Thabang Nthabeleng Rampa is the Manager of Regulatory Affairs of the DSA. Before joining the DSA on 10 February 2025, she was a Chief Food Safety and Quality Assurance Officer at the National Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) under the Directorate: Food Safety and Quality Assurance for 8 years. Thabang was responsible for compiling and amending various regulations, i.e. the regulations for Geographical Indications, Tea, Coffee, Rooibos, Edible Ices and Dairy and provided technical interpretation of the regulations to their national and international stakeholders. At DALRRD, Thabang also represented South Africa at the Special Committee for Geographical Indications of the EU SADC Economic Partnership Agreement. Thabang was appointed as a Medical Biological Scientist at the National Department of Health under the Directorate: Food Control in 2015 where she was responsible for compiling and maintaining regulations pertaining to food contaminants. In 2006, Thabang worked as Research and Development for RCL and then went on to be a Quality Assurance Laboratory Technician conducting analytical analysis on wheat and maize products.

Thabang has achieved a National Diploma in Food Technology at the Durban University of Technology in 2002 and a Btech in Food Technology at the Tshwane University of Technology in 2013. Thabang also acquired a certificate in Total Quality Management from UNISA in 2011 and a certificate in Legislative Drafting from the University of Pretoria in 2015. Thabang will be an LLB graduate at UNISA in the upcoming 2025 graduation ceremony.