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Minister of Public Enterprises

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla, Ms

Personal

• Date of Birth: 23 November 1948
• Marital Status: Married

Current Positions

• Minister of Public Enterprises of the Republic of South Africa since 25 September 2008.
• Member of National Executive Council (NEC) of African National Congress (ANC) since December 2007.

Academic Qualifications

• LLB degree, University of Zambia (1979).
  

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Youth Co-ordinator of the Institute of Race Relations, Durban. Initiated concept of open and winter school, thus enabling children from all racial groups to interact and participate in educational programmes (1974 - 1975).
• Lecturer of Law and English at the Botswana Polytechnic (1981 - 1983).
• Lecturer of Commercial Law at the Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (1983 - 1986).
• Legal Advisor of the ANC Lusaka Legal and Constitutional Affairs Department (1986 - 1990).
• Member of the ANC's Constitutional Committee and negotiating team (1990 - 1994).
• Founder Member of the National Committee for the Rights of the Child (NCRC)and Convenor of the NCRC Legal Committee which submitted the clause on children's rights.
• Founder and Co-ordinator of research projects on women's and children's rights at the Community Law Centre of the University of the Western Cape.
• Co-ordinated a gender project on the promotion of women's rights and research on women's constitutional rights.
• Worked closely with Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and experts in human rights, minority rights, childrens' rights, disabled people's rights and in particular women's rights.
• Member of Parliament since 1994.
• Member of African National Congress National Executive Committee (NEC).
• Former Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa (18 April 1995 - 25 February 2003).
• Minister of Housing of the Republic South Africa (26 February 2003 - 28 April 2004).
• Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development of the Republic of South Africa from 29 April 2004 to 25 September 2008.
  
  

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