Bridgette Mbolekwa

Senior Manager: Financial Management

Date of engagement on designation:  01 November 2016

Academic qualifications:National Diploma Cost and Management Accounting, University of Johannesburg (2001); Management Programme, Unisa School of Business Leadership (2005).

Current studies: Senior Leaders Development Programme, Wits Business School.

Work experience: Application Systems Administrator & Trainer, Accenture South Africa (Government Financial Systems Project) (2002-2006); Senior Consultant: SCM Process Development and implementation Training,  Nkunzini Consulting (2006); Deputy Director: Financial Systems Support, KZN Provincial Treasury (2006-2008); Deputy Director: Financial Accounting, Gauteng Department of Health (2008-2012); Director Financial Accounting, Gauteng Department of Economic Development (2012-2014); Manager Financial Accounting, CCMA (2014-2016); Senior Manager: Financial Management, CCMA (2016 to date).

Tersia  Ströh

Manager in the Office of the Director

Date of engagement of designation: 1 December 2016 ( May 2016)

Academic qualifications: B Com Law University of Pretoria 1989

Work experience:Chief Operating Officer/ General Manager Operations  - National Bargaining Council for the Road Freight and Logistics Industry (NBCRFLI), Consultant Collective Bargaining Institute (CBI), Senior Labour Relations Consultant – Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (IMATU), Legal & Financial Official South African Aviation Engineering and Allied Trade Union (SAAEAU)

 Annah Mokgadinyane

Senior Manager: Governance, Risk and Strategy Management

Date of engagement of designation:  1 October 2016

Academic qualifications: National Diploma in Public Management cum laude, TUT (2009); BTECH Degree in Public Management cum laude, TUT (2010); Master’s Degree in Public Management cum laude (2012); Postgraduate Diploma in Compliance and Governance (2016), UJ

Work experience:  Chief Planner – Public Entities: National Department of Human Settlements, 2008; Deputy Director – Public Entities Performance Monitoring, Compliance and Governance Oversight: National Department of Health, 2014; Manager – Strategy and Policy: CCMA, 2016

Awards conferred: Chancellors Award for Top Achieving Student in the Faculty: Overall Best Performing Graduate in the Humanities Faculty, TUT (2009); Postgraduate Research Award, South African Housing Foundation (SAHF) (2012); Top Student Award in the Faculty of Humanities: Postgraduate Top Student Award, TUT (2012)

Publications: “Incremental Housing In South Africa – a viable policy option for improving service delivery?”, published in the September issue of the Journal of Public Management [JOPA]. Article to be presented at the South African Housing Foundation Conference, 17 – 19 September 2012, Cape Town, South Africa, and at the SAAPAM 13^th Annual Conference, 03 – 05 April 2013, Cape Town, South Africa

Date of engagement on designation: 01 October 2012

Academic qualifications: Post Graduate Diploma in Employment Law, UCT (2007); Diploma in Secretarial and Administration, Cape College (1999)

Current studies: Masters in Business Administration, MANCOSA (2017)

Work experience: Dispute Management & Prevention Commissioner, Level A Commissioner, Level B Commissioner, CMO, Dispute Management & Prevention Administrator and Receptionist at CCMA.  Regional Administrator at SATAWU.  Secretary to Travel and Tourism Information Office at Cape College.

Grace Mafa-Chali

Convening Senior Commissioner
Limpopo

Date of engagement on designation: 01 October 2013

Academic qualifications : B Proc, University of Limpopo (1994); LLB, University of Limpopo (1996); LLM in Labour Law, University of South Africa (2003)

Work experience: Candidate Attorney & Professional Assistant, Legal aid Board; Assistant Director & Deputy Director,  Department of Mineral Resources; Provincial Registrar, Commissioner & Convening Senior Commissioner- CCMA Limpopo Region.

Morwa Mapale Setlago

Convening Senior Commissioner
Tshwane

Date of engagement on designation: October 2014.

Academic qualifications: National Diploma in Law, University of Johannesburg; National Diploma in Labour Law, University of Johannesburg. 

Current studies: Masters in Labour Law, University of South Africa.

Work experience: National Organiser, GIWUSA; Registrar, Bargaining Council; Level A and Senior Commissioner CCMA.

 

 Convening Senior Commissioner
Port Elizabeth

Date of engagement  on designation: April 2014

Academic qualifications: B Com  (1993); B Proc  (1995); B Com Honours Industrial Relations, University of Port Elizabeth (1999); LLM Labour Law Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (2005); Emerging Management Development Programmer Certificate, University of Pretoria (2007).

Work experience: CCMA Case Management Officer; Commissioner; Senior Commissioner (1996 – 2014). Appointed as Convening Senior Commissioner Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth Regional Office in April 2014.

Carmen Ward

Convening Senior Commissioner
Free State

Date of engagement on designation: 1 June 2012

Academic qualifications:   BA (Hons) Industrial Psychology, University of Port Elizabeth; Human Resource: Personnel and Training Management, Damelin College, Certificate Programme in Industrial Relations, Wits University (2000); SETA Certificates of Competence: Assessments (2004) Coaching  (2005); Managing Conflict in the Workplace & Management Development: Train the Trainer (2005); Economic Literacy Training, Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Writing Skills Training - Wits Plus University (2005); Management Development Programme on Leadership and Execution, Gordon Institute of Business Science (2008); Leading at the Speed of Trust Course (2009).

Work experience: Prior to joining CCMA worked in the hotel industry. Joined the CCMA on 21 August 1996 and held various positions in the organisation including Dispute Management and Prevention Commissioner; Head of Northern Cape Regional Office from 2005 – May 2012 and  became Convening Senior Commissioner of Free State Regional Office from June 2012. 

Xolani Nduna

Senior Commissioner
Mpumalanga

Date of engagement on designation:  01 October 2014

Academic qualifications:  Certificate in Labour Relations, Rand Afrikaans University (1994); Diploma in Education, University of Cape Town (2003); Certificate in Individual Dismissals, University of Witwatersrand (2009); Alternative Dispute Resolution in Labour,  AFSA/University of Pretoria (2010)

Current studies:  Bcom Law, UNISA

Work experience: CCMA Commissioner Level A, CCMA Dispute Managemement and Prevention Commissioner. Trade Union Provincial Organiser for South African Democratic Teachers Union (1995 -2008). Branch Organiser for Chemical Workers Industrial Union (1990-1995) / (1980-1984). Served in ANC and uMkhonto Wesizwe operations -political detainee and a prisoner on Robben Island (1984 -1990).

Arnause Mohlala

Convening Senior Commissioner
Ekurhulemi

Date of engagement on designation: 01 April 2009

Academic qualifications: B. A. University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) (1993); BA Honours in Industrial Relations, UKZN (1994); MPhil in Employee Relations, University of Johannesburg (2000); LLB UNISA (2005)

Work experience: CEPPWAWU Union Organiser; Khotso Batho Mining, Employee Relations Manager. City Power Johannesburg, Employee Relations Manager. Tubatse Ferrochrome, Employee Relations  Manager.

Date of engagement on designation: 12 February 2016

Academic qualifications: Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of South Africa (2014). Labour law Certificate, University of Kwazulu Natal (1997)

Work experience: CCMA Full time Level B (March 2004 to 31 March 2007),  Level A Full -time Commissioner (September 2005 to 31 December 2008), Full time Senior Commissioner (August 2011 to January 2015), Part-time Senior Commissioner (01 February 2015 to 11 February 2016).

Shawn Christiansen

Convening Senior Commissioner
Johannesburg

Date of engagement on designation: 01 September 2014

Current studies: BA Law (Wits)

Work experience: Senior Commissioner CCMA; Level-A Commissioner CCMA; Level-B Commissioner CCMA; Case Managment Officer CCMA