Chief Scout

Reverend Vukile Mehana is the Chief Scout of South Africa.

The National Scout Council of the South African Scout Association elected Reverend Vukile C Mehana as Chief Scout at its meeting in Pretoria on 13 March 2005 by unanimous vote. The appointment is effective from 1 July 2005.

Rev. Mehana is an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. He is the official Co-ordinator of the National Chaplaincy of the African National Congress.

Having recently served as the Executive Director of Bulktrans (Pty) Ltd, responsible for Business and Strategic Development, he is currently the Senior Advisor in the office of the CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, specifically responsible for Partnerships within South Africa and Government Relations. Before that, during 2002, he was initially the General Manager for Black Business Development, and subsequently the Group General Manager for Black Economic Empowerment at ABSA Bank. He represented ABSA in all forums dealing with the transformation of the financial sector and the banking industry. During 2001 he was an Executive Director at Lurgi South Africa (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of a German Chemical and Engineering conglomerate. In this position he was responsible for Business Development, Transformation and Human Resources.

He holds a B.Th. Degree from Rhodes University, AMP from INSEAD Business School, France. He attended the Top Management Programme for Public Enterprises at the National University of Singapore. He holds an MBA from De Montfort University (UK).