Strategic Partnerships.
We work alongside pioneering public mechanisms, global corporate consultancies, and transformative community development trusts to bring structure, compliance, and lasting social performance metrics to life.
Established in April 2024, the Presidential eThekwini Working Group (PeWG) is a partnership mechanism bringing together government, business and community stakeholders to stabilise service delivery, strengthen governance and accelerate economic recovery in eThekwini.
Bloem Consulting Services (Bloem-Co) serves as the PeWG’s project management partner. We design the workflows and underlying systems that ensure seamless data transmission and progress loops between all relevant public and private executives.
Day-to-Day Operations
We manage the mechanism’s day-to-day operations, ensuring clear accountability through structured reporting, milestone tracking and visibility of commitments across all participating partners.
Coordination Architecture
Our team developed the tools and processes that underpin coordination across the PeWG’s seven workstreams, enabling improved collaboration and effective delivery.
The Presidential Johannesburg Working Group (PJWG) was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2025 to address critical challenges facing the City of Johannesburg, including high poverty levels, revenue inefficiencies, infrastructure decline and service-delivery failures. Its mandate is to restore public confidence, prioritise essential services and drive inclusive growth.
Our appointment builds directly on our proven leadership role in the PeWG, where we developed robust multisector coordination systems and supported the execution of complex municipal turnaround strategies. Bloem Consulting Services provides strategic, technical, and coordination support to the PJWG.
Strategic Clarity & Secretariat
We provide strategic clarity and facilitate decision-making across government partners while delivering full secretariat support, including meeting management, documentation, and communication.
Accountability Tracks
We track progress across eight workstreams, escalate bottlenecks through the Presidency’s oversight structures, and strengthen accountability to ensure priority actions advance efficiently.
In May 2023, Bloem-Co was appointed as the primary administrator for three Mulilo Community Trusts in the Northern Cape: the Prieska Solar Community Trust (Siyathemba Municipality), De Aar Solar Community Trust (Emthanjeni Municipality), and De Aar Wind Community Trust (Renosterberg Municipality).
Bloem-Co led a full strategic development process with Trustees, establishing a clear direction for all three Trusts. We refined the Trusts’ Theory of Change and strategic framework to ensure that every investment and activity directly contributes to meaningful and measurable community impact.
Core Mandate Operations
Our responsibilities include daily administration and governance support, financial management and oversight, implementation of development programmes, and monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
Strategic Needs Assessment
The enhanced framework enables the Trusts to prioritise effectively and align investments with their mandate. We have also initiated preparations for a comprehensive community needs assessment to support an evidence-based strategic overhaul.
INSPIRE’s Community of Practice is a collaborative learning platform for practitioners across the renewable-energy sector. It strengthens social-performance practice through shared learning, peer problem-solving and the co-creation of tools that improve community outcomes.
Bloem-Co, represented by Fowzia Davids, leads the COP initiative. At a recent COP Learning Event, Fowzia showcased Bloem-Co’s work with the Mulilo Trusts, demonstrating practical methodologies for strengthening governance, strategy, and community-impact planning.
Knowledge Adaptation
Our ongoing tracking contributions provide practical tools and frameworks that external sector practitioners can adapt smoothly into their localized teams.
Collective Standards
We strengthen collective problem-solving paths and support the development of shared good-practice standards across the entire socio-economic development sector.
The Hopefield Wind Farm Local Community Company oversees community development funding generated by the Hopefield Wind Farm in the Western Cape. Its purpose is to ensure that local communities benefit directly from renewable energy investments through well-managed, impactful socio-economic development initiatives.
Bloem-Co has been appointed to provide full administration, governance, and strategic support to the Hopefield Wind Farm Local Community Company in the Western Cape.
Governance Architecture
We manage day-to-day governance systems, strengthen compliance and reporting parameters, and actively support the Board in defining an impact-driven strategic direction.
Administrative Foundations
Our targeted work ensures that the Company is equipped to deliver sustainable development outcomes supported by strong administrative foundations and effective decision-making structures.
Speyside Group is a global corporate affairs and public policy consultancy that helps organisations understand and shape the environments in which they operate, especially across emerging markets in the Global South.
Bloem Consulting Services provides tailored policy and regulatory support to Speyside Group and its clients operating in South Africa. Through this partnership, we ensure that Speyside and its clients remain informed, prepared, and strategically positioned within South Africa’s dynamic policy environment.
Legislative Deliverables
Our continuous analytical support includes compiling weekly policy and legislative reports, delivering real-time policy and political alerts, and tracking key updates affecting clients and sectors.
Stakeholder Operations
We provide operational assistance in organizing and coordinating stakeholder meetings, alongside the production of concise background and briefing documents to inform engagement and decision-making.
