MINISTER OF ENERGY Ms Tina Joemat-Pettersson

Personal

 Minister of Energy: May 2014  Date of Birth: 16 December 1963

Current Positions

 Member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee since December 2007.

Academic Qualifications

 Attended the William Pescodia High School.  Higher Diploma in Education from the University of Western Cape.  Degree in Executive Management in Education from the University of Cape Town.  Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Western Cape.

Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities

 Member of the Azanian Students Organisation (1985 - 1986).  Teacher at Pescodia Secondary School (1987).  Tutor in History (1989 - 1991).  Research Assistant to the Head of English Department at the University of Western Cape (1990).  Tutor in English for the National Education Co-ordinating Committee (1992 - 1993).  Tutor in English for the Education Development Trust(1992 - 1993).  Teacher at Homevale Senior Secondary School (1992 - 1993).  Member of Northern Cape Regional Delegate to the ANC National Education and Cultural Desk (1992 - 1993).  Member of South African Democratic Teacher's Union (SADTU) (1992).  National Representative of SADTU for Northern Cape (1992).  Member of the National People's Education Panelist (1992).  Lecturer in the English Department at University of the (1993 - 1994).  Member of the Union of Democratic University Staff Association.  Acting President of the Association of University English Teachers in South Africa.  Member of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee in the Northern Cape.  Member of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature (1994).

 Member of the ANC Women's League National Executive Committee (1998 - 2003).  Member of the Executive Council for Education, Arts and Culture in the Northern Cape (1994 - 1999).  Board Member for the Helen Joseph Women Development Centre (1997 - 2001).  Member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) Central Committee (1998).  Chairperson of the ANC Women's League in the Northern Cape (1998).  Chairperson of the SACP in the Northern Cape (1998).  Member of the Northern Cape Provincial HIV and AIDS Council (2000).  Treasurer of the ANC Provincial Executive Committee for the Northern Cape (2003).  Member of the Executive Council for Education (2003).  Chairperson of the Northern Cape Province Rehabilitation Trust (2004).  Chairperson of the Birch Education Trust (2001 - 2004).  Chairperson of the ANC Financial Committee (FINCOM).  Chairperson of the Land Reform Co-ordinating Committee.  Chairperson of the ANC Economic Transformation Committee (ETC).  Trustee of Desmond Tutu Diversity Trust (2001).  Trustee of Mosiuoa Lekota Children's Fund (2005).  Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries since 11 May 2009 - May 2014

Awards/Decorations/Bursaries

 Recipient of the Ford Foundation Scholarship (1990).  Recipient of the Human Sciences Research Council Bursary (1990)