Pinky Kekana
Pinky Sharon Kekana (born 14 July 1966) is a South African politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Communications in South Africa.[1][2]
Pinky Kekana | |
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 Kekana in 2018 | |
| Deputy Minister in the Presidency | |
| Assumed office 5 August 2021 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Mondli Gungubele |
| Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies | |
| In office 27 February 2018 – 5 August 2021 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams |
| Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Executive Mayor of the Waterberg District Municipality | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 1999–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pinky Sharon Kekana 14 July 1966 (age 55) Bela-Bela, Limpopo, South Africa |
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Life
Pinky Sharon Kekana is a South African politician, the current Deputy Minister of Communications, and the Secretary General of the Pan African Women's Organisation (PAWO). In 2021 she was appointed as Deputy Minister in the Presidency.
She is from Bela-Bela, located in the Limpopo Province. Her first job was as a secondary school teacher at Bela-Bela High School, after completing her Bachelor of Arts in Education and Teaching.
It was her interest in politics though, that led her to the African National Congress (ANC). She was elected to the Provincial legislature in 1999 and later re-elected in 2009. She has also served as: the Executive Mayor of the Waterberg District; the MEC of Limpopo Roads and Transport as well as MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism. In 2014, she was elected as a Member of Parliament. In her role as a Member of Parliament, Kekana has been a part of a number of committees most notably the Standing Committee on Finance and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Filling of Vacancies in the Commission for Gender Equality.
In 2015, she was elected into the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women's League and its National Working Committee. She was subsequently appointed as the Women's League Chairperson on International Relations and The Pan African Women's Organisation (PAWO).
In December 2017, she was elected by the ANC branches into the National Executive Committee, and in this capacity, she serves on several sub-committees of the ANC.
In March 2018, she was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Communications by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
See also
References
- "Pinky Sharon Kekana :: People's Assembly". pa.org.za. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- reporter, Citizen. "Mabuza sworn in as deputy president". The Citizen. Retrieved 7 March 2018.