BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kholeka Zama
Kholeka was born in Scottburgh, and is the daughter of Oscar and Viola Zama. She is mother to Ayema Gumede. Kholeka is currently the Chief Financial Officer at KZN Wildlife. She enjoys travelling, walking and reading, and is particularly interested in Neuro Leadership as a subject. Kholeka is a member of the Education Committee (EDCO) of SAICA, and is chairperson of Academic Review Committee (ARC ) of SAICA. She qualified as a CA in 2004 after having served her articles at Price Waterhouse Coopers in Sunninghill, Johannesburg. Kholeka believes that through Jesus, nothing is impossible with God.
Locke Purdon
Locke is married to Sonja, and has 3 children Luke, Simon and Andrew.
Locke lives in Hilton and has done so for 9 years. He owns and manages 3 companies. The first of which was established in 1994. These companies serve the Trucking Industry by providing Risk Management services and Insurance products and services.
Locke also has a passion for helping under privileged and previously disadvantaged people who want to uplift themselves.
Linda Pluke
Linda is married to Rob and has three wonderful children, Dylan, Megan and Matthew. Linda runs and owns a bookkeeping and tax consulting business. When Linda is not being mom's taxi, she enjoy reading, spending time out walking in our beautiful country and working in her veggie garden. Linda got involved in iThemba because she believes God prompted her to help bring about God's kingdom on earth and she believes that iThemba is working towards that.
Sam Inkosi
Richard Jacob
Richard is married to Kathy and they have two children, Hannah and Abigail.
Richard is the Chief Executive Officer of Hulamin Limited, a JSE
listed company. Richard is a committed Christian, an elder and chairman of
the executive of Hilton Baptist Church. He enjoys golf, running, cycling,
music, woodwork, fixing things and travel.
Richard sees empowerment of all God’s
people, with a specific focus on education as an important part of his
life's work.
Deon Le Roux
Deon is married to Kim and they have three children, Danielle, Josie and Seb.
Deon is the Managing Director of Global Composites, a company that manufactures cabs for Bell Equipment’s dump truck range. When not working, he enjoys fishing, playing hockey, pottering around on the plot with his kids, and more fishing.
As a committed Christian, Deon believes that his skills and talents, such as problem solving, are gifts from God. When his desire to get involved for God coincided with an invitation to join iThemba as a trustee, it was an easy offer to accept.
John Pluke
John is married to Babs. They have four children and nine grandchildren. John joined the education fraternity in 1960. After retiring from headmastering he became involved in educational consultancy. It was while on the Board of St Annes that John became actively involved in the school’s Social Responsibility programme. John’s comment, “It is wonderful to be a part of a programme such as iThemba with it’s emphasis on sustainability and strong Christian guidelines.”