Edwin Cleophas is a family man with a passion for the youth and the transformation of South Africa. He has been involved in youth development for most of his life and founded Project No Limits an after-school program in his local community of Kleinvlei, Eertserivier. He holds a B.Th. degree in Theology, an Honours degree in Psychology, a Bpsych Equivalent degree, and is a registered Psychometrist with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. He also has a Master’s degree in Development Studies – Social Development and is currently enrolled at Stellenbosch University for a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology focussing on the lack of intervention strategies for young adults entering the university space.

Edwin Cleophas is a family man with a passion for the youth and the transformation of South Africa. He has been involved in youth development for most of his life and founded Project No Limits an after-school program in his local community of Kleinvlei, Eertserivier. He holds a B.Th. degree in Theology, an Honours degree in Psychology, a Bpsych Equivalent degree, and is a registered Psychometrist with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. He also has a Master’s degree in Development Studies – Social Development and is currently enrolled at Stellenbosch University for a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology focussing on the lack of intervention strategies for young adults entering the university space.

Christo Nicholls obtained both his Bachelors and Master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Stellenbosch. As an electrical engineer, he had a wide range of exposure and experience with the engineering fraternity and global village. He started off his career as a maintenance specialist servicing 33kV Electricity High Tension Yards for Samancor at their Chrome furnace plant in Witbank, South Africa, designing, manufacturing, deploying and managing cutting edge complex municipality-focused smart metering solutions from the USA, through France to Brazil. He returned to his home country in 2012 where he played the role of principle engineer on various multi-million-rand projects. He is currently associated with various entities, as a Utilities IoT specialist and Electrical Engineer, within the full Electrical Network Value chain within the municipal space of
South Africa, where he leverages his vast experience in the electrical engineering domain to assist in formulating innovative solutions for complex utility problems. Besides his passion for Utilities, he is also spearheading innovative ways of utilizing the world of digitization to ensure the education space in SA is producing future proof graduates.

Chiara Witry has joined theSJA Team in 2023 due to a previously joint project, with Edwin Cleophas in 2022, as an Event Coordinator and Technical Assistance for The Untold Truth Webinar. The volunteering projects in 2019 in South Africa as well as the first degree BA International Tourism Management from the Netherlands sparked an interest to continue the work in the anti-racism and social justice space. With the acquired knowledge from the Undergraduates’ thesis (Investigating the perception of racial discrimination by Black tourism business owners in CPT), the valuable work experience with Southern Cross Conferences in Cape Town as well as the gradually deteriorating state of the world have led them to the conclusion to remain in the academic field and continue to do the work to create a just society.

Chiara is currently based in Luxembourg but will continue their studies at the University of Cologne (Germany) starting in October 2023 in Cultural and Social Anthropology & African Languages and Cultures as a Dual Major.