Wandile Dumsani Thwala

Wandile Thwala grew up in the community of Ludzeludze, Swaziland. He has seven years’ experience in the field of urban planning and local government administration. Currently, he is the town clerk of Mankayane Town Board. He holds a Town Planning degree from the University of Pretoria and an MBA from Regent Business School. Wandile Dumsani Thwala is passionate about the development of towns and cities, and has worked on numerous spatial planning projects for various municipalities. Wandile has undertaken initiatives to assist the youth in his community to access entrepreneurship opportunities, and has successfully organized workshops for the youth to be trained in business management. On completion of the YALI Fellowship program, Wandile intends to continue working in local government. Furthermore, he intends to establish a volunteer forum, which will bring together Swaziland’s environmental and planning professionals to help contribute to the issue of climate change.