Biography
of Themba James Maseko
Themba James Maseko was born on 27 January 1964. He attended Immaculata High School in Diepkloof, Soweto, matriculating in 1982.
He obtained a BA in Sociology and Law at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1987 and an LLB at the same institution in 1992. He was awarded an MBA by Demontfort University (UK) in 2002.
During the 1980s and early 1990s he played a leading role in the education sector of the mass democratic movement. This included the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO); Azanian Students Organisation; and from 1990 the National Education Co-ordinating Committee whose General Secretary he was from 1991 to1993. He also served on the Gauteng Regional Executive Committee of the South African Communist Party.
He was elected an ANC Member of Parliament in 1994; and in 1995 he took up the position of Superintendent-General of the Gauteng Department of Education, where he served until 2000.
During 2001 and 2002 he worked in the private sector as Managing Director of the Damelin Education Group and CEO of Sifikile Investments.
He served for three years as Director-General of the Department of Public Works, from February 2003 to February 2006.
In the period before his appointment as CEO of GCIS he had been active in the private sector.
Mr Maseko is a member of the boards of Adopt a School Foundation, the Centre for Public Service Innovation, Vista University Council, as well as the International Marketing Council.
2007-08-15
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