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 Free State (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)