Job Title: Executive HR Director
Company: University of the Western Cape
Meko Magida is the executive director for HR at the University of the Western Cape.
Previously, he served as HR executive at Golden Arrow Bus Services, chairman of the board of N2 Express JV Company and director of Table Bay Rapid Transit.
Earlier in his career, Meko held leadership positions including director: institutional support at the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, managing member of Magida Human Capital Corporation, senior human resources manager at Woolworths, commissioner at the Commission for Employment Equity, director: equal opportunities and deputy director: labour relations at the Department of Employment and Labour, employment equity manager at the City of Tygerberg, senior development consultant at Liebenberg and Stander Consulting Engineers and candidate attorney at Ngcuka and Matana Attorneys.
Meko holds a master of laws in employment and labour law and a bachelor of laws from the University of South Africa.
Work:
2018 – Present Executive director: HR, University of the Western Cape
2014 – 2017 Chairman of the board, N2 Express JV Company
2013 – 2017 Director, Table Bay Rapid Transit
2009 – 2017 HR executive, Golden Arrow Bus Services
2015 – 2017 President, Commuter Bus Employers Organisation
2007 – 2008 Director: institutional support, Western Cape Provincial Parliament
2004 – 2007 Managing member, Magida Human Capital Corporation
1999 – 2004 Senior HR manager, Woolworths
1998 – 2002 Commissioner, Commission for Employment Equity
1998 – 1999 Director: equal opportunities, Department of Employment and Labour
1996 – 1998 Deputy director: labour relations, Department of Employment and Labour
1999 Employment equity manager, City of Tygerberg
1995 – 1996 Senior development consultant, Liebenberg and Stander Consulting Engineers
1993 – 1995 Candidate attorney, Ngcuka and Matana Attorneys
Education:
2023 Executive studies, University of Oxford
2019 Executive studies, Harvard Business School
2012 – 2015 Master of laws (LLM), employment and labour law, University of South Africa
1997 – 2011 Bachelor of laws (LLB), University of South Africa
1987 – 1991 Baccalaureus procurationis (BProc.), University of the Western Cape
About company: The University of the Western Cape is a public university based in Bellville, Cape Town. The institution offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes across a wide range of disciplines and is recognised for its contributions to research, transformation and social justice in South Africa.
