Board of Directors
SA Team
Wikus van der Walt
CEO and SA Director
Wikus van der Walt has always felt called to serve the oppressed and address the greatest needs. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he worked as an evangelist and church planter in South Africa, focusing on both physical and spiritual needs.
Since 2009, Wikus has been involved with 25:40, pastoring a Xhosa church in Canzibe. Since 2017, he and his wife Carina have led the 25:40 coaches and vulnerable children’s workers, focusing on restoring the vision of fatherhood and motherhood to prevent vulnerability in young people.
Chris Dikana
SA Director
Qualifications in theology, adult basic education, development studies, management, mentoring and coaching and curriculum development.
Work experience and positions held include senior pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, financial advisor, training practitioner, Eastern Cape sectretary and president for Baptist Convention of South Africa, president of All Africa Baptist Fellowship, founding member of African Institute for Christian Leadership and pioneer for Rooftop International in Southern Africa.
Work experience and positions held include senior pastor of the Emmanuel Baptist church, financial advisor, training practitioner, Eastern Cape sectretary and president for Baptist Convention of South Africa, president of All Africa Baptist Fellowship, founding member of African Institute for Christian Leadership and pioneer for Rooftop International in Southern Africa.
Elizna Fihla
Financial Manager, SA Director
“Give your hands to serve, and your hearts to love.” – Mother Teresa
As long as I can remember, I had a passion to help others.
Since 2014 I've been helping NPO's with their financial systems. I love to equip others to develop their God given talents.
I also have a passion for education. My heart is to help disadvantaged, unpriviledged learners and adults, who didn't have an opportunity, to reach their full potential. From 2013 I've been helping learners with their education at various NPO's.
At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back. – Denzel Washington
As long as I can remember, I had a passion to help others.
Since 2014 I've been helping NPO's with their financial systems. I love to equip others to develop their God given talents.
I also have a passion for education. My heart is to help disadvantaged, unpriviledged learners and adults, who didn't have an opportunity, to reach their full potential. From 2013 I've been helping learners with their education at various NPO's.
At the end of the day, it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… it’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back. – Denzel Washington
Loyiso Matu
SA Director
Loyiso Matu embraced his faith as a teenager during a tent crusade and began sharing about Jesus that very night. With 16 years in tent revivals, he has led and preached in East London, navigating both challenges and successes.
In 2018, he was introduced to Discipleship by Jeremy Sieberhagen, which ignited his passion for a dynamic, mobile church. Loyiso is dedicated to developing leaders by training, trusting, and delegating responsibilities.
He currently leads Good News Church in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, and serves as the national coordinator for Africa for Christ and a regional leader for the Global Church Planting Network.
Madaleen Van Staden
Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
SA Director
SA Director
While studying at the University of Stellenbosch, Madaleen met Wikus and Carina van der Walt on a student outreach to Canzibe in 2010 and has been a keen supporter of their work in the Eastern Cape ever since.
She loves seeing the youth equipped and enabled to reach their full potential and has worked as a high school teacher and career enablement (soft skill) trainer, focussing on helping vulnerable school leavers find their feet in the job market.
She is a wife (of one!) and mother (of three!) young boys.
She loves seeing the youth equipped and enabled to reach their full potential and has worked as a high school teacher and career enablement (soft skill) trainer, focussing on helping vulnerable school leavers find their feet in the job market.
She is a wife (of one!) and mother (of three!) young boys.