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Curriculum Vitae Education Matriculated in 1983 with an average B symbol.

Completed a M Com in Economics and Econometrics in 1992.

Completed PhD in Economics in 2004, dealing with issues related to the regulation of banks.

Also completed post-graduate courses in advanced co-integration time series analysis and risk management after the completion of the PhD.

Currently completing course on Public Finance and Fiscal Management (PFFM) at the Wits School of Governance.
Work experience Started my career in 1989 at the Mangaung Metro as Chief Accounting officer responsible for, amongst others, the bank reconciliation and insurance functions in the Treasury Department.

Joined Technikon SA/Unisa in 1992, lecturing Macro- and Micro-economics on second and third year level.

Moved to Bloemfontein in 1996 as Academic Manager, responsible for learner support.

Also gained general management exposure in terms of Finance and HR.
Gained exposure in attending meetings of the Free State Higher Education Trust, supporting the Regional Director as representative for UNISA.

Joined government in 2006.

Gained experience as Chief Economist for more than 10 years in the Northern Cape and Limpopo Departments’ of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism on an executive level.
Main functions were to provide economic intelligence, inform policy, guide economic planning, and to implement enterprise development and local economic development.

I also managed the process to compile and table three laws in the Provincial legislature.

Provided advice on various projects like investigating the possibility to establish a Cargo Hub in Upington, the Chicken Abattoir in Lebowakgomo and others.

Served on various committees e.g.


Limpopo agro-processing provincial task team, the technical task team developing the Limpopo Development Plan and attending Technical MINMEC’S and MINMEC’s on behalf of the Departments.

I am currently heading the Macro-Economic Analysis Unit in Provincial Treasury.
The unit is responsible to coordinate the drafting of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), the Socio Economic Review and Outlook (SERO) and the Estimate of Provincial Revenue and Expenditure (EPRE) Overview.

The unit also produces four quarterly bulletins, providing an overview about the latest economic developments on a global, national and provincial level.
The bulletins also deal with topical issues like the impact of the downgrade on the South African economy, the tight fiscal situation and monetary policy.

The unit further produces four research papers per annum dealing with topics like the challenge of income inequality, the impact of government expenditure on the provincial economy, the possibility of new improved service delivery through the use of ICT, and other issues.
Advice is also provided during the quarterly MEC budget bi-laterals with the provincial departments.

Economic advice is also provided to other provincial departments on demand.

Presentations at national and international conferences More than 30 papers were presented at national and international conferences on topics related to distance education, ICT and economics.
Some of the topics includes, amongst others, flexible learning and learning management systems, the relationship between exchange rate expectations and the value of the Rand, a PPP analysis of the exchange rate of the Rand, measuring the level of inclusive growth in South Africa and in Limpopo, regional economic planning, the impact of globalisation, an analysis of the government wage bill, a CGE analysis of the railway in Lephalale and issues related to the Basel Accords.
Publications Various articles have been published in accredited journals, mainly on ICT related topics.

I am also the co-author of three economic textbooks.

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