Musa Sydwell Nkuna

2013 - Present

2008 - 2013

Limpopo Government

Division: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Position: Senior Agric Economist:  Enterprise and Partnership Development

Duties:

• Knowledge of suitable partnership models in the agricultural sector
• Knowledge of corporate governance
• Good understanding of the principles of agricultural cooperatives
• Good understanding of socio and economic environment, consumer needs and market conditions
• Develop marketing plans, translate and implement the plan 
• Good analytical skills to analyse market trends, prices and quantities
• Knowledge of business forms (legal entities)
• Ability to transfer business skills to agricultural businesses e.g. cooperative, etc.
• Establish a network with all relevant stakeholders 
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Prepare business plans specifically for marketing Agricultural businesses. 
• Knowledge of farm planning (assessment of resources; whole-farm concept).
• Knowledge of general economic theory and proven ability to apply in the field of work:

Limpopo Government

Division: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Position: Deputy Manager: Project Re-engineering: SLAG

              Redistribution and Management Systems.

Duties:

• Financial management through the Public Finance Management Act, Division of Revenue Act, Supply Chain Management framework and Municipality Financial Management Act during project delivery.
• Facilitate, develop, and coordinate the implementation of win-win strategies and mechanisms for re-engineering dormant and under-performing SLAG and privately acquired projects.
• Develop business models to de-link the business enterprises from the land ownership structures.
• Coordinate, develop and facilitate the adoption of partnership models that can be implemented province-wide to avoid the prevalence of under and unutilized land 
• Identity possible Strategic Partners from the commercial sector where applicable, to implement the business plan.

2006 - 2008 

Limpopo Government

Divisio: Department of Agriculture

Position: Deputy Manager: Agricultural Value chain.

Duties:

• Conducting situational analysis, Developing strategies and economic production research, Facilitating the establishment and revitalisation of agricultural cooperative and agro-process, Facilitating commodity groups’ formation, providing advisory services, market linkages and value chain analysis, and administrative support services, Promotion of Agri-BEE, Identifying gas and opportunities.

2004 – 2006

Limpopo Government

Division: Department of Agriculture

Position: Agricultural Economist

Duties:

• Analyse and disseminate market information, Provision advisory services to market opportunities, Facilitate and train farmers in the district, Facilitate access to financial assistance and agricultural credit awareness, Facilitate and Promotion of Land reform, Facilitate the establishment and revitalization of agricultural farms/schemes.
• CASP coordinator at the district level- Planning, Budgeting, monitoring and evaluation of the funded CASP projects, managing the project’s demands. 

August  2003 – 2004

Cyrol: Contemporary Youth Out-reach Linkages 

Position: Project coordinator 

Duties:

• Identifying and initiating new business.
• Development of business plans
• Promoting participation of youth
• Linkages with other institutions

2022 – to date  

University of South Africa (UNISA): BCOM in Law.

• Financial accounting and reporting, Administrative law, Introduction to Law, Business Management, Family Law, Law of persons, Macro- Economics, Foundation of South African law, Social dimension of justice, Entrepreneurial Law, Criminal Law, Law of Succession and General Management

2021 – 2022

University of Johannesburg (UJ): Advanced Diploma in Real Estate (NQF7).

• Property Valuation, Real Estate Finance and Investment, Real Estate management, Real Estate Law, Building Construction and Applied Financial Mathematics. 

2017 - 2019

Cape Peninsula University of Technology: National Diploma in Real Estate.

• Property Economics and Finance , Property Valuation , Property Practices , Property Marketing , Property Law, Principle of information system.

2001-2002

University of Limpopo:  B. Agric Honours in Agricultural economics.

• Mathematical economics and macro-economics, statistics and Econometrics, Agribusiness and Rural finance, Agricultural development and project studies, and Agricultural research.

1998 – 2000

University of Limpopo:  Bachelor of Agricultural Management

• Agricultural Economics , Plant production , Animal production .

Academy of Learning: Diploma: Data Capturing.

• Introduction to micro-computer, Lotus 1-2-3, keyboard training, understanding MS-Dos.

Risinga High School: Matric

• English second language, Tsonga first language, Geography, Biology, and Agricultural Science.

Professional Development Certificate

Wits School of Governance:  Economic planning Development and Investment Promotion.

Course: Content

• Governance and Development, Political Economy and economic development, Economic Analysis and Modelling, Economic and Public Finance, Strategic budgeting and planning, Investment promotion.