The Minister of Communications Mr Radhakrishna L Padayachie is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Maboko Rosey Sekese as Director-General of the Department of Communications with effect from 1 June 2011 for a period of five years.
Ms Sekese possesses the relevant qualifications, skills, capabilities and experience required for the position. She has worked in the Department of Communications, in the position of Deputy Director-General Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Infrastructure Development, from 2006 to date. She is responsible for five Chief Directorates namely: 2010 Telecommunications and Broadcasting, Information Technology (IT), Radio and Satellite Communications, ICT Infrastructure and Applications, and ICT Security.
One of her key highlights was the delivery of the FIFA 2010 World Cup Information Communications Technology guarantees where she was the champion of the project, providing strategic leadership, and programme management.
She also has previous technical engineering background having worked for Denel as a Group Manager for Information Technology and as a Senior Engineer at Telkom.
At Denel, Ms Sekese was responsible for the centralisation of all the divisional IT departments and also oversaw the implementation of a number of strategic key projects. While working for Telkom as a Senior Manager, she was responsible for the planning of Public Internet Protocol (IP) network and the ATM networks.
After obtaining her Electrical Engineering Degree in Telecommunications from the University of Cape Town in 1994, Ms Sekese completed a Master’s in Business Administration at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Business School. In 2007, she completed the Senior Executive Development Programme at Pretoria University.
The Minister is satisfied that a rigorous evaluation process was followed in the appointment of Ms Sekese as the Director-General.
The Minister, Deputy Minister, the Acting Director-General and staff congratulates Ms Sekese on her appointment and wishes her every success in achieving the strategic outcomes of the department.
Enquiries:
Tiyani Rikhotso
Cell: 083 800 9936
E-mail: Tiyani@doc.gov.za
Source: Department of Communications
Appointment of Director-General Communications: Ms Maboko Rosey Sekese
