Minister of Labour of the Republic of South Africa since July 1998.
Academic Qualifications
Primary Teachers Course, Lovedale, Alice (1970 - 1971).
Primary Teachers Diploma, Goodhope College,Cape Town (1991 - 1993).
BA Degree Majoring in Education and Xhosa, Unisa (1997).
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
Teacher at Vukukhanye Primary School, Gugulethu, Cape Town (1972 - 1981).
Assisted the Area Commissioner of the Boy's Scout Association of South Africa with training (1977 - 1982).
Regional Organiser of the South Western African Teachers Association (SWATA) that later became Peninsula African Teachers Association (PENATA) (1980 - 1983).
Deputy Secretary of Cape African Teachers Union(CATU) (1984-1985)
Principal, Andile Primary School, New Crossroads, Cape Town (1982 - 1994).
Founding member and Chairperson of the Democratic Teachers Union (1985 - 1990).
Vice-Chairperson of the Dorothy Zihlangu Branch of the ANC in Gugulethu (1990 - 1992).
Founding member and first president of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) (1990 - 1994).
Chairperson of the Peninsula Region of the ANC (1998).
Member of the National Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education (1994 - 1998).
Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly Committee (Theme Committee Four) (1994 - 1996).
Elder and Session Clerk of the Gugulethu Presbyterian Church (since 1980).
Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Scout Union of South Africa (since 1996).
Member of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee (1994 - 1998).
Whip of the Parliamentary Programming Committee (1995 - 1998).
