Who We Are

The SADC-GMI is established as a section 21 not-for-profit company registered under the South African Companies Act No. 71 of 2008, as amended. The company is run by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from the SADC Member States, University of the Free State, an Executive Director and SADC Secretariat’s Water Division as the Chair. You can find out more information on SADC-GMI’s Board of Directors, Permanent Staff and Consultants here.

We are hosted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, South Africa on behalf of, and under the strategic guidance of the SADC Secretariat, Directorate of Infrastructure’s Water Division, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a subsidiary structure of the SADC Secretariat, SADC-GMI draws its regional mandate from the fifth phase Regional Strategic Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management (RSAP V: 2021-2025).

The SADC-GMI Team

SADC-GMI Executive Director – South Africa

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Institute for Groundwater Studies (UFS) – South Africa

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National Directorate of Water Resources Management – Mozambique

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Independent Non- Executive Director - Finance

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Ministry of Water – Tanzania

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SADC Secretariat – Botswana

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Independent Non-Executive Director - Business Development

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Department of Water Resources - Malawi

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Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist

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Infrastructure Consultant

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Head of Finance and Administration

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Grants and Procurement Specialist

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Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant

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Social and Environmental Management Specialist

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Senior Groundwater Specialist

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SADC Member States

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.

Its goal is to further socio-economic cooperation and integration as well as political and security cooperation among 15 southern African states. It complements the role of the African Union. The member states are: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Our Partners

We are cognisant of the fact that we cannot “do it alone” to achieve the huge mandate of promoting sustainable groundwater management in the SADC region.

The SADC-GMI acknowledges the role that other partners are playing and, in an effort to improve efficiencies, we are continuously seeking partnership with stakeholders operating in the groundwater domain.