Minister in the Presidency
Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the Presidency

Personal

• Date of Birth:  15 April 1960

Current Positions

• Minister in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa responsible for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Administration in the Presidency since 11 May 2009.
• Member of Parliament since 06 May 2009.
• Member of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) since December 2007.
• Member of ANC National Working Committee (NWC).
• Chairperson of Constitutional Affairs Sub-Committee.
• Convenor of NEC Deployee to Gauteng.
• Convenor of Transitional Task Team.
• Member of National Deployment Committee.
• Member of Econimic Transformation Sub-Committee.
• Member of Social Transformation Sub Committee.
• Member of International Relations Sub-Committee.
• Member of National Disciplinary Sub-Committee.

Academic Qualifications

• Diploma in Leadership and Management from University of Limpopo Graduate School of Leadership.
• Diploma in Management from Arusha in Tanzania.

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

• Joined The ANC underground activities at early age of seventeen (17) and went into exile in May 1980.
• He was arrested and served a term in Robben Island (1984 - 1990).
• Provincial Secretary of the African National Congress in the Northern Province (1990 - 1998).
• He was instrumental in the re-establishment of ANC structures in Limpopo Province.
• Member of the Executive Council (MEC)for Public Works in the Limpopo Provincial Government in 1998.
• Member of the Provincial Legislature in the Limpopo Provincial Legislature in 1997.
• Member of Executive Council (MEC) for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism in Limpopo. During his tenure in the department he embarked on an international awareness programme on economic opportunities in trade and investment in tourism, agribusiness sector, with special emphasis on doing business with SADC countries and Africa broadly, as well as international business communities.
• Signed a number of service level agreements with CPI in Mozambique, SIPA in Swaziland, Bedia in Botswana, SOF in Switzerland, SANC for the South African Netherlands Chamber of Business, JETRO in Japan and with IJM in Malaysia.
• Signed a Tourism cooperation with Botwana, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Negotiated to sign Service Level Agreements with Lesotho, Namibia Zimbabwe.
• He helped establish a 15 million joint venture water purification project.
• Member of the Executive Council Premier's Office in Limpopo Provincial Government (1997 - 1998).
• Former Chancellor of Mbulaheni Ramaano Training College.
• Member of Parliament of the National Assembly (1994 - 1997).
• Member of the Constitutional & Management Commmittees in the Constitutional Assembly.
• Member of Provincial Working Committee.
• Chaiperson of the Provincial Disciplinary Committee.
• Chairperson of the Political Committee and Political education .
• Member of Provincial Constitutional Committee.
• Member of Provincial ETC.
• Member of the Rules Committee, the Legislature Board and the Internal Arrangement Committee.
• Leader of government Business in the Legislature.
• Established The road Agency, which was the first institute of its kind in South Africa; which fast track the upgrading of roads in the province.
• Established "Gungu Lashu" a labour intensive road construction programme a nucleus of the current EPWP programme. The department under his leadership won best Service Awards, Platinum, Silver and Gold.