Personal

Academic Qualifications

Current Positions and Memberships

Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa.
Member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC)
Member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ANC.
Member of the SACP Central Committee
Head of the ANC’s Policy Unit
Board Member of the Local Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup
Honorary Colonel of the South African Air Force

Previous Positions and Memberships

Historical Background

Student activist
Joined the underground structures of the ANC during the student uprisings (1976).
Served
Left for Mozambique on instruction of the ANC (1977).
Radio journalist with Radio Freedom, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (two years).
Worked for the ANC's International Department, Zambia.
Created underground ANC and South African Communist Party (SACP) structures inside South Africa from Lesotho, giving political direction to activists.
Underwent military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).
Arrested in Johannesburg and convicted under the Terrorism Act. His 10 year sentence was reduced to six years on appeal (1986).
Active in the ANC's political department in Robben Island. Head of the department by the time he left Robben Island. Released after organising a successful 12-day hunger strike to speed up the release of political prisoners (1990).
Project Co-ordinator for the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) (1990-1991)
Elected Deputy Chairperson of the ANC, Southern Natal Region (1990).
Chairperson of ANC's Southern Natal Region (November 1991 - 1994).
Secretary of the SACP's interim Leadership Core (1990 - 1991).
Served on the Natal Regional Dispute Resolution Committee (1991 - 1994).
Chairperson of the Regional ANC Peace Forum (1991-1994)
Has been the Member of the NEC of the ANC since 1991

Awards / Decorations