Remuneration is the ticket to the game
Strategy hits the tarmac when it is linked to remuneration
Welcome to Khokhela
Khokhela Remuneration Advisors has always been preoccupied with partnering with clients to align reward, performance, and business strategy.
We are a boutique advisory firm specialising in remuneration, performance, and talent alignment. Strategy hits the tarmac when it is linked to remuneration. Companies thrive only when reward reinforces the desired behaviours.
Strategy hits the tarmac when remuneration is linked to performance which is aligned to the company goals. The desired culture is critical in the design of a reward philosophy.
At Khokhela Remuneration Advisors, we believe:
Reward and performance must align directly with organisational strategy.
Reward philosophy should reinforce the culture our clients aim to build.
Sustainable solutions require capability transfer—not long-term dependency on external advisors.
By aligning reward strategy, remuneration structures, and performance frameworks with each client’s strategic priorities and desired culture, we help organisations ensure that the way they incentivise, measure, and recognise employees drives the behaviours and outcomes that matter most. In this way, reward becomes a value driver, not simply a cost of doing business.
When strategy, performance and remuneration are fully aligned clients are likely to:
Attract the type of talent they want
Productivity will accelerate
Exponential growth will happen as everyone is going in the desired direction
Employees will be willing to do more than what you expect of them
Leadership team will be more effective and aligned
Khokhela works closely with private and public sector clients to understand roles, uncover underlying challenges, and design practical solutions that help them solve complex people and reward-related issues.
How can we help you?
Remuneration
We offer a full range of remuneration solutions from the drafting of job profiles, job grading, benchmarking, pay structuring, drafting of remuneration policies through to the design of incentive schemes.
Performance Management
We assist clients with effective performance management processes and development of scorecards.
Job Evaluation System (JES)
Our Job Evaluation System (JES) is a proprietary, cloud-based solution that provides a simple, structured, and cost-effective approach to job grading. Aligned with the widely recognised Paterson methodology, JES promotes consistent, transparent and defensible grading decisions across an organisation.
Transactions and Risk Support
Partner with Khokhela to manage the people, organisation and reward complexities of strategic transactions, minimise risk and maximise long-term business value.
Our Job Evaluation System (JES) is designed to optimise the grading process.
What our clients say
Khokhela played an instrumental role in developing both our Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) and Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), as well as key supporting remuneration policies. Their ability to model different incentive scenarios was particularly helpful in ensuring that the schemes were both pragmatic and aligned with our strategic goals.
At Xlink Communications we had an ongoing challenge to manage the reward and financial expectations between our funders, our technology partner and the take to market team, as the business started to grow and become profitable. In 2007, the reward and remuneration subject was becoming a serious issue and compromising the business; this is where Khokhela came on board to provide remuneration advice.
Khokhela has been the preferred remuneration service provider for Conlog since 2016, where it has aided with the company’s remuneration policies and practices. Khokhela has worked with Conlog to draft and structure the total remuneration offering which has assisted the business to continue to meet or exceed shareholder’s expectations.
Khokhela was appointed as a preferred service provider to deliver the grading and remuneration benchmark project that was commissioned in 2023 by Affinity Financial Services. Their execution and client relation process on the project was very professional and efficient.
Arlene, the project Manager was very hands-on, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.
Their fees and value add were commensurate. They delivered the project on time, in good quality and within agreed budget.
We will not hesitate to engage them again.
News and Thought Leadership
Our deep industry expertise and experience across diverse sectors enable us to deliver practical insights and lasting value for our clients. Click here to explore our latest news, insights, and thought leadership to see how we help organisations navigate complex remuneration and reward challenges.
Reward Due Diligence: The risk Investors often discover too late
The Value of Reward in Organisational Transformation
The practicalities of sections 30A and B of the Companies Amendment Act 16 of 2024
From entitlement to performance: reclaiming the purpose of pay in South Africa