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Former Premier 

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Personal |
- Marital Status: Married
- Pastimes: Cricket and cricket administration
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Positions last Held |
- Premier of the Western Cape Provincial Government (1998).
| Academic Qualifications |
- Obtained secondary education at Bethel Seventh Day Adventist College, Butterworth, Transkei.
- Diploma in Electrical Technology at Umtata Tech and Electrical Engineering at Mangosuthu.
- Post Graduate Diploma in Economic Principles, University of London (1995-1996).
- MSc in Financial Economics at University of London (1997).
| Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities |
- Member of Parliament, Retreat Constitutency (1984).
- Spokesperson for the Labour Pary on Environmental Affairs, as well as Public Works and Planning (1984).
- Re-elected as Mmember of Parliament, Retreat Constituency (1989).
- Chairperson of the Labour Party, Peninsula Region (1988-1991).
- Resigned as member of the Labour Party and joined the National Party (1991).
- Member of the Executive Council of the National Party, Cape Province (1991).
- Minister of Budgetary and Auxilliary Services in the Minister's Council portfolio which later included the Housing and Agriculture (1992).
- MEC of Housing, Western Cape Provincial Government (1994).
- Leader of the House, Western Cape Provincial Government (1994-1998).
- MEC of Police Services, Western Cape Provincial Government (1996).
- Re-appointed MEC of Community Safety, Western Cape Provincial Government(1998).
- Leader of the National Party, Western Cape (1998).
- Former member of the Western Cape Province Cricket Union's Coaching and Planning Committee
- Former Chairman of the Cape Town Cricket Club anf the Cape Town Hockey Club.
- Honorary Life Member of the Cape Town Cricket Club.
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