MEC Barbara Creecy
Profile of MEC for Education Barbara Creecy
Gauteng Education MEC, Barbara Creecy, grew up in Johannesburg , where she attended the University of Witwatersrand , becoming involved in the student movement in the 1970s.
She was part of the Students' Press Union and used her journalism skills in the ANC underground structures.
She became active in supporting political detainees and this led to a permanent position in the offices of apartheid defense attorney Priscilla Jana.
During the 1980s she worked at the Civic Desk of the United Democratic Front. In the early 1990s, she was part of a non-governmental organisation that specialised in organisational development of trade unions and community-based entities, where her experience grew in adult education, community fieldwork and organisational development.
Creecy was elected to the Legislature in 1994 and was appointed Chairperson of the Social Welfare Committee two years later. From 1999 to 2000 she was Deputy Chief Whip, and in 2001, took over chairpersonship of the Education Committee.
Since 1997, she has been a member of the ANC Executive Committee of Greater Johannesburg and was the party's National Coordinator for the 2004 elections.
She currently serves on the Provincial Executive Committee, on which she was responsible for managing the Gauteng ANC's 2009 general election campaign. She has a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Management from the University of London .
In 2004, she was appointed MEC for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture.
Creecy is the mother of Geeta and Sean and her free time is spent walking, nurturing her garden, or focused on a good book.
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