Nathi Mthethwa

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Nkosinathi Emmanuel "Nathi" Mthethwa (born January 23, 1967 in Natal ) is a South African politician of the African National Congress (ANC). He was Minister of Police from 2009 to 2014. In 2014 he became Minister of Arts and Culture , and in 2019 Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture .

Life

After attending school, Mthethwa completed a degree in community development at the University of Natal , which he graduated with a diploma. He also completed a degree in mining science at the University of Johannesburg , which he completed with a certificate. He completed another degree in communication and leadership at Rhodes University in Grahamstown with a further certificate.

During his school days he was involved in the - then illegal - ANC Youth League in Klaarwater between 1982 and 1983 and was later chairman from 1987 to 1989. During this time, he also began his professional career as an organizer with the Food and Allied Workers Union , which he held between 1988 and 1989.

He was then from 1989 to 1990 both chairman of the union of the inactive workers (Unemployed Workers Union) in the south of the then province of Natal and secretary of the South African Youth Congress there . Since 1990 he has been secretary of the ANC Klaarwater branch. He was also regional secretary of the ANC Youth League in South Natal between 1990 and 1992 before moving to the national headquarters of the ANC Youth League in 1994, where he was secretary of the National Executive Committee for Organization for ten years until 2004. During this time he was also a member of the National Organizing Team of the ANC between 2001 and 2002.

Mthethwa was Chairman of the South African Minerals and Energy Portfolio Committee between 2004 and 2008 and Chief Whip of the ANC in 2008 .

From September 25, 2008 to May 10, 2009, he served as Minister of Safety and Security in the National Government of South Africa.

After Jacob Zuma's election as the new President of South Africa , he was appointed Minister of Police in the Zuma cabinet on May 10, 2009 . In 2010, in this function, he was also on the board of directors of the organizing committee for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

On February 26, 2012, he contradicted rumors that he would run for the office of General Secretary of the ANC and thus against the previous incumbent Gwede Mantashe .

On June 14, 2012, he appointed General Mangwashi Victoria "Riah" Phiyega to be the first woman to head the South African police force . However, the appointment has been criticized because Mangwashi Phiyega did not come from the police force, but worked in the economy. Mthethwa was police minister until May 25, 2014, and Nkosinathi Nhleko was succeeded in this office . Since May 26, 2014 he has been Minister of Arts and Culture and was also a member of the Ramaphosa I cabinet in this position . In the Ramaphosa II cabinet he is Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture .

Web links

  • Entry in Who's Who in South Africa (archive version)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Republic of South Africa, Department of Arts and Culture: Minister of Arts and Culture, Emmanuel Nkosinathi "Nathi" Mthethwa, Mr . on www.dac.gov.za (English)
  2. ↑ Nathi Mthethwa denies leadership bid . In: News24 of February 26, 2012
  3. ^ Mthethwa to unveil new top cop ( Memento from June 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). In: City Press of June 14, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Mthethwa, Nathi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mthethwa, Emmanuel Nkosinathi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH natal