Mukelani Dimba

Mukelani is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Open Democracy Advice Centre (ODAC). Before joining ODAC in 2001, Mukelani was a National Training Co-ordinator at Statistics South Africa. Mukelani is responsible for training, research coordination and advocacy. The Odac training unit provides assistance to public and private institutions on best compliance strategies for South Africa’s Right-to-Information laws (Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Protected Disclosures Act). The unit also provides services to civil society formations and members of the public on using the Right-to-Information laws.

Radiyah Hendriks

Radiyah is the senior administrator at the Centre. Formerly a litigation secretary, she manages the ODAC office, and the administration of the organisation. She joined the organisation in 2001.

Pumla Sithole

Pumla Sithole is the junior administrator, and joined the organisation in 2007.

Lorraine Martin

Lorraine is the whistleblowing helpline advisor and programme manager of the Protected Disclosures Unit. She has an Economics degree from the University of South Africa, a Teaching Diploma from the University of Cape Town and a Labour Law  Diploma from the University of Stellenbosch. 

She worked in the private sector for many years before embarking on a teaching career.  In 2000 after completing her Labour Law Diploma she became a labour consultant and joined ODAC in 2002. At ODAC she deals with calls on the helpline - they are mostly from individuals who wish to blow the whistle and would like to know what the best procedure would be or from individuals who have blown the whistle and have been dismissed or are victimized.  In addition to advising she also runs training programmes for organisations. She also tracks the legislation and often assists with submissions to government institutions as well as keeping a keen eye on the jurisprudence developing around whistleblowing.

Alison Tilley

Alison is the Chief Executive Officer at the Centre. She has a BA LLB degree from the University of Cape Town. She is an attorney, who was formerly in private practice. She was the National Advocacy Manager at the Black Sash, before becoming the Centre's first manager in 2001. She is a founding trustee of the Women's Legal Centre, and is a member of the South African Law Reform Commission Project Committee on Data Protection.  

Mkhululi Mazula

Mkhululi Mazula is a fieldworker at ODAC. He has a honorus degree in Social Development from the University of the Western Cape, and has been involved in the NGO field for a number of years working in diverse communities of the Western and the Eastern Cape. Some of the organizations that he has worked for are NACOSA, where he was a trainer, and SCAT where he was a fieldworker for the Eastern Cape regional programme. As a fieldworker at ODAC, he is responsible for building and strengthening networks, and ensuring that communities are aware of PAIA, and are able to use the laws to fully enjoy their rights. Outreach and training programmes in communities are among the core of his duties.    

Emma Levy

Emma Levy joined ODAC in March 2009 and runs advocacy projects around the Protected Disclosures Act. She holds a first-class postgraduate qualification in labour law from UCT and a BA Honours in sociology and politics from Leeds University. She is both a labour consultant and journalist by profession and worked at The Sunday Telegraph newspaper in London for nine years before moving to South Africa in 2007 and studying law.  In Cape Town, she has worked on a consultancy basis for UNICEF, UWC, the Cape Times and The Sunday Independent. Although a Londoner by birth, Emma is also a South African citizen. She was granted South African citizenship in 1994 owing to a family background in the struggle against apartheid.

Fola Adeleke

 Fola Adeleke is a researcher with ODAC and joined the organization in April 2009. He is involved in the research co-ordination of ODAC in both the policy analysis and litigation units of ODAC. He holds a LLB and LLM degree from the University of Cape Town.