Meet Our Team

Steve Conradie – Director
Steve is co-founder and Managing Director of Discover Africa Group, heading up Operations and Finances. Steve has a great passion for Southern Africa and enjoys travelling to remote destinations to find the best products for clients.

Andre Van Kets – Director
Andre is co-founder and IT Director of Discover Africa Group. Andre heads up Web Development, Search and Online Marketing. He has been working in the online travel industry since 2002.

Clyde Hayward – Sales Manager
Clyde has been in the travel industry since 1995. He has worked at a number of well-respected South African travel companies. Clyde ensures that the sales team delivers world-class service at all times.

Melissa Sanderson – Rental Manager
Originally from Port Elizabeth, our Rental Manager Melissa thrives in the vibrant and dynamic travel industry. Her vehicle rental industry experience is only matched by her attention to detail.

Tania Wheeler – GM OverlandingAfrica.com
Tania is the General Manager of OverlandingAfrica.com and has worked in the travel industry since 2000. Originally from New Zealand, Tania fell in love with Africa and now resides in Cape Town.

Bobby Boniface – Accountant
Bobby oversees all of the accounting aspects for the Discover Africa Group. Having made his home in Cape Town, Bobby originally hails from East London.

Liesa Torina – Financial Manager & PA
Liesa manages the day-to-day finances in the office. Her attention to detail and efficient nature keeps the Directors and everyone else in the office on their toes!

Luke Hardiman – Web Consultant
Luke is Discover Africa’s consulting web designer and developer. Luke has worked at big ad agencies, on various travel websites and now operates his own digital design consultancy, New Release.

Mandy Geland – Reception & Office Admin
Born and raised in Cape Town, Mandy is our Receptionist, and ensures that everything runs smoothly in the Discover Africa office. With a love for Cape Town and a passion for learning, Mandy keeps everyone smiling.

Nadia Erasmus – Rental Consultant
Cape Town local Nadia is the youngest member of the Discover Africa team. Nadia handles rentals and queries for car rentals for the group, and loves working in the dynamic travel environment.

Roxanne Bradnick – Copywriter
As a freelance copywriter, Roxanne has contributed to various Discover Africa websites. With a passion for words and a love for Africa travel, Roxanne enjoys her work hugely.

Lee Anne Brooks – Rental Consultant
Lee Anne joined Discover Africa Group in early 2010 as a consultant for luxury car hire, transfer and chauffeur services and accommodation. Her desire to learn as much as possible in the travel industry makes her set herself high standards for client service and customer satisfaction.

Trevor Everts – Rental Consultant
Trevor joined the Discover Africa Group team in June 2010 as a rental consultant. He is a pleasure to work with as he is friendly, easy going and knows his products inside out. Outside office hours he is busy with diving underwater, skiing on top of water or reeling in fish from the water.

Kevin Mudenda – Rental Consultant
As a self-drive camping-equipped 4×4 rental specialist, Kevin joined the Discover Africa Group in 2009. He has first-hand experience of road conditions, routes, and southern African cultures and can navigate every route from Cape Town to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Having this knowledge makes him a brilliant source of information.

Clive Zagno – Lead Developer
Having joined Discover Africa Group in 2010, Clive is in charge of programming, software development and gives Drive South Africa the guarantee that the system works. Whenever there is a problem, Clive knows how to sort it out.

Andrew Arnott – Digital Content Manager
Andrew joined Discover Africa Group in 2010. The digital content, from copy writing to social media is in his trusty hands. This concerns a varying mix of research, experiments and keeping track of the current trends.

Tamzyn Degoumois – e-Marketing Assistant
Our newest member of Discover Africa Group, Tamzyn joined the digital management department in January 2011. She will be handling online content, managing social media and anything else digital.

Genevieve Stewart – Senior Travel Consultant
Genevieve has been part of Discover Africa Group since August 2010 and is very passionate about her job, she loves giving people advice and putting together special tour packages. She likes travelling in Africa and after visiting Botswana, her next destination will be Mozambique.

Minette Taljard – Senior Sales Consultant
Minette, also one of our newest members has joined the Discover Africa Group in January 2011 and started working at Overlanding Africa. Here she shares her love and passion about travelling with clients and fellow travellers. Her knowledge and passion comes from travelling through Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Egypt, Swaziland and Lesotho.