Mr Jerry Dimotana Thibedi
Date of Birth:  7th April 1954
Marital Status: Married

Current Positions

• Speaker-North West Provincial Legislature                                                                                                     (1994-1999)
• Member of the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC- North West Province                                    (1994-1998)
• Deputy Chairperson of the  ANC- North West                                                                                                  ( 1998-2005 )
•  Member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP)                                   (1998-to  date)
• Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – North West Province Branch    (1995-1999 )
• Member of the Executive Council (MEC)  for Traditional and Corporate Affairs                                          (1999-2002)
• MEC for Public Works and Roads                                                                                                                     (2002-2004 )
• MEC for Transport, Roads and Community Safety                                                                                          ( 2004-2007)
• Leader of Government Business -NWPG                                                                                                         ( 2006-2008 )
• MEC for Public Works                                                                                                                                         ( 2007-2009)

Academic Qualifications

• Diploma in Accounting, Pretoria Institute of Management Studies (1982)

• Diploma –Senior Managers in Government,  Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government (1997-08-15)

• Diploma –Leaders in Development, Harvard University John F Kennedy School of Government (2000-06-23)

• Diploma- Project Planning and Management- Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore (2006-06-10)

• Masters Degree (MA) in Governance and Political Transformation, University of the Free State. (2008-04-24)

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Student Activist
• Metal and Allied Worker Union (MAWU), Shop Steward Council Member –Siemens Group of Companies in South Africa (1982-1985)
• MAWU Pretoria Branch Chairperson (1983-1986)
• Voluntary Organiser – United Democratic Front (UDF) (1983-1991)
• First Northern Transvaal (NTVL) Regional Chairperson of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). (1986-1988)
• National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA), Rosslyn Branch Organiser. (1988)
• Regional Education Officer of NUMSA. (1988-1991)
• Assistant Researcher- Industrial Strategy Project (ISP) at the University of Witwatersrand (WITS). (1992)
• National Organiser of NUMSA. (1993-1994)