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Deputy Minister's Profile |
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Ms Ntombazana Gertrude Winifred Botha |
| Current Positions |
Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture of the Republic of South Africa since 29 April 2004.
Member of Parliament in the National Assembly since 28 July 1997.
Member of portfolio committees on Justice and Constitutional Development, Improvement of the Quality and the Status of Women and Finance (Alt). |
| Personal |
Date of Birth: 21 July 1943
Marital Status: Single
Pastimes: Listening to music, watching sport and reading. |
| Academic Qualifications |
Welsh High School, East London (1958 - 1961).
University of South Africa (UNISA) courses credited towards B Proc Degree.
UNISA Certificate Programme, Women and the Law (1995). |
| Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities |
Bookkeeper and Paralegal, Louis JC Hart Attorneys (1963 - 1971).
Company Administrator and Wage Clerk, Gentner Manufacturing Company (1971 - 1974).
Accounts Clerk, New Business, Accounts Supervisor, Training Officer, Southern Life (1974 - 1986).
Organising Secretary of the South African Council of Churches-Border Region (1986 - 1990).
Regional, Provincial and National Paralegal Training Project Co-ordinator for Lawyers for Human Rights (1991 - 1994; 1994 - 1996; 1996 - 1997 respectively).
Manager of the East London Lawyers for Human Rights Office (1996 - 1997).
Associate member of the South African Allied Workers Union (1980 - 1981).
Member of the United Women's Organisations (1981- 1989).
A member of the Steering Committee responsible for setting up the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Border Region (1983).
Secretary of the UDF, East London Region (1983 - 1984).
Treasurer of the UDF, Border Region (1985 - 1986).
Member and Secretary of the Regional Interim Committee responsible for setting up the African National Congress (ANC) structures in the Border Region (1990).
A member of the South Africa National Civic Organisation (SANCO) and Secretary of Zone 8 Mdantsane (1990).
Founder member of the Women's Development Foundation (since 1991).
Member of the Community Education Computer Society (1996 - 1997).
National Convenor of the Independent Forum for Electoral Education (1993 - 1994).
Vice-Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Coalition (1996 - 1997).
Represented the South African Parliament at the Inter-Parliament Union Conference in Moscow, Russia (1998).
Co-Chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination.
Co-ordinator of the Choral Music Festival in East London (1996 - date).
A member of the Gender Working Group established in East London (since 1999).
Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government of the Republic of South Africa (30 May 2001 - 28 April 2004). |
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