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CLLR KGOSIENTSO RAMOKGOPA Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa is the Executive Mayor of Tshwane and Chairperson of the ANC in the Tshwane Region. He also served as Tshwane’s Ward 51 Councillor. He served in the leadership of the South African Students Congress and the ANC Youth League at the University of Durban-Westville. His qualifications include BSc Civil Engineering, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Leadership, and a Certificate in Executive Leadership. He is currently writing his PhD thesis on local government finance. He has extensive experience in corporate governance and served as the CEO of the Metropolitan Trading Company and of the Johannesburg Market. He has been recognized for his sterling business leadership.
JEAN-PIERRE ELONG MBASSI Jean-pierre Elong Mbassi is the Secretary General of United Cities and Local Government of Africa. He is also Co-Chair of World Cities Scientific Development Alliance, and Deputy Secretary General of the China-Africa forum of local governments. He is the man behind the Africities Summit. He was the first Secretary General of the World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination at the same time he held the position of Secretary General of the Municipal Development Partnership. Previously, he was the director of the first urban project financed by the World Bank in Cameroon and which focused on the restructuring and development of a slums area of 300,000 inhabitants in the city Douala. He began his career in Paris at the Agency of Cooperation and Planning.
NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, exiled for her political activism, completed her medical studies at the University of Bristol in the UK in 1978. After the 1994 elections, Dr Dlamini Zuma was appointed Minister of Health in the cabinet of President Nelson Mandela. In 1999, President Thabo Mbeki appointed Dr Dlamini Zuma Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in 2009, was appointed Minister of Home Affairs. Having served South Africa with distinction Dr Dlamini Zuma became the first woman to be elected Chairperson of the African Union Commission
MR. TLOU RAMARU Mr Tlou Ramaruis the Chief Policy Advisor: Sustainable Development in the Department of Environmental Affairs. His responsibilities entail management of South Africa’s negotiations on sustainable development and environmental sector trade in the relevant multi-lateral fora and partnerships. Management of national and international engagement in sustainable development and environmental sector trade programmes. Coordination and implementation of National Strategy for Sustainable Development and Action Plan and the Environment Sector science policy interface framework. Management of the development of the state of environment reports and indicators and provide the Department with state of environment strategic and technical support.
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