Benedict Xaba – Chairman
Dipl (Nursing); BA (Hons) (Healthcare Mngt); MDS (Health and Development).
Mr Benedict Xaba joined the EWSC Board as Chairman and non-executive member in June 2014. Mr Xaba served the Government of Eswatini as a Minister for Health from 2008 to 2013 and was also an elected Member of Parliament for the Shiselweni 11 constituency for the same period. Prior to his political appointment, he served as a Director for NATICC which he cofounded. He has also worked in the Ministry of Health and served as a board member for Stop TB in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr Xaba is currently employed by Otsuka Holdings in Geneva as a Senior Public Health Advisor for Africa and is a Special Envoy for TB and Mining in Southern Africa. He serves as an alternate board member of the Global Fund representing East and Southern Africa.
Jabulile Mashwama – Managing Director
MBA ; BA ( Science)
Mrs Jabulile Mashwama joined EWSC as the Managing Director in December 2018. She is an executive member of the EWSC Board. She has previously served as the Minister for Natural Resources and Energy as well as Minister for Commerce. She has vast experience of both the private and public sector coupled with wide international and global experience. In the private sector she served in various technical and senior managerial positions at Coca Cola Swaziland , a renowned international company.
Mvuselelo Fakudze – Non Executive Member
PostGradDip (Acc); ACCA, CA (Eswatini)
Mr Fakudze joined the EWSC Board as a non-executive member in May 2018. Mr Fakudze is currently the Chief Executive of Standard Bank of Eswatini, a position he took up in December 2016. Prior to that Mr Fakudze spent fourteen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Eswatini, six of which he was a partner and another four years at Absa/Barclays Africa where he was based in Johannesburg.Mr Fakudze qualified as a Chartered Accountant (through ACCA) in January 2001 after finishing his articles at PwC.
He completed a post graduate diploma in accounting at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.Mr Fakudze has served on various boards both in Eswatini and South Africa. Some of them include Tibiyo Taka Ngwane, Eswatini Charitable Trust, ALLPAY, and some securitisation vehicles whilst at Absa to name but a few.
Zandile Nhleko – Non Executive Member
MPH (Maternal & Child Health); BNSc(Community Health Nursing)
Mrs. Zandile Nhleko joined the EWSC Board as a non executive member in May 2018. She is an accomplished public health practitioner with over 15 years’ experience working with non-profit organizations on various community based health initiatives.She has worked extensively with the Ministry of Health and international organizations; participating in various technical working groups, curriculum development for health care workers in pediatric HIV care and adolescent SRH.
She is currently employed by the Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Eswatini where is serves as the Programs Manager, responsible for the management, expansion and development of various projects aimed at improving paediatric and adolescent health. Mrs. Nhleko is very young at heart, and is passionate about children and empowering adolescents and young people.
Sipho Dlamini – Non Executive Member
Dip (Criminology/Police Studies)
Mr Sipho Dlamini joined the EWSC Board as a non-executive member in 2018. He is a retired police officer, his last rank being that of National Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Eswatini Police.During his tenure as a police officer he served in a number of key strategic departments. Some of the ranks he held include, Station Commander (various police stations); Commandant (Police Academy) and Officer In Charge in the faculty of Management and Leadership (Police Academy).
Mr Dlamini has also worked with local, regional and international organisations such as the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO), Interpol and NGOs.
Sindisiwe Mango – Non Executive Member
BA (Law); LLB; Adv. Dip (Labour Law); Cert (HRM)
Ms Mango joined the EWSC Board as a non-executive member in August 2020. She is the General Manager, Corporate Services at the Eswatini National Provident Fund (ENPF). In the period 2012 to 2016, she was Manager, Corporate Support at the Komati Basin Water Authority (KOBWA) and prior to that she held the positions of Human Resources Manager, Industrial Relations Manager at Eswatini Water Services Corporation (EWSC) and Assistant Legal Advisor at Swazi Paper Mills. Ms Mango has also served in different committees and Boards in positions including Chief Negotiator (EWSC), Principal Officer (EWSC and KOBWA Pension Funds). Ms Mango is a Board Member at the Institute of Development and Management (IDM) and Swazi Plaza Properties. At a professional level, she is a member of the Institute of People Management(Eswatini and RSA) and the Southern African Institute of Directors.
Dr Kenneth Msibi – Non Executive Member
BSc, CDE, PGD (Hydrology); MSc (Water Resources Eng); PhD (Water Resources Eng)
Dr Msibi joined the EWSC Board as a non-executive member in July 2020. He is currently an Independent Consultant and Managing Director for Solar Power Africa. Prior to that he served the SADC Secretariat as a Policy and Strategy Expert and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy as Acting Director, Water Affairs. He has also worked for Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation as an Assistant Irrigation Engineer. At regional level, Dr Msibi has occupied the position of Chairman of the Global Water Partnership of Southern Africa (GWP-SA) and has also authored publications in the Water International Journal, Physics and Chemistry of the\r\nEarth Journal and SADC Publications to name a few.
Dorcas Dlamini. – Non Executive Member
Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources & Energy,
