South Africa’s Foremost Diversity Agency
Founded in 1993, Diversi-T is a change management consultancy and human resource development and training organisation at the cutting edge of organisational development in South Africa. A Level 1 B-BBEE company, our major areas of focus are organisational transformation, diversity management, culture auditing and capacity building.

What We Do
As a leading change management consultancy, before embarking on any service, Diversi-T would endeavour to determine the exact needs and requirements of your organisation and/or team through indepth consultation.
Assess & Advise
Diversi-T has vast experience in implementing action oriented surveys including institutional and culture surveys, Section 19 analysis (for EE) diversity and gender surveys. We work together with our associate Professor Andrew Thatcher, Chair of Psychology at Wits University on such assessments. Furthermore, we undertake transformation surveys and have implemented these for the past ten years with the Denel group of companies.
Training Programs
In line with our focus on transformation our training programmes are transformation based and include both accredited and unaccredited programmes.
Our training programmes can run over 1 or 2 days and areas of training include:
- Diversity Awareness and Management
- Facilitation of Dialogues on Race and Diversity
- Facilitation of team building workshops
- Training of Employment Equity and Skills Development committees
- We also have a number of capacity building programmes to bridge graduates into the world of work
Support
We provide support to companies in the following ways:
- Assist with regards to the relevant alignment with the new B-BBEE codes
- Assist with Employment Equity planning and policies
- Offer support to Skills Development Facilitators
- Consult on various industry charters
What We Do
Before embarking on any service Diversi-T would endeavour, through consultation, to determine the exact needs and requirements of your organisation and/ or team.
Assess & Advise
Diversi-T has vast experience in implementing action oriented surveys including institutional and culture surveys, Section 19 analysis (for EE) diversity and gender surveys. We work together with our associate Professor Andrew Thatcher, Chair of Psychology at Wits University on such assessments. Furthermore, we undertake transformation surveys and have implemented these for the past ten years with the Denel group of companies.
Training Programs
In line with our focus on transformation our training programmes are transformation based and include both accredited and unaccredited programmes.
Our training programmes can run over 1 or 2 days and areas of training include:
- Diversity Awareness and Management
- Facilitation of Dialogues on Race and Diversity
- Facilitation of team building workshops
- Training of Employment Equity and Skills Development committees
- We also have a number of capacity building programmes to bridge graduates into the world of work
Support
We provide support to companies in the following ways:
- Assist with regards to the relevant alignment with the new B-BBEE codes
- Assist with Employment Equity planning and policies
- Offer support to Skills Development Facilitators
- Consult on various industry charters

E-learning platform
Diversity/Inclusion in the workplace
The COVID-19 paradigm makes the facilitation of participative diversity/inclusion training impossible. How can you continue to harness your organisation’s diversity for innovation?
Diversi-T has packaged its industry-leading South Africa-focused change management consultancy experience and developed a digital means of continuing diversity training – any where, at any time, at your own pace.
Testimonials
Articles

Race classification under the spotlight – Challenging government’s race classification system
Race classification under the spotlight - Challenging government's race classification system Credit: Newzroom Afrika

The more things change
Eighteen years on from the racial attacks at Vryburg High School, Teresa Oakley-Smith looks at what has changed at the school and in the country

eNCA: Anti Racism Week – Teresa Oakley-Smith
eNCA: Anti Racism Week - Teresa Oakley-Smith Diversi-T MD Teresa Oakley-Smith talks to Cathy Mohlahlana of eNCA about Anti-Racism week (March 2016) and the issues around race in South Africa. Credit: eNCA

Talk on 2000, asks if South Africa can ever achieve a truly non-racial society?
Our CEO Teresa Oakley-Smith talks to Mathapelo Matjokana from Radio 2000 about racism and solutions to putting a stop to it.

eNCA, Racism Discussion, January 2016
Teresa Oakley-Smith, CEO of Diversi-T, talks to Joanne Joseph of eNCA about the wave of racism in the beginning of 2016 in South Africa.
