REGION: Amathole
PCO NAME: Fort Beaufort
PCO CODE: 762
PHYSICAL ADDRESS: 45 Durban Street, Fort Beaufort

Parliamentary Career

Past:
Mr Buti Manamela is the Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training of the Republic of South Africa; a position he was appointed to on 17 October 2017.

Political Career:

Current:
Manamela has led the YCLSA since its launch in 2003. He was re-elected to the position of national secretary for a third term in December 2010. In addition, he serves on the politburo of the SACP, the party's highest decision-making body. Manamela is a member of the ANC's strategy committee in Parliament, which is responsible for the strategic planning of the ruling party's work in the National Assembly. He was appointed a whip of Parliament's committee on labour and he is a member of the Parliamentary committees on communications and on economic development. Mr Buti Manamela was the Deputy Minister in The Presidency from 26 May 2014 to 16 October 2017.

Past:
From 1994 to 1996, Mr Manamela was branch secretary of the ANC Youth League (ANCYL); and in 1995, he was also branch coordinator for the Congress of South African Students. In 2001, he was deputy president of the South African Students Congress; and from 2001 to 2003, he was local organiser for the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union.

Education:
Mr Manamela completed an Electronic Engineering Honours Programme in Public Administration in 2008; he attended various Labour Courses with DHS ELA from 2002 to 2003; obtained a National Certificate, N5 between 1998 and 2001); and a National Senior Certificate in 1997.