Pinky Kekana

Pinky Kekana
Kekana in 2018
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
Assumed office
3 July 2024
MinisterMzamo Buthelezi
Preceded byChana Pilane-Majake
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
In office
6 March 2023 – 19 June 2024
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterMaropene Ramokgopa
Preceded byPortfolio established
Succeeded bySeiso Mohai
Deputy Minister in the Presidency
In office
5 August 2021 – 6 March 2023
Serving with Thembi Siweya
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
MinisterMondli Gungubele
Succeeded byKenneth Morolong
Nomasonto Motaung
Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
In office
27 February 2018 – 5 August 2021
PresidentCyril Ramaphosa
Minister
Succeeded byPhilly Mapulane
Member of the National Assembly
Assumed office
21 May 2014
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism
In office
March 2012 – July 2013
PremierCassel Mathale
Preceded byPitsi Moloto
Succeeded bySeaparo Sekoati
Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Roads and Transport
In office
May 2009 – March 2012
PremierCassel Mathale
Succeeded byPitsi Moloto
Executive Mayor of Waterberg
In office
2008–2009
Personal details
Born
Pinky Sharon Kekana

14 July 1966 (1966-07-14) (age 58)
Bela-Bela, Transvaal
South Africa
ChildrenGrant Kekana

Pinky Sharon Kekana (born 14 July 1966) is a South African politician from Limpopo who is currently the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she has served in the National Assembly of South Africa since May 2014 and in the national executive since February 2018.

A teacher by training, Kekana was a member of the Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and served in the Limpopo Executive Council from 2009 to 2013 under Premier Cassel Mathale. She was elected to the National Assembly in the 2014 general election and was elected to the ANC National Executive Committee in 2017.

Thereafter, in February 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed her to the national executive. Before taking up her current position in July 2024, she was Deputy Minister of Communications from 2018 to 2021, Deputy Minister in the Presidency from 2021 to 2023, and Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation from 2023 to 2024. In December 2022, she was elected to a second five-year term in the ANC National Executive Committee.