Nomvula Mokonyane
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The Honourable Nomvula Mokonyane MP |
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| Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
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Assumed office 26 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Edna Molewa as Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs |
| 5th Premier of Gauteng | |
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In office 6 May 2009 – 21 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Mashatile |
| Succeeded by | David Makhura |
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
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In office 27 April 1994 – 25 May 2014 |
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28 June 1963 Kagiso, Transvaal |
| Political party | South African Communist Party, African National Congress |
| Alma mater | Sweden, Certificate of Local Government & Provincial Government Law, Wharton Business School, Certificate Course in Emerging Economics. |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Nomvula Paula Mokonyane (born 28 June 1963, Kagiso, Gauteng) is the Minister of Department of Water and Sanitation of South Africa, appointed on May 25, 2014 in the cabinet of South Africa under Jacob Zuma. She is also the former Premier of Gauteng province, South Africa elected following the 2009 South African general election, she was replaced by ANC Secretary David Makhura in May 2014. She is also Honorary President of SA-China People's Friendship Association.
She was born in the West Rand township of Kagiso, the youngest in a family of 12, with six sisters and five brothers. She matriculated at Masupatsela High School, Kagiso. She is a Catholic and still an active member of her social networking club.
Her political career began in the early 1980s as a student activist. During that period she became a member of the Young Christian Students (YCS) and a founder member of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas). She was also the publicity secretary of the Krugersdorp branch of the United Democratic Front and an organiser of the Federation of Transvaal Women (Fedtaw), an organisation that supported the families of detainees and the youth in their fight for democratic student representative councils.
Because of her political activities, Mokonyane was continuously harassed and detained by the apartheid security police. After the unbanning of political organisations in 1990, Mokonyane was involved in the re- establishment of the ANC and SACP structures.
Mokonyane served in the Gauteng Legislature from 1994 in various portfolio committees before she was appointed MEC of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment in 1996. She became MEC for Safety and Liaison from 1999 to 2004, and was appointed Housing MEC between 2004 and 2009. Mokonyane is also a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress elected at the 52nd national conference in 2007 in Polokwane.
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