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unications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri officially introduced
her department's director-general (DG) Lyndall Shope-Mafole to the
media in Johannesburg, yesterday.
The cabinet approved her appointment on September 15.
Shope-Mafole is currently the chairperson of the Presidential
National Commission on Information Society and Development,
established by President Thabo Mbeki in February, 2001.
Introducing the new director-general to the media, Minister
Matsepe-Casaburri said the integrity of the new DG was
unquestionable.
"We have always wanted a person of her calibre to give strategic
direction to the department and spearhead the department's
activities," said Matsepe-Casaburri.
"Currently, South Africa is playing a leading role in the
development of information and communication technology (ICT) with
other international countries throughout the world," she
explained.
The new DG replaces Andile Nqcaba who resigned late last year to
join the private sector.
Shope-Mafole obtained an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from
the Jose Antonio Echeverria higher Institute of Technology (JSPJAE)
in Havana, Cuba, in 1983.
Among other things, she served as an advisor to the former
Communications Minister Jay Naidoo.
She is also a member of the United Nations ICT Task Force whose
task is to advise Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on matters relating
to bridging the digital divide. - BuaNews.
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