Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Public Entity · Finance and Administration Services · reports to National Treasury
The Development Bank of Southern Africa is a development finance institution that funds infrastructure in South Africa and the wider Southern African Development Community region. It operates under the Development Bank of Southern Africa Act, 1997 (Act No. 13 of 1997), and is wholly owned by government.
It finances economic infrastructure including energy, transport, water and telecommunications, and social infrastructure including health, education and human settlements. Beyond lending, it prepares and packages projects, provides technical assistance and implementation support to municipalities, and acts as an implementing agent for government infrastructure programmes.
It raises funding on domestic and international capital markets and from development finance partners, and reports to National Treasury.
Audit record, 5 years
Financial highlights, 2024/25
- Total Revenue
- R13.9bn
- Total Expenditure
- −R8.6bn
- Total Assets
- R121.0bn
- Total Liabilities
- R63.0bn
Values in rand. Sparklines run oldest to newest and are scaled to each series, not to zero.
Leadership, 27 listed
- Chairperson
- Mr Malemolla David Makhura
- Deputy Chairperson
- Ms Pinkie Nqeto
- Board Members
- Mr Kenneth Brown Mr Barry Hore Ms Martie Janse van Rensburg Ms Dinao Lerutla Mr Petrus Matji Ms Lynette Milne Ms Disebo Moephuli Mr Jonathan Muthige Dr Chantal Naidoo Mr Joel Netshitenzhe Mr Bongani Nqwababa Prof Edgar Pieterse
- Chief Executive Officer
- Ms Boitumelo Mosako
- Chief Financial Officer
- Ms Zodwa Mbele
- Senior Management
- Ms Candace Abrahams Mr Greg Fyfe Mr Michael Hillary Dr Phindile Masangane Mr Mpho Mokwele Ms Sheila Motsepe Mr Zeph Nhleko Mr Chuene Ramphele Ms Bathobile Sowazi Mr Juan Strauss
- Communications Officers
- Ms Sebolelo Matsoso
Description written for this directory from the entity’s own published sources: www.dbsa.org, www.gov.za