Ashley Nyiko Mabasa

Dynamic professional with extensive experience in strategic planning and stakeholder engagement at PwC, the Department of Employment and Labour, and currently at the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. I have more than five years of experience at the management level and two master's degrees from the University of Witwatersrand. Proven track record in enhancing performance reporting and policy analysis, driving significant improvements in organizational efficiency. Adept at data management and fostering collaborative relationships to achieve impactful outcomes in public sector initiatives.

• Nyukela Certificate (2023)
• Policy formulation (2021)
• McKinsey Forward Program (2024)
• ESG framework and reporting (2022)
• Data-driven decision making (2021)
• Problem solving with Excel (2023)

• Themba Masondo, Chief Director of Corporate Services, Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture, 079 199 3421
• Skhumbuzo Ngcobo, senior partner, PwC, 079 046 2518
• Sizwe Phakathi, managing director of Mjaji Research and Development, 078 491 8997

• Policy research
• Thought leadership
• Community development

• MS Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP)
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Project
• Oracle

• BRICS Youth Representative (2023-2025)
• South African Young 200 Mail & Guardian (2022)
• Wits Postgraduate Merit Award (2021)

• Chapter 3: Life of Ideas in the #FeesMustFall; Riot and Writing Reflection on 2015 FeesMustFall
  Society, Work, and Politics Institute

• BusinessDay (May 2025)
  “Decisive Strategic Intervention Needed to Save SA’s Ferrochrome Industry”
• Mail & Guardian (April 2025)
  “We Need to Rethink South Africa’s Growth Model”
• BusinessDay (April 2025)
  “Lessons from Jamaica: Dealing with SA’s Debt Crisis by Following the IMF Playbook”
• BusinessDay (March 2025)
  “SA Can Boost Mineral Beneficiation Through the EU and China”
• Sowetan (March 2025)
  “SA Sabotaging Its Potential by Mismanaging SOEs”
• SAIGA (March 2025)
  “South Africa’s Banks Must Leverage Sustainability and AI to Minimise Risk”
• BusinessDay (February 2025)
  “SA’s Challenges Amid the Global Trade Shift”
• IOL (February 2025)
  “Understanding South Africa’s Democratic Crisis Amidst Rising Populism”
• News24 (February 2025)
  “SA’s Democratic Crisis: Populism, Discontent, and the Search for Belonging”
• Sowetan (February 2025)
  “SA Must Champion Regional Co-operation to Unlock the Full Potential of Its Critical Mineral Reserves”
• BusinessDay (February 2025)
  “Industrial Policy’s Resurgence – Embracing Change at the WEF”
• News24 (January 2025)
  “Transforming TVET Colleges to Break Stereotypes and Build Success”
• BusinessDay (January 2025)
  “SA Has a Compelling Narrative for G20”
• IOL (January 2025)
  “Joburg Mayor, Gauteng Premier Must Fix the Water Crisis”
• IOL (December 2024)
  “Key Political Trends to Watch in 2025: Insights for South Africans”

• PwC (September 2023)
  “Unlocking the Potential of Cities”
• PwC (July 2023)
  “The Government Must Build Trust Through Public & Private Collaboration”
• Bizcommunity (June 2023)
  “Meeting Customer Expectations: The Urgent Need for Transformation in SA’s Telecoms Sector”
• Daily Maverick (February 2022)
  “The ANC’s Survival in a Democratic State Is Threatened by the Decline of Its State Power in Gauteng”
• Green Building Africa (July 2020)
  “Eskom’s Straddling Position Towards PPAs and IPPs Worrisome”
• Fin24 (March 2019)
  “There Can Be No Just Transition to Renewables Without Input from Labour”
• Daily Maverick (March 2019)
  “Youth Apathy Is a Threat to Democracy, So Get Out There and Vote”
  “Why Does the EFF Support the Power Given to Tribal Chiefs and Kings?”
• Daily Maverick (December 2019)
  “Political Education Will Halve the ANC’s Challenges”
• Daily Maverick (August 2018)
  “Dissolve Capitalism to End Unemployment”
• Daily Maverick (December 2018)
  “South Africa’s Energy Policies Will Fail Due to Lack of Co-ordination”
• Daily Maverick (October 2018)
  “The Ongoing Struggle for Affordable Accommodation Renders Free Education Meaningless”