Deputy Minister of Home Affairs

Personal

Current Positions

• Deputy Minister of Home Affairs since 1 November 2010.
• Member of African National Congress (ANC).
• Member of Parliament since 1996.
• Executive member of ANC branch in Dulla Omar region, Western Cape.
• Deputy Chairperson of the ANC Robert Waterwich Thornhill branch in Dullar Omar region.
• Representative of the National Assembly to Judical Services Commission since May 2009.

Academic Qualifications

• Attended Secondary School at Laudium in Pretoria.
• BProc from University of Witwatersrand (WITS).
• Admitted to the Side Bar in 1998.
• Currently Pursuing a Masters Degree in Constitutional Law at Rhodes University.

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Basic Education.
• Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development.
• Chairperson of Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises.
• Chairperson of Joint Ad hoc Committee on oversight and Accountability.
• Chairperson of Joint Task Team on Legislative Procedure.
• Legal Advisor in the Gauteng Legislature.
• Parliamentary Representative on the Magistrates Commission and later became Chairperson of the Western Cape Provincial Committee of the Magistrates Commission.
• Deputy Head of Metro Legal Services in Greater Johannesburg.
• Member of Transvaal Indian Congress and served as alternate Representative to CODESA.
• Member of the Black Students Society from 1987 - 1990.
• Member of the Provincial Task Team responsible for inducting newly elected ANC Councillors in 1990s.
• Member of Executive Committee of the Muslim Student Society.