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Malusi Gigaba
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| Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 27 February 2018 – 13 November 2018 |
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| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Preceded by | Ayanda Dlodlo |
| Succeeded by | Blade Nzimande (Acting) |
| In office 25 May 2014 – 31 March 2017 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Naledi Pandor |
| Succeeded by | Hlengiwe Mkhize |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 31 March 2017 – 27 February 2018 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Preceded by | Pravin Gordhan |
| Succeeded by | Nhlanhla Nene |
| Minister of Public Enterprises | |
| In office 1 November 2010 – 25 May 2014 |
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| President | Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Barbara Hogan |
| Succeeded by | Lynne Brown |
| Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | |
| In office 29 April 2004 – 1 November 2010 |
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| President | Thabo Mbeki Kgalema Motlanthe Jacob Zuma |
| Preceded by | Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu |
| Succeeded by | Fatima Chohan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
30 August 1971 Eshowe, KwaZulu Natal |
| Political party | Communist Party (Before 1990) African National Congress (1990–present) |
| Spouses |
Thabong Nxumalo
(div. 2010)Nomachule Mngoma
(m. 2014) |
| Alma mater | University of Durban-Westville University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Knowledge Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba (born 30 August 1971) is a South African politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of South Africa appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa from 27 February 2018 until his resignation on 13 November 2018. He also held the post from 25 May 2014 to 31 March 2017 as appointed by former President Jacob Zuma. He previously served as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Public Enterprises and Minister of Finance in the government of South Africa. He is currently a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.
He was first elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 1999 as Member of Parliament for the African National Congress. He resigned in 2001 but was elected to the National Assembly again in 2004. President Thabo Mbeki appointed him to the position of Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. President Jacob Zuma appointed Gigaba as Minister of Public Enterprises, succeeding Barbara Hogan in October 2010. He served in that position until 2014, when he was appointed Minister of Home Affairs. Gigaba was appointed Minister of Finance in March 2017 after the controversial dismissal of Pravin Gordhan.
In February 2018, Gigaba for the second time was appointed Minister of Home Affairs in the cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa. He served until his forced resignation in November 2018, after mounting pressure for him to resign or for Ramaphosa to dismiss him. Minister of Transport, Blade Nzimande, was serving as Acting Minister of Home Affairs. Gigaba resigned as Member of the National Assembly on 15 November 2018.
Gigaba is known as a chief architect of state capture.
Early life
Gigaba is the second born to Reverend Jabulani Gigaba and Nomthandazo Gigaba. He has three sisters and a brother. Gigaba did his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983. He then proceeded to do his high school education at Vryheid State High School in 1988. He attended Ethalana high school in the district of Umzinyathi where he attained his matric. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Durban-Westville (now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal) in 1991, and a Master's degree in Social Policy.
Early political career
During this period Gigaba became involved in various student and youth organisations such as Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), the South African Student Congress (SASCO) and Young Christian Students (YCS). Some of these organisations such as COSAS and SASCO were aligned to the banned African National Congress (ANC). It was his involvement in these organisations that laid the foundation for his activities in the ANC Youth League. Gigaba has also been active in youth organizations, and was elected president of the African National Congress Youth League three times in a row (1996, 1998, 2001).
When the ANC, Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements were unbanned in 1990, he joined the African National Congress Youth League, SACP and the ANC. That same year he completed his Bachelor of Pedagogics at UDW, but continued pursuing a postgraduate degree. Gigaba became one of the founding members of the Education Students Society University of Durban-Westville in 1992. The following year (1993) he was elected as chairman of SASCO at the University Durban-Westville (UDW).
Later political career
In 2004 Gigaba was re-elected to Parliament where he became Deputy Minister of Home Affairs until October 2010. He was involved in a new visa system allowing easier legal flow of migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
In November 2010 he became the Minister of Public Enterprises and a leading figure in the South African Government responsible for a significant aspect of the governments infrastructure investment programmes through State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) such as the embattled Transnet and Eskom.
In May 2014, former president Jacob Zuma appointed Gigaba as Minister of Home Affairs.
On 31 March 2017, Gigaba was appointed Minister of Finance, replacing Pravin Gordhan, raising suspicions that he was deployed by Zuma to assist him in developing his allegedly corrupt relationship with the Guptas.
On 27 February 2018, Gigaba was removed from his position as the Minister of Finance and replaced by Nhlanhla Nene. On the same day Gigaba was appointed as Minister of Home Affairs by President Cyril Ramaphosa following the announcement of his new cabinet, replacing Ayanda Dlodlo.
On 13 November 2018, Gigaba resigned as Minister of Home Affairs and subsequently also as Member of the National Assembly on 15 November 2018.
Personal life
Gigaba was married to Thabong Nxumalo; they divorced in 2010. He has children from his first marriage. He married Nomachule "Norma" Mngoma in 2014. Gigaba's former mistress Buhle Mkhize and his wife Nomachule "Norma" Gigaba (née Mngoma) have engaged in several spats on social media, eventually leading to confirmation of the affair. ..... Gigaba apologized for the incident in a series of tweets.
