Name Membathisi Mdladlana Membathisi Mdladlana
Surname Mdladlana
First Names Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd
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Country of Birth South Africa
Positions
From To Organisation Position
1998   Ministry of Labour Minister of Labour
Date of Birth 12 May 1952
Political Affiliation ANC
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Notes Current Positions
Minister of Labour of the Republic of South Africa since July 1998.
Chairperson of the Peninsula Region of the African National Congress (ANC) since 1998.
Member of the Western Cape Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC since 1998.

Academic Qualifications
Primary Teachers Course, Lovedale, Alice (1970 - 1971).
Primary Education Certificate, Goodhope College of Education, Cape Town (1990 - 1991).
Primary Teachers Diploma, Goodhope College,Cape Town (1991 - 1993).
BA Degree Majoring in Education and Xhosa, Unisa (1997).

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities
Teacher at Vukukhanye Primary School, Gugulethu, Cape Town (1972 - 1977).
Deputy Principal, Vukukhanye Primary School, Gugulethu, Cape Town (1977 - 1981).
Assisted Area Commissioner of the Boy's Scout Association of South Africa with training (1977 - 1982).
Regional Organising Secretary of the South Western African Teacher Association (1980 - 1983).
Principal, Andile Primary School, New Crossroads, Cape Town (1982 - 1994).
Western Cape representative for the National Education Crisis Committee (1985 - 1986).
Chairperson of the Democratic Teachers Union (1985 - 1990).
Vice-Chairperson of the Dorothy Zihlangu Branch of the ANC in Gugulethu (1990 - 1992).
National President of the Democratic Teachers Union (1990 - 1994).
Addressed the Conference of the National Education Association of Teachers in Washington, DC, United States of America (USA) (1990).
Addressed human rights teachers in Taipei, Taiwan (1992).
Member of the National Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education (1994 - 1996).
Chairperson of the Constitutional Assembly Committee (Theme Committee Four) (1994 - 1996).
Elder and Session Clerk of the Gugulethu Presbyterian Church (since 1980).
Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Scout Union of South Africa (since 1996).
Member of the Home Affairs Portfolio Committee (1994 - 1998).
Whip of the Parliamentary Programming Committee (1995 - 1998).
Deputy Chairperson of the National Portfolio Committee on Education (1996 - 1998).
Tour to USA to study their education system (1996).
Study tour to Cuba (1997).
Record last updated on 30 JUN 2006