Sipho is the founding Executive Director of Oxfam South Africa and has two decades of experience in the human rights and social justice movement in Southern Africa. She has been General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign, the South Africa Director of Human Rights Watch, the regional advisor at the Coalition of African Lesbians, and most recently Manager for South Africa and Southern Africa programmes at Norwegian People’s Aid. Her expertise has been in working with people and organizations advocating for just distribution of power and resources particularly in the extractives industry.