Chairman: Mr Sandile Tshabalala
Mr Sandile Tshabalala is the co-founder and owner of Huruma Bantfu. He has over a decade of expertise in corporate governance, corporate philanthropy, human rights, and entrepreneurship development. Mr Tshabalala has held governance positions with multinationals and most recently as a Board of Directors and Investment Committee Secretary for the Public Investment Corporation. He is also a recipient of the Mail and Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans 2023 under the Business category supported by the African Bank and a recipient of the News24 100 Young Mandelas of the Future 2023 under the Humanitarianism category. He is also in the 2024 cohort of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, Leading For Humanity Fellowship.
As an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, Mr Sandile Tshabalala is changing the world, after learning how to change his community as a 7-year-old Cub in the Kanyamazane township of Mpumalanga. In November 2023 he joined the SCOUTS South Africa Board. Read more here.
Mr Mark Goulding
Mark Goulding is an experienced tax professional with more than two decades of leadership within Ernst & Young (EY), where he currently serves as Business Tax Partner and Tax Account Leader. Since joining EY, Mark has held various senior positions, including Chief Operating Officer Tax, Tax Market Segment Leader for Africa, and Human Capital Africa Tax Leader. In these roles, he has led strategic initiatives across the African continent, working with multinational clients and tax professionals to define strategies and find compliant solutions to complex business challenges.
Mark is passionate about community leadership through Scouting and currently serves 1st Rivertrail as Scout Group Leader. Mark joined Scouting as a Cub with 1st Morningside, achieved his Leaping Wolf, and later his Springbok Scout Award and Chief Scout Award. He was a Troop Scouter in his early 20’s where he helped several Scouts achieve their Springbok Scout Awards and then had a break from Scouting until his children joined around 12 years ago and he rejoined at a committee level. So, he has had the full range of experiences across the Movement.
Mr Thomas Meyer
Mr Thomas Meyer is a sustainable finance expert at DEG (Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH) where he focuses on facilitating development-oriented funding initiatives across Africa. Over the years, he held various senior roles across the financial services, investment, NGO, and banking sectors. He has also served on the boards of various nonprofit organisations, particularly those dedicated to faith-based work, children, and youth development. He is a Chartered Accountant – CA(SA), a Fellow of the South African Institute of Financial Markets (SAIFM), and an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa.
Thomas grew up in Scouting after joining 14th Pretoria (DELP) as a Cub. He earned his Springbok in 1988, and a Chief Scout Award thereafter. He credits Scouting for learning the most useful skills in life.
Mr Phillip Mulungo
Mr Philip Mulungo is a member of the Executive Team of the Toronto Group, where he oversees the Group’s Executive & Strategic Direction. He is an active director of companies across a number of sectors including oil and gas, manufacturing, energy, technology, farming, and property development, both nationally and internationally. He has been recognized by the DTIC and by the media for his contribution to the economy. He is an alumnus of Unisa School of Business Leadership, University of Pretoria, and Stellenbosch University Business School Executive Development.
Mr Mulungo hails from Mpumalanga where he joined the 1st Mataffin Scout Group as a Scout. His peers recognise his innovative spirit and sound values inculcated during his Scouting adventures. Read more here.
Mrs Farai Ntuli
Farai is the Africa Livelihoods and Education Lead for Accenture Development Partnerships. Through her work in international and youth development and gender equality she is shaping and creating opportunities for growth and youth employment in Africa and Asia. Previously, she served as the Chief Partnerships Officer at the Youth Employment Service, and as the Youth Health Africa project manager at the Aurum Institute. In her spare time, she runs a blog titled ‘Impact with Farai’ which seeks to enhance the employability of youth with critical insights.
Farai was recognised in the Donors Africa, Top 50 African Women in Development in 2024. She is a Dalai Lama 2019 Fellow, a recipient of the Stellenbosch University Exceptional Alumni award (2021), and in 2022, she became an Honourary Member of the Golden Key International Honours Society and won the TransUnion Rising Star award for the Service: Public and Private sector category.
Chief Scout: Mr Khonzaphi Mdaka
Mr Khonzaphi Mdaka joined the Scouting Movement in 1994 in Mataffin. In 2000 he became Deputy Provincial Commissioner and two years later he took on the role of Provincial Commissioner. In 2011 he was named Provincial Chairman and was also elected at the National Scout Council to serve on Steercom which oversaw the revitalisation of Scouting. In 2015 Khonzaphi stepped into a National position as the Chair: SSA Properties, after which he was appointed Deputy Chief Scout in 2018. On the 1st of February 2022 Khonzaphi Mdaka became the Chief Scout of South Africa. Read more here.