Mr. Ntsikelelo MacCollen Jack

Mr Ntsikelelo MacCollen Jack, popularly known as “Umntlane” his clan name was born in Graaff Reinet on the 08th of March 1965 and completed his High Schooling in Thubalethu State High School in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape in 1984.

His post matric-qualifications include amongst others a Teachers Diploma from the Masibulele College of Education, Certificate in Municipal Financial Management, Honours Degree in Public Administration and is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Administration with the University of Stellenbosch.

He started sharpening his political tooth by taking up student and community struggles whilst at high school and in 1984 joined the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) as a member of the Campaigns Committee.

As an educator he joined a Local Teacher Organisation called GRAPTO (Graaaf-Reinet Professional Teacher Organisation) under NEUSA (National Education Union of SA) and was elected as Deputy Secretary at its inaugural meeting at the time.

He served both as Local Secretary and Chairperson of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and also led the Congress of South Africa Trade Union (COSATU) Local.

From 1988 to 1997, from being teacher, principal to being Chief Education Specialist at the Department of Education, Mr Jack amongst other got involved in a Local Teacher Organisation called GRAPTO (Graaaf-Reinet Professional Teacher Organisation) under NEUSA (National Education Union of SA) where he was elected as Deputy Secretary at its inaugural meeting at the time.

He whilst still a teacher at the Isibane Primary School served both as Local Secretary and Chairperson of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), led the Congress of South Africa Trade Union (COSATU) Local as its acting Regional Chairperson and was also a Member of the ANC Branch Executive Committee

From 1997 to 2013, Mr Jack served on the ANC REC as; Additional Member, Acting Regional, Treasurer, Regional Secretary and Regional Chairperson in the Pixley Ka Seme District.

During this time he was also a Manager at the Department of Housing and Local Government, LED Manager and Municipal Manager at the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality.

Mr Jack currently serves as a PEC and PWC member as well as being the Chairperson of the Economic Transformation Sub-Committee of the ANC in the Northern Cape as directly elected in 2012.

In 2013 as a MPL, he was appointed as a Member of the Executive Council for Transport, Safety and Liaison.

He is currently the MEC for Health as appointed on 21 May 2014.

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PERSONAL:

• Born on 05 March 1962 in Gatlhose in Northern Cape
• Married with three children

CURRENT POSITION:

• Member of the Provincial Executive Council of the ANC
• Member of the Executive Council for Social Development

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Attended Batlharo - Tlhaping High School, in the Northern Cape
• Diploma in Education, Thaba - Nchu College of Education 1993- 1995
• Higher Diploma in Education, University of Port Elizabeth 1997- 1998

CAREER/MEMBERSHIP/ POSITION 7 OTHER ACTIVITIES

Dr Zamani Saul has been inaugurated as Premier of the Sixth Administration of the Northern Cape Government after the African National Congress (ANC) achieved success in the 2019 General Elections. Dr Saul brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience and has grown and progressed through the structures of the congress movement from Congress of South African Students (COSAS), South African Student Congress (SASCO), ANCYL to branch, regional and provincial leadership positions in the ANC. He holds a Doctor of Laws in Public Law and Jurisprudence (UWC) and is currently working on his second Doctorate. He also holds two Masters Degrees (LLM and Masters in Development Studies), B. Proc Degree (UWC) as well as a NQF level Certificate in Social Theory (Wits University).
Early in his career he worked as a Candidate Attorney and progressed to work as the Regional Head of Social Security, Head of Ministry and Municipal Manager. Dr Saul possesses a combination of both theoretical and practical knowledge of public administration.

Dr Saul got involved in political activism at a very early age with the Petrusville Youth Congress and later with the Petrusville Civic Movement. As COSAS leader in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s he represented COSAS in the National Education Coordinating Committee (NECC). In 1992 he was trained and employed as a para-legal by Petrusville Advice Centre specialising in the protection of farm workers against illegal farm evictions. During the same period he was elected as the first ANC branch secretary in Petrusville after the unbanning of the political party.

He served in the SACP Western Cape Provincial Ideology Committee from 1994 - 1996 and simultaneously served as the chairperson of the UWC SACP branch. He served in the Pixley ka Seme REC and the Regional Working Committee. He was elected to the ANC PEC in 1998 as an additional member and was also appointed as Head of Political Education. In 2004 he was elected as the ANC Deputy Provincial Secretary and in 2008 as the ANC Provincial Secretary. He is currently serving as the Provincial Chairperson of the ANC and as a result, serves as the ex-officio member of the ANC National Executive Committee.