Pretoria - Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa has welcomed Cabinet’s extension of the contract of Director General Nosipho Ngcaba.
“Under the leadership of Ngcaba, the Department of Environmental Affairs has consistently received clean and unqualified audits and managed to fulfil its service delivery mandate without compromising the key principles of good governance,” Minister Molewa said on Friday in a statement.
Cabinet has also approved the appointment of Limpho Makotoko as the new Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Environmental Affairs.
According to the department, the appointments were approved at the latest Cabinet sitting on 26 April.
“These appointments show the seriousness with which the Department views its transformation imperatives, as the Department of Environmental Affairs has a target to achieve 50 percent representation of women in the organisation.
“Both appointees bring a wealth of experience in the sector and the department in terms of leadership and management,” the department said.
Ngcaba, who is a scientist by training, was appointed as Director General in 2008. She has been at the helm of driving the department’s mission to provide leadership in environmental management, conservation and protection towards sustainability for the benefit of South Africans and the global community.
“The Director General’s passion and commitment to the environment was validated by her receipt of the Gold Award as the Top Performing Head of Department, at the inaugural Batho Pele Excellence awards in 2013. She subsequently won this award again in 2015,” the department said.
In addition, Ngcaba walked away with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Eco-Logic Awards on 21 April 2016. The award recognises an individual whose actions have conserved, nurtured or restored the earth’s life forms, eco-systems, or natural resources. The award is sponsored by Enviropaedia.
The department has been consistently ranked as one of the top five performing departments by the Presidency’s Department of Performance and Monitoring Evaluation, through the Management Performance Assessment Tool (MPAT).
Makotoko has been employed by the department since 2009.
“She previously filled the pertinent position of Chief Director of Business Performance and Strategic Monitoring. In this portfolio, she was responsible for managing the provision of strategic and operational support services, including strategic and business planning, risk management and organisational performance management,” the department said. – SAnews.gov.za
