Our team

With nearly two decades of experience, Sichale is a seasoned accountant dedicated to helping organisations achieve financial clarity and sustainable growth. He has worked across non-profits, SMEs, and corporate sectors, offering expertise in financial management, compliance, and strategic advisory. Known for his meticulous attention to detail, he combines technical proficiency with ethical practice and results-driven support.

Buhle Booi is the Head of Political Organising and Campaigns at Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU), an urban land justice organisation in Cape Town. Growing up in one of South Africa’s most unequal cities, Buhle began his activism with Equal Education (EE), focusing on social justice. His work spans various struggles, from education to addressing apartheid-era spatial planning. Committed to grassroots activism, Buhle believes in solutions driven by those most affected and centres meaningful solidarity through an intersectional approach to the struggle for social justice.
buhle@nu.org.za

Nozi is a researcher at Ndifuna Ukwazi. She holds a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning and has a special interest in both rural and urban planning, feminist planning and spatially just South Africa.
nozi@nu.org.za

Jens is our researcher. He holds a Master's degree in Urban Planning and has worked in the planning, human settlements policy and design fields. He is passionate about bottom-up processes of community engagement, so that planning and urban governance not only empowers and learns from citizens but responds to their agency in demanding and asserting their rights to the city.
jens@nu.org.za

Zami is our researcher. His work is mainly invested in transformation and creating sustainable communities. He holds a degree and honorary degree in housing and development studies majoring in policy development, analysis, research, variation of development models and alternative strategies for addressing the prevailing development and environmental problems. His interest is in the project planning, packaging and implementation for the development of communities through spatially targeted solutions that aim to address the imbalances of the past and the present
zami@nu.org.za

Inga is an attorney in our law centre. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree as well as a Master of Laws degree in Constitutional Property Law (cum laude) from Stellenbosch University. She has a keen interest in spatial justice and, more specifically, the achievement of equitable access to land and well-located housing.
inga@nu.org.za

Zamuxolo is an attorney in our law centre. He holds an LLB degree from the University of the Western Cape. He is passionate about social justice and considers the law as a mechanism for change.
zamuxolo@nu.org.za

Ruth is an attorney in our law centre. She holds an LLB from UCT with distinction as well as a Bachelor of Arts and LLM specialising in public law. She has a passion for access to justice and believes that the law must be used as a tool to realise substantive equality, as well as to hold government accountable for their important role in this realisation.
ruth@nu.org.za

Zach is our Communications and Media Officer. He is passionate about multimedia communications and believes in building solidarity among communities through the power of storytelling. He holds a BA in Journalism and a certificate in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography.
zacharia@nu.org.za

Phumeza is our office keeper.
phumeza@nu.org.za

Lorenzo is a Political Organiser at NU. He is passionate about working with communities through building relationships, community facilitation and advocating for caring, people-centered housing solutions, policies and practices. He enjoys his role at NU because it gives him the opportunity to do important work that brings about real change for people in the inner-city.
lorenzo@nu.org.za

Nozipho serves as our Finance Administrator, driven by a deep commitment to bolster the organisation's programs and activities, ensuring their seamless operation and maximum impact. Her extensive experience is rooted in the nonprofit sector, where she has honed her financial expertise.
nkamana@nu.org.za