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PROFILE

CONTOUR ENVIRO GROUP

Sabelo Lindani is the
founder and managing
director of Contour Enviro
Group, a company spe-
cialising in environmental
support services such as
capacity development and
environmental consulting.

E stablished in 2017, the business

quality
management
provides
administration,
environmental
education and project assistance in the
environmental and tourism sectors. Its aim
is to bring about a unique experience in
conservation training, whilst sharing the
beauty of the Cape Floristic Region through
eco-tourism.
Lindani is an experienced conservationist allowing the company to achieve its programmes into the agricultural
who is based in Cape Town and has been in business goals. sector, and non-accredited training
the industry for the past 13 years. Growing for farm workers is provided as part of
up in Port Alfred, he was always surrounded “The growth in my business has been the company’s support programme for
by nature and after hearing local game wonderful. We started on the programme exporting fruit farmers.
rangers giving a talk at his high school, with three employees and now we
he decided to pursue a career in nature have 55; the assistance and support we Through its training division, the Contour
conservation. received helped us refocus and moving Training Academy, the company is
forward, we will continue to provide fully accredited with the Culture, Art,
A recent participant and graduate of the environmental solutions and assist Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector
SAB Foundation Tholoana Enterprise conservation organisations with capacity. Education and Training Authority
Programme, Lindani was also the recipient By working alongside local farmers in the (CATHSSETA). It is also accredited with
of the Tholoana Award, as he demonstrated community, we will help them to become the Local Government Sector Education
a high level of commitment to driving his environmentally compliant before they and Training Authority (LGSETA) for
business forward. export their produce to international conservation skills programmes, as well as
markets,” says Lindani. national certificates in field ranger, natural
Since participating in the SAB Foundation resource guardianship, environmental
Tholoana Enterprise Programme, Contour Environmental education management and tourism guiding.
Enviro Group has grown its annual turnover
from R700 000 to R1,4 million within its The company provides training in The programmes are focussed on problem
first year on the programme. Revenue has nature conservation and environmental solving, leadership and mentorship. Also
continued to show exceptional growth, education and currently, programmes offered are competence-based capacity
are linked to the national curriculum.
Each year the team works with over
1500 learners, focussing in particular
on mountain catchment areas, river
monitoring and flora and fauna surveys.
Work is undertaken in both urban and
rural areas, where hiking and camping
programmes are given for farm children.
The aim is to create inspiring educational
activities for them.
The team also specialises in protected
area management which includes wildfire
management, soil erosion control and
vegetation management.

Conservation training
Lindani’s mentor for the SAB Foundation
Tholoana Enterprise Programme
encouraged him to expand his training

14 Landscape SA • Issue 103 2021