Mr Mxolisi Maphakela

Overview

Mr Mxolisi Maphakela Acting: Skills Planning and Research Manager Research and Innovation Specialist W&R SETA Bachelors Public Administration Postgraduate Cert. Green Skills Research and Planning Masters Candidate Mxolisi Maphakela brings to the Board his vast experience in Research and Skills Development. He has been with the W&RSeta for six years, where he is instrumental in Coordinating the Skills Planning and Research Department. He completed Bachelor of Public Administration, majoring in public policy, public sector politics and research at the University of Pretoria. That is where his passion for research was ignited Mxolisi started his career in 2013 at a private company, AGITEC, as a temp Admin Assistant. His career background in skills development was firmly laid through an internship at DHET within the SETA Support and Learnerships directorate after which he was appointed as Senior Admin Clerk. While many of us have known Mxolisi in the research field, he is no stranger to operations. He joined the W&RSETA in 2015 when he was appointed as a TVET Regional Coordinator at GPS. It was only a year later that he moved to research as a Coordinator in the Skills Planning and Research department. Working in a small department that the SPR is, Mxolisi had to learn fast and take on more responsibilities. Mxolisi was appointed as Acting Manager: Skills Planning and Research in 2019 when Tsakani moved to Bursaries & Placements as EM. He proudly represents the W&RSETA in the MICTSETA 4IR Advisory Committee as Chairperson of the Research Stream.