Ambassador Kingsley Makhubela
Tel:(012) 444 6724
Fax:(012) 444 7040
Surname : Makhubela Name : Lucas Mahlasela Alias : Kingsley Date of Birth : 1 April 1961 Marital Status : Single Children : Two sons Mother tongue : Tsonga Education : MA Diplomacy - University of Pretoria
- Tsonga
- English
- Afrikaans
- Zulu
- Xhosa
- Venda
- Sotho
- Northern Sotho
- Portuguese
1978 - 1981
- Active in the Students Movement
- Elected chairperson of the Transvaal region of COSAS
- Member of the ANC underground structures
1981
- Forced into exile and joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)
1981 - 1990
- Underwent military training in the Soviet Union, Angola and East Germany
1990 - 1991
- Personal aide to President Nelson Mandela
1991 - 1994
- Deputy Chief Representative of the ANC Observer Mission to the United Nations
1994 - to date
- Director General of the Department of Tourism
- Chief of State Protocol and Deputy Director General in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation
- Chief Director Responsible for East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands
- High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya
- Permanent Representative to UNEP and the UN-HABITAT
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Portugal
- Appointed Commissioner to Expo '98
- Vice President of Expo '98
- Appointed Presidential Special Envoy for Somalia
Awarded the Grade of the Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique by the President of Portugal
Contact officials in the ODG on the numbers listed hereunder. |
Yogeeta Dheda |
Director |
(012) 444 6729 |
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Kholeka Ndube |
Deputy Director PA to DG |
(012) 444 6732 |
Tebogo Khambule |
Deputy Director Administration |
(012) 444 6731 |
John Masinga |
Assistant Director Administration |
(012) 444 6726 |
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Marjorie Sibiya |
Office Administrator |
(012) 444 6721 |
Tiayana Afrikaner |
Office Administrator |
(012) 444 6730 |
Thobekile Zondi |
Language Practitioner |
(012) 444 6727 |
Caiphus Bilisha |
Driver / Messenger |
(012) 444 6727 |