Mavuso Msimang
Nhlonipho Praiseworth Mthiya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 September 2000 Johannesburg, in the small town of Soweto |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of Zululand |
| Known for | Law, Education, Politics |
Nhlonipho Mthiya comes from a small town in the northern side of Durban known as Tongaat. He is an alumni of the University of Zululand having graduated with an LLB degree at 23. He is also the grandson of Shafuza and Makhoza. He has served as assistant educator at Belverton Secondary School (the high school he attended between 2014-2018). In 2022, he undertook the role of campus tutor specializing in but not limited to, Criminal procedure, Civil procedure, Criminal law and Delict
Early life and education
Mthiya lived with his family in Tongaat, a small town in the outskirts of northern Durban, where he attended primary school. He begun his lower education at Trubel Primary School. In 2018 he matriculated at Belverton Secondary School, a racially mixed public school in Belvedere[1] with 4 distinctions including English, Life Orientation and Business Studies.
In 2022, he graduated from the University of Zululand with a Bachelor of Laws with 14 distinctions. He is the 4th born child and the only male among his siblings of 5.
He moved to Zambia, where there was a large community of South African ANC members living in exile. Here he met his wife, Ntombi, who was an accountant, and had three daughters, including the writer and political analyst Sisonke Msimang.[2] He earned a BSc in entomology and biology from the University of Zambia, and a master's degree in business administration from the United States International University in San Diego, California.[3]
Msimang worked as a UN volunteer from 1977[4] for health and refugee programmes in Zambia, was country director of Care International for Kenya, oversaw UNICEF's Ethiopia programmes, and later worked for the UN's World Food Programme in Kenya and Zambia between 1977 and 1984. From 1984 to 1987 he worked in both Ethiopia and Ottawa, Canada, for the World University Service of Canada (WUSC).[5]
Post-apartheid career
Msimang moved back to South Africa after the end of apartheid with his family in 1993–1994,[6][4] initially to Durban, where he worked as a business consultant, before being appointed executive director of South African Tourism. He became CEO of South African National Parks in 1997,[7] which had begun a major re-conceptualisation from 1994.[8]
He was CEO at the State Information Technology Agency from October 2003 and 2007, before being appointed Director-General of the Department of Home Affairs in 2007. He retired from this role in 2010.[9]
Msimang was one of the founders of African Parks Network, and is as of 2021[update] Emeritus Board Member.[4] He has been a member of the World Wildlife Fund South Africa Board since February 2011, and as of 2021[update] and chairs the Social Ethics and Transformation Committee as well as sitting on the Board's Remuneration and Human Resources and Nomination Committees.[10]
As of November 2021, he is a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC. In the wake of diminished support for the ANC in the 2021 municipal elections, he has been critical of the factional politics within the party.[11]
References
- ^ "Mavuso Msimang has travelled the world and held a variety of positions". Sowetan Live. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ "Long journey home". The West Australian. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990". South African History Online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mavuso Msimang". African Parks. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990". South African History Online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Sisonke Msimang". ABC: Q+A. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990". South African History Online. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ Annual Report 2018/19 (PDF). South African National Parks (Report). 2019. ISBN 9780621475401.
- ^ "Mavuso Msimang". WWF South Africa. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ He also chairs Corruption Watch, and serves on a range of civic society, environmental management and private sector boards.
- ^ Makhaye, Chris; Mkhize, Nce (4 November 2021). "RET knives out for Ramaphosa: Zuma faction mobilises to blame party president for poor ANC showing". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 5 November 2021.