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First Cabinet Of Jacob Zuma
Following his election as President of South Africa in the 2009 general election, Jacob Zuma announced his first cabinet on 10 May 2009. There were a total of 34 ministerial portfolios in the cabinet. On 31 October 2010, President Zuma announced a reshuffle in which two ministers were reassigned, seven were replaced, and seventeen new deputy ministers were appointed. On 24 October 2011, two ministers were removed, two were reassigned to new portfolios, two deputy ministers were promoted to ministers, two deputy ministers were reassigned, and two new deputy ministers were appointed. On 9 July 2013, President Jacob Zuma fired Minister of Communications Dina Pule because of irregular spending activities. She was replaced by Yunus Carrim, the former Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Zuma also relieved Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale, replacing him with Connie September. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yunus Carrim
Yunus Carrim is a South African politician who served as the Minister of Communications from 2013–2014. Carrim is a self-proclaimed Marxist and serves on the South African Communist Party Central Committee and is a Politburo member. Currently, Honorable Carrim is also a board member of The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund (French: ''Réseau parlementaire sur la Banque mondiale et le FMI'') is an independent inter-parliamentary organization aiming to increase transparency and accountability in .... References Living people South African politicians of Indian descent Alumni of the University of Warwick Communications ministers of South Africa Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Members of the National Council of Provinces {{KwaZuluNatal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Tshwete
Pamela Tshwete (born 3 October 1961) is a politician, member of the African National Congress and current the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation in South Africa. She is a widow of Steve Tshwete. She was first elected in 2002. See also *African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights *Constitution of South Africa *History of the African National Congress *Politics in South Africa *Provincial governments of South Africa The nine provinces of South Africa are governed by provincial governments which form the second layer of government, between the national government and the municipalities. The provincial governments are established, and their structure defined ... References External links Government biography Living people 21st-century South African politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Women members of the National Assembly of South Africa 21st-century South African women politicians 1951 births {{EasternCape-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jeffery (South African Politician)
John Harold Jeffery (born 31 October 1963) has been the Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development in South Africa since 2013. He was appointed by President Jacob Zuma in a cabinet reshuffle on 9 July 2013, and has remained in the post throughout the tenure of current President Cyril Ramaphosa. Life and career Jeffery was born in Mauritius and grew up in George in South Africa. He has an BA in Political Science and English, an LLB, and a postgraduate diploma in Environmental Law from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He was active in anti-Apartheid politics, and he practiced briefly as an attorney, including, in the early 1990s, on cases involving political violence in KwaZulu-Natal. He left to pursue his political career in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature, to which he belonged from 1994 to 1999. In South Africa's second democratic elections in 1999, he was elected to the National Assembly on the African National Congress (ANC) list for KwaZulu-Natal. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andries Nel
Andries Carl Nel is the Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs in the Republic of South Africa. He was the Deputy Minister for Constitutional Development from May 2009 until 9 July 2013 and has been a member of Parliament for the African National Congress (ANC) since 1994. Education Nel holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Pretoria. Political career Mr Nel served as Whip of Portfolio Committee on Justice and House Whip from 2000 to 2002. Between 2006 and 2007 he served as Acting Chief Whip of the African National Congress (ANC) and as a Chairperson of House of the National Assembly between 2008 and 2009. He has served as Deputy Chief Whip of the ANC from 2002 to 2008, a member of Portfolio Committees on Justice and Constitutional Development, Correctional Services, Health, Home Affairs, Communications, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA). He has also served in various Ad hoc committees as well as internal parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Transport
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agencies administering transport in nations who do not employ ministers. Specific responsibilities may include overseeing road safety, civil aviation, maritime transport, rail transport, developing government transportation policy, organizing public transport, and the maintenance and construction of infrastructural projects. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas such as infrastructure, public works, waterworks, construction, communication, housing and economic activities, such as industry and trade. In many jurisdictions, transportation policy is often assumed by an infrastructure ministry. Country-related articles and lists See also * Department of Transportation References {{Types of government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Martins
Dikobe Ben Martins (born 2 September 1956, Alexandra township, Gauteng), is a former Minister of Energy and has held other posts in the Cabinet of South Africa. He has served in Parliament since 1994 and has been a Central Committee Member of the South African Communist Party. Education Ben Martins was born in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg and attended school at St Joseph's School in Aliwal North, Bechet College in Durban and Coronationville High School in Johannesburg. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Africa, a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree from the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal) and a Master of Law Degree (LLM) as well as a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practice from the University of Cape Town. Early activist career Martins was a member of the Black Consciousness Movement beginning in the 1970s. He was utilized for his artistic background after having studied at Bill Ainslie's studio and at the Federated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Energy
An energy minister is a position in many governments responsible for energy production and regulation, developing governmental energy policy, scientific research, and natural resources conservation. In some countries, environmental responsibilities are given to a separate environment minister. Country-related articles and lists * : Minister for the Environment and Energy * : Minister of Energy * : Ministry of Energy * : Ministry of Mines and Energy * : Minister of Natural Resources * : Minister of Climate and Energy * : European Commissioner for Energy * : Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy * : Ministry of Energy of Georgia * : Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 2013) * : Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change * : Secretary for the Environment * : Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism * : Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources * : Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications * : Ministry of Energy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipuo Peters
Elizabeth Dipuo Peters (born 13 May 1960 in Kimberley, Northern Cape) was the Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa from 10 July 2013 until 30 March 2017, in the Zuma administration, and former Minister of Energy from 2009 to 2013 having served as successor to Manne Dipico as the second Premier of the Northern Cape Province, 22 April 2004 to 10 May 2009. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she serves on the Women's League National Executive Committee. Dipuo Peters resigned as a member of parliament for the African National Congress in April 2017. Education Peters went to school at Tidimalo Junior Secondary and Tshireleco Senior Secondary in Kimberley. A few years after matriculating, she enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work at the University of the North (1987). She subsequently studied for a Certificate in Development and Public Policy from the University of the Western Cape (1996); a Certificate in Executive Management from the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechesa Tsenoli
Solomon Lechesa Tsenoli is a South African politician who currently serves as the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa. See also *African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights *Constitution of South Africa *History of the African National Congress *Politics in South Africa *Provincial governments of South Africa The nine provinces of South Africa are governed by provincial governments which form the second layer of government, between the national government and the municipalities. The provincial governments are established, and their structure define ... References Living people 21st-century South African politicians African National Congress politicians Members of the National Assembly of South Africa Year of birth missing (living people) People from the Free State (province) {{FreeState-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Baloyi
Masenyani Richard Baloyi was the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs under South African President Jacob Zuma, from 2009 to 2014. Before, he was Minister of Public Service and Administration in Kgalema Motlanthe's cabinet (25 September 2008 to 9 May 2009). References See also *African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights *Constitution of South Africa *History of the African National Congress *Politics in South Africa *Provincial governments of South Africa The nine provinces of South Africa are governed by provincial governments which form the second layer of government, between the national government and the municipalities. The provincial governments are established, and their structure defined ... Living people Government ministers of South Africa Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie September
Cornelia "Connie" September (born 26 June 1959, Cape Town) is a retired South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...n politician that served as Minister of Human Settlements from 2013–2014. on People's Assembly Early life September grew up on the West Coast where her mother would send her for holidays. She worked as clothing factory worker in Salt River with little interest in politics or trade unions, though she began her political activism here in the trade union and labour movement.References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
