Buti Manamela

Buti Manamela
Manamela in July 2017
Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology
Assumed office
29 May 2019
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterBlade Nzimande
Preceded byHimself (for Higher Education)
Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi (for Science and Technology)
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training
In office
17 October 2017 – 7 May 2019
PresidentJacob Zuma
Cyril Ramaphosa
MinisterHlengiwe Mkhize
Naledi Pandor
Preceded byMduduzi Manana
Succeeded byHimself (for Higher Education, Science and Technology)
Deputy Minister in the Presidency
In office
26 May 2014 – 17 October 2017
PresidentJacob Zuma
MinisterJeff Radebe
Preceded byObed Bapela
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
6 May 2009
National Secretary of the Young Communist League of South Africa
In office
December 2003 – December 2014
ChairpersonDavid Masondo
Yershen Pillay
Preceded byLeague re-established
Succeeded byMluleki Dlelanga
Personal details
Born
Buti Kgwaridi Manamela

(1979-07-10) 10 July 1979 (age 45)
Phagameng, Transvaal
South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Other political
affiliations
South African Communist Party
SpouseNomvuyo Mhlakaza-Manamela
Alma materWitwatersrand University

Buti Kgwaridi Manamela (born 10 July 1979) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology since October 2017. He was formerly the Deputy Minister in the Presidency from 2014 to 2017, and he has represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly since May 2009.

Born in Limpopo, Manamela rose to prominence as a youth activist, notably as national secretary of the Young Communist League of the South African Communist Party (SACP) from December 2003 to December 2014. In this capacity, he was a champion of Jacob Zuma's presidential ambitions. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2009 general election, and Zuma appointed him as Deputy Minister in the Presidency after the 2014 general election. His next office was as Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, a portfolio that was restructured as Higher Education, Science and Technology in the cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa.

In December 2022, Manamela was elected to a five-year term as a member of the ANC National Executive Committee. He has been an elected member of the SACP Central Committee since July 2012.