Pemmy Majodina | |
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Minister of Water and Sanitation | |
Assumed office 3 July 2024[1] | |
President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
Deputy | David Mahlobo Isaac Seitlholo |
Preceded by | Senzo Mchunu |
Chief Whip of the Majority Party | |
In office 22 May 2019 – 14 June 2024 | |
Deputy | Doris Dlakude |
Preceded by | Jackson Mthembu |
Succeeded by | Mdumiseni Ntuli |
Member of the National Assembly of South Africa | |
Assumed office 22 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Sterkspruit, Cape Province, South Africa | 24 December 1968
Political party | African National Congress |
Children | 9 |
Occupation | Member of Parliament |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Umkhonto We Sizwe |
Pemmy Castelina Pamela Majodina (born 24 December 1968) is a South African politician from the Eastern Cape. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has been the Minister of Water and Sanitation since July 2024. Between May 2019 and June 2024, she was the Chief Whip of the Majority Party in the National Assembly of South Africa.
Majodina entered government in 1999 as a member of the National Council of Provinces, and between 2004 and 2019 she represented the ANC in the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature. Between 2008 and 2019 she held a series of five portfolios in the Executive Council of the Eastern Cape. She joined the National Assembly in the 2019 general election.