Nomawethu Solwandle
Chief Director: Communications and Marketing
Nomawethu Solwandle is a seasoned communications professional with extensive experience spanning journalism, strategic communications, media relations and public sector communication.
She currently serves as Chief Director: Communications and Marketing at South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), where she leads strategic communication initiatives aimed at strengthening public engagement, promoting digital transformation and enhancing awareness of government programmes.
Her career includes a decade in journalism with the South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC), followed by six years at the City of Cape Town, where she held leadership roles in Communications and Customer service.
Nomawethu holds a Master’s degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University and a BA in Journalism and industrial sociology from Rhodes University.
She is passionate about credible, people-centred communication and believes in the power of effective storytelling to build public trust, promote accountability and connect government with the communities it serves.
Nomawethu Solwandle is a seasoned communications professional with extensive experience spanning journalism, strategic communications, media relations and public sector communication.
She currently serves as Chief Director: Communications and Marketing at South Africa’s Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), where she leads strategic communication initiatives aimed at strengthening public engagement, promoting digital transformation and enhancing awareness of government programmes.
Her career includes a decade in journalism with the South African Broadcasting
Corporation (SABC), followed by six years at the City of Cape Town, where she held leadership roles in Communications and Customer service.
Nomawethu holds a Master’s degree in journalism from Stellenbosch University and a BA in Journalism and industrial sociology from Rhodes University.
She is passionate about credible, people-centred communication and believes in the power of effective storytelling to build public trust, promote accountability and connect government with the communities it serves.