Nicholas Mace founded the Nous Holdings group of companies in 1988, of which Venn Diagnostics is a subsidary. Nous maintains offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Sydney, Melbourne, Sacramento, Boston and Tampa. Offering specialised consulting services to both consumers and suppliers of utilities, the range of expertise offered includes all the technical, financial, and legal complexities involved with the provision, management and charging of Utilities and Assessment Rates.

Recognising the need for GIS as a critical tool for a utility supply expert, Nous purchased the South-African developed GIS software system, currently used in South Africa (Chief Surveyor General, Joburg Water), Namibia (City of Windhoek), USA (San Francisco Water, University of Colorado, Tampa) and Australia (Sydney Water, Fairfield Council, James Cook University), to name just a few.

As the visionary head of the group, Nicholas then expanded the GIS system to incorporate an immovable asset and related costs analysis application. This application was developed using his expertise in data analysis, utility costs, tariff composition, municipal bylaws, assessment rates, reticulation, leak detection, immovable asset management, revenue analysis and various governing regulations and legislation such as the MPRA.

Successful delivery of these systems has taken place throughout South Africa, most notably with the Department of Public Works Western Cape, Tshwane and Free State as well as with the University of the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.

A natural consequence of geographical identification of immovable assets and analysis of related municipal services was the complimenting skills in revenue database development, analysis and improvement

What we do

Within South Africa, Venn Diagnostics provides innovative utility cost solutions to both the Private and Public sector. We develop software aimed at simplifying the complex problem of managing the Utility Costs for multiple properties within a portfolio.

Why Work For Us

Nous Holdings has been in business for 28 years. We've established a footprint in both the Public and Private Sector.

Our Staff Turnover has been at a minimum, and we seek to employ people who are committed to remaining in the Company and developing long term career prospects.

We are committed to career development, succession planning and market related remuneration.

Our Culture

We are competency driven, output oriented, and performance driven. Achieving results and creating innovative solutions is our aim. Individuals that enjoy playing in this space will fit in with our culture

Our Hiring Process

Candidates will first be interviewed over the phone. Successful phone interviews will result in an interview at our offices in Cape Town.