Pinky Kekana | |
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.jpg) Kekana in 2018 | |
| Deputy Minister in the Presidency | |
| In office 5 August 2021 – 19 June 2024 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | Mondli Gungubele |
| Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies | |
| In office 27 February 2018 – 5 August 2021 | |
| President | Cyril Ramaphosa |
| Minister | |
| Succeeded by | Philly 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 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Preceded by | Pitsi Moloto |
| Succeeded by | Seaparo Sekoati |
| Member of the Limpopo Executive Council for Roads and Transport | |
| In office May 2009 – March 2012 | |
| Premier | Cassel Mathale |
| Succeeded by | Pitsi Moloto |
| Executive Mayor of Waterberg | |
| In office 2008–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pinky Sharon Kekana 14 July 1966 (age 57) Bela-Bela, Transvaal South Africa |
| Children | Grant Kekana |
Pinky Sharon Kekana (born 14 July 1966)[citation needed] is a South African politician who currently serves as the Deputy Minister in the Presidency. She was appointed to the national executive in February 2018 when President Cyril Ramaphosa named her Deputy Minister of Communications, an office she held until she was appointed to her current position in August 2021.
A teacher by training, Kekana was a member of the Member of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature and served in the Limpopo Executive Council from 2009–2013 under Premier Cassel Mathale. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2014, and was elected to the National Executive Committee of her political party, the African National Congress, in 2017. She was re-elected to a second five-year term in 2022.