Our Team
Gamtoos Water’s staff complement comprises approximately 130 personnel. Ninety of these operate in and around Patensie, focusing on the management of water from Kouga Dam to water users. The remainder are situated throughout the Eastern Cape and are involved in the management of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) projects entrusted to the Board by the Department of Environmental Affairs.
Nurturing skills development is critical in ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of the organisation. Our policy is to identify talent and to promote from within.
Management
Rienette Colesky
Chief Executive Officer
Jacques van der Merwe
Chief Operating Officer
Works
Derik Thokoane
Manager: Works
Kosie Adriaan
Line Manager
Francois Ketteldas
Line Manager
Ivan Steenbok
Line Manager
Alfred Go
Line Manager
Water Control
Leon Grundling
Manager: Water Control
Andrew Murray
Assistant Manager
Vuyani Dlomo
Senior Supervisor
Christo Jantjies
Line Manager
Donald van Rooyen
Line Manager
Hans Jantjies
Line Manager
Natural Resource Programme
Justice Ngcengane
Area Manager: North East
(former Transkei area)
Andrew Knipe
Area Manager: East
(Port Elizabeth to East London)
Edwill Moore
Area Manager: West
(Tsitsikamma to Patensie)