Noxolo Kiviet

Noxolo Kiviet (born 21 July 1963) is a South African politician who has served as the Minister of Public Service and Administration since March 2023. She was formerly the Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023 and also served as the Premier of the Eastern Cape from 2009 to 2014. Kiviet is a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a former trade unionist. Both before and after her term as Premier, she served as Speaker of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature from 2004 to 2009 and from 2014 to 2019. Pursuant to the 2019 general election, she became a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa and was appointed to the national executive by President Cyril Ramaphosa. She has also served on the National Executive Committee of the ANC since 2017. Early life and career Kiviet was born on 21 July 1963 in Mdantsane in the former Cape Province. She rose to political prominence through the apartheid-era trade union movement in South Africa: she rose through the ranks of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union as Eastern Cape treasurer from 1991 to 1993 and national deputy chairperson from 1993 to 1997. From 1993 to 1994, she was also treasurer of the Border Kei regional branch of the ANC-aligned Congress of South African Trade Unions. Political career