Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises

Mr Bulelani Gratitude Magwanishe is the Deputy Minister of Public Enterprise of the Republic of South Africa from 12 June 2012 and he has served as a member of Parliament since 1999.

Mr Magwanishe holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the regent Business School in 2006; a Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence degree in 2001 and a Certificate on Strategic Leadership Programme from the WITS Business School in 2003. He is currently studying towards a Doctrate in Business Administration.

Mr Magwanishe served as a Chairperson of Joe Slovo (Tsakane) Youth and as B.E.C. member responsible for religious affairs in 1990. He was a member of the Governance Committee in the Ekurhuleni Region in 2005 and served as a member of various committees and ad-hoc committees during the period 1999 to 2004.

He has also served as Whip in various committees and as Cluster Whip for Justice and Constitutional Development; Defence; Home Affairs; Foreign Affairs; Safety and Security; Correctional Services and Intelligence from 2004 to 2009 and as Deputy Chief Whip of the Ruling Party in the National Assembly from October 2008 until his re-deployment as a Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises in 2012.