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Appointment of T.P.Z. Mpofu as new Director of the Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa 31 January 2000 The Chairman of the Board, management and staff of the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) are pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas P. Z. Mpofu as the new Director of the Musokotwane Environment Resource Centre for Southern Africa (Imercsa). He takes over from Munyaradzi Chenje, who has joined the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi, working on the Global Environment Outlook, for which SARDC is the regional collaborating centre for southern Africa. Mr Mpofu brings considerable experience in project management , natural resources management, and environmental and water issues, as well as great enthusiasm for his subject area and the potential for the southern African region. Mr Mpofu was Director and Chief Executive of the Natural Resources Board in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Zimbabwe from 1986-95, before joining the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Harare as Sustainable Development Advisor and then Environment Progamme Coordinator, a post he held until 1999. Most recently, he has been a full-time lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe in the Department of Geography and Environmental Science. He holds a B.A. in Geography from the University of Botswana and Swaziland, and M.Sc. (Econ) in Regional Development Planning/Environmental Economics from the University of Wales; and has additional qualifications in education (U. Botswana and Swaziland), project management (Dalhousie University), and organizational and management development (George Washington University). Mr Mpofu has broad regional experience in working with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as a member of the technical working group on the joint Zambezi Action Plan, a member of the expert team that prepared the first Five-Year Environment Management Strategy, and a member of the advisory committee for the first regional State of the Environment report . He has been a member of the UN Advisory Committee on Natural Resources, the Regional Advisory Council of IUCN- The World Conservation Union, and the American Association of Administrators, and is a SARDC board member. He is fluent in six languages. SARDC Board: Professor Peter H. Katjavivi (Chairperson), Arlindo Lopes (Vice Chairperson), Phyllis Johnson (Executive Director ), Thomas P Z Mpofu (Director Imercsa), Professor Reg Austin, DavId Martin, Mabo Mosupye, Mary Rusimbi, Dr Anderson Shankanga, Dr Gloria Somolekae. Secretary to the Board: Gibson Ndhlela.
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