MINISTER in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele has been appointed chairperson of the third National Planning Commission (NPC) for a five-year term to 2026.
Tshwane University of Technology vice-chancellor and Principal, Professor Tinyiko Maluleke, was appointed deputy chairperson of the NPC.
The NPC Commissioners were appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in terms of the revised Green Paper: National Planning Commission of 2010 to serve as an independent advisory body and think-tank.
The third Commission, says Gungubele, “is expected to provide thought leadership, evidence-based advice, foresight and futuristic planning, as well as sustainable solutions that inspire and guide the national development trajectory”.
The commissioners, who will serve on a part-time basis for a term of five years, will be supported by a full-time secretariat under the leadership of Dr Kefiloe Masiteng, who is the acting secretary of planning.
The other appointed commissioners are Dr Tshilidzi Madzivhandila, Professor Julian Douglas May, Professor Mark
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