Job Title: Chief Information Officer
Company: Free State Department of Health
Bandile Ntombela has been the CIO at the Free State Department of Health since April 2017. Before his current role, he served as the IT director at the Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure. Bandile has extensive experience in ICT infrastructure, governance and digital health in the public sector, as well as leading private organisations like Nedbank.
Additionally, he continues to dedicate himself to lifelong learning. Bandile holds an MBA and several postgraduate diplomas in subjects ranging from CIO practice, business administration and public health management from leading institutions such as the University of Pretoria and Wits University.
Bandile is a nominee for the 2025 CIO Awards for his work at the Free State Department of Health.
Work
2017 – Present CIO, Free State Department of Health
2012 – 2017 Director: IT, Free State Department of Public Works and Infrastructure
2011 – 2012 Business Analyst and Product Manager, Nedbank Corporate
2008 – 2011 Business Analyst, BSG
2007 – 2008 Junior Lecturer, University of Johannesburg
Education
2021 – 2023 MSc Medical Science and Health Informatics, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
2018 – 2019 Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Management, University of Pretoria
2015 – 2017 Postgraduate Diploma in CIO Practice, University of the Witswatersrand
2012 – 2014 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Milpark Business School
2011 Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, Milpark Business School
2009 – 2010 BCom (Honours) in Information Systems, University of the Witwatersrand
2004 – 2008 BTech in Information Systems, University of Johannesburg
2004 – 2006 National Diploma in Information Technology, University of Johannesburg
About company: The Free State Department of Health is a provincial government agency responsible for providing health services and promoting public health in the Free State province.
