Cassius Lubisi

Cassius Lubisi
Director-General of the Presidency of South Africa
In office
1 November 2010 – 31 August 2020
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded byVusi Mavimbela
Succeeded byPhindile Baleni
Personal details
BornCassius Reginald Lubisi
1955 or 1956 (age 69–70)
EducationInkamana High School
Alma materUniversity of Natal
University of Nottingham
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Cassius Reginald Lubisi (born 1955 or 1956) is a South African educationist and civil servant. He was the director-general of the Presidency of South Africa between November 2010 and September 2020 under Presidents Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa. In November 2021, he was appointed as the chairperson of the Human Sciences Research Council.

Lubisi entered government in the education sector, serving stints as chairperson of Umalusi from 2002 to 2004, as a special advisor and deputy director-general in the national Department of Education from 2003 to 2004, and as head of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education from 2005 to 2010. Before that, he was a lecturer at the University of Natal.