AFTER THREE-YEAR WAIT SCCOM FINALLY HAS CEO

LOBAMBA – After over three years of waiting, the Swaziland Communications Commission (SCCOM) finally has a substantive chief executive officer (CEO).

This was announced by the Minister of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), Dumisani Ndlangamandla, during the House of Assembly portfolio committee sitting yesterday.

Even though he did not mention the name of the new CEO, this newspaper reliably gathered that the post has been filled by Mvilawemphi Dlamini, who is an employee of Standard Bank Swaziland, where he holds the position of Head of Information Technology and Chief Information Executive Member.

SCCOM is the regulatory body responsible for regulating the communications sector in the country, constituting of telecommunication services and networks, broadcasting services plus the use and allocation of radio spectrum.
Ndlangamandla informed the committee that the CEO was going to assume his duties on April 1.

The minister further announced that the post of the parastatal’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) had also been filled and that the candidate was going to begin work on May 1, 2017.
He was responding to concerns that were raised by the MPs on why the ministry was taking long in filling the vacant post.

The MPs had earlier told the minister that the delay in the hiring of the CEO was a sign that perhaps the position was not important while others asked him to explain if there was a challenge in finding qualified Swazis to fill the post.

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