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Khumbudzo Phophi Silence Ntshavheni , Ms

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Title: 
Ms
Initials: 
KPS
Surname: 
Ntshavheni
Name(s): 
Khumbudzo Phophi Silence
Date Of Birth: 
Sunday, January 30, 1977

Current Position

Khumbudzo Ntshavheni is the Minister of Small Business Development of the Republic of South Africa  from 29 May 2019. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed Minister of Small Business Development Ms Khumbudzo Ntshaveni as Acting Minister in The Presidency: Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation on 27 January 2021 until further notice.

She is a Member of the National Assembly and a Member of the African National Congress and a member of the ANC YL NEC .

Academic Qualifications

She holds a MBA degree from Bradford University in the United Kingdom (2008). Her other qualifications include BA Hons Development Studies (1999) and BA Hon Labour Relations (1999) both from the University of Johannesburg former RAU.

Background

Ms Khumbudzo Phophi Silence Ntshavheni  - 30 January 1977

Career

Ms Khumbudzo Ntshavheni served as the Municipal Manager of Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality in Limpopo, a position that she held from April 2008 until November 2010 . Her previous professional responsibilities include Tourism Manager: Trade and Investment Limpopo and Chief Information Officer for the Department of Local Government and Housing (Limpopo), Spokesperson to the Premier of Limpopo, Lecturer at the University of South Africa.

Academic

She holds a MBA degree from Bradford University in the United Kingdom (2008). Her other qualifications include BA Hons Development Studies (1999) and BA Hon Labour Relations (1999) both from the University of Johannesburg former RAU.

She has vast work experience in Strategic Management, Information Technology, Change Management, and Communication & Marketing. She is the founding Director and Chairwoman of Nkho Trading a transport business with interests in property development.

She is a member of the ANC YL NEC and is active in several youth and community structures