Education
He earned a bachelor"s degree in education from the University of The University of Durban-Westville (now part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal) in 1991, and a master"s degree in social policy in 1994.
Gigaba has been touted for election to be one of the top six national office bearers of South Africa"s ruling African National Congress (African National Congress), at its 53rd National Conference in December 2012. Some of the African National Congress branches have raised his name for the position of the Deputy President, National Chairperson and Deputy Secretary General.
Career
Gigaba is the second born to Reverend Jabulani Gigaba and Nomthandazo Gigaba. 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.
Early Political 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).
lieutenant was his involvement in these organisations that laid the foundation for his activities in the African National Congress Youth League. That same year he completed his Bachelor of Pedagogics at UDW, but continued pursuing a postgraduate degree.
The following year (1993) he was elected as chairman of SASCO at the University The University of Durban-Westville (UDW). Later Political In 2004 he 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.
On 1 November 2010, he became the Minister of Public Enterprises of the Republic of South Africa. In 2011, Gigaba lashed out at the ANCYL leadership, labelling them as "anarchists" when they called for the nationalisation of the country’s resources. Since his appointment as Minister of Public Enterprises, he has become a leading figure in the South African government.
He is responsible for the a significant aspect of the government"s massive infrastructure investment programme through the State Owned Companies that are led by him such as Transnet and Eskom.
On 25 May 2014, President Jacob Zuma appointed Gigaba as Minister of Home Affairs.
Politics
First elected to the National Assembly of South Africa in 1999 as part of the African National Congress, he resigned in 2001 but was re-elected in 2004. Some of these organisations such as COSAS and SASCO were aligned to the banned African National Congress (African National Congress). 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 African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress(Public Affairs Committee), South African Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements were unbanned in 1990, he joined the African National Congress Youth League, SACP and the African National Congress. Gigaba has been touted for election to be one of the top six national office bearers of South Africa"s ruling African National Congress (African National Congress), at its 53rd National Conference in December 2012.
Membership
Gigaba became one of the founding members of the Students Society University of The University of Durban-Westville in 1992.
