[2] In 1993,[1] Lubisi began his career as a lecturer at the University of Natal's Pietermaritzburg campus, where he worked for the next ten years.
[2] From 2002 to 2003, on secondment from the university, he chaired the Ministerial Project Committee that developed South Africa's National Curriculum Statement for Grades 10 to 12.
[2] At the same time, he was the chairperson of Umalusi from June 2002 to May 2004,[2] and in 2003 he was additionally appointed as a special advisor to the national Minister of Education, Kader Asmal.
[6] On 1 October 2010, Lubisi announced that he would leave the provincial education department to replace Vusi Mavimbela as director-general of the Presidency of South Africa, with effect from 1 November 2010.
[16] The intervention was initially hamstrung by local political resistance,[17] but it was re-appointed afresh – still under Lubisi and his co-chair Mike Sutcliffe – in July 2024.