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Personal
- Date of Birth: 12 September 1949
- Marital Status: Married
Current Positions
- He is the Deputy Minister of the Public Works Department of the Republic of South Africa, with effect from 13 June 2012.
- Member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the African National Congress (ANC).
- Deputy General-Secretary of South African Communist Party (SACP) since 1995.
- Member of African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament since 1999.
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Cape Town.
- Masters of Arts Degree from Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
Positions last held/Career/Memberships/Other Activities
- He held a post of Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of South Africa from 11 May 2009 to 12 June 2012.
- Lecturer at the University of Cape Town from 1973 to 1976.
- Political Education Officer of the United Democratic Front in Cape Town from 1984 to 1987.
- Held Various positions in the ANC from 1988 to 1990.
- Chairman of the Portfolio Committee on Transport.
- Political Officer of the SACP in 1990.
- Member of negotiating Team at Covention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)- Multi-Party Negotiations from 1991 to 1993.
- Co-Convenor of the Reconstruction and Development Programme Drafting Committee from 1993 to 1994.
- Editor of the African Communist Magazine.
Research/Presentations/Awards/Decorations/Bursaries and Publications
- Editor of a book called Ideologies of Politics in 1975.
- Author of 30 Years of Freedom Charter in 1985.
- Author of the Even the Dead: Poems, Parables and a jeremiad in 1997.
- Author of a poem called Inside and Out in 1999.
- Author of African Communist Magazine.
- Author of a poem Motho ke Motho ka Batho Babang'.
- Author of More Than A Casual Contact: a poem in 2006.
- Co-Author of the 50 Years of Freedom Charter with Prof. Raymond Suttner in 2006.
Mr Jeremy Cronin
Deputy Minister for Public Works
256 MADIBA STREET, PRETORIA 012 406 1000/ 012 406 2000
