Pinky Kekana

Pinky Kekana (2018).

Pinky Sharon Kekana (born 14 July 1966) is the Deputy Minister of Communications in South Africa.^[1][2]

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).

She hails 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^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

She's well known as a mother of Footballer Grant Kekana, who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns fc, in DSTV Premier League, South Africa.

See also[]

• African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
• Politics in South Africa
• Provincial governments of South Africa

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