To provide a sustainable and exemplary service that influences decisions affecting the environment, while recognising the balance between the economy, environment1, people, and community.
About Us
Vision and Mission
What Is Our Company Vision?
1 Environment is inclusive of the biophysical, people, social, community, and economical environments in which we operate.
Why Do We Exist?
Our mission is to:
How Do We Behave? (Values)
To ensure that we influence decisions that affect the environment, Shangonians (our people) are defined as good Stewards, Problem-Solvers, and Team Players.
We achieve these values through:
Business Principles
Shangoni will succeed when Shangonians ensure that all business activities and decisions are aligned with the business’ core focus.
We measure all contracts by asking the following:
To ensure that we can deliver on our clients’ needs and expectation, Shangonians are engaged and competent individuals. As part of ensuring Shangoni’s sustainability, resource needs are clearly defined and drive the recruitment, selection and procurement of individuals, business partners, and supporting tools for the business.
Industries We Serve
Our Team
The Shangonians
Corrie Potgieter
Managing Director
Corrie, one of the founders and the current Managing Director of Shangoni, holds a B.Sc. Hons in Environmental Analysis and Management (Cum laude) and a B.Sc. in Geography from the University of Pretoria.
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As a registered SAATCA environmental auditor with over 10,000 audit hours, Corrie has extensive expertise in Health, Safety, and Environmental fields, specialising in Occupational Health, Safety, Environmental, and Operational Risk Management Systems (ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001).
His experience spans the mining and industrial sectors, where he focuses on system implementation, auditing, gap analysis, and performance reviews.
Corrie has also contributed to HSE compliance improvement through various initiatives, including Behaviour programmes and Risk Management processes.
Additionally, he serves as a guest lecturer in Risk Management at the University of Pretoria and is an accredited trainer by the University of Queensland, providing training to the mining and mineral industry.
His leadership at Shangoni includes the development of System and Assurance products and overseeing internal governance and financial controls.
Jan Nel
Operations Director
Jan, the Operations Director at Shangoni, has been a dedicated professional in environmental management for 3 decades, with a primary focus on the mining industry. He holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from the University of the Free State and a B.Sc. Hons. in Zoology from Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit (RAU).
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Jan’s extensive experience includes assisting with EMP Compliance, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Financial Provision Calculations, Closure Plans, Rehabilitation Plans, Environmental Management Programme Reports (EMP), and EMP compliance assessments.
With over 10,000 audit hours, he is proficient in environmental management through third-party certification audits and Environmental Management System (EMS) implementation.
Jan is actively involved in TC 207, both locally in South Africa and on the International ISO TC 207 committee, as well as the Strategic Leadership Group of ISO TC 207, focusing on international trends in environmental management.
Additionally, he represents Shangoni on the board of Shangoni Laboratory Services, contributing his expertise to the company’s strategic initiatives.
Nathalie Bezuidenhout
Non-Executive Director
Petrus Grové
Non-Executive Director
Petrus obtained his BA, Hons-ThB from the North West University.
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In his role as Managing Director and Co-founder of MD Foundation PTY (Ltd), Missio Dei South Africa NPO and Missio Dei Education NPO, he believes that we will see change if positive people start to work together. His vision is to help create and establish sustainable models that can help solve some of the socio-economic issues we face in South-Africa. As a Christian, he feels urged by the love of God to find practical solutions for the challenges at hand.
Missio Dei Education was started to address some of the educational challenges we face in South Africa. Many children are dropping out of school because they lack the much needed basics of foundation phase education. In July 2015, a remedial class centre was started where children could attend after school and receive education in Mathematics and English. Currently there are 27 centres of this nature in Meqheleng in Ficksburg; Soshanguve, Mamelodi, Hammanskraal and Waltloo in Gauteng; Rust de Winter in Limpopo; Olifantshoek in the Northern Cape; and Vredendenburg, Veldrift and Langbaan in the Western Cape.
With Missio Dei being a shareholder in Shangoni, Shangoni’s commitment to social upliftment has been cemented in the DNA of the organisation.
HODs
Our Team
