About Kondebe

Practical solutions, built in partnership with community.

Kondebe provides integrated environmental, infrastructure and community development solutions across South Africa — rooted in Knysna and the Garden Route.

Why We Exist

Turning environmental liabilities into community assets.

Vision

To transform environmental, social and infrastructure challenges into opportunities for community regeneration, local employment, ecological restoration and sustainable service delivery — through partnerships between communities, municipalities, traditional leadership, civil society and technical specialists.

Mission

To identify, assess, design, implement and manage practical solutions that improve living conditions within informal settlements, rural communities, townships and municipal infrastructure systems — while creating long-term economic opportunities and environmental resilience.

Our Approach

30 years of municipal service excellence in Knysna.

Kondebe is led by founder Tembi Mkefa, who brings three decades of municipal technical expertise in water, sanitation and infrastructure service delivery. That experience is the backbone of everything we do — from a single household repair to a full community regeneration programme.

We don't parachute in with a fixed product. We assess the real conditions on the ground, design solutions around the community's actual needs, and build relationships that outlast any single project.

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Our Team

The people behind Kondebe.

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Tembi Mkefa

Founder & CEO

30 years of municipal technical expertise in water, sanitation and infrastructure. Leads operations, stakeholder engagement, team coordination and on-site project oversight.

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Angelina Mkefa

Operations & Community Development

Community engagement and mobilisation, administrative coordination, logistics support and day-to-day operational management.

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Siphokazi Mkefa

Community Liaison & Admin

Community liaison, public communication, document management, scheduling and coordination between field teams and stakeholders.

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Katherine Forbes

Strategic Consultant — Generative Living

Project design, research and development, proposal and funding support, environmental solutions, and monitoring and evaluation.

Strategic Objective · 2026–2030

A replicable, community-driven regeneration model.

To establish a model that transforms environmental liabilities into community assets while strengthening municipal service delivery, creating employment and restoring ecological systems throughout Knysna and the Garden Route region.

"From challenge to regeneration. From waste to resource. From community need to community opportunity."

Work with a partner who stays.

From municipal SLAs to community pilot projects — let's talk about what we can build together.

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