Zukiswa Kota

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.

An alumnus of the Open Government Leadership Collaborative, Zukiswa has also been a
member 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 in South Africa.

Twitter: @ZukiswaKota