Deputy National Chairperson of the South African Communist Party
Incumbent
Assumed office July 2012
General Secretary
Solly Mapaila Blade Nzimande
National Chairperson
Blade Nzimande Senzeni Zokwana
Preceded by
Joyce Moloi
Prior offices
Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office 4 April 2022 – 7 March 2023
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Ayanda Dlodlo
Succeeded by
Noxolo Kiviet
Minister of Public Works
In office 28 February 2018 – 29 May 2019
President
Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Nathi Nhleko
Succeeded by
Patricia de Lille
In office 24 October 2011 – 31 March 2017
President
Jacob Zuma
Preceded by
Gwen Mahlangu-Nkabinde
Succeeded by
Nathi Nhleko
Minister of Sport and Recreation
In office 31 March 2017 – 28 February 2018
President
Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa
Preceded by
Fikile Mbalula
Succeeded by
Tokozile Xasa
Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform
In office 1 November 2010 – 24 October 2011
President
Jacob Zuma
Minister
Gugile Nkwinti
Union offices 1995–2009
President of Education International
In office 2004–2009
Preceded by
Mary Hatwood Futrell
Succeeded by
Susan Hopgood
General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union
In office 1995–2009
Personal details
Born
Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi
(1959-06-09) 9 June 1959 (age 64) Matatiele, Cape Province Union of South Africa
Political party
African National Congress
Other political affiliations
South African Communist Party
Spouse
Sesi Nxesi
Alma mater
University of Fort Hare Witwatersrand University
Nickname
Thulas
Thembelani Waltermade "Thulas" Nxesi (born 9 June 1959) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who has been the Minister of Employment and Labour since May 2019. A representative of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been a member of cabinet since October 2011 and the Deputy National Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) since July 2012.
A teacher by profession, Nxesi rose to prominence as the General Secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union from 1995 to 2009. He was also the President of Education International between 2004 and 2009. He entered the National Assembly at the 2009 general election, and in 2010 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform in the government of President Jacob Zuma. The following year, Zuma promoted him to the cabinet, first as Minister of Public Works from 2011 to 2017 and then as Minister of Sport and Recreation from 2017 to 2018. Under Zuma's successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, Nxesi returned briefly to the Ministry of Public Works in 2018 before he was appointed to his current position in 2019. He was also Acting Minister of Public Service and Administration from April 2022 to March 2023.
Nxesi was a member of the ANC National Executive Committee from 2012 to 2017, and he was elected to his third five-year term as SACP Deputy National Chairperson in July 2022.
Thembelani Waltermade "Thulas" Nxesi (born 9 June 1959) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who has been the Minister of Employment...
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ruling on 19 January 2015. On 19 December 2013, public works minister ThulasNxesi presented a report of an inter-ministerial task team which justified...
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