Maleatlana Joel Raphela

Mr Joel Raphela has been deputy directorgeneral: mineral regulations since 2011. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Administration and a BA Honours in Public Management from the former Vista University now the University of Pretoria.

Mr Raphela has been with the Department of Minerals since 1999, first as executive assistant and head to the director-general and then chief director in the office of the director-general responsible for providing strategic leadership and executive support to the director-general in the execution of his duties for four years before becoming a deputy director-general in August 2011.

In his current position, Raphela is responsible for, among other things, overseeing the functions that include the administration and evaluation of mineral resource applications in South Africa.