Edna Molewa served in the North West legislature for eight years before she was appointed premier in 2004. She was one of the first women chairpersons of a parliamentary committee, heading trade and industry until 1996, when she became North West minister for tourism, environment and conservation. Two years later, she headed the economic development and tourism portfolio and then moved on to the agriculture, conservation and environment portfolio.
Molewa began her career as a teacher in the 1970s before becoming involved in the underground structures of the liberation movement. She served on various trade union leadership structures: she was a first deputy president of Saccawu, and in women's organisations, she was a member of the Federation of Transvaal Women, then provincial chairperson of the ANC Women's League. She completed courses in economic leadership and administration at two prestigious American institutions: the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Kennedy School of Governance at Harvard University.
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Source: Mail & Guardian
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