in Law at University of Copenhagen, Denmark and part of it at the University of Rennes, France, where she majored in Human Rights Law. She worked in international development aid throughout Africa, before becoming a consultant in the development field in South Africa in 1996. She co-founded Nielsen and Klein Consulting in Cape Town in 1998. She has provided consultancy services to government, universities, donors and particularly the NGO sector, on Project Planning, Evaluation, Facilitation, Organisational Development and Applied Research in the field of Social Economic Justice. She is fluent in Danish and English and conversant in French.

Wilma Wessels - Wilma Wessels is a Consultant and holds a BA (Hons) in Organisational Psychology from the University of South Africa. Wilma has a dual role at Southern Hemisphere being both a Consultant as well as a Human Resource Officer. Wilma has experience in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research, evaluations, developing monitoring and evaluation systems, planning, mentoring, training, facilitation and developing human resource systems. She is passionate about Capacity Development and Organisational Development, particularly on a grassroots level, and therefore champions the Organisational Development Portfolio. Wilma has experience in the area of youth development, HIV and AIDS, education and training, child and human rights, gender and education, among others.

Cathy Chames - Cathy Chames is a Senior Consultant and a registered social worker. She has worked within a broad range of settings for the past 13 years both locally and abroad. Cathy holds a Masters in Social Development, which was awarded with distinction from the University of Cape Town. Some highlights in her career include developing a psycho-social support programme for refugee children, working in the childcare system in the UK, managing a children's home for street children and initiating a peer mediation programme at a school in Cape Town. Cathy brings with her extensive experience in education (particularly in relation to teaching, supervision, training and materials development) and child rights. Since joining Southern Hemisphere Consultants, Cathy has embarked on a number of extensive research and evaluation projects including research on the realisation of rights to education for the South African Human Rights Commission, and a baseline study on National Child Protection Systems in South Africa, Zambia and Swaziland for Save the Children (Sweden).