Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Jeff Radebe has been appointed to the stewardship board of the Shaping the Future of Education, Gender and Work system initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Radebe, who is also National Planning Commission chairperson, is responsible for providing leadership on selected issues relating to education, gender and work.
“I am pleased to be part of a board that seeks to cultivate collective leadership on public–private initiatives with the objective of ensuring that eight-billion people worldwide can live up to their full potential by developing and deploying their talent for maximum benefit to the economy and society,” said Radebe.
He will also attend the System Stewardship board meeting, in Davos, in Switzerland, on Wednesday.
He is currently in the country attending the WEF annual meeting from January 17 to 20.