Keamogetswe Bopalamo

Public sector manager with more than 11 years of municipal experience, including human settlements policy and programme responsibilities since 2015.

Currently Manager: Policy and Programmes Sector Plan and Housing Accreditation at Rustenburg Local Municipality.

Experience spans strategic planning, IDP alignment, housing accreditation, programme oversight, monitoring and evaluation, research, risk management, capacity support and stakeholder coordination. Brings earlier executive office experience in performance reporting, correspondence, council resolution tracking and budget monitoring.

Communication

Science graduate, published author and Mandela Washington Fellow, currently pursuing an honours degree in Marketing at UCT, specialising in Consumer Neuroscience.

Manager: Policy and Programmes Sector Plan and Housing Accreditation - Rustenburg Local Municipality | Human Settlements - Rustenburg, South Africa

(2026-06)

Retains the policy, accreditation and programme responsibilities of the earlier role, with the following additional duties.

• Develop and maintain the municipal Human Settlements Sector Plan, integrating its priorities into the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) to support strategic alignment.
• Align municipal sector planning with provincial and national development programmes to support coordinated human settlements delivery.
• Prepare and maintain a land databank for housing projects, including site inspections, land data verification and planning procedures.
• Undertake site pre-feasibility studies covering strategic impact assessments, bulk services availability, geographical surveys, land and legal constraints, and preliminary site servicing costs.
• Assess municipal housing needs to inform strategic priorities, housing planning and programme development.
• Research the impact of housing programmes on the livelihoods of beneficiaries.
• Research the impact of illegal immigration and asylum seekers on the housing delivery programme.

Policy Development Coordinator - Rustenburg Local Municipality | Human Settlements - Rustenburg, South Africa

(2015 - 2026)

• Coordinated Level 1 and Level 2 housing accreditation activities, supporting municipal institutional readiness and implementation planning.
• Developed accreditation business plans aligned with the revised accreditation framework to support programme planning and institutional objectives.
• Developed local housing policy in line with applicable legislation, policy and prescripts.
• Managed research into the impact of housing programmes on beneficiary livelihoods.
• Managed development and review of the Human Settlements Sector Plan, supporting municipal strategic planning.
• Managed capacity support programmes and coordinated employee training requirements to strengthen institutional capacity.
• Monitored and evaluated housing programmes and projects, and compiled performance assessment reports against the unit's key performance areas and key performance indicators (KPAs and KPIs).
• Managed housing consumer education and First Home Finance programmes.
• Performed risk officer responsibilities for the Human Settlements unit, supporting risk management and programme governance.
• Supervised clerical assistants assigned to the Research Section.

Executive Secretary - Rustenburg Local Municipality | Office of the Executive Mayor - Rustenburg, South Africa

(2013 - 2015)

• Coordinated activities between the Executive Mayor's Office and internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepared executive and management meeting packs, minutes and reports, and provided administrative support for in-person and virtual collaboration.
• Tracked incoming and outgoing correspondence and monitored the implementation of council resolutions.
• Managed the executive diary, travel and subsistence arrangements, and protocol responsibilities.
• Compiled senior management performance assessment reports and monitored the Executive Office budget.

Personal Assistant to Deputy Headmasters - Lebone II College of Royal Bafokeng - Phokeng, South Africa

(2011 - 2013)

• Prepared management meeting packs, recorded meeting proceedings and coordinated diaries, office administration, travel and subsistence arrangements.
• Established the college's first events management unit and planned events, including a Setswana-English dictionary launch.
• Wrote and edited the college's first yearbook in 2012.
• Coordinated the alumni committee.

Marketing Assistant - Waterfall Mall Website - Rustenburg, South Africa

(2010 - 2011)

Junior Media Planner - OMD Media Directions - Johannesburg, South Africa

(2007 - 2009)

Honours degree - Marketing; Specialisation: Consumer Neuroscience - University of Cape Town (UCT)

Bachelor's degree - Communication Science - University of South Africa (UNISA) (2017)

Diploma - Advertising Management - College Campus, Independent Institute of Education (2008)

Matric / Senior Certificate - Potchefstroom High School for Girls (2003)