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The Perpetua Domestic Balanced portfolio is a multi-asset class portfolio investing in equities, bonds, cash and commodities in South Africa, subject to the restrictions of Regulation 28. The Fund is managed in a manner to deliver returns above long term target of SA CPI+5%. The strategy benefits from Perpetua’s top-down macro driven asset allocation process combined with bottom-up fundamental asset class research and stock-picking.

Portfolio managers

Lonwabo Maqubela

Chief Investment Officer

Delphine Govender

Portfolio Manager

Patrick Ntshalintshali

Portfolio Manager

Pooja Tanna
Pooja Tanna

Portfolio Manager

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Perpetua is independent, owner-managed investment management firm. We strive for excellence in performance, conduct and engagement and operate out of a purpose-driven culture.

 

We consistently employ a long-term investment approach that is thoughtful, rigorous and that doesn’t follow the crowd.

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Lonwabo Maqubela

Lonwabo is Chief Investment Officer and is accountable for the firm’s investment function. He is one of Perpetua’s equity and multi-asset class portfolio managers and oversees all investment activities across the firm.

Lonwabo brings 19 years of direct investment experience, following a three-year accounting traineeship. He began his investment career in early 2007 as an investment analyst at Allan Gray Limited, where he spent four years before relocating to Johannesburg to join Stanlib Asset Management. He later joined Perpetua at its inception in 2012.

He has developed deep research expertise across a broad range of domestic and global sectors and asset classes. At Perpetua, he is a lead portfolio manager on domestic equity and balanced portfolios and has extensive experience overseeing equity research.

He is a qualified CA(SA) and CFA charterholder.

Delphine Govender

Delphine is a Portfolio Manager and an Executive Director. She is responsible for portfolio management, investment strategy, and the continued growth of the firm’s global offering. She is also a member of the portfolio management team for Perpetua’s Domestic Equity and Balanced Funds.

Delphine has over 28 years of financial services experience, with the past 25 years spent directly in investment management. She co-founded Perpetua in 2012 after spending nearly 11 years at Allan Gray Limited, where she served as a Portfolio Manager and Executive Director. She is a qualified CA(SA) and a CFA charterholder.

Patrick Ntshalintshali

Patrick is a Portfolio Manager and is an Executive Director of the firm and has been with Perpetua since 2014. Patrick is one of Perpetua’s equity and multi-asset class portfolio managers and is also responsible for the portfolio risk management of all portfolios, serving as Chair of the Portfolio Risk Committee.


Patrick has over 30 years in the financial services industry and joined Perpetua from Vunani Fund Managers where he was a Portfolio Manager and Head of Equity Research. Prior to that he was founding member at Mtungwa investment holdings and before that an analyst and portfolio manager at Old Mutual Asset Managers over 8 years. Patrick started out his career at Syfrets Managed Assets, where he started out as an investment analyst and then became a portfolio manager. Patrick holds BCom (Hons) and has completed the Executive Development Programme (EDP) at Stellenbosch University.

Pooja Tanna

Pooja is a Portfolio Manager and joined the firm in July 2023. She has portfolio management responsibilities over the fixed income assets both within specialist and multi-asset class portfolios. Pooja heads the fixed income capability at Perpetua.


Pooja has over 21 years financial services experience of which the past 20 years has been spent directly in the field of fixed income. Pooja joined Perpetua from Old Mutual Investment Group where she had been a portfolio manager in the Customized Solutions team. Prior to that Pooja spent 2,5 years at Standard Chartered Bank where she was Head of the Fixed Income Trading Team. The majority of Pooja’s experience has been gained at Nedbank Capital where she spent close to 12 years in various roles but primarily as a senior trader in interest rate derivatives. Pooja has BSc (Hons).

Sanchia Sobotker-Johnson 

Sanchia joins Perpetua as the Head of Finance, Enterprise Risk and Compliance.

Sanchia is a Chartered Accountant and registered Compliance Officer with extensive experience across finance, enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, governance and audit. She has spent much of her career in the investment management industry, having held senior roles at Aluwani Capital Partners, Abax Investments, Mergence Investment Managers and Kagiso Asset Management. She began her professional career in audit at KPMG and the Auditor-General of South Africa.

Sabena Omar

Sabena joined Perpetua as an Investment Analyst. She is responsible for conducting fundamental research and analysis to support the investment decision-making process across the firm’s portfolios.

She brings over three years of sell-side equity research experience from Avior Capital Markets, where she covered the General Financials and Property sectors. During her time at Avior, she was co-rated first for General Financials research in the Financial Mail Top Analyst Awards for two consecutive years and rated second in her third year.

Sabena holds a BCom Honours in Investment Management degree from the University of Pretoria, graduating cum laude from her undergraduate degree. She is currently a CFA Level III candidate.

Sabena Omar

Sabena joined Perpetua as an Investment Analyst. She is responsible for conducting fundamental research and analysis to support the investment decision-making process across the firm’s portfolios.

She brings over three years of sell-side equity research experience from Avior Capital Markets, where she covered the General Financials and Property sectors. During her time at Avior, she was co-rated first for General Financials research in the Financial Mail Top Analyst Awards for two consecutive years and rated second in her third year.

Sabena holds a BCom Honours in Investment Management degree from the University of Pretoria, graduating cum laude from her undergraduate degree. She is currently a CFA Level III candidate.

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Ntokozo Magagula

Ntokozo is an Investment Analyst at Perpetua and has four years of investment experience. He joined the firm in August 2026.

Prior to joining Perpetua, Ntokozo was an Investment Analyst at Camissa Asset Management, where he worked from 2023. Before joining Camissa, he completed his articles at PwC, working predominantly with financial services audit clients.

Ntokozo holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science and an Honours degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of the Witwatersrand. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA) and a CFA Level 3 candidate.

Darmhik Naicker

Darmhik joined Perpetua as a Risk & Quantitative Analyst Intern in 2026.

He holds a BCom Honours degree in Statistics and Data Science from the University of Cape Town, with a strong foundation in finance, quantitative analysis, and risk management.

Tasha Xinindlu

Tasha joined Perpetua as a Marketing Intern in 2026. 

She has a Business Administration Degree major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Tsiba Business School. 

 

Najmeerah Simons 

Najmeerah Simons is the Finance, Risk and Compliance Manager at Perpetua, where she oversees financial management, regulatory compliance, and risk governance across the business.

 

She brings experience from the Auditor General of South Africa, where she has served in various roles over a six-year period. She has also spent two years prior to her time in audit and assurance at an asset management firm where she worked in local, property and global finance divisions. Najmeerah holds a Bachelor of Business Science specialising in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cape Town and is qualified Chartered Accountant (South Africa).

Tasneem Abrahams

Tasneem joined Perpetua as a Finance and Business Trainee in 2025. 

She has a Business Administration Degree major in Finance and Investments from Tsiba Business School. 

Samantha Edwards

Samantha joined Perpetua as a Client Service Intern in 2025. 

She has a Business Administration Degree major in Finance and Investments from Tsiba Business School. 

Sisipho Jokazi

Sisipho joined Perpetua as a Business Analyst in November 2025. Before joining Perpetua, she spent 6 years at M&G Investments Southern Africa in the Institutional Clients team as an Institutional Client Associate providing client service support on a range of clients. At Perpetua, she is responsible for providing support in the servicing of clients; business development support (assisting in growing client base); components of client account management such as handling investment-related queries, performance analysis, and risk reporting. 

 

She holds a BBA degree and PGDip from TSiBA Business School and Regent Business School respectively. 

Jason Clark

Jason joined Perpetua as an Investment Performance & Risk Analyst. He is responsible for evaluating, measuring, and reporting on the performance and risk of the investment portfolios.

 

He brings experience from Luxcara, a German clean-energy asset manager, and Allan Gray, where he served in various roles over a five-year period. Jason holds Bachelor’s and Honours degrees in Economics from Stellenbosch University and is currently pursuing an MSc at the University of Bath. He also holds the CIPM® designation through the CFA Institute, specialising in investment performance measurement.