A PERSONAL PROFILE OF HANS NGOBENI

Hans Ngobeni holds a B.A (Hons) International Relations from the University of the North, a diploma in Personnel and Training Management, an advanced diploma in Labour Law, a certificate in Transport Management, and has done several courses in arbitration and mediation. 

Hans’s expertise comes from his years of practical involvement in leadership development for Transnet, and the facilitation of transport related disputes in Gauteng, Free State and North West provinces.  He serves on the appeal panel of the chairpersons of disciplinary hearings in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, dealing with employer-employee relations issues. 

Other projects that contribute to Hans’s wealth of knowledge are his successful wage negotiations for SATAWU and Apron Services in 2002, where a strike was averted.  He was involved in the establishment of the Mozambique Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre for the Mozambique NGO’s in 1999.

Adding to his success is the fact that Hans can speak, read and write 9 different South African languages. Hans is married and lives in Midrand, Gauteng.