Premier of the Northern Cape Province (1994 - 1999).
Member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC.
Provincial Chairperson of the ANC (1992).
Academic Qualifications
Matriculated at St Boniface High School (1978 - 1979).
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Personnel Management from the University of Fort Hare (1984).
Wharton Emerging Economic Leadership Programme form the University of Pennsylvania (1996).
Contact Details
Worked at De Beers, Finsch Mine as fitter and helper, later dismissed for leading a workers' strike (1980).
Employed by Barlows Caterpillars as a cleaner (1980).
Joined underground structures of the ANC in the Eastern Cape (1982).
Executive Member of the Azanian Students' Organisation (AZASO) in Fort Hare (1982 - 1984).
Detained several times by the then Ciskei Police and Security Branch in the Eastern Cape.
Executive Member of the Galeshewe Youth Organisation (GAYO), (1982 - 1984).
Regional Executive Member of the Northern Cape Uited Democratic Front (UDF).
Regional Organiser for National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), (1985 - 1987).
Detained for a lenghthy period during the State of Emergency (1986).
Detained and charged with terrorism, subversion, promoting and furthering the aims of a banned organisation. Sentenced in the Warrenton Magistrate Court for an effective 5 years in prison. Spent time at the Diepkloof Prison (Sun City) and Pollsmoor Prison (1987 - June 1990).
National Education Co-ordinator of NUM (1990).
ANC Regional Secretary of the Northern Cape (1991).
Co-ordinator of the Electoral Committee ANC (Northern Cape Province), (1993 - 1994).
Travelled to Canada to get an insight of how Premiers operate (1994).
Member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP).
