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Hlengiwe Mkhize
Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize (6 September 1952 – 16 September 2021) was a South African politician who served as Minister of Higher Education and Training and Minister of Home Affairs under President Jacob Zuma. A member of the National Assembly and national executive since May 2009, she was Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities when she died in September 2021. Mkhize trained in clinical psychology and spent over a decade in academia at the University of Zululand and University of the Witwatersrand, until in 1995 she was appointed to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. She chaired the commission's Reparations and Rehabilitation Committee. She went on to serve as South African Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2005 to 2008 before she was elected to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election. Between 2009 and 2017, Mkhize served Zuma's administration as a deputy minister in four different portfolios: she was Deputy Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Telecommunications And Postal Services (South Africa)
The Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services was a Minister (government), Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa, established in 2014 by President Jacob Zuma, and combined into the Minister of Communications (South Africa), Minister of Communications and Telecommunications in 2018 under President Cyril Ramaphosa. References External linksDepartment of Telecommunications and Postal Services Lists of political office-holders in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade. The city was established in 1886 following the discovery of gold on what had been a farm. Due to the extremely large gold de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoako Ramathlodi
Ngoako Ramatlhodi (born 21 August 1955), a senior member of the African National Congress, was South Africa's Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2015 to March 2017. In the first Zuma administration he had been an MP and a controversial member of the Judicial Service Commission. He resigned as MP in 2017. Up to 2015 he was Minister of Mineral Resources. Ramatlhodi claimed in 2017 that Eskom chairperson Ben Ngubane and chief executive Brian Molefe requested that he terminate Glencor's mining licenses in an apparent ruse to facilitate the sale of its Optimum coal mine to the Gupta family. He was assigned to his subsequent ministerial post after he supposedly did not comply. He was axed in the cabinet reshuffle of March 2017, allegedly without being given reasons. His position was taken by a known Zuma ally, the then Free State economic development MEC Mosebenzi Zwane. In the same reshuffle, finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas Mceb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loretta Jacobus
Loretta Jacobus (born 6 April 1962), formerly known as Loretta Bastardo-Ibanez, is a South African politician who served as Deputy Minister of Correctional Services from February 2006 to May 2009. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2013. Before joining the National Assembly, Jacobus served in the National Council of Provinces from 1999 to 2004 and in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 1994 to 1999. She was active in the anti-apartheid struggle and represented the South African Communist Party (SACP) during the multi-party constitutional negotiations of 1993. Early life and career Jacobus was born on 6 April 1962 in Port Elizabeth in the former Cape Province. She studied social work at the University of the Western Cape and in the 1980s was a teacher and social worker in the Transvaal, where she was also active in anti-apartheid organising through affiliates of the United Democratic Front, notably the South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula
Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula (born 13 November 1956) is a South African politician who currently serves as the Speaker of the National Assembly as of 19 August 2021. She has previously held the office of Minister of Defence and Military Veterans from June 2012 to August 2021. She was also the Minister of Home Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and Minister of Correctional Services from 2009 to 2012. Early life and education Mapisa-Nqakula obtained a primary teacher's diploma from the Bensonvale Teachers College. Career In 1984, she left South Africa to undergo military training in Angola and the Soviet Union. During this time she served as the head of a commission that was set up by the ANC to investigate desertions of ANC Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) members to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Angola. For several years she worked with political military structures within the ANC and was deployed to help rebuild ANC structures. In 1993, she became the Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Correctional Services (South Africa)
The Minister of Correctional Services was a Minister (government), minister in the government of South Africa, who was responsible for overseeing the Department of Correctional Services (South Africa), Department of Correctional Services. The ministry existed between 1990 and 2014 – it was known before 1994 as the Ministry of Prisons – and has now been subsumed under the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. Before 1990, correctional services were administered within the Ministry of Justice; a separate department and ministerial portfolio were established only when extensive prison reforms were announced in the early 1990s, under Cabinet of F.W. de Klerk, the cabinet of F.W. de Klerk. In July 2014, at the beginning of the Second Cabinet of Jacob Zuma, second Zuma cabinet, the portfolios were merged again, creating the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services, which now has a dedicated Deputy Minister of Correctional Services and which oversees the Department of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mduduzi Manana
Mduduzi Manana was the South African Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training and member of parliament from 2009 to 2017. Manana earned a BA degree in Political Science and Sociology from University of Natal and was elected to the Regional Executive Committee (REC) of the ANCYL in the Gert Sibande Region in 2006. In 2009, he served in the International Relations & Cooperation and Public Works Portfolio Committees and was later appointed a Whip of the Portfolio Committees on Transport and Public Service and Administration and Governance and Monitoring Cluster in 2011. Assault allegations and charges On 5 August 2017, Mduduzi Manana was involved in an altercation in which he assaulted 3 women for allegedly calling him "gay". This happened at a night club in Johannesburg in the early hours of the morning. He later confessed when he was being confronted by the brother of one of the victims. South African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula Fikile April Mbalula (born 1 April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Higher Education And Training
The Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology is a Minister (government), Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa, with the responsibility of overseeing the higher education and training components of the Department of Education (South Africa), Department of Education. Before 10 May 2009 the portfolio formed part of the Minister of Education (South Africa), Ministry of Education, with responsibility for both basic education and higher education, the former now being the responsibility of the Minister of Basic Education (South Africa), Minister of Basic Education. Ministers with responsibility for Higher Education References External linksMinistry of Education {{SouthAfrica-gov-stub Education ministers of South Africa, Government ministers of South Africa, Education Lists of political office-holders in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madala Masuku
Madala Backson Masuku (born 6 June 1965) is a South African politician, a former Member of Parliament of South Africa (MP) and a Member of the African National Congress (ANC). He is also a Central Committee member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). He was a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and the Deputy Minister of Economic Development from 2014 to 2019. Masuku also served as a Member of the Mpumalanga Executive Council for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Finance under premier David Mabuza. 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 ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebrahim Patel
Ebrahim Patel (born 1962 in District Six in Cape Town) is a South African cabinet minister, who holds the position of Minister of Trade and Industry (South Africa), Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition. He previously served as Minister of Economic Development (South Africa), Minister of Economic Development from 2009 to 2019. Background Patel was born in Cape Town in 1962 into a working-class family, with his mother, a garment worker, being the sole bread winner. He grew up in Lansdowne, Cape Town, Lansdowne and Grassy Park. He has three children, Amilcar, Iqraa and Zamir. Education He completed high school in 1979 and was one of the top 10 matriculants nationally, which afforded him bursaries and scholarships that led him to complete a university degree. He started his tertiary education at the University of the Western Cape in 1980, but due to delays from being politically active, he ended up completing his BA (Bachelor of Arts) degree through the University of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enoch Godongwana
Enoch Godongwana (born 9 June 1957) is a South African politician who has been serving as the Minister of Finance of South Africa in the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa since August 2021. He is also the former head of the African National Congress's economic transformation subcommittee in the national executive committee (NEC). Early life and education Godongwana was born in Cala, Eastern Cape and matriculated from St John’s College in Mthatha. He obtained an MSc degree in financial economics from the University of London in 1998. Career in the private sector Godongwana is a director of Mondi, a paper and packing company, as well as platinum miner Platinum Group Metals. Canyon Springs Investments 12 Godongwana chaired Canyon Springs Investments 12, a shell company which he jointly owned 50% of with his wife. Canyon Springs was found to be involved in allegedly defrauding clothing factory workers of R100-million of their pension fund money from 2007 until 2011. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
