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Mr Katse Maphoto is the Chief Director of Nuclear Safety and Technology in the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa wherein he oversees all policy matters related to Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Safety and Emergency Management. He is a board member at the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR), a position he held for almost a period of 10 years. The NNR is a Nuclear Safety Authority in South Africa whose mandate is to protect the people, property and the Environment from harmful effects of ionizing radiation including nuclear damage. He also previously served as a board member of the Nuclear Research and Development company called the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) for about three years. He previously worked as a part-time Physics lecturer at the Cape Town University of Technology (formerly known as Peninsula Technicon) and later as a Physics lecturer at the University of the Free State, a position he held for 2 years. Pursuant to this he was appointed at Necsa as a Nuclear Scientist and later as Nuclear Safety Analyst at Necsa’s Licensing Department for a period of about 5 years. He currently holds a BSC degree in Chemistry and Physics, Honors Degree in Physics and a master’s degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of Limpopo and Western Cape respectively. Executive Leadership Programme with North West University.