Chana Pilane-Majake

Chana Pilane-Majake
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
In office
6 August 2021 – 17 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterAyanda Dlodlo
Noxolo Kiviet
Preceded bySindy Chikunga
In office
27 February 2018 – 7 May 2019
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterAyanda Dlodlo
Preceded byDipuo Letsatsi-Duba
Succeeded bySindy Chikunga
Member of the National Assembly
In office
16 January 2012 – 28 May 2024
ConstituencyGauteng
Personal details
Born
Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane

(1957-02-13) 13 February 1957 (age 67)
Atteridgeville, Transvaal
Union of South Africa
Political partyAfrican National Congress
Alma materUniversity of the North
University of Natal
University of South Africa (PhD)

Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake (née Pilane; born 13 February 1957) is a South African politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration till 2024. She formerly held the same office between February 2018 and May 2019. A member of the African National Congress, she represented the Gauteng constituency in the National Assembly.

Born in Atteridgeville, Pilane-Majake was a social worker and human rights activist before she joined Parliament in January 2012. She was the chief executive officer of the Commission for Gender Equality from 2002 to 2010.