Policy Advisor: Office of the Premier, Gauteng; Independent Development Trust; Deputy Head: World University Services; When Mikki was very young he left South Africa in the seventies to join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) (the military wing of the African National Congress).;
Entrepreneur: own bus at the age of 22. First in SA to produce French bread & European style confectionery produce & sell hot bread on Sundays. Also first to open food store on a 24- hours-7 day-a- week basis
Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 11 May 2009; Member of African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) National Working Committee (NWC) since 1993; Member of Parliament since 1994