Pinky Kekana
Pinky Kekana | |
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Kekana in 2018 | |
| Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| Minister | Mzamo Buthelezi |
| Preceded by | Chana Pilane-Majake |
| Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation | |
| In office 6 March 2023 – 19 June 2024 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Maropene Ramokgopa |
| Preceded by | Portfolio established |
| Succeeded by | Seiso Mohai |
| Deputy Minister in the Presidency | |
| In office 5 August 2021 – 6 March 2023 Serving with Thembi Siweya | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Mondli Gungubele |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Morolong Nomasonto Motaung |
| Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies | |
| In office 27 February 2018 – 5 August 2021 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | |
| Succeeded by | Philly Mapulane |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2014 | |
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism | |
| In office March 2012 – July 2013 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Preceded by | Pitsi Moloto |
| Succeeded by | Seaparo Sekoati |
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Roads and Transport | |
| In office May 2009 – March 2012 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Succeeded by | Pitsi Moloto |
| Executive Mayor of Waterberg | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pinky Sharon Kekana 14 July 1966 (age 59) |
| Children | Grant Kekana |
Pinky Sharon Kekana (born 14 July 1966) is a South African politician from Limpopo who is currently the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has served in the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2014 and in the national executive since February 2018.
A teacher by training, Kekana was a member of the Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and served in the Limpopo Executive Council from 2009 to 2013 under Premier Cassel Mathale. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2014 general election and was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in 2017.
Thereafter, in February 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her to the national executive. Before taking up her current position in July 2024, she was Deputy Minister of Communications from 2018 to 2021, Deputy Minister in the Presidency from 2021 to 2023, and Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation from 2023 to 2024. In December 2022, she was elected to a second five-year term in the ANC National Executive Committee.