Editing Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi

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H.E. Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, born in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa on 26th of June 1967, is a senior official in the government of South Africa.

== Political Career ==

In his capacity as the Deputy Secretary General of the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), he served in the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). Upon joining the South African government in 1997, Nkosi was posted to the SA Permanent Mission in Geneva. In 1999 Nkosi was appointed as the Director: International Relations in the Department of Labour. In 2000, he was transferred to the Department of Foreign Affairs where he assumed the position of Director in the Office of the Director-General. In 2003, Nkosi was promoted to the position of Chief Director, firstly responsible for North Africa, and later for West and Central Africa. In 2007, he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director-General responsible for Africa Bilateral relations.  In 2012, Nkosi was appointed as South Africa’s Ambassador Extra-ordinaire and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium, the European Union and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. 
He has served in several senior positions in the Foreign Ministry of post-Apartheid South Africa. Since February 2012 he has been South African Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Head of Mission to the European Union.[1]
An expert in the field of international relations and diplomacy, Nkosi previously headed Africa Branch in the Foreign Ministry. He has travelled extensively in Africa, and accompanied high-level delegations of former President Thabo Mbeki, President Jacob Zuma, former Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

== Education ==

Nkosi was a student and youth activist in Soweto, occupying several leadership positions in the Azanian Students' Congress (AZASO) and in the South African Students' Congress (SANSCO). Nkosi holds a Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies.

== Further information ==

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz9_wnfZWy4 A Lecture by H. E. Amb. Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi – „Using Cultural Diplomacy to Enhance Africa-EU Relations" at The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU, The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Brussels, May 22nd - 24th, 2014]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpR6JYzybcA An Interview with H. E. Amb. Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi at The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the EU, The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Brussels, May 22nd - 24th, 2014]

== External link ==

[http://www.cd-n.org/index.php?h-e-amb-mxolisi-sizo-nkosimxolisi-sizo-nkosi-ambassador-of-south-africa-to-belgium-and-luxembourg-and-mission-to-the-european-union%20 Institute for Cultural Diplomacy]