Previous Positions
Mr Makhura was the Premier of Gauteng Province from 21 May 2014 to 5 October 2022.
Academic Qualifications
He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London and is presently studying towards a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Futures Studies (energy futures) at the University of Stellenbosch.
Positions last held/Career/Memberships/Other Activities
Mr Makhura was involved in student and youth politics between 1984 and 2004 in the Azanian Student Movement, the Congress of South African Students, the South African National Students' Congress and the South African Youth Congress, where he served in various leadership positions.
As a young activist, Mr Makhura joined the underground structures of the then banned African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1986 and 1987, respectively. During his university years, the young Mr Makhura fought against financial exclusion at tertiary institutions. Pressure from student organisations such as the SA Students Congress (SASCO), of which Mr Makhura was secretary-general, ensured that students gained access to funding.
Mr Makhura served as a board member of Tertiary Education Fund of South Africa (TEFSA). He was also active in the trade union movement, notably as the National Education Secretary and Deputy General-Secretary of the National Education and Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU). He has also served as a member of the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU)'s Central Executive Committee as well as in the Political Education Committee of COSATU.
As one of the longest-serving Provincial Executive Council (PEC) general secretaries of the ANC, Mr Makhura has more than ten years of experience in the role. He has been a member of the PEC since 2001 and an ex-officio member of the National Executive Committee since 2000.
Mr Makhura has been part of several delegations of the ANC and NEHAWU that visited sister parties and trade unions in the African continent, China, Cuba, Latin America and Europe for exchanges on socio-economic development and governance matters.
A Board Member of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, Mr Makhura volunteers his vast experience on governance matters and he also finds time to be a volunteer instructor at the Centre for Education in Economics and Finance (CEEF.Africa).
