Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) chair Nelisiwe Magubane has died at 56, the department of mineral resources & energy said in a statement on Monday, without giving further details.
Magubane was well respected and held numerous senior roles in the public and private sectors in a career spanning more than 25 years. She began her career at Eskom after completing a BSc Electrical Engineering at the University of Natal in the early 1990s.
She also held a postgraduate diploma in business administration, from the University of West London and an MBA from Milpark Business School, reports say.
In November 2000, she joined the department of energy as the chief director responsible for the restructuring of the electricity sector, including the planning and implementation of the electrification programme.
She was later appointed as deputy director-general responsible for the development of policies that governed electricity, nuclear and clean energy in SA. She served as director-general of the department from 2009 to 2014.
In 2018, Magubane was appointed as a nonexecutive director at Eskom. She was also an executive chair of Matleng Energy Solutions and served as a non-executive director at various energy companies in SA.
“Ms Magubane has served SA with utmost dedication and excellence in the various roles she occupied in the public service,” the department said in a statement.
At the time of her passing, Magubane the chair of the SFF, which is responsible for the management of SA’s strategic crude oil stockpile.
The SFF became the subject of controversy in 2015 when 10-million barrels of crude reserves were irregularly sold off at below-market prices.
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