Themba Maseko

Themba Maseko is the former CEO of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and government spokesperson.

After a brief term as Member of Parliament in 1994, Maseko was appointed as head of the Gauteng Department of Education before he became director general of the national Department of Public Works.

He holds a BA LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand where he was involved in student politics in the 1980s.
Maseko currently works as an independent communications consultant and part-time lecturer at the Wits School of Governance. He lives in Johannesburg.

Author's books

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For My Country

Why I Blew the Whistle on Zuma and the Guptas

This deeply personal and revelatory account describes the challenges faced by a civil servant who refused to be ‘captured’ and his disillusionment at how the principles of the struggle were undermined during the Zuma era.

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For My Country 2400×2400

For My Country (Audiobook)

Why I Blew the Whistle on Zuma and the Guptas

This deeply personal and revelatory account describes the challenges faced by a civil servant who refused to be ‘captured’ and his disillusionment at how the principles of the struggle were undermined during the Zuma era.

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