Mr Terries Salani Ndove

Foundation

Ndove was born in Vhembe District at Vuwani in an area called Davhana and due to apartheid homeland system his family was a victim of forced removal in 1969.The family then settled at Dan Village near Nkowankowa in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality. Ndove grew up in Dan Village where he received his lower and higher primary education at N’waXindzele Lower Primary and Dan Higher Primary Schools respectively. He later relocated to nearby Mohlaba-Cross Village, and completed his junior secondary schooling at Mpumulana School and matriculated in Bankuna High.

 Educational Qualifications

He received a Master of Business Leadership (MBL) from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 2012, and did various modules such as Human Resource Management & Employment Relations, Strategic Management, Economics & Global Business Environment, Leadership & Organizational Dynamics, Business Research, Financial and Management Accounts, strategic financial Management and Cooperate Governance. He did his research work with specific focus on area of leadership, and the title of his thesis is “The Design and Evaluation of Measures of Leadership Styles for Use in Government Sector of South Africa.”

This follows the Master Degree in Rural Systems Management that he acquired from the University of Queensland in Australia in 2003. His major courses were; Planning and Managing of Projects, Project and Programme Evaluation, Managerial Decision Support Systems, Marketing, System Thinking, Human Resource Management, Principles of Sustainable Development, Facilitation and Leadership. His research project was about an “Overview of the Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Technology of Smallholder Farmers in Limpopo Province.”

The then University of the North and now University of Limpopo laid his university foundation as it is where Ndove enrolled for Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Agriculture Honours Degrees which he achieved in 1996 and 1997 respectively. In the Junior Degree, his major courses included; Plant Science, Animal Science, Agricultural Economics and Soil Science, whilst in the Senior Degree which was Plant Science study, major courses encompassed; Horticultural Science, Biometry (statistics), Agronomy. He researched was on “Carrot Evaluation and [its] Response to Phosphorus Nutrition.”

He also holds qualifications in Total Quality Management and Strategic Management from UNISA. His interest in Agriculture started when he read for a Three-Year- Diploma in Agriculture at Tompi Seleka College of Agriculture which he achieved in 1985. His majors consisted of Animal production, Plant production, Soil Science and Agricultural Economics.

 Employment History

He has been appointed General Manager (Chief Director) for District Services for the Limpopo Department of Agriculture (LDA) since 2008 to date. In summary, his assignments focus on Rural Development & Extension Services which follow hereunder;

• Providing strategic policy direction on district services and Rural Development.
• Promote and support agro-based rural enterprise development
• Promote and support agro value chain and agro-processing
• Development and coordination of rural development initiatives.
• Supporting and coordinating the implementation of all programs in the districts.
• Ensuring that strategic objectives of the department are achieved in a coordinated manner.
• Developing and implementing policy on extension and advisory services.
• Handling labour matters and negotiating for amicable settlements.
• Ensuring effective and efficient management of human resources.
• Managing and monitoring the utilization of financial resources & asserts for effective and efficient service delivery to LDA clients.
• Developing and strengthening total Human Capital development and knowledge production to enhance increased agricultural production and incomes.
• Developing & implementing integrated plans to ensure efficient management of agricultural programmes in Districts and Municipalities.
• Monitoring and evaluating implementation and impact of agricultural service delivery programmes in District and Municipalities
• Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of agricultural risk management strategies for financial viability of Agro-businesses of LDA client.