Member
of the National Working Committee of the ANC.
Trustee
of the South African Democracy Education Trust.
Member
of the Board of the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Trustee
of the Albertina and Walter Sisulu Trust.
Academic
Qualifications
Completed
GCE Cambridge University Ordinary Level at St Michael's School in Swaziland
(1971).
Completed
GCE Advanced Level at Waterford Kamhlaba, Swaziland (1973).
BA
degree and Diploma in Education, University of Swaziland (1980).
BA Hons
in History from University of Swaziland (1981).
Masters
of Arts degree in History from Centre for Southern African Studies, University
of York.
M Phil
from Centre for Southern African Studies, University of York (1989). Thesis
topic: 'Women at Work and Liberation Struggle in South Africa'
Career/Positions/Memberships/Other
Activities
Detained
for political activities (1975 - 1976).
Joined
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and worked for underground structures of ANC in exile
(1977 - 1978).
Obtained
military training specialising in Intelligence (1977 - 1979).
Teacher
at Manzini Central High School (1981).
Lecturer,
Department of History, University of Swaziland (1982).
Sub-editor
of The Times of Swaziland in Mbabane, Swaziland (1983).
Lecturer,
Manzini Teachers Training College (1985 - 1987).
Chief
Examiner, History for Junior Certificate Examinations for Botswana, Lesotho and
Swaziland (1985 1987).
Returned
to South Africa in 1990.
Personal
Assistant to Jacob Zuma as the African National Congress (ANC) Head of
Intelligence (1990).
Chief
Administrator for the ANC at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa
(CODESA) (1991).
Administrator
of Intelligence, ANC Department of Intelligence and Security (1992).
Consultant
of the National Children's Right Committee, United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation. (UNESCO) (1992).
Director
of the Govan Mbeki Research Fellowship, University of Fort Hare (1993).
Member
of Management Committee, Policing Organisation and Management course, PDM,
University of the Witwatersrand (1993).
Member
of Management of the Sub-Council on Intelligence, Transitional Executive
Council (TEC) (1994).
Chairperson
of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (1995 - 1996).
Deputy
Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa (1996 - 2001).
Head of
the Command Centre for Emergency Reconstruction (2000 - 2002).
Minister
of Intelligence of the Republic of South Africa (24 January 2001 - 28 April
2004).
Minister
of Housing of the Republic of South Africa (29 April 2004 10 May 2009).
Minister
of Defence and Military Veterans of the Republic of South Africa (11 May 2009 -
12 June 2012).
Research/Presentations/Awards/Decorations/Bursaries
and Publications
'South
African Women in Agricultural Sector' (pamphlet) York University (1990).
'Women
at Work and Liberation Struggle in the 1980's' in R Cohen (ed), Themes in the
twentieth century South Africa, Oxford University Press (1991).
'Women
Working Conditions in South Africa' South African Situation Analysis, National
Children's Rights Committee, UNESCO (1992).
Housing
Delivery and the Freedom charter: the beacon of hope, new agenda. Second
quarter (2005).
Awarded
the Human Rights Center Fellowship in Geneva (1992). Her project for the UN
Center resulted in University of the Witwatersrand School of Business setting
up a training course to upgrade the policing skill of MK members.
The
Presidential Award for the breaking new ground in Housing delivery strategy by
the Institute for Housing of South Africa (2004).
International
Association for Housing Science Award in recognition for outstanding contributions
and achievement towards improving and solving world's housing problems (2005).
Awarded
the Human Rights Center Fellowship in Geneva (1992). Her project for the UN
Center resulted in University of the Witwatersrand School of Business setting up
a training course to upgrade the policing skill of MK members.
The
Presidential Award for the breaking new ground in Housing delivery strategy by
the Institute for Housing of South Africa (2004).
source: http://www.gov.za
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