Current Position:

    •    Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs of the Republic of South Africa since 24 October 2011

    •    Member of Parliament since 1999.
    •    Member of African National Congress (ANC).
    •    Member of Parliamentary Committee on Public Service and Administration.
    •    Member of National Assembly Rules Committee.
    •    Member of Joint Rules Committee on Ethics and Members Interest.
    •    Member of the Ad Hoc Committee on African Peer Review Mechanism (APRW) on Democracy and Good Governance

    Academic Qualification

   • Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of the North

   • Senior Leadership Development Programme from University of Botswana

   Political Career:

  • Student and United Democratic Front (UDF) Activist.
  • Secretary of the ANC Giyani Branch.
  • Secretary of the ANC North East Sub-Region.
  • Member of the ANC Northern Transvaal Regional Executive Committee (REC).
  • Member of ANC Limpopo Provincial Executive Committee (PEC).
  • ANC Provincial Spokesperson.
  • Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa from 25 September 2008 - 10 May 2009. Re-appointed 11 May 2009