Job Title: chief information officer
Company: W&RSeta
Barnabas Masekwameng is the chief information officer at W&RSeta, a role he has held since 2018. Before joining W&RSeta, Barnabas served as the acting executive head of corporate services and the general manager of business technology and systems for the Independent Development Trust.
He previously served as the acting general manager of IT operations at Transnet SOC Ltd, where he spent over a decade in various leadership roles, including head of corporate centre information management services and executive manager in the office of the group chief information officer.
Earlier in his career, he held senior IT positions at Palladium Strategy Consultants, Interactive Logistics and Bluepeter Management Consulting.
Barnabas holds a PGDip in business administration from GIBS Business School and a BTech in IT management from the Tshwane University of Technology. He also completed a programme in electronic commerce from the Unisa School of Business Leadership and a national diploma in information technology from the Tshwane University of Technology.
Work:
2024 – Present: independent member of ICT steering committee, South African Council for Project & Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP)
2018 – Present: chief information officer, W&RSeta
2017 – Present: owner, Masekwameng Funeral Consultants
2017 – 2018: acting executive head of corporate services, Independent Development Trust
2017 – 2018: general manager of business technology and systems, Independent Development Trust
2016 – 2017: acting general manager of IT operations, Transnet SOC Ltd
2013 – 2017: head of corporate centre information management services, Transnet
2011 – 2013: executive manager in the office of group chief information officer, Transnet
2006 – 2011: senior manager in the office of group chief information officer, Transnet
2005 – 2006: senior business analyst, Palladium Strategy Consultants
2003 – 2005: middle manager of group ICT, Transnet SOC Ltd
2003 – 2004: business analyst, Interactive Logistics
2001 – 2003: business analyst, Bluepeter Management Consulting
Education:
2023: PGDip in business administration, GIBS Business School
2018: MTech in IT management (on hold), Tshwane University of Technology
2012: BTech in IT management, Tshwane University of Technology
2005: Programme in electronic commerce, Unisa School of Business Leadership
2000: National diploma in information technology, Tshwane University of Technology
About company: W&R Seta is a public entity in South Africa responsible for facilitating skills development within the country's wholesale and retail sector. It operates under the Department of Higher Education and Training to provide learnerships, bursaries, and skills programs.
