Malusi Gigaba
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Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba MP (born 30 August 1971) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs of The Republic of South Africa from 27 February 2018 to his resignation on November 13, 2018.
He served as the deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Public Enterprises, and Minister of Finance in South Africa's government.
He first became a member of Parliament for the African National Congress in 1999 but was elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 2004.
President Thabo Mbeki has appointed him as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.
President Jacob Zuma appointed Gigaba as Minister of Public Enterprsy, succeeding Barbara Hogan in October 2010.
He served in this capacity until 2014, when he was first named Minister of Home Affairs.
Following Pravin Gordhan's controversial dismissal, Gigaba was named Minister of Finance in March 2017. Gigaba was recalled Minister of Home Affairs in Cyril Ramaphosa's cabinet in February 2018.
He served until his resignation in November 2018 after growing calls for him to resign or President Cyril Ramaphosa to dismiss him.
Blade Nzimande, the Minister of Transport, was serving as Acting Minister of Home Affairs.
On November 15, 2018, Gigaba resigned as a member of the National Assembly.
Early life
Gigaba is the second child of Reverend Jabulani Gigaba and Nomthandazo Gigaba. He has three sisters and a brother. Gigaba began his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni in 1983. In 1988, he began to complete his high school training at Vryheid State High School. He attended Ethalana High School in Umzinyathi, where he obtained his matric. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Durban-Westville (now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal) in 1991 as well as a master's degree in Social Policy.
Personal life
He was married to Thabong Nxumalo until their divorce in 2010. He has children from his first marriage. In 2014, he married Nomachule "Norma" Mngoma. Buhle Mkhize's ex mistress and his partner Nomachule "Norma" Gigaba (née Mngoma) have been involved in several spats on social media, culminating in the detection of the affair. On social media, a video of Gigaba performing a solo sexual act went viral. Gigaba has apologized for the incident that sparked a series of tweets.
Early political career
During this period Gigaba became involved in various student and youth organisations such as Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), the South African Student Congress (SASCO) and Young Christian Students (YCS). Some of these organisations such as COSAS and SASCO were aligned to the banned African National Congress (ANC). It was his involvement in these organisations that laid the foundation for his activities in the ANC Youth League. Gigaba has also been active in youth organizations, and was elected president of the African National Congress Youth League three times in a row (1996, 1998, 2001).
When the ANC, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements were unbanned in 1990, he joined the African National Congress Youth League, SACP and the ANC. That same year he completed his Bachelor of Pedagogics at UDW, but continued pursuing a postgraduate degree. Gigaba became one of the founding members of the Education Students Society University of Durban-Westville in 1992. The following year (1993) he was elected as chairman of SASCO at the University Durban-Westville (UDW).
Later political career
In 2004 Gigaba was re-elected to Parliament where he became Deputy Minister of Home Affairs until October 2010. He was involved in a new visa system allowing easier legal flow of migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In November 2010 he became the Minister of Public Enterprises and a leading figure in the South African Government responsible for a significant aspect of the governments infrastructure investment programmes through State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) such as the embattled Transnet and Eskom.
In May 2014, former president Jacob Zuma appointed Gigaba as Minister of Home Affairs.
On 31 March 2017, Gigaba was appointed Minister of Finance, replacing Pravin Gordhan, raising suspicions that he was deployed by Zuma to assist him in developing his allegedly corrupt relationship with the Guptas.
On 27 February 2018, Gigaba was removed from his position as the Minister of Finance and replaced by Nhlanhla Nene. On the same day Gigaba was appointed as Minister of Home Affairs by President Cyril Ramaphosa following the announcement of his new cabinet, replacing Ayanda Dlodlo.
On 13 November 2018, Gigaba resigned as Minister of Home Affairs and subsequently also as Member of the National Assembly on 15 November 2018.