Draft:Nasiphi Moya

Dr Nasiphi Moya is a South African politician currently serving as the Deputy Executive Mayor in the City of Tshwane and as Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) responsible for Community and Social Development Department.

Education
Dr. Moya completed her Bachelor of Social Science in Politics and Public Policy & Administration degree from the University of Cape Town in 2007.

In 2008, she obtained her honours Degree Social Science, specialising in Public Affairs and Administration, and in 2011, she obtained her Master of Philosophy (MPhil.), specialising in Public Policy and Administration from the University of Cape Town.

She obtained her Ph.D. Political Science from the University of the Western Cape in 2021, and has a Certificate of Competence/Attendance from the UCT & LSE Winter Course where she studied Democracy and Development in Africa with University of Cape Town.

Academic career
Dr. Moya started her working career as a Tutor and Teaching Assistant in the Political Science Department at the University of Cape Town.

She was appointed as a Research Assistant and Project Administrator dealing with Democracy in Africa Research Unit (DARU) & African Legislatures Project. She was later appointed as a Research Assistant at the Community Law Centre, University of Western Cape, from February 2010 to December 2010.

She also served as the Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant: Programme Evaluation at Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) and later as the Office and Projects Assistant at Bertha Philanthropies Services (Pty) Ltd in 2011.

Political career
Dr. Moya joined the Democratic Alliance in 2011, and it is where she was spotted as a hard worker and a woman who is committed to changing the politics of South Africa.

During her tenure at the Democratic Alliance, she served as the National Manager: Performance Development and Management System at the party's national office, and later served as the Provincial Manager: Support Services in the party's Gauteng provincial office.

In 2016, Moya was appointed as the Group Head in the Office of the Chief Whip in the City of Tshwane, and in 2019, as the Chief of Staff in the Office of the for Executive Mayor in the City of Tshwane, Stevens Mokgalapa.

She joined ActionSA in 2021, where she is currently serving as a Chief Director of Governance.

Dr. Moya was sworn in as PR Councillor in the City of Tshwane on the 18th January 2024 and shortly thereafter, elected as Deputy Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane during a Council meeting.

Deputy Mayor of Tshwane
During her term as the City of Tshwane Deputy Executive Mayor so far, Dr. Moya has demonstrated a strong commitment to improving service delivery.

She has notably led the charge in the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant project, where substantial progress has been made to improve the plant’s capacity to purify waste water.

This was seen as a critical step towards ensuring clean water is accessible for thousands of households in the community of Hammanskraal north of Tshwane, after a cholera outbreak in the area in 2023 put its quality of water under the spotlight.