David Makhura
| David Makhura | |
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| Premier of Gauteng | |
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Assumed office 21 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nomvula Mokonyane |
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| Born | 22 February 1968 Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo |
| Political party | African National Congress |
| Profession | Politician |
Manemolla David Makhura is a South African politician and the current Premier of Gauteng following his appointment in 2014. Makhura is a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Makhura is also the trustee of the Board of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.
Makhura was born on 22 February 1968 at Mara Buysdorp in Soutpansberg District of Limpopo.
Between 1984 and 2004 Makhura was involved in student and youth politics in the Azanian Student Movement, the Congress of South Afrrican Students (COSAS), and the South African Youth Congrss, where he served various leadership positions.
As a young activist, Makhura joined the underground structures of the banned African National Congress, (ANC), and the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1986 and 1987. During his student years at University Makhura fought against financial exclusion at tertiary institutions. With pressure from student organizations like the SA Student Congress (SASCO), of which Makhura had been he secretary-general, ensured that students recieced funding.
Makhura served as the Provincial secretary of the ANC in the Province of Gauteng from 2001 to 2004
Makhura became the Premier of Gauteng in 2014 after succeeding Nomvula Mokonyane who went on to become a minister in the cabinet of Jacob Zuma.
Makhura was the favourate of the provincial ANC leadership, which had in the past been opposed to President Jacob Zuma's leadership.
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