Member of Executive Council

Profile of Mr. Craig Novine Martin Padayachee

Personal Information

  • Full names : Mr Craig Novine Martin Padayachee
  • Date of Birth : 08 November 1960
  • Place of Birth : Barberton
  • Marital Status : Married

Current position

  • MEC for Economic Development and Planning

Education, Qualification and Courses

  • Matriculated at Barberton Secondary School in 1978
  • Completed a Teachers Diploma at the then Transvaal College of Education in 1981
  • Completed courses on Communication, Management, Finance, Administration, and others from 1992 to 2004 amongst which are:
    • Technology Management and Management Skills at ORT STEP Institute in 1993
    • Sports Administration & Management with Nation Sports Congress in 1992
    • Training on Intelligence and Diplomacy in Tanzania in 1993
    • Handling the Media at the Institute for Advancement of Journalism in 1998
  • Leaders Development Policies modules which included:
    • Strategy Policy Management
    • Change Management
    • Monitoring & Evaluation

Career/Positions/Memberships

  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Government
    • Position: Member of Executive Council for Economic Development and Planning
    • Period: 13 February 2007 to present
  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
    • Position: Chairperson of Ethics Committee
    • Period: 01 May 2006 – 12 February 2007
  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature
    • Position: Deputy Chairperson of Committees
    • Presiding Officer of Legislature
    • Period: 03 May 2004 – 13 February 2007
  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Government
    • Position: Member of the Executive Council for Education
    • Period: 1999 - 2004
  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Government
    • Position: Member of the Executive Council for Housing and Local Government
    • Period: 1997 - 1999
  • Employer: Mpumalanga Provincial Government
    • Position: Member of the Executive Council for Housing
    • Period : 1994 - 1997
  • Employer: House of Delegates, Education Department
    • Position: Teacher (sportsmaster)
    • Period : 1982 - 1993
  • Employer: AMC Classic
    • Position: Manager Eastern Transvaal
    • Period: 1982 - 1984 (part time)

Organization Profile

African National Congress (ANC)

  • Member of the internal leadership’s Interim Committee for Eastern Transvaal tasked to set up ANC structures in the Region in 1990
  • Member of the Provincial Executive Committee from 1990 to 2004 (initially the PEC was called REC until 1995 and Executive Committee (REC until 1994)
  • Head of Department of Arts & Culture & Sports for ANC Eastern Transvaal from 1990 to 1993
  • Secretary of the National Department of Art and Culture Council (ANC) from 1991 to 1993
  • Head of Local Government & Housing of the ANC – Eastern Transvaal from 1993 to 1995
  • Secretary of the Barberton branch from 1990 to 1994

Other organizations

Civic Movements

  • Ratepayers Committee – 1987
  • President of Barberton Civic Association from 1988 to 1993
  • Assistant General Secretary of the Lowveld Civic Association from 1989 to 1992
  • Secretary of the Detainees Parent Support Committee from 1989 to 1992
  • President of the Eastern Transvaal Sports Congress from 1989 to 1994
  • Member of the Eastern Transvaal Co-ordinating Committee on Local Government, a structure of the Transitional Executive Committee in 1994

Other Activities

  • Attended a number of conferences among others
  • National, Provincial, Regional Conferences of the ANC,
  • Conference for a Democratic Future in 1989
  • the SADC Committee of Ministers of Culture and Information in 1993 on behalf of the ANC
  • Delivered papers on Local Government, Housing, Education, governance and ethics at a number of conferences and workshops

 

 

 

 

 

 

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