The people behind the Blueprint
Bana Pele Orchestrators
Bana Pele Secretariat
Kulula ManonaChief Director: Foundations for Learning, DBE (Action 1 Lead)
Janeli KotzéDirector: ECD, DBE
Siven MaslamoneyExecutive Lead: ECD, Yellowwoods
Roshene SinghBana Pele Secretariat
Senzo HlopheIlifa Labantwana Co-CEO
Jesal Kika‑MistryBana Pele Secretariat (Action 8 Lead)
Grace MatlhapeSmartStart CEO
Pholisiwe MbonaBana Pele Secretariat (Project Manager)
Action leads
Wiedaad SlemmingAction 2
Children’s Institute, UCT
Tebogo ChakeAction 3
Bana Pele PMU
Zanele MochechelaAction 3
DBE
Yatin NanaAction 4
Ilifa Labantwana
Palesa NkabaneAction 4
DBE
Grace LeachAction 5
National Treasury
Julia de BruynAction 6
Former Treasury
Lerato ShaiAction 7
Harambee
Uvania NaidooAction 9
DBE
Lazola MakhupulaAction 13
SmartStart
Vijay PuttarajuAction 13
Tibil
Tammy ChettyAction 14
Bana Pele PMU
Monica StachAction 15
Cotlands
Sonja GieseAction 16
DataDrive2030
Colin AlmelehAction 16
eCares
Provincial ECD directors
Nozipho N. ChilizaEastern Cape
A.N. MofokengFree State
Phumelele TloubatlaGauteng
Nozipho MkhizeKwaZulu-Natal
Susan TshikotshiLimpopo
N.V. KhozaMpumalanga
Oupa MekgweNorth West
Mercia FaniNorthern Cape
Ruth LeukesWestern Cape
