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Zukiswa Kota is currently a Programme Manager at the Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM), a regional civil society organisation based in South Africa. She has extensive experience supporting various social and budget justice interventions including the coordination of a civil society coalition working with the South African National Treasury to deepen public participation, transparency and fiscal accountability. Zukiswa is passionate about promoting social accountability and open governance in Africa
including through support to pan-African learning networks such as the Civic Tech Innovation Network. Prior to her current role, Zukiswa was an education researcher and has
written extensively on the subjects of resourcing, planning and governance in South Africa.An alumnus of the Open Government Leadership Collaborative, Zukiswa has also been amember of South Africa’s Interim Steering Committee for the Open Government Partnership.She serves on the boards of various organisations such as the Equal Education Law Centre and Corruption Watch as well as on the Advisory Board of the Public Economy Project at Wits University. She is a founding Chairperson of the Budget Justice Coalition and the Imali Yethu Coalition for Open Budgets.