HOD Profile
Bulumko Nelana: Head of Department
 

Mr Bulumko Nelana holds a B.A degree in Politics and Development Studies (University of South Africa (UNISA), MPhil: Sustainable Development Planning and Management (Stellenbosch University), Executive Development Programme (School of Business Leadership - UNISA), Certificate in Project Monitoring and Evaluation (AGEG-Germany), Certificate in Public Management (University of Fort Hare). He is currently studying towards the Internal Consulting Organisational Development at University of Stellenbosch.

His leadership experience stretches from the Business, Government and Non-Governmental Organisational sectors. Among his key competencies are strategy design and operations management with experience in development, planning and project management

He has been consulting for several national and provincial municipalities and designed comprehensive Local Economic Development (LED) projects, learnership management, investment promotion and economic development.  Among the notable activities he facilitated is the process of introducing the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) in the Eastern Cape.

Mr Nelana worked as the General Manager: Strategy at the National Department of Social Development and led the organisational restructuring process. This responsibility led to his participation on the social strategy formulation for the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also represented South Africa in the United Nations as part of a delegation that negotiated the world’s approach to the link between Gender, HIV and AIDS.

His research capabilities are inclined towards Cooperative Governance in Development Planning, Local Economic Development Planning, International Business Strategy and Investment Promotion, Corporate Social Investment, Financial Management, Policy Lobbying and Human Resource Management.

 

Absa Award as the best group academic achievement in the Executive Development Programme class of 1995
Distinctions in Change Management and Leadership Courses of the Executive Development Programme
Johnson & Johnson Scholarship to study matric at St Luke’s Senior College in 1988.

To break away from the pressures of modern day living; he enjoys reading, writing and music.

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