Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development | Government of South Africa
Pretoria | 2009 - present

Acting Minister | Department of Health | Government of South Africa
South Africa | 2006 - present

Member | Business Trust
1998 - present

Member of Parliament | National Executive Committee | African National Congress
1994 - present

Deputy Chairperson | Southern KwaZulu-Natal Region | African National Congress
1990 - present

Member | National Working Committee, African National Congress

Project Co-ordinator | National Association of Democratic Lawyers

Member | National Executive Committee | African National Congress

Various positions | International Department | African National Congress
Lusaka, Zambia

Member | Central Committee, South African Communist Party

Radio Journalist | Radio Freedom
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Member | Provincial Executive Committee | African National Congress
Kwazulu Natal

Chairman | Regional ANC Peace Forum

Minister | Department of Transport | Government of South Africa
2004 - 2009

Minister | Department of Public Enterprises | Government of South Africa
1999 - 2004

Minister | Department of Public Works | Government of South Africa
1994 - 1999

Chairman | Nelson Mandela Millennium Fund
1998 - 1998

Secretary | Interim Leadership Group | South African Communist Party
1991 - 1991

Chairman | Southern KwaZulu-Natal Region | African National Congress
1991 - 1991

University of Chicago, United States of America

Awarded in 1996

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

University of Karl Marx, Leipzig

Completed 1981

Master of Laws

University of Zululand

Bachelor of Law