Deputy Director-General - Institutional Development
Gugulethu Edna Matlaopane
EXPERIENCE:
1985 Qualified in General Nursing Diploma, Midwifery
1992 Qualified in Bachelor of Law, Wits University
1993 Appointed by the ANC to serve in the non-statutory body tasked with the dissolution of former provinces of RSA
1993-1995 Appointed to Head Legal Wing of Electoral Commission
1995-1997 Appointed Chief Executive Manager Department Constitutional Affairs, Local Government & Housing
1997-2003 Appointed Provincial Electoral Officer, Independent Electoral Commission, Northern Cape
2004-2008 Appointed Provincial Electoral Officer, Independent Electoral Commission Gauteng,
2008-2011 Delegated to Head Legal desk of SADC working in Burundi and the Republic of Congo DRC
2012-2016 Appointed Head of Department, Northern Cape Department of Health
2016- Appointed Depurty Director General: Institutional Development, Office of the Premier
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Lead delegation to assist and observe elections in the following countries:
i. Burundi
ii. Mozambique
iii. Cameroon
iv. Congo DRC
v. Malawi
PAPER DELIVERED:
- Invited by the late Prof. van Zyl Slabbert o deliver paper post 1994 Elections in South Africa. Paper titled “Beginning of the End”. Delivered at Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg, RSA
- Delivered paper “Types and Philosophy of Elections in Africa:”
- Delivered paper “Lessons Africa can share with the West” delivered in Houston – Harris County, Texas
CONFERENCE ATTENDED:
- Black Lawyers Association – Johannesburg, RSA
- Women in Leadership – Johannesburg, RSA
- Role of Public Servant Post-Apartheid Era – Johannesburg, RSA
- Elections in the African Continent – Arusha, Tanzania
- Effect of HIV and AIDS Globally – Kuala Lampur, Malaysia