Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry of the Republic of South Africa since 22 June 2005.
Academic Qualifications
Honours degree in Economics.
Masters degree in International Relations from the University of South Hampton,United Kingdom (UK).
Doctorate degree in Political Studies from the University of Sussex.
Career/Memberships/Positions/Other Activities
Member of Parliament since 1994.
Member of both the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in Mozambique.
Returned to South Africa in August 1990 and worked in the Department of Economic Policy at ANC Head Office in Johannesburg.
Professor and Co-Director of Centre for Southern African Studies at University of the Western Cape (UWC).
He undertook policy research for ANC and Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Member of the South African Ministerial delegation to World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle (1999), Doha (2001), Cancun (2003) and Hong Kong (2005).
Led South African Delegation to the African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP)-European Union.
Member of joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) since 1995.
Member of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly bureau and ACP Co-Vice President of the Human Rights.
Member of Eminent Persons Group put in place by the Global Coalition for Africa (2003).
Member of both Central Committee and Political Bureau of the SACP.
