NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL APPOINTED FOR MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGENENT

17/03/2005: The Minister for Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, today confirmed that Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Deputy Director General to head the Marine and Coastal Management branch of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. “Our Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Monde Mayekiso, formerly a Chief Director in the Marine and Coastal Management Branch, has been appointed to this key position.”
“This appointment comes at a very important time, with the current process to allocate long-term fishing rights underway,” said the Minister. “Dr. Mayekiso's appointment represents a comprehensive strengthening of our management capacity, and will be augmented by other senior appointments and restructuring in the near future.”

Biographical Background:

Dr. Monde Mayekiso was born in 1954 and began his career as a lecturer in Zoology at the University of Fort Hare. He holds a B.Sc., and a B.Sc. (Hon) from the University of Fort Hare, a M.Sc. from Rhodes University, and a Ph.D. in Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science from the University of Maryland in the United States. He was appointed as the Chief Director (Research) at Marine and Coastal Management in 2000 and has most recently been the Programme Manager at the Environmentek division of the CSIR.