{"id":699,"date":"2026-09-30T09:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/?page_id=699"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:54:23","slug":"panelist-noloyiso-walingo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/?page_id=699","title":{"rendered":"Panelist Noloyiso Walingo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"699\" class=\"elementor elementor-699\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f9a2e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4f9a2e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136f502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"136f502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Noloyiso Walingo<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<hr class=\"e-d82999d-5cd649c e-divider-base\" data-interaction-id=\"d82999d\"   \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c032cd3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c032cd3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99aa6ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99aa6ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>BRIEF BIO<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>Noloyiso Walingo Director: Climate Change EDTEA<\/strong><\/p><p>Ms Noloyiso Walingo is a Director: Climate Change, Environmental Planning, Governance and Information Management at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0She joined the Department on 01 July 2020 as a Director: Environmental Services for the KZN North Region, also leading Climate Change, Air Quality Management and Pollution and Waste Management. She brought to the team 15 years of local government experience, having set in motion the necessary systems that were required for the functionality of environmental governance in a municipality.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In her current role she is responsible for the development, review of climate change strategy for KwaZulu-Natal, activating public and private sectors for the much-needed actions for the reduction of GHG emissions and adaptation responses to the climate change impacts. She is responsible for guiding the province in its participation on international climate change engagements, acting as a technical focal point for KwaZulu-Natal. She is currently driving the KZN Climate Change Strategy and Implementation Plan while starting less chartered territory of climate change impacts on worker health, safety and wellness.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Prior to being appointed General Manager: Economic Development and Environmental Services at Ugu District Municipality on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Ms Walingo was a founder and Manager of the Environmental Services division in the same municipality. At her appointment as Manager: Environmental Services in 2007, she established and managed Environmental Services in the municipality until 2019, when she assumed her new responsibility of a General Manager. To this day, she is very passionate about local government support, as she has been since 2005.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noloyiso Walingo BRIEF BIO Noloyiso Walingo Director: Climate Change EDTEA Ms Noloyiso Walingo is a Director: Climate Change, Environmental Planning, Governance and Information Management at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs. \u00a0 \u00a0She joined the Department on 01 July 2020 as a Director: Environmental Services for the KZN North Region, also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-699","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/699\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indaba.kzntransport.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}