POSITIONS:

February 2018 to date Minister of Energy

2014 - 2018 Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation

2014 - 2018 Chairperson of the National Planning Commission (NPC)

2009 to date Chairperson of the National Conventional Arms Control Committee

1991 to date Member of the National Executive Committee Minister Jeff (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC)

Radebe 1999 to date Member of the National Working Committee Mr Jeffrey (NWC) of the ANC Thamsanqa Radebe Born 18 February 1953 Member of the SACP Central Committee

Married to Head of the ANC Policy Unit Mrs Bridgette Radebe 2012 - 2018 Chairperson of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee and Appeals He is the longest serving 1999 - 2018 Cabinet Minister, Chairperson of the ANC Drafting Committee having served as Minister since 1994 2015 - 2018 under Presidents Chairperson of the ANC Political Committee , , , Jacob PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Zuma and currently under the incumbent 1994 - 1999 Minister of Public Works President Cyril 1999 - 2004 Minister of Public Enterprises Ramaphosa. 2004 - 2009 Minister of Transport 2009 - 2014 Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Mr Radebe holds a B.Juris degree from the University of Zululand obtained in 1976; LLM in International Law from Leipzig University obtained in 1981 and studied at the Lenin International School, Moscow in 1985.

CAREER/POLITICAL ACTIVITIES:

Mr Radebe became a student activist and joined the underground structures of the African National Congress (ANC) during the student uprisings of 1976. In 1976 he served his articles to become a lawyer in Durban and in 1977 he left the country for on instruction of the ANC.

He worked for the ANCs International Department in Zambia. He created underground ANC and South African Communist Party (&\CP) structures inside from Lesotho,giving political direction to activists. Mr Radebe was a Radio journalist with Radio Freedom in Dares Salaam, for two years.

He further underwent military training with Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was arrested in Johannesburg and convicted under the Terrorism Act. His 10 year sentence, on , was reduced to six years on appeal in 1986.

While on Robben Island, he was active in the ANCs political department, and by the time he left the prison, he was head of the department. Mr Radebe was released after organising a successful 12-day hunger strike to speed up the release of political prisoners in 1990. He also served as a project coor­ dinator for the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel) between 1990 and 1991 In 1990 he was elected deputy chairperson of the ANC,Southem Natal Region. Mr Radebe served as a Secretary of the SACP’s interim Leadership Core between 1990 and 1991and subsequently became the chairperson of ANC’s Southern Natal Region from 1991to 1994. He also served on the Natal Regional Dispute Resolution Committee and as the chairperson of the Regional ANC Peace Forum during the same period. In 1995, he became a member of the Ex Political Prisoners Committee. POSITIONS HELD POST 1994:

He was also a Chairperson of the ANC in Southern Natal and a Board member of the Local Organising Committee of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.

Minister Radebe is a member of the Stewardship Board of the World Economic Forum (WEF) System Initiative on the Future of Education, Gender and Work (EGW) and also a member of the Stewardship Board of WEF on the Future of Energy.

He is also appointed as a South African ambassador for Global Citizen and forms part of a movement of eight million Global Citizens across the world committed to tackling the world’s biggest challenges and ending extreme poverty.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

Among other achievements, Mr Radebe received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters by the Chicago State University in 1996, and Leucospermum flower named Radebe Sunrise was bestowed in him on 23 October 2005. He was awarded Honorary Colonel by the South African Air Force, Mobile Deployment Wing in 2006.