| Let integrity lead.
| Let integrity lead.
Since March 2020, Busani Ngcaweni has led the National School of Government in South Africa, which has grown into a leading management development institute in Africa and a recognised think tank for public sector reforms and civil service professionalisation. The school serves appointed and elected officials across South Africa and the broader African region. It collaborates with universities worldwide. Before this role, Ngcaweni was Head of Policy and Research in The Presidency and served as Chief of Staff to multiple South African deputy presidents and the current president. His interests span policy development, programme implementation, strategy, leadership and economic governance. He holds academic affiliations as Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Wits School of Governance, Visiting Professor at Fudan University (2024), Visiting Scholar at Toronto Metropolitan University (2015) and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is also a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative.
Ngcaweni writes for leading newspapers in South Africa and China. His most recent of 11 edited volumes include Liberation Diaries Volume 2 (Jacana Media, 2024), African Literature and Intellectual Histories (HSRC Press, 2024) and The Contested Idea of South Africa (Routledge, 2002).
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