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Welcome Note

RALF FLETCHER, CEO, TOPCO MEDIA

Welcome to the 2026 Public Sector Leaders Summit.

Following the success of our inaugural summit, this year’s gathering builds on Topco Media’s longstanding commitment to recognising excellence, encouraging thought leadership, and creating meaningful conversations through the Public Sector Leaders magazine and community.

The theme of this year’s summit, “Turning Policy Into Performance, Promises Into Progress,” speaks directly to the moment in which we find ourselves. South Africa does not lack ambition, policy, or ideas. Our shared challenge is to translate these into measurable outcomes that improve the daily lives of citizens and strengthen confidence in the institutions that serve them.

Over the course of the summit, public and private sector leaders will engage with some of the most pressing questions facing our nation. These include rebuilding public trust, strengthening ethical leadership, improving infrastructure and service delivery, preparing young people for meaningful participation in the economy, and designing public institutions that can respond to a changing society.

We will also explore the responsible use of artificial intelligence in government, the future of public sector finance, accessible housing finance, the role of procurement in unlocking SMME growth, and the importance of agriculture and a just transition in building a greener, more inclusive economy. These discussions remind us that effective leadership is not measured only by the plans we develop, but by the value we create for people.

We are honoured to bring together an inspiring group of leaders, ministers, public servants, academics, business

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executives, and social innovators. Among the distinguished voices contributing to this year’s programme are Dr Mathews Phosa, Hon. Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Hon. Mkhuleko Hlengwa, Hon. Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule, Hon. Inkosi Mzamo Buthelezi, and many other respected experts and practitioners from across our country.

Our sincere appreciation goes to all our speakers, moderators, sponsors, partners, exhibitors, and delegates. Your commitment and participation are essential to the success of this platform and to the broader work of building a capable, ethical, and citizencentred state.

As we continue this journey together, may the conversations held here move beyond inspiration to action.

May they help us strengthen the systems, partnerships, and leadership required to turn policy into performance and promises into progress.

Welcome to the 2026 PSL Summit. We look forward to two days of insight, connection, and shared purpose as we work together towards a more inclusive and prosperous South Africa.

Welcome, and thank you for joining us.

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Browse the key PSL Summit speakers whose ideas, innovations, & leadership continue to shape the workforce of tomorrow.

Aluwani Ramagadza

Annika Ojala

Acting CEO, Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB)

Inner Development Goals ambassador

Beverly Nkwana

Bontle Lerumo

Chrissy Dube

Dr Lulama Ngwenya

Chief Financial Officer, The Presidency of South Africa

Chief Stakeholders, Projects & Advocacy Officer, Good Governance Africa

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CEO, PSETA

Director, Kuhle Capital

Antoinette Young

Manager of the Digital Learning Unit, NEMISA

Candice Knipe-Tlhotlhalemajoe Managing Director- Corprate Affairs Strategist, Africa Energy & Minerals Advisory

Dr Mathews Phosa

Celebrated SA Leader, Prominent Business Man and Attorney

Dr Zukiswa Mqolomba Commissioner & Deputy Chairperson, Public Service Commission of South Africa

Elma Akob

Founder, Elevate Africa Academy

Dr. Dalene Louw

Lead Consultant, Ignite Advisory Services

Fatima Rawat

Hon. Dr Makgabo Reginah Mhaule

Ethics Subject Matter Expert, The Ethics Institute

Hon. Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube Hon. Mkhuleko Hlengwa Deputy Minister of Higher Education

Deputy Minister of Transport

Kofi Kyei

Komala Pillay

Sales Director, LexisNexis

Edward Jantjies

CEO, AgriGauteng

CEO, Citizen Leader Lab

Deputy Minister of Basic Education

Jennifer Reddy CEO, Morar Incorporated

Kushela Naidoo

Managing Director & Environmental Specialist, Wallace & Green Consulting

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Len de Villiers

Leonie van Pletzen

Mahendren Manicum

Mandla Magwaza, Chairperson

Mpho Hlalele

Ndumiso Khubeka CEO, NYDA

Human Capital Executive, Primedia Out of Home

Pretty Makukule

Prof. Edith Phaswana

Prof. Nicholas Crisp

Group CTIO, Eskom

Managing Director, Naidu Consulting

Head of Marketing & Communications, Boxfusion

CFO, SANRAL

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CEO, Credit Association of South Africa

Africa Small Business Development (ASBD)

Acting Executive Dean- Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, UNISA

Lungile Binza COO, SABC

Monei Seleho

Head of Public Sector, Nedbank Commercial Banking

Penny Adams

Deputy Director General- National Health Insurance, Department of Health

Prof. Rajesh Mahabeer

Sanett Uys

Tahera Sayed Soror

Non-Executive Director, Audit & Risk Committee Chair, and Academic

Head- Advisory Services, Afroteq Advisory

Tariro Mutizwa

Thandeka Nkambule

Tina Luboya

Trevor Rammitlwa CEO, NEMISA

CEO, Gautrain Management Agency (GMA)

Vinesh Maharaj

Yvonne Mothibi

Zeus Maboho

Vice President - Africa, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Managing Director, LYAF Property Services

Director- Smart Manufacturing & Industry MEA, NTT Data

Chief Transformation Officer, Sanlam

CEO, The Institute of Risk Management South Africa

Director, North West Provincial Treasury

Tiekie Barnard

CEO & Founder, Shared Value Africa

Tshepo Kgobe

CEO, Gensize

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BUILDING DREAMS, FINANCING FUTURES THE NHFC WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS IN 1996, WITH A MANDATE TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FINANCE THAT IS AFFORDABLE.

This housing finance is delivered through contractors, developers, and micro financiers in urban areas and to provide access to finance for housing development, while mobilising the private sector’s involvement in the facilitation and development of sustainable human settlements.

The NHFC is acting as an agency of the National Department of Human Settlements to carry out the First Home Finance grant facilitation project. First Home Finance is targeted towards qualifying beneficiary households and individuals - who are the gap market - that are earning between R 3 501 – R 22 000 per month across South Africa.

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MISSION Our aim is to create an enabling environment where there is access to housing finance for low-to middle-income families through strategic partnerships and promoting the sustainability of the human settlements’ ecosystem, using our strategic pillars, which are further described as follows: • To maximise the development impact • To transform the Human Settlements sector • To achieve sustainability, and • Additionally, contribute that is beyond what is available or provides that is otherwise absent from the market.

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