Zweli Mkhize
Zweli Lawrence Mkhize (born February 2, 1956 in Willowfontein , South Africa ) is a South African politician and former Prime Minister of KwaZulu-Natal Province . Since 2018 he has been a member of the Ramaphosa I cabinet as Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs . In 2019 he became Minister of Health in the Ramaphosa II cabinet .
Life
Mkhize was born in Willowfontein near Pietermaritzburg in 1956. He is married to May Mashego and has three children. In 1982 he graduated from the University of Natal Medical School with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery . The following year he did his internship at Mc Cords Hospital in Durban . After completing the internship, a year later, he got a job at Edendale Hospital in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg. In 1986 he went into exile and continued to work as a doctor in Swaziland and Zimbabwe . Five years later he returned and worked at Themba Hospital in what was then the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga ) before opening his own practice in Pietermaritzburg that same year. From 1994 to 2004 he was Minister of Health KwaZulu-Natals. He was then a government representative in the Provincial Legislature (Leader of Government Business) in KwaZulu-Natal.
Other offices that Mkhize held or holds are:
- Chairman of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal
- Member of the national board of the ANC
- Chairman of the National Education and Health Sub-Committee
- Chairman of the Committee for Political Oversight of the 2010 World Cup
- Rector of the University of KwaZulu-Natal
In 2018 he was appointed Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (for example: "Minister for Cooperation and Traditional Affairs"). In 2019, he replaced the long-time Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi .
Services
As a member of the National Health Secretariat of the ANC, he worked on the guidelines for the health policy of South Africa and thus helped to establish democracy in the country.
Mkhize co-founded the Regional Health Forum, which acted as an advisor to investors in the health sector. He later became a member of the National Health Forum.
swell
- Zweli Mkhize. Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. Who's Who of Southern Africa, accessed June 9, 2010 .
- Dr ZL Mkhize. KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, accessed June 9, 2010 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mkhize, Zweli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mkhize, Zweli Lawrence |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd February 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Willowfontein |