Pinky Kekana

The Honourable Pinky Kekana MP
Kekana in 2018
Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 July 2024
Minister	Mzamo Buthelezi
Preceded by	Chana Pilane-Majake
Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
In office 6 March 2023 – 19 June 2024
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Maropene Ramokgopa
Preceded by	Portfolio established
Succeeded by	Seiso Mohai
Deputy Minister in the Presidency
In office 5 August 2021 – 6 March 2023 Serving with Thembi Siweya
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Mondli Gungubele
Succeeded by	Kenneth Morolong Nomasonto Motaung
Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
In office 27 February 2018 – 5 August 2021
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Minister	Nomvula Mokonyane Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams
Succeeded by	Philly Mapulane
Member of the National Assembly
Incumbent
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 (1966-07-14) (age 58) Bela-Bela, Transvaal South Africa
Children	Grant 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.