Grace Molatedi Regional Commissioner for the Gauteng Department of Correctional Services

Grace Molatedi has been appointed Regional Commissioner for the Gauteng Department of Correctional Services.

Molatedi joined the Department of Correctional Services in 1996 as the Head of Social Work Services at Rooigrond Management Area. She has 17 years' experience in different portfolios within the department.

She served as the Area Commissioner of Grootvlei Management Area from May 1998 to February 2001.

From March 2001 to September 2004 she was the Provincial Control Officer in the Free State and later became the Regional Head of Development and Care in the Free State and Northern Cape Region.

She was appointed the Area Commissioner of Pretoria Management Area in October 2007 until July 2010. From August 2010 she served as the Deputy Regional Commissioner of Free State and Northern Cape until her appointment as the Regional Commissioner of Gauteng.

Molatedi holds a Degree in Social Work and attended the Presidential Strategic Leadership Development Programme. Some of her responsibilities in her new role include spearheading compliance with supply chain procurement processes.

She will also be responsible for finding creative ways to address challenges of over-crowding particularly in big centres such as Johannesburg to ensure compliance with the Saldanha Judgment on overcrowding.