Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Ms Barbara Creecy

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Surname: Creecy 
Name(s): Barbara 

Ms Barbara Creecy is the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of the Republic of South Africa from 30 May 2019.

Profile

Current positions

Minister Barbara Creecy was elected as the President of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN). Ms Creecy is one of the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and currently serves as a member of the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee.

Career

Ms Creecy was one of the longest serving Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. She joined the legislature in 1994, and until 2004, served in different portfolios including Deputy Chief Whip as well as Chairperson of the Social Development and Education Committees.

• 2004 – 2009 Member of the Executive Council for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture.
• 2009 – 2014 Member of the Executive Council for Education.
• 2014 – 2019 Member of the Executive Council for Finance.

Education

Minister Creecy holds an Honours Degree in Political Science from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London.

Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment: Ms Makhotso Magdeline Sotyu

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Surname: Sotyu 

Name(s): Makhotso Magdeline

Ms Makhotso Magdeline Sotyu is the Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of the Republic of South Africa from 30 May 2019.

Profile

Current positions

Deputy Minister Makhotso Magdeline "Maggie" Sotyu is a member of  the ANC Provincial Executive Committee, Free State Province and ANC Women's League National Executive Committee.

Career

She started her political career as a factory worker in Bloemfontein in the early 1980's. She was deployed to the National Assembly, Parliament of RSA in 1999. She served in many Portfolio Committees, including Safety and Security (POLICE), Social Development, Arts and Culture, and Science and Technology. She was later appointed to chair the Safety and Security Portfolio Committee, the Security Cluster in Parliament, and Water and Environment Portfolio Committee.

On 1st November 2010, Honourable Ms Sotyu was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Police, a position she held until 2017.  

Deputy Minister Sotyu was then appointed as Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture in 2017 to May 2019.

Education

Deputy Minister holds the following qualifications: Advance Diploma in Economic Policy (University of the Western Cape, South Africa). | Certificate in Sustainable Development (Malawi Institute of Management in Malawi). | Certificate in Sustainable Development and Population Growth (University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania)