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Education Management Association of South Africa,
in partnership with the University of Kwazulu-Natal

THEME: The Benefits of Education Leadership and Student Success beyond the learning institutions

The Vision of EMASA:
EMASA is the premier association in South Africa in the field of education management, leadership and administration and we are information leaders who lead through partnerships collaboration and innovation.

The Mission is:

EMASA promotes and strengthens its members through learning, advocacy and networking initiatives. To demonstrate and promote the essential role to further education through professional development, advancement of knowledge and leadership.

Memo to members - 15 August 2011

EMASA Strategic Plan 2011-2014

Eugene Daniels

Eugene Daniels is currently the Director of Metro South Education District in the Western Cape. He has been involved in a range of organisations since 1976 and is actively engaged in addressing the educational challenges facing our country.

Rufus Mmutlana

Mr Rufus Mmutlana is serving as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Matthew Goniwe School of Leadership and Governance (MGSLG). He has extensive experience in training, management and leadership development. He specialises in HRD and institutional development.

Mr Mmutlana holds two masters degrees: Master of Management from Wits University and Master of Arts from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  He is a teacher by profession and a seasoned training manager and an human resources development expert.

He previously served as Deputy Director-General at PALAMA (the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy), where he was leading the delivery of a wide range of capacity building programmes for public servants in the three-spheres of government. His other previous positions include serving as a Chief Director: Management and Leadership Development at SA Management Development Institute (SAMDI); Manager: Institute for Applied Communication at the former Technikon South Africa; Senior Lecturer: Education and Communication Studies at a University of Technology and a Lecturer at a College of Education and a University.
He has presented several papers at and served on various national HRD forums and the most recent one is his contribution as Chairperson for the Public Service Trainers’ Forum.

I belong to the disciple called Educational Leadership, Management and Policy (ELMP) that is located in the Faculty of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). My highest qualification is Doctor of Education. My activities in the Faculty include teaching, research, research supervision and coordination of programmes and modules. Currently, besides coordinating the entire programme called ‘ACE School Leadership’, which is a two year diploma for practising principals, I also teach and coordinate two modules, ‘Understanding School Leadership and Management’ and ‘Managing organisational system, Physical and Financial Resources’ to ACE students. I also teach leadership modules ‘Introduction to Educational leadership and management’ to BEd (Hons) as well as ‘Educational Leadership and Management’ to MEd students. I am also involved in the supervision of students’ research projects at all levels (BEd-Hons, MEd, and PhD) at UKZN and do evaluations of MEd and PhD research projects of students from other universities.

My interest area is leadership generally and educational leadership and management in particular. In addition, issues of leadership development and its connection with institutional growth fascinate me, and my research has focused on this aspect. My research has also covered issues of leadership in schools, traditional leadership and possible linkages between educational leadership, traditional leadership and local government. Before I joined UKZN, I worked as a researcher for research organisations, such as the Centre for Educational Research Education and Policy (CEREP) which was located at the ex-University of Durban-Westville. I also worked for the Centre for Education Policy Development (CEPD) as a Senior Researcher. My work prior to that was school-based and I was a school principal for 10 years.

I have attended and presented papers at various conference and symposia, nationally and internationally. Some of these conferences include the following:

• Kenton Conference held at Goudini Spa, Worcester(30 October-02 November, 2003).
• South Africa-Sweden Systems Research Collaboration Symposium held at Örebro University-Sweden (24-28 September, 2005).
• “Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) held at the International Convention Centre Durban , (8-12 September, 2008)
• District Policy Implementation Conference held at Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, held at Taung, North West (24-25 July, 2009).
• Rural development week Summit conducted by Independent Development Trust (IDT) held at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal (17-19 March, 2010).
• Hosting and Harvesting Conference hosted by CCEAM/ACEL, held in Sydney, Australia (29 September-01 October, 2010).