Pemmy Majodina
Pemmy Majodina | |
|---|---|
Majodina in June 2023 | |
| Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2024 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Deputy | David Mahlobo Isaac Seitlholo |
| Preceded by | Senzo Mchunu |
| Chief Whip of the Majority Party | |
| In office 22 May 2019 – 14 June 2024 | |
| Deputy | Doris Dlakude |
| Preceded by | Jackson Mthembu |
| Succeeded by | Mdumiseni Ntuli |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1968 Sterkspruit, Cape Province South Africa |
| Political party | African National Congress |
Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina (born 24 December 1968) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Minister of Water and Sanitation since July 2024. Between May 2019 and June 2024, she was the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly of South Africa.
A teacher by profession, Majodina entered government as a member of the National Council of Provinces between 1999 and 2004. Thereafter, from 2004 to 2019, she represented the ANC in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. Between 2008 and 2019 she held a series of five portfolios in the Executive Council of the Eastern Cape: she was Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Health from 2008 to 2009, MEC for Roads and Public Works from 2009 to 2010, MEC for Social Development from 2010 to 2014, MEC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture from 2014 to 2018, and finally MEC for Public Works again from 2018 to 2019.
She joined the National Assembly in the May 2019 general election and served as Chief Whip throughout the Sixth Parliament. After the May 2024 general election, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her to his multi-party cabinet as Minister of Water and Sanitation. She has been a member of the ANC National Executive Committee since December 2017 and a member of its National Working Committee since January 2023.