Thoko Miya - Chairperson
William Stucke - Deputy Chairperson
Mondli Mungwe - Shadow Deputy Chairperson
Roland Giesler - Treasurer
Roland has been a keen technology enthusiast since he first met a mainframe at Stellenbosch University over deck of punch cards! Over the years he founded various ventures, among them a computer retailer in the 1990’s, and ISP in the late 90’s, a service provider to a national professional body at the turn of the century, created law.za, led the development to create a free email service for a major financial institution, built a call-centre for a financial service company in Cape Town, founded a fibre company and quite a few more. He got involved in the Internet Society at an early stage and was part of the group that reconstituted the Internet Society South Africa Chapter in 2019.
He is generalist whose interests range far and wide, from technology to biology, nature to DIY, gardening to space, exploring the spiritual and unseen from a Christian perspective and many more things in between.
Roland joined the Exco in 2025 for the second time and as Treasurer for the 2026 year, he envisages to also upgrade the membership systems and election mechanisms to ensure smooth processes going forward.
Kodishang Tshwaane - Secretary
Nomalungelo Nkabinde - Deputy Secretary
Nomalungelo Nkabinde is a visionary community leader and founder of Anchored Global Holdings, an organization committed to empowering rural communities through education, agriculture, environmental sustainability, and economic development. Her journey began in adversity — as a young woman struggling to find employment, she volunteered her services and unexpectedly discovered her calling in the skills development sector.In 2019, Nomalungelo launched Anchored Global Holdings, followed by its nonprofit arm, Anchored Women Empowerment, focused on community upliftment and corporate social responsibility.
Since then, she has trained over 75 individuals annually, mentoring many into becoming business owners, cooperative leaders, and ECD (Early Childhood Development) center founders. Her mentorship has birthed entities such as Meliyane Holdings, Rebirth Holdings, and Landezinye Co-operative.
Sphokazi Ngobese – Cybersecurity
Sphokazi Ngobese is a Cybersecurity Awareness Professional and Project Manager dedicated to making digital safety simple, practical, and accessible for all. With experience in leading cybersecurity initiatives and digital skills development programmes, she works to empower youth, communities, and small businesses to navigate the online world safely.
She is currently serving as a Working Group Member of the Youth 20 (Y20) under the Inclusive Social Development track, where she contributes to policy negotiations on inequality, youth empowerment, and digital inclusion.
Mark Elkins - Technical & Infrastructure
Mark was born and educated in the UK. He attended Queen Mary College (London University) from 1979 to 1983. From that very first day at university – Mark has been working on Unix based computer systems. He moved to South Africa in 1984.
After twelve years at Olivetti Systems and Networks, he started his own company (Posix Systems – an Internet Service Provider) and has been involved in Computer Communications since 1985.
Sthembiso Xhakaza - Events Coordinator
Dreschel Scheepers - Technical & Infrastructure
Highly Trained and skilled as an electronic engineer with expertise in IT. Diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining computer hardware and software with hardware installations and extends to providing meticulous troubleshooting, preventative maintenance. A highly skilled and dedicated Web Administrator managing and maintaining Hosting accounts. Committed to providing secure and efficient online environments and contribute to community-driven projects.
