About Us

Feryal has qualifications in public relations, corporate governance and citizenship, and a postgraduate qualification in management studies at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town. She obtained a certificate in Fundraising Management, a programme by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy based in the US.
Her former work experience includes 23 years at the multi-national oil major BP Southern Africa, where she was responsible for the corporate social investment strategy; implementation of employee engagement programmes, and monitoring and evaluation of CSI projects in eight sub-saharan countries. Feryal led an international non-profit organisation that uses soccer as a platform to educate South Africans about healthy lifestyles and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. She served on several boards of non-governmental organisations in various capacities, including chairperson, treasurer, and secretary. These organisations focused on several sectors including education, road safety, child-care, youth development, sports development, and community development.
She is an advisor, trainer and speaker on the Ten Elements of Advancement, nonprofit operations, organisational governance, and resilience, leveraging on her skills and practical experience as a nonprofit leader for over 20 years.

Soraya has worked in leadership positions in Mauritius, Canada, and South Africa across private, public, and non-profit sectors. She joined Inyathelo as Finance Director in 2007 and has refined her skills as a non-profit finance professional.

She has developed curriculum and trained on various aspects of non-profit financial management based on her practical experience as a key architect in reserve building and non-profit financial sustainability.  Through the Inyathelo clinic and capacity building training initiatives and programmes, Soraya has advised and trained non-profits on financial sustainability approaches through sound budgeting techniques and on the importance of sound financial governance structures and financial ethics.

Soraya holds an MBA from The Graduate School at the University of Cape Town and the Andersen School of Management at UCLA, California.  She also holds a BSc Honours degree in accounting with certification from the UK based ACCA, and obtained a Certificate in Fundraising Management, a programme by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.  She has authored non-profit financial management articles in various publications including CFO Magazine and Accountancy SA and contributed to various radio slots, television, and speaker forums on non-profit financial sustainability.  She authored a Chapter on Financing for Sustainability in the publication, Striking the Rights Chord, Perspectives on Advancement from Human Rights Organisations in South Africa, 2012.

Jocelyn is the Inyathelo Programme Officer since joining in 2012. She holds an Honours degree in the Natural Sciences from the University of the Western Cape. Jocelyn has been involved in the administration, logistical arrangements, and implementation of several community-related, outreach and research projects including overseeing the delivery of multiple training courses and workshops.  Jocelyn has contributed to and facilitated several sessions during training on Advancement to universities and non-profits. She holds a Certificate in Advancement and Resource Mobilisation: Rhodes Business School; attended an international workshop on Resource Mobilisation: Resource Alliance in partnership with South Africa Fundraising Leadership Academy and attended an Executive Fundraising course at the Fund-Raising School, a program of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in the US.

Suzanne has worked in the field of resource mobilization to devise and organise fundraising campaigns and events. She has experience in the following: Research fundraising opportunities and write proposals/grant applications to charitable trusts or statutory bodies; Manage information and record the profile and fundraising activity of donors on a database; Manage volunteers; assisted with training, and to Research the feasibility of SETA accredited training.  She has co-created and facilitates training on the Inyathelo investment readiness. 

Responsible for the CRM, salesforce, website maintenance and training on the use of Funding Finder. Qualifications in Information systems, he also conducts training on prospect research. He is furthering his studies towards a BCom Information Systems and Economics via UNISA.

Since he joined Inyathelo in 2016, Bayanda has become our go-to person for all tech and database support and Funding Finder database queries.

Hoeyaam Majiet serves the hub as receptionist and the programme administrator, including record keeping of training and development statistics. She deals with all queries related to Inyathelo’s resources, enquiries, and our service offerings. Her energy, interest and understanding of Inyathelo’s Advancement framework is a benefit to our clients.  She also supports operations and the HR function.

A real “problem-solver” Cassandra has over 25 years of experience in office administration within the education sector. A key member of the Finance team, responsible for ensuring that accounts are paid, and that financial and other information records are maintained. Cassandra also supports the conferencing and venue hire unit, with procurement. She has also presented on training sessions on financial administration and record keeping.

Jacques joined Inyathelo as its Operations Coordinator in October 2013. He has over 15 years of experience working for civil society organisations in South Africa. The operations coordinator maintains the facility, tracking and monitoring all hub activities related to income generation. Bookings of venue hire and healthy, safety and environment champion. Responsible for sale of Inyathelo products/publications and key liaison with tenants and venue hire clients. He has also presented on programme content as it pertains to sustainability of income streams.

Having worked variously as a welder and maintenance in a chicken factory, Sandra de Jongh joined Inyathelo in January 2009 to assist with office cleaning and with various other maintenance tasks. Sandra holds a strict 'no complaining' policy and brings a seriously positive energy to her work environment and her colleagues.

Noma has worked in the hospitality industry for a couple of leading restaurants. She has two adult daughters and loves walking.