Meet the Team

Craig Stewart, Warehouse Director

Craig loves being at the cross-section where the rich and the poor interface; in fact, his passion and greatest challenge is to find ways to initiate these interactions. Craig applied for the job as Director because he was struck by the unique vision of the Warehouse—social development that isn’t just charity, but is mutually beneficial and sustainable.

Caroline Powel, Urban Gleaning Supervisor

Caroline longs to see the church fulfilling God’s call to respond to injustice.  Her work as the supervisor of Urban Gleaning matches the gifts and needs in a way that encourages relationships and upholds dignity. After realising it was impossible to encourage others to build bridges if she was not doing so herself, she left an affluent church and joined a church in a township. This move has made her even more fervent about the role of relationships in development work—a key aspect of The Warehouse’s approach.

Elizabeth Clack, Training and Development Director

Elizabeth is a self-confessed ‘drama queen’ and ‘culture vulture,’ yet her deepest desire is to see the poor lifted out of dependency and hopelessness, and for the church to give them a voice. ‘Working amongst the poor makes my heart sing!’ she says. Elizabeth has been with The Warehouse since 2004 and manages the Warehouse teams.

Erica Greathead, Care for Kids project co-ordinator

Erica was lead by God into Care for Kids even before the project started. She was employed for eighteen months to start a pilot project but is still working at the Warehouse—despite her claim that working with kids isn’t her forte. She believes her gifts are in management, which has been developed in the context of a nursing career. Erica enjoys seeing people realise they are capable of doing much more than they ever imagined.

Pat Burgess, Care for Kids Administrator

Pat started working at the Warehouse at the beginning of July, 2008. After fifteen years in the same job she wanted a new challenge—a vocation that would use and develop her gifts while focusing her passion for people. As the Care for Kids administrator, she thinks of ways to support care-givers and orphans. The Warehouse has been a good fit for her because of its Christ-centred and prayer-based approach.

Thami Minya, Care for Kids Community Worker

For Thami, the Warehouse is a place where everyone works with the common aim of helping others. She has worked on staff since July, 2008 as a trainer for volunteers. Thami’s great joy is seeing people grow. She loves that her work is all about relationships. She enjoys sharing her story with others and encourages others to do the same. She says that the Warehouse feels like home, like ‘a dream come true.

Lilian Zwene, Care for Kids Social Worker

Lilian began working at the Warehouse in March, 2009, having previously worked with the physically disabled. She is excited about working in a place where she can be totally herself, bringing the ‘real Lilian’ to work.  Lilian’s guiding principle is that one must always do the best they can for God. She is married and has two children.

Jonathan Jansen, Fusion Manenberg Area Coordinator

Jonathan has a heart for high-risk youth because he was once one of them.  Dropping out of school in grade 7, Jonathan is well aware in pressures facing youth today. His involvement with the Warehouse began when he met Grant Stewart by chance. Jonathan wants to see churches fight for young people, and strives to help support them in that within the Manenberg community.

Pete Portal, Fusion Field Worker

Pete, originally from the UK, arrived at the Warehouse in March 2009 and was grabbed by the idea of discipleship that underpins Fusion. Now a resident of Manenberg, Pete is going deeper with the relationships he has made and is in the process of exploring the idea of biblical community. With experience in film and TV, Pete is passionate about bridgebuilding; using media to communicate unseen things to those who wouldn’t normally engage with the broken people and forgotton places of this world.

Colleen Saunders, Equipping and Mobilising Coordinator

Colleen has been involved in the Warehouse since its inception. She started out in the planning committee in the Warehouse’s initial stages, later becoming a trustee, and then a volunteer. Colleen has been working fulltime for the Warehouse since 2007. A background in teaching and development has equipped her for her role as the Training coordinator at the Warehouse.

Janine Jacobs, Receptionist

Janine has worked with the Warehouse since January 2009.  She applied for the job after her aunt was turned down for being over-qualified. Janine was initially appointed temporarily, but later offered a permanent post. Her training is in advertising and hopes to one day, work on a movie set. For now, she loves working at the Warehouse. ‘God sent me to this job!’ she says.

Bronwyn Damon, LINK

Bronwyn has a diverse professional background, having worked in both teaching and social development sectors. Her work has equipped her for her job at the Warehouse, developing Link, and helping high school learners navigate their future. She’s been at the Warehouse since March, 2009 and says working here gives her “the sense of coming home and the sense of family.” 

Heidi Segal, LINK

Heidi’s is able to unite her passions for research and education in Link. The program, which helps youth make informed, calculated decisions about their futures, was conceived when Heidi was on maternity leave from her regular job as a medical researcher at UCT. Heidi had always had an “arrangement with God to [be involved with] education.”  The common aim of the staff, which is to manifest God’s love, makes the Warehouse a unique and wonderful place to work for Heidi.

Joy Klimbashe, Sweet Home Farm Coordinator

Joy was first employed to work in the “Men on the Side of the Road” project as a minister. He later felt drawn to the Sweet Home Farm project, where he currently resides as the Coordinator.  What Joy loves about working at the Warehouse is the community environment. “We care for one another, support one another—regardless of whether they’re in your department or not.” 

Siyamboleka James, Sweet Home Farm Assistant Coordinator

Who better way to serve a community than one of its own members? Siyamboleka or “Goodman,” embodies a core value of Warehouse, which is to work alongside existing structures and people rather than inventing our own.  As a resident of Sweet Home Farm, Siyamboleka is able to identify the specific needs of the community—an awareness that has made him very effective an assistant coordinator since February 2008.

Barry Lewis, Sweet Home Farm Volunteer

Barry moved to Cape Town from London in 2009 after having previously led two mission trips with his wife to the Warehouse.  During that time his heart was broken for the people of Sweet Home Farm and a desire to serve them grew in him. He loves the community at the Warehouse and how everyone has chosen to be there to be part of this massively divergent expression of the church’s response to poverty and injustice.

Linda Martindale, Communications and Advocacy

As a freelance journalist for fifteen years, Linda’s work centred around justice and social transformation. Since starting at the Warehouse in June, 2009, she has been able to channel her passion for social justice in the areas of communications, advocacy and provision. It’s a privilege for her to be surrounded by those with the same heart for justice, as well as to explore these issues in her work as a writer.

Lauren Potgieter, PA to Craig Stewart

Lauren is a relative newcomer to The Warehouse, having joined the team on a part-time basis in January 2011 to help ease the administrative load of a busy Director.  “Having known many friends of The Warehouse over the past few years, its great for me to be able to see first hand, the amazing things that happen in this community.” 

Arthur Stewart, Spiritual Formation/Strategic Integration/Leadership Development

Arthur loves helping people do what they do best. He supports and serves The Warehouse team in the areas of spiritual formation, organisational effectiveness and community life. He mentors and trains people within the team, as well as outside the building and enjoys seeing people become more of who God has created them to be!

Laura Singh, LINK

Laura’s passion for youth was realised during a gap year of confusion. After 4 years in psychology she still had no idea what career to follow.  Armed with the knowledge that God has an incredible plan for every person out there, she rather haphazardly stumbled across LINK. It was love at first sight and she couldn¹t imagine spending her time differently.  Clearly it was God’s incredible plan for her.