Qualifications

B. Comm, majoring in Economics, Industrial Sociology and Management, Rhodes University Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Law, Graduate Institute for Technology and Management Certificate in Human Resources Management, Rhodes University Certificate in Provincial and Local Government Law, Unisa

Work Experience

Started working as a gender fieldworker for the Border Rural Committee (a Land and Rural Development NGO based in East London). Moved to rural local government policy research and ended up managing the programme for the Border Rural Committee. Appointed as chairperson of the Amatola District Council, and in July 1997 assumed the position of chief executive officer for the District Council. Held the position of CEO until the change in local government dispensation. Appointed as a local electoral officer for the Independent Electoral Commision for the 1999 national and provincial elections, as well as the local government elections in 2000 -- resigned in December 2001. Appointed Municipal Manager of the Amatola District Municipality in April 2001 until the end of December 2001. Appointed Executive Manager: Biodiversity and Conservation January 2002.

Committtees / Boards Served

Member of the Provincial Committee on Local Government, 1993-1994. Chairperson of the National Land Committee, 1994-1995. Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Local Government Association (in this capacity served as the member of the SALGA Executive Committee in 1996), 1995-1997. Member of the Board of INLOGOV, 1996 to date. A member of the White Paper Political Committee, 1997. Chairperson of the National Development and Planning Commission, 1997-2000. Member of the Regional Executive Committee for the Institute of Local Government Managers, 2001. Member of the Governing Body for the Masonwabe Finishing School in Duncan Village, 2000. Member of the Governing Body for the Clarendon Girls High School, 2002-01