Nondumiso Mfenyana

Biography:

Nondumiso previously worked as Manager: Centre for Fishing at South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) where she was responsible for the management in ensuring safety of commercial Fishing industry at sea and Maritime Industry Development programmes in South Africa. She served in several stakeholder platforms in ensuring a sustainable Maritime industry. She served as chairperson of the National Fishing Industry (NFF), member of the Operation Phakisa: Marine Transport Manufacturing task team for the initiative 14.5 – Fishing Vessel Recapitalisation. She served in the Nelson Mandela Bay Maritime Cluster and as secretariat of the Bunkering Stakeholder Forum. Nondumiso Mfenyana is currently in a short-term contract at the South African International Maritime Institute (SAIMI) responsible for the Operation Phakisa programmes on Skills, Education and Training for Oceans Economy development. This position enables her to implement skills development programmes across all the key focus areas, which made her to sit on several Maritime forums. Nondumiso also serve an Executive Secretary General member of the Maritime Business Chamber (MBC), an organisation that support SME’s in the Maritime Industry.
Nondumiso started her career with the National Department of Environment Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE) as an Oceanographic Research Scientist. She was later promoted to Deputy Director: Fisheries Resource Manager. One of the highlights in her profession is being nominated one of the Delegated Authorities by the then Minister of Fisheries, for the 2005/2006 Long Term Fishing Rights Allocation Process. During her tenure at DFFE she served and chaired some of the Fishing Industry Association working groups, including Aquaculture.
She is an Environmental Scientist by profession; she accomplished her undergraduate and honors qualifications from the University of the Western Cape. Furthermore, she obtained her Master of Philosophy in Fisheries Management at the University of Bergen, in Norway. Her Masters research covered Aquaculture technology transfer. Furthermore, she completed her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Rhodes University and currently studying towards her PhD with the Nelson Mandela University (NMU).
Nondumiso carry leadership qualities, assertive, proactive, highly motivated and result orientated person, who has a sense of urgency to get things done, with high degree of integrity and perseverance, and the ability to motivate others and transfer skills.