Lazarus Kgomotso Moeletsi
Socio-Legal Researcher
Pretoria,GP
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Electoral Official
Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
Pretoria
05.2014
- Voting Official during the 7th May 2014 General Elections (part-time remunerative work).
- Reason for leaving: End of Contract.
Deputy Director Programme Evaluations
Office of the Public Service Commission
09.2016 - Current
- Conduct institutional evaluations into all government departments in the public service in terms of the nine values and principles declared under section 195(1) of the Constitution.
- Provide support to the Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist Team Commissioners on research, evaluation and monitoring of the public service and administration.
- Provide support to the National Assembly Committees (Parliament) in conducting its oversight over government departments.
- Manage and execute projects and engage with various stakeholders within the public sector and various other sectors.
- Conduct research, monitoring and evaluation on any issue as per the request of the Commissioners within the public service and administration.
Assistant Director Research Development
Civilian Secretariat for Police Services
07.2011 - 08.2016
- Conducted policy research within the areas of policing, safety and security.
- Write research, policy briefs, speeches, position papers, strategies and policy reports / documents on behalf of the Minister for Police through the Secretary of Police.
- Provide any research and policy support to the Minister of Police through the Secretary of Police.
- Develop policy implementation frameworks and plans together with institutions reporting to the Minster of Police such as the South African Police Services.
- Conduct crime analysis and evaluation of trends, policy gaps, and monitor developments within the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) environment.
- Reason for leaving: promotion to a higher rank.
Independent External Marker
University of South Africa (UNISA)
10.2011 - 09.2014
- Assessed and examined written assignments on a third-year module called: Research Methodology in Criminology- CMY3707 within the Department of Criminology and Security Science.
- Reason for leaving: End of Contract.
Post-Graduate Research Assistant
University of South Africa (UNISA)
07.2009 - 06.2011
- Offered academic and research assistance and support to the head and staff of the Department of Criminology & the Institute for Criminological Sciences.
- Provided support in marking of assignments & examination scripts, preparation of examination question papers, and revising of undergraduate study materials.
- Provided research support to academic staff pertaining to departmental research and community outreach projects (this includes involvement in empirical research and organising seminars and conferences).
- Reason for leaving: End of Contract.
Research Assistant
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
09.2008 - 06.2009
- Offered research assistant and support to the Crime Prevention Research Group staff.
- Conducted research, policy reviews and policy gap analysis for various Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster (JCPS) government departments.
- Furthermore, I attended in-service training programmes on project management, research report writing and research methodology within the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Innovative Learning and Leadership Academy (CILLA).
- Reason for leaving: End of Contract.
Education
Master of Laws (LLM) - Multidisciplinary Human Rights
University of Pretoria (UP)
01.2024
Honours Bachelor of Art - Criminology
University of South Africa (UNISA)
01.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology & Criminology
University of Pretoria (UP)
01.2007
Matric Senior Certificate - undefined
Mmanotshe Moduane High School
01.2003
Skills
Programme Evaluation
Research (qualitative and quantitative methodologies)
Socio-legal Research
Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Public Policy
Strategy Development
Human Rights
Strategic planning
Policy analysis
Programme oversight
Programme management
Programme implementation
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Gender: Male
Nationality: South African
Driving License: Code 10 (C1)
Other Education And Training
- Introduction to Financial Management, National School of Government
- Introduction to Strategic Planning and Management, National School of Government
- Championing Anti-Discrimination in the Public Sector, National School of Government
- Nyukela Public Service SMS Pre-Entry Programme, National School of Government
- Advanced Project Management, Direct Management Solutions
- Ethics in the Public Service, National School of Government
- Toolkit for Participatory Safety Planning, German-Cooperation (under GIZ)
- Policy Writing, Implementation, and Evaluation, Regenesys
- Social Research Methodology, University of Stellenbosch
- Gender and Peacebuilding Workshop, Centre for Conflict Resolutions
- Writing for Publication, University of Stellenbosch
- Criminological Evaluation and Assessment, University of South Africa
Governance Structures And Committees
- Office of the Public Service Commission Research Committee, 2024-04-03, present, Develop research agenda, Provide research support
- Public Service Commission Monitoring and Evaluation Plenary Committee, 2017-01-01, 2022-12-31, Provided administrative support
- Civilian Secretariat for Police Services Ministerial Task Team, 2014-01-01, 2016-12-31, Coordinated research activities
- Executive Council Member of the Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, 2010-01-01, 2011-12-31, Focused on research advocacy
Research Evaluation Policy Legislative Projects
- 2025, Section 196 4 e Report (Constitutional Report on the work of the Public Service Commission to Parliament)
- 2024, Monitoring of the implementation of the Professionalisation of the Public Sector
- 2024, State of the Public Service Report
- 2023, Position Paper on Section 195(1)(b) of the Constitution of Republic of South Africa
- 2022-2023, Evaluation of Public Participation in the City of Matlosana (within mine-affected communities)
- 2021-2022, Evaluation of Public Participation in various provinces (mine-affected and agricultural communities)
- 2022, Promotion of the Constitutional Values and Principles (at SAPS Training Institutions)
- 2020, Report on lessons learnt during and post the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 2019, Report on the outcomes of the SA-EU Dialogue (Value-Based Public Service)
- 2019-2020, Evaluation of the National Department of Public Service and Administration
- 2018, Evaluation of the National Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation
- 2017-2018, Evaluation of the National Department of Human Settlements
- 2016-2017, Evaluation of the National Department of Correctional Services
- 2015-2016, Report of the Committee on Firearms Control and Management (Ministerial Task Team)
- 2015, Position Paper on Demilitarisation of the South African Police Service
- 2015, Policy on enhancing the quality of the South African Police Detective Service
- 2012-2013, National DNA Database Policy
- 2012, Research review into the implementation of Sector policing policy
- 2012, South African Reserve Police Service: Policy Framework and Guidelines
- 2011, Policy and Guidelines: Policing of Public Protests
- 2009-2011, Development of Offender Assessment Tools for the Restorative Justice Centre
- 2008-2009, Development of local safety plans within police precincts (Western Cape Province)
Conference Papers And Journal Articles
- Human rights issues related to unrehabilitated derelict mines, Mintek@90 Conference, 2024-11-11
- Sustainability, human rights, and mine rehabilitation, Department of Jurisprudence and Public Law 2024 Postgraduate Student Conference, 2024-05-23
- Public participation through the use of technology, Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes, 2022-09-01
- Rediscovering Steve Biko: The psychology of oppression in criminological context, 2nd Southern African Students’ Psychology Conference, 2011-06-23
- Conservation criminality and victimisation: a literature study, Acta Criminologica, 2010-01-01
- Steve Biko on Conflict, Crime and Violence, International 2010 Social Science Research in Africa Conference, 2010-08-26
Ethnicity
Black
Affiliations
- Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria
Summary
Experienced Governance Monitoring specialist working as a Deputy Director Programme Evaluations with a strong research background in evaluations, law, and public administration.
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Languages
English
Advanced (C1)
Interests
Research, Governance Monitoring, Human Rights
Quote
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Timeline
Deputy Director Programme Evaluations
Office of the Public Service Commission
09.2016 - Current
Electoral Official
Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC)
05.2014
Independent External Marker
University of South Africa (UNISA)
10.2011 - 09.2014
Assistant Director Research Development
Civilian Secretariat for Police Services
07.2011 - 08.2016
Post-Graduate Research Assistant
University of South Africa (UNISA)
07.2009 - 06.2011
Research Assistant
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
09.2008 - 06.2009
Master of Laws (LLM) - Multidisciplinary Human Rights
University of Pretoria (UP)
Honours Bachelor of Art - Criminology
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology & Criminology
University of Pretoria (UP)
Matric Senior Certificate - undefined
Mmanotshe Moduane High School
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