our board
Professor Shepherd M. Mayatula
Chairperson
Professor Shepherd Malusi Mayatula is a retired Member of the South African Parliament and the retired Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Education in the National Assembly in the South African Parliament.
Mpho Ntholeng
Executive Director
Mpho is the Executive Director of Kommunity Foundation he provides overall leadership, is responsible for all managing and overseeing all project reporting and budgets, building the organisation’s brand, developing, driving and implementing the strategy and expansion of our various programmes.
Renee Zerle
Director
Renee is Director of Kommunity Group Project Foundation, and a co-developer of the Kommunity Career Handbook programme. Renee has extensive client account management and business process efficiencies experience as well as Management of Product Marketing, Management & Product Strategy Consulting.
Jacob Ramaru
Director
Jacob will contribute a wealth of Field Operations experience to the Kommunity Group Projects Foundation’s Board, having served in a senior capacity in various roles over the past decade in this area and more specifically, in actively managing education development programmes in the field in mostly rural and peri-urban education environments.
Dr Simon Mbokazi
Non-Executive Director
Dr Simon Zwelibanzi Mbokazi is a veteran of the South African education landscape, having retired in 2011 after completing his term as the Superintendent-General for Education for KwaZulu Natal Province and concluding a highly successful career spanning a total of 43 years.