Thobile Lamati appointed new Director-General of Department of Labour
The Department of Labour wishes to announce that Thobile Lamati has been appointed Director-General with effect from 1 December 2014.
Lamati was on 1 October 2013 officially appointed Inspections and Enforcement Services (IES) Deputy Director-General, a position he held until his latest appointment as the Director-General of the Department. Prior to that, between February 2012–September 2013 he was acting Deputy Director-General IES.
Lamati has been in the employ of the state for the past 16 years at different managerial positions.
He notably, started his career in the public service in 1998 as an inspector in the Department of Labour before joining the Department of Public Works as Control Inspector Occupational Health and Safety. In 2002 he re-joined the Department of Labour in the Western Cape as a Business Unit Manager: IES before his appointment as the Provincial Executive Manager (now referred to as Chief Director: Provincial Operations) Department of Labour in the Western Cape. He held the position from 2005 until his transfer to Head Office as the Chief Inspector in 2009.
Lamati holds a Master degree in Business Leadership; a National Diploma in Chemical Engineering; a Bachelor of Technology Degree in Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology degree in Environmental Health; and a Certificate in Executive Development.
He also hold the following leadership positions:
- Board Member of the Compensation Fund.
- Chairperson of the Advisory Council on Occupational Health and Safety
- Mine Health and Safety Council Member.
- Board member of the Railway Safety Regulator
Lamati is a speaker of note and has been invited as a guest speaker in a number of conferences nationally and internationally. He has written a number of papers and articles published by national magazines. He is currently working on the research proposal for his doctoral studies focusing on the “Extension of the scope of labour administration to the informal economy”
The new DG is married and has a daughter.
