Umalusi – Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training
Public Entity · Social Services · reports to Department of Basic Education (DBE)
Umalusi is the quality council for general and further education and training. It operates under the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001, and the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008.
It develops and manages the General and Further Education and Training Qualifications Sub-Framework, accredits private schools and private colleges, and quality assures the assessment leading to qualifications including the National Senior Certificate, the National Certificate Vocational and the Senior Certificate.
Its approval is required before matric results may be released each year, and its statement on the credibility of the examinations is a formal precondition for their publication. Its name comes from the isiZulu word for shepherd.
Audit record, 5 years
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Total Revenue
- R217m
- Total Expenditure
- −R243m
- Total Assets
- R111m
- Total Liabilities
- R41m
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 34 listed
- Chairperson
- Prof TP Msibi
- Council Members
- Mrs KO Dederen Dr K Dos Reis Prof R Govender Dr SP Govender Dr W Green Prof DJ Hlalele Dr M Madiope Dr LG Mokotjo Dr L Mokwana Mr V Naidoo Mrs AZ Ngcobo Dr V Reddy Prof CT Sehoole Dr I Shenell Ms N Starr Prof NA Tshidzumba Mr MR Tywakadi
- Chief Executive Officer
- Dr Mafu S Rakometsi
- Chief Financial Officer
- Mr Hendrik van der Walt
- Senior Management
- Dr Mary-Antoinette Dliwayo Mr Thato Khaha Mr Mafeta Mabelebele Ms Mary Malia Dr Agnes Mohale Ms Molly Mokoena Mr Hezekiel Moloise Mr Kenny Monate Mr Doctor Phokwani Mr Emmanuel Sibanda Dr Eva Sujee Ms Cindy Thomas Mr Dennis Twala
- Communications Officers
- Mr Biki Lepota
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.umalusi.org.za, www.gov.za