Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of the
Republic of South Africa since 22 June 2005.
Focusing on issues of International Trade Relations & Industrial Policy
Academic Qualifications
Honours degree in Economics.
Masters degree in International Relations from the University of South Kampton, UK.
Doctorate degree from the University of Sussex in Political Studies.
Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities
Member of Parliament since 1994.
Member of both the African National Congress (ANC) and South African
Communist Party (SACP) in Mozambique.
Returned to South Africa in August 1990 and worked in the Department
of Economic Policy at ANC Head Office in Johannesburg.
Professor and Co-Director of Centre for Southern African Studies at
University of the Western Cape 1990-1994.
Undertook policy research for ANC and Southern African Development
Community (SADC) 1990-1994.
Member of the South African Ministerial delegation to World Trade
Organization (WTO) in Seattle (1999), Doha (2001), Cancun (2003) and Hong Kong (2005).
Led South African Delegation to the African, Caribbean, and Pacific
(ACP)-European Union.
Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) since 1995-2005.
Member of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly Bureau and ACP Co-Vice President of
Human Rights 2003-2005.
Member of Eminent Persons Group put in place by the Global Coalition
for Africa (2003).
Member of both Central Committee and Political Bureau of the SACP.
