Mr Edward Senzo Mchunu

National Assembly

Formerly: KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature

Jacobus.Henning@dpsa.gov.za

About Edward Senzo Mchunu

Edward Senzo Mchunu is currently serving as Minister of Public Service and Administration. He previously served as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 22 August 2013 until 23 May 2016. He a former provincial chairperson of the ANC in KZN.

Mchunu was born in April 1958 at eNhlwathi in the area of Hlabisa in northern KZN. He was educated at the University of Zululand and the University of South Africa, qualifying with a BA in Education and International Relations. From 1985 he worked as a high school teacher, resigning to become a full-time politician in 1991.

2019 committee attendance as minister/deputy

Attended 3 meetings

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Recent meetings attended

NCOP Transport, Public Service and Administration, Public Works and Infrastructure — Department of Public Service and Administration 2019/20 Annual Performance Plan; Second Term Committee Programme — 17 Jul 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — DPSA, NSG, CPSI & PSC 2019/20 Annual Performance Plans, with Minister & Deputy — 2 Jul 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Election of Chairperson — 2 Jul 2019

All meetings attended

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Currently

Minister of Public Service and Administration at National Executive (Executive) since 29th May 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at African National Congress (ANC) (Party)

Formerly

13rd Candidate at African National Congress National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
Member at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 21st May 2014 until 24th May 2016
Member-elect at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) from 16th May 2014 until 21st May 2014
2nd Candidate at African National Congress Provincial KwaZulu-Natal Election List 2014 (Election List) from 22nd April 2014 until 7th May 2014
Alternate Member at Sports and Recreation Committee (Kwazulu-Natal-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) from 29th May 2019 until 6th May 2014
Alternate Member at Social Development Committee (Kwazulu-Natal-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) from 22nd May 2019 until 6th May 2014
Committee Member at Premier and Royal Household Committee (Kwazulu-Natal-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until 6th May 2014
Premier at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) until 6th May 2014
Member of the Provincial Legislature at KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature (Provincial-Legislature) until 6th May 2014
Committee Member at Community Safety and Liason Committee (Kwazulu-Natal-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until 6th May 2014
Alternate Member at SCOPA Committee (Kwazulu-Natal-Provincial-Legislature-Committee) until 6th May 2014

Committee appearances

Certificate backlog: Umalusi & SITA update; DHET Quarter 2 performance; Skills Development: HR Development Council 21 Nov 2018

Ms S Mchunu (ANC) felt that the presentation left much to be desired. She asked for specifics on lecturers’ work placement. She was happy that there was progress with the construction of new TVET college campuses. Was the Department on track with the building of the 12 new colleges? Was ...
Environmental Affairs Budget: Committee Report 10 May 2018

Ms S Mchunu (ANC) seconded the move.
DHET on its Quarter 4 performance; Certificate/Diploma backlog: SITA & Umalusi briefing 14 Jun 2017

Ms S Mchunu (ANC) congratulated the DHET on the progress it made in eradicated the backlog. She called for stern disciplinary measures to be taken against colleges that inhibited the DHET from issuing out certificates. She also mentioned that the various college student representative councils still reported that there was ...
Department of Higher Education and Training on Quarter 2 performance 23 Nov 2016

Ms S Mchunu (ANC) commended the Department for not incurring any irregular expenditure during the quarter. She admired the progress that had been made in terms of developing CETs, and said that there should be one model of a CET which could be a reference for what all the CETs ...
Legislation & international agreements implementation/review: DHET progress report; CATHSSETA on its Annual Report 2015/16 2 Nov 2016

Ms S Mchunu (ANC) asked why only 12 out of the 26 universities were participating in the BRICS agreement, and which were the four TVET colleges. She thought the China agreement was impressive. She asked if there was any movement on the green economy?

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