CAS COOVADIA MD, Banking Association South Africa (BASA)

Cas Coovadia is currently the Managing Director of the Banking Association South Africa where he is responsible, at a strategic and policy level, for all operations of the Banking Association SA, which include Low Income Housing, Micro Finance, SMME Finance, Organised Business, as well as lobbying and Government interaction. He is also on the Board of Business Unity SA and on the Council of the University of Witwatersrand. Source: http://www.auhf.co.za/executive-committee/mr-cas-coovadia/

ANTHEA JEFFERY Head of Special Research, South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR)

Anthea Jeffery is a well-known and outspoken political commentator based in . She is the author of 10 books, including Chasing the Rainbow: South Africa’s Move from Mandela to Zuma (2010), People’s War: New Light on the Struggle for South Africa (2009), Business and Affirmative Action and The Truth about the Truth Commission. Jeffery holds law degrees from Wits and Cambridge, and a PhD from London University. Since 1990, she has worked for the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), where she is Head of Policy Research and editor of the Institute’s policy bulletin. Source: http://www.nb.co.za/authors/8517

ROSALIE KINGWELL Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of the Western Cape

Rosalie Kingwell is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (Plaas), University of the Western Cape, where she was awarded her PhD degree in 2014 for her thesis entitled: The map is not the territory: law and custom in ‘African freehold’: a South African case study. She is also research associate at the Centre for Law and Society, University of Cape Town. Her research interests are property rights, inheritance of land; customary succession; and urban and rural land tenure. Source: http://www.plaas.org.za/student/kingwill

LEON LOUW Executive Director,

Leon Louw is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Free Market Foundation. He is a regularly featured speaker and writer in South African and international media and has addressed many prominent organisations, including the US Congress hearings on , the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, the Hoover Institute and the United Nations. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Louw

SIYABULELA MANONA Partner, Phuhlisani Solutions

Siyabu Manona became a Phuhlisani partner in 2009. He has 15 years of experience in rural and urban development planning, implementation and policy development in South Africa. He has extensive experience with land reform, rural livelihoods and LED, rural water, environment and forestry. Siyabu worked for the Border Rural Committee before co-founding Umhlaba Consulting Group based in the Eastern Cape, where he remains a Director. Source: http://www.phuhlisani.com/view.asp?pg=info&pgsub=core

LUMKILE MONDI Senior Lecturer, Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences

Lumkile Mondi is currently a Senior Lecturer at Wits. He was previously Chief Economist and Executive Vice President for professional services at the Industrial Development Corporation. He serves on the Presidential Economic Advisory Panel and is a member of the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP), an affiliate of the Black Business Council. He is a Fellow of the second class of the Africa Leadership Initiative-South Africa and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Source: https://www.africaleadership.net/fellows/class-ii-kilimanjaro/lumkile-mondi/

JUANITA PIENAAR Professor, University of Stellenbosch

Juanita M Pienaar is Professor in Private Law at the Stellenbosch University and extraordinary professor at the North West University (2015 - 2017). She obtained the following degrees: B.Iuris (cum laude), LL.B, LL.M and LL.D - North West University (). She lectures Customary Law, Property Law and Advanced Property Law. Her research focus is Property Law in general and land reform and related matters. Source: http://blogs.sun.ac.za/law/staff/privaat-reg-private-law/prof-jm-pienaar/

OMRI VAN ZYL Executive Director, Agri SA

Omri van Zyl is Executive Director of Agri SA. He was previously a Senior Associate at Deloitte, heading up the Deloitte Africa Agribusiness Unit and Business Development for Deloitte Consulting in Africa. Mr Van Zyl holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law from the University of Stellenbosch, an LLB from the University of the Free State, and an MBA from the University of Pretoria. Source: https://www.farmingportal.co.za/index.php/farminglifestyle/whos-who-in-agri- africa/item/5454-omri-van-zyl