Malusi Gigaba
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The Honourable Malusi Gigaba MP |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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Assumed office 31 March 2017 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Pravin Gordhan |
| Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 25 May 2014 – 31 March 2017 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Naledi Pandor |
| Succeeded by | Hlengiwe Mkhize |
| Minister of Public Enterpise | |
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In office 10 May 2009 – 25 May 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Brigitte Mabandla |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 August 1971 Eshowe, Natal |
| Political party | South African Communist Party, African National Congress |
| Alma mater |
University of Durban-Westville University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba MP (30 August 1971 in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal) is the Minister of Finance since 31 March 2017, previously serving as Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Public Enterprises in the government of South Africa. First elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 1999 as part of the African National Congress, he resigned in 2001 but was re-elected in 2004.
Gigaba is the second born to Reverend Jabulani Gigaba and Nomthandazo Gigaba. He has three sisters and a brother. Gigaba did his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983. He then proceeded to do his high school education at Vryheid State High School in 1988.
During this period Gigaba became involved in various student and youth organisations such as Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), the South African Student Congress (SASCO) and Young Christian Students (YCS). Some of these organisations such as COSAS and SASCO were aligned to the banned African National Congress (ANC). It was his involvement in these organisations that laid the foundation for his activities in the ANC Youth League. Gigaba has also been active in youth organizations, and was elected president of the African National Congress Youth League three times in a row (1996, 1998, 2001).
When the ANC, Pan Africanist Congress(PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements were unbanned in 1990, he joined the African National Congress Youth League, SACP and the ANC. That same year he completed his Bachelor of Pedagogics at UDW, but continued pursuing a postgraduate degree. Gigaba became one of the founding members of the Education Students Society University of Durban-Westville in 1992. The following year (1993) he was elected as chairman of SASCO at the University Durban-Westville (UDW).
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